In our dormitory, we are all friendly to each other. It makes us        like a big family.

A. feeling              B. feel                     C. to feel

He does        English than Chinese.

A. better at              B. better in                C. will in

He goes to work early on workdays        Saturday and Sunday.

A. except              B. besides                 C. and

Dear grandma,

How’s it going? I hope that grandpa is well now. I was sorry to hear that he had a    21  last week. I hope you are in    22  health.

Things are fine here. I finished my end-of-year  23  last week, and got my report card today. I always    24  nervous when I see the envelope   25  school in the mail, but luckily I did OK this time. I   26  a really hard time with science this semester , and I wasn’t surprised to find that my    27  report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy, which isn’t true .It’s just that I find   28  really difficult. Another disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good news is that  29  math teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good. Well, that’s about all the news I have for now. Mom and Dad    30  their love.

Love,

Alan

1.A. cold    B. lesson   C. picnic

2.A. pity    B. good C. bad

3.A. exercise    B. homework C. exams

4.A. get B. do   C. take

5.A. on  B. from C. about

6.A. made    B. had  C. put

7.A. longest B. easiest  C. worst

8.A. Chinese B. science  C. P.E

9.A. his B. your C. my

10.A. send   B. bring    C. start

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The life we know will be different a hundred years from now. We won’t be here to see it, but we can imagine how it will be. Kids will go to schools on Mars. People will live and work on space stations too. We will get there by rocket. The food we will eat won’t look the same. And our clothes will be different. There will be no more supermarkets or shops. Robots will bring everything you want to your home and do everything for you.Will this be a good thing?

1.Life in the future will not be all that different.

2.There will be schools on Mars.

3.People will use cars to travel around space.

4.We will go shopping for food and clothes.

5.here will be robots to do the housework.

Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes (改变)will happen. But what will the changes be?

The population (人口) is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.

Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least (至少) one in every room. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1.In the future there will be _______.

A. much more fruit   B. more people     C. less vegetables

2.Every family will have at least a _____________ in the future.

A. robot            B. cow           C. computer

3.In the future people don’t have to __________________

A. work long hours   B. work fast      C. walk on foot

4.People may not eat _________ as much as they do today.

A. fruit             B. fish           C. meat

5.One big problem in the future is that ___________.

A. many people will not be able to find work

B. people have to work fast

C. all the work will be done by robots

The Arts Cinema is open 7 days a week, showing lots of American and foreign films. Next week，it will show an Australian film called “Midnight Meeting”. It is set in Sydney in the 1960s. You can see that film from Monday to Thursday. It will be on twice a day at 6:30 and 9:10 in the evenings. The film lasts two hours and fifteen minutes. Tickets are $ 4, but there is a special student ticket at $2.60 for all the films. Please bring your student card if you want the cheaper ticket.

The nearest car park to the cinema is in Hamlet Street. It’s just five minutes’ walk from the cinema. If you need further information, phone 8813962 during office hours-9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.

1.From the passage we know that “Midnight Meeting” is a(n)     film.

A. Chinese            B. Japanese            C. Australian

2.When can people see that film?       .

A. From Monday to Thursday

B. From Monday to Friday

C. Six days a week

3.The film lasts       .

A. from 6:30 p.m. to 9:10 p.m.

B. from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

C . 2 hours and 15 minutes

4.What’s the price of a student ticket?       .

A.$ 2          B.$ 2.60           C.$ 4

5.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A. “Midnight Meeting” is about Sydney in 1960.

B. Students can get a ticket with half of the price.

C. For more information, please phone 8813962.

Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned（禁止）students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.

Mobile phone use among (在….之间)children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts， and more students will want them.

Mary Bluett，an official，said mobile phone use is a distraction（分心） to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.

She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.

Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school， but if there was a good reason， they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school：they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.

Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones， but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

1.Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones______。

A. because they are students

B. when they are free

C. when they are at school

2.We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from_______。

A. the makers and sellers

B. the passers-by（路人） and strangers

C. their parents and friends

3. What does the underlined word cheat mean in the passage？

A．聊天            B．作弊           C．查询

4.Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t_______ during school hours.

A. use their mobile phones

B. leave their mobile phones at school office

C. get in touch with their children

5.The passage tells us that _______。

A. students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons

B. it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phone at school

C. some parents felt unhappy because they couldn‘t use their phones at school

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Linda loves her dog Davy. They went to New York City last Saturday. While Linda was buying a newspaper at the train station, the dog got out of his box and ran away. The station was crowded and Linda couldn’t see Davy anywhere. When Linda shouted his name, some people looked at her but Davy didn’t come. Then she called the police. While she was talking on the telephone, Davy met another dog outside the station. While the police were coming, Linda walked around the station and called Davy’s name. She didn’t think about looking outside the station. Finally, a little boy said to her, “Did you look outside? I saw a big black dog when I came in.” When Linda finally saw Davy, he was jumping and running with another dog. There was a police officer next to them. The police officer said to Linda, “I think my dog found your dog.”

1.What did Linda do when her dog ran away?

2.Why couldn’t Linda see Davy？

3.Where was Davy while Linda was looking for him？

4.What happened while Linda was on the telephone？

5.What was Davy doing when Linda finally saw him？

从下面方框中选择正确句子的序号，完成对话。

Parent：You shouldn’t join the Lions.

Son： 1.

Parent：If you become a professional soccer player, you’ll never go to college.

Son：But I really want to play soccer. I want a job I love, I want to be happy.

Parent： 2.  . But there are many interesting jobs you’d like

Son：But my dream is to play soccer! 3.

Parent：Of course it’s exciting. And I know you want to make a lot of money, 4.

Son：I know. 5.