【题目】Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart（购物手推车）. They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.

Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging（吃力地携带） groceries around in baskets they had to carry.

One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.

On June 4, 1937, Goldman's first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn't wait to see them using his invention.

But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.

After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren't using his carts. “Don't you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.

But Goldman wasn't beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony（假冒的） customers.

As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.

Today's shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman's original model. Perhaps that's one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart.

【1】 The underlined words “chrome-plate contraptions” in Paragraph 1 refer to ______.（within 3 words）

【2】 What was the purpose of Goldman's invention? （within 10 words）

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【3】 Why was Goldman disappointed at first? （within 10 words）

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【4】 Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? （within 10 words）

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【5】 What do you think of Goldman? Please give your reasons. (No more than 20 words)

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【题目】A

About five years ago I started at a new school when my family moved to Iowa. I was just a little excited, but I worried I would never fit in with (适应) the other sixth graders.

Lucy, a girl in my class, who I thought was not ready for change, didn’t like me from the start. In fact, I was sure she hated me. I could tell she thought I was a fool.

My teacher made us sit by each other for the last term. Lucy was surprised that I didn’t wear makeup (化妆). I didn’t exactly look like the coolest girl. But, I kept smiling at her and I kept telling her she looked beautiful, even when she was angry.

Finally, Lucy let me talk to her, even in sight of her ＂cool＂ friends. She started telling me how beautiful I looked. I still remember that first time when she smiled at me saying that, and I smiled right back, telling her thanks. Lucy invited me over to her house for a party, and talked to me all the time instead of her other friends.

I may move to Arizona after that, but I will never forget Lucy. She was a great friend. I still smiled at Lucy when she made fun of me. I didn’t think she was right in doing those things, but I still put up with (忍受) it. And we became great friends.

About two weeks ago, I read a sentence by Abraham Lincoln, ＂Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them?＂ Immdiately, I smiled, thinking of Lucy.

【1】 When the author started at a new school in Iowa, she worried __________.

A. she was not ready for change at all

B. she looked stupid when asking questions

C. she didn’t look like the coolest girl in her class

D. she couldn’t get along well with her classmates

【2】 How did the author change Lucy’s attitude towards her?

A. By wearing makeup.

B. By keeping smiling at Lucy.

C. By wearing beautiful clothes.

D. By sitting beside Lucy in class.

【3】 From Paragraph 5, we know the author thought __________.

A. it was right of her to suffer when making friends

B. it was a waste of time to make friends with Lucy

C. it was foolish of her to smile at Lucy all the time

D. it was a shameful thing to put up with what Lucy did

【4】 What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Kindness can beat any enemy.

B. Friendship needs to be cared for.

C. Making friends means losing enemies.

D. Patience is important in making friends.

【题目】根据汉语意思完成句子，一空一词。

【1】止痛药有副作用，一次应该只吃一片。

Painkillers have ____ ____so you should only take one pill____ ____ ___.

【2】你看到那边的新楼了吗？那将是我们的新实验楼。

Do you see the new building over there? We____it____ ____our new laboratory.

【3】凯文一看到他的旧足球，叹了一口气，充满了愧疚。

Kevin ____ ____ ____ ____ at the sight of his old ball, and ____ ____ a sad sigh．

【4】迈克在足球方面没什么天赋。

Mike____ ____ ____ ____ soccer.

【5】迈克在旧袜子上裹了一块塑料纸做了一个足球。

Mike ____a ball ____ ____ old socks ____ ____a piece of plastic.

【题目】结合语境，根据汉语或首字母提示用单词的适当形式填空。

1.We will talk about this later when you’re feeling ________ (更冷静).

2. I tried to tell her but she ________ (不理睬) me.

3. I’m rather ________ (关心) about my brother’s health.

4. If a tooth feels very l________, your doctor may advise that you get it taken out.

5. When the night came, they drew the c________ and locked the doors.

6. She was deeply ________ (心烦的) about the way her father treated her.

7. She used to________ (分享) my troubles as well as my joys.

8. After a ________ (系列) of exercises, he has finally passed the driving test.

9. He went to town for the ________ (目的) of buying a new television.

10.We were woken in the night by ________ (雷).

【题目】 书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是李华,上周五你班举行了"我的梦"主题班会。请你就此事写一篇报道,给校刊英文版投稿。要点如下:

1.班会准备情况;

2.班会内容。

注意:

1.词数100左右;

2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;

3.开头语已为你写好,不计入总词数。

Last Friday, our class held a theme class meeting with the title "My Dream".__________________________

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【题目】 单句改错

1. His neighbours joined him for searching for his lost child.

2. He usually disagrees in what I say.

3. The young man and the pretty girl have fallen in love with each other for many years.

4. Mr Wang is getting along bad with his business.

5. I’m having some trouble at my brother.

【题目】

根据句意及首字母或汉语提示写出单词。

【1】 My English teacher said that my composition was too long and that I had to s ____ it.

【2】 All of China m ____ when Zhou Enlai died.

【3】 By planting trees, we t ____the desert into an oasis.

【4】 Many young people prefer to live and work in Shanghai, a typical u____ area in China.

【5】 Few people in the world find success easily or o____.

【6】 Mother Teressa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, has earned her r____ for kind help to the poor people in India.

【7】 Holding the ____(自制的) soccer gently in his hands,Kevin sat down on the old bench and waited.

【8】 He experiences an ____（不正常的）childhood without any parents.

【题目】将下列直接引语变成间接引语

1. ＂I am having supper,＂ he said.

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2. She said, ＂He will be busy.＂

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3. She asked, ＂Is this book yours or his?＂

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4. ＂Can I use your bike for a moment?＂ the boy said to me.

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5. The mother said, ＂Tom, get up early, please.＂

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6. My father said, ＂Practice makes perfect.＂

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7. ＂Wang Hua is waiting for you outside of the school gate.＂ Li Fang said to me.

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8. He said to me, ＂I was born in 1978.＂

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9. He said, ＂We insisted that she start immediately.＂

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10. ＂What did you do here yesterday?＂ the old man asked my brother.

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【题目】After a long walk from the lake to the school, most of the students went back to the classroom, __________.

A. hungry and tiredly B. hungry and tired

C. hungrily and tiredly D. hungrily and tired

【题目】The hospital has recently obtained new medical equipment, _____ more patients to be treated.

A. being allowed B. allowing

C. having allowed D. allowed