—Simon，I wonder _______. —Last Saturday.

With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”

Only a few people put   36  in the hat. A man was walking by. He   37  some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign   38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   39  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see   40  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （认出他的脚步声）and asked, “Were you the one who   41  my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   42  way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,   43 I cannot see it.”

Both the   44  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply   45  people to help by throwing some money into the   46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the   47  of the day, but the boy couldn’t   48  he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn   49  this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.   50  , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

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Learning English Programs in China

1.This timetable tells you that you can learn English through the programs____.

2.If you weak in grammar, you can listen to the “Grammar Lesson” on________.

3.If you want to know what’s happening around the world, you may choose the program _______.

Huzhou, May 10 (Huzhou Daily)—A city eye examination has showed that Huzhou primary and high school children’s eyesight has been getting worse. It showed test results were lower than those from the last examination in 2010.

Only 10% of the tested students had good eyesight, but more than 30 percent in 2010. The examination covered 1,770 students from 54 classes. They were from primary and high schools in 5 districts.

According to the test results of the junior high school group, children from Anji District scored an average of four, much lower than 4.8. Below four is classed as short-sightedness. None of the students from Deqing District tested above 4.8.

Huzhou would adopt measures to improve children’s eyesight. Most importantly, students should be freed from the burden(负担) of exams and relax their eyes more often every day.

1.How many students had good eyesight in the eye examination?

2.Where were the tested students from? They were from         .

3.Which of the following is classed as short-sightedness according to the passage?

4. If the students want to improve their eyesight, what should they do?

They should       .

Do you want to be the most popular person in the class? You don’t need to change your character; you just need to improve your personality. In fact, the most popular people are trusted(信任) and loved because they stay normal but still have something that makes them different from the rest of us. Here are some pieces of advice about becoming the most popular person in the class.

If you want others to like and respect you, you have to start by liking and accepting yourself. Do not change yourself in order to please others.

Be helpful to everyone and do it happily. Being nice to people is almost like helping them, because by being nice you make others happy.

Be active and have a positive view towards life. Develop confidence in yourself.

Stay clean and wear fresh clothes. Do not try to follow fashion to please others.

Respect cannot be bought with big words and power. You have to get it by being honest. It also helps your personal growth. You must be a person that can be trusted to get respect.

1. What can we know from the first paragraph?

2.The underlined sentence shows that                       .

3.The writer thinks a person who is liked by the whole class must be           .

①confident   ②positive   ③good-looking  

④helpful   ⑤fashionable

4.What’s the best title for the article?

As prices and building costs keep rising , the “do-it-yourself”(DIY) trend(趋势)in the USA continues to grow .

“We needed furniture for our living rooms ,” says John Ross , “and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it . So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs .” John got married six months ago , and like many young people these days , they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high .The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school .Now they make all their furniture and repairs around the house .

Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife has died .He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory .Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420 . “I was deeply upset about it .Now I’ve finished a car repair course .I should be able to fix the car by myself .”

John and Jim are not unusual people .Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourself”, you can go to DIY classes .And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell them how they can do things themselves.

1.We can learn from the passage that many newly married people ______ .

2.John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to _______ .

3. When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home ,he means Jim___ .

4. Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourself when he found _____ .

请根据括号中的中文提示、英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。

1.Do you have any difficulty            (解决) the problem?

2.Thank you for giving us some __________(建议) which are so valuable to us.

3.I doubt ____________(if) he will attend the meeting tomorrow.

4. Plenty of pop stars             (take part in) the presentation last week.

5.Mr. John received an expensive birthday gift from his friends, but he decides not to       it.

请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。

1. China is one of the       countries in the world.

2. When feeling           , you can wear white.

3. Do you know that a bull has four           ?

4. To tell you the __________, I lost the present May give me yesterday.

5. She just wants to make ___________ look pretty.

请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。

1.She         just_    _ that people in the west have 12 star signs.

2. My father ______ to celebrate my birthday with me several times but never did it.

3.If I have time, I       my grandparents in the countryside this weekend.

4. My penfriend          to my e-mail every week.

5.一Can you hear some students singing in the hall?

一Yes. Our school _________ a red-song competition there.

句型转换(本题共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

请根据要求改写下列句子，每空一词。

1. I don’t know what to do with it.( 同义句转换)

I don’t know        to       with it.

2. The little girl caught a beautiful butterfly just now. (改为被动语态)

A beautiful butterfly              by the little girl just now.

3. I prefer doing everything for myself to asking my mother for help.

(保持句义基本不变)

I would _________ do everything for myself _________ ask my mother for help.

4. It is creative of Peter to be a writer. (保持句意基本不变)

Peter is creative               be a writer.

5. Martin was excited at the news.  He couldn’t fall asleep. (合并句子)

Martin was _________ excited at the news _________fall asleep.