In many classrooms, it's not  16  to find students spinning (???) their pens  17  they listen to their teachers.

     Pen-spinning is also popular  18  Japanese students. It is a form of entertainment. Recently, a pen-spinning competition was held in Tokyo, Japan. Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old high school student, became the first pen-spinning   19  .

     276 people took part in the competition. The came from different age groups. Some were students   20   some were office workers. First, they   21   the videos of their pen-spinning skills to the organizer's website. Then some of them came to the last round in Tokyo. 22   of them had 30 seconds to show their skills in front of 400 people,   23  reporters and fans. Omura took a pen from his little finger to the rest fingers, then to his palm(????) and the back of his hand. His wonderful show made him   24   the champion.

    Omura said he began learning pen-spinning only about 14 months ago. He did  25 in the competition. If you like to spin your pen, you can practice it in your spare time. But when you are in the class, please don't do that.

1.A. difficult                B. easy               C. common

2.A. before                  B. when                C. after

3.A. for                    B. between              C. among

4.A. chairman               B. captain              C. champion

5.A. or                     B. and                  C. with

6.A. were sent              B. sent                 C. was sent

7.A. each                  B. Both                  C. Every

8.A.includes                 B. included              C. including

9.A. become                B. became                C. becomes

10.A. quite good            B. quite well            C. quite better

情景交际

选择方框中的句子完成对话，其中有两项多余

He Jing：What do you often do in your spare time?

Wei Han：  1 

He Jing：It’s great! But I can’t play the piano. I can play the guitar.

Wei Han：  2 

He Jing：I like pop music. What about you?

Wei Han：I also like it.   3  I like folk music best. I’m Tenger’s fan. I like singing all of his songs.

He Jing：I know little about folk music, but I enjoy listening to Song Zuying’s songs.

Wei Han：  4 

He Jing：Yes, I like them. My favorite English song is Yesterday once More.

Wei Han：  5  But I prefer Take Me to Your Heart.

In many classrooms, it’s not  31 to find students spinning (旋转) their pens  32 they listen to their teachers.
Pen-spinning is also popular  33  Japanese students. It is a form of entertainment. Recently, a pen-spinning competition was held in Tokyo, Japan. Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old high school student, became the first pen-spinning  34 .
276 people took part in the competition. They came from different age groups. Some were students  35 some were office workers. First, they  36 the videos of their pen-spinning skills to the organizer’s website. Then some of them came to the last round in Tokyo.  37 of them had 30 seconds to show their skills in front of 400 people,   38 reporters and fans. Omura took a pen from his little finger to the rest fingers, then to his palm(手掌) and the back of his hand. His wonderful show made him  39 the champion.
Omura said he began learning pen-spinning only about 14 months ago. He did  40 in the competition. If you like to spin your pen, you can practice it in your spare time. But when you are in the class, please don’t do that.

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1.__________ can be a volunteer.

A．Children                              B．Old women

C．Anyone aged 12-70                      D．Young people

2.Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with __________.

A．animals           B．children           C．computers         D．older people

3.We can read such a passage __________.

A．in a newspaper                         B．in a storybook

C．in a picture book                        D．in a textbook