---Have you taken your medicine today?

---Yes, I____ it after breakfast.

A. have taken B. will take C. take D. took

James took the magazines off the little table to make ______ for the television.

A. fun B. time C. room D. noise

I hate traveling by air______you usually have to wait for hours before the plane takes off.

A. because B. though C. until D. so that

With the development of modern science, it’s ________for us to get information from all over the world.

A. slower B. easier C. harder D. busier

---Who was knocking at the door just now?

---______ was my cousin Andy.

A. He B. She C. They D. It

It was quite cold last Tuesday, and I was waiting for No. 59 bus as usual. The bus was about to come in about 15 minutes. But I____ so cold that I went to the nearby Hongqi Chain and bought something______to drink. Then I came back to the station. A junior high school girl was standing there, waiting for the bus too. She looked very unhappy because of the cold_____. I gave her one of the two hot cocoa cans I bought in the store and we had a little_____while warming our hands with the hot cocoa.

She said, “I will have the piano test_____a week, but I’m afraid I can’t pass. I am so worried.” Hearing her words, I told her some of my stories and something funny to make her_____ , later she became happy again. She thanked me and told me she wished to meet me again. I_____and said, “YES”. Because the bus came and I had to leave____.

We may never see each other again. But I’m_____to her for saying “wish I could meet you again”and showing an open heart to me. In today’s world, it’s not an easy thing to believe in a____. That young girl helped me more than I could have helped her. She touched my heart.

1.A. felt B. smelt C. tasted D. sounded

2.A. cheap B. cold C. hot D. expensive

3.A. place B. direction C. sound D. weather

4.A. speech B. talk C. problem D. question

5.A. in B. on C. at D. for

6.A. leave B. stop C. relax D. come

7.A. cried B. laughed C. shouted D. smiled

8.A. quickly B. slowly C. quietly D. silently

9.A. helpful B. hopeful C. careful D. thankful

10.A. tourist B. stranger C. friend D. doctor

Josette Duran was surprised when her son Dylan, 14, asked her to pack him a(an)_______snack in his school lunch. When she asked him why, his reply was truly touching.

“I asked, ‘why? Are you not getting full? What’s going on? And he said, ‘No, I want to take one for my friend,” Duran remembered.

It turned out that Dylan had a classmate whose family____needed help. The boy’s single mother had recently lost her job and could no longer afford her son’s lunches. After learning this, Duran was even willing to reach out to them.

“I was homeless a few years ago. I know how_____it is to ask for help. You get sad and feel embarrassed(尴尬),” said Duran.

When the young boy’s mother learned of Duran’s warm heart, she called her up and_____to pay her back for everything, but Duran couldn’t accept it. “I don’t think I did anything____,” Duran said, “I just think I did what a human being is_____to do.”

The kindness doesn’t____there. Duran is the coach of the girls’ volleyball team of the local school. Her team raised $ 400 to cover the cost of all the extra lunches Duran had made out of her own pocket. But Duran refused to keep the cash, and____, donated it to the snack bar at her son’s school. “ Now everyone can eat,” Duran said, “ What makes me especially_____is that it all started with my son. Being kind doesn’t have to come in the form of money; just know that if you’re having a good day while someone else is having a bad day, you should______that.”

1.A. delicious B. extra C. simple D. healthy

2.A. really B. hardly C. finally D. simply

3.A. lucky B. dangerous C. silly D. hard

4.A. refused B. managed C. regretted D. offered

5.A. special B. necessary C. interesting D. impossible

6.A. allowed B. reminded C. supposed D. invited

7.A. happen B. succeed C. stop D. change

8.A. instead B. besides C. anyway D. however

9.A. hopeful B. proud C. thankful D. surprised

10.A. fix B. discover C. remember D. doubt

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。

A: Welcome back to “Our Hot Line”. OK, it’s time for another call. 1.

B: Hi! This is Bill.

A: Hello, Bill. Welcome to “Our Hot Line”. 2.

B: Yes, sure. I can’t get on well with my mother. In fact, we always argue.

A: 3. It’s impolite.

B: You are right, but she makes every decision for me.

A: That sounds bad. 4.

B: I tried, but she never listened.

A: 5. Teachers are always good at solving problems between parents and children.

B: Good idea. I’ll have a try. Thank you for your advice.

A.Who are you?

B. Hello, who’s that speaking?

C. You should learn from them.

D. Maybe you can ask your teacher for help.

E. You’d better have a good talk with her.

F. I have to say you shouldn’t argue with your mother.

G. Could you tell us your problem?

A.Who are you?

B. Hello, who’s that speaking?

C. You should learn from them.

D. Maybe you can ask your teacher for help.

E. You’d better have a good talk with her.

F. I have to say you shouldn’t argue with your mother.

G. Could you tell us your problem?

Every school day, we use schoolbags to carry all of our things to school. They are a big part of our lives. But have you ever thought about the history of the schoolbag?

In the Han Dynasty (汉朝), students in old-style private schools used bamboo boxes to carry books to school. People consider the bamboo boxes to be the earliest schoolbags. They were usually two or three layers (层) in the box. Kids put different things like books, brushes, ink stones (砚) and paper in the boxes.

Hundreds of years later, people developed a new kind of schoolbag called the budai, or the "hip-pocket". The budai was lighter than the bamboo box. With the founding (成立) of the People's Republic of China, military rucksacks (军用帆布包) became popular. Many people carried them when they were in school. Ask your grandparents or parents about these bags. Maybe they can tell you about their experiences of carrying them when they were in school.

A new style of schoolbags has appeared in recent years. Many of them have colorful and fashionable designs (时尚的设计) on them, such as pictures of cartoons or pop stars. And they are more comfortable to use. Some students pull wheeled bags filled with heavy textbooks and others carry backpacks.

Schoolbags are still changing. Can you imagine what future schoolbags will be like?

1.Schoolbags in the Han Dynasty were made of _______.

A. cloth

B. paper

C. plastic

D. bamboo

2.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Military rucksacks were popular in the 1950s.

B. The budai was heavier than the bamboo box.

C. There are some pictures on the new style of schoolbags.

D. Schoolbags have changed a lot.

3.To carry heavy textbooks, students would like to use _______.

A. wheeled bags

B. military rucksacks

C. bamboo boxes

D. the budai

4.We can usually read the article in ________.

A. a letter

B. a guidebook

C. a newspaper

D. a notice

5.The purpose of the article is ______.

A. to tell us how to use schoolbags

B. to explain why we use schoolbags

C. to introduce the importance of schoolbags

D. to introduce the development of schoolbags

Nowadays, phone calls and messages help us communicate with others more often. It means that we seldom write letters now. But a TV show, Letters Alive, is bringing back this old habit.

Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses but there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, only one person walks up to a microphone and reads a letter. The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, in one episode(集), they read a letter written by the famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.

“Every letter opens another world for us，” said Guan Zhangwen, the director of the TV show. “It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers.” Since its first episode on December 5, 2016, Letters Alive has been widely praised. Many audiences(观众) say that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today's TV shows.

Besides Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also attracted Chinese audiences. They include the Chinese Poetry Conference, a traditional Chinese poetry competition and Readers, a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.

1.Letters Alive, a TV show, invites famous people to ．

A. read and share letters B. tell audiences jokes

C. enter different competitions D. write letters

2.How many TV shows are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

3.This article is probably taken from the section of in a newspaper.

A. Sports News B. Culture and Entertainment

C. Education and Science D. Travel and Sports

4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Letters Alive is not popular enough to attract audiences.

B. Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems and articles.

C. We can experience the real lives and feeling of the writers by reading letters.

D. Readers invites people to write poems for audience.