— Is your sleeping problem getting better?

— No. And __________. They gave me the wrong medicine this time. Can you believe that?

A. a miss is as good as a mile B. it never rains but it pours

C. every dog has its day D. actions speaker louder than words

The machine needs _________. You’d better ________.

A. repaired; to have it fixed B. to be repaired; to have it fixed

C. repairing; have it fix D. repairing; have it fixed

— I wonder _______ if I park my car here.

— Of course it does. You need to find a safer place.

A. when it minds B. whether it matters C. how it matters D. if it works

Christmas is coming, I’m thinking about .

A. what present I gave my parents B. if I planned a party for my parents

C. how I can give my parents a surprise D. whether will my parents and I have a big meal

For the past five years, 44-year-old Rami Adham has spent much of his time helping children in Syria(叙利亚). He keeps sending ____ to them.

Rami Adhman was ____ in Syria, but moved to Finland with his family in 1989. When the Syrian civil war(内战) took place in 2012, he ____ to help the children in his hometown. In the beginning, he ____ planned on sending toys. He thought food, medicine, and drinking water were more ____. Once his daughter asked him to send her toys to the children in Syria. When Adham gave the toys to those poor children, he saw the ____on their faces. From then on, he made toys on the top of his gift list.

Adham soon became known ____ the Father Christmas of Syria. He has travelled from Finland to Syria 28 times, and won’t stop ____ the war ends. Every time he goes to Syria, he carries a heavy bag of toys on his back all the way. It’s a trip full of ____. He might get hurt or be killed at any time, ____ he never gives up. “Now children in Syria are facing death and many ____ possible threats(威胁). I think the toys are really ____ for the children,” he said. “No matter what they ____, they are always happy to share it with others.”

Adham is having a campaign(活动) ____. He wants to raise 100,000 dollars. If it is ____, he plans to use the money to build schools in Syria. The work of Adham is a light among the darkness for many children in Syria.

1.A. books B. food C. money D. toys

2.A. born B. grown C. learned D. left

3.A. forgot B. regretted C. decided D. refused

4.A. usually B. never C. sometimes D. often

5.A. romantic B. amazing C. important D. complete

6.A. joy B. sadness C. anger D. fear

7.A. as B. for C. with D. after

8.A. because B. though C. after D. until

9.A. danger B. happiness C. safety D. patience

10.A. and B. if C. so D. but

11.A. another B. other C. others D. the other

12.A. unknown B. valuable C. expensive D. useless

13.A. remember B. record C. receive D. remind

14.A. just now B. for a moment C. at that time D. at present

15.A. interesting B. necessary C. powerful D. difficult

Live Music---Late Night Jazz

Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet(号手). He is known to play well into the early hours, so don’t want to get much sleep.

PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15---23 June
PRICE: ￥100-150 TIME: 10 p.m. till late!
TEL: 4668736
PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15---23 June
PRICE: ￥100-150 TIME: 10 p.m. till late!
TEL: 4668736
 

Scottish Dancing

Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The wonderful dance from England will be given.

PLACE: Jack Stein’s DATES: 10-20 May
PRICE: ￥150 TIME: 7-10 p.m.
TEL: 4021877
PLACE: Jack Stein’s DATES: 10-20 May
PRICE: ￥150 TIME: 7-10 p.m.
TEL: 4021877
 

Shows---Anhui Museum

There are 12,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history.

PLACE: Anhui Museum DATES: 1Mar-30 Jun
PRICE: ￥130 TIME: Mon-Fri 9a.m-5p.m.
Saturday 9a.m.-9p.m.
TEL: 4886888
PLACE: Anhui Museum DATES: 1Mar-30 Jun
PRICE: ￥130 TIME: Mon-Fri 9a.m-5p.m.
Saturday 9a.m.-9p.m.
TEL: 4886888
 

Your pen friend is coming from Australia to your city for a holiday. You send him this E-mail to tell him something about the hotels.

TEL: 4686788 E-mail: Li [email protected]

1.If you want to watch dancing, you can call______.

A. 4668736 B. 4021877

C. 4886888 D. 4686788

2.You can’t see the whole of Chinese history at____ in April in Anhui Museum.

A. 3p.m. on Sunday

B. 11:30a.m. from Monday to Friday

C. 10a.m. on Saturday

D. 4p.m. on Thursday

3.You can enjoy ______ at Jack Stein’s.

A. American Jazz B. Scottish dancing

C. 12,000 pieces on show D. yourself all night

4.Sun Hotel and Rose Hotel are open for______ months of the year.

A. twelve B. ten C. eleven D. nine

5.ou have ￥140, and you can ______ in May.

A. watch Scottish dancing

B. go to Anhui Museum

C. listen to Jazz

D. stay in Sun Hotel for a night

The way we spend our time can be divided into three groups, or “jars”. These would be the necessary tasks jar, the voluntary tasks jar and the happiness jar.

Every day, we spend time filling the necessary tasks jar. We fill this jar with useful things, like making money, housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another jar with voluntary tasks. These are things that we do for others, but we may not enjoy them. This jar is filled with tasks like taking children to activities and cooking family meals. Those jars are very important. If we don’t fill them each day, our family won’t run properly.

However, we often forget to fill the third jar --- the happiness jar. This is the jar that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your happiness jar sometimes empty at the end of the day? We all have days like that. Between doing all the necessary and voluntary tasks, time flies by on some days, and before we know it, it is time for bed.

That is why each day we try to fill our happiness jar. Most days, I fill mine by going to the ballroom dance(社交舞) class with my husband and daughter. Between the music, the dancing and the friendship among the students, I always leave classes happier than when I entered.

