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For hundreds of years, artists have used cartoons to criticize bad rulers or landowners. As early as the 19th century, people produced and read books of drawings. In many ways, they were similar to modern comics（漫画）. They contained stories of naughty children and playful animals. The owl and the elephant were usually wise animals, ready to give advice. The lion and tiger were brave. The fox and wolf were cunning, greedy and dangerous.

A century ago, an American newspaper published the first-color comic strip. It was so popular that sales of the newspaper, Morning Journal, increased quickly. Since then, newspapers throughout the world have included comic strips.

In modern time, comics are popular in China, Japan, the USA and almost everywhere. Not even video games or CD-ROMs have reduced their popularity. Names such as Snoopy, Woodstock and Garfield are well known in dozens of countries. The Peanuts comic strip appears in over 2,000 newspapers and in more than 25 languages.

Perhaps one day, you may like to create your own comic strip and become a millionaire. First, you must think of a good plot. It should be funny, exciting or interesting in some way. It should have plenty of action. Moreover, the language must be realistic and simple. The words should suit the characters in your story.

Furthermore, the characters in your story must be clear to readers. They should be obviously good or bad. In many comic strips—especially those showing crime of adventure—there should also be a hero or heroine. This will attract the reader to keep on reading the story.

1. Which of the following is NOT the name of a cartoon character?

A. Snoopy B. Garfield C. Peanuts D. Woodstock

2. We can know from the first paraphaph that rulers ________.

A. asked the artists to draw cartoons B. probably did not like cartoons about them.

C. often drew cartoons many years ago. D. used cartoons to give people advice.

3. According to the passage, what makes a popular and successful comic strip?

A. Good plot B. suitable language C. clear characters D. All of above

4. The underlined word “plot” is similar in meaning to ______.

A. places B. stories C. events D. characters

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
In one way of thinking, failure is a part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider story’’ often told, Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13 th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider spinning a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times without success. On the seventh time he made it and went to spin his web. Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone on to defeat the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Abraham Lincoln, the famous American president, lost elections more times than he won them! He never gave up in the face of failure but kept trying and was eventually elected to Congress and then the presidency.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?
Second, is the goal you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question. “If I do succeed this time, where will it get me?’’ This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.
The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it’s part of life. Learn to “live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t win them all.”
【写作内容】
1、概括短文的内容要点，该部分字数大约30词左右；
2、以“Is Failure a Bad Thing”为题写一篇文章，包含以下内容要点，该部分的字数大约120词左右。
⑴失败是生活中的常事
⑵人们对失败所持的不同态度
⑶你对失败的认识
【写作要求】
1、可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子
2、作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

三. 句型转换 ( 10分)

1. Canada is a country in which many cultures exist together.

Canada is ________ _________ _____________.

2. Rather than take the aeroplane all th way, they decided to fly from China to Vancouver and to take the train from west to east across Canada.

They ______ ______ fly from China to Vancouver and take the train from west to east across Canada in September than take the aeroplane all the way.

3. The school gave an order. All the classrooms should be cleaned today.

The school gave an order _____ _____ _____ _____ _______ be cleaned today.

4. The fact that ocean ships can go there surprises many people.

Many people ________ _________ ________ the fact that ocean ships can go there.

5. His words made a strong impression on us.

We ________ deeply __________ ____________ his words.

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1.Diary of a Do – It – Yourself Book is different from other books because you can .

A．ask the author questions	B．write your own stories in the book
C．have a chance to see beautiful photos	D．read many interesting stories about the author

2.Amazon．com gives no discount on .

A．Diary of a Do-It-Yourself Book	B．Train to Somewhere
C．Chinese Children’s Favorite Stories	D．The Way Science Works

3.Based on Train to Somewhere, how many children head west on the train．

A．15.

B．14.

C．13.

D．16.

4.Chinese Children's Favorite Stories is written for____

A．Chinese children aged 6 to 10	B．teenagers in other countries
C．junior students in other countries	D．foreign children aged 6 to 10

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