"I'm really thankful to our government, for it provides us with such a good training program. The training greatly helps us live well. I will certainly study hard and learn the skills. Then I can 1      my family difficulties and do good to other people”，a learner on the job training 2      said, feeling excited.

The story reminds me of another3      It goes like this：Once upon a time，there 4      a man who liked fishing very much，and was 5      to catch lots of fish every day. The man was a kind-hearted person，so he always 6      his fish with his neighbors who didn't know how to fish. One day, he thought that it would be great 7      he taught them how to fish. So he called his neighbors together and 8      them how to fish. Everybody was very 9      that they could eat the fish they caught themselves.

So we should give people a chance 10      learn new skills. It's very important.

1.____________ 2.__________  3.___________

4.__________  5.__________  6.___________

7.____________ 8.        9.__________ 

10.__________

Weekends are important to us. We can relax ourselves. Do you know what Americans in the early twentieth century ( 1900―1925 ) did on weekends? What do you do on weekends now? 1      Then new inventions changed the weekends. People used electric streetcars(有轨电车) to travel in the cities. 2      Young people liked roller coasters. The first movie lasted only one minute. 3     In 1927 ，movies finally had sound. Sometimes people stayed at home and listened to another new invention——the radio. People in cities worked indoors during the weekdays. 4      Bicycling became a popular activity. Now there are more inventions in our life. People have more time and money, too. 5     People travel in their own cars. Or they can visit big parks like Disney World and ride modern roller coasters and go higher and faster than ever before. They can choose from lots of different movie theaters. Or they can watch videos at home. More and more people begin to do all kinds of sports at the gym. Others turn on their TV sets and watch sports on "Family Night".

根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择恰当的句子还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、完整。 

A. So they have more ways to spend their weekends.

B. In the early 20th century, people spent lots of time at home on weekends.

C. They wanted to be outdoors on weekends.

D. In the 1920s, movie theaters sold millions of tickets each week.

E. On weekends, they rode the streetcars to the parks 

1.__________  2.__________  3.___________

4.__________  5.___________

Have you ever been tired of your teachers when the bell rang,but they didn't stop their classes? Today，there is a great change. Shanghai No. 8 Middle School begins to use a new bell this term. It helps teachers remember it is break time. The new bell has 3 parts. The first part lasts 15 seconds, and it's made up of lovely folk music. Next,there are 20 seconds of silence. The final 25-second bell is a fast-paced march(快节奏进行曲)that seems to tell each teacher, " You have to end your class now."

All the students welcome the bell. Chen Hong，a student，said， " We tried many ways to stop teachers before, but nothing worked. It's better now.”

Shen Huimin, a teacher at No. 8 Middle School，agrees that the new bell is creative(有创意的)."In the past,we usually wanted to add a few words after class. But we often forgot the time," she said. "The new bell reminds us twice. It's a small change, but it's really solving a big problem.”

阅读短文，选择最佳选项。

(   ) 1. According to the passage，the new bell is now used at      

A.  all over China

B.   middle schools in Shanghai

C.   No. 8 Middle School of Shanghai

D.  No. 8 Middle School of Beijing

(   ) 2. The final part of the new bell lasts         seconds.

A.  15

B.  20

C.  25

D.  60

(   ) 3. At the school,____________ welcome the new bell.

A.  all the teachers

B.  all the students

C.  only the boys

D.  only the girls

(   ) 4. The underlined word "reminds" means "_______ ”in Chinese.

A.  提醒

B.   停止

C.   鼓励

D.  取悦

(   ) 5. What does Shen Huimin think of the new bell?

A.  Bad.

B.   Noisy.

C.   Creative.

D.  Small.

Jim is the son of a farm owner. One New Year's Day, when he was 15 years old, his father 1    him to work on the farm for one year in his spare time. Jim was 2    with his father's idea. " That isn't my job. I have 3    school work to do.”On hearing this,his father said， " I promise(答应)to give you the best present if you 4    finish one year's work.” Jim thought for a while and 5   Starting one Sunday, the boy got up early and worked 6   until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed7    Jim's crops grew very well. On the last day of the year,the father said to his son, " I'm glad to see that you have worked very hard the whole year. Now,tell me 8   you want."

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat, " I've already got the 9    present. No pains, no gains(收获).I think this is what you wanted me to10   ”

(   ) 1. A. asked    B. invited C. promised    D. helped

(   ) 2. A. happy    B. unhappy C. excited    D. interested

(   ) 3. A. a few    B. so little C. too much    D. too many

(   ) 4. A. shall    B. must C. need    D. can

(   ) 5. A. refused    B. answered C. agreed    D. began

(   ) 6. A. hard    B. hardly C. easily    D. difficult

(   ) 7. A. quick    B. quickly C. slow    D. slowly

(   ) 8. A. that    B. which C. how    D. what

(   ) 9. A. least    B. worst C. best    D. smallest

(   ) 10. A. decide    B. like C. take    D. know

 从方框中选择适当的句子补全对话。其中有两项是多余的。

A：What are you doing? 

B_:       

A：Great！Can you tell me something about the book?  

B：Certainly！It says 1 ， 000 years ago，the world's population was very small. 2      

A;Really?

B：Yes，but during the last three or four hundred years，the world's population has grown very quickly. Today, it is growing faster than ever before. 3      

A：Sony,I don't know.

B：It's more than 6 billion.

A：It's so large. 4      

B：Yes. If we don't control the population, there will not be enough space even to stand on the earth in 600 years.

A; 5        

A.  Do you know what the world's population is today?

B.  I'm reading a book about the world's population.

C.  What's the population?

D.  It's too terrible.

E.   It was no more than 2 billion.

F.   I think we must do something to control the population.

G.  China has carried out the one-child policy.

1.__________ 2.     3._________

4.       5._________ 

A：Hi, Jenny, long time no see. 1     

B：I have been to Hainan. I have just come back.

A：Did you have a good time there?

B： 2      There were a lot of interesting things to do there.

A_: 3     

B;Yes,I have taken a lot of photos. But I lost my camera on the plane back.

A：4     Have you called the Lost and Found?

B：Not yet. I don't know the telephone number.

A：You can call 114. Let me help you. 

B_: 5     

1.  

2.  

3.  

4.

5. 

(   ) 5.―It's said that there is a new restaurant near here.

―Yes,and it        for over a month.

A.  has been open

B.   opens

C.   is opening

D.  opened

(   ) 4. The number of the students in our school is about nine      . ______ of them are boys.

A.  hundred;Three fifths

B.   hundred;Three fifth

C.   hundreds;Three fifths

D.  hundreds;Three fifth

根据图画及英文提示，写一个句子。

1 have，go，China

(   ) 3. ―Look！The light is still on in our teacher's office.
―Probably she      her work yet.

A.  doesn't finish

B.   didn't finish

C.   hasn't finished

D.  won't finish