From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying , but in the evenings and weekends they are 1.f________ and enjoy themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own 2.i________.

There are many different ways to 3.s________ our free time.

Almost everyone has some kinds of 4.h________: it may be something from collecting stamps to making model planes. Some are very 5.e________, but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections(收藏)are worth a lot of money, others are 6.v________ only to their owners.

I know a man who has a 7.c________ collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的)fifty-cent piece which cost him $250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the8.p________ was all right . On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I 9.w________ if they are worth any money . However, to my brother they are 10.q________ valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

That’s what a hobby means, I think. It is something we like to do in our free time just for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.

Almost every child in cities has the chance to go to school, but not all children in the countryside are so lucky.

There is a girl called Xiao Juan. She is ten years old and lives in a small village. When she was seven, she wanted to go to school. But she could not, because her family was too poor to afford the 2school fees for her, so her parents had to keep her at home. Instead of studying, Xiao Juan looked after her brother and worked in the fields every day. Then Hope Project heard about Xiao Juan. It agreed to help Xiao Juan to go to school. Her wish of study came true, and now she is studying in a school.

Unluckily, there are many thousands of children who can not go to school. You can join in Hope Project and help these children. You know all the good work needs money. Hope Project needs your help.

4If you give Hope Project ￥300 each year, it can pay for one child to go to school for a whole year. With more money, Hope Project can build new schools; buy good desks, chairs, blackboards and books. Let’s help the children together and give them a chance to have a good start in life.

Information Card

1.Where does Xiao Juan live?

2.What’s the Chinese meaning of “school fees”?

3.What did Xiao Juan do before she goes to school?

4.把划线句子翻译成汉语。

5.What is the purpose of Hope Project?

书面表达

假如你是Han Mei, 下面是一封你的笔友Alice 给你发来的e-mail,请你根据e-mail 的内容给她写一封回信，与她交流看法，并帮她排忧解难。

提示词语：listen to, mother's love, care about, communicate with, get along with, smile

要求：1.语句通顺，书写工整;

2.可用所给提示词语，也可以适当发挥;3.词数在60-80左右

Dear Han Mei,

I'm afraid I've got a big problem recently. My mother talks too much to me. She always tells me, Be careful while crossing the street. Put on more clothes. Did you do a good job at school? and so on. I'm annoyed(烦恼). What shall I do?

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阅读下面短文 掌握其大意 然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Why am I bringing a 10-pound (4.5kg) pumpkin upstairs? Why am I washing it? Why am I cutting it with a big ? Why am I carving (雕刻) a Jack O’Lantern?

October 31 is . During this holiday kids on people’s doors asking for sweets. There are orange and black things in the houses. Jack O’Lanterns are one of these things! People carve them out of empty .

A lot of houses don’t carve Jack O’Lanterns. They just have fake (假的) . It’s to buy a fake one, and a fake Jack O’Lantern doesn’t go .

Not me! I am going to make the thing. I am going to carve a face on a pumpkin!

The first thing for me to do is to the pumpkin. It has lots of dirt on it. Then I have to cut open the top and take out the inside.

This is not easy. It takes two hours to out the inside with a big knife. I the seeds, as they can be eaten. I cut three triangles (三角形) in the side. Two triangles will be the eyes, and is a nose. At the I cut out a mouth. I am so of my work. I take it outside.

Three days later, the inside goes gray. A few days after that, the thing is black. The pumpkin is going bad! By Halloween, the Jack O’Lantern will be ! I should have got a fake one.

1.A. scissor B. knife C. spoon D. fork

2.A. Easter B. Thanksgiving C. Halloween D. Christmas

3.A. knock B. shut C. hit D. paint

4.A. pumpkins B. watermelons C. potatoes D. stones

5.A. thing B. things C. one D. ones

6.A. different B. easy C. difficult D. unusual

7.A. away B. bad C. wrong D. by

8.A. real B. true C. correct D. right

9.A. cut B. carve C. wash D. weigh

10.A. pick B. look C. empty D. find

11.A. plant B. collect C. save D. keep

12.A. another B. other C. others D. the other

13.A. top B. left C. bottom D. right

14.A. glad B. proud C. angry D. confident

15.A. broken B. gone C. dead D. lost

An ID card is the most important proof of identity for each person. It shows one’s name, date of birth, address, nationality, photo and ID number.

