---I think it’s necessary to learn to learn.

---I quite agree. Sometimes it’s even _____ than grades.

A. less important B. more important C. the least important D. the most important

Look,______buses and cars are running on the new bridge.

A. two hundred of B. hundreds of C. hundred of D. two hundreds

The dancers' practice is simple actions over and over again ______ they win the cimpetition.

A. until B. because C. when D. if

---Jean, could you help me to _____ my dog when I am not at home ?

---Sure.

A. look for B. look up C. look after D. look like

---What’s your new year’s resolution?

---I decide ______ more exercise to keep healthy.

A. took B. taking C. take D. to take

Lu He has a bald（秃的）head.Kids call him “Lu He”.At first, he didn’t ______ it. Others could even touch his head. But_______he got into middle school, he began to care about it. He didn’t like______toouching or even talking about his head. So he began to wear a _____.

One day, he walked _____the classroom, some boys took off his hat and threw it away（扔掉）. Lu wanted his hat back but______didn’t listen. Lu got______and sad. He hated his bald head. But______could he do then ?

A few days later students needed to prepare a play. In the play, a character has a bald head. Nobody wanted to play it._______, Lu He says: “I can try!”. Lu He played ______so that his team won the first place. No one laugh at him anymore now.

1.A. know B. hope C. mind D. like

2.A. after B. if C. because D. so

3.A. other B. the other C. others D. the others

4.A. skirt B. hat C. shirt D. jacket

5.A. to B. on C. of D. into

6.A. he B. they C. it D. she

7.A. interested B. glad C. angry D. excited

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

9.A. For example B. However C. So D. Unless

10.A. worse B. worst C. better D. best

1.Jimmy will use the paper to ______.

A. make hats for friends B. draw picutes

C. cleanb the ground D. clean the clothes

2.Jess will bring _______.

A. oil B. paper C. fruit salad D. water

3.The passage is about _______,

A. how to make hats B. when to have a party.

C. how to make fruit salad D. what to prepare for the party

Lots of people love singing. Some people even join in different kinds of singing competitions and try to win. In fact, birds like these things, too.

Every year people in Thailand hold bird—singing competitions. One of the biggest ones was in the south of Narathiwat on Sep.25th.

Over 1600 birds from many countries , such as Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore took part in it. The birds stayed in cage（笼子）. Bird owners put their cages on tall poles（杆）.

The competition had four rounds. Each bird had to sing at least three times. If the bird won, it could get to the next round. The bird that sang the most would be the winner. The winner got about 6,300yuan. What a great prize for winner !

1.One of the biggest competitions in the south of Narathiwat is in _______.

A. October B. September C. March D. August

2._______birds took part in the competition in the south of Narathiwat.

A. More than 1600 B. Less than 1600 C. Over 6300 D. At least 6300

3.The Chinese meaning of the word “round” in the passage is probably “______”.

A. 评委 B. 冠军 C. 轮；回合 D. 选手

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

A. People Love Singing B. People Love Birds

C. How to Protect Birds D. Thailand Bird—singing Competitions

You get into an elevator（电梯）. There is a button（按钮）inside. You can press（按）the button. The elevator then takes you to outer space. Does this sound like something from a sci—fi（科幻）film? In fact, it might become real in the future.

Scientists hope to build the space elevator by 2050. The elevator has a strong cable（缆绳）. The cable connects（链接）the elevator to the Space Station. The elevator goes up and down along the cable. The elevator might look like an egg. It can take 30 people . The trip is about 36,000 km. It may take eight days to get to space.

People can only fly rockets into space right now. But they are expensive. A space elevator would be cheaper. It can do more than just take people into space. The elevator can also sned heavy things into space. A space elevator could make it easier to go into space.

1.The space elevator can _______.

A. carry 300 people B. work without cables

C. only take people into space D. send heavy things into space

2.The space elevator may look like _______.

A. a box B. an egg C. a car D. a train

3.Flying rockets into space will be ______ than taking the elevator according to the passage.

A. cheaper B. more expensive C. faster D. more comfortable

4.The writer thinks ______ in the future.

A. people can only fly rockets into space

B. people can only see the space elevators in the sci—fi film

C. it could be easier to go into space with the space elevator.

D. sending the heavy things into space will be impossible.

When we talk about puppets, string puppets（牵线木偶）in Fujian are one the most famous of them. These puppets are usually about two and a half feet（英尺）long. There are sixteen strings for each puppet. Some even have more than thirty strings.

Huang Yique is a master（大师）of the Quanzhou puppet show. He becomes famous for his shows in more than 30 countries. Huang can make a puppet write.

Last Sunday, I watched a puppet show called Training the Monkey on the Internet. It is one of Huang Yique’s best shows. The monkey made me laugh a lot. It could play the guitar, dance and ride a bike.

Huang was born in a poor family in Fujian in 1928. He joined a puppet show troupe（剧团）at the age of 13 to make money for his family.

Huang dreamed to make more people know string puppets. A museum for puppet art was Huang’s dream. It didn’t come true until January 5, 2007.

1.The string puppets in Fujian are usually about ______.

A. twenty and a half feet long B. two and a half meters long

C. two and a half feet long D. sixteen and a half meters long

2.He joined a puppet show troupe ______.

A. in 1928 B. when he was 30 C. in 1941 D. in 2007

3.According to the passage, Huang Yique joined a puppet show troupe because ______.

A. he likes playing with puppets

B. he needed to make money for his family

C. he was talented in making puppets

D. he wanted to become famous

4.The writer thinks Training the Monkey is ______.

A. successful B. boring C. serious D. expensive