--What did he ask on the phone just now?

-- He wanted to know_____.

A. when the meeting will start         B. what he was going to say at the meeting

C. how long would the meeting last    D. who is the host of the meeting

– Do you mind my borrowing your e-dictionary, Simon?

-- ________________

A. Yes, please.                              B. No, please don’t.    

C. No, go ahead.                            D. Yes, not at all.

Memory is very important for life. A memory   1   something you remember. Many people think that memory is connected with our   2  . For example, if someone says, “This is a crab,” and then   3   a large crab on your hand, you will   4   remember the word “crab”! When something   5    happens, we usually remember it well, and we also remember where we were and what we were doing.

Scientists believe that there are three kinds of memory—immediate, short-term and   6  . When people get older, the short-term memory becomes   7   , but we can still remember things that happened a long time ago.

There is one way to  8   your memory. If you want to remember something, you must make a picture in your   9  . If the picture is silly, strange and funny, you will remember it better. For example, I am trying to remember the word “smiles”. An easy way to do this is to  10  there is a “mile” between the first letter and the last letter. This makes it the longest word in the world.

You can help yourself remember things by keeping a diary. Healthy food and plenty of vitamins can make our memory more efficient.

1. A. carries                            B. means                      C. finds                        D. reports

  2. A. climates              B. feelings               C. colours              D. languages

      3. A. writes               B. sends                       C. puts                        D. draws

      4. A. probably               B. slowly                  C. hardly                D. never

  5. A. boring               B. usual                 C. regular                D. exciting

  6. A. long-term            B. common             C. good                 D. bad

  7. A. better                       B. worse                C. faster                       D. slower

  8. A. help                        B. protect              C. improve               D. make

  9. A. body                B. mind                 C. hand                 D. eye

  10. A. see                  B. remember              C. imagine                D. know

When Tom finished his studies at the university (大學(xué)), he began to look around for a job. He did not know what he would like to do, but one of his uncles had worked for the government for thirty years, and he advised Tom to try to get a job of the same kind, so he went for an exam one day. He was successful, and his first job was in a large government office in London.

  When Tom had been working there for a few weeks, his uncle came to visit the family one Saturday evening. He was pleased that his nephew (侄子) had got a job working for the government, and he asked him a lot of questions about it.

  One of the questions he asked was, “How many people work in your department (部門(mén)), Tom?”

  The young man thought for a few moments and then answered, “About half of them, Uncle Jim.”

1. When he graduated (畢業(yè)) from university, Tom was not ________.

   A. very good at science         

B. looking for a good-paying job with excellent hours

C. interested in getting any information from the government

D. good at making decisions

2. What did Tom think of his uncle’s advice?

   A. He thought it was good                                  

B. He did not like it.

   C. He refused to take it.                                    

D. He was unable to follow it.

3. Which of the following is mentioned in the story?

   A. The exam tired him.

   B. He passed the exam and got a job in a government office.

   C. He didn’t want to take part in the exam.

   D. The result was bad.

4. The uncle wanted to find out ________.

   A. how his nephew was getting along with his job

   B. what his nephew was doing

   C. whether his nephew could understand him or no

   D. what his nephew had expected

5. In fact Tom’s answer means that __________.

   A. the people working in the government office were in two groups and they worked in turn

   B. most of the government workers were not working hard

   C. the government office had more hands than needed

   D. only half of the government workers went to work on time

I don’t often lose things and I’m always careful with money, so I was quite surprised when I reached for my wallet and it wasn’t there. At first, I thought it was possible that I could have left it at home. Then I remembered taking it out to pay the taxi, so I knew I had it with me just before I walked into the restaurant. I wondered if it was possible that it could have dropped out of my pocket while I was eating dinner. I turned and walked back to the table where I had been sitting. Unluckily, there were several people sitting at the table at that time, so I had the waiter go over to the table to see if my wallet was on the floor. While the waiter was looking for it, the head of the restaurant came up to me and asked me if anything was wrong. I told him what had happened. He asked me to report the missing wallet to the police. I told him I didn’t want to do so; I was in a hurry because I had to reach my waiting room before two o’clock, where some people were waiting to see me. I also told him that my biggest worry at the moment was how I was going to pay for the meal. He told me not to worry about that. He asked me to write down my name and address, and he said he would send me a bill (賬單).

