Dear Basketball And so I ran.

I ran up and down every playground

From the right moment I gave you my heart

I fell in love with you. Because it came with so much more.

A love so deep I gave you my all —

From my mind & body I played through the sweat(汗水) and hurt

To my spirit & soul(灵魂). Not because challenge(挑战) called me

But because YOU called me.

As a six-year-old boy I did everything for YOU.

Deeply in love with you

I never saw the end of the tunnel. You gave a six-year-old boy his dream

I only saw myself And I’ll always love you for it.

Running out of one. Love you always.

……

1.What did the writer fall in love with?

A. A playboy. B. Running.

C. Basketball. D. Playground

2.From the excerpts(节选) of the poem， we can learn ____________.

A. The writer practised a lot for his dream since he was a little boy

B. Challenge called the writer to do everything for it

C. The writer loved running when he was six

D. The writer loved his father from his mind and body

How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?

The sun was probably the world’s first “clock”， except in the far north， where the Eskimos (爱斯基摩人) live. There， it’s dark most of the winter， and light most of the summer. But in most of the world， people have used the sun for a clock. Even today， if you don’t have a clock， you still know that when the sun shines， it’s day， and when it’s dark， it’s night. The sun can also tell you if it’s morning， noon， or afternoon.

People near the sea can tell time from the tides(潮汐). In the daytime， for about six hours， the water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for about six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours.

Seamen on a ship learn how to tell time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is their clock. In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock.

A sand(沙) clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the picture， you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom(底部) part in exactly one hour. When people turn over the hourglass， the sand will take another hour to go back again.

1.How many ways does the passage show us to tell time including the watches and clocks?

A. 9 B. 4 C. 7 D. 5

2.The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because ______.

A. They know very little about the sun

B. The sun there never goes down in winter

C. It’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun

D. It has long dark winters and long light summers

3.The writer thinks ______.

A. there are no more than two tides in a day

B. a sand clock is a better clock than the tide

C. only the moon is a good “clock” for seamen

D. the wind can be a clock all over the world

4.In which column(栏目) of a newspaper can you most probably read this passage?

A. Science. B. News.

C. Advertisements. D. Sports.

I work as a volunteer for a group that helps the poor in Haiti. I decided to take my son Brain there for a week， hoping to educate(教育) him.

Before getting out， I told Brain this trip would be tiring and hard. For the first two days， he said almost nothing. Then on the third day， when we were climbing over high rocky mountains(高山)， he turned to me and smiled， “Really hard.”

After that， a five-year-old girl， wearing a too large dress and broken shoes， followed Brain around. Later he said， “I wish I could speak French.” I was surprised that this was from a boy who always hated French classes.

However， the moment that really reached my heart occurred in a village in the mountains. I was interviewing(采访) a woman villager for an article. By working hard， she learned to read and write and became one of the leaders of the village.

Learning her story， Brain was greatly touched. His eyes were wet and there was love and respect(尊重) on his face. He finally understood the importance of my work. When leaving for home， Brain even offered to stay in as a volunteer. This trip was very meaningful.

1.Why did the writer take his son to Haiti?

A. Because they wanted to take a trip there.

B. Because they went there to visit a friend.

C. Because his son wanted to help the poor there.

D. Because the writer wanted to educate his son.

2.What does the underlined word “occurred” mean?

A. Left. B. Offered.

C. Happened. D. Reached.

3.What did NOT the boy learn from this trip?

A. To love and respect poor people.

B. To be an excellent leader.

C. To offer help to people in need.

D. To be a kind and hard-working man.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. An exciting trip.

B. How to be a volunteer.

C. A story of a volunteering trip.

D. The importance of voluntary work.

根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

1.She caught a _________(发烧) on her travels in Africa， and came back soon.

2.It is _________ (确定的) that nothing is impossible if we never give up.

3.He’s a deep sleeper and we _______(摇动) him for a long while to wake him up yesterday.

4.Hu Ge is popular ___________ (到处) for his TV play Nirvana in Fire(琅琊榜) these days.

根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.We are so lucky to live in the _________ (social) like this.

2.The advertisement seems _________ (humour)， but its message is not a joke.

3.I had to get one at the bookshop since they _________ (sell) so well.

4.The girl is in poor health. She gets tired _________ (easy).

动词填空 用所给动词的适当形式填空

1.I don’t want him to help me because he _________ (prepare) for his exams.

2.— The rainy season is coming， so bad!

