____________ they are brothers, they look like each other.

A. Because         B. Though         C. When     D. So

____________ our football team failed in the match, we did our best.

A. Though            B. But         C. Because   D. As

Have you ever planted trees before?   Every year, millions of people, both    1    ,   plant many trees. But this may not be the best way to make your home a    2    place.

Last week we visited a park in Hebei. We were     3     to  find most of the trees had been burned. The workers told us that the trees     4    soon after they were planted because they weren't watered well enough.    5    workers burned them and cleaned the place for     6    trees to be planted this year.     7    a card found in one of the dead trees, a student wrote, "I hope this tree will grow up with me to     8    the backbone(栋梁) of our country.”The workers said that the survival of the trees was really more    9    than the number of the trees that were planted.

Some people in Beijing now have a  new idea that they can donate(贡献) some  money and let professionals (专业人员)  plant and   10   the trees.

  1. A. boys and girls

    B. the old and the young

    C. mother and father

    D. students and teachers

  2. A. larger        B. warmer     C. greener     D. smaller

  3. A. surprised       B. pleased     C. happy        D. interesting

  4. A. planted         B. grew       C. bought       D. died

  5. A. When          B. So         C. Because      D. Though

  6. A. new           B. old         C. dead         D. few

  7. A. From          B. Over       C. Above        D. On

  8. A. hold           B. need       C. be           D. plant

  9. A. interesting                   B. beautiful

     C. impossible                  D. important

 10. A. takeaway                    B. take down

C. take care of                 D. take out

 Charles Dickens, one of the greatest English writers, was born in 1812 in a small town of England. When he was nine years old, the family moved to London.  There were several younger children in the family. Their life was hard.  So Dickens could not go to school. When Charles went to school, he was already twelve years old.  But he didn't finish school Two years later he began to work. The future Writer often went to the library to read books.  He read a lot. Then Dickens wrote a lot of novels and stories all his life. Dickens died over a hundred years ago, but people are still reading his books with great interest.

判断正误：（Y 或N）

1. Charles Dickens was a great British writer.

2. Dickens began to go to school when he was very young.

3. At the age of fourteen Charles began to work.

4. The future writer bought lots of books to read.                                   

5. Today, people still like the books written

Americans think much about time. Form childhood they learn to value (珍视)

time. They are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time,  they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying,   they say he is living on a borrowed time.

Time is money.  Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week.  This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money.  Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual.   In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly.  They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.

They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time,  because they feel they have become servants (仆人)of the clock.

 1. What do the Americans mean by "Time is money"?

    A. It is not easy to make money.

    B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.

C. Working hard can bring people health.

  D. ff someone has time and works hard, he can make much money.

2. Americans think it wrong _____________.

   A. to work late                 B. to get up early

   C. to be late for school

   D. to be on time to do everything

3. This passage says that a dying person___________.

A. is having a good time

B. is living on a borrowed time

C. thinks time goes easily

D. is saving time

4. From this passage we can be sure that

   A. Americans live a hard life

   B. Americans always walk fast

   C. Americans live in a quick rhythm (节奏)

   D. Americans are good at saving time

5. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

  A. Americans' ideas about time

  B. Never waste time

  C. Time is money

  D. Learn to be on time

I have always been interested in making things. When I was a child, I enjoyed painting, but I also liked malting things out of day. I won a prize for one of my paintings when I was fourteen.

That may be why I went to art school four years later. But I studied painting at first, not pottery. I like being a potter because I like to work with my hands and feel the clay.  I'm happy working by myself and being near my home.  I don't like mass-produced things, for they are made by machines and are all the same. I think crafts(手工艺) are very important and crafts persons(手艺人)make things cleverly with hands. They make our lives colorful. When I left school, I got some money.  I hope to become a full-time craftswoman. This workplace is small, but I wish tot: move to a larger one next year.

1. The writer went to the art school at the age of___________

2. The writer is talking about her workplace_____________

 A. unhappily           B. hopefully

 C. seriously           D. angrily

3. From the passage we know that the writer prefers

A. a long way to work

B. group work

 C. a small workplace

 D. something different

4. What does "mass-produced" mean in Chinese?

5. From the passage we are sure that the writer is a  ________      (man/woman).

Just before Christmas in 1971, a girl called Juliana was flying over a big forest of America. The plane was flying high in the sky.

Suddenly, there was loud noise. Juliana, through, air, herself, falling, found, the. She closed her eyes. She was sure that she was going to die.

She fell 3,000 meters. When Juliana opened her eyes again, she found that she had landed in a tree in the middle of a forest. To her surprise, she was alive. She wasn’t even badly hurt.  She was still sitting in her seat and holding a bag of sweets. She got out of the seat and climbed down the tree. But she could, see nobody else.  She was alone except for a  few dead bodies(死尸) here and there.

She began to walk. At first she had nothing to eat except the sweets.  Later, she found a little fruit. She had never seen this kind of fruit before.  She found that the fruit was safe after she saw some monkeys eating it.

     After four days, she came to a deep river. She walked by the side of the river for six more days and at last arrived at an Indian (印第安的) village.  She was safe!

1. Who did Juliana survive with?

   _____________________________________________________________

2. How long did Juliana walk until she  reached the Indian village?

   _____________________________________________________________

3. 请将第一斜体部分翻译成汉语。

   _____________________________________________________________

4.请将第二段中划线部分连接成一个通顺正确的句子。

   _____________________________________________________________

5. What do you think of Juliana in this accident?

   _____________________________________________________________

1. My grandfather left his hometown over 55 years ago.

  My grandfather　_______________________________ for ____________ 55 years.

2. My grandparents got married 50 years ago.

  It's 50 years________________________________________________

3. My grandfather arrived in Nanjing last Monday. He is still in Nanjing.

  My grandfather has　___________________ since last Monday.

4. My grandfather went to bed very late last night. He was too excited.

  My grandfather_________________ go to bed__________ it was very late last night. He was too excited.

5. It took my grandfather two days to travel around the center of the city.

  My grandfather　______________ two days______________________ the center of the city.

请用现在完成时将每组词组成一个意思正确、合理的句子。

1. make I friend recently new a

  ______________________________________________________________

2. Mr. Li English us for teach over years two

  ______________________________________________________________

3. already around words 1,000 English learn I

  ______________________________________________________________

4.Never to  Beijing be before I

  ______________________________________________________________

5. we not Mid-term exam have yet the

  ______________________________________________________________

根据汉语意思填写下面的句子。　

1. 中国加入WTO  已经3年多了。

  It’s over three years______________ the WTO.

2. 中国的变化已带给人民很大的益处。

  The changed to China______________ the people.

3. 虽然近年中国正在快速发展(develop), 但我们要面对很多问题。

  _____________________ these years, we have to face lots of problems.

4. 自1992年以来，中国吸引 (attract )了许多外国公司  (foreign company)。

  China______________________________________________

5. 中国还没有举办过奥运会，但中国人民有能力举办好2008年北京奥运会。

China　_________________________ Yet. But the Chinese people will be able to hold the 2008 Olympics greatly.