“Pulling your leg ”

A: Fred, is it true that I didn’t pass the math test this time?

B：I don’t know, Joe! It was a joke! I was pulling your leg,that’s all.

A：Oh,dear. You mean you are kidding.

B：Yes,pardon me.

Good Boy

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents,“What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?”

“I gave it to a poor old woman.”He answered.

“ You are a good boy. ”Said the mother proudly.

“Here are two more,but why are you so interested in the old woman?”

“She is the one who sells the candy!”

New Teacher

George came back from school on the first of September,“ George,how did you like your new teacher”,asked his mother.“I didn’t like her,because she said that three and three were six and then she said that two and four were six ,too...”

A Good Box of Matches

Mother sent Tommy to the store across the street to buy a good box of matches, when Tommy came back,mother asked him,“Did you buy a good box of matches?”“Yes,mom.”Tommy replied,“I have tried them all..”

【1】George didn’t like his teacher because he thought___________.

A. his teacher wasn’t beautiful.

B. his teacher’s class wasn’t interesting.

C. His teacher made mistakes often.

D. His teacher didn’t like him.

【2】Tommy tried all the matches in order to _________.

A. make his mother happy.

B. have fun .

C. make sure if they are all good.

D. make himself warm.

【3】According to” Good Boy”,we learned ______________.

A. Little Robert asked his mother for two cents to help the old woman.

B. Little Robert liked eating candy.

C. Little Robert’s mother was very happy at last when she heard his son’s words.

D. we should help others.

【4】All of the above are jokes EXCEPT_____.

A. Pulling Your Leg B. Good Boy

C. New Teacher D. A Good Box of Matches

【5】Which of the following is TURE ?

A. Joe didn’t pass the math test.

B. Little Robert was very kind to the old woman.

C. “I was pulling your leg” means “ I was just kidding.”

D. Tommy bought a good box of matches for his mother .

Many scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. ______, they agree it may _____ hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like people and do the same things as us.

But robot scientist James White ______. He thinks that it will be ______ for a robot to do the same things as a person.______, it's easy for a child to wake up and know where they are. Mr. White thinks that robots won't be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people ______ 25 to 50 years.

Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already robots working in factories. They do many ______ over and over again. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will ______ get bored.

In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have ______ work to do. New robots will have many different ______. Some will look like humans, and ______ might look like snakes. After an earthquake , a snake robot could help look for people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes ______ impossible a hundred years ago. With the ____of science technology.We never know what will happen in the future! Let’s work much harder to make robots serve us better!

【1】A. become B. been C. became D. are

【2】A. interested B. dangerous C. pleasant D. popular

【3】A. But B. So C. However D. While

【4】A. cost B. spend C. pay D. take

【5】A. agrees B. disagrees C. likes D. dislikes

【6】A. easily B. difficult C. differently D. possible

【7】A. For example B. Instead C. Such as D. Besides

【8】A. after B. for C. over D. in

【9】A. worked B. work C. jobs D. to work

【10】A. always B. easily C. never D. often

【11】A. more B. less C. fewer D. little

【12】A. shapes B. colors C. sizes D. actions

【13】A. another B. other C. the others D. others

【14】A. seem B. seemed C. got D. look

【15】A. develop B. developing C. development D. developed

【1】去年，三分之二的水被这儿的人们污染了。

Two _______of water ______ polluted by people here last year.

【2】直到绿灯亮时才能过马路。

_____ cross the road _______ the light turns green.

【3】洪水过后，在政府的帮助下，人们没有伤心，而是充满了希望。

With the government’s help, people are full of hope_______ _______ being sad after the flood.

【4】改革开放以来，我们家乡发生了伟大的变化。

Since the reform and opening-up, great changes have _______ ______ in our hometown.

【5】今天我以学校为荣, 明天学校以我为骄傲。

Today I'm_______ _______our school and tomorrow my school will take pride in my success.

— ___________________.

A. Congratulations. B. Enjoy yourselves. C. Good luck to you.

—Sure. Our teachers often tell us ___________ a greener person.

A. protect, to be B. protecting, to be C. protecting, being

A. is, standing B. are, are standing C. are, standing

请以谚语(proverb)"Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it"为题，写一篇80词左右的短文。

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

【1】海军飞行员_________________

【2】试图______________________

【3】自由勋章__________________

【4】登陆，着陆 _______________

【5】转折点___________________

【6】out of control ____________

【7】cut short________________

【8】one giant leap_______

【9】give permission to _____

【10】worm virus ___________

Jan Mela isn’t like most kids .Two years ago , he lost an arm and a leg .But that didn’t stop him .

On Saturday ,the 15—year-old boy from Poland（波兰）walked to the North Pole（北极）without any help.

“If I can do it ,other people can do great things ,too ,” Mela said before he went.

Polish newspapers said Mela is the youngest person and the first handicapped（残疾的）person to walk to the North Pole.

How did Mela lose an arm and a leg ? He had an electrical（电的）accident .Now , he walks with the help of a 62,000-yuan man-made leg.

After the accident , Mela felt sad for himself . But he didn’t lose hope .One day ,he met Marek Kaminski ,a Polish explorer . Eight years ago ,Kaminski went to the North Pole and the South Pole in the same year .Mela wanted to see the North Pole ,too . So Mela asked Kaminski if they could go together next time .Kaminski said yes!

It took Mela 21 days to get to the North Pole .The last three or four days were really hard because of bad weather .But Mela kept going .

“I didn’t think we would make it ,” he said , “Then ,things got better.”

【1】What happened to Mela two years ago?

【2】Why did Polish newspapers report the travel to the North Pole?

【3】How does Mela walk after the accident?

【4】Where did Kaminski go eight years ago?

【5】Why did Mela make the travel?

Children’s education is changing very fast today. In the past, teachers made children s【1】 quietly for hours. They made them r【2】 all kinds of things. The children had to go on r【3】 things again and again until they knew them “by heart”. Today, many teachers wonder if it is p【4】 to make children learn at all. They say you can o【5】 help them learn. They say you must let children learn and discover things for t【6】. But for some of the children, school is a kind of p【7】 they can’t escape（逃亡） from. They are there only b【8】 their parents make them go. They get out of the classroom as soon as the teachers let them leave. Many of them want to find j【9】but the law（法律） will not let them work until they reach a certain（一定的） age. And so, they have to stay in school. O【10】 they do not learn anything at all and hate every moment.