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For Iris Grace, the world used to be a lonely place. The autistic(自闭的) five-year-old girl s 1. spoke and she often got nervous while being with other children.

Iris has been taught painting since she was three years old. She s 2. most of her time painting. She paints so well that her w 3. sell for as much as 1,500 pounds each. However, nothing could stop her loneliness u 4. a cat called Thula came to live with the family last year. Since Thula

a 5. , Iris’s parents have noticed Iris adds images like a cat’s eyes or nose to her paintings. They b 6. Iris is expressing her love to Thula in her paintings. W 7. the family go out in the car, Iris always takes Thula with her.

Thula has a great influence on Iris’s r 8. with others, too. Her parents find it e 9. to encourage Iris to speak when Trula is around. Iris’s mother said, “Thanks to Thula, Iris is a lot

h 10. than ever before.

–Did you enjoy the outdoor training yesterday?

---No, not at all! I was _______ dead after so much hard training.

A. so good as B. as well as

C. as good as D. so well as

Yao Ming is admired_______ millions of people_____ not only his achievements but also his spirit.

A. for; by B. by; for C. by; as D. as; for

—Jim feels stressed from time to time, but he doesn’t know ______ about it.

—He can get help from his teachers.

A. Who to talk B. which to talk to

C. when to talk to D. who to talk to

－Could you tell me _________?

－Sure. Walk straight along this street and you’ll find it.

A. how can I get to the post office

B. where is the post office

C. which is the way to the post office

D. how far the post office is

Good morning. The program today is about music. The word “music” comes from the Greek word “muse”. The Muses are the goddesses of the arts. The Music is only one of the arts. It is like the spoken language, but it uses sounds. Today’s program brings together music from different concerts of the world. Who invented music? Who sang the first song? No one knows exactly the answers to these questions. But we know that music plays an important part in almost everyone’s life. Babies and young children love to hear people singing to them. When they are a little older, they like to sing the songs they have heard. When children go to school, their world of music grows. In the middle grades, students take music lessons. When they reach high school, they become interested in listening to pop music.

The records we have chosen for you today are from American country music, Indian music, pop music and so on. Music has meaning for everyone. It can make people happy or it can make them sad. In this program we shall study the language of music. We shall be trying to find out more about how music works. We shall try to find out how music says what people feel.

Now, here comes the music today , I shall explain why they are all good music.

1.The first paragraph is mainly about the ___________.

A. styles of music B. history of music

C. taste of music D. knowledge of music

2.Which is NOT the purpose of this music program?

A. To study the language of music .

B. To learn more about the music.

C. To give a complete background to the music.

D. To give people some music to listen to.

3.The speaker is probably ___________.

A. a host B. a singer C. a dancer D. a teacher

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1.Drinking too much ____ _____(影响) people’s health. Never do it again.

2.–Are you busy these days, Mr Sigmund Friend?

–Yes, I must __________ (建议) different books to different teenagers.

3.During World War 2, Millions of ____________(德国人)suffered from the war, too.

4.I'm strongly _______________ (反对)smoking because it may cause cancer.

5.She has been a member of the ______________(国家的) basketball team for 5 years.

6.Although the old man is in his ____________(nine) , he is very healthy.

7.What difficulty will you have ____________ (reply) to the letter?

8.All the ____________ (win) names are on the list. You can check them again.

9.___________ (hand) in your homework on time, or your teacher will be angry with you.

10.If something _____________(worry) him, he used to ask me for help.

—I have a toothache.

—You should _______.

A. drink lots of water

B. take a rest

C. see a dentist

—Must I take the medicine every day?

—No, you _______.

A. must B. mustn’t C. needn’t

--- Hi, Li Lei. You don’t look ____, what’s wrong?

---- I have a headache.

A. good B. well C. nice