—What a pity! Why didn't you watch the final of the football competition last night?

—I the history project with my friends at that time.

A.discussed B.was discussing C.have discussed D.discuss

This winter, schools in Taixing start___ than before but the students stay at school as___ as before.

A.earlier;longer B.earlier;shorter C.later;long D.late;shorter

When I was a junior high school student in 1980, God gave me a gift, it was happiness.

One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home a car ran over me and cut off my _________ because of its high speed. Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life without arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears._________ slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn’t get my arms back even though I cried every day.

However, it’s easier said than done. It _______ me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness completely. I got so much from my past story.

From then on, I could treat my life with a normal mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates _________ about little things: They get a bad grade on a test; their bus comes late; they don’t have a mobile phone, but _________ have, and so on. But I only _______ life. I was lucky to realize from an accident.

It is a waste of our life to focus on what you have _______. We should always think of what we have. So why are so many people unhappy? Someone may say, “My whole life would improve _______ I have a new car.” But when you get the car and what _________? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.

Happiness depends on what we have! It’s in our heart. It’s a state of mind, even though you own the whole world, you may still feel ________.Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating(感激) and taking pleasure in what you really have.

1.A.feet B.legs C.arms D.ears

2.A.Or B.But C.So D.Once

3.A.cost B.spent C.took D.gave

4.A.excited B.nervous C.serious D.worried

5.A.the other B.one another C.other D.others

6.A.hate B.dislike C.enjoy D.save

7.A.lost B.had C.found D.spent

8.A.because B.as C.if D.whether

9.A.happens B.takes place C.used D.uses

10.A.funny B.happy C.excited D.unhappy

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now soexhaustedthat he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended(假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow showed off its flying skills.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.

d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A.e, c, d, a, b B.a, e, c, d, b

C.c, e, a, d, b D.e, a, d, c, b

2.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A.Tired. B.Angry.

C.Frightened. D.Regretful.

3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A.It was showing another flying skill.

B.It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.

C.It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D.It was enjoying itself by doing so.

4.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A.The crow didn’t know flying.

B.Flying skills were useless.

C.The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D.The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.

5.What does the story tell us?

A.No pains, no gains.

B.The early bird catches the worm.

C.Pride goes before a fall.

D.Practice makes perfect.

A man made a nice talking machine. It could weigh people. The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of these kinds of machines.

He put the machine into the waiting room of a station . There were always lots of people in and out there.

The first one began to use the machine. It was an Indian woman. When she stand on the machine, the machine thought for a few minutes to decide which language it should speak. “Good morning, madam,” it said in Indian. “Your weight is 72 kilos. That’s three kilos more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Wish you a nice day.”

The second one who used the machine was a nice Chinese girl. She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. “Good morning , Miss ,”the machine said in Chinese. “Your weight is 45 kilos. It’s all right for your age and height. Go on to eat what you eat every day. Wish you a nice day.”

The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman. She thought for a long time before standing on the machine. But as soon as she stood on the machine, the machine spoke quickly in English , “Good morning . Will one of you get off?”

1.The nice talking machine could_____

A.tell people what they should eat

B.weigh and talk to people

C.tell people how old they are

D.tell a story

2.First the man put his machine .

A.in the doctor’s waiting room B.in a museum

C.in a station D.in a train

3.What did the machine tell the Indian woman?

A.She was a little lighter.

B.She was just all right.

C.She needed to eat more and exercise more.

D.She was a little bit heavy.

4.Which of the following is RIGHT?

A.The machine tested only two people.

B.The Chinese girl was too thin.

C.The Indian woman was in fact heavier than the American woman..

D.Of the three the Chinese girl was the lightest.

5.The machine said quickly “Will one of you get off?” because

A.two people were on it

B.the third woman was too fat

C.something was wrong with it

D.the machine didn’t know where the third woman was from

It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers（祖先） had lived in the same way for centuries. 

Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog's legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.

This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn't last long. 

