Easter is a happy time in western countries like the UK and the USA．After Christmas, it is the most fun holiday．It 1 as an important religious(宗教的)festival, but for the non-religious it is 2 a special time．It is an official holiday, 3 most people visit their families or friends during Easter．
The most important Easter tradition is 4 each other Easter eggs, because eggs are the symbol of new life．Traditionally people 5 paint chicken eggs, but today they give each other chocolate eggs．
A fun game during the festival is the Easter 6 hunt(搜寻)．Parents hide chocolate eggs in the 7 , and the children go out to hunt for them．What they find, they can eat! It’s quite normal for children to feel 8 after Easter weekend as a result of eating too 9 chocolate．
The date of Easter follows the cycle of moon．It is always sometime 10 late March and late April．This year Easter was on April 12th．
Hi, boys and girls! I'm Kathy．Let me 1 you something about my family．There 2 three people in my family-my father, my mother, and I．My father is a 3 ．And he works in a bank．He thinks his job is 4 boring．He wants 5 a policeman．He enjoys 6 TV after dinner．My mother is a teacher．She 7 in a middle school．She thinks her job is very 8 ．She likes her students very much．She works hard and often comes back home late．Look, many students are on the playground．Some are walking, 9 are playing games．．In her free time(空闲时间), she likes writing stories 10 a magazine．I study at a middle school．I also want to be a teacher when I grow up．
(1)
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A．
say
B．
speak
C．
tell
D．
talk
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A．
have
B．
is
C．
has
D．
are
(3)
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A．
policeman
B．
bank clerk
C．
waiter
D．
reporter
(4)
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A．
a kind of
B．
all kinds of
C．
kind of
D．
kinds of
(5)
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A．
be
B．
is
C．
to be
D．
being
(6)
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A．
watching
B．
watches
C．
to watch
D．
watch
(7)
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A．
teach
B．
wants
C．
work
D．
teaches
(8)
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A．
dangerous
B．
difficult
C．
interesting
D．
boring
(9)
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A．
others
B．
other
C．
another
D．
the other
(10)
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A．
in,
B．
for
C．
as
D．
at
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Poor Martin lost his work and was trying to find a job．One day he read in the newspaper that a man was 1 to work in a zoo．He was very 2 and went to the boss of the zoo to ask for the job．The boss told him that their monkey had just died and it would be two months 3 they could get another one, so they wanted him to take the monkey’s place．
As soon as he heard this, Martin got angry and shouted, “You want me to take the place of a monkey!Take this place yourself．You look more like a monkey than I do．” “Don’t expect it like that,” said the boss, “I know you don’t look like a monkey, but we’ll 4 you up．” Martin thought about it for a while．Though he didn’t like the idea, he had to make a living after all．So he 5 the job in the end．
The next day Martin started to work．It wasn’t 6 ．The only thing he didn’t like was the tiger in the cage next to him．But, as there were strong bars(铁栏杆) 7 them, he soon got used to his neighbour．
One afternoon he climbed up to the top of the bars．Suddenly he missed his footing and fell not on his own side of the bars, but into the tiger’s cage．That great animal was asleep at the time, but the noise of Martin’s fall woke his up．Martin had to 8 the bars again quickly to get back into his won cage．He tried to get up, but he had hurt his feet so badly that he couldn’t move．He hid his face in his hands so as not to see the tiger coming．The next few seconds seemed like hours．Then he 9 the tiger whispered in his ear, “Don’t be 10 , old man, I’m in the same boat as you．”
(1)
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A．
told
B．
paid
C．
wanted
D．
chosen
(2)
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A．
sad
B．
worried
C．
surprised
D．
happy
(3)
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A．
before
B．
since
C．
after
D．
ago
(4)
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A．
pick
B．
dress
C．
bring
D．
give
(5)
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A．
took
B．
gave
C．
loved
D．
lost
(6)
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A．
good
B．
clean
C．
bad
D．
nice
(7)
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A．
behind
B．
among
C．
before
D．
between
(8)
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A．
climb
B．
lift
C．
move
D．
jump
(9)
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A．
saw
B．
heard
C．
made
D．
thought
(10)
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A．
angry
B．
sad
C．
unhappy
D．
afraid
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You really have to get very old before you find you’re old．I’m in my middle fifties and I don’t feel old yet．However, sometimes I look bace at my cildood and 1 things to the lifestyle that is for 2 Kids, Some things have certainly changed．
One area of change id television．When I started school, most people didn’t have a television; TV was just beginning get 3 ．My father 4 to go all out(尽全力)and buy a 16-inch black and white set．Still remember 5 the Disney cartoon films．That was exciting!
