One day，a poor boy 1 was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left．He was hungry so he decided to beg 2 at the next house．

    However，he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door．3 a meal he asked for a drink of water．She thought he 4  so she brought him a large glass of milk．He drank it slowly，and then asked,“How much do I  5 you?”   

  “You don’t owe(欠)me 6!”，she replied．“Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness．”He said，“Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart．”As Howard Kelly left that house，he 7 felt stronger physically，but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point．

8 the young woman became seriously i11．The local doctors were no idea．They finally sent her to the big city，where specialists(专家)can be called in to study her disease．Dr．Howard Kelly，now famous was called in for the consultation(会诊)．When he 9 the name of the town she 10，a strange tight filled his yes．Immediately，he rose and went down through the hospital hail into her room．

    11 in his doctor’s clothes he went in to see her．He recognized her at once．He went back to the consultation room and 12 do his best to save her life．From that day on，he gave 13 her case．

    After a long struggle，the battle was won．Dr．Kelly ask the business office to pass the final bill to him．He looked at it and then wrote something on the side．The bill 14 her room．She was afraid to open it because she 15 that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off．Finally she looked，and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention．She read these words…

   “Paid in full with a glass of milk．”

    (Signed)Dr．Howard Kelly

    Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed(祈祷)silently：“Thank You，God．Your love has spread through human hearts and hands．”

1．A．which        B．who             C．whose              D．whom

2．A．for a meal   B．for some water  C．for some milk      D．for some money

3．A．With         B．Without         C．Instead of         D．Besides

4．A．1ooked happy B．1ooked hungry   C．1ooked angry       D．felt thirsty

5．A．pay          B．pay for         C．ask for            D．spend on

6．A．something    B．neither         C．nothing            D．some things

7．A．not only     B．neither         C．suddenly           D．really

8．A．Afar that    B．Since then      C．Years later      D．From then on

9．A．1istened to  B．heard           C．wrote            D．told

10．A．1eft         B．1ives in        C．was born         D．came from

11．A．Wore         B．Put             C．Dressed          D．With

12．A．made a decision                 B．made up his mind

C．decided to                      D．agreed to

13．A．special attention to            B．some money to 

C．something to                    D．great interest in

14．A．sent to      B．was sent to     C．post to          D．was e-mailed to

15．A．didn’t believe    B．did sure  C．was believed     D．was sure

Wealth and Health

    Different weather makes people feel different．It influences(影响)health，intelligence(智力)and feelings．   

    In August，it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States．People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month．In the Northeast and Middle West. it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times: People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March．

    Weather can also influence intelligence．For example，in a 1983 report by scientists，IQ of a group of students were very high when a very strong wind came，but after the strong wind；their IQ was 10％ below．The wind can help people have more intelligence．Very hot weather，on the other hand．can make it lower．Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year(July and August)．

    Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings．Winter may be a bad time to thin people．They usually feel cold during these months．They might feel unhappy during cold weather；But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer．At about 18℃，people become stronger．

    Low air pressure(气压)may make people forgetful．People leave more begs on buses and in shops on low air pressure days．There is“good weather”for work and health．People feel best at temperature of about l 8℃．

    Are you feeling sad，tried，forgetful，or unhappy today ?It may be the weather’s problem．

判断正(T)、误(F)：

1．Hot and wet weather have a bad effect oil health．

2．People may have higher intelligence when there is a rain． 

3．Students in many schools of the United States often get better on exams in the cold months of the year．

4．Lower air pressure may make people remember thing easily．

5．In“good weather”of 18℃，people feel very sleepy．

Thanksgiving Day

    Nov．23 was Thanksgiving Day in 2006．Let’s step back and give thanks for all the blessing we have.

The origin(起源)

    Thanksgiving is one of the most important holidays in America and is closely tied to American  history．The origins of Thanksgiving can be traced back to 1620 when over 100 English Puritans(清教徒)sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and settled in the new world for religious(宗教上)freedom．But after they arrived，they found themselves in trouble．They have to deal with the new climate and almost half died from disease or hunger. Luckily，the local Iroquois(易落魁族人)tribe helped them out and taught them how to grow local plants．Finally they got a good harvest(收获) and the colonists decided to celebrate with the local people as an expression of thanks．In 1863 President Lincoln declared the fourth Thursday of every November to be Thanksgiving Day and it be came a traditional holiday．

What to eat

    Thanksgiving Day dinner is a big deal．many people spend all day in the kitchen preparing things such as plum(李子)pudding，mincemeat pie(甜馅饼)，strawberry sauce，pumpkin pie and of course，roast turkey．Roast turkey is usually the centerpiece(中心装饰品，餐桌中央摆设)of the table，and has come to be a symbol that represents Thanksgiving．   

1．The Thanksgiving Day is_____．

    A．on Nov．23    B．in 1862    C．in 1863    D．on the fourth Thursday of November

2．Thanks to____，English Puritans were helped out and got their first good harvest．

    A．religious freedom    B．the local Iroquois tribe

    C．the new climate      D．President Lincoln

3．___________declared the Thanksgiving Day．

    A．English Puritans            B．The local Iroquois tribe

    C．The President Washington    D．The President Lincoln

4．________is symbol of the Thanksgiving Day?

