根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。

66. Please sit _________. There are plenty of seats here. (任何地方)

67. I have ________(许诺) you that I will try one’s best to finish the task in time.

68. Frank ________ to read in bed when he was young, so he is short-sighted. （更喜欢）

69. Before __________(进入) the film industry, Hepburn had put all her effort into ballet training.

70. We all know ________ air does harm to our earth. (污染)。

71. What great difficulty he had ______________ (raise) money for the fashion show.

72. He stood quietly at the door. His _______ (suddenly) appearance made his family very surprised.

73. The job is so boring that one _________ (twelve) of the workers like it.

74. He has been charged with _________(rob) the bank of golden watches.

75. _________ (peace) and happily in the chair sat the old lady.

Feeling left out?

A reader wrote to say that she was feeling lonely at break because her best friend wasn't around．Here’s our advice to her—and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes．

It's hard when a best friend isn’t around—maybe because she moved to a different school or a different class．You may feel lonely at break or lunchtime．You want to have new friends．But how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has their friends．But remember, there’s always room for more friends．　

Start by looking around your classroom—think about which kids you’d like to play with at break．Look for chances to say hi to them，smile，and be friendly．Offer to share something or express your appreciation(欣赏)to them．Invite someone to play with you or say “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom．When you’re at break，walk over to kids you want to play with．act friendly，and say “Hi，can l play, too?” or just join in．

If you have trouble doing this or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make new friends．Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends．The best way to make friends is to be a friend．Be kind，be friendly，share，say nice things, offer to help—and pretty soon，you’ll have one, or two, or even more new friends.

You might still miss that special best friend. But when you see each other, you can share something you didn’t have before she left：You can introduce her to your new friends!

( )61．This text is written for　　　　　 ．

　 　 A．teachers　 B．parents　 C．students D．visitors

( 　)62．According to the writer, some kids feel lonely at break because they　　　　 ．

　 　　A．have trouble with their studies　　 B．don’t have their best friends around

　 　　C．need their parents to be with them D．are too young to look after themselves

( 　)63．The underlined word this in Paragraph 4 refers to(指的是)　　　 ．

A．sharing your ideas　　　　　　 B．talking before many people

C．studying better at school D．developing new friendship

(　　 )64．Some kids need help from teachers to make friends because ________　 .
　　 A．they miss their old friends a lot　　

B．they have no time to stay with others
　　 C．teachers know who wants a new friend

D．they are shy or not good at making friends
( 　)65．The expression “feeling left out'’ means“　　　　 ”in Chinese．

A．受冷落　 8．被调侃　 C．挨批评　 D．遭攻击

Several years ago, my father told me a real and dangerous story about helping a man who was seriously injured after being hit by a car.

Early in the morning he was going to work, he saw a man lying on the street who was bleeding(流血). Some people passed by and no one stopped to help the man.

However, my father didn’t hesitate(犹豫) to help him. My father took him to the nearest hospital. He was afraid that the man could die because he was losing so much blood.

Then an incredible thing happened when my father tried to go back to work. The police stopped him and said he could not leave the hospital until the man woke up. The police thought that my father had hit him on the street. My father was angry, but he couldn’t do anything. He hoped that the man would wake up as soon as possible.

At that moment, my father was worried. If the man died, my father would be charged with(被指控)murder. He was feeling very nervous because he didn’t know what was going to happen to the man.

Fortunately, the man woke up and told the police what happened, and my father left the hospital. He left the hospital feeling very strange. He felt happy because he had saved a man, but at the same time he felt stressed because if the man had died, he would have been in big trouble.

(   )57.The word “incredible” in the fourth paragraph means ______

A. 有趣的        B. 危险的        C. 难以置信的       D. 不能忘记的

(   )58. Why did the writer say it was a dangerous story?

A. His father was nearly killed in a car accident.

B. His father was taken away by the police

C. His father was wrongly thought to be a murderer.

D. His father nearly killed a man on his way to work.

(   )59. From the passage we know _______

A. the father was a very experienced doctor

B. the father was a very kind and helpful man

C. the father would not let his child drive to work

D. the father didn't want his child to learn from him

(   )60. What is the passage mainly about?