— I agree， and there _________ (be) much rain then.

3.I saw her _________ (dance) on the square at eight yesterday evening.

4.You’d better ________(not cut) your names on the bamboo here. We should protect the bamboo forest.

5.While I was cooking， he suddenly _________ (fall) to the ground.

6.He will go to see the film after he _________ (know) how wonderful it is.

7.— What a pity! You missed the firework show last night.

— Yes. But I _________ (write) an important report then.

8.Which city is Mrs. Green flying to _________ (see) her son?

阅读填空 先通读下文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空限填一词。

What do you read when you are travelling by train or bus? What are other people reading? Perhaps a woman sitting near you is reading a love story. A man is reading a serious biography(自传) about a president. And there’s a student reading an English textbook.

What do their choices(选择) say about them? Do you think you can know them by what they are reading? I have got to tell you that your feelings of them may be quite wrong. The woman reading the love story could be a lawyer. She just wants a light read to take her mind off work. The man reading the biography wants you to think that he is very clever. The student reading the textbook isn’t a student at all. She’s an English teacher.

Publishers(出版商) know that some people care what they read on trains or buses and so they put out different types of covers. For example， books about Harry Potter have a cartoon cover for young readers and then another more serious cover for grown-ups.

So next time you are on a train， look around and see what other people are reading， but don’t jump to any conclusions(结论). You will be wrong maybe.

Here is a sentence that you could say， “Don’t judge（判断） a book by its cover”.

根据所给汉语，用英文完成下列句子

1.由于洪水，当地政府给我们提供了食物和净水。

The local government _______ us _______ food and clean water because of the _______.

2.我想知道人们是否怜悯这些需要救助的动物。

I wonder if people _______ _______ _______ the animals in need.

3.厚厚的白雪笼罩万物，每年这个时候打雪仗真是欢乐无穷！

Everything _______ _______ in _______ snow and it’s fun to play snowball fights at this time of year.

4.整日无休止的工作使他积劳成疾。

Working all day long without any rest _______ _______ his _______.

5.我们要尽可能勤加练习以使它日臻完美。

We should __________________________ to make it perfect day by day.

6.这台机器一开始就报废了。

The machine __________________________.

书面表达

上周日我和Sandy去野生动物园参观，了解到很多动物的生存现状，想在School newsletter上发文呼吁同学们共同保护动物。请就下面表格提示内容写一篇80词左右的短文。

内容提示：

注意：

1. 短文须包括所有提示内容，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；

2. 第5个要点的内容须展开合理想象，适当发挥1-2句；

3. 短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Last Sunday， Sandy and I went to the zoo. _________________________________

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完型填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A B C D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

I was standing in my shoe store. The door opened and a young man came in pushing himself in a wheelchair（轮椅）. I was surprised to see that he had no .

“I need a new pair of for myself, a pair of black ones,” he said. I was so that I stood there doing nothing.

“I don’t need them, I’m not joking, sir,” he looked at me and explained. “When I was a kid, my parents bought me new shoes every year. It was such a feeling that I have never forgotten it.” I a pair of shoes and gave them to the young man. He the shoes against his nose and took a deep breath（呼吸）. came to his eyes. At that moment, a homeless old man was standing outside shoes, looking at us. The young man found this and said to , “Will you ask that old man to come in, please?” I did so and the poor man came in.

“ is the size of your feet?” the young man asked the poor man.

“A nine and a half.”

The young man asked me to take out the shoes of the size. He turned to the old man, “Sir, would you mind trying them on for me?” The shoes were wonderful on the old man.

“I’ll buy them,” the young man said. “The good feeling that I have forgotten has come back , and now I have someone to share it with me.”

The young man gave the old man he needed most? He did his best to help others in the world although the world seemed not so fair（公平）to him.

1.A. ears B. arms C. legs D. hands

2.A. shoes B. sweaters C. trousers D. glasses

3.A. worried B. tired C. surprised D. happy

4.A. so B. because C. but D. when

5.A. strange B. terrible C. boring D. wonderful

6.A. took out B. took away C. took off D. took on

7.A. gave B. looked C. watched D. put

8.A. Shoes B. Tears C. Parents D. Ideas

9.A. without B. on C. by D. in

10.A. himself B. him C. her D. me

11.A. What B. How C. How much D. How many

12.A. good B. well C. better D. best

13.A. always B. never C. sometimes D. often

14.A. also B. too C. again D. either

15.A. how B. who C. what D. where