Tina____ all the other players and______ first prize.

A. beat; won B. beaten; beat C. won; won D. won; beat

You're supposed   your room up before you go out.

A. to clean B. clean C. cleaning D. to be cleaned

Don’t forget to put the book on the shelf,______?

A. do you B. don’t you C. will you D. won’t you

Mrs. Smith made her students____ the compositions three times a week.

A. write B. to write C. written D. writing

The young girl walked the forest and saw a big river at last.

A. on B. over C. through D. across

The ship _________after the big storm.

A. broke off B. broke up C. broke through D. broke into

When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a____

It was the early autumn of my____year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away.____, no one knew who I was. I was very____, and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart____I couldn’t talk to anyone about my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to____me.

Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily____At that moment, a boy____the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and,__________.

Suddenly, I____the touch of something bright and friendly.____made me feel happy and warm.

That smile____my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became____to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.

One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t____smiling at me!

It doesn’t____because all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

1.A. book B. help C. smile D. surprise

2.A. first B. second C. third D. last

3.A. For example B. In other words C. In the end D. As a result

4.A. happy B. sleepy C. lonely D. friendly

5.A. beat B. break C. strike D. shake

6.A. think about B. worry about C. talk about D. care about

7.A. as usual B. in fact C. as well D. once again

8.A. entered B. left C. watched D. locked

9.A. in B. with C. besides D. without

10.A. found B. saw C. felt D. knew

11.A. It B. Nothing C. They D. He

12.A. helped B. changed C. lived D. spent

13.A. closer B. quicker C. easier D. nicer

14.A. remember B. forget C. mind D. stop

15.A. remain B. affect C. appear D. matter

Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.

When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.

Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.

1.How often did Edison make a new invention?

A. About every fourteen days B. About every seven days

C. About once a week D. About twice a week

2.The underlined word “fired” in the passage means “__________”

A. Gave somebody a job B. Set fire to somebody

C. Let somebody down D. Forced somebody to leave his job

3.Edison considered his deafness as______.

A. something bad B. a gift from god C. a kind of ability D. a disadvantage

4.Which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Edison had only 8 hours rest each day after his deafness

B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching

C. Edison had his first job in 1869

D. Edison’s inventions greatly improved the quality of people’s life

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The function of the electric light B. Edison and his experiments

C. The importance of inventions D. The whole life of Edison.

A poor boy became a rich and famous singer. He married and had two sons and two daughters. One day he said to his wife, "Our children mustn't have a hard life as we had. We must help them more than our parents helped us." The wife agreed. So they sent their children to fine schools. They enjoyed expensive sports. They were given everything in life except this: they were not taught how to work. Later the parents bought businesses for their children. The sons, at 21, became the owners of banks. The girls were given shops. But soon all these businesses failed. Because the young owners knew nothing of business or of work.

1.The singer was ______.

A. rich and famous B. poor C. not rich D. not famous

2.The parents wanted their children ______.

A. to be singers B. to have a happy life

C. to have a hard life D. to be teachers

3.The parents bought ______ for all their children.

A. fine schools B. shops C. banks D. businesses

4.The singer's sons ______.

A. did well in their work B. were good managers

C. knew nothing of business or of work D. didn't like their banks

5.Where did parents go wrong? They didn't ______.

A. buy businesses for their children B. send their children school

C. give their children much money D. teach their children how to work

Do you like traveling? How can you make your trip interesting? Here’s some advice.

Read!

Before you leave, you should find some information about the place, such as its geography, history and people. You can introduce that place better by reading.

Take photos!

If you want to take some photos, remember to choose the most special sights. Don’t choose the sight you can see in other places. For example, Qingdao and Ningbo are coastal cities, so don’t only take photos of the sea. You should take photos of something else, too.

Taste!

You’d better taste some specials(特产) in the area. Food in some places is very delicious. So why not taste it? Maybe you have just one chance to taste it in your life.

Write!

When you visit a place, you should take a pen and a notebook, so you can write down what you see and what you think during the trip.

1.How many pieces of advice about traveling are mentioned(提及) in the passage?

A. Two B. Three C. Four. D. Five

2.Before we travel to a place, we should__________.

A. learn something about it B. decide which hotel to stay at

C. decide when to leave D. Know which bus to take

3.The underlined word “coastal” means_________ in Chinese.

A. 内陆的 B. 新兴的 C. 沿海的 D. 现代的

4.You should_______ during your trip.

A. take no photos B. taste some specials

C. write down what you eat D. read more books

5.What’s the best title(题目) for the passage?

A. How to make your trip interesting B. The most popular way to travel

C. How to make a travel plan D. The best place to travel