-----Let’s go for a walk in the garden.

-------_______, but I need to do the washing-up.

A．No, thank you      B．That’s right       C．Good idea         D．Not at all

It happened many years ago, and I was in high school then. Being a student from a 36  family, I had to work on weekends to make some extra money that my family couldn’t really 37   to give me, and one day after work I lost my wallet.

My old car 38  gas in the back. I paid for the gas and then put my wallet on the bumper(保险杠)，and drove off. I hadn’t even had time to 39  it when my phone rang and an old man asked me  40  I had lost my wallet. I checked the  41  of my jacket and to my horror, I had. He asked me to tell him how much money was 42  it, and I told him. He then told me where to  43  my wallet.

As I drove into his driveway, I  44  that his car was for the  45 . I was thinking that there was no way this man could 46  get out of hid car and get my wallet off the 47 . He had to pull over, 48 in his wheelchair, lower the lift, and then pick it up, I was  49 .

I knocked on the 50  and he told me to come in. I thanked him like 10 times for 51   my wallet. While I didn’t want to make him angry by offering him 52 , I really felt like offering something. So I asked him if there was anything I could do to repay his 53 , and he said, “Just pass  54  on.” I really wanted to thank him, so I 55  promised I would.

1.                A．strange         B．poor           C．happy    D．small

2.                A．decide         B．win            C．afford    D．keep

3.                A．threw          B．needed         C．cost D．had

4.                A．miss           B．take            C．open D．share

5.                A．why           B．how            C．if    D．when

6.                A．corners         B．parts           C．sides D．pockets

7.                A．for            B．on             C．behind   D．in

8.                A．pick up         B．look for         C．think about    D．set up

9.                A．noticed         B．said            C．meant    D．wrote

10.               A．young          B．old            C．disabled   D．rich

11.               A．sadly          B．easily          C．slowly D．bravely

12.               A．house          B．park           C．street     D．garden

13.               A．get            B．rush           C．pull  D．fall

14.               A．angry          B．pleased         C．disappointed   D．surprised

15.               A．floor           B．door           C．board D．car

16.               A．enjoying        B．disliking        C．finding    D．hiding

17.               A．money         B．thanks          C．invitations D．help

18.               A．carefulness     B．teaching        C．understanding D．kindness

19.               A．them          B．it              C．him  D．those

20.               A．suddenly       B．worriedly       C．calmly D．sincerely

In the US, people prefer waiting for a table to sitting with people they don’t know. If you are sitting at a table with people you don’t know, it is impolite to light up a cigarette without first asking if it will disturb them.

At American restaurants and coffee shops you are usually served tap water(自来水) before you order. You may find the bread and butter is free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill.

Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and closing times for stores or restaurants, though they usually do make rules for bars. Especially in large cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day.

Servings in restaurants are often large, too large for many people. If you can’t finish your meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask your waitress or waiter for a “doggie bag”. It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everybody knows you’re taking the food for yourself. Supper and dinner are both words for the evening meal. Some people have “Sunday dinner”. This is an especially big noon meal.

Tips are not usually added to the check. They are not included in the price of the meal, either. A tip of about 15% is expected and you should leave it on the table when you leave. In some restaurants, a check is brought on a plate and you put your money there. Then the waiter or waitress brings you your change.

1.Which statement is TRUE?

A．American people like sitting with people they don’t know.

B．A hostess always seats a small group at a large table.

C．American people never sit with people they don’t know.

D．American people will not light a cigarette if the people who sit at the same table mind their smoking.

2.What is served before you order?

A．Bread            B．Butter            C．Coffee            D．Cold water

3.What are the opening and closing times for stores and restaurants in the US?

A．There are no rules about opening and closing times for stores and restaurants.

B．Stores may be open 24 hours a day in every city.

C．Especially in large cities, stores may be open around the clock.

D．You can enter a bar at any time in the US.

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while—then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us develop more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending(延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality(好客) easily.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

1.The writer of this passage must be ________.

A．an American       B．a Chinese          C．a professor        D．a student

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

3.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ________.

A．warmly welcomed at the airport            B．offered a ride to his/her home

C．treated hospitably at his/her home          D．treated to dinner in a restaurant

4.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ________.

A．strict with time                         B．willing to spend time

C．careful with time                        D．serious with time

5.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “________”.  

A．Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships  B．Americans’ hospitality

C．Friendships between Chinese              D．Friendships between Americans

Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way.

Our expression today is “to face the music”. When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to face the music,” it does not mean he’s planning to go to the concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you didn’t do this or that. Awful music indeed, but it has to be faced. At sometime or another, every one of us has to face the music, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry voice, “I want to talk to you.” and only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!

The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. And where did this expression come from? The first explanation comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore Looper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting to go on the stage. When they got their cue(提示) to go on, they often said, “Well, it’s time to face the music.” And that was exactly what they did—facing the orchestra(管弦乐队) which was just below them. And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So the expression “to face the music” came to mean “having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.”

Other explanations about the expression go back to the army. When the men faced an inspection(视察) by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment clean, shiny enough to pass the inspection? Still the men had to go out and face the music of the band as well as the inspection. What else could they do?

Another army explanation is more closely linked to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done. For example, when a man is forced out of the army because he did something terrible, he is dishonored. The band does not play. Only the drums tap a sad, slow beat. The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse. 

1.How many ways does the phrase “to face the music” comes from?     

A．1.               B．2.                C．3.               D．4.

2.What’s the meaning of “to face the music”?

A．To face something far less pleasant.          B．To face the stage.

C．To face the back of one’s horse.           D．To face one’s leader.

3.The underlined word “hostile” means ________.