No one noticed the change at first, but it seemed to be more insects around recently. So they had to use the money they made to buy pesticides(杀虫剂)and medicines. Soon there was no money left.

The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately. 

Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn't been useless. They had been doing an important job-eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading(传播) diseases.

Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.

1.From Paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers _____.

A.worked very hard for centuries

B.dreamed of having a better life

C.were poor but somewhat content

D.lived a different life from their forefathers

2.Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

A.The frogs were easy money.

B.They needed money to buy medicine.

C.They wanted to please the visitors.

D.The frogs made too much noise.

3.What might be the cause of the children's sickness?

A.The crops didn't do well.

B.There were too many insects.

C.The visitors brought in diseases.

D.The pesticides were overused.

4.What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?

A.Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.

B.Health is more important than money.

C.The harmony between man and nature is important.

D.Good old days will never be forgotten.

句型转换

1.It took my cousin two hours to draw an eagle on the poster. (改成同义句)

My cousin ________two hours___________ the eagle on the poster.

2.Kitty often reads English magazines. (用at 7 p.m. yesterday改写句子)

Kitty__________ ___________ an English magazine at 7 p.m. yesterday.

3.Simon went to the supermarket. Simon bought some juice.(合并为一句)

Simon went to the supermarket __________ __________ to buy some juice.

4.Tony' s bike isn' t as expensive as Mike's.(改为同义句)

Mike's bike is__________ ___________than Tony's.

5.If we do nothing，there will not be any pandas left.(改为同义句)

If we don't do_________, there will be __________ pandas left.

6.一年后，他不再是个小婴儿了

One year later, he isn't a small baby _______

7.在这个镇，竹林正变得越来越小

The bamboo forest is becoming _______ in this town.

8.许多野生动物长年生活在自然保护区。

Many wild animals live in nature reserves_________

9.观鸟者们记录下了他们种类和数量上的变化。

The birdwatchers recorded their types and changes_________

10.秋天是登山最棒的时间

_______to climb the mountains is autumn.

阅读短文，根据短文信息完成文后表格，每空一词。

The haze（雾霾）season is back. How much do you know about haze? Haze can also be called “Smog”. The word "smog" is from the words “smoke” and “fog”, it first appeared in the early 20th century, It is a kind of air pollution（污染）caused（导致）mostly by cars and factories.

Smog will do great harm（伤害）to your health, especially lungs（肺）.It can make you cough and cause skin and eye problems. It seems that we can do nothing to stop it, but only wait until the wind blows all the smog away. However, there are some easy ways to prevent it hurting you. Here are some of them.

1. Don’t do exercise in the open.

Exercising in the open makes you breathe（呼吸）deeply, and you will take in the particles（颗粒物）deep into your lungs.

2. Stay indoors and keep the air clean.

If you can, just stay in your room and keep the doors and windows closed. Remember to air your room twice a day, you can open the window at noon or at night for half an hour.

3. Wear a mask.

Paper and cotton masks can not help you in the haze weather. Some special masks, such as N95 masks, can keep you from breathing in the particles in the air.

4.Change your diet.

Scientists find that vitamin A, C and E can greatly help protect your eyes, nose and lungs.

So eat more green vegetables and fresh fruit everyday. What’s more, do not eat food with too much fat（脂肪），it’s bad for your lungs.

The haze weather

What is haze?

短文首字母填空。

When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be f1.. When you put one finger in front of your m2., you mean "Be quiet."

Yet, people in different countries may use different sign languages.

Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could speak little Italian. One day w3. he was walking in the street, he felt h4. and went into a restaurant. As the waiter came, the Englishman o5. his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way, he meant to say, "B6. me something to eat." But the waiter gave him a lot of things to d7.. First tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food. The Englishman was sorry that he wasn't a8. to tell the waiter what he wanted. He was ready to leave the restaurant when a9. man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And this sign was good e10. for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. At last the Englishman had his meal in the same way.

Mr. Wang is coming to our school. I can’t wait to see .

A.her B.him C.it D.them