Renee: No, but I’ve wanted to. Is it good?

Kirsten: It is! But it’s quite grim.

Renee: How so?

Kirsten: In the story, a mother and her son were on a trip when they were caught by a group of crazy people. They were kept in a small dark room and treated terribly. It really broke my heart to read that the mother chose to stay and fight with the bad guys. She was almost killed when trying to help her son run away.

Renee: So it’s this grim from the first page to the end?

Kirsten:Yes, but there’s still a bright side in it. You get to see how strong parents can be when they want to keep their children from being hurt.

Renee: I see. I’m surely going to borrow it from the library.

Kirsten: Then you must hurry. When I borrowed it last Friday, they told me that many people were waiting to read it!

【1】What happened in The Travel?

A. A mother did her best to save her child.

B. A mother took a trip to look for her son.

C. A mother was treated terribly by her family.

D. A mother was killed by a group of crazy people.

【2】What do we know from the conversation?

A. Kirsten will lend Renee The Travel.

B. The Travel is a popular library book.

C. Kirsten did not enjoy reading The Travel.

D. Renee has not heard of The Travel before.

【3】Why does Kirsten think the book is grim?

A. Because it happens on a dark night.

B. Because it makes the readers feel sad.

C. Because there are many difficult words in it.

D. Because readers have different ideas about it.

a seaside city visiting have been places of interest open

Henry: Hi, Emily. The May Day holiday is coming. What’s your plan for it?

Emily: Well, let’s have a trip together, OK?

Henry: Good idea! Where shall we go?

Emily: What about going to Qingdao, 【1】?

Henry: I’m afraid that’s not a good idea. Qingdao is not suitable for travelling at this time of year.

Emily: I see. Then how about Beijing? There are many 【2】.

Henry: But I 【3】 there a few times.

Emily: Then what’s your idea?

Henry: I hear Jiuzhaigou is 【4】 to the public recently. And it’s much more beautiful than before.

Emily: Yeah. It’s really a place of nature. And our government spends much money rebuilding it.

It’s well worth 【5】.

Henry: OK. Turn on the computer and find more information about it.

【1】—Look! That young man is very strong.

—Oh, he is our monitor. He is a _____(成员) of our football team.

【2】—My boy, keep away from the ______(刀). It’s very sharp.

—OK, mum.

【3】—If you can’t ______(买得起) a new car, why don’t you buy a second hand one?

—Sounds great!

【4】—My parents are so ______(严格的) with me. That makes me very angry.

—Come on! That’s because they love you.

【5】Mother’s Day is coming. The card is ______(专门地) made for my mother.

—Great! .

A. One tree can’t make a forest B. Many hands make light work

C. Where there is a will, there is a way D. A friend in need is a friend indeed

—Oh, I’ll go there to attend a party.

A. when you’ll go to Beijing B. how you’ll go to Beijing

C. why you’ll go to Beijing D. whether you’ll go to Beijing

The message said, “Goodbye loved kowihn yu I amj leaving.”

Mr. Reed was frightened by the message. He tried to understand the words that were not spelled right. He quickly wrote a message to his new friend.

“What do you mean by the message you just sent to me?”

He waited but did not get an answer. He wrote back, “Please talk to me.”

Finally, she wrote, “I am fallllljg asleep what ti say gildgye ti ny friends.” Mr. Reed thought hard about this message. “Is she going to kill herself?” he thought.

“What is your phone number?” he typed. The woman sent a phone number. Mr. Reed called. At first the phone was busy. Then it just rang and rang. He called the police in Pittsburgh, and told them his story. Then he faxed them what his friend wrote.

The police and paramedics(医护人员) quickly went to the woman’s house. When she didn’t’ answer the doorbell, they broke in. They found her on the floor near the computer. She told them, “I took 60 pills.” The paramedics rushed her to the hospital.

“Mr. Reed did a great job of saving this woman,” the police captain said. “If he hadn’t succeeded at the e-message, she would be dead now.” The woman is fine now, and she thanks Mr. Reed for saving her life.

