—It smells terrible. What has happened here?

—Look, there is much waste gas _____ from the chemical factory.

A、rose B、rising C、rise D、rises

—What are you looking for?

—I’m looking for a book ______ tells the history of England.

A、which B、who C、what D、where

—I’m going to take part in an English competition next week. —­­­­­­­­­­­­­ .

A、Congratulations. B、Well done.

C、Good luck. D、It’s a secret.

What do you think of stress(压力)? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

Most of the students think stress can do harm ________ them in some ways. There’s a story about a teenager in a middle school. He even ________ his study because of the stress from school and family. We also usually hear that someone turns to psychological doctors（心理医生） ________ heavy working stress. There is no doubt that some people think stress is a dangerous wolf.

On the other hand, other people think that stress is not a bad thing. They ________ stress can produce momentum（动力）in the end. For them, right attitude (态度) and action can reduce stress and make it ________ . When I was a child, my mom always pushed me to study hard. She wished I could go to a good ________ for further education. I experienced stress for the first time. Born to a poor family, I deeply knew ________ was not easy for us, and everything my mom did to me was just to hope I could live a better life in the future. ________ the saying goes, “No pains, no gains.” So I did what my mom expected because I didn’t want to let her down. At last, I did measure up(达到标准) to my mom’s expectation and went to college ________ . Thanks to my mom’s push! Thanks to the stress! In this way, I don’t think stress is a bad thing.

Generally speaking, stress is not a bad thing in ________ . The key is how we deal with it.

1.A. for B. in C. to D. at

2.A. gave up B. put out C. began with D. cheered on

3.A. thanks B. because of C. because D. thanks for

4.A. guess B. look C. imagine D. believe

5.A. useful B. difficult C. terrible D. hardly

6.A. company B. college C. factory D. library

7.A. life B. spirit C. thought D. idea

8.A. Then B. But C. As D. While

9.A. quietly B. quickly C. specially D. successfully

10.A. herself B. himself C. itself D. ourselves

To help you decide what might make a good pet，we’ve put together a pet checklist．We’ve named some of the animals that are often kept as pets．We’ve shown some good points and bad points about each．And we hope it may help you make the best choice(选择)．

1.You are ________ to keep a raccoon as a pet in many places of America.

A、suggested B、encouraged C、not allowed D、told

2.It would be easier for you to keep a ________ as a pet if you’re often too busy to take care of it．

A、rabbit or raccoon B、rabbit or cat

C、raccoon or dog D、dog or cat

3.If you feed birds at home，you should be very careful to choose a _______ as your another pet．

A、rabbit B、raccoon C、cat D、dog

4.The dog may ________ you if you make it angry．

A、hurt B、fix C．、train D、smell

5.The writer tries to help us ________ with the checklist．

A、learn how to look after our pets

B、find which animal is our best choice as a pet

C、know what kind of animals can be kept as a pet

D、keep a pet in a easy way

When Mr. David retired（退休）, he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it.

But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity（好奇心）, came in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide.” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

1.Mr. David’s house was _________ that many tourists came to see it.

A、so small B、so quiet

C、so interesting D、such interesting

2.Mr. David put a notice on the window in order _______ .

A、to drive the visitors away

B、to satisfy the visitor’s curiosity

C、to let visitors come in and look round

D、to get some money out of the visitors

3.The notice made the visitors _________ .

A、more interested in his house

B、lose interest in his house

C、angry at the unfair price

D、feel happy about the price

4.After Mr. David put up the notice,___________ .

A、the visitors didn’t come any longer

B、fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house

C、more and more tourists came for a visit

D、no tourist would pay the money for a visit

5.At last he had to sell his house and move away because _________ .

A、he did not like it at all

B、he could not work as a guide

C、he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive house

D、he could not live a quiet life in it

左栏是人们在日常生活中浪费能源的5种现象，右栏是与其对应的的解决建议，请选出一个最佳答案，选项中有两项是多余的。

看图短文填空：请用适当的词完成故事，每空只能填写一个词。

How do you keep in 1. ________ with your families and friends? Think about it, which tool will be the first one jump into your mind? The answer is WeChat. Today, WeChat isbecoming 2. ________ most popular text and voice messaging tool all over the world. It was developed by Tencent 3. ________January，2011.

Do you know how 4. ________ use WeChat? It is so 5. ________ that not only old people but also little boys can learn it quickly. First, you can 6. ________ your phone number, QQ ID to create a WeChat ID. Then you can sign up to chat with your friends. If you want to send a voice 7. ________ , press the “ Hold to talk” button and record. With the interesting function “Look Around”, you can search for people 8. ________live nearby.“ Shake” is another amazing function in WeChat. You can find a "stranger" to talk to by 9. ________ the phone. The system will find out others who are shaking their phones at the 10. ________ time and make a match.

WeChat is really a wonderful invention that changed the world.

信息归纳

请阅读下面这篇文章，根据所提供的信息，完成信息卡，把答案写在答题卡指定的位置上。

Homework of foreign students

Some teachers ask students to write some special articles just like The Yesterday and Today of Chinese and What do You Think of Chinese Culture. The students have several days to finish the homework. Some students can finish it well. Their homework is just like books.

The students also have another kind of interesting homework: the teachers may ask them to write some different poems. The teachers think it can make students creative.

We can find other kinds of homework. One of them is doing research and writing a report about something. Homework will be a report about the US history or other things. Students may use the Internet and look for information in at least three books from the school library to finish homework. They are very cool. They are just like the real writer and scientist.

Students sometimes do homework together in groups. They call these groups study groups. American boys and girls often make friends or do other interesting activities in the study groups. They prefer to talk to their friends rather than do any work. Boys may play jokes on others and girls prefer talking to other girls. They also learn more from each other.

Information Card

书面表达

国务院印发了《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要(2010-2020年)》，首次将“建立中小学生课业负担监测制度”写入教育规划纲要中。请以“My Homework”为题，写一篇不少于80词的短文。

内容包括：

1．简单叙述你每天做作业的基本情况；

2．做作业的好处是复习知识和提高成绩等；

3．大量的作业对你的学习是否有帮助？为什么？

4．希望老师不要布置太多的作业，让学生有更多放松的时间。

作文要求：

1．不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现学校真实的名称和学生的真实姓名；

2．语句连贯，词数80个左右。

My homework