I’m new at the party and I don’t have a friend ____.

A. to talk with   B. talking to    C. to talk    D. speaking to

Concorde’s Birthday

CONCORDE, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first __51__ on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a _52__ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to __53__ together on the project. The plane __54_ over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of _55__. This means that it _56_ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7—8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is _57__ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30a.m. _58__ from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour _59_! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway _60_ the most. They each have seven planes.

1.A. invented    B. produced    C. flew      D. took off

2.A. talk        B. dream      C. meeting   D. fight

3.A. work       B. do         C. carry      D. finish

4.A. paid        B. wanted     C. needed     D. cost

5.A. voice       B. sound      C. noise      D. shout

6.A. spends      B. takes       C. covers     D. travels

7.A. possible     B. impossible   C. real       D. unreal

8.A. plane       B. passenger    C. flight      D. airline

9.A. later        B. late         C. earlier      D. early

10.A. build       B. make      C. sell        D. own

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A: Hi! Lu Ming. I’m really glad to hear that you’ve done so well in the college entrance examination. I          1          .

B: Thank you!

A: With such good results, you will be able to get into Beijing University, I’m sure.

           2      

B: I will study Medicine.        3      

A: It’s a good major(专业). Next year I will finish middle school.      4      

B: So from now on , you must make full use of your time to get well prepared（准备） for next year’s college entrance examination.

A: I’ll try my best to do as well as you have done.

B:        5         

A: Thanks a lot!

A. Congratulations.

B. What’s your job?

C. I’m sure you will!

D. You must do better than I’ve done.

E. What major will you choose?

F. And I want very much to enter Tsinghua University.

G. It has been my dream to become a doctor all these years.

Making friend is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing（乐意） to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone.

Join a club or group, talking with those who like the same things you do is much easier. Or join someone in some activity. Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.

Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are giving an opinion about us-finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same away. Try to accept(接受)yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束). You’ll both feel more comfortable.

Try to keep self-confident(自信)even when you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall(趾高气扬)and straight, look directly at other people and smile. If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.

Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on each other’s liking and “give and take”. They take time and efforts to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.

1.If you want to meet people and make friends, what should you do?

A. Join a club or group.      B. Talk with those who like the same things.

C. Join someone in some activity.      D. All of the above(上面)

2.In the sentence “After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown.”, the word “unknown” means _____.

A. without somebody knowing      B. without somebody liking

C. unfriendly                    D. unpleasant

3.How do you feel more comfortable when you are with new people?

A. Shake hands with others        

B. Accept yourself as you are, and put the other as ease

C. Don’t talk with those who don’t like.

D. Walk tall and straight.

4.If you’d like to speak to someone, what should you do?

A. You should wait until the person says something.   

B. You should stay home alone.

C. You should cough until the person notices you.     

D. You should say something at first.

5.Friendship is based on______

A. meeting for the first time      B. each other’s liking and “give and take”

C. keeping self-confident          D. facing the unknown

As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.

Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real? Follow Your Heart by Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream, the books says.

In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.

You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.

As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.

1.Your dreams can be very ____, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.

A. big             B. small        C. high        D. low

2.Follow Your Heart is a ______ .

A. movie          B. song         C. book        D. dream

3.What idea stops you from realizing your dream?

A. I can’t be a writer.       B. I am good at some school subjects.

C. I think I am very great    D. I am the best student in our class.

4.Don’t let ____ leave your heart.

A. your idea    B. your decision    C. your dream    D. your book

5.Studying TV will help you to get better exam results ____ watching TV.

A. with     B. instead of      C. without       D. by

At 18, many American young people go off on their own. They go away to college or find full-time jobs, and they often rent their own apartments. Some get married and start families. This independence(独立性)is learned from childhood. From an early age, American children learn responsibility.Children as young as 2 begin to put away their toys and dress themselves. At 3, many children do simple chores like setting the table.

Using money wisely is also taught early. As soon as a child understands the value of money, he or she receives a weekly allowance. This is used for things the child wants, like toys or treats. The child can spend of save it, usually with little guidance(指导) from parents. If the child wants money besides his or her allowance, it must be made by doing extra chores.

Children are taught early in life to think for themselves. They are allowed to make some decisions-and make mistakes. Failure(失败) often teaches more than success.

1.Many American young people begin to live on themselves _____ .

A. at eighteen years old      B. from childhood  

C. after they get married     D. from an early age

2.An American child learn to _____ at the age of 2 .

A. find a full-time job     B. from childhood

C. put on his or her own clothes      D. do lots of chores

3.The word “allowance” (in paragraph 3 ) means ______ in Chinese.

A. 奖品       B. 零花钱       C. 财产       D. 礼物

4.A child can get some more money by ______.

A. understanding the value of money        B. helping the rich

C. reading many books                   D. doing extra chores

5.The passage is mainly about ______ .

A. the independence of American children

B. the value of money

C. the guidance from parents

D. failure and success of American children

根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。

1.His words are strongly i________ on my memory.

2.What about reading aloud to practice p___________？

3.As a teacher, you must c____________(全神贯注) on your work .

4.The air pollution in this area caused the ________(死亡) of many trees.

5.He is t________ （害怕）of speaking in public.

俗话说：“国有国法，家有家规。”为了使子女身心健康、顺利成长，使家庭成员之间的关系更融洽、更和谐，每个家庭都会有这样或那样的家庭规矩。比如：必须按时回家，不准打电子游戏等。请你结合家庭的实际情况，根据下面的提示和要求，以“My Family Rules”为题，写一篇短文。

提示：1、家里有哪些家规；2、对家规的感受；3、对父母的建议。

要求：1、必须包括提示内容，可以适当发挥；2、词数：80个左右；3、文中不得出现真实的地名和人名。