Our village carpenter（木匠），John Hill，came one day and made a dining table for my wife．He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows．When I got home that evening，John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill（账单）for the job．

My wife said to me quietly，“That's his sixth cup of tea today．” But she said in a loud voice，“It's a beautiful table，dear，isn't it?”

“I'll decide about when I see the bill．” I said．

John laughed and gave me his bill for the work．I read：

One dining table                             10 November，2007

Cost of wood（木头费用）                  $17.00

Paint（油漆）                              $1.50

Work，8 hour（ $1.00 an hour）              $ 8.00

Total（合计）                              $ 36.50

When I was looking at the bill，John said，“It's been a fine day，hasn't it? Quite sunny．”

“Yes，” I said．“I'm glad it's only the 10th of November．”

“Me too．” Said John．“You wait—it'll be a lot colder by the end of the month．”

“Yes．Colder—and more expensive! Dining tables will be $20 more expensive on November 30th，won't they，John?”

John looked hard at me for half a minute．Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him．

“If it isn't too much trouble，John，” I said，“please add it up again．You can forget the date．”

I paid him $26.50 and he was happy to get it．

1．Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill? Because _____．

A．he didn't want the writer to read the bill carefully

B．it was really a fine day

C．he wanted the writer to check（核对）the bill carefully

D．he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like

2．Why did the writer say that dining tables would be $20 more expensive on November 30th? Because _________．

A．it was difficult to make dining tables in cold weather

B．the paint would be more expensive

C．the cost of wood would be more expensive

D．he thought John would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table

3．The writer thought John would ask for _________ if he made a dining table on the last day of November．

A．$20.00              B．$46.50            C．$56.50               D．$26.50

4．When the writer gave him the money，John was happy because he got _________．

A．what he should get for his work             B．much more money for his work

C．the money easily                         D．money as much as he wanted

5．From the story we know that _________．

A．John made a mistake in the hill

B．John wanted to get more money for his work

C．John wrote out the bill before the writer got home

D．John still wanted to get $ 36.50 for his work in the end

根据汉语提示完成所缺单词。

1．Xiaolan，you should pay more attention to your _________（发音）．

2．Who _________（教）you English last term?

3．Please be _________（耐心的）．These things take time．

4．Be more careful，and you'll make fewer _________（错误）in your homework．

5．You call find all kinds of books on the _________（架）in the library．

6．Do you have a better _________（解决方法）?

7．He hasn't got any hobbies _________（除非）you call watching TV a hobby．

8．His father's _________（死）made him very sad．

9．She is _________（将……视为）as one of the greatest singers in this century．

10．I don't want to _________（影响）you．It must he your own decision．

Do you plan to go to Hong Kong Disneyland with your family this winter? If your dad smokes，you may want to ask him to be careful．From January 1 in 2007，smoking is not allowed in most public places in Hong Kong．The places include restaurants，workplaces，and schools．Even smoking at some outdoor places is against the law，for example，beaches，sports grounds，museums and most areas of public parks．Hong Kong hopes the ban（禁令）can help stop passive（被动的）smoking．What is passive smoking? When some people smoke in a restaurant or on a bus，others are made to breathe（呼吸）the smoke too．It does great harm to people's health．And it'll be better if more people give up smoking because of the ban．Hong Kong has 7 million people．Among them，about 840,000 people aged 15 or above are smokers．If someone breaks the ban，he will have to pay up to HK $5,000．

The ban does not include nightclubs or bars（酒吧）yet．But these places will have to ban smoking by July 1，2009．Hong Kong is not the first Asian city to have a smoking ban．On January，1，2006，Singapore banned smoking in most public places．

根据短文内容，完成下面的句子

1．_________ is the first Asian city to have a smoking ban．

2．Most of the smokers in Hong Kong are aged _________or above．

3．Hong Kong banned smoking in most public places from _________in _________．

4．Even smoking at some outdoor places is _________．

5．Hong Kong hopes the ban can help stop _________．

用所给动词的适当形式完成短文，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

It's sometimes reported that strange objects have been seen high up in the sky．These unidentified（未确定）flying objects __1__（make）a lot of people interested．Some of the reports about them are difficult __2__（believe）．Some have been explained in scientific ways，others have never been explained．

It is not easy to decide whether a report is true or not．One report of UFOs __3__（come）from a British plane on its way from New York to London in 1954．The British plane __4__（fly）over an island at 19,000 feet when the captain noticed that something was on their left and a little lower than their plane．It's about five miles away．

“It was not one object but several，” the captain said．“We saw one large and six smaller objects．I sent out a radio to report about them and I received the answer that the other planes would come out to meet us．Before the planes arrived，the smaller objects entered the big object．The big object then became smaller and __5__（move） away fast．”

1．成功永远属于努力进取的人。

__________ always__________ __________ the man who works __________．

2．房间里很黑，我什么也看不见。

It's __________ __________ in the room __________ I can see __________．

3．在老师的帮助下，我的英语取得了很大进步。

________ ________ ________ ________ the teacher，I have made great progress in English．

4．他过去不常喝咖啡，但现在每天喝两杯咖啡。

He __________ __________ __________ __________ coffee，but now he drinks two cups of coffee every day．

5．我认为他今晚不会来参加我的生日聚会。

I __________ __________ __________ __________ come to my birthday party tonight．

你曾经遇见过几年未见的朋友吗？他们是不是变化很大，想一想然后把他或她的变化写下来，开头已给出，词数不少于60词。（请不要出现朋友的真实姓名。）

My friend has changed a lot in the past years．

下列字母中不含音素 / i: /的是 _________。

A．G            B．C              C．B            D．M

中国中央电视台的缩略形式是_________。

A．SDTV           B．UFO             C．NBA             D．CCTV

—What's your family name?

—My family name is _________．

A．Jenny Green         B．Jenny        C．Green         D．green

—Good afternoon，Mr. Smith!

— _________!

A．Goodbye        B．Good morning              C．Good afternoon                  D．Good evening