1. My mother always has a lot of h       to  do on weekends.

Tim and Tom are twins. They are both my brothers. They look the same and (A) many people don’t know which Tim is，and which Tom is.(B)They are both have brown hair and blue eyes，and they always wear jeans and T-shirts.

They like wearing the same clothes, and they like doing the same things，too. For example，(C)他们都喜欢流行音乐和电子游戏。They go to a soccer match every Saturday. They would like to play games every night, but our mother says they

can’t do that because they have (D)      homework to do.

They are twins, (E) but they are different in some ways. For example，Tim works hard at school，but Tom doesn’t.

Our mother is often away from home because she travels a lot for her job，so we all help each other in our house. I am very happy to have two such brothers.

1.把(A)处画线句子译成汉语。

2. (B)处画线句子中有一处错误，请改正。

3.把(C)处汉语句子译成英语。

4.在(D)处填上合适的词语。

5.根据(E)处句子改写同义句。

There       between  them.

mud(泥). 11.     

It was more difficult for the horse to move the cart from the mud. John climbed down from his

seat and stood beside his cart. 12.       He felt really sad. But he didn’t try to lift the wheels up by himself. Instead, he looked up at the sky and

started shouting，“I am unlucky! 13.      ”

After some time, an old man walked by. “Do you think you can move the cart by simply looking at it and shouting?” he asked，“Did you try to get the wheels out of the mud by yourself? 14.       Come on，put your shoulder to the wheels, and you will soon find the way out. ”

John did as the old man said. 15.      John learned his lesson. He thanked the man and went happily on his way.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入 文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。

What are these important things? Exams! They have to spend much time on all kinds of exams at school. So many of them almost become bookworms(书虫）.Books stop them from going out for sports. Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers，the students have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for the students，they    want to get good    results so that they can   improve  their studies. So it is necessary for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports.

In fact, education can’t go without enough exercise, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. If you don’t have a strong body, you can never get anything or any great success in your life.

6. Because of      ，the school students can’t spend much time on sports.

A. no interest    B. exams

C. education    D. exercise

7. The underlined word “ pressure ” means “      ” in Chinese.

A.幸福    B.压力

C.好办法    D.深深的爱

8. If you don’t have a      ，you can never get

anything.

A. good father    B. strong body

C. weak body    D. good face

9. The writer means the students should      .

A. work all day and all night

B. not play sports

C. have enough sports after studying

D. spend the free time on the studies and give up the sports

10. Which of the following is WRONG?

A. The students don’t go out for sports because of the weather.

B. They stop their school sports because they are busy with their studies and exams.

C. Without a strong body one can’t get any great success in his or her life.

D. Good grades also depend on physical exercise.

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1. When do the volunteers help others?

A. In their spare time.

B. At weekends.

C. On weekdays.

D. In the evenings.

2.       can    be    a volunteer.

A. Children

B. Old women

C. Anyone aged from 12 to 70

D. Young people

3. Volunteers want to get      when    they    help

others.

A. money    B. computers

C. everything    D. nothing

4. Carlos Domingo helps      .

A. animals    B. children

C. computers    D. nothing

5. We can read such a passage      .

A. in a newspaper    B. in a storybook

C. in a picture book    D. in a textbook

 An old story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with him. 1 happened in life, his friend would say “That’s    2  ”，

One day the king and his friend went out on a hunting(打猎）trip. The friend got the guns 3 for the king. Something went wrong and the king was badly hurt. One of his fingers was broken off. Seeing this, the friend said as usual, “That’s good.” The king was very 4 and put him into prison(监狱).

About one year 5    ，the king went on another hunting trip. He went to the cannibals’（食人族）land by mistake. He was 6 and taken to their village. But when they saw he had lost a finger, they set him free. 7    ，the cannibals only

ate a person who was whole，without any part of his 8 missing.

When the king came back, he thought of his friend. He came to the prison and said “   9 ，’ to him. But the friend said，“That’s good.” The king asked why. He said, “If I were 10  you, I would be eaten.”

1. A. Whoever    B. Whatever

C. Whichever    D. Wherever

2. A. good    B. bad

C. sure    D. great

3. A. close    B. ready

C. enough    D. necessary

4. A. pleased    B. surprised

C. serious    D. angry

5. A. ago    B. through

C. later    D. almost

6. A. visited    B. invited

C. caught    D. beaten

7. A. In fact    B. In the end

C. As a result    D. What⁵s more

8. A. health    B. land

C. body    D. hand

9. A. Hello    B. Sorry

C. Thank you    D. Good

10. A. from    B. for

C. about    D. with

15. —How about going to the mountains?

—      .  Let’s make it tomorrow.

A. Thank you              B. Of course

C. That’s a good idea    D. That’s all right

14. 一      do you go to the cinema?

—Once a month.

A. How long    B. How far

C. How often    D. How much

13. —What do you think of the talk show?

—Great! It always makes us      .

A. laugh       B. laughs

C. laughing    D. to laugh

12. Don’t forget       an umbrella      you. It seems to rain.

A. to take； to    B. taking； to

C. to take； with    D. taking； with