For months, Barry stayed in his house all day. Feeling _______ . His friends and his family tried to get him out of the house and encourage him to start doing things, but they were not successful.

One day, Barry s neighbor, a very old woman named Gertrude, called him to come to the fence in front of her house.

“Hello, Barry! Look at this fence. it's______. You are a strong man, and you have some free time. I want you to fix this fence for me, " said Gertrude ______.

Barry wasn't happy. He thought he was the one who _____help and support, because he recently lost his .wife. He thought the old lady was being very rude. However, he knew she was too old to fix the fence herself, so he agreed to fix her fence.

Barry worked on the fence for days. When he finished, Gertrude was very thankful, and Barry____ for the first time in months.

“Barry, you did such a wonderful job fixing my fence. Do you think you could ____ it for me?”Gertrude smiled at him .

Barry couldn’t believe she was asking for more ____. Didn’t she know how sad he was? But because they had been neighbors for years, Barry agreed. He worked hard painting the fence. He felt proud of the beautiful fence he was painting.

Over the next few weeks, Gertrude kept giving Barry jobs. He repaired her door and even built a beautiful patio(露臺(tái))for her. Barry no longer felt that life was meaningless. He finally____that she was never being rude. Instead, she was wise and she saved him.

【1】A. nervous B. excited C. sad D. surprised

【2】A. new B. broken C. strange D. beautiful

【3】A. angrily B. carefully C. rudely D. directly

【4】A. needed B. got C. offered D. refused

【5】A. cooked B. smiled C. slept D. traveled

【6】A. paint B. buy C. build D. clean

【7】A. advice B. money C. help D. attention

【8】A. hoped B. worried C. remembered D. realized

Pete showed me his new kitchen, which he put together himself, and his newly-painted walls. I asked him where he got the idea to do these things. He told me that his favourite source (來源) of ideas is a DIY program on TV.

This got me thinking about how popular DIY programs are in the UK. Each main channel (頻道) has at least one home or garden makeover show. There are even channels totally on the subject.

I suppose it’s not really surprising that DIY programs are so popular. There are two common sayings in Britain – “an Englishman’s home is his castle (城堡)” and “there’s no place like home” – which show how important our houses are to us. With the social changes of the last ten years or so, many people can’t afford to buy bigger houses. So they are looking at how they can make their house better without spending a lot of money. DIY, clearly, is the perfect choice.

【1】Pete usually spent his holidays ______ in the past.

A. traveling round the world

B. visiting Egypt

C. diving in the Caribbean

D. building a new house

【2】What do most British people enjoy doing nowadays?

A. Finishing their work at home.

B. Doing everything on their own.

C. Spending their spare time at home.

D. Doing the home repairs themselves.

【3】How did Pete manage to make his house more beautiful?

A. He asked house builders for advice.

B. He got help from a DIY TV program.

C. He called some of his friends for help.

D. He paid workers to do the house work.

【4】What does the underlined word “makeover” in Paragraph 3 probably means?

A. 修建

B. 交換

C. 修飾

D. 化妝

【5】DIY programs have become popular because ______.

A. other programs are too boring to watch

B. people are spending more time watching TV

C. people can’t afford new houses any more

D. people are spending more time fixing their houses

“You’ll find me,” she wrote, “by the red rose I’ll be wearing on my coat.” So at 7 pm he was in the station looking for the girl with a red rose.

A young woman was coming towards him. She was wearing a green coat and was everything that he hoped Miss Maynell would be. But there was no red rose. Then a plain-looking (相貌平平的) woman walked past. She was well past 40 years old. On her coat there was a red rose.

He did not hesitate (猶豫). “I’m Steve Blanchard, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could meet me. May I take you to dinner?” he asked.

A kind smile appeared on the woman’s face. “I don’t know what this is about, son,” she answered, “But the young lady in the green coat who just went by asked me to wear this rose on my coat. She said if you asked me out to dinner, I should tell you that she is waiting for you in the big restaurant across the street. She said it was a kind of test!”

【1】Why did Steve go to the Grand Central Station?

A. To see his girlfriend.

B. To meet his pen friend.

C. To visit his online friend.

【2】How did Steve know that he met the right person?

A. The girl wore a green coat.

B. The woman was 40 years old.

C. The girl wore a rose on the coat.

【3】Miss Maynell asked the woman for help to see if Steve ______.

A. treated people by their looks

B. was young and handsome

C. could find her at once

【4】From the last paragraph we learn that ______at last.

A. the woman went to dinner with Steve

B. Steve invited Miss Maynell to dinner

C. Steve had dinner with Miss Maynell

【5】Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Girl with a Rose Tests Kindness

B. Looks can Give People Wrong Ideas

C. Friendship can Bring People a Surprise

The king invited doctors from different parts of his country to make him______. But no one could help the king lose weight.

One day, an old man visited the country. He heard about the king’s______. He volunteered (自愿) to help the king lose some weight. The king decided to let him______.

The old man lived______. He said that the king had to come to him and asked the king to come for treatment the next day. But the king would have to______there, the old man added.

The king came the next day.______, the old man was not there. His son asked the king to come and meet his father the next day.

The king came every day for two weeks, but he never once saw the old man. But he did notice that he felt a lot______. He had lost some weight. He finally realized why the old man had asked him to walk so far.

