People who have finished education often admire students for their carefree life. But they don't know how difficult it is to _____ a student. He can never finish his homework. Furthermore, he has to ______ the great pressure of examinations. Everyone wants to get the first ____ in exams. And after school, there are also many extra classes waiting for him. The worst of all is that students can hardly do ______they really love to do, for they _____ almost all their time on studies.

1.A. grow    B. take        C. as         D. be

2.A. use      B. become    C. face       D. wait

3.A. place    B. top        C. position    D. desk

4.A. how     B. why       C. what      D. which

5.A. take     B. spend      C. take      D. have

Alan is a schoolboy. He is good at all his subjects .He thinks computers can help him with his homework. So Alan wanted a computer last week. He asked his parents     _ the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He    _ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not     _ . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens      _he had no tools to do the work with.

     Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送)  newspaper. I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer      __ away. I could pay for it a little each week. He ran to      __ up with Dick. Alan asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was     _ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took about three hours each night. Dick     him the phone number of the newspaper manager Alan almost flew home. After he had told his mother      _he thought, she smiled “I think it is a  great idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”

         “Wait, Mum,” Alan said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”

        Alan’s mother smiled     _ . We should learn from him.

1.A. in            B. at              C. with         D. for 

2.A. said           B. told          C. thought      D. spoke

3.A. spring       B. summer      C. autumn      D. winter

4.A. when         B. because      C. while        D. after

5.A. now           B. right           C. just          D. only

6.A. take           B. catch          C. carry        D. put

7.A. friendly     B. kind            C. wrong      D. possible   

8.A. taught        B. gave           C. made         D. asked

9.A. that            B. when          C. what        D. where

10.A. sadly        B. happily      C. politely     D. happy

Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.

The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs.  If a fly touches one of the hair, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.

Why do plants do such things? As we know, most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It does not have all these important things, especially nitrogen( 氮 ). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need.  Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!

1.The Venus flytrap is a kind of _______.

A. food    B. animal    C. plant   D. meat

2.Why do some plants eat animal meat? Because _______.

A. plants are dangerous to animals

B. animals are dangerous to plants

C. plants want to get what they need from animal meat

D. plants want to protect themselves against animals

3.Where can most plants get what they need?

A. From the people   B. From the animals

C. From the soil      D. From the sun, the air, and the ground           

Do you know something about the holiday camps in Hong Kong? The students in Hong Kong used to take part in an English holiday camp in their holidays. And their parents weren’t with them. Though they were very young.

Now they still enjoy taking part in many kinds of holiday camps without their parents. Many parents let their children take part in some kinds of holiday camps in order to learn some practical knowledge in their life. And also learn some knowledge about living skills, science, reading and writing… The most important for the children is to learn to look after themselves.

Holiday camps in Hong Kong are not so expensive. Most of families can afford to send their children there for further study, for making their bodies strong… And the government never charges for them.

It is said that students in Hong Kong have much knowledge about many things. Perhaps it has something with the kinds of holiday camps.

1.Students in Hong Kong like to take part in the       .

A. holiday camps              B. science holiday camps  

C. English holiday camps    D. Chinese holiday camps

2.When students in Hong Kong are in the holiday camps their parents      .

A. must be with them  

B. aren’t with them

C. must stay at home  

D. have to look after them nearby

3.The cost to take part in a holiday camps is       .

A. very dear   B. not so cheap   C. very high   D. very low

4.The students who often take part in the holiday camps      .

A. must be very beautiful    

B. must be very thin         

C. must be very tall         

D. must have much knowledge about many things 

Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used. You see, in America, many people often spend their free time sitting on a couch (沙发) watching TV. As there are many channels (频道) to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive (使人上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hours and hours without stop! Well, these people who do nothing all day except watch TV are called couch-potatoes.

In America, while watching TV, most often sitting still with eyes looking right into the TV set. Also because these people are addictive to TV, they don’t take exercise and usually get very fat. So in many ways, these people look like real potatoes! Well, because they look fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what a couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”

1.The word “couch-potato” is often used in ______.

A. China    B. France   C. America   D. Germany

2.If a person is called a couch-potato, he or she ______.

A. does nothing all day        B. often listens to music

C. often watches TV in his free time D. must be very fat

3.Why does a couch-potato look like a real potato?  Because he or she ______.

A. is fat and cannot take exercise  

B. is fat and round

C. likes eating potatoes on a couch while watching TV

D. almost never moves while watching TV and gets fat

4.The passage mainly (主要) tells us ______ .

