.—Would you mind ____ the music? I am doing my homework.

—Sorry.I will do it right now.

A. turn down B. turning down C. turn up D. turning up

____ is time to do some sports to keep healthy.

A. It B. This C. That D. These

It snowed ____ last night.And we could make snowmen this morning.

A. heavy B. heavily C. light D. lightly

—____， Jack and Tom?

—Alice hurt herself on the way to the library.Please go and help her.

A. What’s the matter B. Where will you go

C. Why will you go there D. What are you doing

Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman.There was a big box in the businessman’s living room.The businessman pointed(指向) at the box and said， “There’s only one thing you can’t do.Don’t ____ the box.”After saying this， he______ the living room.The woman said to her husband， “There must be something ______ in the box.Let’s open it， shall we?” Her husband______ no to her.The woman didn’t ______ her idea.One day，she decided to _____what was inside.Her husband didn’t stop her.She opened the box but found nothing in the box.She tried hard to close it， ______ she failed.

That evening the businessman came home and found the box was open.He was very ______ and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home.“But there was ______ in the box，” the woman said.“We haven’t taken anything ______.”The businessman shouted at them， “The box is not important.I can’t believe you.That’s important! Do you know?”

1.A. open B. close C. mend D. see

2.A. entered B. left C. found D. went

3.A. cheap B. bad C. expensive D. old

4.A. told B. spoke C. talked D. said

5.A. give back B. give up C. give away D. give off

6.A. cut out B. set up C. have a look at D. fix up

7.A. so B. and C. but D. if

8.A. happy B. angry C. glad D. worried

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

10.A. at all B. at times C. at once D. at least

Bruce and his other two friends, Bruno and Dick lived in the same city in England. They were free in their summer holiday. So they came to a village by a large lake. They liked fishing very much. Then the next day after they got there, they got to a boat and went fishing in the lake. They boated farther and farther. They came to an out-of-way place. They were very happy because there were a lot of fish. When it was time for them to go home, Bruce said to his friends: “We’d better make a mark here so that we will easily find the place tomorrow.”

“You’re right.” Bruno said happily. “Let me do that.”

“How foolish,” said Bruce,” If it rains tonight, the rain water will wash the line off, and how can we find the mark tomorrow. You must cut a line with your knife.”

Dick came up to them and said angrily. “Neither of you is clever. How can we find the place if we have another boat tomorrow? We should not go back tonight.”

1.The three boys _______.

A. were all too young to go to school. B. came from the city

C. were from the workers families D. liked eating fish very much

2.The boys wanted to go to the place again tomorrow because ______

A. it was a good place B. they got a lot of fish there

C. there was a mark on the side of the boat D. they were good at fishing

3.Bruno was ready to(准备) make a mark because _______

A. he was older than his friends B. he had a pencil in his hand

C. he was the cleverest of the three D. he had the same idea as Bruce’s

4.The line they drew was not _______

A. thick B. useless C. easy D. useful

5.They should make a mark ______

A. thicker and color it red B. on the fish C. in the lake D. on every boat

You might have a chance to visit England to study or for a holiday. If you go there, you should remember one thing: English people like to talk about the weather. When you meet someone in England ,just talk about the weather. That's their favorite topic. Here are some expressions about weather.

★For good weather

Lovely day,isn't it?

What a beautiful day!

Looks like it might be a pleasant day.

★For bad weather

It's freezing, isn't it .9

What a windy day!

It's so cloudy. I'm sure it'll rain.

Looks like showers ,doesn't it?

I hope you'd better remember these expressions. They must be useful when you visit England. They are good sentences to start a conversation with Englishmen.

The further south you live, the better the weather. So houses in the south of England are more expensive than those in the north. It's very interesting, isn't it?

1.English people like to talk about ________.

A. the sports B. the food C. the weather D. the tradition

2.What does the underlined word "expressions" mean in Chinese?

A. 表情 B. 表达方式 C. 方法 D. 建议

3.According to the passage, there are ______sentences for weather mentioned in the passage.

A. two B. three C. four D. seven

4.Houses in the ______of England are more expensive according to the passage.

A. east B. west C. south D. north

5.What's the main idea of the passage?

A. It's about the weather in England. B. It's about some good ways to start a conversation.

C. It's about Englishmen's everyday life. D. It's about how to learn English.

Thomas Edison is a world- famous inventor(发明家).Here's1. heart-warming story about him and his mother.

One day Edison came home 2.a letter. He said, " My teacher gave this letter to me and told me to only hand it to you. " After reading the letter, his mother began to cry. “What does it say?" 3. Edison.“ Your son is truly talented. This school is too small for him and doesn’t have enough good teachers to train him. Please teach 4. yourself.”answered Edison’s mother. Edison was happy to hear that.

Many years 5., Edison became one of the greatest inventors in the world. One day 6. he was going through the old things at home, he found a piece of paper. It was the letter from his teacher to his 7.. The message in the 8. was,“ Your son is mentally(精神上)ill. We cannot let him study in our school anymore.” Edison was surprised when he read it. And then he 9.in his diary, "Thomas Edison was a mentally 10. child. His mother turned him into a talented inventor”

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Dear Patti，

I’m writing to you for some advice on my studies. As you know， football is a very popular sport in the world and I am very interested in it. I spend lots of time doing many things about football， like watching football matches， reading newspapers and magazines， and searching the web for more information about football. As a result(结果)， it has certainly disturbed(妨碍)my study. Though I know to be a football fan is my hobby and my main task is to learn more knowledge in school， I can’t put my heart to my lessons and gradually I am tired of them. I am still a middle school student， and I’ll have my own business when I grow up， and I don’ t want to do a job in the field of football much. But now I can’t stop myself from loving football. So I feel very depressed(沮丧) and want to know how to deal with my studies and hobby.

Yours sincerely，

Patti

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