O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy, he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O.Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O.Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

 （    ） 1. In which order did O.Henry do the following things?

    a. Lived in New York     b. Worked in a bank.     c. Travelled to Texas.             

    d. Was put in prison.    e. Had a newspaper job.  f. Learned to write stories.

        A. e , c, f , b , d , a              B. c , e , b , d , f , a

        C. e , b , d , c , a , f             D. c , b , e , d , a , f

 （    ） 2. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because they _____.

        A. had surprise endings            B. were easy to understand

        C. showed his love for the poor      D. were about New York City

 （    ） 3. O. Henry went to prison because _____.

        A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

        B. he broke the law by not using his own name

        C. he wanted to wrote stories about prisoners

        D. people thought he had taken money that was not his

 （    ） 4. What is the meaning of “prison”?

        A.法院         B. 监狱        C. 军队     D. 边疆

阅读理解

     We look at faces every day. What are these two faces thinking?

     In the face on the right the eyebrows（眉毛） are straight, close together and close to the eyes. If the eyebrows are dark and the mouth is short and turns down , it means anger（生气）. In the face on the left the eyebrows are lifted away from the eyes. They are round and light. Don’t you think that the face on the left looks friendly and the one on the right looks unfriendly.

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 （    ） 1. If you want to draw a friendly person, __­­­­______.

         A. draw dark eyebrows

         B. draw a person with his mouth turning down

         C. draw a person with his eyebrows lifted away from the eyes

         D. draw a person with short mouth

 （    ） 2. Which is not the expressions（表情）in an angry person’s face ?   

         A. The eyebrows are straight.

         B. The eyebrows are close to the eyes.

         C. The eyebrows are close together.

         D. The eyebrows are light.

 （    ） 3. Which picture has a friendly face? 

         A. The one on the left.   B. T he one on the right.    C. Both.    D. Neither.

    There were no classes that afternoon, so Henry went to a __1__ shop near his home. The shop sold many jackets. He looked __2__ them and at last chose a very nice one. He __3__ it on and then told the shopkeeper to put it into a __4__. At that time his friend Bruce came into the shop. They hadn't seen each other for a long time. They were so __5__ to meet again that they forgot __6__ else. Soon they were busy talking on and on happily.

    It was nearly six o'clock, __7__ they decided to go and have dinner together. Henry picked up the bag, and walked __8__ the door of the shop. The shopkeeper stopped them and asked Henry to pay for the __9__. Henry looked at him in surprise at first, but soon he remembered that he hadn't paid for it. He said __10__, gave him the money and then left the shop with his friend.

（   ）1.  A. fruit             B. book                   C. food                D. clothing

（   ）2.  A. up                B. for                      C. after                D. at

（   ）3.  A. put               B. tried                    C. got                  D. turned

（   ）4.  A. bag              B. cup                     C. car                  D. pocket

（   ）5.  A. worried        B. interested             C. happy              D. upset

（   ）6.  A. nobody         B. anybody             C. something        D. everything

（   ）7.  A. though          B. so                       C. because            D. but

（   ）8.  A. towards       B. through               C. out of              D. round

（   ）9.  A. dinner           B. bag                     C. jacket               D. ticket

（   ）10.  A. goodbye      B. yes                     C. hello                D. sorry

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    My best friend is Xiao Li, but last week in school we had a big fight, and she didn’t talk   1   me. It all started when she asked me if she could copy my homework. I asked her why she wanted to do that, and she said    2    she had forgotten to do hers. I said I didn’t think it was a good idea for her to copy my homework. She wanted    3   why I didn’t think it was a good idea. I said it would start a bad habit, and that she should do her   4    work. She got really mad at me, and said she didn’t want to be best friend any more. I said that was OK and that I was sure she’d get   5    it. And she did. Yesterday she told me she was sorry she’d gotten mad. She said it was much better if she did her own work.

（   ）1. A. for                  B. on                    C. about                  D. to

（   ）2. A. if                    B. that                  C. whether              D. weather

（   ）3. A. knowing          B. knew               C. to know              D. knows

（   ）4. A. own                B. herself              C. myself                D. own’s

（   ）5. A. out                  B. on                    C. over                    D. to

连词成句

  1. I, came, when, was, my, my, doing, mother, back, homework

    ________________________________________________.

  2. has, I, friend, same, my, haircut, the as, do

    ________________________________________________.

  3. will, computers, home, on, at, study, kids

    ________________________________________________?

  4. soccer, popular, is, very, the, world, all, over

                                                    .

  5. have, a, fight, your, with, did, classmate, yesterday , you

                                                    ?

Tom is used ______________ for 30 minutes on the playground every night.

      A. to run                   B. run                     C. to running           D. to runs

They said that they _______ me the next day.

      A. will visit                B. are going to visit   C. would visit          D. visited

She does well ______ English.

      A. on                        B. at                        C. in                       D. under

While the woman was cleaning the room, the door _______.

A. open                     B. is opening            C. opening               D. opened

-- What did your teacher say?

--- She ______ she _________ newspaper at that time.

A. said, is reading B. said, was reading

C. says, was reading D. says, is reading