When he was a boy，he ______ basketball，_____ football．

A．did not play，but also                B．played not，but

C．can not play，but also                D．played not only，but also

    It was a hot day．Old Mr. Hill came   1   his house and   2   slowly to the shop．He saw a small girl   3   in the street．He stopped   4   her,“Why are you crying?”“I want   5    ice cream because the weather is hot today．Mother gave me six pence and sent me to the shop，but now I've lost the money．”“Where did your six pence fall?”the old man asked．“It fell near that hole，”answered the small girl．

  “Well．Don’t worry．I will help you   6   it，”said the old man．And they   7   the money here and there in the street．But they found nothing The small girl wanted the ice cream very much，So she began crying again．“Don’t cry．You are going to get your ice cream．”With these words，Mr. Hill put hi hand into one of his pockets，took six pence out，smiled and gave it   8    the small girl．The girl took it，looked at it   9   a moment，then said angrily，“You  had my six pence   10     the time!”

1．A． out               B．out of           C． in               D．into

2．A．walked             B．walks           C．walking         D．to walk

3．A． cries             B．cried             C．to cry                  D．crying

4．A．ask                B．asking         C．to ask           D．asked

5．A．the                 B．an                C．a                  D．／

6．A．finding            B．found           C．to find          D．finds

7．A．looked at        B．looked up      C．looked after      D．looked for

8．A．to                  B．at                 C． with                  D．for

9．A．in            B．on                C．for               D．at

10．A．at                 B．in                 C．on                D．all

    O．Herry was am American writer．He wrote lots of short stories．His real name was William Sydney Porter．He was born in North Carolina in 1862．

    A s a young boy，he lived an exciting life．He did not go to school for a long time，but he learned everything he wanted to know．When he was about 20 years old．O．Herry went to Texas There he did different jobs．He first worked in a newspaper，and then had a job in a bank．When some money went missing from the bank．O．Herry was suspected(被怀疑)．Because of that，he was sent into prison(监狱)．

    During the three years in prison，he learned to write short stories．After he got out of prison．he went to New York and continued writing He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there．People liked his stories，because although simple(简单)，to the readers’ surprise，the stories would finish with a sudden change at the end．

1．William Sydney Porter was famous as a writer of ______．

   A．children’s stories           B．long stories          C．short stories    D．love stones

2．O．Herry stayed in prison for________．

   A．3 years                         B．4 years                 C．5 years          D．6 years

3．O．Heny learned to write stories_______．

   A．when he was in prison                 B．when he worked in a newspaper

   C．when he worked in a bank             D．when he was in New York

4．People enjoyed his stories because________．

   A．the stories were very short                  B． the stories were interesting

C．the stories had surprising endings  D．the stories were about the prison

5. O．Herry’s stories were mostly about_________．

   A．his prison life                             B．New York

   C．the life of the rich                         D．the life of the poor and New York

    Boys and girls love to watch TV ．Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six in front of the TV set．Some children even watch TV for eight or more hours on Saturday．TV programmes are like books and films．A child Can learn bad things from some of them and good things from others．Some programmes help children know the news from the other parts of the world．Some programmes show people and places from other countries or other times(时代)in history With TV a child doesn’t need to go to the zoo to see animals or to the sea to see a ship．Boys and girls can see a film，a play or a basketball match at home．Some programmes can teach children how to cook or how to use tools．It’s interesting to watch TV，but it is also interesting to read a book or to visit friends．

1．Children can learn _______ from TV programmes．

A．good things      B．bad things       C．good or bad things        D．good and bad things

2．A child can’t know ______ from TV programmes．

A．the news of other countries                    B．people and places in history

 C．people and places in the future                 D．people and places of other countries

3．How many hours do children often watch TV a day?

  A 4                        B．4-6               C．6                                D．8-10

4．Children can watch ______ from TV programmes．

  A．dogs                  B．films             C．matches                      D．A，B and C

5．Which of the following is wrong?

  A．Watching TV is the only interesting thing in life．

  B．Reading a book is also interesting

  C．Visiting friends is interesting，too

  D．A child should learn useful things from TV programmes·

    I have twin brothers，Tim and Tom．They look the same and a lot of people don't know which is which．They both have brown hair and blue eyes，and they always wear the same jeans and T-shirts．

    They like wearing tile same things，and they like doing the same things，too．For example，they both like pop music，soccer and commputers．They go to watch soccer matches every weekend．They’d like to play computer games  every night，but our mother says they can’t，because they have a lot of homework They’re twins，but they aren’t the same in some ways．For example，Tim works hard at school，but Tom doesn’t Our mother is often away from home because she travels a lot in her job，so I have to help my twin brothers，at home．But I think it’s fun to have twin brothers．

