One day when some government officials were rebuilding a barn(谷仓), they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force the mice inside the hole to come out. A while later they indeed saw mice running out, one after another. Then, everyone thought that all the mice had escaped. But just as they began to clean up, they saw two mice squeezing（挤）out at the mouth of the hole. With some efforts, the mice finally got out. However, it was strange that after they came out of the hole, they did not run away at once. Instead, one chased after the other near the mouth of the hole. It seemed that one was trying to bite the tail of the other.

Everyone was puzzled, so they stepped nearer to take a look. They realized that one of the mice was blind and could not see anything, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite on his tail so that he could pull the blind one with him to escape.

After seeing what happened, everyone was speechless and lost in thought. During the meal time, the group of people sat down in a circle and started to chat about what happened to the two mice.

One serious American official said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of king and guard.” The others thought for a while and said: “That was why!”

A smart French said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of husband and wife.” Again the others thought for a while, and all felt it made sense.

A Japanese said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of mother and son.” Once again the others thought for a while, and felt this was more reasonable. So they expressed agreement another time.

At that moment, one Chinese asked: “Why did those two mice have to have a certain relationship?”

Suddenly, the group looked back at the Chinese and remained speechless. The American official, the French and the Japanese who had spoken earlier all lowered their heads in shame, and did not dare to answer.

In fact, the true love is not built on friendship, loyalty or blood relationship. Instead, it is based on no relationship.

1.“it made sense” probably means ______.

A. it was strange                   B. it was correct

C. it was sweet                     D. it was funny

2.Why did they lower their heads in shame according to the passage？

A. They did not dare to answer.

B. They regretted（后悔）driving a poor blind mouse away.

C. They had mistaken the relationship of the mice.

D. They did not express themselves much better.

3.It is clear that ______.

A. all the mice came out of the hole easily

B. the people knew one of the mice was blind at the first sight

C. the people wanted to kill the mice with smoke

D. each of the people understood the relationship differently

4.The best title for the passage is ______.

A. Two lovely mice                  B. Help produces love

C. Love is all                      D. Friends in need

Street Markets Around the World

   There are many ways of shopping. You can shop by telephone, by post or through your home computer, but for many people, the most exciting way to shop is also the most traditional—at a street market. You can find markets anywhere in the world. Here are four of them:

   There are many “floating markets” in Asia; perhaps the most unusual is in Thailand(泰国), at a place called Damned Saduak. It’s open from six in the morning to the noon every day. People sell fresh fruit from their boats.

   Many Belgians(比利时人) say that the Grand Place is the most beautiful square in the world. It’s the home of a colourful flower market. It’s open every day except Monday. On Monday, instead of flowers, there’s a wonderful bird market.

   One of the world’s famous markets is in Mexico City(墨西哥城)—the Sonora Market. You can buy toys, birds, herbs and medicine. There’re all kinds of things. It’s open every day from early in the morning till late at night.

   In England, every weekend, thousands of young people from all over London travel to the Camden Market—it’s the place to go for street fashion, CDs and tapes. Many people also go there for fun.

根据以上内容，完成下列表格，每空一词

A. 根据句意和提示写出单词，完成句子。

1.—I can’t stand it any more. The computer is so slow.

—Perhaps you need to    ▲      (重启) it. 

2.Many of the Australians like to take some ___▲_____(户外) exercises.

3.I believe you will enjoy your ________（成功）if you don’t give up.  

4.His father promised to buy him a ___▲___ (笔记本) but he didn’t keep it.

5.The story happened on a cold windy     ▲    （十一月）afternoon.

6.Thank you. Your explanation is so ___▲____ (清楚) that I am sure I’ve completely got it.

7.Mr Zhang bought a car yesterday. It is the    ▲    (最新的) of all the cars in our school.

8.Mrs Wang came to see me      ▲      (不久)after Mr Zhang left my house.

9.The girl couldn’t wait to share her    ▲       (happy) with her family.

10.All the farmers in my country are enjoying a cheap    ▲      (medicine) care now thanks to the party’s great policy(政策).

11.He said he was terribly sorry for the few   ▲     (mistake) he had made the day before.

12.The king decided to build a big palace     ▲       (special) for his new daughter.

13.All of us must do the washing and cooking by     ▲      (we) so that we can live better in the future.

14.In his speech he said that all his Chinese friends are worth    ▲     (make) and he would come back to see them in a short time.

15.Xiangshui Senior High School will celebrate its   ▲      (sixty) birthday this coming October.

B.根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限一词。

One day, an old couple around the age of 70 walked into a lawyer’s office. They were there to get a divorce(离婚). The lawyer(律师) was very puzzled. A  1   having a chat with them, he got their story.

    This couple had been quarrelling in their 40 years of marriage and nothing ever seemed to go right. They stayed together because of their children. Now all their children have grown up and have their o  2   families. There’s nothing else the old couple have to w  3   about. All they want is to live their own life, so both have agreed on a divorce.

    The lawyer was having a hard time trying to get papers done. He couldn’t understand why the old couple w  4    a divorce. While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband, “ I really love you, but I really can’t carry on any more.”

     “It’s Ok, I understand,” said the husband. Looking at this, the lawyer suggested a

d   5    together, just the three of them. The wife thought, why not, since they were still going to be f  6   .

    The first dish was roasted chicken. At once, the old man took the chicken leg and gave it to the old lady. “Take this, it’s your f  7   .

    Looking at this, the lawyer thought maybe here was a chance, but the wife looked

u  8    when she answered, “This is the problem. You always think so highly of yourself and never think about how I feel. Don’t you know that I h  9   chicken legs?”

    Little did she know that, over the years, the husband had been trying many d  10   ways to please her; little did she know that chicken legs were her husband’s favourite.

根据所给提示完成下列句子。

1.他说他以前从来没有读过这么有趣的书。

He said             ▲                    interesting book before.

2.我不知道他是否会来。如果他来了，我就告诉你

I don’t know             ▲               . I will tell you _____________.

3.南希宁愿呆在家里也不愿意去看电影。

Nancy would                    ▲                               .

4.看完电视之后，他太兴奋了以至于无法入睡。

After watching the TV play, he__________________________ couldn’t fall asleep.

5.当贝蒂做饭的时候，突然听到电话铃响了起来。

Betty suddenly heard the telephone ringing _____▲   __________.

假如你叫李华，是某中学初三学生。你计划于毕业考试(the final exam)后去英格兰旅行。请根据下列提示给你的英格兰笔友写一封信，告诉他你的安排并就相关问题向他询问。

1.考试结束后和父母一起去英格兰旅行；

2.计划在英格兰停留十天；

3.向他询问英格兰的风俗习惯；

4.请他建议去英格兰哪些地方旅行。

注意：

1.信的开头和结尾已替你写好，不计入总词数；

2.词数80左右。

Dear Ben,

How is everything?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I am looking forward to your reply.

                                                          Yours truly,

                                                            Li Hua

When you come here for your holiday next time, don’t go to ________ hotel. I can find you ________ bed in my flat.

The family________ at the lunch table when someone came to tell them what had happened at ________.

It’s raining so________that there are________any people in the street.

You can find ________ become more difficult to see clean rivers in our city.