When Mary Smith was a student, she always wanted to be a teacher because she liked ____. When she was twenty, she started to ____ in a small school. She was a good teacher, and she laughed a lot with the children ____ her class. They enjoyed ____ teaching.

One day, one of the girls said to her, “Miss Smith, ____ does the hair on a man’s head become white before his beard does?”

Mary laughed ____ answered, “I don’t know, Helen. Do you know?”

“I don’t know, Miss Smith,” said Helen. “But it happened to my ____.” The other children in the class laughed when they ___ this.

Then a boy said, “I ____, Miss Smith! The hair on a man’s head becomes white first because it’s sixteen years ____ than his beard.”

1.A. apples B. children C. vegetables D. soccer

2.A. study B. live C. learn D. teach

3.A. on B. by C. for D. in

4.A. her B. my C. your D. his

5.A. what B. how C. why D. when

6.A. but B. and C. till D. so

7.A. father B. mother C. aunt D. sister

8.A. saw B. listened C. heard D. looked

9.A. think B. know C. work D. agree

10.A. bigger B. smaller C. older D. younger

補全對話 閱讀對話，從每題A、B、C、D 四個選項中，選出一個最佳答案完成對話。

M: Hey, Jenny! How was your weekend?

W: It was great! __________

M: Who did you go with?

W: My parents.

M: ________

W: Yes. It took us over five hours to drive there.

M: _______

W: It was sunny and quite warm.

M: _______

W:Ｉwent fishing with my cousins. Mum and Dad helped my grandmother cook.

M: ________

W: Yes, I had great fun.

1.

A. Thank you very much. B. I stayed at home and relaxed.

C. I went to my grandparents’ home. D. What about your weekend?

2.

A. Was it far from here? B. How far is it?

C. How long does it take? D. How did you get there?

3.

A. How were your grandparents? B. How did you get there?

C. Did you have fun there? D. How was the weather there?

4.

A. What’s the matter? B. What are you going to do?

C. What did you do there? D. What do they look like?

5.

A. That’s too bad. B. That sounds wonderful!

C. It was really boring. D. I’m sorry to hear that.

John is twelve years old. His sister, Betty, is two years younger than he is. One day, their mother asked them to clean the house. They did a good job. Their mother was very happy, and bought a delicious cake for them. She said to John, “John, cut this cake into two pieces, and give one piece to your sister. Don’t forget that you must do it like a good brother.”

“Like a good brother?” John asked. “How does a good brother do it?”

“He always gives the bigger piece to the other one.” answered his mother.

“Oh, I see,” said John. He thought about this for a short time, and then took the cake to his sister and said to her, “Cut the cake in two, Betty, and be a good sister.”

1.Betty is __________ years old.

A. 2 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14

2.Their mother bought a cake for them because __________.

A. it was John’s birthday B. they got good grades at school

C. they cleaned the house very well D. Betty won first prize in a competition

3.John’s mother asked him to __________.

A. give the cake to his sister B. cut up the cake

C. put the cake into the blender D. cut the cake into two pieces

4.If John is a good brother, he should __________.

A. let his sister cut the cake B. give the bigger piece to his sister

C. give the smaller piece to his sister D. buy another delicious cake

5.John let Betty cut the cake because __________.

A. he wanted to eat more of the cake B. he didn’t like to eat the cake

C. Betty wanted to cut the cake D. she wants to be a good sister

Tina’s uncle lives in the countryside. Tina and her parents went to visit him last Saturday. First, they took a bus. It was very crowded. Then they took a boat. It took them about two hours to get there. When they got there, it was twelve o’clock. So they first had lunch together. They had a great meal in a restaurant. After that, they went back to Tina’s uncle’s house. Tina’s parents talked and watched TV with Tina’s uncle and aunt in the house. Tina and her cousin played with the dog in the garden. Then Tina’s cousin decided to take her to the beautiful lake not far away. The water in the lake was very clean. Tina wanted to swim in it, but her cousin said it was too cold. So they just walked around it. They got back home at about four o’clock. Tina had some ice cream, and her cousin had some orange juice. When they started to play computer games, Tina’s parents said, “Tina, it’s time to go home now.”

1.Tina went to the countryside to visit her __________ last Saturday.

A. parents B. teacher C. grandparents D. uncle

2.It took them ___________to get there.

A. 30 minutes B. 50 minutes C. 2 hours D. 12 hours

3.They had lunch _________.

A. at home B. in a restaurant C. in a school D. in a hospital

4.Tina’s parents ___________ after lunch.