A. how to watch TV   

B. what couch-potato means

C. why couch-potatoes are very fat      

D. where you can find couch-potatoes

根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的选项补全短文。

My mother is a kind and nice woman.   1.   One Sunday night, when I was watching the film Harry Potter very happily, Mother asked me to go to bed.   2.   that I didn’t move. But for a while, I noticed that she didn’t say anything.  3.   I was so sad and that I went into my room and cried. I thought “I have only two nights in a week to enjoy the TV.   4.  ” The next day she cooked and talked with me as usual. I pretended not to hear, but she didn’t mind and told me why she didn’t allow me to watch TV, because she wanted me to have a good rest. Then I understood her. I love my mother.

A. I loved the film so much.

B. Then she got angry and turned off the TV.

C. But she is very strict with me.

D. Why doesn’t mother allow me to watch TV?

从下面的方框中选择适当的选项补全对话。（有两项是多余的）

A: I don’t think I can finish all of that.

B: Did you enjoy the play?

C: Who is that?

D: Oh, that’s too bad.

E: Let me tell you.

F: This is Bob.

G: What about math?

(Bob is ill. He is phoning Ann for the school work.)

Ann: Hello.  

Bob: Hello. __1.__

Ann: Hi, Bob. How are you feeling today?

Bob: Oh, I’m fine now. Can you tell me what happened in our class?

Ann: Sure. __2.__, oh, yes. In history class we finished talking about World War II . We have to study Unit 7 and Unit 8 for an exam tomorrow.

Bob: __3.__I didn’t read Unit 8 yet. What did you do in English?

Ann: Not much. We worked on a play in groups. We don’t have any homework.

Bob: __4.__

Ann: We have a lot of math homework. We have to do the problems on page 17, 18, 19 and 20.

Bob: Oh, dear! __5.__ Maybe I can be ill tomorrow too.

Dear Brad,

In about 3 months, I will take a very important test.① pass, with, I, grades, the, test, If, good, I can get to the 10th grade and choose a good school to study in. Now I am trying my best to achieve this. At the same time, I’m the monitor in my class, which means I should do lots of things for my class.  ② I am so busy with my school-work and duties as monitor that I don’t have enough time to keep a balance between them . Gradually I become lazy. ③The other day, my head teacher told me that she was disappointed in my poor performance as class monitor. Her words really discouraged me. 

What should I do now, to give up or not to give up as class monitor? I must do my best in school because how well I do will influence where I go after this school year is over and it can affect the rest of my life. Being class monitor is also a valuable learning experience because my teacher trusts me to be a good leader. ④ I don’t want to go to my parents for suggestions, for they will get worried about me . Can you tell me how to choose? 

Yours,

Marry

1.请将①处画线上的单词组成一个完整的句子。

_____________________________________________________________________

2.根据②处内容，完成下面的句子。（每空一词）

I am            busy with my school-work and duties as monitor              have enough time to keep a balance between them.

3.根据③处内容，完成下面的句子。（每空一词）

The other day, my head teacher said to me, “                        disappointed in your poor performance as class monitor.”

4.将④处翻译成汉语。

5.请根据自我理解来回答下面的问题。

What should Marry do now?

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

     Bob lived in a small town. Later, he got a job in a big city so he had to move there with his wife and two   1._.

     _2._ the first Saturday in their new home.，Bob  3.   his new red car out of the garage. He 4.   it when a neighbor came by.  5.   he saw Bob’s car, the neighbor stopped and  6.__ it for a minute. Then Bob turned and saw him.

    The neighbor said, “That's a nice car. Is it  7.  ?”

    "Sometimes" Bob answered.

    The neighbor was puzzled. "Sometimes?" he said, "What do you _ 8. _?”

    Bob answered  9.  ,"Well, when there's a party in town, it belongs to my daughter. When there's a football game somewhere, it belongs to my son. When I've washed it, and it looks really nice and  10.  , it belongs to my wife. And when it is dirty, it's mine."

按要求完成下面各句。每空一词。

1.I have already swept the dormitory. (改成一般疑问句)

_______ you swept the dormitory _______?

2.He wrote a letter just now. (用现在完成时改写)

He _________ already _________ a letter.

3.The teacher made the students copy the text. (改为被动语态)

The students were ________ ________ copy the text.

4.That's quite a beautiful house. I used to live in it. (合并成含有定语从句的复合句)

The house _______ I used to live in _______ quite beautiful.

5.Her father bought the car three months ago. (同义句转换)

Her father _______ ________ the car for three months.