We’ll go to Shanghai with my friends _____ October 1st.

A. in B. at C. on D. for

— Which sport do you like _____, basketball or football?

— Basketball, of course. Kobe is my favorite sports star.

A. wel B. better C. best D. the best

— _____ did you have the party last night?

— In the park.

A. Where B. Why C. When D. What

— What does Bob often do after school?

—He _____ football with his classmates.

A. plays B. played C. is playing D. will play

— What’s your grandpa doing now, Amy?

— He ______ the flowers in the garden.

A. waters B. will water C. watered D. is watering

Yesterday I _____ my jacket when I went shopping in the center of the city.

A. lose B. am losing C. lost D. will lose

Do you have any interests in your childhood? In my seventh grade, I developed a/an _____ in solving a Rubik’s Cube. I started by asking my brother to teach me and he asked me to solve a blue cross on a cube by myself.

I spent around 20 minutes mixing the cube and finally got that little blue cross on the top. ______, I jumped up from the chair and raced into my brother’s bedroom. After handing the cube to him, to my surprise, he mixed the perfect blue cross up. Making my work completely disappear.

“Do it again,” he ______ it back to me.

“No, I won’t.” I was angry stepping out of his room.

A few weeks later, my brother wasn’t at home. “I’m going to _____ how to do this without him!” I promised myself. I spent the rest of my night watching a guy on YouTube teach me to solve the first few steps. I mastered those steps.

The next day, I spent the whole school day secretly______ what I had learned the night before. When I made my way to my music class, I tried to find some spare time taking out the cube again and solving what I knew. Noah, my classmate, and also one of my best friends later, laughed at me.

“Do you know how?” I sneered(讥笑）.

“Actually yeah, let me see it. My fastest solving ______ is 15 seconds,” he noted as he began solving the cube. It took him about 25 seconds to finish it.

“Okay, that was cool.” I started solving the cube again. I didn’t know at that time this boy would be my inspiration for cube solving. He taught me each step, each day, and when I ______, he’d remind(提醒) me how to do it. He was the best friend I’d ever had.

Sadly he’s no longer with us now, but the memories of solving cubes together will be there forever. It was this boy who helped me with cube solving. It takes me around a minute to solve a Rubik’s Cube. I am ______ that I can do something not many people can. Thank you, Noah

1.A. life B. interest C. feeling D. idea

2.A. Excitedly B. Suddenly C. Sadly D. Luckily

3.A. kept B. kicked C. took D. handed

4.A. show B. teach C. learn D. find

5.A. watching B. stopping C. preparing D. practicing

6.A. excuse B. way C. time D. key

7.A. found B. forgot C. chose D. threw

8.A. proud B. sad C. angry D. clever

Garden Café

Wonderful café with delicious cakes, pies and cookies! A great place to keep a good mood(心情)!

Address: 166 Yuehua Road, Green City

Telephone: 3892919

Time: 3:00 pm --11:00 pm (From Monday to Saturday)

1.Who thought the music was too noisy at Garden Café?

A. Maggie. B. Monica. C. Andy. D. Lilian.

2.When did Andy go to Garden Café ?

A. On April 1. B. On April 2. C. On April 5. D. On April 6.

3.What can you have at Garden Café ?

A. Cakes. B. Fruits. C. Vegetables. D. Soups.

Things didn’t go well for Henry, the village pancake maker. The Great Pancake Contest(比赛) was today. People from different places would try to win the contest .The villagers wanted Henry to win, but Henry had problems. There was not enough wood in the oven to make a pancake. Mice ate half the flour(面粉) during the night.

The villagers saw that Henry was having problems. The woodsman brought wood for the oven. The farmer gave Henry more flour. This was all very good but he was still missing one more important thing. There was hardly enough time for Henry to make his pancake and take it to the contest. But Henry decided to have a try.

As fast as he could, Henry put the wood in the oven. When he made the pancake, he thought, “When I had no wood, the woodsman brought me wood; when I had no flour, the farmer brought me flour. My good friends helped me.”

After Henry finished making the pancake, he ran as fast as he could to the contest. “I’m sorry, Henry,” one of the judges(评判员) said. “You are too late.” Henry's friends were sad for him, but Henry just laughed. “I’ m not sad! In fact，I’m happy!” he shouted. “I have good friends who helped me. Now, I have a wonderful pancake to share with them.”

1.Why did the woodsman and the farmer help Henry?

A. Because they worked on a farm.

B. Because they enjoyed making pancakes.

C. Because they wanted Henry to win the contest.

D. Because they had the same problems as Henry.

2.What was Henry’s biggest problem?

A. Mice ate half the flour. B. The wood was not enough.

C. He didn’t have enough time. D. He forgot how to make pancakes.

3.We can learn that _______ was the most important to Henry.

A. having good friends B. winning the contest

C. making delicious pancakes D. preparing for the contest

It was already 8: 30 in the morning. Lin Tao, a 14-year-old schoolboy still didn't show up at school. He was often late for school! The teacher called his father and got to know he played computer games online late the night before and couldn't get up that morning. In fact, he had played online games since the age of 11. He almost dropped out of school last year.

Lin Tao is not alone. Information from China Internet Center shows that the number of teenage Internet users in China had been about 170 million by the end of December, 2016. Many of them like Lin Tao, spend too much time playing computer games online.

To deal with this problem，the Chinese government worked out regulation(法规草案） in January this year. According to the regulation, players need to use their own ID cards to play online games. Game companies will control(管控) teenagers' online game time. They will not be able to play online games between12: 00 at night and 8: 00 in the morning. If they are still playing during that time the game companies will lock them out.

Many people think that the regulation can surely better protect Chinese young game players online, while others doubt whether it can successfully stop them from playing games too much. “More and more people come to know that playing online games too much not only brings teenagers health and study problems, but also makes them depressed (沮丧的) and lonely,” Tong Xiaojun, a director from a university, told CCTV. “We need support from the whole society to solve the problems.”

1.What can we learn about Lin Tao?

A. He had a fight with his father. B. He dropped out of school.

C. He often arrived late for school. D. He started playing games at 14.

2.What does the word “doubt” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. are not happy B. are not sure C. are afraid D. are against

3.What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To share Lin Tao’s experience in playing online games.

B. To explain reasons why teenagers enjoy playing online games.

C. To introduce ways of stopping teenagers from playing online games.

D. To encourage people to act in controlling teenagers’ online game time.