Listen to Li Yang, founder of Crazy English. He speaks English _____ he were American.

He couldn’t take part in the final exam _______ his serious illness.

Kate is really young for the job, but, on the other _____, she is well trained.

it was because of his kind nature _______I fell in love with Peter.

with so much homework to do，David told his sister_____so much noise.

 Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a  36  job which gets him  37  at five o'clock every morning. He is a  38  .

Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner  39  the newspapers are. The newspapers are delivered （递）to the  40  by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推车) to carry them.

In  41  , it is still dark and cold when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is bright and warm. Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route (线路) in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each  42  on the porch (门廊) where it will be protected from  43  , rain or snow. His  44   think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him  45  .

Billy  46  about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest  47  records and clothes. Once a month, he has to  48  money from his customers. Since many of them  49  during the day, Billy has to collect the money  50  . Sometimes, when Billy is   51  , his older brother has to  52  the newspapers. Once  Billy's father had to help as well.

Billy has seventy customers now,  53  he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets many more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的) newspaper boy. He wants to win a  54  to Europe, but he will also be happy  55  he wins a new bicycle.

Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either.

Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It is bad for all living things in the world.

Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. We need to do many other things. We should put waste things in the dustbins instead of on the ground. We can go to work by bus or with our friends in the same car. If there are fewer people driving, less pollution will be made. Rules are not enough to solve the problems. Every person must help to fight pollution.

1.Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today because _____.

2.What is the most serious problem in today’s life?

3.Why do people speak louder now than before?

4.What does the writer ask readers to do?

5.From the passage, we know that _____.

A. the pollution is not serious     

B today people don’t talk in loud voice

C. we have to drink dirty water    

D. people are making rules to control pollution

You can see lots of kangaroos (袋鼠) in Australia, and not only in zoos but also outside the cities and towns. You can see them everywhere. Kangaroos are very popular in Australia. They have very strong legs, so they are very good at jumping. Their tails （尾巴） are very strong, too, so when they want to have a rest, they rest on their tails. Kangaroos are also good at looking after their babies. Mother kangaroos keep their babies safe in their pockets.

1.There are many kangaroos _____.

2. Where can we see kangaroos in Australia?

3.Why are kangaroos very good at jumping?

4.How do kangaroos rest when they want to rest?

5.What are kangaroos good at doing?

A small man went to a cinema, bought a ticket and went in. But after two or three minutes he came out, bought a second ticket and went in again.

After a few minutes, he came out again and bought a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that, he came out a third time and asked for another ticket.

But the girl said to him, “Why are you buying all these tickets? Are you waiting for friends in the cinema all the time?”

“No, I am not doing that,” answered the small man. “But a big woman always stops me at the door and tears (撕)my ticket up.”

The girl smiled and sold him another ticket.

1.One day a small man went to _____.

2.The small man bought _____ tickets in all.

3.The big woman _____.

4.The small man _____.

5.The girl ______.

阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话，并将其番号填入题前括号内。

A: Where is Lucy?

B: __71__.

A: __72__?

B: Yes. She has been there once.

A: __73__?

B: She went there last week.

A: __74__?

B: She is going to stay there for a month.

A: Do you know __75__?

B: She will be back at the end of October.

71．_______72．_______73．_______74．_______75．_______