My father would rather ________ TV at home than ________ around for hours in shops.

A. watch; walk B. watch; to walk C. to watch; to walk D. to watch; walk

The broken bike needs ________ .

A. repair B. repaired C. repairing D. to be repair

One day a kindergarten teacher decided to play a game with her ________. The teacher told each child in the class to bring a few _________. Each of them would be given a ________ of a person that the child hated. Then they would be put into a plastic bag. The number of potatoes that a child would put in his/her plastic bag would _________ the number of people he or she hated.

So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3, while some had up to 5 potatoes.

The teacher then told the children to ______ the potatoes with them ______ they go (even to the toilet) for one week. With days passing by, the children started to _______ because of the ________ smell let out by the rotten (腐爛) potatoes they were carrying.

Those children who have 5 potatoes really began to feel the _______ of the heavier bags. After one week, the children were happy to hear that the teacher had finally ended the game. The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for one week?" The children started complaining of the trouble that they had to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.

Then the teacher told them the hidden ________ behind the game. She said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry your________for somebody inside your heart. The burden（負擔）will ______ your heart and you will get tired of an unnecessary burden with you wherever you go.

Sometimes it is very ________ to forgive someone who has done or said something bad against you. But never let another person’s bad actions influence you. Throw away any bad feeling for anyone from your_____so that you will not carry_______for lifetime. Forgive others is the best attitude to take. Learn to “forgive and forget”.

1.A. daughter B. son C. friends D. students

2.A. snacks B. tomatoes C. potatoes D. eggs

3.A. sign B. picture C. name D. face

4.A. depend on B. put on C. live on D. come on

5.A. bring B. buy C. send D. carry

6.A. whenever B. wherever C. however D. whatever

7.A. smile B. take C. complain D. shout

8.A. delicious B. unpleasant C. sweet D. wonderful

9.A. taste B. sound C. weight D. pressure

10.A. meaning B. end C. thought D. idea

11.A. love B. hate C. potatoes D. bags

12.A. clean B. protect C. hurt D. kill

13.A. necessary B. easy C. hard D. nice

14.A. body B. eyes C. hands D. heart

15.A. anything B. potatoes C. burden D. happiness

Welcome to Mandarin Morning (早安漢語) Chinese School

Learning Chinese as a foreign language has become more and more popular. It can sometimes be very difficult to learn Chinese. However, if over a billion people can do it, so can you.

Mandarin Morning Chinese School has begun to provide Mandarin Chinese language classes in Shanghai since 2005. Today we teach listening , reading and writing to students from more than 50 countries all over the world.

Students of all ages can study at Mandarin Morning Chinese School. Most of our students are between 14 and 45 years old. While some of the students prefer to study at home, our Mandarin teachers are happy to teach you anywhere you want. Taking part in our classes also offers you a chance to better understand Chinese culture as we offer culture courses and activities.

Our Mandarin Morning Chinese School is just three minutes’ walk from Jing’an Metro Station(地鐵站).

Tel: 86-21-5228 780

E-mail: [email protected]

Address: Room 2807A, 58 Jiaozhou Road

1.In which year was the school set up?

A. in 2003 B. in 2004 C. in 2005 D. in 2006

2.Who might want to learn in the school?

A. Li Lei, a Chinese, who works and lives in China.

B. Su Rui, a Chinese, who wants to work in America

C. Toby, an Australian , who wants to get a job in America

D. Chuck, an American, who wants to learn Chinese in Shanghai.

3.Which of the following cannot be found in the passage?

A. The address of the school B. The e-mail address of the school

C. The cost of courses of the school D. The telephone number of the school

Insects are a very healthy food. They have almost as much protein(蛋白質) as meat from a pig or cow and are low in fat. Eating insects is also very good for the environment since they need less land and water than larger animals.

Marcel Dicke, who studies insects, explained in a talk how insects also produce more meat from the food they eat. For example, imagine a farmer feeds a cow 10 pounds of food. Those 10 pounds of food produce about 1 pound of meat for people to eat. However, imagine the farmer gives a certain number of insects 10 pounds of food. Those 10 pounds of food produce 9 pounds of meat for people to eat!