【1】A. lazy B. shy C. strict D. stupid

【2】A. head B. eyes C. body D. hand

【3】A. active B. happy C. strong D. healthy

【4】A. story B. problem C. dream D. discovery

【5】A. try B. start C. go D. pass

【6】A. alone B. far away C. freely D. nearby

【7】A. work B. move C. walk D. stay

【8】A. Especially B. Suddenly C. Immediately D. Unluckily

【9】A. lighter B. angrier C. happier D. busier

As summer begins, some countries, like the US, UK and most of other countries in the EU, move the time forward one hour: 12 o’clock becomes 1 o’clock. This is to give people one more hour of ____. This is called “daylight saving time (夏令時(shí)時(shí)間)”.

But as winter arrives, you’ll notice the darkness stays with us______. The sun doesn’t enjoy being out as often as in the summer. To deal with this, these countries turn the clocks______one hour: 1 o’clock goes back to 12 o’clock.

Countries have done this for about 100 years. At some point, most of the world has tested with it. In fact, from 1986 to 1991, China used daylight saving time.

By having another hour of sunlight, you can save______by not needing to turn the lights on. Also, it can help the economy (經(jīng)濟(jì)), as people enjoy shopping when it is brighter. But people think it disrupts (打亂) sleeping habits. And because mornings are darker, the______of people getting to work and school is a problem.

【1】A. change B. stop C. pass

【2】A. sleep B. sports C. sunlight

【3】A. shorter B. longer C. slower

【4】A. back B. up C. forward

【5】A. money B. energy C. time

【6】A. life B. tradition C. safety

A husband and wife were driving down a country road on their way to visit some friends. As they came to a muddy (泥濘的) part of the road, their car【1】(break) down.

They tried to get the car out by themselves, but it didn’t work. Then they saw a farmer【2】 (come) down the road. He was driving some oxen (牛). He stopped when he saw the couple was in trouble. He said he would pull the car out of the mud for $20 (130 yuan). They agreed and minutes 【3】(late) the car was free.

The farmer turned to the husband and said, “You know, you’re the【4】(ten) car I’ve helped out of the mud today.”

The husband looked around at the large land and asked the farmer, “When do you have time to plow (犁) all your【5】(field) ?At night?”

“No,” the farmer answered, “I put the water in the hole at night!”

A. Each part has a different meaning.

B. So they cannot create as many numbers as we can.

C. That’s because China has the longest mobile phone numbers in the world.

D. Also, mobile phone numbers can be recycled.

E. The main reason for using 11 digits is that we have the largest population in the world.

Have you ever counted the number of digits(數(shù)字) in your mobile phone number? Your number has 11 digits. You may sometimes find it hard to remember your number.【1】Why is that?

The 11 digits can be divided into three parts.【2】The first three numbers tell you which mobile phone service provider you are using. For example, 135 is for the China Mobile Communication Corporation and 188 is for China Unicom. The fourth to the seventh digits tell you which area the number is recorded in. And the last four digits are random (隨機(jī)的).

【3】We once had 10 numbers. But as our population grew, there were not enough numbers for us to use. So we began to use 11 digits starting from 1999.

Eleven digits can be used to make tens of billions of mobile phone numbers, according to the Xinhua News Agency. That’s enough for each person to have seven or eight phone numbers to use in China.【4】Usually, the service provider will reuse a canceled number after three to six months. If you call a number that you haven’t contacted (聯(lián)絡(luò)) for a long time, you may find that its owner has changed.

Besides China, Britain and Japan also use 11-digit mobile phone numbers. But their numbers always start with 0.【5】Countries like the United States, Australia and India use phone numbers with l0 digits. Canada’s mobile phone numbers are perhaps the world’s shortest: they use seven digits.

A: I’d like two tickets for the movie on Friday, please.

B:【1】, madam?

A: It’s Dark and Stormy Night.

B: I’m sorry, that show is【2】.

A: Well, how about Saturday or Sunday?

B: Yes, we do have tickets for that movie on those days.

A: Are there【3】left for the middle row for Saturday?

B: Yes, but they are not next to each other.

A: Oh, that’s a pity. We prefer to【4】.

B: In that case, we still have some seats together in the front or at the back.

A: The front row sounds good.【5】?

B: 25 dollars in total.

A: Ok, I’ll take them.

閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)漢語(yǔ)提示完成句子；每空一詞。

【1】The newly-opened supermarket had something on sale last Sunday. (改為一般疑問句)

______ the newly-opened supermarket ______ anything on sale last Sunday?

【2】They will study abroad after they finish high school. (改為同義句)

They won’t study abroad ______ they ______ high school.

【3】他們一大早就動(dòng)身去倫敦旅行了。

They ______ ______ for London on a holiday early in the morning.

【4】我們應(yīng)該在扔掉廢物前進(jìn)行分類。

We should divide the waste into different groups before ______ it ______.

【5】有人擔(dān)心將來機(jī)器人會(huì)取代人類。

Some people worry that robots will take the place of humans ______ the ______.

【1】Tom, take out the rubbish. Mum will be ______ (發(fā)瘋) if she sees this mess.

【2】During the next few days, I have decided to have a good rest by taking a walk or seeing a film. I really need to ______ (放松).

【3】To sing an English song ______ (正確地), I listen to the CD again and again, and check every word in the dictionary.

【4】I couldn’t help laughing loudly when I heard such a ______ (humorous) story.

【5】Tiangong Ⅰ, China’s first space lab, ______ (come back) to the earth after finishing its job on April 2 this year.