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阅读下面小短文，根据短文内容和题目的要求，完成表格(请填写相关信息)

　　As people age, they often wish they were younger．Or they wish they could live longer without looking or feeling old．Recent research on aging shows that scientists will know how to give us a much longer and healthier life．In scientific tests, they have been able to produce mice that live 30 percent longer than the average mouse．If these tests worked in humans, it would mean that we would be able to live 100 to 150 years．

　　Do you wish you could live 150 years?

单词归类。

如果人们赢得很多钱，他们会怎么做？

A．put it in the bank　B．study in a foreign country　C．charities　D．do medical research　E．the poor people　F．went on a vacation　G．expensive cars　H．travel all over the world　I．snacks　J．the lonely old people　K．big houses

1．They would buy ________, ________, ________．

2．They would give it to ________, ________, ________．

3．They would ________, ________, ________, ________．

选择适当的词组完成句子。

1．Linda doesn’t have any time．We have to ask Tina ________ her．

2．Please hurry up, or we’ll be late．Our teacher ________ us．

3．I’m afraid I can’t help you ________, for I’m too busy．

4．Susan is very careless．She ________ some ________ in the English exam yesterday．

5．－You look tired．What happened?

－I ________ too late last night．

6．The little girl ________ big dogs．

7．Song Dan is a good student．All of you should ________ her．

8．His father used to ________ fishing．

9．I saw her only ________．

10．Do you think eating too much meat ________ your health?

Read the passage, and then fill in the chart．

It's New Year's Eve．Bob and his classmates are having a party in their classroom．Peter is giving food and drinks to Mike and Zhu Li．Zhao Lin is telling a funny story．Some of the boys are listening to him and they are laughing．Bob is singing an English song．Susan is sitting on a chair in a corner．She's watching and smiling．They are all enjoying themselves very much at the party．

阅读理解

　　A rich man was once riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden．On the ground lay a young tree, ready to be planted．The rich man called out to the old man, “What kind of tree are you planting there, my good man?”

　　“This is a fig(无花果)tree, sir．” He said．

　　“A fig tree？” the rich man was very surprised．“Why, how old are you, may I ask?”

　　“I am ninety years old．”

　　“What！” cried the rich man．“You're ninety years old．You are planting a very young tree now and it'll take years to give fruit．You certainly don't hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree．” The old man looked around the garden．Then he said with a smile, “Tell me, sir．Did you eat figs when you were a boy?” “Sure,” the man did not know why he asked this question．“Then tell me this,” he said．“Who planted the fig trees?” “Why-why？I don't know．” “You see, sir．” went on the old man．“Our forefathers(祖先)planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me．”

　　The rich man was quiet and said, “You are right, my good man．We should do some things for the people after us．Thank you very much．” Then he rode away．

　　根据短文内容回答下列各问题．

1．What tree was the old man planting when the rich man saw him？

2．How old was the old man？

3．The old man was planting the tree to get himself some fruit to eat, wasn't he？Who was he planting the tree for？

4．Did the rich man eat figs when he was a boy？

5．What should we do for the people after us？

阅读下面两篇有关节日的介绍．请你在短文后的栏目中用“√”加以选择．

Halloween：October 31

People think that ghosts come out at night on Halloween．At Halloween parties people wear frightening clothes and masks．We make a face from a pumpkin and put a candle in it．Then we put it in the window to frighten people．In the UK children wearing frightening clothes and masks go from door to door to get sweets by ringing doorbells and calling out“trick or treat”．

Christmas Day：December 25

At Christmas we send Christmas cards to one another．We put decorations everywhere and we have a Christmas tree with Eve Santa Claus．He puts presents in our stockings．On Christmas Day there are presents for everyone．We eat special dinner at home-turkey, pudding and cake．I love Christamas．

用方框中所给词的适当形式填空

One day, Mrs．Brown went to see the doctor．She said she 　　1　　 tired every time she did the cooking, and she had to have a rest every five minutes．The doctor looked her over 　　2　　 ．Then the doctor said, “I’m afraid that you are too fat．”The doctor said Mrs Brown 　　3　　 too much and she didn’t take enough exercise．Mrs Brown asked the doctor to tell her how to get 　　4　　 ．The doctor said, “if you want to be thinner, you must eat 　　5　　 food．”

Mrs．Brown did as the doctor told her．She got thinner and thinner．She thanked the doctor for her help very much．

1．________　　2．________　　3．________　　4．________　　5．________

填入一个适当的词补全对话，每空一词

A：I think it will rain soon．Did you 　　1　　 your umbrella?

B：No, I didn’t．I 　　2　　 the weather forecast this morning．It won’t rain．

A：I’m sure it will．Look 　　3　　 ．

B：Oh, no!It’s beginning to rain．

A：Don’t 　　4　　 ．Let’s 　　5　　 my umbrella．

1．________　　2．________　　3．________　　4．________　　5．________

根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词

　　New York has a larger population than any other American city．In 1970．its population was about 8 000 000．

　　Chicago has the second largest population．More than 3 000 000 people lived in Chicago in 1970．

　　The third largest city is Los Angeles with the population of 2 810 000．Philadelphia is the fourth largest city．More than 2 000 000 people live in Philadelphia, the first capital of the United States．

　　New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia are all larger than the nation’s capital city, Washington D．C．The population of Washington D．C．is more than 700,000, but several cities have a larger population than that．Washington D．C．is one of the most beautiful American cities, but it is only the ninth city in size．

1．________　　2．________　　3．________　　4．________　　5．________