Dear Grandma

How is it going? I hope that _______ is well now. I was sorry to hear that he had a cold last week. I hope both of you are _______ .

Things are fine here. I finished my end-of-year exams last week and today I got my _______. Luckily I did OK_________ time. I had a really hard time with science this term. I wasn't_________to find my worst report from my Science teacher. She said I was lazy, but it isn't true. It's just that I find science really _______ . Another disappointing (令人失望的) result was in history. My_______teacher said I could do better. The _________ news is that my Maths teacher said I was hard-working. My French teacher said that my listening and speaking were very good, _______ I need to read more.

Well, that's about the news I ________ for now. Mom and Dad send their loves.

Love,

Suzy

1.A. Grandpa B. Mum C. Dad D. Aunt

2.A. healthy B. clever C. special D. weak

3.A. homework B. plan C. report D. video

4.A. this B. that C. next D. last

5.A. happy B. sad C. excited D. surprised

6.A. interesting B. easy C. difficult D. amazing

7.A. science B. history C. maths D. French

8.A. early B. bad C. late D. good

9.A. and B. but C. so D. or

10.A. look B. ask C. wait D. have

Let’s Explore (探究) The Nature!

Are you interested in animals and nature? Want to enjoy your summer holiday and learn something interesting and useful?

Here comes your CHANCE! Youth Explore has prepared you with a THREE-DAY SUMMER PROGRAM! You can take part in many hands-on activities and meet with live animals- giraffes, pandas, tigers, and so on! More information about the program in as follows:

Age: Students aged 8~16

Groups: There are 2 programs for you to choose from. Each program needs at most 15 students.

Program cost: $230 for members; $250 for non-members

How to do: Simply come to our centre to get an application form (申请表). Send your completed form on or before 11th July, 2014(Friday).

Notes:

1.NO FREE LUNCHES ARE PROVIDED (提供) because of personal food differences. You may either bring a lunch-box or pay for lunch at our restaurants.

2.Both programs will start 1 DAY later if there is a warning of rainstorms.

COME AND JOIN US NOW!! DON’T MISS THE CHANCE!!

1.________ can join the three-day summer program.

A.A kid of 7 B.A boy of 14 C.A girl of 17 D.A man of 26

2.If there is a rainstorm on 14th July, program A will start on________.

A.Sunday B.Monday C.Tuesday D.Wednesday

3.What can we know from the passage?

A.Youth Explore is the name of the program.

B.More than 15 students are in each program.

C.We can see three kinds of animals in the program.

D.You need to hand in an application for the program.

When the bell rings, every student takes out an iPad. The light from the screens makes their young faces pretty and lively. That’s what happens every day at my school in the US. We use iPads in class.

I felt surprised and excited when I got an iPad the first day I arrived at the school. But it was not free. I spent about $100 to rent (租) it for three years.

Every iPad at my school has a special learning system (系统) called Focus. Teachers put their teaching materials like textbooks and PPTs on it. When we have classes, we enter the system and download (下载) the materials with our iPads.

It makes the classes interesting and efficient (高效的). For example, a few weeks ago, we learned about London in the UK. Our teacher prepared a video in which we saw many places of interest in London. We could not only watch the video, but also see the words at the same time. Because of the video, I know more about the city.

We also do our homework with iPads. We can know how well we do our homework right after we submit (提交) our homework.

However, there are still some bad points about learning with iPads. Some of my classmates play games or surf the Internet in class.

I believe the key to use iPads well is to have good self-control (自制), isn’t it?

1.In the writer’s class, every student ________.

A.gets a free iPad from the teacher B.plays games on iPads in each class

C.shares an iPad with their classmates in class D.rents an iPad to use at school for three years

2.The underlined word “Focus” is ________.

A.the name of the iPad at school B.PPTs and videos

C.teachers’ teaching materials D.a special learning system

3.According to the example in Paragraph 4, we learn that________.

A.students don’t like to use iPads in class B.iPads are not useful when having classes

C.students use iPads to watch videos every class D.iPads make the classes interesting and efficient

4.What does the writer think of using iPads in school?

A.Students should use iPads as often as possible.

B.To use iPads in school is very bad for students’ eyes.

C.Students should have good self-control when using iPads.

D.All students should use iPads to surf the Internet in class.