China’s top legislature (立法机关) added something new to the Resident Identity Card Law. It passed the suggestions of recording Chinese citizens’ fingerprints when they apply for or change ID cards.

Fingerprints would make it easier to recognize the people who own the cards. It can stop people from making fake ID cards.

Li Xiao’ou, a bank worker in Beijing, said fingerprint data will make bank business safer. “No two people have the same fingerprints,” he said. “The new card can better protect their private information. It will prevent their identity from being used by others when people want to do banking.”

As ID cards will contain more personal information, many people worry that some institutions (公共机构) may let their information out. The amended law tries to better protect it. Government offices and other public institutions, like banks and hospitals, could face a fine of 500,000 yuan if they give out citizens’ personal information.

1. From an ID card, we can tell the person’s following information EXCEPT ______.

A. his/her blood type B. his/her nationality

C. his/her age D. his/her address

2.What is the most important advantage of an ID card including fingerprints?

A. It is more beautiful.

B. It can’t be stolen.

C. It can be used for a long time.

D. It’s easier to recognize people.

3.The new ID card will make bank business safer because ______.

A. the bank worker can’t know the person’s information

B. the fingerprint data can protect people’s identity from being used by others

C. it includes many of the person’s clearer photos

D. with this card people don’t have to go to the bank to do business

WHEN a woman took the seat beside me on a plane, I felt uncomfortable. She had to lower herself slowly, squeezing (挤压) her body into the small space.

“My name is Kelly. I’m from Canada. Where are you from?” She waved a hand in front of my face. “China,” I said as I shook her hand unhappily.

Kelly kept talking to me. She was very thoughtful. When we were served drinks and meals, she made sure that I had enough room in my seat.

“I don’t want to make you uncomfortable with my elephant size!” she said sincerely. I couldn’t help but let down my guard.

As we talked, I was surprised by her wise words. She had read many books and was very smart.

I asked her if she ever thought about losing some weight.

“Aren’t you worried about the diseases that come with being overweight?”

“Not at all. I eat healthy and walk regularly,” she said. “I believe in my heart, the people who get diseases are the ones who worry. You see advertisements from exercise centers that read, ‘Free yourself from your extra baggage, so you are free to be yourself.’ You’re free only if you’re comfortable with who you are!”

I suddenly realized that Kelly was the most beautiful and clever woman I had ever met in my life.

1.Why was the writer unfriendly to Kelly at first?

A. She was not good at making friends.

B. She was not in a good mood that day.

C. She hoped to enjoy the trip alone.

D. She felt uncomfortable with Kelly’s big body.

2.The writer changed her attitude because _____.

A. she learned Kelly tried hard to lose weight

B. she found Kelly was a wonderful person

C. she and Kelly had a lot in common

D. Kelly helped her a lot during the trip

3.In Kelly’s opinion, what may cause diseases most ?

A. Bad moods like worry and anger

B. Things you bring during a trip

C. The cheerful character one should have

D. Wise words and knowledge

4.What kind of person is Kelly?

A. Talkative and careless. B. Warm and thoughtful.

C. Knowledgeable and proud. D. Shy and friendly.

Quite often we see people driving carelessly and paying no attention to anyone else on the road. In fact, 75 percent of the time, car accidents happened because of carelessness and drivers’ mistakes.

What about you? Are you a safe driver, or have you developed dangerous driving habits that put you and others in danger?

According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, carelessness lead to one-fourth of all US accidents. And drivers who don’t pay attention to the road cause 10 percent of all the accidents. The following actions may lead to accidents every day:

◎ Eating, driving and smoking while driving.

◎ Picking something up off the floor.

◎ Reading a map or something else.

◎ 39 .

Studies also show that using a phone while driving increase one’s danger of a car accident by 400 percent! However, texting(发短信) while driving can be even worse. It suggests that this common practice might be even more dangerous than drinking while driving. Our magazine last month has reported that texting drivers had slower reaction times than drinking drivers. When drivers are texting, their accident risk was 23 times higher than when they weren’t texting.