A. How the father felt after he saw the police

B. Why the father wouldn’t save others later on

C. What happened to the father after he saved an injured man

D. What happened to the injured man after he was hit by a car.

“Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton(骨骼) in the closet (衣橱)?” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother thought for a while. “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a skeleton in his family’s closet’. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”

“Why pick on my family?” Jessica’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was brought to Australia for his crimes?” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.

After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and from time to time she looked angrily at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica’s mother sank in a faint(晕倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.

“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I wanted to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I said something about skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re both crazy,” she thought.

(　 )54. According to Jessica’s mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means ________.

　 A. a family honor　　 　　　　　　　 B. a family secret　

C. a family story D. a family treasure

(　 )55. Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?

　 A. She was curious about it.　　　　　　　　　　B. She planned to keep it for fun.

　 C. She needed it for her school task.　　 D. She wanted to scare her parents.

(　 )56. Jessica’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because ________.

　 A. they realized their misunderstanding　　 B. they were crazy

　 C. they were over excited　　　　　　　 D. they both thought they had won the quarrel

Bill is an American. He visited his friend Da-wei in Taiwan. Below is Bill’s diary about how the two friends spent their vacation.

(   )51. What is the Japanese White-eye?

A. A kind of bird.       B. A famous singer. C. A small town.    D A kind of snack.

(   )52．Bill’s friend is from____________

A. America      B. Japan      C. China        D. We don’t know

(   )53. Bill took a lot of pictures during his trip in Taiwan.

Which one is the picture he took on July 13?

A.                                                                                                              B.

C.                                  D.        

There once was a boy who loved eating sweets. He ___36____ asked for sweets from his father. His father was a ____37____ man and they lived in a very old house. He could not always ___38____sweets for his son. But the little boy did not ___39___ this, and demanded sweets all the time. 

The boy’s father thought hard about ____40____ to stop the child asking for so many sweets. There was a very holy(神圣的) man living nearby at that time. The boy’s father had a(n)____41___.He  decided to take the boy to the great man who might ____42____ persuade(说服) the child to stop asking for sweets all the time. The boy and his father went along to the ____43____ man. The father said to him, “Oh, great saint, could you ask my son to stop asking for sweets which I cannot afford?” The great man was in ____44_____, because he liked sweets himself. How could he ask the boy to give up asking for sweets? The holy man told the father to ____45____ his son back after one month. 
      During that month, the holy man gave up eating sweets, and when the boy and his father ____46____after a month, the holy man said to the boy “My dear child, will you stop asking for sweets which your father cannot afford to give you?” ____47_____ , the boy stopped asking for sweets.

The boy’s ___48_____ asked the saint, “Why did’t you ask my son to give up asking for sweets ____49____ we came to you a month ago?” The saint replied, “How could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets myself. In the last month I gave up eating sweets.”

A person’s ____50___ is much more powerful than just his words.

(   )36. A. always           B. never        C. hardly        D. seldom

(   )37. A. rich              B. honest       C. kind         D. poor

(   )38. A. make             B. accept       C. afford        D. find

(   )39. A. ignore            B. understand    C. remember     D. change

(   )40. A. what             B. where        C. why         D. how

(   )41. A. excuse            B. surprise      C. idea         D. proverb

(   )42. A. can              B. was able to    C. be able to     D. could

(   )43. A. young            B. strong        C. great        D. ugly

(   )44. A. difficulty          B. peace        C. danger       D. tears

(   )45. A. call               B. turn         C. get          D. bring

(   )46. A. returned           B. asked        C, left         D. disappeared

(   )47. A. Up to now         B. Sooner or later  C. In other words  D. From then on

(   )48. A. sister             B. brother        C. father        D. mother

(   )49. A. when             B. because       C. until         D. though

(   )50. A. success           B. history        C. future        D. example

 The book describes __________.

A. what the life on Mars will be like      B. what the life will on Mars be like

C. what will be the life on Mars like      D. what will be like the life on Mars.

—Well, my sons take great interest in most of the food on the menu.

—Thanks. _____?

—Yes, fried fish, beef, chips and cola, please.

A. Can I do for you B. At your service

C. What to follow　　　　　　　　　　 D. Shall I take your order

 While watching television, __________.

A. the doorbell rang                   B. the doorbell was rung 

C. we heard the doorbell ring            D. we heard the doorbell rings

 In the future, people will _______ by robots.

A. cared for   B. be taken good care  C. be cared for  D. look after