8、People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook. This becomes a problem, because most families love home cooking! The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another the same time.

　　Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. A parent who makes some cookies（小甜饼）is not just satisfying（满足）a child’s sweet tooth. She or he is sending a message. The message says, “I care about you enough to spend an hour making cooking hat you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you.”

　　There is also something about the smell of home cooking. The smell of home cooking pleases people of all ages. It makes most of us feel good and loved- even if we are the ones doing the next time you smell a cake making, stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood（心情）.

1. Why do fewer people cook now?

A．They have no time.                            B．Many people are too busy.

       C．Many people don’t like cooking                D．They don’t like family meals.

2. A parent spends an hour making cookies________.

       A．just to satisfy her or his child’s sweet tooth B．only to send a message

　    C．to let a child eat up in 15 minutes  　        D．often to show her or his love

3. The writer thinks the smell of home cooking________.

　    A．makes us happy                              B．makes us be interested in cooking

　    C．makes us pay no attention to our mood        D．makes us love others

4. What’s the main idea of this passage?

　    A．Family meals are important.                      B．How to make cookies.

　    C．People are too busy to cook.                   D．Homemade cookies taste better.

7、Sometimes the reader’s request is not an important one, but the newspaper which receives it usually tries to give the requested help. One reader wrote:  “ My two children love Secretariat, the horse that has been winning all the races. They would like to know if it would be possible to get one of Secretariat’s shoes.”

The result was that the children were sent one of the racing shoes worn by the famous horse when he won at Churchill Downs in Kentucky.

Sometimes there is a real problem to be solved．During the spring of 1973 MR FIX IT learned that a young nurse from the Philippines was near death in an American hospital thousands of miles from home. She had no relatives in the United States and no close friends. MR FIX IT located her sister in the Philippines and helped the sister get the government papers she needed in order to visit the United States. In the meantime, readers of newspaper sent money to pay for her travel. Though there were many difficulties, the young nurse managed to have sister at her side before she died.

1. “Secretariat” is __________.

A．A popular English singer                              B．a famous racing horse 

C．a splendid American film                           D．a wonderful horse shoe

2. What is MR FIX IT?

A．it’s a person who often helps others 

B．it’s a reader who often reads something new

C．it’s a man who often asks for unimportant things

D．it’s a great of a newspaper which is often helpful

3.Where was the nurse from?

A．Asia                B．Africa                C．America            D．Europe

4. The word “locate” in this passage probably means_______.

A．know               B．find                 C．send               D．take

6、We Americans are wasteful people, not used to saving. Early settlers, our forefathers set us an example of wasting everything, for they thought nature’s resources were so plentiful that none of them ever imagined that natural materials would be used up in time. Within a few years of the first Virginia settlement, for example, pioneers burned down their houses when they were ready to move west. They burned down their houses with only one aim to get the nails（钉子） for future use. No one ever gave a thought to the priceless hardwoods that went up in smoke. As a people we destroy many valuable things that other people save. I noticed this when I was living in Britain. I received a letter from one England’s largest banks. It was enclosed in a used envelope（信封） that had been readdressed to me. Such a practice would be unthinkable in the United States. American banks, even the smallest, always use expensive stationery（信笺）with the names of all twenty - eight vice – presidents lists on side of the page.

1. According to the passage, we know the writer is     .

A．a Chinese              B．a Japanese            C．an Englishman      D．an American

2. The writer thought their forefathers     .

A．set a good example

B．wasted many natural resources

C．knew natural resources would be used up in time

D．made the best use of natural materials

3. The used envelope suggests that     .

A．the English look down upon the Americans    B．the English banks are very poor

C．the English try their best to save           D．the English like using used envelopes

4. Which of the following statements is wrong?

A．The writer lives in Britain now.

B．American banks use expensive stationery.

C．Americans are not used to saving.

D．The writer’s forefathers burned down their houses in order to get the nails.

5. The purpose of the passage is to     .

    A．wish Americans not to waste             B．tell us the English are a good people

    C．warn Americans against saving           D．encourage people to work hard

5、Scientists would like to place a huge mirror in space above the earth. It might be sixty miles wide. It would be used to catch the rays of the sun. It would direct the sun’s rays upon the earth as a child might do to make sunlight dance on the wall with a hand mirror.

    Why do they want to do this? The sun’s rays could be helpful in many ways. They could light up cities by night. The warm rays could stop frosts which might come at night and hurt fruit crops. They could melt dangerous icebergs in the ocean. Perhaps they could hang cloud movements and bring rain where it is needed.

1. The huge mirror would _________.

A．stand 60 miles in height.                         B．be 60 miles from side to side

C．cover 60 miles above the earth                 D．be 60 miles above the earth.

2. The strong light from the mirror could possibly _________.

A．hurt fruit crops                                  B．set fire to cities

C．bring longer daytime                              D．shine brighter than the moon

3. The huge mirror is __________.

A．something in a story                                 B．is being made

C．just an idea                                              D．to be made soon.

3、第一节        单词拼写。

1.The girl was so f______ （着迷）by the mighty river that she would spend hours sitting on its bank and watching the boats going and coming.

2.How close parents are to their children has a strong i        （影响）on the children’s character.

3.The project has only been under way for three months, so it’s too early to e        （评估）its success.

4. These trousers are too t__________ . I can’t put them on..

5.My grandfather is as e        （有活力的）as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day.

6.Thoughts of westerners  d      （不同）much from oriental in many ways.

7. Since the foreigner came, we have been giving her Chinese lessons in e_______ for her teaching us English.

8. I think reading English newspaper is a good way of i___________ your English.

9.The government’s c      （断言）that the factory waste had killed the fish was correct.

10.All the boys and girls burst into l       （大笑）on hearing the humorous story.

2、此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Dear Ms. Smith,

I appreciate your help very well. On the first day of                1. ___________

camp, you came up to myself while I was sitting alone. After           2. ___________

that, you always gave me specially attention and inspired                  3. ___________

to me to join in activities. As a result, I gradually got to know         4. ___________

the other campers. Because the help you gave me that summer,         5. ___________

my life changed．I gained so much confidence that I go back          6.___________

to school as new person. My grades improved．I became                7.___________

very active but made new friends. Today, I got a letter that                  8. ___________

said I had been admitted to a college. I am proud of it. I just        9. ___________

want to thank you for helping me becoming a different person.         10.___________

                                                                                                        Yours,

                                                               Bob

1、你班同学组织了一场讨论。讨论的主题是：城市内是否可以豢养宠物（狗和猫）。请你根据下表所提供的信息，介绍讨论情况，并说明自己的观点或建议。

注意：词数120左右。

Recently we have had a heated discussion on whether people should keep pets at home in cities.