My friends and I finished lunch at a hotel when it started to rain heavily. When it became lighter, I decided to get my car at my office three streets away.

My friends said that I shouldn’t go, mainly because I would give birth to a new baby and was seven months pregnant then. I told them that I’d be very careful. One of them wanted to come with me but I asked her to stay with another friend who needed help with her baby.

I walked out of the hotel and started making my way to the car. At the crossing, a black car stopped and a man came out with an umbrella. Before I knew what was happening, he walked right towards me. To my surprise he stopped in front of me and said he’d go with me together. I said there was no need for him to do so, but he still offered to help. During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was wet. When we got to my car, I thanked him and he went away. I did not get his name. Even I can’t remember what he looks like. Did he stop for me? I’ll never know.

So how did I pay it as a return? I was at home when I noticed two Indian workers walking in the heavy rain. Maybe they were on their way to the working place near my home.___________________. They were surprised by my action. They were very thankful to me, wondering why a stranger was offering such kindness. I was so relaxed and happy that day.

1.What did the writer do after she had lunch?

A. She walked in the heavy rain. B. She sent her friends home.

C. She went back to the hotel. D. She decided to walk to her car.

2.What does the underlined word “pregnant” mean in Chinese?

A. 生病的. B. 怀孕的. C. 粗心的. D. 忙乱的.

3.How did the writer feel when the man went up to her?

A. Afraid. B. Surprised. C. Happy. D. Thankful.

4.What may be the missing line in Paragraph 4?

A. I laughed at them standing in the rain

B. I told them to walk slowly to the working place

C. I went out and passed them my umbrella

D. I saw a car coming towards them without stopping

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. After lunch, I didn’t let my friend come with me because I wanted to walk alone.

B. The man with an umbrella was one of my old friends.

C. The man went away quickly so I didn’t thank him.

D. I felt relaxed and happy because of helping others.

I am Alice. My sister and I spent our last summer holidays with our uncle who is a geologist(地质学家)and loves to collect stones(石头).

One day he bought us two backpacks(背包)and asked us to go to the mountain with him. We walked the whole day. Every now and then he put stones in our backpacks. To our surprise, he also took some stones out from them. But we thought he had just found better stones.

When we returned to the house, we were very tired. The backpacks were so heavy that we felt relief(轻松)when we took them off. Yet our uncle's backpack was half empty.

"Why did you give us so many stones?" we asked.

"I didn't. You did." he said. "You didn't know it, but I gave you a little attitude(态度)test today. I listened to every word you said. Whenever you were complaining(抱怨)，I added a stone to your backpacks. whenever you talked about something with positive(积极的)thinking, I took out a stone. And now look at your backpacks."

Our backpacks were full of stones.

"Your negative(消极的)thoughts are just like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stones in your backpacks. The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind will be." said our uncle.

With great love, our uncle taught us one of the most important lessons in life—the power(力量) of the attitude.

1.Alice's uncle likes to___________.

A. collect coins B. collect stamps C. collect stones D. collect books

2.Alice's and her sister's backpacks were full of stones because they .

A. complained(抱怨)too much on the way B. were hard working

C. enjoyed collecting stones very much D. chose wrong backpacks to carry the stones

3.The underlined(划线的)word "them" refers to " ________ " in the passage.

A. the stones B. the backpacks C. the positive thoughts D. the negative thoughts

4.The writer wrote this passage to encourage us to____________.

A. be pleased to take others' advice B. have a positive attitude towards life

C. make a plan before doing something D. help people in trouble

完成句子

1.他的儿子去年自学了法语。

His son __________ _________ _________last year .

2.迈克，你要多做户外运动而不是整天在网上聊天。

Mike, you should do more outdoor activities __________ _______ ________ online all day.

3.在那期间很多事情出错了。

A lot of things ___________ ___________ during that time.

4.你最好浏览一下这篇文章确保它是正确的。

You’d better _________ _________ the article and make sure it’s correct.

5.我们的篮球决赛昨天下午在体育中心举行了。

Our basketball final ___________ __________ at the sports center yesterday afternoon.

6.尽量仔细一些，下次就会更少犯错误了。

Try to be more careful, then you ______________________________ next time.

7.Jane迫不及待地打开了爸爸妈妈送的圣诞节礼物。

Jane _____________________________________ the Christmas presents from her parents.

任务型阅读

We all know that everyone has his own dream as well as his own future. But do you know what future really is? I have to say that future is now. That is to say we must treasure (珍惜) every minute now. If we want to have a bright future, we should know how important time is and use it well.

There is an old English saying: “Gain time, gain life.” Then what’s time? Time is something that we can’t see or touch, but we can feel it passing by. Time is always with us. When we are at table, time passes; when we play, time goes by unnoticeably. We always say “Time is money”, but time is even more precious (珍贵的) than money, because when money is spent, we can earn it back. But if time is gone, it will never return (回来). So, some of us even say time is priceless.

We should always remember: future is now. For us students, we should work hard in order to make our own future better. We should make the best use of every hour and be the master of today. We should do what we can to do everything as well as possible. And never put off what we can do today till tomorrow.

As we all know, “Time and tide wait for no man.” If you waste today, you will regret (后悔) tomorrow. So from now on, work hard. Tomorrow will be better, and your future will be brighter. Remember: “No pains, no gains.” Today’s hard work is the cause(原因) of tomorrow’s harvest.

Title: Future and 1.

书面表达

假如今年暑假，你和你父母去了杭州旅游。 请根据以下要点，以“Our trip to Hangzhou ”为题写一篇80字左右的短文，介绍那次旅游。

1. 今年暑假，和父母自驾去杭州旅游，行程约2半个小时。

2. 杭州市我国最美丽的城市之一，有许多名胜。

3. 我们参观的西湖（the West Lake），玩得很开心。

4. 我们品尝了美食，了解了不同的文化。

5. 这次旅行的费用大概是1000元。

5. 很累，但很开心。我希望......

要求：第五点用1-2句话进行切合主题的发挥。

Our trip to Hangzhou

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_______ is my mother, and _______ are my aunts.

A. This; that B. These; that C. This; those D. These; those

—Is that your uncle's child?

—Yes, he's my __________.

A. sister B. brother C. son D. cousin

Our new English teacher is Alice Green. So we can call(呼)her .

A. Mr. Green B. Miss Green C. Ms. Alice D. Miss Alice

- , Lucy. Is this your ruler?

-Yes, thank you.

A. Sorry B. Excuse me C. Thank you D. Goodbye

Are these your cousins? _______．

A. Yes，they aren’t, B. No,these aren’t

C. No,they aren’t, D. Yes，these are