根据句意及汉语提示填空。

1.—Did you see the ____ (通知) of the sports meeting?

—No, I didn’t. Let’s go to see it together.

2.Mom, the medicine is a little ____ (苦味的), I don’t want to take it.

3.My teacher told me to give a ____ (演讲) about how to learn English.

4.People all over the world are looking f_____ (向前的) to having a peaceful life.

5.Every _____ (空间) on the walls is covered with pictures.

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In China, water is used in many different ways. Farming takes 60 percent of China’s water use. Personal use, like drinking water, takes only 12 pencent. Fifty- three countries and regions (地方) in the world have water shortages. About one fifth of the world’s population was suffer(遭受) from water shortage.

Tips for saving water

Saving water is as easy as turning off a tap! Here are some simple things you can do at home.

²  Turn off the water while you’re brushing your teeth.

²  Take shorter showers. Can you get your showers down to three minutes?

²  Fill a liter (升) plastic bottle with water and put it in your toilet tank. It will take up the same space as the water usually does, but in a year, it will keep 20,000 liters of water.

²  When you wash dishes and clothes, don’t let the water run.

²  Use the washing machine only when it’s full of clothes.

²  根据短文内容，填写下面表格。

Mary parents buy everything their children want. If they go on(继续) doing so, the children won’t know that money  61  from hard work. When they grow up, they will waste(浪费) money but not  62  it.

Some parents like having birthday parties  63  their children. If they go on doing so, the children will think they  64  enjoy birthday parties every year. They may forget their parents’ birthdays and only remember  65 .

Many parents don’t let their children do chores. They think children have only one thing  66  . They should study hard  67  be good at their lessons. If parents go on doing so, children will think their parents should do  68  and won’t like cleaning the floor or the desk   69  they find a job. Parents should teach children to do chores because it can make them  70  and help them like work.

1.A. keeps  B. leaves  C. comes  D. goes

2.A. save  B. take  C. make  D. cost

3.A. with  B. without  C. to  D. for

4.A. need  B. should  C. may  D. would

5.A. theirs  B. they  C. them  D. themselves

6.A. do  B. to do  C. did  D. doing

7.A. but  B. also  C. and  D. so

8.A. chores  B. homework  C. shopping  D. reading

9.A. after  B. before  C. until  D. till

10.A. bored  B. nervous  C. sad  D. healthy

He was driving home one evening when he saw an old lady standing by the road. He could tell she needed help. So he stopped his car in front of her car and got out.
He smiled at her, but she was worried. Was he going to hurt her? He looked poor and hungry.
He said: “I’m here to help you ma’am. Why don’t you wait in the car? By the way ,my name is Joe.”
She had a flat tire（轮胎瘪了）. Joe crawled under the car and soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt. She said that she couldn’t thank him enough for his help. Joe just smiled as he closed her trunk（后备箱）.
She asked him how much she owed（欠）him. But Joe wasn’t thinking about the money. This was helping someone in need. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she should lend a hand.
He waited until she had driven off and felt good as he headed for home.
A few miles down the road the lady saw a small café. She went in to get a bite to eat. The waitress brought a clean towel for her to wipe her wet hair. The waitress was nearly eight months pregnant（怀孕的）.It was tiring for her to move about. But she did it all with a sweet smile on her face. The lady was moved by the wonderful service the waitress was giving. After the lady had finished her meal, and the waitress had gone to get her change（零钱）from a ￥100 bill, the lady slipped（溜）out the door. At her table, the waitress found something written on a napkin.
There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady had written. It said: “You don’t owe me a thing. I know life is hard for you right now. Someone once helped me out, the way I’m helping you. If you really want to pay me back, don’t let the chain（链）of love end with you.”
【小题1】When the old lady first saw the man, she was        .

Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama’s “back to school” speech. Here is an excerpt(摘录) from his speech.

I know that sometimes, you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard work—that your ticket to success is through pop music or basketball or being a TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things.

But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. Not all the homework will seem rather important to your life right this minute. And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try.

That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures (the opposite of success). JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots (投篮) during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures beat you—you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.

No one’s born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to tell when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.

And even when you’re struggling(奋斗), even when you’re discouraged (泄气), and you feel other people have given up on you—don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.

1.Why does Barack Obama mention (提到) JK Rowling and Michael Jordan in the third paragraph?

A. To compare these two famous persons.

B. To explain that the more failures he has, the more successful he is.

C. If you want to be successful, you should fail first.

D. To show that failure is the mother of success.

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. No one can be successful without working hard.

B. Failure can be good if you treat it in a right way.

C. Those who believe in themselves shouldn’t ask others for help.

D. One should try his best to make his dream come true.

3.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined sentence?

A. One shouldn’t ask questions because it is a sign of strength.

B. One should believe in himself though he will face much difficulty.

C. One doesn’t have to work hard when he has failed several times.

D. One doesn’t have to ask for help because it is a sign of weakness.