—Tom, do you know ________?

—In Beijing.

A.where will the 24th Winter Olympics be held

B.where the 24th Winter Olympics will hold

C.where will the 24th Winter Olympics hold

D.where the 24th Winter Olympics will be held

—Jenny, you have got the first prize in the competition. Congratulations!

---- _______.

A.That’s my good luck B.Oh. it's nothing C.Thank you D.You can do it, too

A little girl lived in a small, shabby house on a hill. She enjoyed playing in her small ________ as she was growing up. She was able to see over the garden and across a valley (山谷) to a wonderful house high on a hill—a house that had golden ________.

Although she loved her own family, she dreamed all day about ________ wonderful and exciting it must be to live in that golden house.

She eventually (终于) ________ an age, where she could play outside of her garden. She asked her mother if she could go for a bike ride outside the gate of her home. Her mother finally ________ her to go. The little girl rode her bike until she got to the gate of the golden house.

As she leaned her ________ against the gatepost, she focused on the path that led to the house and then looked at the house itself. However, she felt a bit ________. All the windows were actually plain (普通的) and rather dirty.

She was so sad that she didn’t try to go any further. Heartbroken, she got on her bike again. As she ________, she saw a sight that amazed her. She could see a small house on ________ side of the valley. Its windows glistened (闪耀) as the sun shone on her little home.

She realized that she had been living in her own ________ house all along. Everything she dreamed of was right there in front of her eyes!

1.A.house B.park C.room D.garden

2.A.windows B.keys C.roofs D.doors

3.A.why B.what C.how D.whether

4.A.reached B.got C.arrived D.became

5.A.drove B.allowed C.led D.organized

6.A.bike B.car C.dream D.window

7.A.happy B.disappointed C.excited D.afraid

8.A.lifted up B.looked up C.turned up D.dressed up

9.A.another B.other C.the other D.others

10.A.shabby B.warm C.small D.golden

The word photography was first used in 1839. However, at that time the subject (被拍对象) had to keep still while a picture of it was taken. Few people had ever tried to take photos of moving subjects. The first man to do so was Eadweard Muybridge, a world-famous photographer. He created the first moving picture.

When a horse is running, do all four hooves (蹄)ever leave the ground at the same time? That was the bet that a gentleman called Leland Stanford had with some of his friends. Most people believed that a horse always had one hoof on the ground, but Stanford didn’t think: so. Because a horse’s legs are moving so fast, it’s impossible to tell just by looking. Stanford needed a way to record the movement of a running horse. In 1872, Leland Stanford offered Eadweard Muybridge $25,000 to find the answer. Muybridge had no idea if he could successfully set up and perform an experiment to settle (解决) the bet, but he thought he should give it a try.

In 1878, after years of experiments, Muybridge got what he wanted. He had a sequence (连续) of 12 images (图像), and one of them clearly showed all four of the horse’s hooves were off the ground at the same time. In the end Muybridge collected his well-earned $25,000 from Stanford.

Though Thomas Edison is usually considered as the person who created the first cine-camera (电影摄影机) in 1889, it was the work of Eadweard Muybridge and the bet that led to Edison’s invention.

1.The underlined word “still” most probably means “________” in Chinese.

A.安逸的 B.平衡的 C.直立的 D.静止的

2.Leland Stanford thought that ________.

A.a horse always had one hoof on the ground while running

B.a horse had all 4 hooves off the ground at some point while running

C.it was possible for Eadweard Muybridge to make a moving picture

D.it was impossible for Eadweard Muybridge to make a moving picture

3.Muybridge finally found the answer to the bet in ________.

A.1839 B.1872 C.1878 D.1887

4.Muybridge’s experiments proved that it was ________ who won the bet.

A.Stanford B.Stanford’s friends. C.Muybridge D.Muybridge’s friends

5.The passage mainly tells us ________.

A.that Thomas Edison created the first cine-camera

B.that Eadweard Muybridge created the first still pictures

C.how photography helped people know more about animals

D.how Eadweard Muybridge got pictures of movement successfully

Why Should We Learn Body Language

In English classes, we spend a large amount of time studying grammar and learning new words. We work hard to improve our reading and listening skills. Few of us, however, pay enough attention to body language. So body language is not important, is it?