Now, televisions have larger pictures in full color．The pictures are clearer and the sound is much more 6 ．The new high definition(高清晰度)sets are as clear as 7 screens．
The type and number of programs have 8 greatly．There are hundreds of channels(频道)and more shows than one person could ever watch．There are many fine entertainment and educational shows．There’s also a lot of garbage that most parents don’t want their kids to watch．
9 , we have more choices(选择)，and that is good．
I wonder what 10 will be like when today’s kids are my age．
(1)
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A．
forget
B．
remember
C．
compare
D．
miss
(2)
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A．
today’s
B．
yesterday’s
C．
tomorrow’s
D．
future’s
(3)
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A．
gone
B．
new
C．
expensive
D．
popular
(4)
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A．
made
B．
decided
C．
hoped
D．
tried
(5)
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A．
making
B．
watching
C．
preparing
D．
buying
(6)
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A．
untrue
B．
loud
C．
high
D．
realistic
(7)
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A．
movie
B．
television
C．
radio
D．
telephone
(8)
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A．
lost
B．
increased
C．
watched
D．
played
(9)
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A．
As usual
B．
Above all
C．
Besides
D．
Especially
(10)
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A．
movies
B．
food
C．
cars
D．
televisions
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My name is Wang Kun and my sister is Wang Wei．Since middle school, we have dreamed about taking agreat trip by 1 ．When we graduated from college, we finally got the 2 to do it．
We started our long bike ride 3 the Mekong River(循公河)in October． 4 it was autumn, thesnow had already started to fall in Tibet．Our legs felt so heavy and 5 that we thought they were ice．Have you ever seen 6 ride bicycles?Wang Wei was in front of me as usual．I knew I didn't need toencourage 7 ．To climb up the mountain road was hard work but to go 8 the hills was great fun．When we reached a valley(山谷), it became much warmer．We had to 9 our clothes．In the earlyevening, we stopped to 10 our tents and then we ate．After supper, Wang Wei went to 11 but Istayed awake．At midnight, the sky became clear and the stars were 12 ．There was almost no 13 only the sound of the fire．What a 14 night!We have already traveled so far．We are reaching Dali inYunnan Province．There our cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang will 15 us in the ride trip．I'm sure we'll havea greater time together．
(1)
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A．
bus
B．
bike
C．
train
D．
plane
(2)
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A．
chance
B．
experience
C．
information
D．
instruction
(3)
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A．
in
B．
on
C．
along
D．
above
(4)
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A．
Although
B．
Because
C．
When
D．
If
(5)
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A．
warm
B．
hot
C．
comfortable
D．
cold
(6)
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A．
snowmen
B．
businessmen
C．
engineers
D．
foreigners
(7)
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A．
him
B．
her
C．
me
D．
them
(8)
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A．
back
B．
over
C．
up
D．
down
(9)
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A．
wash
B．
carry
C．
change
D．
dry
(10)
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A．
put up
B．
put on
C．
put away
D．
put down
(11)
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A．
work
B．
sleep
C．
travel
D．
run
(12)
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A．
colourful
B．
dim
C．
light
D．
bright
(13)
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A．
wind
B．
fog
C．
cloud
D．
rain
(14)
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A．
busy
B．
boring
C．
noisy
D．
quiet
(15)
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A．
greet
B．
join
C．
visit
D．
interview
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Three soldiers were on their way home from the war．They arrived at a small village, they were very tired and 1 , but they had no food or money．The only thing they did have was a cooking pot(锅)．
The soldiers built a small cooking fire, 2 their pot on it, and poured in some water．When a few villagers asked what they were doing, one of the soldiers answered that he was making stone soup．A few more villagers walking by stopped to 3 what was goingon when they heard about it．
“Any soup needs salt and pepper,”the first soldier said, 4 some children ran to fetch salt and pepper．“Stones can be used to prepare good soup, but tomatoes would 5 it so much better,”the second soldier added．One woman said,“Why, I think I have a tomato or two!”She ran to get the tomatoes．
“Some cabbage would be a proper choice for a good stone soup!”said the third soldier．Another woman said,“I think I can probably find some cabbage,”and 6 she ran．
“If only we had a bit of beef and some potatoes, this soup would be fit for a rich man's 7 ．”The villagers thought it over, then ran to fetch what they had in their homes．A rich man's soup, and all from a few stones!It seemed like 8 !
