It is believed in some ways that the daughter is father’s lover. But my experience has taught me in a different way. For a long time, my father has been a very vague figure（模糊的形象）to me. He was a man of few words, tall but slim and nothing else.

When I was in primary school, my father was never there to pick me up, and he never came to any of my parent-teacher meetings. He was always busy doing projects. I remember when I was in middle school and my head was badly hurt in a PE class. During my operation, my father was nowhere to be found. This hurt me most. At that moment, I considered my father as a cold-blooded man who did not care about me at all.

But things seemed different at my high school graduation ceremony, where I was chosen to represent my class and give a speech. My father, once again, told me he had a business trip in a place outside the city and would be unable to show up（露面）. “Don’t come. I will be very nervous if I see you,” I told him.

I remember my speech went smoothly. After the ceremony was over and I was about to leave. I suddenly noticed a familiar（熟悉的）looking man sitting in a corner of the hall. It was my father! I was so surprised that I rushed to him with tears（眼泪）running down my face. “Well done,” he said. His eyes were also filled with tears.

Later, I found out that my father had managed to finish his work by staying up late, and he drove for eight hours to get back. He had been sitting in the corner because he didn’t want me to see him. My father remembered every word in my speech.

For much of my life, I described my father was a cold-blooded man who only cared about his work. But when I thought deeply about this, it was obviously（明显地）not true. At my graduation ceremony. I could feel my father’s deep love. The fact is that seeing is not believing, and seeing may not be the fact if we don’t perceive（感知）the world with our hearts and minds. There’s no doubt that life doesn’t lack（缺少）love, but sometimes our eyes have trouble seeing it.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The writer’s father was in the hospital during her operation.

B. The writer’s father attended her high school graduation ceremony.

C. The writer’s father sometimes picked her up when she was in primary school

D. The writer’s father went to parent-teacher meeting when she was in primary school.

2. The writer rushed to her father with tears running down her face mainly because .

A. she gave a speech successfully

B. the graduation ceremony was over

C. she was so nervous that she couldn’t help crying

D. she was touched to find her father cared about her

3.What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to（指代）?

A. That my father was always doing projects.

B. That my father was a cold-blooded man.

C. That my father sat in the corner of the hall.

D. That my father’s eyes were filled with tears.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. My busy father B. Life is full of love

C. Seeing is not believing D. A wonderful speech

Moving On

The end of school is here at last

It has come so very fast

We look ahead with such delight

The future looks so very bright

It’s now time to say goodbye

We’re all leaving junior high

Other subjects, a new class

Different teachers and exams to pass

For everyone in this hall

A new life awaits you all

So don’t look sad and cry

You’re moving on senior high

1.According to the poem, ______ has come so fast.

A. the end of school B. the exam C. the celebration D. the new class

2.What does the underlined word delight mean?

A. Sickness. B. Sadness. C. Happiness. D. Fairness.

3.What’s waiting for you all according to the poem?

A. Too many subjects. B. The same school.

C. Similar faces. D. A new life.

4.This poem can probably be used ______.

A. on a welcome party B. on a birthday party

C. on a prom night D. on a Silent Night

5.The purpose (目的) of this poem is to ______.

A. tell us to say thanks to all our teachers

B. remind us of our happy junior high life

C. encourage us to be positive and move on our senior high

D. tell us that we should do something for our junior high schools

完成句子。

1.用报纸盖住台灯是非常危险的。

It’s very ______ ________ __________ the lamp __________ the newspaper.

2.快要下雨了，你最好带上你的雨衣。

It is going to rain, you’d __________ _________your umbrella __________ you.

3.乔戈里峰是世界第二高峰。

Qogir Feng is __________ __________ __________ mountain peak in the world.

4.这个新的购物中心占地50平方公里。

The new shopping mall_____ ______ _______ _________ 50 square kilometres.

5.没有什么能够阻止她加入观鸟协会。

Nothing can ______ _______ ________ _________the Birdwatching Society.

6.请把你看到的写下来。

Please _______________________________________________ .

7.阅读是我们生活中的一部分。

Reading is _______________________________________________ .

8.寒冷的天气使得一些鸟儿飞到南方过冬。

The cold weather makes some birds ______________________________.

9.扎龙自然保护区是个观鸟的极佳地方。

Zhalong Nature Reserve is _______________________________________.

Some people believe that people from the same country share similar (相似的) characteristics. This is why you might hear someone saying "She is typical(典型的) Australian" or "He is so French". Here are some examples.

French

French people are romantic and outgoing. They have great love for life, food and wine. They are good at singing and dancing.

Chinese

Chinese are friendly and hard-working people. They are polite because they are careful about "saving face" when they are with other people.

Australians

Australians are happy people. They spend a lot of time outdoors. They enjoy a slower life. They laugh a lot but sometimes people think they are loud and rude.

Germans

Germans are often serious and careful. They are hard workers and do everything carefully. However, sometimes people say Germans have no sense of humour.

All these national types can be true for some people, but very wrong for others. For example, you might meet a German who is a confident singer with a great sense of humour, or an Australian who is shy and quiet!

书面表达。

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注：词数80字左右，目的自由发挥1-2句。

Dear Chairperson,

__________________________________________________________________________.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Yours sincerely,

Wang Fang

I like soft and quiet music.It nice.

A. tastes B. looks

C. sounds D. feels

—Mom, I was the first to reach the top of the mountain.

—Good job, Charlie. I’m ________ of you.

A. tired B. proud C. sure D. sick

We can’t help when we heard the sad news.

A. crying B. to cry

C. cry D. cried

—Why don’t you buy the bike, Mary? — It’s too expensive. I can’t it.

A. sell B. lend

C. keep D. afford

Mrs Zhang always asks us to_____conversations in the English classes.

A. make up B. turn up C. end up D. look up