You ____________ to the ball. Why didn't you go?

A. invitedB. are invited

C. will invitedD. were invited

The old people and the children must ____________ in our country.

A. take good careB. be taken good care

C. take good care ofD. be taken good care of

The Olympic Games ________ every four years.

A. are held B. were held

C. are holding D. will hold

Our English teacher, Mrs. Black, ________ in our school since 1992.

A. works B. worked

C. will work D. has worked

— What are the neighbors doing, Joe?

— Oh, they _______ a party.

A. have B. had

C. are having D. have had

I _______ the CDs to you if I have time tomorrow.

A. return B. returned

C. have returned D. will return

— It’s raining. When did it start?

— As far as I know, it ____ for three hours.

A. rains B. rained

C. has rained D. will rain

The One Moment

A large crowd of anxious teenagers tried to crowd into the huge building all at once, but, of course, were unsuccessful. I got out of my mom’s silver Volvo and in the middle of the parking lot, examining the old building. What was beyond those , red double doors? I didn’t have an answer. My feelings were indescribable. I was nervous, but at the same time. Knots(结) were turning inside my stomach. My curiosity was getting the better of me. I got the to walk up to the doors, but I couldn’t open them just yet. I had to pause (stop) and . Whatever lay beyond those doors could change my forever! I didn’t know what the results would be. I wasn’t sure that I wanted to imagine them . My trembling arm and took hold of the handle. A gust of wind blew into my face I opened the door. My heart was rapidly and I stopped breathing. I stepped forward with my right foot and the door shut me. The nervousness left my stomach, but the excitement with me. I had finally entered high school. I had been waiting for this moment my whole life.

1.A. satB. stoodC. layD. stopped

2.A. heavyB. smallC. bigD. light

3.A. anxiousB. happyC. surprisedD. excited

4.A. strengthB. powerC. abilityD. courage

5.A. waitB. thinkC. repairD. doubt

6.A. thought B. journeyC. schoolD. life

7.A. eitherB. tooC. yetD. even

8.A. gave upB. held upC. reached outD. came out

9.A. untilB. whileC. beforeD. as

10.A. jumpingB. beatingC. hittingD. knocking

11.A. beforeB. besideC. behindD. above

12.A. stayedB. walkedC. disappearedD. agreed

1.When is William’s birthday?

A. August 8

C. December 8

B. August 12

D. December 12

2.Where is William from?

A. America.

C. England.

B. Spain.

D. New York.

3.How long will William stay in the USA?

A. Two weeks.

C. Two months.

B. One week.

D. One month.

4.Where can you find the card?

A. At the school.

C. In the airplane.

B. At the bus stop.

D. In the hospital.

Which country grows the most tea? The answer is India. It grows three times as much as China. Which country drinks the most tea? It’s neither China nor Japan. It’s Great Britain.

In the wild, tea plants may be 30 feet tall. But a plant grown for market is pruned. Pruning keeps the plant only three or four feet tall. This is an easy height for tea picking. Only the two top leaves and bud of each new shoot are picked. So to make money, tea plantations must be huge.

In general, there are two kinds of tea. Black tea and green tea. Black tea is fermented. In the process, the tea loses nearly all of its healthy qualities. Green tea is steamed right after the leaves are picked. Green tea retains its healthy qualities. For example, it may prevent heart disease.

How did we get tea bag? The answer: by accident. Tea merchants used to send samples in tin boxes. This was costly. One merchant thought of a cheaper way. He sent samples in small silk bags. Customers would cut open the bag. They would brew the leaves as usual. One customer put the bag into a pot. Then he just poured hot water over it. And the tea bag was born.

Shen Nong was the first to drink tea. (Shen was a Chinese emperor.) This was about 2737 B.C. Shen had bad digestion. So he drank several cups of hot water daily. One day something happened. Leaves from a wild tea tree fell into the hot water pot. The next cup was poured. The water was now colored. Shen sipped it. He liked it. He drank it all. Shen was proud of his new drink. He served it to his guests. Word spread. People thought this way. Tea is good enough for the Emperor. So it must be good enough for the people. Tea became the drink of China.

1.The best title for this passage should be ________________.

A. Black Tea B. Tea Plant

C. About Tea D. Tea Bag

2.One difference between green tea and black tea is that green tea __________.

A. must be pruned B. has a better taste

C. is fermented D. is healthier

3.What does the underlined word “retains” mean?

A. Keeps. B. Makes.

C. Produces. D. Loses.

4.We can know from this passage that __________.

A. tea bag was invented by a merchant

B. tea is better than any other drink

C. tea is popular in many countries

D. tea only grows in warm climates