Eating more insects can also help people in poor areas. Many people can raise and sell insects, which can provide jobs and food.

But insects will not replace(替代) animal meat very quickly. First, people in some countries would have to change how they think about eating insects. Many people in North America and Europe eat a lot of meat like beef and pork. But they don’t traditionally eat insects. In fact, for many people in the west, eating insects sounds crazy! They believe insects are dirty and dangerous. Insects make them feel uncomfortable.

Some people are trying to deal with this problem. For example, David George Gordon wrote a book named Eat-A-Bug Cookbook, which tries to show people that insects can be delicious. Other insect experts travel around telling people about the benefit（益處）of eating insects. But they still have a lot of work to do.

1.Eating insects ____________.

A. is not healthy B. makes people put on fat

C. helps protect large animals D. is environmentally friendly

2.The examples of Marcel Dicke is given to show ________.

A. The high cost of food production B. raising insects is a good choice for farmers

C. It’s quite easy for farmers to raise insects D. the different ways of feeding cows and insects

3.What mainly causes the long way that eating insects has to go?

A. Their terrible taste B. People’s old belief

C. family life D. eating ways

4.We can infer(推斷) from David and other insect experts that __________.

A. people can make a lot of money from insects B. people should eat more insects

C. insects should be better protected D. it’s dangerous to eat insects

Once there was a forest where all the animals lived happily together. One day a family went to spend the day in the forest, and the son left his socks there. After the family left, a bear came by, found the socks, and decided to try them on. They fit so well, and he liked them so much that he wouldn’t take them off.

All the animals talked about the bear’s new look. Soon, in that forest, there began appearing squirrels in shirts, rabbits in shoes, and even rats wearing hats! The forest doctor shook his head, telling animals, “This can’t be good. Animals don’t need clothes!” But no one listened to him. They said he was just out of fashion.

However, it wasn’t long before the first results of fashion-fever came. Several times the squirrel caught his shirt on trees, stopping him in mid-jump and sending him falling to the ground from a tree. The rat couldn’t go into his hole without taking off his hat first. Even the bear, because of his socks, slipped from the river rock and almost killed himself.

When the animals came to see the doctor, he gave them all the same advice, “Take off those clothes before one day they’re going to kill you.” Those who listened to the doctor’s advice stopped having accidents. And the animals realized that they didn’t need clothes at all. Starting to wear them had been very dangerous, and they had only done it to make others admire them, and to get attention.

1.______ found the socks and tried them on.

A. The son B. The bear C. The rabbit D. The rat

2.From the story we can know that______.

A. the family had a good time with the bear B. the animals didn’t like the bear’s new look

C. the squirrel couldn’t go into his hole with his hat on D. the forest doctor told the animals not to wear clothes

3.Which of the following can explain the underlined sentence “it wasn’t long before the first results of fashion-fever came”?

A. Soon the animals had accidents because of the clothes

B. Soon the animals had a fever because of the clothes

C. Soon the animals became healthier in the warm clothes

D. Soon the animals enjoyed wearing clothes very much

4.The story is written to tell us______.

A. helping others is helping yourself B. we should be careful in the forest

C. things that fit yourself are the best D. animals must be looked after well

Fred Astaire was born in Nebraska in 1899. Fred and his sister, Adele, learned to dance when they were very young. Their mother took them to New York to study dance. They performed in their first professional show when Fred was ten years old and Adele was twelve. Later, as teenagers, the two danced in many shows throughout the United States. Their first big success was on Broadway in 1917.

The Astaires -- as they were known --- became Broadway stars. However, in 1932, Adele Astaire married a British man, and stopped performing. But Fred did not give up his dream. He would go on alone, in the movies.

Fred said, “Dancing is a sweaty job. You cannot just sit down and do it. You have to get up on your feet. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable. I always try to get to know my dance so well that I do not have to think.”

In 1949, Fred Astaire won a special award for his film work from America’s Motion Picture Academy. He also won awards from the television industry for a number of his television programs.

