Mary didn’t know who ________ the problem she met with at that time.

A. to talk about B. to talk to about

C. will take to about D. will to talk

We won’t have a picnic because there may be ________ tomorrow.

A. many rain B. raining C. rainy D. some rain

— Having many helpers makes this hard activity easier and faster to complete.

— I think so. ____________.

A. Many hands make light work.

B. Actions speak louder than words.

C. The early bird catches the worm.

D. The more you learn， the more you know.

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Peter was a potter (制陶工). He had a wife and two fine sons. One night， his older son got a stomachache. At first， Peter and his wife thought the boy just got a bad cold， so they didn’t take it ________ . But it was not a cold. It was terrible appendicitis(阑尾炎)， and the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the ________ could not happen if he had taken the ill seriously， Peter was very ________ and was ________of guilt(罪恶). Then his wife couldn’t accept the thing， so she left him alone with his six-year-old ________ son.

Peter lost his two favourite persons. He felt no hope in the world and ________ to alcohol(酒精). Then Peter became an alcoholic(酒鬼). As he drank more， Peter began to lose ________ he had---his home， his land and his work. Finally， Peter died ________ in a San Francisco room. When I heard of Peter’s death， I thought he was a ________ and wasted his life. As time went by， I began to know ________ I once thought was wrong. I knew Peter’s little son， Ernie. He is one of the kindest， most caring， most loving men I have ever known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the love ________ them. I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere. I never heard Erine talk much about his ________.

One day I asked him， ‘ I’m really puzzled by something. I know your father was the only one to raise you. What on earth (究竟) did he do to make you become such a special person?’ Ernie sat quietly and smiled for a few ________ . Then he said， “When I was a child， he came into my room every night， gave me a kiss and said， ‘I love you， son.’ ”

Tears(眼泪) came into my ________ . Peter had not left any money ________ ， but he had been a kind， loving father， and he left behind a legacy(遗产) of love.

1.A. serious B. seriously C. easy D. easily

2.A. dead B. died C. death D. die

3.A. happy B. sad C. bored D. tired

4.A. fill B. filled C. full D. fulled

5.A. fine B. elder C. younger D. youngest

6.A. got B. turned C. came D. said

7.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing

8.A. slowly B. alone C. hopefully D. happily

9.A. winner B. stranger C.traveller D. loser

10.A. that B. why C. what D. /

11.A. in B. between C. among D. with

12.A. father B. mother C. brother D. sister

13.A. years B. days C. minutes D. hours

14.A. eyes B. ears C. hands D. feet

15.A. back B. behind C. in front D. before

Travel Arrangements

Date: 15 April， 2013 For Miss Li Yan

1.How many days will Miss Li Yan’s holiday last?

A. 14. B. 16. C. 19. D. 20.

2.At what time does Miss Li Yan have to be at the airport for her flight from Taizhou?

A. 8:00 a.m. B. 9:30 a.m.

C. 10:00 a.m. D. 11:00 a.m.

3.How will Miss Li Yan travel from the airport when she arrives in Perth?

A. By taxi. B. In a car.

C. On the travel-bus. D. By plane.

4.Where will Miss Li Yan be on May 16?

A. In a hotel in Perth.

B. On her return to Sydney.

C. On a flight to Singapore.

D. On a trip to Monkey Mia.

5.In which city will Miss Li Yan stay before she returns to Taizhou?

A. Perth. B. Sydney. C. Singapore. D. Melbourne.

Teahouses(茶馆) in Chengdu

There is a saying， “China has the best teahouses in the world and Chengdu has the best teahouses in China.” Chengdu has not only many teahouses but also the special ways of serving and drinking tea.

As soon as the visitors come into the teahouses， the waiters or waitresses will greet them with teapots and cups in their hands. The cups often have special covers and saucers(茶碟). The covers can keep the water warm.

People who go to the teahouses are not all thirsty. Retired(退休)people pay a little money to the teahouses and then sit there all day long to chat with others. Sometimes， people have parties in the teahouses. They eat fruit and sunflower seeds(瓜子)while they chat and return home when they are tired.

Teahouses are also good places for people to talk about businesses. People can tell the stories and enjoy Sichuan Opera. Sometimes when people have a quarrel(争吵)， a mediator(调解员)will bring them to the teahouse. After their problem is worked out， the person who is wrong will pay for the tea. It is interesting that as soon as the quarrelers come into the teahouse and sit down to drink tea， they have almost calmed down. With the help of the mediator， their problems can be easily worked out then. Maybe we can say the teahouses have some special social functions(功能).

