【题目】根据短文内容，完成下列表格(每格只能填一个词)。 People in many places celebrate Christmas on December 25.
In the USA, Christmas is a long holiday. Shops are usually not open on Christmas Day. And family members have a party together. There are usually Christmas Trees in houses, and children can find presents from their parents in the trees. In many places, children put a stocking(长筒袜)on the bed, because they think Father Christmas will put nice presents in the stocking at night.
Things are different in China. The Chinese don't have a holiday at Christmas. Shops are open and there are usually Christmas sales(促销) in many shops. There are no family parties, but there are parties for young people in nightclubs and hotels. There are no stories about Father Christmas or presents in stockings. But young lovers(恋人) give each other presents.

【题目】What was Eric doing when the teacher came in?
A.He was reading an English story．
B.He Was drawing pictures．
C.He was listening to music．

【题目】根据短文内容的理解，选择正确答案。 Americans usually eat three meals a day. Breakfast usually comes before eight o'clock in the morning. They usually have eggs, some meat, bread, fruit juice and coffee. Lunch is between twelve and one o'clock. It is like a light meal and working people must take lunch with them or get it near their work place. Children at school take sandwiches, fruit, and cookies with them or eat at school. Supper, the main meal, is between six and eight in the evening. People cook it carefully. They may have meat or chicken, turkey and duck. They may also have potatoes or rice, vegetables or salad. The drink is coffee, tea or milk. Then comes the dessert.
（1）Americans have breakfast ________.
A.after eight o'clock
B.at eight o'clock
C.before eight o'clock in the morning
D.in the morning
（2）_______ is the most important meal in a day.
A.Breakfast
B.Lunch
C.Meals
D.Supper
（3）What does the underlined word "light" mean in Chinese in this passage?
A.重的
B.有用的
C.轻的
D.不太重要的
（4）Americans usually have supper ______.
A.at home
B.in the office
C.at the restaurant
D.near their work place
（5）When Americans have supper, _______ comes last.
A.drink
B.meat
C.dessert
D.Vegetables

【题目】根据短文内容的理解，选择正确答案。 Valentine's Day（情人节） is on February 14th every year. On this day, people send valentines to their loved ones. Valentine's Day is a special time to tell how much you care about（在乎） a person.
Many people send candy in hearted shaped（心形的） boxes to people they love. Flowers are also presents that people send on Valentine's Day. Valentine cards with words are often used（被使用） by many people.
Can you guess who gets the greatest number of Valentine cards in the USA each year? Is It mother or father, sister or brother? Is it uncle or aunt? Is it the special friend? No, it isn't!
Mothers get a lot of cards, but school teachers get the most each year. Do you know who sends the most? Children do. Children send five times（倍） as many on February 14th as adults do.
（1）Valentine's Day _______.
A.comes once a year
B.is on February 4th
C.comes twice a year
D.is on the first day of spring
（2）We can know from the passage（文章） that Valentines refer to（涉及）.
A.mothers and fathers
B.cards, flowers, candy and so on
C.teachers and students
D.uncles and aunts
（3）Teachers get the most valentines because _______________.
A.they send（寄）the most
B.students have too much money
C.so many students love their teachers
D.the valentines are only for them
（4）Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Flowers are the best present for Valentine's Day.
B.All valentines are red and white.
C.Adults never get cards on Valentine's Day.
D.Adults send fewer（较少的）cards than children do.
（5）This passage is mainly（主要）about ______________.
A.candy and flowers
B.parents and children
C.valentines and their receivers（接收者）
D.the teachers in the USA

Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, and today it is still a favourite drink of millions of people in the world. Coffee is so popular ,but do you know the story of coffee and how it was discovered?

There is an old story that says coffee was discovered in Africa long ,long time ago. One day, a farmer was watching his goats, and he saw them eat some small berries(干种子)from a plant. After they ate the berries, the goats became very active. The man often felt tired ,so he decided to try the berries too. Surprisingly, he did not feel tired any more. Coffee plants were thus discovered. Then coffee was taken from Africa to Arabia(阿拉伯半岛),and there it was first used as medicine. The Arabs kept coffee a secret for many years. Later ,coffee came to Turkey(土耳其),then Italy, then France. From Europe, the coffee plant was taken to America. People found that coffee plants grew well in many parts of South America, so large coffee farms were started, and many coffee plants were grown. On these farms, coffee beans were picked from the plants by hand. Then the beans were dried and prepared for market to sell. Different coffee beans were mixed together to produce different kinds of coffee. Coffee was sent to all over the world, and soon became very popular.

Answer each of the following questions in No More Than 6 Words.

【1】Where did coffee come from?

_____________________________________________________________________________________

【2】What was coffee first used as in Arabia?

_____________________________________________________________________________________

【3】Why were large coffee farms started in South America?

_____________________________________________________________________________________

【4】How did people get coffee beans from the plants?

_____________________________________________________________________________________

【5】Why did people mix different coffee beans together?

_____________________________________________________________________________________

【题目】What does Linda want to do this Sunday?
A.To give out food at a food bank．
B.To help to clean up the city park．
C.To volunteer in an after-school study program．

Amy was a little girl. She lived near a fruit shop in the village. The shop was ________ by Mr. Smith.