The answer is, “Yes!” As the old saying goes, “Actions speak louder than words.” Sometimes, we can communicate things even without a single word. For example, shrug our shoulders (耸肩), and, without a word, we’ve just said, “I don’t know.”

Body language can help us stress what we are saying. It can help us express our true, inner feelings. Moreover, body language can help us find out if someone is lying. Often, people who are lying do not make eye contact (接触). They may turn away or raise their shoulders because they are uncomfortable with the conversation.

In job interviews, the interviewers can sometimes judge the interviewee before he or she speaks. Body language is important in our personal lives, too. It can show if you really care about your friends. Leaning forward into the conversation, for example, means you are interested in what is being said. Listening without making eye contact means you are not paying attention but are waiting for your turn to speak.

Scientists have been studying body language for a long time. They say more than 70 percent of our messages are delivered (递送)through body language. Sometimes, body language is more accurate (精准的) than the words we use.

So it is very important for us to learn body language. By understanding body language, we are less likely to be misunderstood. We will find it easier to get a job. We will also have lasting friendships.

1.According to the first paragraph, in English classes, people do all of the following EXCEPT ________.

A.studying grammar B.learning new words

C.improving listening skills D.practicing using body language

2.According to the passage, in which of the following pictures is the woman saying, “I don’t know.”?

A. B. C. D.

3.According to the passage, people who are lying may ________.

A.learn forward B.make eye contact

C.raise their shoulders  D. shrug their shoulders

4.According to the author, body language can help us ________.

① get a job ② lie without anyone knowing

③ prevent misunderstandings ④ improve our English reading skills

A.①③ B.②④ C.①④ D.②③

5.By writing this passage, the writer mainly wanted to ________.

A.teach readers to understand body language

B.tell readers it is important to learn body language

C.show readers how to find out if someone is lying

D.help readers improve their English reading and listening skills

When the two brothers were old enough to marry, their father was not happy because their family wasn’t so rich that the brothers often argued with each other about some small interest and he really didn’t know how they would quarrel when they broke up the family and lived apart.

One day, their father was sick,lying in bed and staring at nothing,when the elder son came over to wish him good health. His father said,” Ask your brothers to come here,and I have something to say.”

The younger brother arrived. Their father sat up and said,”I don’t know how the disease(疾病）hit. I’m feeling terribly unwell.”The brothers persuaded（劝说）their father not to worry about it ,but he shook his head,”In fact I don’t worry about this disease because I manage it ,but if you are in discord with each other in the future, it will be our family’s ‘disease’ and no one can deal with it .”The brothers felt ashamed.

The father got out of the bed,pointed to some chickens in the yard and said,”Look at them sitting there in peace with each other, isn’t it good?”Then their father brought out a bowl of corns,went quietly behind the house and spread most of them on the ground.Then he went back to the yard with only a few corns left and flung at (扔向)the chickens.As soon as they saw the corns,the chickens jumped up,quacked their wings and fought for it .The peaceful world was now filled with”smoke of gunpowder”for some coins.

The brothers smiled and understood what their father was driving at .

Their father added,”Both of you saw more corns are behind the house...”

Actually,aren’t many troubles in life because God scattered(撒)some corns before us?

1.What was the old man worried about ?

A.The elder son would make trouble with the younger one .

B.His family was too poor to leave them anything.

C.The two sons would fight over some small things.

D.The corns in his house was not enough for them to live on.

2.How did the old man think of his illness?

A.It was serious ,but he could go through it .

B.It was serious ,he couldn’t live long.

C.It was not serious ,and he thought it as nothing.

D.It was serious,and he could hardly stand it .

3.The underlined phrase”are in disorder”in paragraph 3 means_____here.

A.agree with each other B.get on badly with each other

C.make friends with each other D.are impolite to each other

4.Why did the old man spread most of corns on the ground ?

A.Because the chickens had already had enough.

B.Because he wanted his sons to grow more corns next year.

C.Because he wanted the chickens to found the rest.

D.Because he wanted to show the terrible scene to his sons.

