You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that.

When she was a child, she was poor. Once, she was invited to her friend’s birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift for her.

“The party is coming soon, but now I have little money.” Tears ran down her face.

Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in.“ What happened? ” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl’s story, she said, “Don’t worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to …”What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.

When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. “How wonderfully you sing! We haven’t heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift.” said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America.

1.The song Happy Birthday was written by                     .

   A. an American girl

B. an American girl’s grandma

   C. an American boy

D. an American girl’s friend

2.The girl was sad because                      .

   A. she didn’t want to go to the party.

B. she would be busy that day.

   C. she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift.

D. she wasn’t invited to the party.

3.What gift did she give her friend?                    

A. A flower.          B. A toy.           C. An interesting book.  D. A song.

4.What did her friends think of the song?  It was                  .

A. boring             B. beautiful        C. exciting               D. interesting

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

   A. The girl was still poor after writing the song .

   B. The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream.

   C. The girl’s friends had heard the song before. 

   D. The girl became famous because of the song.

A teenage girl couldn’t stand her parents’ family rules, so she left home.

She wanted to be famous. But she had poor education and several years later she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still looking for her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she puts up a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes,“I still love you . . . , come back home!”

One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. The face was familiar（熟悉）. “Is that my mother?” she moved closer and read the words“I still love you ...” She cried. When she got home, it was early morning. She knocked on the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to her mother’s bedroom. Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up,“It’s me! Your daughter is back home!” The mother and daughter held each other, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “Why is the door not locked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never been locked since you left.”

The door of parents’ love for their children will never be closed.

1.The girl left home because her parents were cruel to her.

2.No money caused the girl couldn’t be famous.

3.The mother put up her daughter’s photo on the wall so that she could find her daughter .

4.When the girl came back home, she couldn’t wait to see her mother.

5.From the story we know that parents love their children forever at any time.

Katie Spotz is a 22-year-old girl form America. She wants to cross the Atlantic Ocean by boat. If she succeeds, she’ll be the youngest and the first American to finish the 2500-mile trip.

Spotz began sailing when she was at university, but she has never tried to sail such a long way before. It will be a great challenge for her. In recent years, she has swum all the way down the 325-mile Allegheny River and traveled by bike form Seattle to Washington.

Spotz knows that she may see some dangerous things during the trip. It will be very dangerous if she meets very bad weather in the middle of the sea. But she believes that she can deal with all the difficulties.

“I never thought I could run 26 miles,” she said. “But once I finished it, I realized that maybe I could do something even more difficult.”

Spotz wants to collect money by going on this trip. She wants to collect money for an organization called “Blue Planet run”. The organization offers free, safe drinking water to people who need it.

It’ll take her about three months to finish this trip. Good luck to this brave girl and best wishes to her!

i.根据括号里所给的汉语写出英语单词。

1.The music is sweet, she often _______（分享）it with me.

2.The activities of learning from Lei feng in our school is very _____（受欢迎）with students.

3.He can speak English________（更好）than I.

4.If I am wrong, I will not mind saying ______(道歉) to him.

5.He bought a useful ________ （书）as present for my birthday yesterday.

ii. 根据句意和空缺处所给首字母写单词。

1.I have m________hobbies, such as swimming, rowing and hiking.

2.He said he would never f_________ the trip to Mount Fanjin.

3.We should do more exercise to keep h ________.

4.Tongren have developed r           into a modern city in the recent years.

5.My little sister is so young that she can’t look after h________.

下列短文的划线部分是错误的。

Confucius was born in the state of Lu in the year of 551 B.C. When he is 3 years old, his father died. And when he was 17, his mother died. And Confucius received a good education when he was young. In his thirty, Confucius began to teach. He spent the rest of his life teaching. In the age of 55, Confucius begins to travel around China. He tried to search for good rule of behavior. When Confucius was 68 years old, he returned back to Lu, his home state. He wrote lots of books after he came back. Five years after, he passed away. Although he has been died for several thousand years, we can still remember he forever.

暑期英语学习交流中心将举行感恩活动, 要求用英语介绍你的至亲, 恩师,好友或学校。请你根据以下内容要点, 介绍你可亲可爱的妈妈。

内容及要点:1、年龄, 外貌（自由发挥，）。

2、个性品质（参考词汇: kind, friendly, wise, patient（耐心的）,

 honest, chatter唠叨about every little thing,   get on well with）

3、互    动（参考句型: ①I help my mom to…②she won’t get angry if I…

③ she is happy if I…）

(参考词汇: do housework, fail in a exam,

make a mistake, encourage…）

4、感情表达（参考句型: ①I love… and I give her …

 ②she works so hard that I …

要求：                 （参考词汇:wash feet; flower; a hug(拥抱)

1、文章必须涵盖所有内容要点，参考词汇可以选择运用。

2、此题具有开放性，考生可以围绕提示的语言要点适当发挥，力求言之成句。

3、力求阐述内容要点，词数80词左右。

4、文中不要提及你真实的校名和人名。开头, 结尾己给出, 不计入总词汇。

My mom is 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

I love my mom and I’m sure she is the best mom in the word.

My mom is about X years old. She is tall with white hair. She is a housewife. She is really a nice and kind mother.

Lin is          good basketball player in the NBA.

    A. a               B. an               C. the               D. /

Reading morn helps          learn better.

    A. we              B. our               C. us"                D. ours

My friend, Henry was born          June 10th, 1997.

     A. in             B. on              C. at               D. for