Once upon a time, an old woman had two large water pots. Each hung on the end of a pole(杆子)which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect, From the river to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. And the other pot was always full. The perfect pot took pride in its talent.  But the poor cracked pot felt sad for its own disadvantages.

One day by the river the cracked pot said to the woman, "I feel bad about myself, because the crack in me causes water to come out all the way back to your house.”

The old woman smiled and said, "Why are there flowers on your side of the road, but not on the other pot's side ? That's because I have always known about your crack. So I planted flowers on your side of the road, and every day while we walk back, you water them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my house, There would not be this beauty without you. Each of us has our own cracks. But the cracks make our lives so interesting and beautiful."

So, to all the cracked pot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the road !

1.If each of the two pots could be filled with 20 kilos of water, the woman would probably get ______ kilos of water from the river to the house.

A. 10 B. 20 C. 30 D. 40

2.How did the cracked pot feel about itself at first ?

A. Proud B. Happy C. Excited D. Ashamed.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?

A. The woman preferred the perfect pot to the cracked pot.

B. The cracked pot felt more talented than the perfect pot.

C. There were beautiful flowers on both sides of the road.

D. The old woman decorated her house with some flowers.

4.The underlined word disadvantages means ______.

A. 缺陷 B. 过失 C. 笨拙 D. 才能

5.What can we learn from the story ?

A. Practice makes perfect. B. Success never comes easily

C. Early bird catches worms first D. Everyone has a talent.

1.Please take good care of my pet, _______ _______ ? （改反义疑问句）

2.It had stopped raining when I woke up this morning. （改一般疑问句）

_______ it _______ raining when I woke up this morning ?

3.By the time I got up, my sister had taken a shower.（就划线部分提问）

_______ _______ your sister done by the time you got up?

4.I bought the bike ten years ago.（改同义句）

I _______ _______ the bike since ten years ago.

April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. On that day people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.

One April Fool’s Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarket to buy as much as spaghetti as they could. By the time people realized the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out. In another famous trick a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water. They said it would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months. By the end of the day,　more than 10000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.

Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny. A famous TV star asked his girlfriend to marry him on his TV show. The girl said “Yes.” But he replied, “April Fool !” That joke didn’t have a very happy ending. The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.

One of the world’s most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than in April. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States. People believed the story and fear spread across the whole country. By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax, many people had left their homes.

任务一：When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth?

1.

任务二：Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

2.

任务三： 第二段划线的 “it” 是指代3.

任务四：What is the main idea of the passage ?

4.

为了使同学们与人交往时举止更加文雅，你校学生会正在举办以“How to behave well ?”为主题的英语征文比赛，请你写一篇短文。（以上背景内容无需表述）

要点如下：1.学生应该守时，守信，不撒谎，不说脏话； 2.礼貌待人，热心助人； 3.遵守交通规则；不在公共场所喧哗，不乱扔垃圾；4.请你就此话题再补充一至两点个人看法。

要求：1.不要逐词翻译。 2.词数60-80左右。短文首句已给出，不计入词数。

参考词汇：撒谎(tell lies), 守信(keep promises)， 说脏话 (swear at others)

Behaving well is the secret of getting on well with others.

As a student, I think it’s important to do everything on time and keep promises.

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Danny lost his bike, but he believes it _______.

A. can find B. can be found C. found D. was found

Eric is a good boy and he never _______ his parents.

A. takes care of B. pays attention to

C. takes hold of D. talks back to

Fred, could you please _______ the chair? I want to clean the floor.

A. make up B. pick up C. lift up D. fix up

Sue was so _______ her holiday that she couldn’t stop talking about it.

A. sure about B. serious about C. excited about D. worried about

—Steve, you should say sorry to your sister.—_______. I did nothing wrong.

A. No problem B. No way C. I think so D. I hope not

Parents should _______ their children to behave well in public.

A. educate B. invite C. expect D. allow