____ we don’t hurry up, we ____ the early bus.

A. When; miss B. If; will miss C. If; will catch D. When; have missed

I’m fourteen. My friend is sixteen. So I’m ____ him.

A. as old as B. not younger than

C. not so young as D. two years younger than

The price of this computer is the_______ of the three.

A. smallest B. biggest C. highest D. tallest

---It’s raining hard. Please wait ____the house.

---Thank you.

A. outside B. around C. behind D. inside

Don’t __ to others like that. You should ___ politely.

A. say; speak B. speak; tell

C. say; talk D. talk; speak

Can you finish the work better with ______ money and ______ people?

A. less; fewer B. fewer; less C. little; little D. few; few

I’m taking my family to some other countries for a trip. My wife and I, and our two children are all _____. My older brother will _____ with us, too. He never went to other countries _____. He is even more _____ than the children. My father is old now, so he wants to stay at home to _____ the house.

We’re on the train to New York now, and then we will _____ a ship to Europe. England will be the first place for us to visit. After visiting there, we will go to some other countries to do some sightseeing. When we _____ France, we’ll go to different places either by train or by bus. Then we’re going to fly home.

It took us a long time to _____ where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy.

We also talked about _____ we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly there because it would be faster and ______ a lot of time for us, but my brother liked traveling boat trips, and the children liked ship trips, too.

1.A. walking B. visiting C. going D. taking

2.A. join B. travel C. chat D. stay

3.A. ago B. later C. recently D. before

4.A. excited B. worried C. interested D. frightened

5.A. put away B. build up C. look after D. clean up

6.A. have B. bring C. take D. buy

7.A. arrive in B. leave for C. arrive at D. live in

8.A. make B. guess C. find D. plan

9.A. what B. how C. where D. why

10.A. take B. spend C. have D. save

Dear friends,

Do you remember your first day at a new school or in a new area? How about the life when your family ______ to a new state? Ugh! What about the ______ of being a stranger?

Then, with time, you find someone who likes ______ you like. Friends are great gifts in life. I have good friends too, but not because they are ______. Sometimes they talk too much; sometimes they need me a lot. I know I ask too much of them. I hope my friends, like my father, ______ about me a lot.

I once told my friends to give me all their love and be generous and gentle. I told my friends, in other words, to love me ______ I loved them.

They didn’t ______ me at first, but then they became kinder. My love for them slowly made them learn to ______ friends. They learned to love others and ______ the idea that LOVE is part of life.

If we listen to and try to understand each other, love ______. We should work on it, even if it’s hard at first. A true friend loves us at all times.

Your friend,

Jesus

1.A. came B. moved C. lived D. liked

2.A. ideas B. thoughts C. points D. feelings

3.A. what B. how C. when D. who

4.A. handsome B. kind C. clever D. perfect

5.A. worry B. care C. talk D. complain

6.A. because B. so C. when D. if

7.A. believe B. tell C. understand D. listen

8.A. hate B. love C. meet D. think

9.A. took B. brought C. finished D. got

10.A. flies B. comes C. stops D. goes

Do you see many signs around you? Do you know the signs are an important part of our daily life? They can be in pictures or in words to give people information. What do people think are good signs? If you are thinking about making signs for others, what should you know?

The most important thing is that signs should be simple and easy to understand. It is important to use clear language. On the other hand, the words should be easy to write and you just need to write down what you want to do. “Keep off the grass” is a very good example. It means “Don’t touch or walk on the grass”.

Nowadays, there is a saying that “A picture paints a thousand words”. Perhaps that’s why we are seeing more and more signs in pictures, or a combination of pictures and words. However, that’s the difficult part, because picture signs may have different meanings in different countries.

1.First, a good sign should be ____.

A. clear B. beautiful C. funny D. interesting

2.The writer uses “A picture paints a thousand words” to show that ____.

A. a word sign is as easy as a picture sign to make

B. a picture sign often has more information than a word sign

C. a word sign has more information than a picture sign

D. a word sign and a picture sign have the same information

3.What does the underlined word “combination” mean?

A. 分开 B. 结合 C. 并列 D. 平行

4.What is the disadvantage (不利因素) of picture signs?

A. They are too simple.

B. They are not easy to understand.

C. They are not as interesting as word sign.

D. They may have different meanings in different countries.

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Word Signs B. Picture Signs C. The History of Signs D. Signs Are Important

When our friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry or looking at their watches always. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy. It is just because we haven’t a TV set. They think that we are very strange.

But what do you do in the evening? They always ask. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often has evening classes for foreign languages. This is very useful because we often go to other countries for our holidays. I collect stamps and I am always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to music and playing chess together.

Sometimes there is power cut and the house is dark. We are not worried because we can just light candles and chat with each other about what we did before. Our friends are upset at that time because they don’t know what to do without a TV set. On such evenings, our house is always full because my friends all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.

1.When friends visit my wife and me, they ____.

A. seem to be very busy B. feel very upset

C. like to talk much D. are very friendly

2.The couple haven’t a television, because ____.

A. they are not rich enough

B. they are strange people

C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways

D. they don’t know what to do when there is power cut

3.Both of the couple (夫妻) are interested in ____.

A. learning languages B. traveling

C. collecting D. cooking

4.At night when there is no electricity, the couple ____.

A. have to stare at the walls B. have to go out for candles

C. will welcome many visitors D. do nothing and sit without any word

5.The writer tries to tell us that ____.

A. the television is useful B. electricity is important

C. life is enjoyable without television D. life is impossible without a television