My father usually drove to work in the past, but now he gets used to________to his office.

A.rides B.riding C.rode

Let’s go to that shop________some school things.

A.buying B.to buy C.bought

— If it________tomorrow, I’ll go fishing.

— May I go along with you?

A.didn’t rain B.won’t rain C.doesn’t rain

— Hi, Uncle David! ________?

— Very well, thank you.

A.How are you doing B.How do you do C.How do you like it

At the beginning of this term, my PE teacher suggested to me that I should take part in the marathon (马拉松赛跑 ). I was very surprised_______________ I was never a good runner. In order to encourage ( 鼓 励 ) me, he said that if I took part in the race, I would get the highest mark for the term’s PE class. So, I decided to have a try because I had______________ to lose.

I prepared for the race very_____________ , I ran every day in the morning before school. And after school, I______________running with many other runners. I even had the special diet for athletes ( 运 动 员 ). I heard that the special diet could help me to get good results.

When the________________ of the marathon arrived, I was very nervous. As usual, I got up in the morning, had my breakfast. Then I got into my father’s car and he _________________ me to the sports field, for the marathon race was going to take place there after an hour. All my family wished me good luck because they knew how ______________ this race was for me and how much effort I had put into its preparation.

My competitors looked like athletes. I was______________ that I would be last. However, when I started to run, I thought only about the race. As I focused my attention on the race itself, I did not remember when I _____________ the other runners. Suddenly I realized that I had come first. I was very happy when I won the race. From the experience, I learn that_____________ always comes out of hard work.

1.A.because B.though C.if

2.A.something B.everything C.nothing

3.A.carefully B.shyly C.angrily

4.A.joined B.practiced C.watched

5.A.day B.week C.month

6.A.drove B.drew C.dropped

7.A.easy B.important C.funny

8.A.glad B.lucky C.afraid

9.A.followed B.passed C.touched

10.A.feeling B.friendship C.success

We each have memory (记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.

A good memory is a good help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remember them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not easy to learn a foreign language because the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too. But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercise.

1.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because________.

A.they always sleep very well B.they often eat good food.

C.they read a lot of books D.they have very good memories

2.Everybody learns his mother language________.

A.when he can read and write B.at the age of six

C.after he goes to school D.when he is a small child

3.Before a child can speak, he must________.

A.read and write B.make sentences C.hear and remember D.think hard

4.Your memory will become better and better________.

A.if you have lots of good food B.if you do more and more exercise

C.if you do morning exercises every day D.if you go to see the doctor quite a lot

5.Which of the following is the title for the passage?

A.Memory B.Exercise C.Language D.Mother language

There are many types of maps in the world. Most of them are widely used in our everyday life. Different maps have different uses.When we are in a new place, a proper map may help us solve the problems easily.

Tourist (游客) maps, for example, have signs to show places of interest in an area.When tourists read these maps,it is easy for them to find where to go and what to see in a place and it is easy for them to go and find their ways to these places, too.

Road maps show large areas so that people can plan long trips. We use different numbers to stand for different roads. For example, if you want to go to Wood Green, you just follow No. 621 Road and keep looking at the road signs.

Distribution (分布) maps use colors or signs to show facts about an area. For example, what languages people speak, how many people live in an area, how cold and hot some places are, or whether a place is short of water.

Some maps, such as railway maps, use straight lines to show everything. It is easy for people to read them. Trains are fast. People don’t have to think about small places they go past. They just need to know the two ends of their trips.

1.People can tell different roads by________on road maps.

A.showing large areas B.finding different colors

C.looking at the road signs D.using different numbers

2.Which is TRUE about a distribution map?

A.It can tell us the way to the places of interest in an area.

B.It is helpful for people to make a plan before a long trip.

C.We can use it to show how many people live in an area.

D.We need to use straight lines to show everything in the map.

3.Railway maps use straight lines because________.

A.it’s easy for people to read them B.drawing straight lines is easy

C.trains go past many places D.small places can be quickly found

4.Which of the following is a tourist map according to the passage?

A. B.

C. D.

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A.Different sizes of maps. B.Different signs of maps.

