________ great progress you’ve made! You parents must be proud of you.

A．How             B．What             C．How a            D．What a

 People _______ pale skin and blond hair look good _______ yellow and pink..

A．have, in           B．with, on           C．have, on          D．with, in

--Sorry, sir. I made a mistake again.

--_________. Practice more and you will do better.

A．Never mind                            B．I'm not sure

C．You're welcome                        D．Don't mention it

--Mr. Wu, please _____ how much time you need to finish your homework.

-- All right. I’ll make it(做到) at once.

A．work out          B．find out           C．give out           D．put out

 ---Thank you, Mille and Kitty. It was kind of you to help me with my lessons.

---- _________.

A．With pleasure.     B．Better not.         C．Of course not      D．It’s our pleasure.

Water, air and sunshine are __________great importance ____living things．

A．in; on            B．in; to             C．of; on            D．of; to

We never doubt __________Bill is honest. Because he never tell lies.

A．that              B．if                C．whether          D．that if

---I seem to be lost. Could you tell me _____?

---Sure. You can take the No.3 bus to get there.

A．where is the nearest hospital

B．how long it will take me to the airport

C．how far is my trip to the Olympic Village

D．how I can get to the National Museum

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Time is very important in our lives. But it never had any importance in my life until I 　1　 a watch from my father that made me responsible(有责任). It 　2　 me the importance of time in my life.

I got this gift on a grey-sky day. I had to go to the 　3　 at 9:00 a.m. to pick up（接）my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. However, I forgot it 　4　 I was playing with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I 　5　 my uncle, but I was late for him. He had got out of the plane and 　6　 a taxi to my father’s house.

I　7　 my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. at the same day . My father looked at me angrily. I said “hi” to him and my 　8　 uncle. My father asked me to sit 　9　 him and handed me this watch which was a gift from 　10　. It weighed 8 oz（盎司）and all of it was made of silver（银）. Then he said, “Essa, did you have fun 　11　 your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your 　12　.” I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn’t do it again. Then he said, “This watch will be a reminder(提醒物) for you. I hope today you have learned something 　13　.”

I learned a lesson from my father: to respect(尊重) time and 　14　 be late. The watch is important to me, not because of its  15　, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

1.                A．bought         B．received        C．borrowed     D．broke

2.                A．learned        B．found          C．sent　   D．told

3.                A．airport         B．school          C．hospital　 D．station

4.                A．when　        B．because　      C．if　  D．though

5.                A．saw            B．forgot          C．remembered　 D．took

6.                A．had            B．driven          C．invited　 D．taken

7.                A．visited 　       B．reminded       C．reached　 D．left

8.                A．surprised　     B．tired           C．nervous　 D．lonely

9.                A．next to         B．around　       C．behind　 D．away from

10.               A．us             B．him            C．them　   D．you

11.               A．of             B．for            C．with　    D．about

12.               A．words　        B．actions         C．play　 D．fun

13.               A．important　     B．interesting      C．expensive D．wonderful

14.               A．never　        B．usually         C．sometimes　   D．often

15.               A．look　         B．price          C．size  D．weight

Annette Kellerman was born in Australia in 1887.She had polio and could not walk easily.She had to wear metal supports on her legs to stand up on her own.To make her legs stronger,her mother took her for swimming lessons every week.Swimming made her legs so strong that when she was 15 she was able to throw away her supports.

Her family was poor so she got work acting as a mermaid.She wore a long tail and fish swam around her.People paid to come and see her.

In 1900 Annette swam in the Paris Olympics and won two gold medals. The next year she tried to swim across the Channel.She was the first woman to try to do it though she had to stop after swimming for six hours.

In 1915 Annette went to Hollywood and was the star of two films.

1.Annette Kellerman was born ________ in 1887.

A．in England                             B．In France

C．In America                            D．in Australia

2.She had to wear metal supports on her legs to stand up on her own because ______.

A．She had polio and couldn’t walk easily

B．Her family was poor

C．Her leg was hurt in an accident

D．She couldn’t swim

3.Her mother took her for swimming lessons every week ______.

A．to make her a famous swimmer

B．to make her legs stronger

C．to make her swim faster

D．to make her win gold medals

4.In 1990, Annette swam in the Paris Olympics and won two ________.

A．supports          B．fish              C．gold medals        D．films

5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．she was successful in swimming across the Channel

B．In 1901 she tried to swim across the Channel but later she had to stop.

C．She wasn’t able to throw away her supports at the age of fifteen.

D．She swam across the Channel for only six days