A．unfriendly         B．dislike            C．unkind            D．unnecessary

Children love playing games. That is a well-known fact. Kids learn how to play games at a very early age, and once they find a game they love, they can play for hours and hours. In fact, games for kids are so popular that there is an entire industry dedicated(献身) to designing and selling them. There seems to be a fun game for kids for every occasion. Christmas and birthday are often celebrated with the family tradition of gifting a new game.

In recent years, however, Internet games and gaming system seem to have taken kids’ world by storm. Online games for kids have quickly become a very popular way to pass the time with small children and teens alike. Online games are a great way to have fun, and they can be quite educational as well. Many online games created for specific age groups encourage grade-appropriate development and educational skills.

Hundreds of websites offer fun and educational games to kids. Many of these sites are created by big names, such as National Geographic, which we can trust. They offer free games that parents know are proper for children. Parents are encouraged to go online and research online games proper for their children’s age before allowing their kids to play these games. Parents want to look for parental controls such as the ability to set or monitor their children’s playtime.

With so many options to choose from, parents and children will find it easy to find fun games and activities on the Internet. And nowadays, being able to use a computer is a very important skill for children to learn, so playing on the computer is definitely both educational and fun. Children are sure to learn new skills about any subject with the right, trusted website.

1.The industry of games for kids is fast growing probably because ________.

A．the workers are good at designing

B．children are mostly crazy about games

C．people would like to celebrate birthdays

D．kids don’t like to do their homework

2.Which of the following is TRUE of National Geographic Games?

A．The news is updated every day.

B．There is a large amount of information.

C．It can help parents to control kids’ playtime.

D．The games on it are good for kids’ mental and physical health.

3.What’s the author’s attitude to children’s playing computer games?

A．Supportive.        B．Worried.          C．Negative.          D．Doubtful.

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Traditional games and modern games

B．Computer games harmful to the youth

C．Games for kids changing a lot ever since

D．Internet games with fun and education

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空不超过1个单词。

Whenever we meet with difficulty or failure, teachers, parents or others often say to us or perhaps we say to ourselves, “Never give up.” These can be encouraging words and words of determination. A person who believes in himself will keep trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he fails. In my opinion, the quality of determination to succeed is an important one to have. Therefore, I believe that we should never give up.

One reason is that if we give up too easily, we will rarely achieve anything. It is not unusual for us to fail in our first attempt at something new, so we should not feel disappointed and should try again. Besides, if we always give up when we fail, we will not be able to develop new skills and grow.

Another reason we should never give up is that we can learn from our mistakes so that we can not make the same ones. If we do not try again, the lesson we have learned is wasted.

Finally, we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence, and this confidence can help us succeed in other areas of our lives. If we never challenge ourselves, we will begin to doubt our abilities.

In short, it is important that we do not give up when working for our goals. Whether we succeed in the end or not, we will learn something, and what we learn will help us to become better and more confident. Furthermore, if we give up, we have no chance of attaining our goals any more , but if we keep making great efforts, there is always a chance that we will succeed one day.

Topic: Never Give Up

请根据首字母,中文提示或者上下文, 写出下列句中所缺单词, 使句子意思完整。

1.So we've been looking at other possibilities too, such as murder. We will not give up until we find convincing e__________.

2.As you can see, my __________(计划、时间表) is full and I cannot manage a trip to London.

3.Looking at her _________(迷惑的) expression, I see that she hasn't understand the problem.

4.In our school, there are 90 classes a__________.

5.It is very necessary for us to think more of others. Only in this way can we build a _________(和谐的) society.

6.For the time being(暂时), we cannot move into the house, for it is under c__________.

7.When it came to going abroad for further education, she seemed less __________(热情的) about it.

8.He has few friends, because nobody can t    his rudeness.

9.Our school came into e__________ in 1923. Next year will be its ninetieth birthday.

10.The newly-built library will not be opened __________(正式地) until next Tuesday.

11.Those who w__________ the traffic accident should go to the police station and tell the police officer what had happened.

12.Detective Sam Peterson was asked about the _______(可能性) that Justin was taken by aliens.

13.He was __________(攻击) by a Yeti, but luckily he was only slightly injured.

14.After her dead body was found in the office, not far away from her home, the police still felt amazed at her __________(无法解释的) death.

15.Now that you are a college student, you should learn to be             （独立的）of your parents’ help.

根据所给汉语提示完成句子

1.如果你们想购买我们的产品，必须提前预定。

If you want to buy our products, you must order them _________ _________.

2.在2008年汶川发生了大地震，导致8万人死亡。

In 2008, a heavy earthquake happened in Wenchuan, _________ _________ 80,000 deaths.

3.请耐心等待。我们公司已安排修理工去修理你的洗衣机了。

Please wait patiently. Our company has _________ _________ a repairman to repair your washing machine.

4.我正要开门，这时突然想起我把钥匙忘在办公室里了。

I was about to unlock the door, when it _________ _________ that I had left my key in the office.

5.我本希望昨天去参加你的婚礼的，但是我突然生病了。

I _________ _________ to attend your wedding yesterday, but I fell ill.

6.每个人都知道钓鱼岛属于中国。

Everyone knows clearly that Diaoyu Island __________  __________China

7.一到英国，我就发现那里的学校生活完全不一样。

________        in the UK, I found school life there was quite different

8.妈妈喜欢吃巧克力，我也喜欢。

My mother likes eating chocolate and ________ ________ ________.

9.已经上课一分钟了，但老师还没出现。

Class is to begin in a minute, but the teacher still hasn’t______ ________.

10.我总是随身带把伞上班，只是以防下雨。

I always take an umbrella to work, just _____ _______ it rains.

We sailed for 2 months and finally the land was _____

A．in our sight        B．in sight            C．got sight of        D．at first sight.