________ concerts are never quite the same on the small screen.

A. Lively B. Alive C. Living D. Live

–Shopping again? You already have so many clothes in the wardrobe(衣柜).

–Don’t you know a woman _________ have too many clothes?

A. can B. should C. can’t D. shouldn’t

People all thought him _________ and recommended him as the chairperson.

A. successful B. was successful C. success D. was a success

–Millie is very hard-working.

–Yes, she is often seen _________up very late.

A. staying B. stay C. to stay D. stayed

– Mr Wu, could you tell me _________?

–You’d better do more speaking.

A. how I could improve my English B. which way can I choose

C. how I do with my English D. what’s wrong with my English

–How about your interview on Sunday?

–_________!It is the last thing I want to talk about.

A. Don’t mention it B. Wonderful C. Not bad D. That’s Ok.

Several months ago, a couple with a little girl moved in next door to me. The girl seemed too quiet to make any noise, while the parents were always _____her loudly. Whenever we met my new neighbors, I always spoke, but the only _____ I ever got was a hello from the 4-year-old girl.

I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I returned, they were just coming from their home and the little girl was holding the door open for others. I stayed in the car doing unnecessary things as I wasn’t in a ______. The parents were telling her to get into the car immediately. I looked up and saw the little girl was still holding the door open, waiting for me.

As a disabled man, I can’t hurry at ______, but I hurried as much as I could and thanked her. She was smiling like a lovely angel. I was so _____ by her small act of kindness. That afternoon I was shopping and I saw a white bear. I thought of the girl and said to myself. “I believe she would like that” so I bought it.

The next day there was a knock on the door and it was the little girl and her parents. She was so ______ of her bear and thanked me as if I had never been thanked before. The mother and father both thanked me.

Now when we meet, we all speak, and in a friendly manner I might add. As time passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. ______, hardly at all.

Last night we had about four inches of snow. I looked out at my car and wondered _________ I was going to keep my doctor’s appointment(约会). When I opened the outside door, there was my car with all the snow cleaned. I can’t express how I felt at that moment. The man next door was the only person I knew in the whole building, ______when I saw him the next day, I asked him if he was the good man that cleaned my snow. He said No. He wanted to but his wife said she wanted to do it.

Isn’t it amazing that a 4-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good things usually come from _____.

1.A. shouting at B. worrying about C. playing with D. laughing at

2.A. answer B. sound C. act D. present

3.A. mood B. mess C. hurry D. surprise

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

5.A. worried B. moved C. surprised D. enjoyed

6.A. proud B. afraid C. short D. full

7.A. In all B. After all C. In fact D. For example

8.A. why B. how C. where D. that

9.A. but B. so C. or D. yet

10.A. small acts B. nice presents C. little children D. neighbors

Punctuation Marks(标点符号)

1.Where can the table above probably be found?

A. A newspaper B. A Grammar book C. A report D. A guide book

2.Sentence 1: The youth worker has solved Alan’s problems. Sentence 2: Alan’s going over what he has learnt in class. Which of the statements is true according to the usages of punctuation marks?

A. The“Alan’s”in sentence 1 has the same meaning as the one in sentence 2.

B. The“Alan’s”in sentence 1 is used as a contraction for “Alan is”.

C. The“Alan’s”in sentence 2 shows that something belongs to Alan.

D. The apostrophes in the two sentences have quite different meanings.

3.“What a heavy snow!” They rushed out screaming and playing happily. Here the exclamation mark is used to show they felt when they saw the big snow.

A. excited B. angry C. curious D. scared

Cheating（欺骗）can happen in a lot of different ways. When people cheat, it’s not fair to other people, like the kids who studied for the test or who the true winners of a game were.

Many people like the action of cheating. It makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the test. But it doesn’t solve the problem of not knowing the material and it won’t help on the next test--unless the person cheats again.

People lose respect for cheaters and think less of them. The cheaters themselves may feel bad because they know they are not really earning that good grade. And, if they get caught cheating, they will be in trouble at school, and may be at home, too.

Some kids cheat because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending time studying. Other kids might feel like they can’t pass the test without cheating, even when there seems to be a good reason for cheating, cheating isn’t a good idea.

If you were sick or upset about something the night before the day and couldn’t study, it would be better to talk with the teacher about this. And if you don’t have enough time to study for a test because of swim practice, you need to talk with your parents about how to balance swimming and school.

A kid who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test needs to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so they can find some solutions together. Talking about these problems and working them out will feel better than cheating.

1.The author thinks that when kids cheat in class, ______.

A. it is unfair to other people B. it does harm to their health

C. teachers should punish them D. teachers shouldn’t stop them at once

2.Some students like cheating mainly because______.

A. the material in the test is very difficult.

B. they want to do better than the others

C. cheating can make hard things seem very easy.

D. they have little time to study their lessons.

3.The fourth paragraph mainly tells us______.

A. some kids can’t pass the test without cheating

B. why kids cheat in the test

C. cheating isn’t a good idea

D. some kids don’t spend the time studying

4.We can learn from the passage _______.

A. cheaters are often thought highly of

B. people show no respect for those who cheat

C. parents whose kids cheat are often in trouble

D. kids cheat in the test because of swim practice

Several days ago, I was walking home from school and saw some writing on the fence of a house I was passing by. It said, “Happiness is a direction, not a destination (终点).” I had been having a bad day and just reading this brightened my day a little. I also took out a pen and wrote one of my favorite quotes (格言) down.

When I came back to the fence, I saw another quote under mine in the handwriting as the first one. I added another, and we kept at this pattern for quite a while. One day, I was writing another quote on the fence and the old man, one of my neighbors, who owned the fence, saw me. He came out and I was afraid he would be mad at me for writing on his fence; he was not known to be very friendly. He gave me a sharp glance and then read the quotes on the fence. Without saying a word, he said something to himself and then went back inside. I was a bit terrified for a while, afraid to go back to the fence, but when I did, I noticed not more quotes but two words in entirely different handwriting had been added, “Thank you.”

Later, I saw the old man in his front yard. He beckoned (召唤) me over and told me how my quotes had been inspiring him, how he thanked me and how he was glad to see young people still have “values”. We are now good friend and I talk to him a lot. This experience has changed my life. I still don’t know who wrote that very first quote, but if he is out there, I’d like to say “thanks” to that unknown friend.

1.How did the author feel before he saw the words on the fence?

A. Excited B. Bored C. Unhappy D. Tired

2.Why did the writer begin to write a quote on the fence?

A. He wanted to practice his handwriting.

B. He had gotten some help from the quote.

C. He thought doing this was interesting.

D. He wanted to catch his neighbor’s attention.

3.Why was the writer afraid when he found that his neighbor had seen him?

A. He had thought that the old man was a mad person.

B. he had once been told the old man was cold-hearted.

C. He thought the old man would scold(责骂) him for what he had done.

D. He thought the old man would tell his parents about his action.

4.Who must have added “Thank you.” to the fence?

A. The old man. B. Someone else.

C. The writer himself. D. That unknown friend.

5.We can learn from the passage that __________.

A. writing quotes on fences is a good idea

B. the writer has written three quotes on the fence

C. the good relationship between neighbors is very important.

D. the old man has changed his opinion about young people.