If the rose can be said to be a special flower， then the apple can be said to be a special fruit. It is very important in American culture. American stories speak of Johnny Appleseed， who went throughout America collecting apple seeds and planting apple trees. He had a great love for nature and went through fields and farms adding richness and beauty to the country.

One of the first sayings taught to school children is， “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This short saying encourages children to eat fresh fruit to keep healthy. If someone always says good words to a person， people will call him an “apple polisher”. This， however， is not a good name. If someone is very dear to us， we say that he or she is the “apple of our eye”.

Most people believe that the fruit which Eve gave to Adam was an apple， even though the Bible(圣經(jīng)) never says so. The apple， therefore， is a deep part of the language and stories of America.

An apple is also delicious. Apples can be cooked in many ways， used as a dessert， and made into sweet juice.

In many parts of the country during the harvest season， a popular activity is to go into an apple garden to pick apples. Washington， D. C. and New York are both famous for their apples.

Finally， when it’s time to take a vacation to American cities， one can always visit New York， which is “the biggest apple” of all the American cities.

1.What does the underlined phrase “apple polisher” mean?

A. Something for cutting apples.

B. A person who likes to please others.

C. A person who is dealing with fruits.

D. A machine for cleaning apples quickly.

2.“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is a proverb about ____________.

A. cooking B. medicine C. shopping D. health

3.Which of the following is TRUE with apples?

A. Apples are medicine.

B. Apples are the most important food.

C. New York is famous for its big apples.

D. The Bible says Adam was given an apple.

4.The passage is mainly about___________.

A. stories about the apple

B. apples in American culture

C. some famous sayings of the apple

D. big cities that is famous for apples

任務(wù)型閱讀：閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成表格中所缺信息，每空一詞。

What’s the most important thing in your life? Have you thought about this question?

I began to think about it when I was just a little girl. I had a lot of friends and I loved playing with them. So I thought friendship was the most important thing in life. If I had no friends， I would be very sad.

When I got older， I thought the most important thing was music. I was crazy about music at that time. In my opinion， if I couldn’t sing or couldn’t listen to music， my life would be meaningless.

As time went by， I changed my mind again. When I was 12， I read a book that tells a beautiful story about the love between a mother and her child. I was happy to find that love was the most important thing. I thought love made my life beautiful.

Not long ago， I got a new answer to the question from another book. The writer said， “happiness is the destination(目標，終點) for everyone.”

Soon I realized that， in fact， friendship， music， love and happiness are all very important to us. There are many important things that make our lives colourful and beautiful.

What’s the most important thing in life? I don’t have the answer yet. However， in fact， I don’t want to know. I just want to care about everything important in my life. And I believe I will be very happy if I can achieve that.

I hope everyone can find the important things in their lives， and cherish (珍愛)them!

—Do you like swimming?

—Yes, swimming is a good way _______ fit.

A. keep B. to keep C. keeping D. keeps

—I talked with a foreigner for a long time yesterday.

—Great! It’s a good _______ to practice English.

A. habit B. chance C. skill D. exercise

Our teacher often keeps us _______ the classroom, so we should keep our classroom _______.

A. clean; clean B. cleaning; clean

C. cleaning; cleaning D. clean; cleaning

Don’t shout at him. He _______.

A. will do his best B. did well in

C. is good at D. did his best

I want to be a doctor when I .

A. grow up B. eat up C. put up D. get up

Sam spends two hours _______ his homework every day.

A. to do B. doing C. do D. does

完成句子（每空1分，共10分）

根據(jù)所給提示，完成句子。每空一詞，含縮略詞。

1.-Would you like to come and ______ us ______ (為我們加油)？-Sure, I’d love to.

2.Xu Lei and her teammates are _______ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________(動身去) the U.S.A. next week.

3.I like English better than Chinese. (改為同義句)

I ________ English _______ Chinese.

4.There is a basketball game on TV every day. (用tomorrow改寫句子)

There ________ ________ a basketball game on TV tomorrow.

5.Shall I take a camera? (改為同義句)

________ ________ taking a camera?

—Do you like swimming?

—Yes, swimming is a good way _______ fit.

A. keep B. to keep C. keeping D. keeps