Speak aloud,please! I can ______ hear you.

A.usually B. almost C. hardly D. nearly

I was 15 months old, a happy and carefree kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. from then on, my injured, sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me. Sometimes people asked me embarrassing（使人难堪的）questions. Whenever kids played games, I was the "monster". I was always imagining that everyone looked down on（瞧不起）me.

Yet mum would say to me, "Hold your head up high and face the world." I began to depend on that saying.

As a child, I thought mun meant, "Be careful, or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking." As a teenager, I usually looked down to hide my shame. But I found that when I held my head up high, People liked me.

In high school I even became the class president, but on the inside I still felt like a monster. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mun and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside instead of your appearance（外貌）.”

My mum's love was the sunshine that made me bright. I had faced hard times, and learned not only to be confident（自信的） but also to have deep compassion（同情）for others.

“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. I say it to my children. The gift my mum gave me will live on.

1.The underlined word “carefree” in the first line probably means“ ______” in Chinese.

A.无忧无虑的 B.无拘无束的

C.小心翼翼的 D.与众不同的

2.Why did the writer imagine that everyone looked down on her?

A.She felt bad about her appearance.

B.She found it hard to act as a monster.

C.Kids refused to play games with her.

D.People always asked her embarrassing questions.

3.Why did the writer's mum say “Hold your head up high”to her?

A.To tell her to be careful.

B.To help her hide the shame.

C.To stop her from getting hurt.

D.To make her more confident.

4.From the story, we can know that ______.

A.the writer understood the saying very well as a child

B.the writer felt like everyone else in high school.

C.the writer is living with a warm and brave heart now

D.the writer has deep compassion for others all her life

5.The passage is mainly about ______.

A.what the writer experienced when she was 15

B.what the writer did to show thanks for mum's gift

C.how the writer changed herself with mum's love

D.how the writer became confident with her great efforts

In nature, you may see many insects (昆虫）and animals of different colors. Have you ever wondered why?

Locusts are super delicious food for birds,but it is not always an easy job for birds to catch them.It is neither because locusts are good jumpers or runners nor because they are smarter than their enemies. The reason is that the colors of locusts change with the colors of crops(庄稼). When crops are young,locusts look green. But when autumn comes, locusts change to the yellow and brown color as crops do.

Brown bears,tigers and other animals move quietly through forests. They can’t be seen easily by their enemies. This is because they have colors similar to the trees. For the same reason, polar bears that live on a land of snow and ice are white. Butterflies and bees living among the flowers are colorful like flowers. Soil insects are mostly dark-colored and they live under the soil(土壤） in a dark and wet environment. However, insects with colors different from plants can easily be found and eaten by others. So in order to survive,they have to hide themselves in the daytime and appear only at night.

Have you ever noticed some even stranger acts? The ink fish in the sea can send out some very black ink when it faces danger. As the ink spreads over , its enemies will find themselves suddenly in a dark world. At the same time the ink fish immediately swims away. That is how it keeps itself safe though it is not strong at all.

1.It is not easy for birds to catch locusts because____________.

A.locusts are good runners

B. locusts can jump very high

C. locusts are smarter than birds

D. locusts can change their color

2.According to the passage, most soil insects_________

A.do not have bright colors

B. change their colors with the soil

C. do not live in a dark and wet environment

D. Eat colorful insects like butterflies and bees

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word”survive” in the passage

A. 繁殖 B. 产卵 C. 觅食 D. 生存

4.The ink fish_______so that its enemies will not see it

A. changes its color B. makes the water around it black

C. appears only at night D. hides itself in the sea rocks

5. What is the main ides of this passage

A. Some insects and animals have different skills.

B. Some insects and animals are clever than we think.

C. Some insects and animals use colors to protect themselves.

D. Some insects and animals can get used to the environment easily.

根据短文内容和首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

There is no doubt that colours do affect our moods. A yellow room can make most people feel cheerful and relaxed w 1. a dark green one makes you feel cold and a 2. . And a red dress b 3. warmth and pleasure to the saddest winter day. Of course , the colour b 4. will probably make you feel depressed (沮丧) . It is r 5.that a black bridge over the Thames River u 6. to be the scene of more suicides.( 自杀 )than any other bridge in the a 7. until one day it was repainted green, And the n 8. of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply(大幅下跌). Perhaps it would have fallen e 9. more of the bridge had been p 10. pink or baby blue.

—Look at _________ sculpture, Jack! How do you like it?

—This is ________ most wonderful one I have ever seen.

A. the； a B. a； the C. the； the D. a； a

It’s creative _______ you _______ this good idea.

A. of； to come up with B. for； to come up with

C. of； think of D. for； to think of

We all know that we’ll meet all kinds of difficulties in our lives in the future. We should learn to be ________ any challenge!

A. confident enough to take on

B. active enough to take up

C. enough careful to take try on

D. enough patient to try out

—It’s necessary and important for the students at school to join the Clean Plate Campaign. It’s good for them to form good habits.

—Sure. We should try to _______ all the food that we’ve ordered.

A. give up B. eat up C. turn up D. show up

__________ you gave him!

A. How useful advice B. What a useful advice

C. How a useful advice D. What useful advice

1. If a Japanese student wants to learn Chinese, he or she can_________.

A. call 021-58609228

B. fax 021-58609728

C. telphone010-69191617

D. email me at cherrylf@hotmail.com.

2.How many square metres is the garden of the house for sale?

A. 509 sqm B. 428.8 sqm

C. 312.9 sqm D. 80.2 sqm

3.If you want to ski for four hours on weekends, how much money will you pay at last?

A. 138 yuan B. 200 yuan

C. 208 yuan D. 280 yuan