Fred stopped dancing in 1970. He was more than seventy years old at the time. He said a dancer could not continue dancing forever. He said he did not want to disappoint（使失望） anyone, even himself. He danced again in public only once after that. It was with another great male dancer, Gene Kelly, in the movie “That's Entertainment, Part Two”.

Fred Astaire and his first wife, Phyllis, had three children. Phyllis died in 1954. Twenty-five years later, Fred married race horse rider Robyn Smith. Fred Astaire died on June 22, 1987. He was eighty-eight years old. He was called the greatest dancer in the world. His dancing was called perfect. And moviegoers everywhere will remember him as a great performer whose work will live forever in his films.

1.The first paragraph is mainly about_________.

A. Fred Astaire’s first success

B. Fred Astaire’s education

C. Fred Astaire’s early life

D. Fred Astaire’s family

2.When did the Astaires become Broadway stars?

A. In 1899. B. In 1917. C. In 1932. D. In 1949.

3.What Fred Astaire said in Paragraph 3 shows that ___________.

A. he knew his dance was wonderful

B. he thought dancing was not difficult

C. he had ways to make people remember him

D. he devoted much time and effort to dancing

4.What is the correct time order of the following events?

a. Fred Astaire’s first wife died.

b. Fred’s sister Adele stopped performing.

c. Fred Astaire performed with Gene Kelly in a movie.

d. Fred Astaire won an award from America’s Motion Picture Academy.

A. abcd B. bdac C. cbad D. dcba

In our daily lives many people always have negative thoughts. Being in a negative space is harmful to our life and study. If you keep them in mind, you will lose hope sooner or later. Let’s drive away some of the most common negative thoughts.

No one cares about me.

Sometimes you say that your family and friends don’t care about you. Maybe you are too negative and misunderstand the gestures of love they show you. They don’t have to be big gestures, but there are many countless little things they do for you. Maybe you just pay no attention to them and take them as granted. Perhaps you think they don’t care about you so you don’t make any effort in your relationships. Start showing people you care, so they can show you back in the same way. And if you don’t have good relationships wit the people you know, what’s stopping you from making new friends?

Why is she better off?

Comparing yourself to someone else is never positive. There’s always going to be someone who is younger, prettier, smarter, or richer than you. If you keep admiring what someone else has, then this may cause you to lose the balance in your mind, which will open a whole other negative can of worms. Remember, what they don’t have is your whole package. Be proud of what you have, because if you want to play the comparison game, remember that there are people who are also worse off than you are.

I’ll never reach my goal.

If you think you’re not going to be able to “get there”, think again. There are many people who are worse off and have overcome more difficulty than what you are facing.

Everything is within your reach as long as you work hard and have a positive attitude.

缺詞填空

Xie Liang, over 80 years old, has offered free help to people who ask for directions for more than 10 years. He has been f1. as ‘the king of giving directions’ in Beijing since 2001.

Every day, Xie goes to Dongzhimen Long-distance Bus Stop, and gives help to at least 1,200 people asking for directions. During holidays, the n2. may be even 3,500. There are more than 50 roads and streets meeting at Dongzhimen, and at l 3. 100 thousand people pass by there every day.

The reporter of Beijing Youth Daily had an i4. with Xie. At that time, he arrived at the bus stop and placed his little table with maps and guidebooks w5. by himself on it. 

"Is it really f6. to ask you for the way?" said a person from southeast China.

"Of course," answered Xie with a smile. "Quite a number of people have asked me the s7. question. I am a volunteer."

The reporter found that at least 5 people came to ask him for the way in a minute, and Xie told them the way p8. and gave every one of them a note with his words on it. Xie has a husky（沙啞的）voice. People think that it's the r9. of his hard work.

Now Xie has encouraged several other volunteers to join him. Many people hope to do volunteering work like Xie, but it's hard to do as w10. as he does.

句子翻譯

1.生活就像一場賽跑，你要么領先，要么落后。

2.我認為穿什么衣服取決于個人品位。

3.那個男孩別無選擇，只得去睡覺了。

4.我希望你認為我的建議值得采納。

5.這張照片使我想起了那位藝術家。