______me, he walked up to me, smiling.

Peter joined the army when he was eighteen, and    31  several months he    32  how to be a good soldier. He   33 everything except shooting. One day,   34 officer   35  the young soldiers how to shoot. He asked each soldier to shoot ten times,  36  all of them    37  quite well except Peter. After he had shot    38 the target nine times and had not   39  it once, the officer    40 and said. "You are quite hopeless, Peter! Don't    41   your last bullet too! Go behind that    42 and shoot yourself with it !"

Peter did not say    43  and went behind the wall. A few    44   later, the officer and the other young soldiers   45   the sound of a shot.

"Heavens!" the officer said, "   46   that foolish man really shot  47  ?"

He ran behind the wall   48  , but Peter was   49 . "I'm  sorry, sir,"  he said,  "but I 50 again."

Mr. Jackson was tired of living in his old house in the countryside and wanted to sell it and buy a better one. He tried to sell it for a long time, but was not successful, so at last he decided to go to an estate agent.

The agent advertised(登广告) the house straight away, and a few days later, the owner saw a very beautiful photograph of his house, with a wonderful description of his garden in an expensive magazine.

Having read the advertisement through, the house owner hurried to phone the estate agent, saying, “I'm sorry, Mr. Jones, but I've decided not to sell my house after all.” “Why?” the agent asked in a surprised voice. “Because from the advertisement in that magazine I can see it's just the kind of house I've wanted to live in all my life.”

1. Mr. Jackson wanted to sell his house because _____.

2.The reason why Mr. Jackson went to the estate agent was _____.

3. At last Mr. Jones _____.

4. What do you think of the advertisement in magazines?

5.What’s the meaning of “an estate agent” in paragraph one?

Do you always understand the directions on a bottle of medicine? Do you know what is meant by “Take only as directed”? Read the following directions and see if you understand them.

To reduce pain, take two tablets with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required. For night time and early morning relief take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in twenty-four hours.

For children six to twelve years old, give half the amount. For children under six years old, ask your doctor’s advice.

Reduce the amount if you suffer from restlessness or sleeplessness after taking the medicine.

1. How many tablets at most can a person over 12 have in 24 hours?

2.How many tablets should a nine-year-old child normally take in 24 hours?

3. What is the advice for one who can not sleep well after taking the medicine?

4. It can be inferred from the directions that this medicine ___________ .

5.This text is most probably taken from a _____________ .

Pat O’Burke was a poor Irishman with a large family, and one morning, waking up very early from cold and hunger, he decided to go shooting in a wood near his cottage. The wood belonged to Lord Northwood, a rich gentleman, Pat had no right to go there, but in it there were swarms of rabbits and flocks of birds that were good to eat, and Pat determined to take the risk. Suddenly he saw the owner, with a group of friends, coming towards him in the wood. There was a look of anger on Lord Northwood's face as he caught sight of the gun in Pat's hands. Pat's heart sank with fear, but he saw there was no hope of escape, so he walked boldly (大胆) up to the group and said to Lord Northwood, “Good morning, sir, and what has brought you out so early this morning?” Lord Northwood, rather surprised, said he and his friends were taking a little exercise to get an appetite(食欲) for their breakfast. Then, looking at Pat with suspicion(怀疑), he said, “but why are you out so early in the morning?” “Well, sir” said Pat, “I just came out to see if I could get a breakfast for my appetite.” The whole crowed burst into laughter at Pat's ready wit(机智，风趣), and with a smile Lord Northwood walked on, leaving Pat to try his luck with the rabbits.

1.This is a story about _____.

2. There was a look of anger on Lord Northwood's face. Why?

3.Why was Lord Northwood surprised?

4. What made the whole crowd burst into laughter?

5. Guess the meaning of the underlined word “right”.

阅读下面短文，简要回答问题。

One of the greatest things about growing older is that you get to stay up late. It’s not just your parents who that decision. Your body lets you enjoy dark hours, too.

Resent study has shown that brain changes during teen years make it easier for kids to stay up late. “But it doesn’t mean that you should stay up late just because you can stay up late,” scientists say. Young people who don’t get enough sleep are often late for school, or they miss it completely. And their grades go down. “If you’re sleeping in school, you’re not learning,” says Mary Carskadon who is a sleep researcher.

Lack of sleep is a growing problem in the United States. Schools have been starting earlier in recent years. And with TV, computers, and video games attracting them, people of all ages are sleeping less than their parents or their grandparents did.

Sleep is important because it gives our bodies time to recover from the stress (压力) of living. Studies show that the adults (成人) who sleep less than 6 hours a night have mote heart problems and die sooner than the adults who sleep 7 to 8 hours a night.

How much sleep do you need? It depends mainly on your age. Babies often sleep for the most of the day. By the time they’re 10 years old, kids need an average of 10 hours a night. As they get older, kids have signs to sleep less. But given the chance in an experiment to sleep as long as they want to, young teenagers have 10 hours of sleep. There are even some indications that teenagers may need more sleep than younger kids.

1. Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “indications”.（在文章中找一个与indications意义相近的词） (2分)

_______________________________________.

2. What is the main cause of young teenagers’ staying up late? (回答字数不超过8个) (3分)

_________________________________________________________________.

3. Why is sleep so important? (回答字数不超过13个) (3分)

________________________________________________________________.

4. What can be the best way to ensure the sleeping time of the school children in the USA according to the passage? (回答字数不超过6个) (2分)

__________________________________________________________________.

书面表达 (10分)

My School Life

以此为题，写一篇字数80---100的介绍学校生活的作文。内容需包括：

1. 学校的印象；2. 班级的人数； 3. 所学的科目； 4. 喜欢的老师；5. 今后的打算。

-- What do you think of __________ school sports meeting ?

--  _______ great success.  

 Lucy didn’t do well in this exam, ______ made her mother quite unhappy.

 _____ mobile phone is very convenient, school children are not allowed to own one.