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It was pouring outside．We all stood there ，some patiently，others annoyed nature messed up （弄糟） their hurried day．I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens .away the dirt and dust of the world．

“Mom ，let’s run through the rain，” a girl’s voice me．

“No，honey．We’ll wait until it down a bit，” Mom replied．

The young girl waited about another minute and ，“Mom，let’s run through the rain．”

“We’ll get wet if we do，” Mom said．

“No，we won’t，Mom．That’s not what you said this morning，” the young girl said as she .her Mom’s arm．

“This morning? did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer，you said，‘ If God can get us through this，he can get us through ．’ ”

The entire crowd turned ．Mom paused and thought for a moment about she would say．Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being ．But then we heard，“Honey，you are ．Let’s run through the rain．If we get wet，maybe we just need washing，” Mom said．Then hey ran．

We all stood ，smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars．Yes，they got wet．But they wer by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the to their cars．Circumstances （境況） or people can take away your material possessions，and they can even take away your ．But no one can ever take away your precious ．So，don’t forget to make time and take the to make memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain．

1.A．waiting B．talking C．complaining D．expecting

2.A．a(chǎn)s if B．even if C．when D．because

3.A．taking B．washing C．driving D．putting

4.A．broke B．caught C．impressed D．called

5.A．pushes B．comes C．slows D．calms

6.A．a(chǎn)sked B．required C．repeated D．a(chǎn)dded

7.A．felt B．touched C．waved D．pulled

8.A．Why B．When C．How D．Where

9.A．the rain B．the disease C．something D．a(chǎn)nything

10.A．silent B．still C．serious D．a(chǎn)ngry

11.A．whether B．how C．what D．if

12.A．dishonest B．forgetful C．daring D．silly

13.A．stupid B．wrong C．right D．clever

14.A．on B．a(chǎn)long C．off D．over

15.A．sighing B．joking C．watching D．discussing

16.A．guided B．followed C．respected D．praised

17.A．way B．time C．same D．best

18.A．health B．money C．house D．time

19.A．children B．courage C．memories D．experience

20.A．possibilities B．challenge C．risk D．opportunities

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Usually most divers don’t go very deep．Mainly they dive to a deep of about 20 meters．Then they swam around as they slowly return to the surface．Everyone wants to dive must first have diving lessons．There are the number of dangers that you have to learn about．For one thing，you might have problems with its air bottle．A diver must know however the equipment works and be able to recognize possible problem．There are also dangerous types of fish that you must look out for．You must be familiar to the environment you’ll be diving in．Before you go on a dive，make sure you know that what you are getting into．Diving may look easily，but if you don’t have the necessary training，it can be both difficult and dangerous．

Of all the things that will make life entirely happy, the greatest is the possession of friendship. One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed.

On the first Sunday in August, it’s time to recognize your friends and their contribution to your life. The first Sunday in August was fixed as National Friendship Day by the U.S. Congress in 1935, and remains a tradition in many countries and cultures. In 1997, the United Nations named Winnie the Pooh as the world’s Ambassador of Friendship.

Obviously, there are several friendship holidays, all of which fall on fixed dates.

National Friendship Day is on the first Sunday in August

Women’s Friendship Day is on the third Sunday in September

International Friendship Month is February

Old Friends, New Friends Week is the third week of May

People show their appreciation for friendship in various ways. Some expressions may be practical ones, such as flowers, particularly the pink friendship roses, cookies, chocolates, souvenirs from their vacations, a tape of favorite songs, farewell dinners, and welcome balloons.

Recipe for Friendship 2 cups of patience, 1 heart full of love, 2 handfuls of generosity, 2 cups of loyalty, 1 cup of understanding, with some laughter. Mix them all well. Spray (噴灑) generously over a lifetime and serve everyone you meet.

Friendship helps to bring peace and positive things to the globe, another great reason to celebrate! Although our friends certainly deserve thanks on more than just one day of the year, what better day to honor them than Friendship Day!!

1.Which of the following proverbs supports the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. Friendship cannot stand always on one side.

B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

C. A friend without faults will never be found.

D. A life without a friend is a life without a sun.

2.Which of the holidays happens first in a year?

