—I do, but it still does not________everything, rent, bills…

A.coverB.spendC.fillD.offer

A.beginsB.developsC.endsD.happens

— We Chinese should________in face of difficulties.

A.pull togetherB.pull downC.pull offD.pull up

A.allB.eitherC.noneD.neither

I asked my father to go on the boat with him but I【4】 （reuse）. He said no，stay at home and help your mother. Anyway，it's a long story，but eventually I became a cleaner in a hotel. And then one day I had the chance to work as a cleaner on a ship，one of the big cruise ships. It's a great job，and I 【5】 （do）it for the past six years. It's a dream come true because I spend a lot of tine at sea. My next dream is to have a houseboat and actually live on the water. Well see，I can make【6】 happen.

winner，whenever，hardly，find out，unfair，holding，whoever，impossible，cats，

In a faraway country，there were two carpenters（木匠）who were both so good at their jobs that no one could tell who was better.

One day，the country's king thought of a way to 【1】 which one was better.

He would have them compete against each other in a contest. The 【2】 would become the official royal（皇家的）carpenter.

Then the contest began. The carpenters were given three days to carve（雕刻）a wooden mouse. 【3】 carved the most lifelike mouse would be the winner.

The first carpenter carved a fine mouse which looked like a real one. The second carpenter's mouse，however，looked quite rough. In fact，it 【4】 even looked like a mouse at all. The king and his ministers（大臣）agreed that the first carpenter was the winner.

The second carpenter said，"This result is 【5】. We should ask a cat which mouse looks the most realistic. Cats can know mice much better than humans，after all. "

The king agreed. He ordered his ministers to catch several 【6】 and bring them to judge the carpenters' mice.

Surprisingly，all of the cats were more attracted to the second carpenter's mouse.

The king asked the second carpenter，"How did you make the cats believe that your mouse looked more real？”

The carpenter said，"Your Majesty（陛下），if you look closely，you can see that I carved a mouse 【7】 a fishbone！The cats care not about how real it looks，but how delicious it might taste. "

【1】My grandpa always tells me n______________ is more important than health.

【2】Mr. Black was asked to give a s__________________ at the beginning of the meeting

【3】December is the t _____________ month of a year.

【4】You will r_____________ a warm welcome when you come to our village.

【5】The tourists had no__________（选择）but to wait for he net bus.

【6】Be p_____________（耐心）. It lakes time. You can become better by reading something you enjoy every day.

【7】Life is like a race. I'm ready to take on new_____________（挑战）any time.

【8】There is a bookstore___________________（在……对面）from our school.

存在的现象：听音乐，看电视，上网占用了大部分业余时间。

读书的益处：获取知识，增长见识使人快乐。

发出倡议：多读书，读经典好书让读书成为我们生活的一部分。

要求：

1.倡议书应包括所有要点，可适当发挥。

2倡议书的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

3文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称等信息。

Growing up with good books

My dear friends，

Reading is very important. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

According to the decision，the 2022 World Cup will start on November 21.The final will take place on December 18, one week ahead of Christmas. It will last 28 days in total.

FIFA said，"This is an important step for us. December 18，2022 is a Sunday，and it's National Day in Qatar，so it fits perfectly.”

Many people disagree that Qatar has the chance to hold the 2022 World Cup, because summer temperature is very high-sometimes，the temperature may he about 50C. So the country has an idea to move it to winter. At last FIFA gave the chance to Qatar.

Although the change is good for the player. There is still much opposition. The biggest opposition comes from the major European leagues（欧洲联赛），because the new time will be just Europe's club season. FIFA said they will try their best do make things go well.

【1】Traditional Word Cup is usually held in _________.

A.springB.summerC.autumnD.winter

【2】How long will the 2022 World Cup last?

A.Thirty days .B.Twenty-eight daysC.Thirty-one daysD.Twenty-five days

【3】Qatar's National Day is on __________

A.November 21

B.November 18

C.December 21

D.December 18

【4】Why did Qatar want to hold the 2022 World Cup in winter？

A.Because FIFA's director asked it to do so.

B.Because the country's National Day is in winter.

C.Because its summer temperature is too high

D.Because winter is good for ski racing.

【5】What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word "opposition"？

A.反对B.鼓励C.疑惑D.支持

China is a large country. The population is over 1.3 billion. It has a special culture with a very long history.

Chinese food plays an important role for Chinese families. Different foods have special meanings. The main difference is that Chinese people eat their meals with chopsticks. One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice. Tea is a favorite drink and it is popular in the market.

Chinese calendar is different from the one used in western countries. New Year's Day is in late winter. It is also called the Spring Festival. It has a big celebration of ringing out the old and ringing in the new. It has special foods and traditions. For example, sweeping the floor before New Year's Day sweeps away all the old year's bad luck.

The Chinese zodiac( 生肖 ), known as Sheng Xiao, follows a twelve-year cycle. Each year is named for an animal. These animal signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. For example, the year that begins in 2016 is the year of the monkey.

Chinese is a complex (复杂的) language. Chinese writing developed almost 4,000 years ago and may even be older. Chinese writing has thousands of characters. A character stands for a word and also a meaning. Besides Putonghua, Chinese people speak six other forms of the language, and there are many kinds ofdialects.

【1】What's the population of China?

A.Almost 4,000.B.More than 1.3 billion.C.12 million.D.less than 1.3 billion

【2】The underlined "dialects" probably means" ______"in Chinese.

A.交际B.对话C.方言D.方向

【3】According to the passage, what's one of the main foods in China?

A.TeaB.RiceC.MeatD.fruit

【4】The year that begins in 2019 is the year of the________.

A.monkey.B.roosterC.dogD.pig

【5】What's the main idea of the passage?

A.Different foods have special meanings in Chinese culture.

B.Chinese is a popular language.

C.Chinese culture.

D.Chinese writing has thousands of charaters.