1．Tim and Tom both have ____ hair and _______ eyes．

   A．brown；black                B．white；blue          C．brown；blue        D．yellow；brown

2．Tim and Tom both like ____ and _____．

   A．pop music；homework                B．computers；pop music

   C．soccer：homework                   D．homework；computers

3．They go to watch soccer matches every ________．

 A．Friday                   B．Saturday and Sunday      C．Sunday         D．Saturday

4．Tim _______ ，but Tom doesn’t．

A．sings well                                 B．plays computer games well

C．studies hard at school                    D．plays soccer very well

阅读下面短文，完成阅读任务。

    Tibet(西藏) is among (在……之中) the most popular places for Chinese travelers．The number of tourists to Tibet has grown by 10% every year for a few years．What is the best way to go to Tibet for trip，by plane，by bus or by train？People who want to go to Tibet always ask this question．If you take the plane，you won’t see the beautiful places on the way．If you take the bus，you will be very tired after the trip．If you take the train，you can enjoy the scenery along the way and sleep quite well．Now，since July 1，when the first train ran 1956 kilometers from Xining to Lhasa，more and more people have been going to Tibet．The train stops at several famous places along the way，such as Qinghai Lake，Kunlun Mountain，and the Potala Palace．Passengers call also enjoy many activities during the journey，like Tibetan dancing and Karaoke．On the train，passengers can have tea，eggs and noodles for breakfast，and flied green vegetables and chicken for lunch．Unlike most Chinese trains which have open-hole toilets．this one has special toilets which can collect the waste．There is also a special garbage system in the train that keeps the environment clean．

    All the windows on the train can protect people from the bright sunlight．Other equipment，such as televisions，and electrical sockets for computers and cellphones，can also be found on the train．

    Because there isn’t much oxygen(氧气)there，trains will have oxygen masks for those who need them．It makes passengers feel more comfortable when they have enough oxygen on the famous“roof of the world”．There are also doctors on the train to make sure that all of the travelers are safe．

    “I feel very comfortable，”said Yue Jiang，a Beijing-born scientist who has lived in the United States for 20 years．“It certainly meets Western standards and it’s very clean．’’

1．写出划线句子的同义句。

2．从第一段中找出一组同义词。

3．How far is it from Xining to Lhasa?

4．Fibet is also called (被称为)“_____________”．

5．The best way to go to Tibet is_______ because you can enjoy the scenery along the way and_____．

根据所给首字母或汉语提示及句意写出下列单词，使句子意义通顺。

1．My favorite music is w_____________ music．It’s different from Chinese music．

2．His family is poor，but I_________，he can go to school with the help of a kind man．

3．There are the earth，the sun，the moon and many other stars in the u_________．

4．Listening to the radio in English every day can i_________ your English．

5．He is not good at English，please give him some a_______________．

6．I was waiting for the bus when ____________ (突然) it began to rain．

7．Vienna is the capital city of Austria and the ________(中心) of European classical music．

8．I’ve never won any travel ________(比赛)．

9．We had a very fantastic ____________ (经历)in Hainan Island last summer．

10．We all _______ (欢呼) when Liu Xiang took the first prize in the race．

    There are more than 6,000 languages in the world．English   1   (be) one of the most important languages because so many people use it．not only in England and America．but also in other countries of the world It is difficult   2   (say)how many people are learning it Millions of boys and girls are trying to do so．Many English children)   3   (study) French．French is also a very important language．Some children study German，Russian，Japanese and Chinese．

    Which is the best way to learn a foreign language？We   4   (talk)about this question at this time yesterday．I   5   (learn)English for ten years．This is my idea．We know that we all     6    (learn)our own language well when we were children．If we learn a second language in the same way，it won’t seem so difficult．How does a small child heal his mother tongue(母语)?He   7    (listen) to what people say，and he tries   8   (guess)what he hears，when he wants something，he has to ask for it，and he   9   (use)the language，thinking in it and talking in it all the time．If people use a second language all the time，they，   10   (learn)it quickly．

A：Who is your best friend?    B：Sure Susan is

A：(1)_______________________？B：She is tall，thin and medium height(中等个)．

A：(2)__________________________________________？

B：No，we have many things in common．For example，we both study well and like sports．

A：(3)_____________________？  B：NO，I am better at schoolwork than she．

A：(4)________________，Susan or you?  B：Susan．She is more athletic than me．

A：Do you like to(5) _________________?

B：Yes，I do．But I also like to have friends who are different from me

请根据表格中提供的信息(可以扩展)，写一篇80词左右的短文，介绍有关聋哑人宋晓波的情况。