--Will you stay for supper?

--Sorry, I        ．My sister is coming to see me．

A．couldn't        B．needn't         C．can't            D．mustn't

-- Who plays soccer          in your class?

-- Li Lei        ．

A．best; plays           B．best; does            C．better, plays         D．better, does

--It's 10 o'clock, I must go now．

--It's raining outside．Don't leave          it stops．

A．when            B．since            C．while           D．until

--We         our friend in Hong Kong．

-- Well, have a good time．

A．visited          B．are visiting       C．have visited          D．were visiting

Many Americans are trying to lose weight．Some eat less rood and hardly have any fats or sweets．Others do running,  1  with machines, take medicine, or even have operations．So you can see losing weight is  2  work, and it also costs a lot of money．

But  3  do so many people in the US want to lose weight? Because they worry about their 4 ．For many people, looking nice means being thin．Other people worry about their health as many  5  say overweight is not good．

Most people want to find a faster and easier way to  6  fat, and books of this kind are very popular．These books  7  people how to lose weight．Each year a lot of new books like these are written．Each one says it can  8  help people take fat away．

Losing weight can be  9 ．Some overweight people go to health centers, like La Costa in California．Men and women  10  several hundred dollars a day at these health centers．So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing money, too．

1．A．work                      B．run                      C．exercise                       D．experience

2．A．easy                           B．hard                     C．useful                   D．helpless

3．A．why                           B．how                 C．when                    D．where

4．A．money                    B．health                  C．looks                     D．bodies

5．A．officials                  B．parents                 C．teachers                       D．doctors

6．A．fix up                     B．put on                  C．take off                  D．stay away

7．A．make                      B．ask                      C．lead                      D．tell

8．A．never                      B．hardly                   C．just                       D．easily

9．A．cheap                     B．expensive             C．important              D．necessary

10．A．pay                       B．lose                       C．make                    D．waste

One day,  John read an advertisement in a newspaper．It said, "Wanted．The best salesman in the world．" John thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job．" "I' m the best salesman in the world," he said to the manager．"Give me the job．"

"You must prove you're the best," the manager said．

"OK I will," John said．

"Good．" The manager took several boxes of sweets out of his desk．"Last week I bought a thousand boxes of sweets．If yon can sell them all before the end of the week, yon can have the job, " said the manager．

"That's easy, "John said．He took the boxes of sweets and left the office．

Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the sweets．But he couldn't sell one．The sweets were too bad for him to sell．At the end of the week he went back to the manager．"I'm sorry, sir," he said, "I was wrong about myself．I'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is．"

"Oh" said the manager．"Who?"

"The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets．"

1．The manager told John             ．

A．he could start work at once

B．he was the best salesman in the world

C．he wasn't a good salesman

D．he must show he was the best salesman in the world

2．John could get the job if                  ．

A．he sold a thousand boxes of sweets

B．he gave a way a thousand boxes of sweets

C．he sent the manager a thousand boxes of sweets

D．he bought a thousand boxes of sweets  from the manager

3．Choose the right order (顺序) of the story．

(1) John went to ask for the job．

(2) John told the manager who the best salesman really was．

(3) John read an advertisement in a newspaper．

(4) John went to sell the sweets．

A．(1) (2) (3) (4)                                         B．(4) (3) (2) (1)

C．(3) (1) (4) (2)                                          D．(3) (4) (1) (2)

4．From this story we can know that              ．

A．John didn't get the job                          B．John was a good seller

C．the manager was a good seller             D．the advertisement was a good one

5．John couldn't sell the sweets because                     ．

A．he was not a good salesman                B．the sweets were too bad

C．he wanted to send them to his friends        D．nobody liked sweets

The Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival, which is the biggest festival in China．

It usually comes in January or February．Where there are Chinese,  there is the Spring Festival．Each Chinese year has a name．We may call it the Year of the Tiger, the Year of the Pig or the Year of the Snake．And the year of 2007 is called the Year of the Pig．The year after it is the Mouse Year．

People always spend a month before the festival in preparing for it．People are busy shopping and cleaning their houses．On the eve there is a big family dinner．All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year, watching the CCTV programs or playing cards．On the first day of the Chinese New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their relatives(亲戚) and friends, saying "Happy New Year", "Good luck" and some other greetings to each other．It often lasts to the Lantern Festival, which is also an important Chinese festival and people usually have sweet dumplings (yuanxiao)．People always have a very good time, especially children．Children can usually get some money for the new year from their parents and the elder relatives．

1．We call the Chinese New Year               ．

A．the biggest festival                             B．the Lantern Festival

C．the Spring Festival                                 D．the Year of the Pig

2．The year of 2008 is the Year of the              ．

A．Mouse                B．Pig                 C．Sheep              D．Tiger

3．"All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year．" Here "stay up" means        ．

A．to go to sleep          B．not to go to bed    C．to stand up       D．to have a good rest

4．What do we know from paragraph (段落) 2?

A．The Spring Festival is celebrated only by Chinese people in China．

B．The Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival, even when they are in foreign countries．

C．People celebrate the Spring Festival all over the world．

D．People who can speak Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival in the world．

5．What do people say when they meet on the Chinese New Year's Day?

A．They say "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year"．

B．They say "Good luck" and "Good night" to each other．

C．They say "Have a nice day" and "Good luck" only to their friends and relatives．

D．They say many greetings, such as "Good luck" to each other．

根据句意和提示，补全单词，使句子通顺语法正确。

1．My father often goes to work w                breakfast．It's bad for his health．

2．My parents are s          money for my education．They work hard every day．

3．In 2008, there will be lots of t              in Beijing ．

4．His son really likes drawing and he is going to be an a               ．

5．--Is the fish a           ?

   --Yes．Look , it's swimming ．

6．If you want to make a banana milk shake,  please read this i           ．

7．I (借)             some money from my friend yesterday．

8．Book One is much              (容易的) than Book Two．Do you think so?

9．Most of movie (剧院)                have cheap tickets on Tuesday．

10．Who won first prize in yesterday's dancing (比赛)                ．

根据句意选择适当的词或短语并用其正确形式补全句子。（每空不限字数）

1．            the radio please , I want to listen to the news．

2．Did you             going for a drive yesterday?

3．My brother is           young          go to school．

4．Mary             a whole day           her grandmother last weekend．

5．We           the story from beginning to end last night．

6．I often see the old man            the street in the morning．

7．--Jim, come out．Let's go swimming．

   --Sorry, I'm                 a math problem．

8．Do you know which store has                  clothes in town?

9．You should               better           your math teacher．

10．Do the hotels           their             in winter?

根据汉语意思补全下列英语句子。

1．我们将多进行锻炼以保持身体健康。

We're going to exercise more to                    ．

2．我认为最舒服的座位在前面。

I think the                       seats are in the from．

3．谢谢你照顾我的宠物鸟。

Thanks for                     of my pet bird．

4．说起看电视，我最喜欢看肥皂剧。

                       watching TV, I like soap operas best．

5．我曾考虑去巴黎，但最后定在了纽约。

I thought about going to Paris for vacation, but                       New York．