【1】Mr. Reed talked with the woman ________.

A. by telephone B. on the Internet C. at his home D. in the office

【2】The e-message he found was strange because _____.

A. it was fun to read B. it was not interesting like usual ones

C. the woman wrote nothing D. the woman wrote it ten days ago

【3】As soon as Mr. Reed read the e-message, he _______.

A. wrote back to ask her about the meaning of the message

B. called the police for help

C. went to save the woman himself

D. felt frightened and turned off the computer

【4】The woman wanted to _______.

A. say goodbye to Mr. Reed

B. sleep for a whole day

C. kill herself by taking pills

D. make fun of Mr. Reed

【5】What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Woman Kills Herself

B. Man Saves E-mail Friend

C. A Strange Message

D. Two Good Friends

Mr. Brown was good ____ singing. So he found work in a school. There he taught the students ____ . He worked hard and most of his students sang ____ . But he liked drinking and ____ much money on it. Sometimes he couldn’t go to school on time. The headmaster told him to be careful of it. But soon he forgot it.

Once Mr. Brown drank much and lay in the street. The policemen carried him to school. The headmaster was so angry that he decided to send him away.

Now he was out of work. Few people would help him. One morning he was very ____ while he ____ by a beautiful house. He found the gate open and quickly went in. He wanted to find some ____ . Suddenly he saw a man coming towards him. He went into a room. There were a lot of instruments (乐器) in it. And soon a girl came in. He had to lie under a desk. The girl began to sing. She sang badly but it ____ two hours. At twelve o’clock another girl came to play the piano. She played even ___ . Mr. Brown couldn’t stay there any ____ . He came out and said, “Send me to the police station.”

【1】A. at B. to C. for D. in

【2】A. maths B. music C. art D. P. E.

【3】A. good B. bad C. well D. badly

【4】A. pays B. spends C. cost D. spent

【5】A. hungry B. asleep C. tired D. thirsty

【6】A. walk B. walks C. is walking D. was walking

【7】A. orange B. milk C. food D. water

【8】A. last B. lasted C. was D. went

【9】A. well B. badly C. better D. worse

【10】A. long B. longer C. longest D. the longest

【1】李老师在阳光中学教英语。

Mr. Li is a teacher ____________ in Sunshine Middle School.

【2】机器人可以为你做家务，除非你喜欢自己做。

Robots can do housework for you ___________________.

【3】姚明是世界上最优秀的篮球运动员这一。

Yao Ming is ______________________ in the world.

【4】为了使教室像新的一样，我们每天打扫。

We sweep the floor every day __________________________.

【5】我想你需要多注意你的书写。

I think you need _______________________________.

【1】I’m _________________ (投诉) about you to the robot shop

【2】Please help me _________________(回答) to the letter.

【3】Christopher Columbus was one of the ________________ (探索) to discover America.

【4】Would robots have _________________ (大脑) in the future?

【5】You can do _______________ (任何) you want to do.

Why are so many people so afraid to fail? Quite simply because no one tells us how to face the failure(失败). In fact, failure can become experience that means growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail.

Most parents work hard to prevent failure or protect their children. One way is to lower standards. Nearly 60% of the parents choose this way. When a child finishes making a table, the mother describes it as “perfect” even though it doesn’t stand still. The other way is to blame (责怪) others. If John fails in science, his teacher is unfair or stupid.

There’s a problem with the two ways. It makes a child unprepared for the real life if they don’t meet enough failure. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time. The young should be allowed to experience failure.

Failure never gives people pleasure. It hurts both grown-ups and children. But it can be really good to your life when you learn to use it.

（请同学们注意）Please answer the following questions with no more than 6 words.

【1】What can failure become in fact? ____________________________________

【2】How many ways do most parents choose to prevent failure and protect their children?

【3】How do 60% of the parents prevent failure or protect their children?

【4】What should young people be allowed to experience?

【5】Who does failure hurt? ________________________________________________