用所给单词的适当形式填空。(5分)

1.____(it) are apples.

2.Michael and I ____(be) good friends.

3.They are four ____(box).

4.I’m in Shiyan High ____(school).

5.Excuse ____(I), where are you from?

--_______ not very difficult for us young people _______ English.

--So let’s study hard.

A. It’s, to learn B. That’s, to learn

C. This is, learning D. It’s, learning

Why don't you ________？

A. write down it B. write down

C. write it down D. to write down

China ________a population of 1.3 billion.

A.have B.is C.are D.has

Do you like telling jokes in your English study? Jokes can make your words colourful and interesting. If (如果) you make people laugh, you can know that people are interested in your topic.

In order to get jokes, you can watch comedies or talk shows on TV. When you hear David Letterman’s jokes in his programme, you’d better write them down. Then you can have more jokes to tell when you talk with others. If your English is good enough, you can also write your own jokes to tell at a party or to break the ice before a speech.

How to make your jokes more interesting? Not all the English words sound funny. Some English words sound funny by themselves, while others can get a laugh only in phrases and sentences. You have to choose. Different people may have different feelings on a joke. So don’t be sad if others don’t laugh after you tell a joke. After all, telling English jokes is just a way to help you with your English study.

1.Jokes can make our words .

A. bad B. colourful

C. boring D. easy

2.If people laughed after you told a joke, they might be your topic.

A. bored with B. sad about

C. interested in D. good at

3.From the passage, we can guess that David Letterman may be a(n) .

A. movie actor

B. English writer

C. language learner

D. host (主持人) of a talk show

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Almost all the English words sound funny.

B. Your words can’t be interesting without jokes.

C. You can write your own jokes to get a laugh.

D. People always like the same jokes when they listen to a talk show.

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Colouring Your Life.

B. Making Friends at Parties.

C. Famous English Jokes.

D. Learning English by Telling Jokes.

句型转换：根据题后括号内的要求改写句子，每空一词。（共15分）

1.—Which is _________ (big), the sun or the moon?

—The sun, of course.

2.This bag is heavy and that bag is much _________ (heavy)than this one.

3.—Would you like_________ (play)football with us?

—I’d love to, but I have lots of homework to do.

4.The film star has _________ (million)of fans in the world.

5.I play the piano every day because I want to play as _________ (good)as Langlang.

My teacher doesn’t allow us others’ homework.

A.to copy B.copying C.copied D.copy

Henry will give us a report as soon as he .

A.arrives B.arrived C.is arriving D.will arrive

of my parents is busy today, so they can go with me.

A.Neither B.None C.All D.Both

When Mr Smith retired(退休), he bought a small in a village near the sea. He it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.

But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most building in the village. From morning to night there were outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and of them even went into Mr Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr Smith was sure that the visitors would coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr Smith had to every day showing them around his house.“I came here to not to work as a guide（导游）,”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

1.A. garden B. shop C. house D. school

2.A. liked B. hated C. sold D. built

3.A. big B. interesting C. small D. clean

4.A. children B. students C. parents D. tourists

5.A. no B. none C. many D. much

6.A. come B. leave C. stay D. play

7.A. to satisfyB. satisfy C. to satisfyingD. satisfying

8.A. go on B. stop C. continue D. not

9.A. take B. cost C. spend D. pay

10.A. play B. work C. watch D. retire