I decide to practise harder_____ I will be more confident in front of the class.

A. so that B. although C. when D. if

--- I called you at about seven last night, but nobody answered.

--- Oh, I ______in the park with my parents at that time.

A. take a walk B. is taking a walk C. took a walk D. was taking a walk

--- What’s your plan for the coming weekend?

---______ go to fly kites?

A. Why not B. Why don’t C. How about D. Let us

--- I missed the Evening Party for Double Shopping Day on November 11.

---______ ! But you can get some information on the Internet.

A. Pretty good B. What a pity C. Good luck D. Never mind

Three years ago, I got to know a poor lady named Rose. She had no children and lived alone. When I went to visit her, I always took her some____and food. One day she asked me to have coffee and delicious food for lunch at a restaurant near her home.

___the way, I began to worry: I knew that she had no money, but if I offered to____the lunch, I was afraid I must hurt her.

There were many people in the____and all of them were happy. Rose told me to sit and drink coffee by the window. Then she went into the____. I didn’t know what happened. After about 20 minutes, she came out with some food. Then we started to enjoy the delicious food together. She told me that the restaurant allowed people to work for a meal____they had no money. The restaurant also might give them a free meal if they were not____to work, especially for the disabled.

I____remember the beautiful afternoon I shared with Rose. We had a meal, and Rose paid for it by her work. The weather was____and bright, and everyone’s smile was warm and bright as well.

I’m still thinking that life cannot be easy to us, but we can still do something for our friends and other people. The world will be____if everybody would like to share happiness with others.

1.A. tea B. milk C. water D. coffee

2.A. By B. In C. On D. At

3.A. ask for B. pay for C. look for D. care for

4.A. park B. shop C. hotel D. restaurant

5.A. kitchen B. bank C. cinema D. theater

6.A. or B. if C. so D. but

7.A. glad B. able C. happy D. pleased

8.A. still B. never C. hardly D. already

9.A. warm B. hot C. cool D. cold

10.A. safer B. wider C. better D. bigger

1.When did Amy visit Teenager Advice Column?__________

A. On January 20, 2017. B. On February 21, 2017.

C. On March 1, 2017. D. On November 20, 2017.

2.Where can Amy see movies at weekends? __________

A. In the library. B. In Dolphin Park. C. in Center Square. D. In the Science Museum.

3.Which of the following is TRUE? __________

A. The lectures in the library are all free.

B. On March 1st students can have a free camp.

C. Dolphin Park is open to students for free all day.

D. Students don’t need to pay for the tickets of Science Museum in March.

O. Henry was a pen name of an American writer. He wrote short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money was lost from the bank, others believed O. Henry took it. So people sent him to prison﹡. He stayed in prison for three years. There he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because they always finished with a sudden change at the end, to the reader's surprise﹡.

1.In which order did O. Henry do the following things? __________

a. Lived in New York b. Worked in a bank c. Traveled to Texas

d. Was put in prison e. Had a newspaper job f. Learned to write stories

A. c, e, b, d, f, a B. e, c, f, b, d, a C. e, b, d, c, a, f D. c, b, e, d, a, f

2.O. Henry went to prison because__________.

A. he didn’t use his real name.

B. he took money from the newspaper.

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners.

D. people thought he took the money from the bank.

3.People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because__________.

A. they had surprising endings. B. they were easy to understand.

C. they showed his love for the poor. D. they were about New York City

4.Where did O. Henry mostly write for his short stories? __________

A. The newspaper articles. B. His life inside the prison.

C. The city and people of New York. D. His exciting early life as a boy.

What is the first thing you want to do when you see someone yawn? You want to yawn, too! Yawning iscontagious.

Scientists have found that all people yawn. Babies start to yawn even before they are born. The earliest yawn takes place when a baby is still inside its mother. When young children are about one year old, they start to yawn when they see others yawning. That's why scientists think yawning is contagious.

It’s no secret that yawning is contagious, but why do we yawn? Well, scientists are not really sure.

Some think we yawn because we feel bored. Others believe yawning has something to do with breathing. When there is too much carbon dioxide(CO2) in our bodies, our bodies will tell the brains to breathe deeply. That causes a big yawn.

In 2007, scientists said people yawned to cool down their brains. These scientists found people yawned more often if they were warmer than others.

Scientists are still trying to find out why yawning happens and why it is so contagious. But they are only sure that when one person yawns, immediately everyone else nearby wants to yawn, too.

1.The underlined word "contagious" in Paragraph 1 means__________.

A. helpful to our health B. passing from one person to another

C. hard to understand D. getting into one trouble after another

2.According to the scientists, people start to yawn when they are__________.

A. born B. one year old C. 17 or 19 years old D. inside their mothers

3.Which of the following is NOT RIGHT according to the passage? __________

A. People yawn to catch others' attention. B. People yawn because they are bored.

C. People yawn to cool down their brains. D. People yawn to get rid of carbon dioxide.

4.We can probably read this passage in a__________.

A. story book B. movie poster C. science magazine D. travel guidebook

When I spent the summer with my grandmother, she always sent me to a store with a long shopping list. How could I hope to find all these things? In the store, there was a tall lady with black glasses on her nose. There wasn’t a smile on her face.

“Excuse me,” I said. She looked down and said, “I’m Miss Bee.”

“I need to get these.” I said, holding up my list. “So? Go to get them. ” Miss Bee pointed to some shelves. “There’s no one here, only you and me, so get yourself a basket and get all these things yourself.”

That summer I visited Miss Bee twice a week. Sometimes she gave me wrong change. One afternoon I corrected her, “That bag of beans is only twenty-nine cents!”She just looked at me over her glasses and changed the price. Going to the store was more like going into battle. I got into the store just like General Patton getting into North Africa.

Soon I learned how to find the product on the shelf… At the end of the summer, the shopping trip only took me 15 minutes. Before I left, I stopped in the store to get some candy.

“All right, little girl,” she said. “What did you learn this summer?” Before I could answer. Miss Bee laughed and said, “I know what you think of me. Well, I don’t care! My job is to teach every child some life lessons. When you get older you’ll be glad you ever met Miss Bee. Haha!...”

I didn’t think of her words. Years passed, one day my daughter came to me with her homework. “It’s too hard,” she said. “Could you finish my math problems for me?”

“If I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it yourself?” I said. Suddenly, I was back at that store and I knew what I learned from the old lady that summer.

1.What did the writer’s grandmother always ask her to do during her summer vacation? ____

A. Make lists for her shopping. B. Buy something in a store.

C. Send lists to the lady in a store. D. Go to see the lady in a store.

2.How did the writer first shop in the store? _________

A. She got all the things herself. B. Miss Bee helped her a lot.

C. She asked someone for help. D. She shopped with her grandmother.

3.By telling the writer to shop herself, Miss Bee wanted her to know_________.

A. helping others is helping herself B. there’s no free lunch in the world

C. she can ask for help when she needs D. she can’t always get help from others

4.What do you think of Miss Bee? Why?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使句子通顺、正确。每个单词限用一次。

1.We have classes all day long _________ Saturday afternoon.

2.For most boys, nothing is more _________ than playing basketball.

3.Lu Xun is one of the greatest Chinese writers in the _________ century.

4.When I got up this morning, my mother_________ for breakfast for my family.

5.Now more people think it’s much_________ to live in the countryside than any other place.