-_____ is it from the village to your farm?

- About 10 minutes’ walk.

A. How oftenB. How soon

C. How long D. How far

- Could you please tell me _____ tomorrow?

- At 8 o’clock.

A. when will she comeB. what time she will start

C. how will she comeD. where she will go

Life is important. You should always have fun and new experiences, because you never know what day will be your last. You hold grudges (怨恨). You never know what could next. I learned all this at the age of 9.

It was the before fifth grade. My best friend Neesah and I were playing. We got into an argument and had a . My older cousin, Tiffany, broke up our fight. I remember Neesah storming out of my grandmother’s house saying, “I hope we never speak again!” I replied, “Good, I don’t need you as a friend!”

I went into the house and tried to calm myself. Then I people screaming and shouting. My cousin rushed in. She said that Neesah had been hit by a street sweeper (清洁车) as she crossed the road. The driver didn’t see her. I felt . I wished it had been instead. It could have been avoided if we hadn’t had that argument!

When the ambulance (救护车) arrived a few minutes later, they said she was . I was a real mess. I had to see a psychologist (心理医生) for the rest of the summer.

I miss Neesah so much and I her always. She taught me how precious life is and that you should never hold a grudge you never know when you’ll see that person again.

1.A. shouldn’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. couldn’t

2.A. consider B. realize C. happen D. lose

3.A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

4.A. mistake B. waste C. present D. fight

5.A. listened B. heard C. watched D. saw

6.A. happy B. lonely C. sad D. sleepy

7.A. me B. it C. them D. her

8.A. alive B. dead C. wrong D. honest

9.A. think of B. laugh at C. deal with D. give up

10.A. when B. until C. because D. though

MANY 15-year-olds don’t know what they want to be when they grow up. Abby Harris knows she wants to become an astronaut and isn’t letting anything stop her.

According to Harris’ Internet blog, Astronaut Abby, she has wanted to be the first astronaut to walk on Mars since she was 5 years old.

Harris wrote that at the beginning, most people didn’t take her dream seriously. But she stuck with (坚持) it.

“I made plans, I worked hard and I focused on (集中于) my goal. As I got older and continued to stay focused on science, people in my life began to notice and encouraged me to dream big,” she wrote.

In the 7th grade, Harris was doing a project on the International Space Station. She set up a Twitter account to get in touch with NASA. But soon she found that it was a great place for her to write about her dreams and talk with others who are interested in space. Her friends on Twitter then helped her create her website and blog, Astronaut Abby.

What’s more, Harris has a real astronaut as her mentor. Several years ago, Harris ran into Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano at an airport. They talked for an hour and Parmitano agreed to become her mentor. Now Parmitano is in the International Space Station. Harris e-mails him every day to learn about his experiences.

It’s not easy to become an astronaut, but Harris is confident about herself.

“If you work really hard at something, it can happen. And it will happen,” she said.

1.What’s the meaning of the word “mentor” (in paragraph 6) ?

A. 朋友B. 导师C. 徒弟D. 助手

2.Abby Harris set up a Twitter account in order to _______.

A. learn more about spaceB. make more friends online

C. tell others about her dreamD. introduce her website and blog

3.Where did Harris meet Luca Parmitano?

A. In Italy. B. On the street.

C. At an airport.D. In the International Space Station.

“AN Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue (队伍) of one,” wrote famous British author George Mikes. While this sounds funny, it’s a popular English stereotype (刻板印象). From the supermarket to the subway, queues are a common sight on the streets of Britain.

Here in China, queues are normal, too. It is a part of everyday life. People queue most of the time, from buying tickets in the cinema to waiting for seats at a restaurant.

But in certain situations, you’ll find yourself in the middle of a rushing crowd, such as getting onto the subway. Even away from the busy subway platform (站台), queues are different. One day I was standing in line at the supermarket.

I left a small space in front of me. Within seconds, a girl walked by and took her place in that small space.

I was surprised at first, but later I found these experiences very interesting. It is with these small, everyday differences that I get to live and learn within a new culture.

Back in Britain, the average person spends six months of their life waiting in a queue, according to the auction site MadBid. To pass the time, maybe they tell themselves the famous proverb: good things come to those who wait.

1.The English are well known for _____.

A. forming an orderly queue

B. being rude and loud

C. traveling on subways

D. spending more time waiting in a queue

2.The purpose of the article is to _____.

A. call on people in China to queue more

B. compare queuing in two cultures

C. praise the English for following good manners

D. explain why people rush in some situations

3.In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this article?