The soldiers said,“If only we had a little milk, this soup would be fit for a king!”And so other villagers 9 to get some milk．
“The soup is ready,”said the cooks,“and all will 10 it, but first we need to set the tables．”Some of the villagers said,“Such a great soup would be better 11 some bread and cakes,”so they brought the 12 two things and the meal was 13 by all．Never had there been such a 14 meal．Never had the villagers had such delicious soup, and all made from stones! They ate and drank and danced well into the night．
In the morning, the villagers gathered to say goodbye．“Many thanks to you,”they said,“for we shall 15 go hungry now that we have learned how to make soup from stones．”
(1)
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A．
hungry
B．
bored
C．
sleepy
D．
sick
(2)
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A．
drew
B．
threw
C．
left
D．
placed
(3)
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A．
see
B．
tell
C．
imagine
D．
notice
(4)
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A．
but
B．
so
C．
or
D．
while
(5)
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A．
cook
B．
do
C．
invent
D．
make
(6)
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A．
about
B．
in
C．
off
D．
out
(7)
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A．
health
B．
money
C．
dream
D．
table
(8)
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A．
art
B．
magic
C．
interest
D．
supper
(9)
[ ]
A．
tried
B．
returned
C．
managed
D．
came
(10)
[ ]
A．
want
B．
buy
C．
use
D．
taste
(11)
[ ]
A．
over
B．
besides
C．
with
D．
like
(12)
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A．
first
B．
last
C．
other
D．
only
(13)
[ ]
A．
enjoyed
B．
given
C．
needed
D．
brought
(14)
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A．
cheap
B．
proper
C．
special
D．
public
(15)
[ ]
A．
later
B．
ever
C．
sometimes
D．
never
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“What’s the matter, mum?”
As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is 1 ．It’s unusual–she usually 2 the door and welcomes me with a smile!
