— Where’s your dad, Tom?

— He ______ in the kitchen.

A. cooks B. is cooking C. has cooked D. will cook

— Mark, good news! We ______ a school trip next Monday.

— Great!

A. has B. had C. has had D. will have

David _______ Chinese since 2013 and he is good at it.

A. learns B. learned C. is learning D. has learned

Stephen Hawking had a serious illness, _______ he kept studying physics.

A. and B. but C. so D. or

Huawei smart phones _______ in many countries now.

A. use B. are used C. used D. were used

— Kate, could you tell me _______when I called you?

— Oh, yes. I was listening to music.

A. what are you doing B. what were you doing

C. what you are doing D. what you were doing

When I was 13, my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant beating out Miller King, who was the best ______ at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I ______ out. I carried my football everywhere for practice.

Just before September, Miller was hit by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from hospital. He looked very ____, but he didn’t cry.

That season, I ______ all of Miller’s records while he watched the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, but I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for (为......负责) Miller’s _____.

One afternoon, I was crossing the fieldand saw Miller stuck (卡在) going over a fence — which wasn’t hard to climb with both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept help from. But even that ______ he accepted. I helped him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally safe on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did ____. Thank you for filling in for me.”

His words freed me from my bad dreams. I thought to myself, how even without an arm he wasmore of a leader. Harmed but not__, he was still ahead of me. I was right to have admiredhim. From that day on, I grew bigger and a little more real.

1.A. player B. student C. teacher D. coach

2.A. reached B. looked C. called D. worked

3.A. calm B. pale C. angry D. relaxed

4.A. held B. tried C. set D. broke

5.A. arms B. accident C. records D. team

6.A. challenge B. advice C. dream D. truth

7.A. badly B. slowly C. fine D. fast

8.A. beaten B. invited C. pleased D. admired

Three Famous Places of Interest in Mentougou

Welcome to Mentougou! These are the three most popular places of interest in Mentougou.

1.Cuandixia is in Mentougou.

A. an ancient village B. a beautiful plant

C. the oldest temple D. the greatest dynasty

2.If you want to climb the highest mountain in Beijing, you can visit .

A. Cuandixia B. Mount Ling

C. the Tanzhe Temple D. the Beijing city

3.What’s the ticket price of the Tanzhe Temple?

A. ¥25. B. ¥35. C. ¥50. D. ¥55.

When I was 14 years old, I used to babysit (做临时保姆) for the lady next door. Every two weeks she would pay me $80. I always looked forward to getting paid so I could go to the shopping centre with my friends on Saturday and spend the money on my favourite things.

One Friday evening I heard my mom on the phone with our neighbor and I heard her say a fewtimes, “Oh, that is terrible.” After my mom hung up, I asked what was wrong. She said that the neighbor had no food in her house and that she didn’t know what she was going to feed her daughter with. Her husband had spent their money on beer and got angry because his wife asked for money to buy groceries (食品杂货). He began to pull dishes out of the cupboards (壁橱) and threw them at the wall. So, the lady didn’t have any groceries or dishes.

I had an idea. I asked my mom to drive me to McDonald’s.I bought the lady and her daughter dinner with the babysitting money she had given me. After I had taken them dinner, I asked my mom to take me to the store and I bought the lady dishes and groceries with the rest of the money. When I knocked on the front door, the lady gave me a big hug and told me how grateful she was that I helped her. When Saturday came around, I didn’t have any money to go to the shopping centre with my friends, but I didn’t care, because I felt great that I was able to help this family.

Later, we moved away from the area. I saw our neighbor three times and she always told me how much she thanked me for caring her and her daughter.

1.The writer always looked forward to getting paid, so she could ________.

A. buy dishes for her mum B. spend money on McDonald’s

C. buy food for the lady’s daughter D. spend the money on her favourite things

2.What did the writer buy for the lady?

A. McDonald’s, dishes and beer. B. Groceries, cupboard and dishes.

C. McDonald’s, dishes and groceries. D. McDonald’s, groceries and cupboard.

3.How did the lady feel when the writer helped her?

A. Surprised. B. Thankful. C. Terrible. D. Angry.

Do you ever throw away food at home? Have you ever thought about what happens to the food that shops and supermarkets don’t sell? Well, you might be shocked (震惊) to find out that nearly one third of food produced for human gets lost or wasted. What’s more, around 800 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy life.

Many people in the UK and across the world are trying to do something about this imbalance and make use of thrown-out food that can be perfectly eaten. For example, there is a cafe in Leeds (UK) whose meals are all created using unsold food from supermarkets, including a lot of vegetables, fruit, fish and other things. This unwanted food is turned into delicious soups and all kinds of dishes that feed the hungry people of Leeds. Customers simply pay what they can afford, or help with the washing up. In just ten months, 10,000 people were fed at this cafe, using twenty tons of unwanted food!

Also, last year the UK’s first food waste supermarket opened. The supermarket is near Leeds and works on a “pay as you feel”; customers pay whatever they want for the produce. The stock (库存) changes daily but you can usually find things such as fresh vegetables, fruit and milk there. Some low-income families have said that it has changed their lives.

“Fuel for School” is another food waste project. Surplus (多余的) food from supermarkets such as vegetables, fruit and bread is used to feed hungry schoolchildren whose families may not be able to afford to buy them lunch.

I lived in Leeds for three years, and have had lunch at a food waste cafe, and it was delicious. I couldn’t believe that it was all food that supermarkets had thrown away! I have also taken part in projects such as “Foodcycle”, using supermarkets’ unwanted food to cook meals for poor people.

More cafes like this are being opened in other parts of the UK, and it is now becoming popular in the world. I think this is an amazing act as food waste is one of the world’s biggest problems. I also believe that the law should be changed, so that supermarkets don’t throw away so much perfectly good food!

1.800 million people in the world can’t live a healthy life because of ______.

A. unsold food B. unwanted food

C. being unable to work D. being short of food

2.According to the passage, the writer agrees that ______.

A. buying the waste food can protect the environment

B. all the people in the world make use of waste food

C. food waste in the world can be solved by the UK soon

D. the government should make the law to stop food waste

3.What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To encourage people to save food.

B. To introduce some supermarkets in the UK.

C. To share his personal experience in saving food.

D. To explain why he cooked meals for poor people.