One day Mr. Smith said to Amy, “Would you like to earn (赚) some money? ”

“Oh, yes,” replied she, “for I want some new shoes, and dad has no ________ to buy them with.”

“Well, Amy,” said Mr. Smith, “there are some fine ________ in Mr. Green’s garden, and he said that anybody was welcome to them. I will ________you thirteen cents (美分) a kilogram for all you will pick for me.”

Amy was so________ that she decided to go to pick the grapes as soon as possible. She ran home to get a ________ at once.

Then she thought she would like to know how much money she would get ________she picked five kilograms. ________ the help of her pencil, she found out that she would get sixty-five cents.

“But supposing I should pick twelve kilograms,” thought she, “________should I earn then?” “Dear me,” she said, after figuring (计算) a while, “I should earn one dollar and ________ cents.”

Amy then found out what Mr. Smith would pay her for fifty, a hundred, and two hundred kilograms. It took ________ some time to do this, and then it was so near lunch time that she had to ________ at home until afternoon.

As soon as lunch was ________ , she took her basket and ________ to the garden. Some boys had been there before lunch, and all the fine grapes were picked.

As she went home, she ________ what her teacher had often told her—“Do your task at once; then think about it,” for “one doer is worth a hundred dreamers.”

【1】A. kept B. found C. made D. sold

【2】A. idea B. use C. money D. place

【3】A. apples B. bananas C. grapes D. pears

【4】A. cost B. pay C. spend D. take

【5】A. sad B. worried C. interesting D. happy

【6】A. box B. basket C. bag D. bottle

【7】A. until B. although C. if D. whether

【8】A. With B. Under C. In D. On

【9】A. how long B. how often C. how many D. how much

【10】A. fifty-six B. sixty-five C. thirteen D. thirty

【11】A. him B. her C. me D. us

【12】A. pick B. cry C. make D. stay

【13】A. over B. away C. up D. off

【14】A. returned B. hurried C. sent D. belonged

【15】A. talked about B. talked with C. thought of D. thought over

A. 根据句意和汉语提示，用正确的单词填空。B. 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

【1】The __________ (对话) in Stephen Chow’s movies often makes me laugh.

【2】We are often _____________ (鼓励) to speak out in English classes.

【3】_______ (假设) you see somebody stealing things on a bus, what should you do?

【4】It’s a pity that yesterday’s football match was _________(取消)because of the terrible weather.

【5】Nothing is more important than (安全) for pupils.

【6】Lang Lang is famous as a young ___________ (music) all over the world.

【7】The earth needs __ (last) peace. Wars bring too much sadness to people.

【8】The robber who broke into the bank seemed to be in his___________ (twenty).

【9】Hepburn acted so well that she was ____________(mistake) for a real princess.

【10】There is no clear______________ (divide) line between the two villages.

【题目】根据短文内容的理解，选择最佳答案填空。 Most of my day is full of lessons and homework. it is very 1 to find time for myself. But when I get some 2 time, I have many 3 to do, such as sleeping, going to the movies and listening to music.
First, I 4 sleeping very much. When I am at school, I try to make time during my 5 and lunchtime to get a few minutes to sleep. It helps me 6awake all the day. If I do not get a good sleep, I will be very7 the next day.
Second, going to the movies can make me relax. When I am 8, it is 9 a good idea to go out and watch a movie. Laughing, getting frightened and even 10 are all good ways of relaxing.
Listening to music is my hobby 11. I think music is very important in everyone's life. Some parents think listening to music will make their children become 12 students, so they often 13 them from listening to it. But I don't think so. When I am in a bad mood(心情)， music can 14 me quiet.
15 hobbies, there will be no colour in my life. I will keep my hobbies forever.
（1）A.important B.hard C.useful D.interesting
（2）A.free B.busy C.more D.special
（3）A.subjects B.competitions C.activities D.clubs
（4）A.finish B.practice C.like D.dislike
（5）A.classes B.lessons C.breaks D.reading weeks
（6）A.stay B.mean C.become D.have
（7）A.sad B.easy C.tired D.useless
（8）A.boring B.bored C.unpopular D.uninteresting
（9）A.never B.always C.seldom D.sometimes
（10）A.eating B.drinking C.believing D.crying
（11）A.as usual B.at least C.as well D.at present
（12）A.best B.top C.poor D.rich
（13）A.ask B.solve C.stop D.help
（14）A.make B.study C.become D.agree
（15）A.With B.Without C.In D.For

Six excellent students from the Liverpool City Academy celebrated their success after Prime Minister , Tony Blair , presented them with the t_【1】____ award in the competition. Their idea of greeting cards impressed the judges(评委) and they w_【2】___ a prize of 10,000 for their school and 500 for each member of the winning team. The judges p_【3】____ the team members for “their excellent business plan, the quality of their greetings cards and their creative way of s【4】_____ ”.

The head of the City Academy was delighted by the team’s success. “ we are very p_【5】______ of what the team has done. The students worked very hard, which l_【6】____ to their success.”

One of the members told us ,” The best part about the business was working together a【7】___ a team. That’s w_【8】___ helped us to be successful. We all had different talents and strengths.” And the w_【9】____ team agreed that running the business was a great way to learn and the e【10】______ would help them when they were running their own businesses in the future.