A. Sports. B. News. C. Culture. D. Business.

ARE you creative, shy, outgoing? Our personalities reveal a lot about who we are. But what’s surprising is that our personality can also say something about our health. That’s according to researchers at Duke University, US.

During an experiment on 1,000 people, scientists assessed (评定) their personalities in two ways: by asking someone they knew, such as a family member or friend; then by asking someone they had just met, such as a nurse. The study found that those who were careful at age 26 were in better health after 12 years.?

Being careful means that people tend to have a lot of self-control, and are less likely to smoke, the scientists said. Careful people are also more likely to have an active lifestyle and healthy diet.

From those who were least careful, 45 percent developed health problems by the age of 38. Such health issues included gum disease and high blood pressure (高血压). To compare, only 18 percent of careful people went on to develop health problems.

Another positive personality was called “openness to experience”, meaning curious and imaginative. People who have more of this personality have higher IQ scores. So they’d be more likely to know how to find medical help to prevent disease.

According to the report, if doctors assessed our personalities, it could help doctors to find which young adults need advice on how to live a healthy lifestyle. What’s surprising is that stress didn’t play a big part on a person’s health. Even though stress and anxiety (焦虑) are usually linked to bad health.

But can a doctor who knows our personality really improve our health? Or should doctors be kept away from knowing something so personal?

1.Which personality type may be better for our health, according to the research?

A. self-controlled. B. Stressed.

C. Shy. D. Careless.

2.From the passage, we learn that careful people ____.

A. are too shy to talk to strangers

B. love to ask the doctor for advice

C. are likely to have a healthy lifestyle

D. may have high blood pressure when they’re older

3.Where can you probably read the article?

A. Newspaper. B. Science fiction book.

C. Research paper. D. Travel guide.

4.What is the main idea of the article?

A. People can change their personality type.

B. Scientists have found two different personality types.

C. Personalities have something to do with our lifestyle.

D. Personalities say something about our health.

1.Kitty is one of the __________(tall) girls in her class.

2.Stone is a __________(success) actress with many films to her name.

3.The picture was __________(take) in Beijing ten years ago.

4.–Look at __________(you) in the mirror. How dirty your faces are!

5.We should brush our teeth __________(two) a day.

根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空一词。

1.Where are you going in the Summer holiday? Would you like to go __________(到国外).

2.Doing eye exercises is good for you to keep your __________.(视力)

3.She is always __________(自豪) of her parents and loves them.

4. - Who __________(发明) telephone? - The Englishman Bell did.

5.Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared on March 8. Lots of ____(家庭) wanted to hear good news.

It seems to us that Earth stands quite stable(稳定的). But it is really m all the time. It turns around a make-believe line through its centre. We c this make-believe line Earth’s axis(轴). The t ends of Earth’s axis are its poles. It t Earth 24 hours to travel around its axis once. We look at the sun and say it ‘rises’ and travels across the sky, but the sun doesn’t really do s . It is the turning of E that makes us feel that the sun were moving across the sky. We can’t see the Earth is moving b everything on Earth is turning around it.

As Earth moves around every 24 hours, the first half of Earth faces the sun and then the other h 8 . When our half of Earth is f 9 the sun, we say it is day. When our half is a from the sun, we say it is night. It is the turning of Earth that tells us when to get up and when to go to bed.

It is well-known that everyone has his own dream as well as his own future. But do you know what future really is? I have to say that future is now. That is to say, we must treasure every minute now. If we want to have a bright future, we should know how important time is and use it well.

There is an old English saying: “Gain time, gain life.” Then what’s time? Time is something that we can’t see or touch, but we can feel it passing by. Time is always with us. When we are at table, time passes; when we play, time goes by unnoticeable. We always say “Time is money,” but time is even more precious than money, because when money is spent, we can earn it back. But if time is gone, it well never return. So some of us even say time is priceless.

We should always remember: Future is now. For us students, we should try our best to work hard in order to create a great future of our own. We should make the best use of every hour and be the master of today. We should do everything before us as well as possible. And never put off what can be done today till tomorrow.

As we all know, “Time and tide wait for no man.” If you waste today, you will regret tomorrow. So from now on, work hard. Tomorrow will be better, and your future will be brighter. Remember: “No pains, no gains.” Today’s hard work is the cause of tomorrow’s harvest.

根据文章内容，补全下面句子，每空一词。

1.If we want to have a bright future, we should know the _____ of time and make every minute useful.

2.Time is money, but time is even more ______ than money.

3.When money is _____, we can earn it back.

4.Time is priceless. _____ time will return no more.

5.As students, we should never put off what can be done today till tomorrow and we should try our _____ to do everything well.