A. National Friendship Day.

B. Women’s Friendship Day.

C. International Friendship Month.

D. Old Friends, New Friends Week.

3.What is most needed to make friendship grow, develop and last?

A. Inviting your friends over for a party.

B. Looking on your friends as relatives.

C. Honoring your friends on Friendship Day.

D. Being loyal and generous to your friends.

4.“Recipe for Friendship” here actually means ______________.

A. a prescription (處方) for curing friends

B. a method of keeping a friendship

C. the pleasure of having friends

D. the importance of friendship

Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small dog-like animals have long been accused (控告)of killing farm animals. They are officially considered as harmful and farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them.

Farmers can do call on the services of their local hunt to control the fox population . Hunting consists of hunting a fox across the countryside, with a group of specially trained dogs, followed by men and women riding horses. When the dogs eventually catch the fox , they kill it or a hunter shoots it.

People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport ; they wear a special uniform of red coats and white trousers , and follow strict codes of behavior. But owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive, so most hunters are wealthy.

It is estimated (估計) that up to 100,000 people watch or take part in fox hunting . But over the last couple of decades the number of people against fox hunting , because they think it is cruel, has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to succeed without some kind of confrontation between hunters and hunt saboteurs（阻攔者）. Sometimes these incidents lead to violence, but mostly saboteurs fight with the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the search of the fox’s smell, which the dogs follow.

Noisy confrontations between hunters and saboteurs have become so common that they are almost as much a part of hunting as the hunting of foxes itself. But this year supporters of fox hunting face a much bigger threat to their sport. A Labour Party Member of the Parliament, Mike Foster, is trying to get Parliament to pass a new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal. If the law is passed, wild animals like foxes will be protected under the ban in Britain.

1.What is special about fox hunting in Britain?

A. It involves the use of a deadly poison.

B. It is a costly event which rarely happens.

C. The hunters have set rules to follow.

D. The hunters have to go through strict training.

2.A new law may be passed by the British Parliament to ________

A. keep farmers from hunting foxes.

B. forbid hunting foxes with dogs.

C. stop hunting wild animals in the countryside

D. prevent fox hunting in large numbers

3.Which can replace the underlined word in paragraph 4?

A. reunion(聯(lián)合) B. conversation(對話)

C. conflict(沖突) D. relationship

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閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給出的四個選項（A．B．C．D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

Once I went to a railway station near New York. I ________ to take the night train there. ________ of people were pushing into the ________ train. I found a railway official and asked him if I could get a place in a sleeping car, ________he said sharply, “No, you can’t. The train is full. Don’t ________ me any more.”

I was very ________ indeed. I said to the friend who was with me, “ He talked to me like this ________he doesn’t know that I am a famous writer. If he knew…”But before I could ________ my sentence, my friend said, “Don’t be ________ . How could that help you? Whoever you are, there are no ________ seats on the train.” I was ________he was wrong, so I went up to the same official again and told him that I was Mark Twain. But he only relied, “I told you not to trouble me any more.”

Just then I ________a young porter in a sleeping car looking at me. He whispered (低語) something to the train conductor, and that conductor came over to me and said very ________, “ Can I help you, sir?” “ I ________ do.” I answered.

The porter took our boxes and we got onto the train. When the porter saw we were comfortably ________ in our places, he said, “Now. Is there anything you want, sir? Because you can have whatever you ________ .”

After the porter had ________ , my friend looked ashamed （羞愧）. He said. “I am________ I said those things to you just now…” Just then the porter came again and said. “ Oh. Sir, I ________ you immediately”. “Really?” I said happily, “of course”, he said. “I recognized you the ________ I saw you and told the conductor that you are Mr Smith, the mayor （市長） of New York City.”

