---What’s the weather often like in our home town in early spring?

   --- There is much __________ here and it’s often ___________.

   A. rains , rains     B. rainy , rains      C. rain , rainy      D. rains , rainy

---There _____ anybody in the room.

   --- Why do you say so?

   --- Because the door is locked.

A. must not be      B. can’t have        C. can’t be        D. may not be

 ---Do you know _______?

---Sorry, I have no idea.

A. where did you park my car     

B. what’s the matter with him

C. which the way is to the park    

D. when they have finished the work

--Good news! They will __________ on May Day holiday.

   --- Sounds exciting!

A. get married      B. marry     

C. be married with    D. get married to

--- Hi, Sunny, your new flat is so nice!

--- Thanks, _____.

A. my pleasure    B. don’t mention it   

C. help yourself   D. make yourself at home

Last fall I put a bird feeder outside my window. I thought as soon as I hung up, a great ___16____ beautiful birds would come. Days, weeks and months went by; ____17____, no birds.

   I asked many people, why? What was I doing ___18____? “Nothing,” most of them replied. “Just ____19____.” So I waited, waited and waited.

   I ____20____ off the deck （露台）, I changed the feed, I ___21____ the feeders, and I ____22____ made the cat go out the other door! But ____23___ seemed to work. So --- I waited, “with patience and hope. ”

   Two months later, early in the morning, I was ____24____. A beautiful bird had been on the bird feeder. All of a sudden, I saw hundreds upon hundreds of birds____25____ from everywhere.

   ____26____ a beautiful lesson this living thing taught me! “Patience and hope” will ____27____ the most beautiful things in life.

So I keep hoping and waiting, waiting and ___28____. I will try to use this “little lesson” in ____29____ many other things in my life. I guess, “____30____ is a virtue （美德）” after all.

1.A. little       B. many         C. much        D. lot

2.A. so           B. because      C. however     D. and

3.A. bad          B. wrong        C. well        D. good

4.A. go           B. sit          C. watch       D. wait

5.A. went         B. put          C. cleaned     D. took

6.A. bought       B. sold         C. washed      D. took

7.A. always       B. hardly       C. even        D. sometimes

8.A. nothing    B. everything   C. something   D. anything

9.A. sad    B. surprised          C. worried     D. frightened

10.A. coming  B. going        C. leaving     D. singing

11.A. That        B. Which        C. How         D. What

12.A. spend       B. take         C. bring       D. come

13.A. hoping      B. dreaming    C. watching   D. asking

14.A. so          B. such         C. much        D. very

15.A. dream       B. patience     C. volunteering  D. lesson

1.Shawnee Mountain is a wonderful place for___________.

A. staying       B. skiing       C. climbing      D. visiting

2.Two parents and a child of 45cm tall will pay ___________for the lifts on weekend,

A. $100         B. $86         C. $50          D. $43

3.If a soldier goes to the mountain, ___________should be shown for a lift ticket.

A. the proof of age             B. the college ID

C. the phone number             D. the active duty ID

Once a small boy lived on a farm which seemed so far away from everywhere.

    He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to help his father on the farm. During sunrise he would .a break and climb up on the fence(篱笆)along the side of the farm. He could see a house with golden windows. “If they could afford golden windows, then there must be other nice things inside the house.” He imagined how great it would be to live there. Then he promised himself, “Some day 1 will go there and see this wonderful place.”

    One morning, his father would go to the town and told him to stay at home for a rest. Knowing that this was his chance, he took a sandwich and headed across the field towards the house with the golden windows.

    As the afternoon went on, he began to know how wrong he was. The house was much farther than he had expected. As he went near the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad need of a painting. A small girl very close to his age came out of the poor house and stood by the broken fence. He asked her if she had seen the house with the golden windows. The girl said, “Sure, I know.” and invited him to sit on the porch (门廊).As he sat there, he looked back from where he just came. There he saw the sunset turned the windows of his house to gold! Now he understood that everyone had his own house with golden windows.

1.During his break every morning, the small boy would _________.

A. fix the fence                           

B. eat sandwiches

C. climb up on the fence                   

D. walk around the farm

2.One morning, when knowing he would stay alone, the boy thought it was a chance for him to_________.

A. go to the town                          

B. play on the field

C. go to see the house                     

D. make the golden windows

3.What did the boy find when he got there?

A. Nobody lived in the poor house.     

B. No golden windows were in the house.

C. The house was so old as he expected.

D. The house was nearer than he thought.

4.The story tells us that people sometimes may have the thought________ .

 A. Like father, like son                  

B. Love me, love my dog

 C. Every dog has its day                  

D. The grass is greener somewhere else

Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.

In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump(垃圾站). Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.

To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.

In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.

1.You can most probably read the passage in _______.

A. a history book       B. a TV guide      

C. a science book       D. a telephone book

2.The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_______.

A. 排污             B. 染色         C. 洗涤             D. 吸尘

3.According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again_______.

A. to feed animals     

B. to feed plants  

C. to build a house   

D. to make machines

4.How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?

A. By burning it off.                      

B. By putting it in water.

C. By throwing it away.                

D. By reusing and recycling it.

Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce (弹跳) back.

But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be broken. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How?

Don’t look down on your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special.

Don’t let other people set goals for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.

Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

Don’t be afraid of difficulties. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.

Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is a treasure you can always carry easily.

Don’t use time or words carelessly. You can’t get them back. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift; that’s why we call it “the present” Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.

1.The passage tells us not to _________ because everyone is special.

A. be afraid of difficulties       

B. be afraid to learn

C. run through life so fast

D. compare yourself with others to look down on your worth

2.The sentence “Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.” means that _____.

A. Nothing is possible        

B. If we don’t give up, there is always hope

C. You should learn to give up     

D. Although you try, nothing will change.

3.The best way to keep love is to ___________.

A. say it’s impossible        B. give it       

C. give it wings       D. hold it tightly

4.According to the passage, which is the best title? ___________

A. Nothing is impossible.          

B. Glass balls are easy to be broken.

C. Things you can’t do            

D. Treat your life in a right way.