C.Different types of maps. D.Different colors of maps.

One day, while I was waiting for my father, I saw a little boy about two years old. He was running freely on the grass as his mother watched near him. The boy had a big smile on his face. The boy then fell to the grass, got up without looking back at his mother and ran as fast as possible. It seemed that nothing had happened to him.

At that moment, I thought to myself, “Why aren’t most adults (成年人) this way?” When most adults fall, they would be so embarrassed (尴尬的) that they would not make a second attempt if someone saw them fall. Or, because they fall, they would find a good reason for themselves that they’re not fit for it. They would give up trying again for fear of failure.

However, when kids fall, they don’t regard (认为) their falling down as a failure. Instead, they regard it as a learning experience. They try again and again until they succeed. The answer must be that they have not connected (联系) “falling down” with the word “failure”. What’s more, they may think to themselves that it’s quite normal to fall down and that it’s right to do so. In other words, they are not frightened of making mistakes, so they stay active.

I was deeply moved by the boy’s persistence (坚持不懈).

1.What did the little boy do when he fell down?

A.He cried and lay on the grass B.He asked his mother for help

C.He got up and went on running D.He got up and stood there crying

2.In the writer’s opinion (观点), what might the little boy treat his falling as?

A.A failure. B.A joke.

C.An interesting game. D.A learning experience.

3.According to the writer, why can’t many adults succeed?

A.Because they are afraid of being embarrassed

B.Because they can’t find a good reason for themselves

C.Because once they fail, they won’t try again

D.Because they are not afraid to make mistakes

4.The underlined word “attempt” in Paragraph 2 means________.

A.尝试 B.放弃 C.面对 D.怀疑

5.What does the writer want to tell us?

A.Practice makes perfect. B.Failure is the mother of success.

C.One tree can’t make a forest. D.Each coin has two sides.

“China is to promote ( 推 广 ) e-tickets for high-speed trains in the whole country in 2019.” Lu Dongfu announced.

Passengers will be able to use their mobile phones or ID cards to enter or leave the railway station, without carrying paper tickets, said Lu.

Many people in China are already using mobile phones for subways and buses. The technology for high-speed rail, however, can only be used in some stations and lines crossing big cities. At stations in some areas far away, travelers still need the paper ticket to get on the train.

As early as the fourth season in 2018, trials ( 试验) for the e-ticket will begin at many pilot stations and the service will become useful all over the country in 2019, according to the Wuhan Railway Bureau.

Many netizens (网民) believed that paper train tickets could become extinct someday. “As an environmentalist, I am very happy to see we’re moving into the times of paperless ticketing, as it will save a lot of trees.” user @blingblingsu said on China’s Twitter—like Weibo. “Finally, I don’t have to wait in line to get the paper ticket which is a waste of time and makes me afraid of missing the train,” another user said.

1.According to the text, e-tickets can’t be used________.

A.on the subway B.in train stations of faraway areas

C.on the bus D.in all the train stations

2.Which do the underlined words “ become extinct” mean________?

A.die out B.live on C.send away D.come out

3.When will the e-tickets begin to use?

A.In autumn of 2019 B.In spring of 2019 C.In summer of 2018 D.In winter of 2018

4.What can we know from the words that netizens said in Paragraph 5?

A.The paperless ticketing is welcome. B.The train won’t arrive late.

C.People don’t need to water trees. D.You will never miss a train.

5.What would be the best title for the text?

A.China Develops Its High Speed Trains. B.China Says Goodbye to Paper Train Tickets.

C.China Decides to Save Paper for Tickets. D.China Makes No Use of E-Tickets.

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Sometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike.

More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. 1. Bikes are the most popular in this African country.

Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. 2. These years, taking a “bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among tourists from all over the world. If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. 3.You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.

Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “l really like the bike taxi,” she says. “4.” Alice usually spends just $l going shopping in town. 28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job. “5.Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people.” he says.

A.It’s easy and cheap.

B.I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job.

C.However, things are different in Malawi (马拉维).

D.The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on.

E.They also use bikes to carry people.