【1】Soft music is often played in some shopping malls to ________(创造) a relaxing atmosphere.

【2】The director’s film tries to describe a journey of _________(发现)，both for himself and the

watchers.

【3】You can _________ (几乎不) ask the old man to move away because he has lived alone here

all his life.

【4】Mr Li teaches well. I’ve never met a ________(严格)one than him.

—— Well, there’s one on your left.

A. when the bank opens B. where the bank is

C. how far is the bank D. how can I get to the bank

——Well, _______________. I do hope you will act soon.

A. a good miss is as good as a mile B. it never rains but it pours

C. the early bird catches the worm D. Actions speak louder than words

-- _________. But he didn’t attend school the other day.

A. is he , Yes B. has he, Yes C. has he, No D. is he, No

—Well, Lucy _________not come. She is not certain whether her plane will arrive on time.

A. might B. would C. must D. need

Thomas Edison was a great American inventor. He was born on February 11th in 1847 at Milan, Ohio and died on October 18, 1931. When he was a child he was always trying out new ideas.

One day when he was five years old, his father saw him sitting on some eggs. He asked him why he was doing that. Tom did not answer. Instead, he asked his father: “Hens are able to have chicks. Why can’t I?”

Young Tom was in school for only three months. During those three months he asked a lot of questions. Most of these questions were not about his lessons. His teacher did not understand him. The boy had so many strange questions. The teacher could not answer all of them. So he wanted to send Tom away from school. He told Tom’s mother that Tom was not clever, and he asked her to take the boy out of school.

So Tom’s mother took him out of school, and taught him herself. She taught him to read and write, and she found him a very good student. He learnt very fast. Even before he was ten he became very interested in science. He grew vegetables in his garden and sold them. With the money he set up a chemical laboratory in his home in 1857.

Thomas Edison had 1,368 inventions during his lifetime.

His first patented invention was an electrical recorder in 1868.

1876—1877, invented the phonograph (留声机).

1891, invented the camera.

1897, invented the first electric lamp.

1900—1910, invented the storage battery.

根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

【1】Did Tom’s teacher like him? Why?

____________________________________________

【2】Who taught Tom to read and write out of school?

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【3】When did Tom become interested in science?

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【4】How did he build his science lab?

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【5】What were invented by Tom?

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【1】This program_______ (listen) to in many countries.

【2】Chinese _______ (speak) by the largest number of people in the world.

【3】Trees _______ (plant) in spring every year.

【4】Most science books _______ (write) in English.

【5】The trees _______ (grow) well along banks of the river.

【6】I _______ (ask) to help him.

【7】_______this word often _______ (use) in English?

【8】The old headmaster loves the pupils and she _______ (love) by them all.

【9】Our desks and chairs _______ (make) of wood.

【10】The door _______ (not lock) every evening.

【11】Water _______ (use) in everyday life.

【12】The campus _______ (clean) by the students every day.

teach interest one he wonder realize

born love for in succeed learn

Wang Feng is a Chinese rock musician. He was 【1】 into a musical family in Beijing. 【2】 by his father, Wang started practicing the violin when he was five years old. Wang often 【3】 why he should play the violin，or why he had to stay at home practicing while other kids at his age were playing outside. At the age of 14, 【4】 the first time in his life, Wang 【5】 the beauty of the music through a piece of music. After that, Wang became 【6】 in music and decided to create beautiful music of his own.

At the age of 17, Wang began to listen to rock music. In 1994, Wang and his friends formed their own rock band No. 43 Baojia Street. The band made their 【7】 album（专辑）—No. 43 Baojia Street in 1997. This album included songs like Little Bird and Good Night Beijing.

In 2000, he joined the Warner Music and became a singer of it. Four years later, in 2004, he made the song Flying Higher. It was a big 【8】 at that time. And it’s still 【9】 by many people now. In 2005，he made his sixth album Blooming Life.

On the 9th Global Chinese Music Awards, the song In Spring won the Best Lyrics Award. Wang Feng 【10】 got the award for the Best Producer, and the album Belief Flies in the Wind won the Best Album Award.

The father and the son went on walking.The sun was well up in the __.They soon drank up all their water and there was not a house or even a tree for them to have a rest.Thomas felt __ thirsty to walk on.At this time,his father gave him a strawberry and he quickly ate it.After a while,his father gave him __ strawberry and once again,his son got it quickly and put it in his mouth.

And so they __.The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them.When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries,his father said to him,“My dear son,__ you picked up that horseshoe,you would have your own __ to eat.Always remember the lesson:if you don’t worry about the little things,you will find it difficult to ___ the great things.

【1】A. give up B. put up C. pick up D. take up

【2】A. got on B. got to C. got off D. got down

【3】A. threw B. bought C. sold D. found

【4】A. sky B. sea C. river D. ground

【5】A. so B. very C. quite D. too

【6】A. another B. other C. else D. the other

【7】A. carried on B. turned on C. went on D. worked on

【8】A. or B. if C. unless D. until

【9】A. water B. money C. horseshoe D. strawberries

【10】A. do B. use C. eat D. drink

__ soon Mrs.Smith had a serious illness.As she was dying,she asked Peter to take care of her daughter.A few years later,Peter married the girl.He loved her so much that he tried to make her ___every day.He cooked lots of delicious food and bought all kinds of beautiful clothes for her.So she became very fat and found it ___to walk.

One day,she felt uncomfortable.She went to the hospital.The doctor ___and told her not to eat meat,sugar,chocolate and things like that.She was afraid she might ___the doctor’s words,so she wrote all the names of the foods on a piece of paper.When she got home,she put the ___on the table and went out.When she returned home,she found all kinds of meat,sugar,chocolate in the kitchen.Peter was busy ___.As soon as he saw her,he said ____,“I’ve bought all the foods you wanted,dear!”

【1】A. lazy B. clever C. funny D. boring

【2】A. would B. must C. had to D. could

【3】A. Though B. So C. But D. Or

【4】A. outgoing B. lovely C. active D. happy

【5】A. hard B. easy C. happy D. comfortable

【6】A. looked her up B. looked her over C. looked for her D. looked at her

【7】A. forget B. catch C. remember D. follow

【8】A. notice B. name C. words D. list

【9】A. eating B. drinking C. cooking D. having

【10】A. sadly B. excitedly C. angrily D. politely