In the 13th century, the Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China, During his stay in China , he saw many wonderful things . One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.

A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.

Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day! If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day , people throw away about 2800 tons of paper in our city . It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.

So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes .We can choose drinks in bottles instead(代替) of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs (手帕) and not paper ones . When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.

Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.

1.When he was in China, Marco polo________ .

A.discovered Cai Lun invented paper B.learned to make paper

C.saw many wonderful things D.told people about it

2.Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper?

A.To use both sides of every piece of paper B.To use the paper bags from shops more than once

C.To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones D.To grow more trees

3.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A.If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use

B.The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries

C.About 48000 trees can be used to make 2800 tons of paper

D.It is never too late to plant trees for paper .

4.Which is the best title (标题)of the passage ?

A.Saving Paper B.The history of Paper

C.Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again D.CaiLun , the Great Inventor

There were many sick monkeys, and Dr. Dolittle was very busy curing them.

He separated the sick monkeys from the well ones.He gave shots to all the monkeys that were well so that they wouldn't get sick. Then he asked them to build a house and make beds for all the sick monkeys. He put all the sick monkeys in this house.

“I need more nurses, ”he said. “Ask other animals in the jungle to come and help.” At first, the other animals did not want to help. The King of the Lions said with a roar, “I'm not going to nurse monkeys.” The doctor tried hard not to seem afraid of him. He said,“ One day you may be ill. Then you will want someone, even a monkey, to nurse you.” The King of the Lions just roared again and went away. That night, one of his children felt sick.“ He won't eat,” the Queen Lioness said to the King of the lions.“ You must do something.”“ There's nothing I can do, ”the King of the Lions said.“ A lot of monkeys are sick, too. Do you know, there's a man who asked me to nurse them. He’s some kind of doctor. Huh! I told him that lions didn't nurse other animals.”

The Queen Lioness was very angry.“ That was a stupid thing to say,” she said. "Go back to him, and ask him to come and cure our baby. Tell him you'll help nurse the monkeys. And take some other animals with you.”

He did as he was told. Many of the animals helped to nurse the sick monkeys, and they were soon well.

The doctor was very tired now and needed to rest.

1.Why did Dr Dolittle give the healthy monkeys a shot?

A.Because he did not want them to get sick B.Because he did not want them to find the sick monkeys

C.Because he did not want them to help. D.Because he did not want them to find the lion

2.Why did the King of the Lions not want to help?

A.Because he did not want to be a monkey. B.Because he did not want to nurse a monkey.

C.Because he did not want to see a lion. D.Because his son was sick

3.Why did the King of the Lions finally help Dr Dolittle?

A.Because his son was sick, and his wife left the house

B.Because his son was sick, and his wife died

C.Because his son was sick, and his wife told him to help

D.Because his son was sick, and his sister told him to help

4.What happened at last?

A.The monkeys ran away. B.The monkeys died

C.The monkeys were cured D.The lion died

完成句子

1.我的电脑出故障了，我要去请—个电脑工程师修—下。

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2.现在我有绰绰有余的钱买食物，我随时可以请我的朋友们和我—起看电影。

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3.他们常常在社区中心集中，并和大家分享各自的一技之长。

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4.这对双胞胎很高兴有了自己的卧室。

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5.请让他今天下午给我回个电话。

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I want to know _________.

A.whom is she looking after B.whom she is looking

C.whom is she looking D.whom she is looking after

Do you know where now？

A.he lives B.does he live

C.he lived D.did he live

Do you know what time ________?

A.did the train leave B.does the train leave

C.will the train leave D.the train leaves

Change the following sentences into objective clauses. (将下列句子改成宾语从句)

1.When will the meeting begin? Mary asked me

Mary asked me ________ the meeting ________ begin.

2.Do you know? Whose bike is it?

Do you know ________ bike it ________?

3.How can he fix the radio without any help? Could you tell me?

Could you tell me ________ he ________ ________ the radio without any help?

4.“I can do better” he always thinks.

He always thinks ________he can ________ better.

5.I really didn’t know. Shall I stay or go?

I really didn’t know ________ I ________ stay or go.

6.What does he see? His mother was really surprised at.

His mother was really surprised at ________ he________.

7.Does she know? Why do so many people study abroad?

Does she know ________ so many people ________ abroad?