Zhou Weihao discouraged his parents from buying the new house, ______the convenience of transportation as well as the reasonable price.

A. regardless of    B. except for      C. apart from      D. in return for

This sort of weather in June in Chengdu can never ______ any snow.

A. guarantee    B. feast      C. itch       D dip

Look at me, everybody. Nothing will prevent me ______ for the football team since I’ve always been an excellent player.

A. choose     B. choosing      C. chosen       D being chosen

My deskmate hurried back home for the apple she _____ on the dinner table before heading to school this morning, only to find it ________.

A. left, ate                       B. left, had eaten

C. had left, had eaten        D had left, had been eaten

―Where did you come across your teacher of English?

―It was in the Kuanzhai lanes _____ I came across my teacher.

A. that     B. where       C. who       D which

______ patient and careful was Laura when she did her homework in the bright new classroom that she didn’t realize Allan was behind her.

A. Very      B. More       C. So       D Extremely

―Aki doesn’t like her mirror, does she?

―______. She has got used to looking into it whenever she doesn’t feel confident in class.

A. Yes, she does                B. No, she doesn’t

C. Yes, she doesn’t          D No, she does

 _____ change happening in our school will have _____ positive effect on all the students as well as the teachers.

A. The, the    B. A, the     C. 不填，不填    D The, a

国庆节即将来临，同学们都在谈论如何度过一周长假的问题。根据下面表格提示，用英语写一篇短文，并发表自己的观点。

注意：

1．短文须包括提示的全部内容要点，可适当发挥；

2．词数：100左右；

3．开头已为你写好。

The National Day is drawing near. Almost all the students are talking about …

During the Great Depression, food and money were extremely short and bartering（以物易物）was used.

One day, I was buying some early potatoes from Mr. Miller   36     I noticed a small poor boy    37    staring at a basket of green peas. To my surprise, Mr. Miller sold the boy a bag of peas―just for a marble（弹珠）.

Mrs. Miller, who had been   38     nearby, came over and told me there were two other boys like him and that her husband often    39    with them for peas, tomatoes, or   40    although he didn’t need     41   any marbles. I left the stand, smiling to myself,           42  by this man.

Some time later, I moved away. One day I visited some old friends,   43   that Mr. Miller had died. I agreed to    44    them to the funeral to offer words of   45    . Ahead of us in line were three young men in dark suits. They came over to Mrs. Miller, hugged her,   46   her on the cheek, spoke briefly with her and moved on, wiping their eyes.

Our turn came. I told Mrs. Miller who I was and mentioned the story she had told me years ago. She said, “Those three young men who just left were just the boys I told you about. They told me     47  they appreciated the things Jim ‘traded’ with them. Now, they came to pay their debt.”

“We’ve never had a great deal of     48    ,” she added, “but right now, Jim would     49    himself to be the richest man.”

Then with loving    50     , she lifted the lifeless fingers of Miller. Resting underneath were three shiny, red    51    .

At that time I     52     that one would not be remembered by one’s    53     , but by one’s kind deeds. They say it takes a   54     to find a special person, an hour to appreciate him, a day to love him, but an entire life to   55    him.