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I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so small as she muscled（使劲挤出） her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break. I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.

One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship（奖学金）. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” Well, I had to give it to her—she was determined. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory.

One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing”, came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at 165cm she would probably never get to play for a top team—much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten(喉咙哽噎) as I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. _____________. He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own attitude.

The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was offered a scholarship and on the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of.

1.The author was probably the girl’s .

A．neighbor B．friend C．mother D．teacher

2.Why was the girl heartbroken?

A．She was considered too short to be a top player.

B．Her coach stopped her training because of her height.

C．She couldn’t be on a college basketball team.

D．She wouldn’t attend her favourite college.

3.Which of the following is the best for the _______in Paragraph 2?

A. They should encourage everyone to play basketball.

B. They should not give up their dreams.

C. They didn’t know what a father should do for his child.

D. They just did not understand the power of a dream.

4.Which proverb best matches the story?

A．Practice makes perfect.

B．Rome was not built in a day.

C．Where there is a will, there is a way.

D．Pride comes before a fall.

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1.If you want to get a library card, you _________.

A. have to pay one dollar for it

B. needn’t pay for it

C. need to borrow five books first

D. need to make a card

2.According to the library rules, you can’t _______.

A. take newspapers home

B. borrow CDs from the library

C. listen to music at the library

D. borrow a video for a week for $1

3.The library has _________.

A. books in 42 languages

B. no language tapes

C. no special rooms for listening

D. all kinds of video films

B

Found

Is this your computer game？

Call John at 495?3638.

Lost

My ID card.

Please call 685?6034.

My name is Mike.

Found

Is this your watch？

Please call Gina.

Phone: 929?3012.

1.________ found a computer game.

A．John B．Mike C．Gina

2.John's telephone number is ________.

A．495?3638 B．685?6034 C．929?3012

3.Mike lost ________.

A．his computer game B．his ID card C．his ring

4.Gina found ________.

A．a computer game B．an ID card C．a watch

5.Alice lost a watch. She can call ________.

A．685?6034 B．495?3638 C．929?3012

I like playing the violin, but Jack likes playing volleyball.

A. the;the B.the;/ C. /; / D. /; the

任务型阅读，仔细阅读下列短文，从A、B、C、D中找出恰当的选项填入第 1-4 题的空白处，并回答第5 题。

A. What a cute dog! What is his name?

B. It’s a lovely day today, isn’t it?

C. It’s a nice shirt! Where did you get it?

D. Those roses look really beautiful, don’t they?

Small talk is a good way to make friends. If you travel to other countries or have friends from abroad, do you know how to use small talk to make conversations?

In Britain, the best topic is the weather. British weather is changing all the time. You can start chatting by saying “__1._____”

Besides weather, it’s good to talk about gardens with British. You could say, “___2.____” .English people love their pets. So it’s also nice to start with “____3.___”

In America, people like to talk about sport news, such as American football and basketball. Americans also talk about clothes. So you might say, “____4.___” Weather is a safe topic there, too.

5.What can we learn from this passage?

A. Small talk in America .

B. Small talk, big skill.

C. How to make friends.

D. Weather is a good topic of small talk

单词拼写

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。

1.I am a f____ of Garth Brooks. I can sing all his songs.

2.Alan hung out with his friends i_______ of cleaning the bedroom.

3.He is a d_____ man, so he can’t hear anything.

4.We are going camping this weekend but it d_______ on the weather.

5.My father was so tired that he f______ asleep quickly last night.

6.When you make a mistake, you should tell the t_____.

7.Parents shouldn’t p______ their kids so hard because they have already had a lot of stress.

8.He was sleeping deeply but I was a______ all night.

9. But u_____ he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a man.

10.Only a few students agreed to the plan. Most of them were strongly a________ it.

书面表达

假设你是李雷，正向好友Tom介绍无锡动物园。请根据以下所有信息，用英文写一封邀请函。

要点如下：

1. 位于无锡西部，可以乘坐出租车或公交车去；

2. 每年会有来自不同地方的大量游客来；

3. 能看见许多动物，猴子们喜欢上窜下跳，让人发笑；

4. 准备些物品，例如……；

5. 希望将来你能来，因为是个游玩的好地方。

注意：

1. 短文须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯。

2. 第四句省略部分补充1到2句；

3. 词数60个左右。

Dear Tom,

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours truly,

Li Lei

We could hear the birds ________ in my hometown in the past, ________ now we can’t.

A. to sing; and B. sing; and

C. to sing; because D. sing; but

When I was four years old, I wanted nothing more in life than to play the piano． My best friend Betty had a piano． But Betty hardly played it at all． She would rather play hide-and-seek． It didn’t seem fair．

One day my mother came to pick me up from Betty’s house． “Watch this!” I told her． Then I ran to play a song I had learned that morning． I was so proud of what I’d learned． “That’s nice, Jenny,” she said． “But we can’t afford a piano．”

When I turned six, my mother bought me a recorder（直笛）． The problem was that I didn’t love the recorder． When I played the recorder, I didn’t feel anything special inside． I asked my mother if we could have a piano． “We still can’t afford one,” she said． “One day, I promise．”

In the sixth grade, my mother traded in the recorder for a real clarinet（黑管）． I like the clarinet more, but it still wasn’t a piano． It wasn’t the music that was inside of me．

One day, when I was in the seventh grade, my mother cut an ad out of the newspaper． We drove to a stranger’s home in Providence, Rhode Island． The woman had a beautiful, dark wood piano from Russia． It was called an upright piano because it was tall． It was so shiny that it looked like it was wet． “We’ll take it,” my mother said． “It has a nice sound．”

After that, I played the piano every single day．When I left for school in the morning, I would leave the sheet music open on the piano． When I got home, I would walk straight to the piano and sit down and start playing the sheet music． I even played if I stayed home sick． I had finally found the music inside of me．

Do you struggle with music? Have you been given an instrument to play, but you just can’t play it? Maybe you think you’re just no good or that you don’t have any musical talent． Don’t get discouraged． It’s not true! We all have music inside of us, even if it’s just what we listen to． Now it’s up to you to find the right way to set that music free．

1.What did Jenny get when she was six?

A．A clarinet．

B．A recorder．

C．A violin．

D．A guitar．

2.How did Jenny get her piano?

A．Betty gave it to her．

B．She traded in the clarinet for it．

C．She got it from her uncle．

D．Her mother bought it from a stranger．

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Betty was more interested in playing the piano．

B．An old woman sent Jenny a clarinet from Russia．

C．Jenny enjoyed playing music with the right instrument．

D．Jenny’s mother borrowed a recorder in her seventh grade．

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A．How Jenny found the music inside of her．

B．What benefits Jenny got from making music．

C．How Jenny learned to play musical instruments．

D．What trouble Jenny had taking up music as a hobby．

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