28、Today is Jane’s birthday. It is seven o’clock. Everything was ready. On the table, there are many different kinds of food.. And in the middle of the table, there is a very big cake. Jane is looking at it, and feels excited.  “Why didn’t they come by then? I told them to come at seven.” Jane said to her mother worriedly. One, two, three ... Twenty-five minutes passed.  But no one came. Jane ran to the door and opened it. No one was there. When it was half past seven, the doorbell rang. Jane opened the door quickly. “Happy birthday to you!” they said. And they gave some flowers to Jane. After that, they ate the big cake, apples, oranges, pears, beef and so on. They sang and danced happily. At ten they went home. They all felt tired but happy.?

1．Were Jane’s friends all at Jane’s home at seven?

2．What’s in the middle of the table?

3．When did Jane’s friends come?

4．What did they give to Jane?

5．Did they have a good time?

27、Reading for pleasure is the easiest way to become a better reader in English. It is also the most important way.

Some students say they don’t want to read for pleasure. They say they want to use their time to learn the rules of the language and new words. They say that pleasure read?ing is too easy.

Many experts （专家） say pleasure reading is very important for learning English. Dr. Stephen Krashen, a famous expert on learning languages, says that pleasure reading helps you learn many important things about English. Students learn more grammar and more words when they read for pleasure. They also learn more about good writing.

Dr. Krashen tells us that pleasure reading helps each student in a different way. Each student needs to learn something different. Pleasure reading makes it possible for each student to learn what he or she needs.

Reading for pleasure is not the same as studying. When you read for pleasure, you choose your own books, and you don’t have to remember everything. There are no tests on your pleasure reading books. Pleasure reading will help you:

●learn how English speakers use English

●read faster in English

●find examples of good writing in English

●learn new words

●learn about the cultures （文化） of English speakers

1．Is pleasure reading important for learning English?

2．Which is the easier way to become a better reader, pleasure reading or studying?

3．What do some students think of pleasure reading?

4．How can we become better readers?

5．What’s the greatest advantage （优点） of pleasure reading?

26、Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in town, I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table and then  （A） 去要一杯咖啡.

    When I came back with the coffee, there was someone sitting in the next seat. It was a boy with dark glasses and old clothes, and his hair was colored bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!

Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any trouble. I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he took a second piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. （B）Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got （C） it.

The boy gave me a strange look, then stood up. As he left he shouted out, “There’s something wrong with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, but I did not want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had made mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to leave. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate （D） _______ the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

1．将划线部分A 译成英语 _________________________________________________

2．将划线部分B 改写为 Still I _________  __________ to him.

3．文中能替代划线部分C 的短语是 _____________________

4．在D的空白处填入一个适当的词语 ______________

5．文中描写男孩目光神情的词语是 _________________________

25、Helen Keller lived in the USA． She was a great① woman.

      When Helen was a baby, she got very sick. After many weeks, the doctor said, “She is better, but now she can’t see and can’t hear②.” Her mother and father were very sad.

      After a few years, things got worse. There was no way for Helen to speak to other people. She heard nothing. She saw nothing. She didn’t understand anything.

      Then one day a teacher came to live with Helen and her family. The teacher helped Helen learn about words. Helen was very bright and she learned to spell her first word③. When she was older, she went to college.

      Helen was very famous. She helped many blind and deaf（聋） people. She traveled around the world and helped many people.

      Helen was a very old woman when she died. The world remembers her today as a brave（勇敢） and wonderful person. She was blind and deaf, but she found a way to see and hear④.

1．下列A、B、C、D中哪一项不能替代①：____________________.

A．famous            B．wonderful        C．popular            D．grand（自负的）

2．完成句子，使其意思与划线②相同：

She can ____________________ see _________________ hear.

3．完成句子，使其意思与划线③相同：

Helen was ________________ bright ________________ she learned to spell her first word.

4．用文中单词进行词形变化：

   clever（同义词）_____________   know（同音词）_____________

bad（比较级）_______________   one（序数词）_______________

5．完成句子，使其意思与划线④相同：

____________________ she was blind and deaf, she found a way to see and hear.

23、Love for My Parents

提示：爸爸妈妈给了你无限的爱，你肯定把这份深情牢记在心。而你是否曾用适当的方式表

达过你对爸爸妈妈的爱呢?

要求：

1．根据所给题目，用英语写一篇短文，记叙你为爸爸或妈妈做的一件事，以表达你对他们的情感。词数不少于60。

2．语言流畅，书写规范，卷面整洁。文中不得使用真实人名、校名，否则以零分计。

20、Why do plants grow in some places and not in others? Why does some land have so much growing on it, while other land has almost no plants growing on it at all? To grow, plants need several things. One is warmth. In very cold places almost nothing grows. Plants also need water. In very dry parts of the Earth only a few unusual plants can grow. That’s why dry deserts everywhere are almost not covered by trees or grass. Plants must also have a place in which to put down their roots and grow. They find it difficult to grow on hard land. The town is built on hard land. The plants here have only the soil found between the cracks of the stones to grow in. Another thing plants must have before they can grow is food.  What will happen if we try to make things grow on the sandy beach? A few plants, such as beach grass, will grow in sand, but most plants won’t. Even if the weather is warm enough and we water the plants each day, many of them will die because the sand on this beach has almost no food for plants.

1．According to the passage, plants need ______ things to grow well.

A．two         B．three        C．four                 D．five

2．What does the underlined word "cracks" mean in the text?

    A．缝隙          B．表面        C．夹层                   D．底部

3．From the passage, we can know it is _______for plants to grow in dry places.

      A．easy             B．difficult            C．impossible    D．important

4．The reason why most plants can’t grow on the sandy beach is that _______.

    A．there isn’t enough sunlight               B．there is too much water

    C．it is too crowded there                 D．it has little food for plants

5．The passage can most probably be found in a ______book.

    A．science                 B．history           C．travel          D．math