— Linda, when shall we take a walk?

— After I finish ______ the dishes.

A. wash B. washing C. to wash

She didn’t want to do the task, she tried to ask somebody else to do it, _______.

A. either B. too C. instead

—Mum, can I go to the zoo with Linda?

—When your homework ____, you can.

A. is finished B. was finished C. finishes

A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how it was.

At the bottom of the , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”

The man the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order that was very unusual.

When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”

“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”

“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears. , not African.”

The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.

“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t long.”

The waiter walked away quickly.

The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.

Then he smiled the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.

“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t it to me, can you?”

The waiter made an apology 道歉.

“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the embarrassing 令人为难的,” he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”

1.A. biggest B. thickest C. longest

2.A. unfair B. unusual C. beautiful

3.A. menu B. dish C. restaurant

4.A. looked for B. looked after C. looked at

5.A. anything B. something C. everything

6.A. American B. Indian C. Canadian

7.A. pay B. cost C. take

8.A. as B. and C. so

9.A. catch B. take C. bring

10.A. least B. most C. less

根据对话内容，从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全对话。

A：Hello，Mike! What’s the time?

B： 1.

A：Where’s Bob? I can’t find him.

B：I don’t think he can come.

A： 2.

B：He has to look after his sister.

A： 3.

B：She doesn’t feel well.

A： 4. Did she go to see the doctor?

B：Yes.

A： 5.

B：The doctor said nothing serious，but she has to rest.

There are many books for young readers. Some of these are for children from 12 to 18. Others are for those who are under 12. There are even some books for babies.

Books for young children use a lot of beautiful pictures. They are a big part of each book. So many writers of children’s books also draw the pictures. These writers make sure that their books are more than just fun stories to read. They make them look good, too!

Some children’s books tell very old stories. Many have animals in them that talk and do things that people do. Some of these animals might be bears. Others might be foxes. A little mouse and a big lion might even be in the same story.

Many books for very little children are all pictures. Others may have a word here and there. Books for babies may have something to push that makes sounds. This kind of book may make animal sounds. Then it may have a picture of the animal that makes each sound. It may also have its name. This way, the baby gets to know what sounds some animals make.

根据短文内容，判断下列各句正误，对的涂填（A），错的涂（B）。

1.We have many books for both teenagers and little kids.

2.In children’s books, animals can talk to readers like real people.

3.Some books for babies have pictures with a few words.

4.Babies can also learn something from books.

5.The passage is mainly about different books for people of all age.

Mr. Jenkins is fifty years old. He has taught math in a middle school for twenty-six years. He works hard and always comes to his office on time. He hopes his students can be honest and he is strict with them. Some of his students become famous persons, but they still remember him and often write to him. Of course the old man is proud of it.

This term he began to teach Grade One. Some of the new students were told about him, but the others didn’t know him well. He told them how to be an honest person. He gave them several examples and said, “ I hate telling a lie most.”

Before class was over, he told all his students to finish Exercise 8 in Unit 1. The next morning, as soon as he came into the classroom, he said, “Who has finished Exercise 8?”

A few students put up their hands. He shook his head and said. “Open your workbooks and see whether there’s Exercise 8 in Unit 1 or not.”

The students had a look at their books and their faces turned red at once.

1.Mr. Jenkins began to work in the school when he was ________.

A. twenty-two B. twenty-three C. twenty-four

2.What is Mr. Jenkins proud of?

A. All his students have become honest.

B. All his students often write to him.

C. Some of his students become famous and often write to him.

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. This term Mr. Jenkins began to teach Grade One.

B. All the new students knew him well.

C. Not all the students put up their hands.

4.Mr. Jenkins told his students to finish Exercise 8 in Unit 1 because_____.

A. he wanted to know if they were honest.

B. he wanted to give them an example

C. it was very important

5.The students’ face turned red because_________.

A. they made Mr. Jenkins angry

B. they told a lie in class

C. they didn’t finish the exercise

根据短文内容，将下面A—E五个句子分别填入文中空缺处，使补全后的短文意思通顺，结构完整。

Hip-hop dancing（街舞）is popular with many young people today. 1. They use this dance to show their love for life. It also shows that they feel good about life, that they just want to be themselves and enjoy life, 2.

Hip-hop dancing has a history of more than 20 years. 3. In early times, it was seen in New York and Los Angles. At that time, many young black people often danced to the music in the streets. They used their legs, arms, heads and even shoulders to dance. Many young people still use most of these moves today.

Hip-hop dancing became popular all over the world because of the 1983 movie Flashdance. 

Some people performed Hip-hop dancing in the movie. 4. They began to dance like them. Then it became popular. 5. new school and old school. More and more young people are learning Hip-hop dancing. People believe that it is a good way to exercise their bodies, and that it is good for their health.

Travel is useful to us in at least three ways .

First, by traveling, we can enjoy the beautiful scenery of different places. We can see with our own eyes many places which can be read about in books, and visit some famous cities and scenic spots (风景区).

Second, we will meet people with different interests and see strange and different things. We can get ideas of the conditions and customs of other people , taste different foods and local flavors (风味) if we like. In this way, we can understand how differently other people live.

Third, travel will not only help us to gain knowledge of geography and history and other knowledge, but will also help us keep healthy and make us less narrow minded.

With all these advantages of travel, it is no wonder that travel has now become more popular than ever in China.

任务型阅读：根据短文内容，填写下列表格。