    A．Plum    B. pudding    C．Roast turkey     D．Strawberry sauce

5．The thanksgiving Day is original(最初的)from _________．

    A．England      B．One of the European countries   

C．America      D．We are not told

Robots in class

    Over 600,000 children in the United States spend their long time in hospital each year．Many of them say that they have difficult in returning to school after hospital stays．Thanks to technology，kids who are sick in the hospital no longer have to miss time in the classroom．

    A program called PEBBLES makes it possible for kids in hospital to take part in classroom discussions by using robot．PEBBLES(Providing Education by Bringing Environments to Students)supplies robots to help kids who are staying in hospital keep up with their classmates．

    For Achim Nurse，a 13-yers-old patient at Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla，New York，PEBBLES helped him so much．When he first learned about the program，he wasn’t so sure it would work．    

   “When I first saw it，it looked difficult，”said Achim．

    However，after 30 minutes of working with the robot，Achim discovered that he had gotten good at operating it．

    The robots work in pairs—一one in the hospital with the student，the other in the classroom．

    The robot in the classroom gives the student in the hospital a feel of“tele-presence．”A live picture of the students is shown on a video screen in the classroom．Meanwhile，in the hospital room，the student knows clear about what is going on in the classroom．

    The robot at the school has four wheels．so it can move around from class to class．Its“face” is an auto-focus(可以自动调焦的)camera．By using a control box，the student call turn the robot’s head，raise its hand，and adjust the volume(音量)．It is even equipped with a scanner(扫描器)and printer，so if the teacher want to have an exercise or testing class，the student can participate from the hospital．

   “The robot is greeted by students in the classroom．It is also greeted by the sick student。”said Andrew Summa，national director of the robot project．

根据短文内容完成下面各题。

1．Try to use the phrase underlined in the first paragraph to make a sentence．

2．Guess the Chinese meaning of“keep up with”．

3．The robot is greeted by students in the classroom．It is also greeted by the student in the hospital．(改写为同义句)

4．According to the passage，we can know that____

  A．We can operate this kind of robot easily．   

  B．the student in hospital cannot adjust the volume by using control box．

  C．The teacher wants to have a test in the class now. Although the student in the hospital has this kind of robot，he also cannot participate it．

5．What do you think of the robot project in the United States? Do you think it can help sick students? What do you think are its limitations?

根据句意和首字母提示完成单词。   

1．The world’s d___ salt lake is the Caspian Sea．

2．The ______ of the world is about 6，000，000，000．

3．Are there any ________ between this book and that one?

4．My father has been much better since he g___ up smoking．

5．It's hard for us to make a d_____ ．

根据所给单词的适当形式填空。

1．Things went from bad to worse. The longer people waited for help，the ___the situation became．(danger)

2．A large amount of research ________ to understand sleep recently ．(do)

3．The old dresser needs ____ again．(paint)．

4．He has some problems _____ up the plan．(make)

5．Teenagers should ____ to choose their own friends．(allow)

根据所给汉语，填入单词。

1．The actress walked on to the stage with great ______．(自信)

2．The Spring  Festival is a _____ festival in China．(传统的)

3．Luckily，he has passed the entrance_______．(考试)

4．Many students look forward to ________．(毕业)

5．Be careful while going out at night．Don’t talk with _____．(陌生人)

1．他以前是个老师，对吗?   

    He ____ ___ be a teacher，____ he?

2．Tom被允许写完作业后踢球。

    Tom is ______ to play football after his homework_____  ____．

3．士兵们尽力阻止水位上涨。

    Soldiers tried to _____the water _____  ____．

4．中国人口最多的是东南部。

The _____  ____ part of China is the southeast．

5．你怎样看待污染?   

    How do you ______  _____pollution?

6．我们应该知道改变坏习惯永远不会太晚。

    We are supposed to know it is ______ _______ ______to change had habit．

7．我有个问题想和你商量商量。

I have a problem that I need to _____ ____ with you．

8．你还记得发生在你身上的最尴尬的事情吗?

Do you remember the most _____ thing that _____ to you?

The world is nor only hungry，but it is also t 1  for water．This may seem strange to you，since nearly 70％of the earth is c 2 with water：But about 97％of this huge amount is sea water，or salt water．Man can only drink and use the other 3％——the fresh water from rivers，lakes，

underground，and other sources. Even w 3 ，some of it has been p 4 ．Now our need for water is i 5  -almost day by day．We must take steps to solve this prob1em，or we can’t a 6 a worldwide water shortage later on．

We all have to learn how to  s 7  water．One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing it．

Today in most large cities，water is used only o 8  and then sent out into a sewer system(下水道)．But it is possible to get used water to a purifying(净化)factory．There it can be purified so t9   it can be used again．

    The world’s water shortage is a big p10 for humans．We must save every drop of water and keep our rivers and lakes clean．

根据对话内容，在空白处填入一个适当的句子，使对话完整、准确。

    A：_____1___，young man? 

    B：Yes，I’m looking for a T-shirt．

    A：____2____?

    B：1 want a warm color．

    A  Let me see…Oh，how about the yellow one?

    B．It looks nice. 3 _?  

A：Of course．This way，please．

    B：It fits me well．How much is it?   

    A：180 yuan． 

B：________．I don’t think I can afford it．

A：_______? It’s much cheaper．It’s only 60 yuan．

B：OK，I will take it．