I often hear Simon___________ popular songs in his bedroom.

A. sings B. to sing C. sing D. singing

—I’m going to have my final exams at the beginning of January.

— _________________

A. Congratulations! B. That’s a good idea!

C. Good luck! D. I’d love to.

If you had the chance to leave the life you have now, what would you do?

Students from Fair-grounds Middle School, New Hampshire, US, chose to lead a special life for a week. They left the city and lived a different life by working on a farm. They handed over their cell phones and lived like any farmer’s children. And they enjoyed it!

“I didn’t know what would happen when we got there,” said Tyler Swift, 14, “but there were so many fun things. So much hard work, too. It was a challenge.”

“Getting up at 6 every morning, the students milked cows, spread hay(放置草料), and washed hundreds of sticky buckets(黏黏的桶). The hardest part was cleaning up piles of poop(成堆的排泄物) in the animal houses. It smelled bad, but it was lots of fun!

None of the students said no to the work. “With the farmers’ help, they did the work better and better. And they learned a lot more than just farming work.” said Rick Brown, a science teacher at Fair-grounds.

“You get to know who can do what and learn to work with different people. The children all showed great team work.” said Nick Quadros.

1.How long did the children work on the farm?

A. For a week. B. For about half a month.

C. For a month. D. For ten days.

2. What dose the underlined word “challenge” mean in Chinese?

A. 比赛 B. 厌烦 C. 怀疑 D. 挑战

3.The children did lots of things EXCEPT(除了) ___________.

A. feeding cows

B. milking cows

C. cleaning the animal houses

D. looking after sick cows

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. All of the students were willing to do the work.

B. The children got some help from the farmses.

C. The children learnt just about farming work.

D. The children worked well in teams.

5. What is the best title of the article?

A. Middle school students “sent down” to the farm.

B. All the children hated the farm.

C. Life without happiness.

D. How to make your school life colorful?

根据句意用所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.My grandpa enjoys the ______________ (nature) food on the farm every day.

2.In fact, wolves are not dangerous to ___________(human).

3.Sometimes he can’t remember where ___________ (find) the books.

4.Giant pandas live __________ (main) on a special kind of bamboo.

5.Thank you for your ____________(kind).

A lot of students are having all kinds of sports on the sports field. A football game is going on right now ________ Class 3 and Class 4. We don’t know which team will ________ . Look at those people over there! Some students of Class 1 are practicing the ________ jump. One of them is the best high jumper in the school. He practices hard every day. Many people think he will ________ the school record (记录) in the sports meet next spring. Not far away from them, some girls are preparing for a race. They ________ have a 600-meter race in ten minutes. Now on the corner of the field, you can see another group (群) of students. Their teacher is telling them ________ to throw discus (铁饼).

In schools, ________ students love sports now. Sports help people to keep ________ . They also help people to live happily. And ________ doing sports on the sports field, many people will ________ good friends, too. Do you think so?

1.A. in B. between C. from D. of

2.A. win B. winning C. fall D. falling

3.A. long B. far C. high D. tall

4.A. break B. turn C. leave D. name

5.A. were B. going to C. were going to D. will

6.A. what B. how C. which D. that

7.A. much and much B. most and mostC. many and many D. more and more

8.A. health B. tired C. healthy D. happy

9.A. in B. before C. after D. over

10.A. become B. change C. get D. bring

The following is the information about an accident.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1.Maybe it was _______ when they were climbing the mountain.

A. rainy B. snowy C. sunny D. windy

2. _______ took the wound to the hospital.

A. Policemen B. Visitors C. PartnersD. Firemen

3.The accident happened in the _______.

A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night

4. _______ people were hurt in the accident.

A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five

5.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. When they were climbing the mountain, two of them fell into the valley.

B. The firemen arrived half an hour later.

C. Mr. Zhang hurt his head.

D. The accident happened on Mount Hua, Shanxi.

任务型阅读

We live in different places. For example, some people live in the mountains; some people live on plains; some people live near water.

Mary lives near the sea. The sea is blue. She likes to play on the beach with her friends.

Tom lives by a lake. The lake is very big. The water is clear. He often goes boating with his family on fine days. Sometimes he goes fishing with his father on Sundays.

Jack lives in the mountains. The mountains are very high. In the summer, it’s very cool there. In the winter, the mountains are all white. Jack likes to play in the snow with his sister.

Jim lives on a plain (平原). He likes flying kites when the weather is fine.

Tony lives in the desert (沙漠). It is very hot and dry. It doesn’t get much rain. Tony likes to ride his camel all around.

David lives in a forest. The forest has many trees. It rains a lot there. David likes to climb the trees and play in his tree house.

根据短文内容，完成表格。

从B栏中选出与A栏相匹配的答语

A B

1.Where was your father’s car made? A. No, I’m not.

2.Could you please help me carry the box? B. It was made in Germany.

3.What did Lisa do on her vacation? C. No problem.

4.Are you afraid of taking the plane? D. By having conversations with friends.

5.How do you practice speaking? E. She visited her relatives.

______a pretty boy he is!

A. Where B. How

C. Why D. What

She used to _____ a bus to school, but now she is used to _____ to school.

A. taking; walk B. take; walk C. taking; walking D. take; walking