So, are you feeling sorry for any of these dangerous driving habits? If so, make some changes today!

1.Who is the passage mainly written to?

A. Teachers. B. Students. C. Drivers. D. Police.

2.Which of the following can’t be put in the blank(空白)?

A. Driving while tired B. Wearing your seat-belt

C. Turning to talk to someone D. Watching something on the road

3.The underlined phrase “this common practice” refers to .

A. texting while driving B. phoning while driving

C. drinking while driving D. careless driving

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A. 10% of the accidents are caused by drivers who are phoning.

B. Texting while driving increase a car accident by 400 percent!

C. Texting drivers had slower reaction times than drinking drivers.

D. It tells us how to give up these dangerous driving habits.

FOR people who are interested in space, nothing is more exciting than the idea of living on other planets. That might be why the movie The Martian (《火星救援》) is so popular. It shows an astronaut struggling to live on Mars. But would it actually be possible to live on the Red Planet?

While the idea of living on Mars is great, the reality does not look as good. Mars does not have a friendly atmosphere for humans. There is very little oxygen there. And because of its distance from the sun, it is also very cold. The temperature on Mars can be -62 degrees on average. This is much too cold for humans.

However, scientists say it might be possible to live there even without a good atmosphere. Daytime on Mars is almost the same as Earth’s. It means there’s enough sunlight to grow plants inside safe buildings. However, they would have to grow in soil from Earth. Mars does not have a strong enough atmosphere to stop the radiation coming from space, which makes it dangerous to grow things in the soil.

The radiation is also bad for our health. If we want to live there healthily, we need to build our homes under the ground or within the rocks on the planet. This would protect humans from the radiation and also some heat.

When could we actually live on Mars? NASA is hoping to make some progress within the next 20 years.

1.The film The Martian is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to _____.

A. introduce the topic of living on Mars

B. tell readers something about the film

C. explain the development of the film-making business

D. show people’s knowledge of Mars

2.Which of the following about Mars is NOT true?

A. Its atmosphere is not good for humans.

B. It has very little oxygen.

C. It’s colder than Earth.

D. It’s closer to the sun than Earth is.

3.It’s possible to grow plants on Mars because _____.

A. there is enough sunlight

B. the soil is good on Mars

C. it has a good underground atmosphere

D. its temperature changes very little

4.What does Para. 4 mainly talk about?

A. What problems the radiation causes.

B. How to avoid bad conditions on Mars.

C. How to build homes on Mars.

D. How to protect Mars.

词汇运用

A. 用方框中所给单词或词组的适当形式填空 每词限用一次。

1.I was very when I heard from a stranger from a village far away.

2.—What do you think of the sweater which the boy is over there ?

— It looks so smart .

3.Everyone should take care of because health is the most important in life.

4.Last year of people died in the car accidents.

5.Knowledge makes one laugh, but makes one dance.

阅读下面短文 请根据所给中文正确拼写单词 使短文意思完整正确。每空限填一词。

It was the first time that my wife and I had flown first class. As we boarded the plane, we felt as if we were 1.____ (部分) of a wealthy group. We were 2.____ (充满的) with a sense of pride at sitting with those important people.

We 3._____ (注意到) that the stewardess was working non-stop to make sure of the comfort of the first class passengers. She could not walk by a seat 4._____ (没有) being given an order. I thought she must love her job very much, since she gave each person such a big 5._____ (微笑).

As the stewardess6. _____ (经过) our seats near the end of the flight, I looked up at her and said, “Thank you and I hope you have a great night.” She stopped with a look of disbelief (不相信) on her face, and said: “Excuse me?” I7. _____ (重复) my words and she smiled in a rather funny way. It seemed as if I had asked a question that she did not know how to 8. _____ (回答). A little later, as we were getting off the plane, the stewardess said to me: “Thank you very much, sir.” Then she said 9. _____ (静静地): “You are the only passenger who has thanked me or said anything nice to me all night. I really appreciate your kindness.”

The sense of belonging to an elite (精英) group in first class 10. _____ (消失) as soon as I heard those words. We were reminded that without kindness, there would be no first-class flying.