A. walked in the park B. talked and watched TV

C. played computer games D. played in the garden

5.Tina didn’t swim in the lake because __________.

A. she couldn’t swim at all B. the water was too dirty

C. it was very cold D. her parents didn’t want her to do that

Yao Ming, the famous basketball player, was born in Shanghai in 1980. He is his parents’ only child, and he is unusual because he is very tall. His mother and father are very tall, too. Both his parents were basketball players. His mother played for the Chinese national women’s team and his father played for a team in Shanghai.

Yao Ming learned to play basketball at an early age, but he wasn’t a good player right away. Before age 10, Yao Ming didn’t care much about basketball and he wasn’t very strong. But when he was 12, his parents sent him to a special sports school in Shanghai. At school he practiced basketball very hard. He started enjoying basketball a lot, and he got stronger. And he became a much better player.

In 1997, Yao Ming joined the Sharks, a Shanghai basketball team. At that time basketball started becoming very popular in China. People saw that Yao Ming was a very talented player. When he played in the 2000 summer Olympic Games, people around the world saw him on TV.

Some Americans saw him at the Olympics, and they wanted him on their team. In 2002 he started playing with the Houston Rockets. He became one of the Rockets’ most outstanding players. Yao Ming retired in 2011.

1.How old is Yao Ming?

A. Twenty-six. B. Twenty-eight. C. Thirty-seven. D. Thirty-five.

2.Yao Ming’s mother was on __________.

A. the Chinese national team B. the Sharks

C. a Shanghai team D. an American team

3.Why did Yao Ming’s parents sent him to a sports school when he was twelve?

A. Because Yao Ming wanted to take basketball lessons.

B. Because Yao Ming didn’t like to study school lessons.

C. Because they wanted him to play basketball well.

D. Because they didn’t like him to stay at home.

4.At the age of twenty-two, __________.

A. Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets

B. Yao Ming won first prize in a basketball match

C. Yao Ming played in the summer Olympic Games

D. Yao Ming became the best basketball player in the world

5.Which of the following is not true?

A. Yao Ming has no brother or sister.

B. Yao Ming’s parents were basketball players when they were young.

C. Yao Ming became a famous basketball player when he was only ten.

D. Yao Ming retired when he was thirty-one years old.

改寫句子 按括號中的要求完成句子，每個空格填一個單詞。

1.She is leaving for Hong Kong on Tuesday. (改為否定句)

She ______________ ______________ leaving for Hong Kong on Tuesday.

2.I like to do the dishes because it’s relaxing. (對劃線部分提問) ?

______________ ______________ you like to do the dishes?

3.Paul will take his cat to the classroom .His teacher won’t let him in. (改寫句子，句意不變)?

________Paul______ his cat to the classroom, His teacher _______ _______ him in

4.Nick can’t get good grades if he doesn’t work hard enough. (改寫句子，句意不變)?

Nick can’t get good grades ______________ he is ______________ enough.

5.It’s difficult for him to make friends in this new school because he is too quiet. (改寫句子，句意不變)?

He has ______________ ______________ friends because he isn’t________.

完成句子 根據(jù)漢語意思完成英語句子，每個空格填一個單詞。

1.請不要往河里傾倒生活污水。

Please don’t ___________ house waste water ____________ the river!

2.如果史密斯先生來參加聚會，Ben就不會拒絕我們的邀請。

Ben won’t ___________ ___________ our invitation if Mr Smith comes to the party.

3.我去北京的時候，我的鄰居幫我照料小狗。

My neighbor ______________ ______________ after my dog for me If I am in Beijing.

4.我與Lucy有一個共同的夢想：環(huán)球自駕旅行。

Lucy and I have a dream ___________ ___________: Traveling around the world by car.

5.我怎么感謝他都不過分，因為他幫我擺脫了困境。

I can’t thank him enough for ___________ me ___________

Happiness is for everyone. You don't need to care about those who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or 1.and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.

In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. 2.When you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it.3. All these are your happiness. If you notice them, you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can't be bought with money. 4. because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(轉(zhuǎn)) door. When it closes, it also opens.5.

A. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you.

B. If you take every chance you get, you can be happy and lucky person.

C. those who have nice cars and lots of money.

D. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too.

E. those who have no houses.

F. When you meet with difficult, you can give them up and be happy.

G. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy.

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–Can you hear the __________ clearly?

-No, their voices are not very loud .

A. music B. reporter C. dialogue D. environment