1.Chengdu has the best teahouses in China because _____.

A．the serving of the teahouses in Chengdu is very special

B．there are many people in Chengdu teahouses

C．there are many old men in Chengdu teahouses

D．the cups in Chengdu teahouses are old

2.People in Chengdu’s teahouses may _____ while they are drinking according to the passage.

A．enjoy interesting stories

B．watch movies

C．listen to Beijing Opera

D．quarrel in loud voice

3.Who will pay for the tea after the mediator solves some problems?

A．The mediator himself

B．The person who caused the problem

C．All the persons in the teahouse

D．The owner of the teahouse

4.This passage is taken from the newspaper. Which part do you think it is from?

A．The sports part. B．The news part.

C．The culture part. D．The family part.

5.This passage mainly talks about _______.

A．how to make tea

B．how to open a teahouse

C．the special functions of the teahouses

D．the special way of enjoying tea

You probably know you should say” please” and “thank you ” at restaurants. You probably know the rules of a library. You know you should be nice to your classmates. But do you have music manners?

Keep It Down! You have to notice the volume of your music. You should not play your music so loud that everyone around you can hear it. Some people might even get angry. Usually， when you play the music loud on an MP3 player， other people can’t hear the words of the song. They just hear a loud sound. No one wants to listen to this. Very loud music can also be bad for your ears， so even if you are alone when listening to our MP3 player， you shouldn’t turned it up.

Take Them Off! You need to know when to turn your MP3 player off and put it away. Libraries and schools don’t allow MP3 players. There are other places， like museums， that don’t have rules， but it would be rude to have your MP3 player on.. Why would you listen to music at a play， a movie or a sporting event? You would miss what is going on and others would wonder why you even came.

Take One Out! If you are listening to your MP3 player when someone asks you the way. It would be polite to take out one earphone， tell him the way， and put back the earphone and continue listening. You can also do this when you order food at a fast-food restaurant or when you answer the telephone and it’s not for you.

It’s Your Choice! There are times when you need to decide what is best. For example， some people can listen to music on their MP3 Players when read books， while others think it is boring. In cases like this， you need to do what seems right for you.

1.The underlined word “volume” in Paragraph Two probably means _____.

A. 风格 B. 音量

C. 长度 D. 领域

2.No one wants to listen to _____ from others’ MP3 player.

A. a loud sound B. sad stories

C. a long movie D. the words of a song

3.We can take one earphone out when we _____.

A. show others the way

B. talk to friends on the phone

C. watch a sporting event

D. have dinner with our parents

4.It’s all right to use our MP3 player in _____.

A. schools B. libraries

C. restaurants D. museums

5.What can be the best title of this passage?

A. Music Lovers B. Music Manners

C. MP3 Players D. MP3 Earphones

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Good morning， boys and girl. Today I’ll talk about going online.

We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet can make our lives interesting and enjoyable. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer. We can learn English and read some newspapers and magazines to know more information around us. It can make us clever in playing computer games. Also we can send e-mails to our friends quickly. It can help us contact(联络，联系) people from all over the world.

But some students spend too much time in playing computer games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Some girls even get to have boyfriends or some boys get to have girlfriends online. They write too many letters to each other. It takes them too much time to chat online so they do worse in their lessons and they don’t study well any more.

I think we mustn’t get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays. I think we should get online with our teachers or parents.

At the same time， if we have lots of free time， we can do some activities after class. We usually have activities from 4:50 to 5:50 in the afternoon. You can play basketball or football. We also have some interest groups in school， such as drawing， singing and dancing. We can go to the English corner on Monday afternoon. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities that we can learn a lot from and less time on the Internet.

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1.35% of the________ (年老的) feel lonely from time to time since their children don’t live with them.

2.At the beginning of the class， our new teacher gave us an ________(介绍).

3.Be careful， and you will ________(避免) the possible accident.

4.I plan to visit several ________(欧洲的) countries with my parents this summer.

5.My history teacher has many exciting ________(经历) in different countries.

6.We mustn’t throw rubbish everywhere， ________(尤其) in public places.

7.After long time hard work， he finally ________ (实现) his dream.