1. When the writer couldn’t find his wallet, his first thought was that________

A. it had been given to the taxi-driver                   B. he had dropped it in the taxi

C. it might be left at home                         D. he had lost his wallet again

2. The writer thought he must have the wallet with him because___________.

A. he had paid the taxi-driver                          B. he had paid the bill of the meal

C. the waiter had seen it on the table                    D. the waiter was looking for it on the floor

3. Why do you think the writer turned and walked back to the table?

A. He would phone the police about the missing of his wallet.

B. Several people were sitting at the table at that time.

C. He wondered if he had dropped his wallet while eating.

D. The head of the restaurant wanted to know what was wrong.

4. The writer of the story is probably a _________.

A. cook                                                             B. doctor   

C. school teacher                                                    D. newspaper reporter

5. Which of the following words can best describe the head of the restaurant?

   A. Modest.                 B. Careful.                 C. Kind.                D. Clever.

  One day, I happened to talk to a stranger (陌生人) on the bus. When he found out that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good friends lived there and he wondered if I happened to know him. At first I wanted to say that it was foolish (愚蠢的) to think like that, for out of all the millions of people in Chicago, I could not possibly know his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that Chicago was a very big city. He was quiet for a few minutes, and then he began to tell me all about his friend.

  He told me that his friend was an excellent tennis player and that he even had his own tennis court. He added that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, but that he only knew two people in the country who had their own tennis courts. And his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several people like that, for example, my brother and my next-door neighbour. I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in California. Then he asked where my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend spent the summer in Sacramento and lived next door to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next-door went to Sacramento last summer and lived in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say anything.

  “Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?” It was my turn to laugh.

1. How many persons does the story involve (涉及)?

   A. Four.        B. Five.         C. Six.          D. Seven.

2. Which of the following is true?

   A. The story happened in Chicago.

   B. The writer’s brother lived in Sacramento.

   C. Both the writer and the stranger lived in Chicago.

   D. Both the writer and his brother lived in California.

3. The writer said that Chicago was a very big city. That means _____________.

   A. it was possible for him to happen to know the stranger’s friend

   B. he didn’t want to look for the stranger’s friend

   C. it was impossible to find the stranger’s friend

   D. he didn’t know the stranger’s friend

4. When the stranger told the writer that only two people in the country had their own tennis courts, he meant that ____________.

    A. his friend was a famous person

    B. his friend was an excellent player

    C. the writer could find his friend

    D. the writer would happen to know his friend

5. Which is the best title of the story?

   A. On a bus                           B. Two tennis players

   C. One in a million                 D. Chicago is a large city

根據(jù)句意，用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。

1.  Which city has ____________ ( little ) air pollution, Wuxi or Nanjing?

2.  Next Sunday will be my brother’s __________ ( nine ) birthday.

3.  The boy is talented and ______________ ( energy ), so we all like him.

4.  Last Saturday evening Helen ran into a friend of __________ ( she ) at the shopping centre.

5.  Could you tell me how many ____________ ( shelf ) there are in your school library?

根據(jù)句意和漢語(yǔ)注釋?zhuān)瑢?xiě)出單詞的正確形式。

1.  Different people have different eating _____________ (習(xí)慣) around the world.

2.  “My little cat has died,” the boy said __________ (悲傷).

3.  Our teacher spent about half an hour ______________ (解釋) the Maths problem to us.

4.  She had to make further ____________ (交流) with others before she made a decision.

5.  We all know that Zhao Wei is one of the best ____________ (演員) in China.

用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給動(dòng)詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。

1.  In the past three years, my home town ______________(change) a lot.

2.  It’s hard to say what ____________ (happen) in one hundred years in our country.

3.  Usually what the teachers say _________ (forget) by the students, so the teachers have to repeat their words again and again.

4.  I know you must be very tired after ________ (prepare) for the English test for such a long time.

5.  When I got to the station yesterday morning, my friends _______(wait ) for me at the entrance.

6.  He heard a loud noise. Then he stopped watching TV and _______(see) a big mouse.

7.  Any books including paper should not ________ (take) into the test classroom.

8.  Where are your parents?  They __________ ( make ) dinner in the kitchen.

9.  By the time she was fifteen, she ___________ ( teach ) herself a foreign language.

10.  All of us are willing _____________ ( help ) you at any time.

按所給的漢語(yǔ)，用英語(yǔ)完成下列句子。

1. 中學(xué)生最好不要沉迷于電腦游戲。

  Middle school students had ___________________________________ about computer games.

2. 他在業(yè)余時(shí)間致力于為希望工程籌集資金。

He devotes ____________________________________________________ for Project Hope.

3. 他很隨和，容易與人相處。

  He’s easy-going enough _________________________________________________.

4. 當(dāng)我到達(dá)醫(yī)院時(shí)，醫(yī)生正忙著為他動(dòng)手術(shù)。

  When I got to the hospital, the doctors ______________________________________.

5. 歧視盲人是不禮貌的，你不應(yīng)該嘲笑他們。

  It is impolite _____________________________________. You should not laugh at them.

6. 在這樣的雨天，我寧愿呆在家里也不愿去聽(tīng)音樂(lè)會(huì)。

I would rather stay at home ___________________________________ on such a rainy day.