1.A. managed B. failed C. used D. happened

2.A. Some B. Most C. Crowds D. Many

3.A. night B. busy C. full D. leaving

4.A. but B. and C. though D. where

5.A. ask B. trouble C. follow D. strike

6.A. nervous B. happy C. hurt D. busy

7.A. as if B. since C. suppose D. because

8.A. complete B. continue C. make D. speak

9.A. upset B. sad C. foolish D. discouraged

10.A. more B. enough C. comfortable D. empty

11.A. concerned B. sure C. told D. interested

12.A. met B. noticed C. remembered D. knew

13.A. loudly B. calmly C. politely D. slowly

14.A. totally B. immediately C. certainly D. eventually

15.A. taken B. settled C. laid D. hidden

16.A. take B. bring C. like D. buy

17.A. returned B. gone C. failed D. agreed

18.A. sorry B. lucky C. afraid D. sure

19.A. admired B. realized C. recognized D. respected

20.A. day B. place C. minute D. soon

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

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In Canada and the United States, people enjoy entertaining(請客) at home. They often invite friends over 1. a meal, a party, or just for coffee and conversation.

Here are the 2. (kind) of things people say when they invite someone to their home:

"Would you like to come over for dinner Saturday night?""Hey, we 3. (have) a party on Friday. Can you come?"

4. (reply) to an invitation, either say thank you and accept, or say you're sorry and give an excuse:"Thanks, I'd love to. What time would you like me to come?" 5. "Oh, sorry. I've tickets for a movie."

Sometimes, 6. ,people use expressions that sound like invitations but which are not real invitations. For example:"Please come over for a drink sometime.""Why not get together for 7. party sometime?" "Why don't you come over and see us sometime soon?"

They are really just polite ways of 8. (end) a conversation. They are not real invitations because they don't mention a specific(確定的) time or date. They just show that the person is trying to be 9. (friend).To reply to expressions like these, people just say "Sure, that would be great!" or "OK. Yes, thanks."

So next time when you hear 10. sounds like an invitation, listen carefully. Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly?

書面表達

如今越來越多的人熱衷于過西方的節(jié)日。你如何看待中國人過洋節(jié)？為此，你班上展開討論，你將討論結(jié)果寄給學校的英語刊物。

注意：1、必須包括所有內(nèi)容要點，可適當發(fā)揮；

2、詞數(shù)110左右；

---Jane has made great progress in English this term.

--- ______, and______.

A. So she has; so you have

B. So has she; so you have

C. So has she; so have you

D. So she has; so have you

Many kids don't drink enough water daily, according to a new study. The study's lead author, Erica Kenney, at first planned to look into the amount of sugary drinks kids were drinking in schools. However, during her research she found that many kids were simply not drinking enough water.

Kenney and her team examined data from a group of 4,000 children, aged 6 to19, between the years of 2009 and 2012. The data was taken from the National Health and Nutrition Survey,a study on the health of children in the United States conducted each year by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention..

While looking through the survey results, she noticed that more than half of the kids who took part in the study were dehydrated (脫水的). Of' that group, boys were 76% more likely than girls not to have enough water in their system. Nearly one quarter of the kids in the survey reported drinking no plain water at all.

“These findings highlight(突出) a possible health issue that wasn't given a lot of attention in the past," Kenney said in a statement. “Even though for most of these kids this is not an immediate and great health threat, this is an issue that could really be reducing quality of life and well-being for many children and youth."

The United States-National Agriculture Library says average kids need between 10 to 14 cups of water every day. This water can come from a mix of drinks and foods that contain high amounts of water, such as celery, melons or tomatoes. It is also recommended that fluids（液體）come from water instead of sugary drinks that are high in calories and can lead to weight problems.

1.What was Erica Kenney's purpose in doing the study?

A. To study if kids drink enough water daily :

B. To prove that sugary drinks are harmful to kids

C. To show what kind of sugary drinks kids love.

D. To find out how many sugary drinks kids drink at school.

2.According to the findings of Erica Kenney's study, we know that ________.

A. school kids cannot find drinkable water easily

B. boys are more likely to get dehydrated than girls

C. sugary drinks are very popular with school kids

D. most kids know the importance of drinking plain water .

3.From the last paragraph we learn that kids________.

A. should drink plain water to lose weight

B. can try to take in water from sugary drinks .

C. can eat celery, melons and tomatoes for water .

D. should drink no more than 10 cups of water every day

4.The text mainly tells us that many kids_____________

A. don ' t like drinking water

B. prefer sugary drinks to water

C. are at risk of health problems

D. don ' t drink enough water daily