Music is another way that I fill my happiness jar. This week, I was happy to take part in an orchestra(管弦乐队) practice at my church(教堂). A small group of us met to practice Christmas music for a church service. It was a time of fun, friendship and music making. At the end of the evening, my happiness jar was full.

This week, consider how your time is spent. Are you doing enough activities that bring joy to your life? Or are the necessary and voluntary tasks eating up all your time? Try to find ways to achieve a balance between how you are filling your three jars. At the end of the day, hopefully we’ve done all we can to make sure that our happiness jar is filled.

1.From the first three paragraph, we can infer(推断) that ____________.

A. necessary and voluntary tasks are more important than happiness

B. voluntary tasks are those we do for others with pleasure and joy

C. time goes quicker when we do the first two tasks than the third

D. doing the first two tasks often leaves us little time to fill the third jar

2.Which of the following is TRUE about the writer?

A. She is always unhappy when she attends the dance club.

B. She goes to the ballroom dance class to make herself happy every single day.

C. Dancing and music are the two usual ways that she makes herself happy.

D. She takes her husband and daughter to dance club in order to make them happy.

3.What can we do to fill the happiness jar according to the passage?

A. Wash clothes B. Watch a film C. Mop the floor D. Look after children

4.What can we know from Paragraph 4 and 5?

A. The writer took a class at church to practice music.

B. The writer finds friendship is important for her happiness.

C. The writer was invited to attend an orchestra as she is good at singing.

D. The writer was going to listen to music at church at Christmas.

5.The writer wrote this article mainly to _______________.

A. tell readers how to relax in daily life B. tell readers the best way to use their time

C. remind readers to take time to make themselves happy D. tell the importance of necessary and voluntary tasks

I will never forget my experiences in the United States. I went to an American college a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I was hurt in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court(法院).

After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and decided to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was amazed. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible(负有责任的) for my accident, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him. But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215. My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to refuse his help. And he made me pay him $770.

Now I had to act as my own lawyer. I told the insurance(保险)company the date I was leaving America because of my inexperience(缺少经验). Knowing that, they played for time and I left without getting a cent.

My experiences taught me two things about America: firstly, in a country like America money is everything. It is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality. Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America, we should see both its good and bad sides.

1.The writer’s roommate offered to help him because________.

A. he thought it was a chance to make some money B. he felt sorry for the writer

C. he knew the doctor was a very good one D. he wanted the writer to have a good lawyer

2.A good lawyer is important for the writer to __________.

A. be well treated by the doctor B. talk with the person responsible for the accident

C. get what he should be paid for his injury D. get well before he leaves that country.

3.Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very__________.

A. selfish B. friendly C. rude D. busy

4.The underlined word “charge” in the second paragraph means ______.

A. 职责 B. 掌管 C. 索价 D. 命令

5.What conclusion can you draw from the story?

A. Going to court is something very common in America.

B. One must be very careful while driving a car.

C. Money is more important than other things in the US.

D. There are more bad sides in America than good sides.

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Like many other primary school pupils, nine-year-old Minnal went abroad with her parents during the recent school holidays. It may come as a surprise to learn that she neither shopped at a mall nor ate at a fancy restaurant. She climbed a mountain.

For eight days in May, Minnal hiked nearly 100 kilometres to reach the 5364-metre-high Everest(珠穆朗玛峰) base camp in Nepal. The girl talked about her special trip, “I thought this was the most meaningful trip for me.” It has not been confirmed(证实) if the Primary Four pupil is indeed the youngest Singaporean to reach the base camp, as no such records are kept.

Everest’s south base camp in Nepal is where climbers planning to climb the world’s highest peak, stay to get used to the altitude(海拔高度). However, Minnal can’t climb the peak(山峰), because climbers have to be at least sixteen years old to climb the peak.

How did it all start? It all began last year when Minnal’s mother decided she might want to climb the famous Himalayas. As a good hiker, she asked both father and daughter if they were up for the challenge. On 20 May, 2016, the family flew to Nepal.

Minnal shared that most of the eight days were spent hiking ten to fifteen kilometres from 8a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, with the help of three local guides. Luckily, she added, nobody fell ill with altitude sickness. She also said that she is thinking of climbing Everest in the future.

1.What did Minnal do during her stay abroad?

_________________________________________

2.How long does Minnal have to wait to climb the Everest’s peak?

_________________________________________

3.Who helped the family to make sure they didn’t lose their way?

_________________________________________

4.What did Minnal think of the climbing?

_________________________________________

5.When did Minnal’s family fly to Nepal?

_________________________________________

What Would You Do is a TV program on American ABC. The program which is hosted by the news reporter John Quinones is popular with many people. He said, “It is popular with many people—both the y1. and old. It tests what people will do w2. they see someone is in trouble. We use hidden cameras to record what will h3.. Its purpose is to tell us to help people in need.”

Here is last week’s program.

In a cake shop, one actor acted as a blind woman named Pamela and the o4. one acted as the shop worker of the cake shop. The shop worker looked down upon the blind. Hidden cameras were recording what would happen. The blind woman came into the shop and b5. a box of twelve cup cakes. The shop worker cheated her when he gave her the change. He only gave her 6 single dollar bills i6.of 34 dollars.

Would someone be brave enough to h7.the blind woman? Yes! A customer in the cake shop p8. the shop worker from cheating the blind and treating her badly. And other customers joined in too and asked the shop worker to return the r9. money to the blind woman. John appeared in the end and interviewed the first customer who helped Pamela out. She said it was necessary to give a hand to the people in need. “A psychology(心理学) professor once said,” she said, “It’s difficult to take the first step to stand up. It needs c10..”