用动词的适当形式填空。

1. The best way             (improve) your English is to join an English club.

2. I              (not understand) the problem until he explained it.

3. I’m sorry for              (make) so much noise.

4. Tom is an honest boy. He always _____________(tell) the truth.

5. Mom _____________(add) salt but it still wasn’t salty enough.

6. If I _____________(give) five more minutes, I would get everything ready.

7. In the last three months, we ___________(learn) more than 1000 English words.

8. Be sure _____(not miss) the early bus tomorrow.

9. I _______(do) it in a minutes.

10. I think we should give them a warm home ,and ____________________(not hurt) them.

One day three Frenchmen who did not know English very well were talking about the English language.
The first Frenchman said, ‘I heard someone shout ‘look out’ ,I put my head out of a window and a basin of water fell on me. It seems that ‘look out’ may mean ‘don’t look out!’
The second one followed, ‘ I was once on a ship and heard the captain（船长） shout, ‘All hands on the deck(甲板)’ I put my hands on the deck and someone trod(踩)on them.’
The third one told his friends his experience too, ‘One early morning I called on my English friend and the maid(女佣) said, ‘He is not up yet, come back in half an hour.’ When I went again for him, she said, ‘He’s not down yet.’I said, ‘If he’s not up and he is not down, where is he then?    What a strange language it is!’
【小题1】What is the possible meaning of “look out” in this passage?

A boy and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell，hurt himself，and cried，"AAAhhhhhhhh！！！”  To his surprise，he heard the voice repeating（重复），somewhere in the mountain,“AAAhhhhhhhh!!!＂Then the boy shouted，“Who are you?” He received the answer，"Who are you?" He got angry at the answer，so he shouted，"Foolish！＂ He received the answer，"Foolish！”

He looked at his father and asked，“What’s going on?" The father smiled and said，"My son，listen.”And then he shouted to the mountain，"1 love you！”The voice answered，“I love you!”Again the man cried，"You are the best！”The voice answered，“You are the best！”

The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained（解释），"People call this‘Echo'，but really this is Life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection（反映）of what we have done. If you want more love in the world，have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful，work hard. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”

1. At first the boy cried because _____ .

A. he hurt himself and felt bad

B. he wanted to give himself a surprise

C. he felt it was so quiet in the mountain

D. he hoped his father would help him

2.When the boy heard the voice repeating, he thought ______ .

A. it was foolish to hear others’ voice

B. someone else in the mountain liked his voice

C. there were many other people in the mountain

D. he was laughed at by someone else in the mountain

3. The father shouted to the mountain to ______ .

A. find out who was repeating his voice

B. have fun with other people in the mountain

C. show more examples to his son before giving him the answer

D. let his son know whose voice was louder

4. The word "Echo" means _______.

A. life itself    B. repeating voice    C. love in the world   D. everything in life

5. From the story，we know ______ .

A. the boy didn’t like others’ voice at all

B. the father had his own way to teach his son

C. it is not polite to repeat others’ voice

D. the boy and his father were rather tired

阅读短文，根据括号中的汉语意思填入单词，使短文意思完整、通顺。每空一词。

I remember when I was young, my parents used to focus on（关注）everything I did. I liked wearing bright red c 1., but they said the colour was too sharp. I loved listening to rock and roll, but they said it was too n 2.. I hated eating vegetables, but they said they were good for my h 3..

Later, I studied at a boy’s school. My parents always asked me to study hard. I felt stressed. Every night, I asked myself, “What’s wrong with me?” My parents always tells me that the things I do are b 4..I gave up many things I liked doing. My life was not as c 5. as my friends’ lives.

I studied psychology（心理学）when I was at university. I got very good marks, b 6. I still did not understand why my parents were so strict.

Then I got married and had two c 7.. I heard myself tell them, “Don’t talk on the phone so much! You should focus on your school work. Use your f 8. time to read…” I began to understand my p 9.. They told me what to do because they cared, just as I told my children what to do because I cared.

Young people, behind all the a 10. your parents give you, what they are really saying is, “We care about you and we love you.”