O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know.

When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison(监狱). During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.

He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with a sudden change. This made the readers surprised.

1.O. Henry was sent to prison because __________.

A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper.

B. People thought he had stolen money from the bank.

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners.

D. he broke the law (法律) by not using his own name

2.Which of the following is true?

A. O. Henry was from a rich family

B. O. Henry was in school for a long time.

C. O. Henry learned everything he needed by himself.

D. O. Henry liked writing stories when he was a little boy.

3. O. Henry got most materials for his stories from ________.

A. his happy life as a boy

B. New York and the poor of the city

C. the newspaper

D. his life in prison

4.People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because ________.

A. they had surprising endings

B. they were easy to understand

C. they showed love for the poor

D. they were about New York

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DIY在年轻人中很流行，Tom昨天完成了他的第一份DIY作品。请根据下面的提示以第一人称帮他写篇英语作文，题目为My first DIY job,词数不少于80。（开头已给出，不计入总词数。）将答案写在答题卷上。

1. 上周，在网上购买了颜料和两把刷子。

2. 首先，仔细看了说明书。

3. 然后，把墙漆成了蓝色，但是整个房间看起来有一点单调。

4. 最后，决定在墙上画一些色彩斑斓的鱼和一条小船。

5. 油漆满地板都是，不得不花一个小时把房间收拾干净。现在整个房间看上去真的很棒。

6. 希望了解更多有关DIY，我将……（自拟至少一点）

My first DIY job

DIY is popular among young people. I did my first DIY job yesterday.

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The pupils in her class are never late ______ school and they’re nice _______ each other.

A. to; to B. to; for C. for; to D. for; for

It is sunny most of the time in October. So Simon _________ goes on picnics with her family.

A. never B. seldom C. sometimes D. always

-I am going to the Great Wall tomorrow. -_______.

A. That's OK. B. That's right.

C. Have a good time! D. Thank you.

In many English homes people eat four meals a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge（粥）, eggs or bread and drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o'clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is at about half past seven. First they have soup. Then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that, they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.

1.Many English people have_______ meals a day.

A. two B. three C. four D. five

2.People in England don't have _______ for their dinner.

A. bananas and apples B. eggs and bread

C. meat and vegetables D. soup

3.Which of the following is correct（正确的）according to the passage?

A. Breakfast is at any time in the daytime.

B. English people have lunch at about l:00 pm.

C. Tea time is always in the evening.

D. All English people have their dinner at about half past seven.

完成句子。（15分）

1.米莉是我们校阅读兴趣小组的一名成员。

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2.那家商店离这很远，你可以乘车去那里。

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3.在周末，她通常要花三个小时做回家作业。

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4.我所有的老师对我很好。

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5.那位穿蓝色连衣裙的女孩是我的姐姐。

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---He is tall and strong.

A. What is Jim? B. What does Jim look like?

C. What does Jim like? D. Where is Jim?

---_____________ do you read English newspaper?

---I read them every day.

A. How long B. How much

C. How often D. How far

_____________ her father, Lucy ______________ watching films.

A. Like; like B. Likes; likes

C. Likes; like D. Like; likes