“She’s dying,”mum says sadly．I 3 what she says．The tulip(郁金香), mother’s 4 is dying．
A month ago, we moved 5 our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip．Mum liked it very much． 6 she was free, she would sit 7 her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour 8 inviting smell．
She treated it like a baby and looked after it 9 ．She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to 10 to give the tulip enough sunshine．The first thing she did when she 11 every morning was 12 the tulip, Mum also fertilized(施肥)it many times．
She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and 13 ．But the tulip was dying 14 too much sunshine, water and fertilizer．
It’s true that mother loved the tulip．But this kind of love 15 be harmful．Love can sometimes kill what you love．
(1)
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A．
happy
B．
unhappy
C．
pleased
D．
pleasure
(2)
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A．
coses
B．
opens
C．
keeps
D．
takes
(3)
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A．
know
B．
love
C．
think
D．
find
(4)
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A．
favourite
B．
hate
C．
unlike
D．
like
(5)
[ ]
A．
into
B．
around
C．
across
D．
with
(6)
[ ]
A．
Though
B．
Because
C．
After
D．
Wherever
(7)
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A．
at
B．
in
C．
on
D．
under
(8)
[ ]
A．
but
B．
and
C．
for
D．
or
(9)
[ ]
A．
happily
B．
brightly
C．
carefully
D．
usually
(10)
[ ]
A．
other
B．
place
C．
two places
D．
another
(11)
[ ]
A．
got up
B．
made the bed
C．
played piano
D．
washed her face
(12)
[ ]
A．
to take
B．
to cut
C．
to water
D．
to pull
(13)
[ ]
A．
dry
B．
strong
C．
wet
D．
old
(14)
[ ]
A．
because
B．
for
C．
since
D．
because of
(15)
[ ]
A．
must
B．
should
C．
can
D．
need
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It was yearbook day and we were given an hour to sign each other's yearbooks in the cafeteria．I was president of the class and I played sports．When I sat down at a table, people started to come over to get their yearbooks signed and to sign 1 ．
Among them, a weak boy with ugly teeth and thick glasses kept shaking．I had seen him around, and I knew he was always laughed at．He seemed 2 of himself, and was so pale that it 3 us to look at him．
He came up and asked me nervously,“Can you sign this?”I took his yearbook but I didn't know 4 to write．I saw that there was the name“Ricky Sanders”written on the front of it．So I wrote：
I put down the yearbook and turned around to get some signatures from some of my friends when I 5 my yearbook was gone．I saw that Ricky had sat down with my yearbook．“What are you doing?”I asked him．He looked up calmly(平静地)and 6 said“Sign!”
My friends broke into a loud laugh, and I saw that he was carefully frying to put a signature in my yearbook．He hadn't even finished the“R”yet．I thought for a while and 7 to let him sign．
It took him nearly five minutes to sign and when I got my yearbook back, there was a very shaky“RICKY”．He hugged(紧抱)his yearbook and 8 ．I couldn't help but smile back at him．
In that moment, my 9 changed completely．
I gave him a high five and suddenly everyone at my table wanted his signature．He was asked politely to write in their yearbooks and the signature 10 of his yearbook were filled up．He was smiling so big that it lit up the whole room．
I changed school the next year, and I never saw Ricky again．However, I will never forget the day that he became the most 11 guy in school．Whenever I'm 12 , I still look back at that yearbook．
(1)
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A．
mine
B．
his
C．
ours
D．
theirs
(2)
[ ]
A．
unafraid
B．
unsure
C．
proud
D．
tired
(3)
[ ]
A．
worried
B．
surprised
C．
taught
D．
hurt
(4)
[ ]
A．
how
B．
which
C．
where
D．
what
(5)
[ ]
A．
saw
B．
noticed
C．
thought
D．
believed
(6)
[ ]
A．
still
B．
ever
C．
even
D．
just
(7)
[ ]
A．
decided
B．
meant
C．
began
D．
prepared
(8)
[ ]
A．
smiled
B．
waited
C．
left
D．
rose
(9)
[ ]
A．
sense
B．
value
C．
attitude
D．
idea
(10)
[ ]
A．
lists
B．
pages
C．
boxes
D．
tables
(11)
[ ]
A．
different
B．
patient
C．
popular
D．
important
(12)
[ ]
A．
away
B．
out
C．
behind
D．
down
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In England, the most popular(受欢迎的)food is fish and chips．SometimeS people cook this food 1 home, but usual1y they go to a fish and chip shop．They put the food in paper 2 , and take them 3 , or to their work place．Sometimes they eat it 4 the park or 5 the road．This“take－away''(外卖)food is very popular．
Chinese take－way food 6 also popular．There are 7 “Chinese take－aways''in England and in 8 and in Australia, too．There 9 fish and chip shops in Australia, 10 there are not so many in the USA．What is the most popular food in the USA?I think it is fried chicken．
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