用所给动词的适当形式填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

1. Millie often _________ (fly) a kite with her brother.

2. We are looking forward to_________ (have) a Christmas party.

3. Lucy! _________ (be) your twin sister often late for school?

4._________ he _________ (wait) for the bus now?

5. They finished _________ (celebrate) his 14th birthday yesterday.

6.1t's great for you _________ (tell) me about Thanksgiving Day.

7. Look! There is a baby _________ (lie) on the couch.

8.1 need you _________ (help) me with my Maths and English.

9.. Can you tell me how _________ (start) the computer?

10. Lucy goes shopping alone without _________ (ask) her mother for help.

There is a one-day holiday in most western countries on New Year’s Day. The real celebration begins on New Year’s Eve-the night before New Year’s Day. There are several interesting customs（习惯）in the west, and there are many differences in different countries.
Though Christmas is a good time for families to get together, New Year’s Day is a time for some western people to be with friends. On New Year’s Day, there are always parties. At such parties, there is food, drinks and dances until New Year comes
At midnight, people often say “Happy New Year! ”to each other. In many western countries, fireworks are let off at midnight and some people like to shout aloud to drive away evil spirits.
【小题1】People begin to have great celebrations for the New Year on___________.

What might the future be like? Here are some predictions(预言).

Returning home during the Spring Festival is difficult for many Chinese people. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making buying travel tickets and the journey difficult. But 28 years later, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more railways and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.

Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural gas, sun power, nuclear power(核能) and even water can take the place of oil as energy.

Schools will go electronic. Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.

1.More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during ??????? according to the passage.

A. Christmas Day? B. National Day? C. the Spring Festival? D. the Mid-autumn Festival

2.In 2020, China will build a fast transportation network that will serve ??????? of the population.

A. 60%????????????? B. 70%?? ????????????? C. 80%???? ????????????? D. 90%

3.??????? is not mentioned in the passage as energy.

A. Coal??? ????????????? B. Wind??? ????????????? C. Nuclear power???? ????????????? D. Water

4.From the passage we can know ??????? in the future.

A. the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem in China

B. 90% of the population will live in the city?

C. robot teachers will check students’ homework

D. readers can discuss topics with each other face to face

5.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Schools will go electronic.

B. Computers will be important.

C. There will be robot teachers.

D. School buses will be like spaceships.