Li Ping is a Grade Eight student in Nanjing Sunshine Secondary School. The table below is his mid-term self-assessment(自我评价).He draws faces to show his progress：

【小题1】Li Ping thinks he did best in ______ in Unit 1.

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Rick goes to Boston ___1___ a meeting. The meeting is in Prince’s Building on ___2___ Street, and Rick wants to be there on time. However, it is Rick’s first time to visit the city, ___3___  he doesn’t know his way around. When he sees an old couple sitting on a bench, he goes up to ask for ___4___. The couple kindly tell Rick to ___5___ the underground and to get ___6___ at Prince Station. Rick follows their direction, gets off at Prince Station and walks east for two blocks. An hour later, he is disappointed(失望的) to find that he is ___7___  41st Street, not 44th Street. The ___8___  misheard(听错) him and gave him the ___9___  direction. Another hour later, when a policeman takes him back, he sees the old couple again. They are still ___10___ on the bench, right in front of Prince’s Building.

In America，where labor （劳工） costs are so high，"do it yourself" is a way of life. Many people   1   their own cars，build their own garages，and even rebuild their own houses．  2  many of them will also write their own books. In Hollywood there is a   3  that publishes （出版） children's books with the help of computers．  4   other book companies also publish that way，this company is not like the others．It   5  the reader to become the main character with the help of computers．Here is   6   they do it．Let us suppose a child is named Hody．The computer uses this information to make up a story   7   pictures．The story is then printed up．"This book is about me，" a child who   8  such a hook might say．So the company is called the "Me Books Publishing Company"．

__9   like me books because they like to see in print their own names，their pictures，and the names of their friends and their pets．But more    10  ，in this way，readers are much more interested in reading the stories．Me books are helping children to learn how to read．

1．A．make         B．build                 C．buy                D．repair

2．A．Otherwise           B．Only               C．Once              D．Soon

3．A．director             B．person             C．company          D．computer

4．A．However            B．Although           C．That               D．Unless

5．A．allows               B．hates              C．hires               D．pays

6．A．what                B．how               C．why              D．where

7．A．with                B．about              C．for                D．except

8．A．prints               B．borrows           C．sells               D．receives

9．A．Writers               B．Children            C．Companies         D．Friends

10．A．impossible          B．imaginative         C．important           D．inactive

When learning new words，don’t just memorize（记住）them．Instead，try to__1___five sentences using each new word．Then use the new word as often as you can___2___day you learn it． In this__3___you will remember new words．Practicing sounds，you know,is__4__一the “th” sound for example．Choose words that begin___5__“th”and repeat them over and over again___6__you are comfortable with them．Let’s try, this，that，those，them，think, though，through，thin，thick…Read，read，read in English，of course! Reading is one of the best way to increase your vocabulary___7__improve your grammar in a natural and fun way．Be___8__ to choose the books you are interested in．When someone is talking in English，__9___the main points．If you hear a word you don’t understand，ignore（忽略）it，and go on listening．If you stop and think about the word，you will___10____the rest of this words．Always remember—Practice makes perfect．

1．A．say                          B．make                      C．remember               D． speak

2．A．the first                    B．second                    C．any                        D．some

3．A．day                          B．time                        C．way                       D．word

4．A．difficult                    B．terrible                    C．funny                     D．easy

5．A．with                         B．from                       C．at                           D．in

6．A．when                       B．after                       C．until                       D．since

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

8．A．quick                       B．sure                        C．important                D．necessary

9．A．look for                    B．see                         C．1isten to                 D．hear

10．A．miss                       B．guess                      C．get                         D．catch

Most people like the vacation．During the vacation，they go to  1  places，see many interesting things and meet some people．They can  2  a lot from that．

Frank is a student from Boston．  3  ．During last winter，he went to Beijing  4   his vacation．First，he  5  his pen pal Wang Heng’s home and lived in his home．The next  6  ，they took a bus to the Great Wall．It was great．Frank was very  7  to see it．They took many 8  on the Great Wall，In the afternoon．they went to a restaurant to  9  the Peking Duck．The next day．Frank visited Wang Peng’s school and made some new friends there．People in Beijing were all  10  to him He wanted to come to Beijing again．

（   ）1．A．a lot          B．kind of                 C．many kinds of        D．a little

（   ）2．A．learn         B．bring                   C．take                     D．teach

（   ）3．A．Japan         B．America               C．Australia                D．Singapore

（   ）4．A．in             B．at                        C．with                      D．for

（   ）5．A．stopped      B．found                  C．phoned                  D．cleaned

（   ）6．A．morning      B．evening                C．week                     D．month

（   ）7．A．Successful   B．relaxed                 C．excited                   D．interesting

（   ）8．A．books       B．sports                  C．money                   D．photos

（   ）9．A．feel           B．eat                       C．see                        D．drink

（   ）10．A．bored      B．happy                  C．unfriendly              D．friendly