Times magazine says that smart Lego has become one of ________ favorite toys.

A. child B. children C. children’s

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Bert Manson, 82, slowly opened his eyes and turned to face the clock on the bedside table. It was 8:23 a.m. He felt ____. The time was nothing to him. He had nothing to do all day. He lay on the bed, ________ to the cars on the highway and the shouts of the children running to school.

After a while, Bert ______ got out of bed and asked himself the same questions as he did every morning: Would he fall today? If so, would anyone come? How long would he _______? Would he die? He looked out of the window into the street below. “And who would ______?”he spoke quietly.

After Bert’s wife died a year ago, his son and daughter said they would visit once a week. But the last time was months ago. On the phone, they always had a(n) ________: too busy at work; the children are _______; bad weather; no time. Nobody seemed to have any time…except for Bert. He ________ his granddaughters. He loved it when Mandy and Ruth came to visit. They brought him candy and _______.

He walked to a chair near the bedroom door ________. He rested for a moment before continuing in small steps to the bathroom.

1.A. pleased B. sad C. surprised

2.A. listening B. pointing C. shouting

3.A. happily B. quickly C. carefully

4.A. hide B. wait C. follow

5.A. care B. decide C. forget

6.A. chance B. accident C. reason

7.A. excited B. perfect C. sick

8.A. introduced B. missed C. refused

9.A. hope B. trouble C. fear

10.A. in time B. in pain C. in person

选词填空（共7小题；每小题1分，满分7分）

阅读下面短文，用所给单词的恰当形式填空，使短文通顺、合理。每词限用一次，有一个多余的选项，答案请填写在答题卡相应的位置上。

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回答问题（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

请阅读下面这篇文章，根据文章内容用完整句子回答下列问题，并将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置上。

Welcome to my blog

Stephen Williams Friday, June 21

Today I went to the beach. It was my first day at the ocean for many years. The sound and smell of the ocean brought back memories of the great family vacations when I was a child. We always went to the beach for a week in the summer. I remembered playing for hours in the sand with my sister and crying when I couldn’t have any ice cream. Oh, and I remembered finding a huge jellyfish on the beach, and running away because I was scared! Amazing, really, the things you remember from your childhood…

Comments

Yeah, I remember going for long walks in the countryside. I guess I was only eight or nine. In the winter, my mom made soup, and I can still remember the wonderful smell! When we got home, I always went straight to sleep…

Carla, Mexico

What a great story! I remember going to the beach, too – on Christmas Day! My family lived in Australia when I was young. I remember waking up early. After we opened our presents, we always went to the beach and had a barbecue.

Leung, Hong Kong

The best memory I have is playing my first video game, Super Mario. I remember thinking that it was amazing, It was my tenth birthday and I still remember opening the box.

Daisuke, Japan

1.Was it the first time for Stephen to go to the beach on June 21？

2.Why did Stephen cry during his family vacations?

3.What wonderful smell can Carla still remember?

4.Where did Leung live when she was young?

5.When did Daisuke play his first video game?

Cat cafes to open in Toronto and Montreal

THESTAR，TORONTO

Soon, people in Toronto may be able to enjoy a hot chocolate or a coffee in a "cat cafe". Two groups of people in the city are trying to raise enough money to open cat cafes.

The idea is simple： a cafe for humans一with lots of cats around. People will be able to pet the cats while they're sipping their coffee. There are already cat cafes in places like England, France and in Asia like in Japan, South Korea and China.

Jennifer Morozowich plans to open her Kitty Cat Cafe in September. She told The Toronto Star that it will have six to fifteen cats. Morozowich is a cat lover who says that cats help to reduce people's pressure（压力）．She is also planning to hold special "Litter-ature" events, with the Dundas West Animal Hospital, at her cafe, with kids reading to the cats.

Some experts（专家）say that reading to animals helps kids learn to read better because animals enjoy hearing the human voice and kids don’t have to feel worried about making mistakes while they're reading.

Another cat cafe, Pet Me Meow, will be open in autumn if Ashkan Rahimi and Jeff Ro have their way. They are trying to raise money to open a place where cats will live, and[people can come in and buy a coffee and hang out with the cats.

Both sets of possible tale owners will have to make sure their cafes are very clean. The City of Toronto has many rules that people have to follow who want to serve food to humans when there are animals nearby. For example, the animal boxes need to be in a separate space away from the eating area.

The cafe owners will get the cats from rescue shelters（救护所）．If the coffee drinkers fall in love with a certain cat, they may be able to take it home.

The Toronto cat rates won't be Canada's first. Happy Cat Cafe, is opening in July in Montreal.

1.The underlined word "sipping" in the second paragraph probably means“ ”·

A. selling B. getting C. drinking D. making

2.According to the passage, Jennifer Morozowich

A. is a star from Toronto B. likes cats very much

C. has a cat cafe now D. lives under much pressure

3.We can learn from the passage that

A. reading to cats may help kids make fewer mistakes

B. the cat cafes have to give food to animals nearby

C. people mustn't take the cats of the cat cafes home

D. Canada will probably have three cat cafes this year

4.The passage might be

A. a news report B. an animal story

C. a meeting notice D. a pet advertisement

根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式．每空限填一词．

When I was 18，my family left China. And a year later, we made our way to New York. Unluckily, my father 1. （失败）to find a job, so I had to help support my family. I looked through the want ads every morning and later had an 2. （面试）for a job at Waterbury Hospital Health Centre. There I was told my work would 3.（包括）sweeping floors. I smiled and remembered my father's advice.

"Take pride in what you do,”my lather said, "whether you're a 4. （老板）or are sweeping floors.”

So even if my job was the lowest, I was5. （激动的）to do it. Each morning, I 6. （想象）all the patients not being able to eat if I wasn't there to clean the plates and bowls. Once7. （早饭）was made, I cleaned toilets, swept floors and did some other dirty work. I wanted people to say "That young man sure does a nice job"， 8. （尽管）I was dead tired.

Through 9. （十一）jobs I've ever held, my father's 10. （明智的）words have stayed with me. I've swept floors，and I've been the manager. I think Dad would be proud.

书面表达（本题有1小题，共计20分）

你校英语社团正在开展主题为"What should a good teacher be like?"的讨论，为此你采访了一些学生和家长。请你根据下表内容．用英语写一篇短文进行交流，并阐述你的观点。

注意：（1)文章必须包括表中所有内容．可适当增加细节．

(2)你的观点至少两条，不能重复表中观点；

(3）词数：80 -100；

(4)短文首句仅供选择使用，不计人总词数．

短文首句：Students and parents have different opinions about what a good teacher should be like.

What should a good teacher be like?

— Look! The girl with long hair is drawing a picture. Is she Sandy?

— It ______ be her. I’m not sure.

A. mustn’t B. must C. can’t D. may

— Simon, what do I need to take for the trip?

— You’d better ______ more water. It’s hot today.

A. to take B. take C. taking D. took

— What a heavy rain! Will it last long?

— ______ . We are getting into the raining season now.

A. Of course not B. I’m afraid so

C. That’s impossible D. I’m afraid not