5.What does the writer want to tell us ?

A.We should fine new ways to deal with troubles in life .

B.There are always bad things in our life which we should face.

C.The disease of a family is more serious than the disease of a person.

D.People should be hard-working and live peacefully together.

根据对话内容，从方框内选择恰当的句子将对话补充完整。（选项中有两项是多余的）

A. Well, can you swim?

B. What club do you want to join?

C. You don’t need to.

D. Which of these do you like best?

E. No, I can’t.

F. Yes, I can.

G. Welcome to our club.

A: Excuse me, I want to join a club.

B: 1.

A: I don’t know. What kind of clubs do you have?

B: Quite many: the art club, the music club, the chess club, the English club, the swimming club and the running club. 2.

A: I’ve no idea.

B: Well, do you like to paint?

A: No, I don’t.

B: Can you play chess?

A: 3.

B: Do you want to make some friends and talk with them in English?

A: I want to make more friends，but I don’t want to speak English out of class.

B: 4.

A: No, I can’t. I don’t like water.

B: OK. You can join the running club.

A: Why? I’m not good at running.

B: 5. The running club is for people like you who do not want to join the other clubs.

根据所给中文意思完成句子，每空限填一词。

1.在网上，我搜索信息，做作业，查收邮件。

On the Internet, I ________ ________ information, did my homework and checked my email.

2.比起往年来，我们今年收到了更多的照片。

________ ________ other years, we received many more photos this year.

3.他已经把那些报纸扔了。

He has ________ ________ those newspapers.

4.从2008年起，他就开始忍受脚伤带来的痛苦。

From 2008 on, he ________ a lot ________ his foot problem, but he did not give up.

5.从那时开始，我们（每年）都庆祝国庆节。

We have celebrated the National Day ________ ________.

“Reading makes a full man (Bacon, 1597).” Novels written by the writers like Jane Austen, Victor Hugo and Ernest Hemingway help us to know more about our history, culture and many other things.

Jane Austen was one of the most well-known women writers in the world. She was born in England in 1775. Jane loved reading and writing. She wrote a number of famous novels in her life. Among them, Pride and Prejudice (傲慢与偏见) written in 1779 was the most popular.

Victor Hugo, born in 1802 in France, was one of the best writers in the 19th century. The talent for writing and hard work brought great success to Hugo at an early age. His most popular novel, Notre-Dame de Paris (巴黎圣母院), was published in 1831. The book was so successful that it was quickly translated into many other languages across Europe.

Ernest Hemingway, an outstanding American writer and reporter, was born in 1899. His life experience had a great influence on his writing style. Hemingway lived in France and Italy between the 1920s and 1950s. Most of his books like The Sun Also Rises were written at that time. He won the Nobel Prize in 1954 mainly because of the novel The Old Man and the Sea.

1.Jane Austen was born in England ________.

2.Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen’s ________ novel.

3.Victor Hugo was from ________.

4.Writing talent and ________ brought great success to Hugo at an early age.

5.Ernest Hemingway ________ in 1954 mainly because of the novel The Old Man and the Sea.

King Hiero asked the crown (皇冠)-maker to make him a gold crown. But when the king got the crown, he wondered i1. the crown was entirely (全部地) made of gold. Then the king s2. the crown to Archimedes, the best scientist in the kingdom.

Archimedes thought about the p3. while a servant (仆人) poured some water into a bath for him. Archimedes got in the bath and some water came out of it, onto the floor. Archimedes was very e4.. “That’s it!” shouted Archimedes to the servant. “If we put an object (物品) in a pot full of water, some of the water will come out. The object displaces (取代) the water. A b5. object will displace a lot of water. A small object will displace a l6. water.”

Archimedes went to the palace to weigh the crown. It w7. one kilogram. He put the crown in a pot of water. Five centimetres of water came out. He then put one kilogram of gold in a8. pot of water. Three centimetres of water came out of this pot. Archimedes said to King Hiero, “Silver made the crown bigger. That is why the crown displaces m9. water. So, the crown is not made entirely of gold; it is made of both gold and silver.”

King Hiero was very a10. when he heard this, and he sent the crown-maker to prison.