根据首字母及汉语提示完成句子。

1.You should work hard and make great p_________(进步).

2.Her classmates didn’t r_______(归还)her books.

3. It is i__________ to take away other’s things without asking.

4. They are too young to look after  t____________.

5.Yao Ming has many f       .He is popular with the young people in the world.

Zheng Lin is a Junior 3 student in Shijiazhuang, Hebei. Earlier this month, Zheng and his classmates stood on the street with a box asking people for donations(捐款).Later they gave the money they got to the poor students in their school.

    Many Chinese students raise money to help people in need. Most of the time, they hold a box and ask for donations on the street or in the park. Or they sell things like old books and CDs. Those students have done a great job so far. The money helps the students in poor areas like Yunnan and Gansu with new clothes, pens and pencils.

    Teenagers in the US make donations, too. But they raise money in a different way—they raise money by doing something for others. For example, they sell home-made food or play musical concerts in their neighborhood to raise money.

    “Chinese students like to wait for people to donate, or sell things that they buy with their parents’ money,”says Ge Daoshun, an expert.“While US kids get donations and give people something useful in return.”

    Ge says Chinese teenagers should learn to raise money in the US kids’ ways.“That way, they can show their talents and practice communication. More importantly, they can learn every coin counts(有价值).They have to work hard to get a donation.”

(  )16. How did Zheng Lin and his classmates raise money?

   A. They asked for donations on the street.  B. They asked rich people for money.

   C. They made some toys and sold them.  D. They worked for other people.

(  )17. Zheng Lin and his classmates raised money to help ______.

   A. the poor people on the street                B. the poor students in their school

   C. the homeless people in some areas        D. the students in the earthquake areas

(  )18. Teenagers in the US make donations by ______.

   A. standing on the street with a box  B. asking their parents for money

   C. waiting for people to donate    D. doing something for others

(  )19. Ge Daoshun thinks the US kids’ ways of raising money ______.

   A. can help them learn how to play music  B. are not fit for Chinese students

   C. are good for practicing communication  D. take students more time to get a donation

(  )20. The best title of this passage should be ______.

   A. Better ways of making donations     B. Importance of donations

   C. Differences between the two countries  D. Good ways of making money

News 1

   Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world’s first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones.

News 2

   Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don’t worry, things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books all over the country. The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June.

News 3

   People will see a new “star” in the sky soon. China plants to send a satellite into space by December 2006.It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure; 1.4 billion yuan!

News 4

   Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers per hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world.X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy. It weighs 1,270 kilograms.

(  ) 11.The satellite sent by China will move around ________.

    A. the moon     B. the earth      C. the sun      D. the mars

(  ) 12.The speed of the fastest plane in the world is ______.

   A.1.4 kilometers per second       B.43 kilometers per minute

   C.1,270 kilometers per hour       D.8,000 kilometers per hour

(  ) 13.The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books will __________.

   A. make a lot of money     B. make the children sad

   C. make sure there are no mistakes in them

   D. make sure the books are not too expensive

(  ) 14.Which of the following statements about the new star is NOT true?

   A. It will go around the moon.   B. It will stay in space for two years.

   C. It costs a lot.            D. It will go into space by December 2006.

(  ) 15.Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because ___________.

   A. he likes to eat hybrid rice

  B. he is a successful father

   C. he grows more rice than others

   D. he developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice

It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.

As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.

He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”

The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.”

   He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地),where she placed the rose on the grave.

The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house.

Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.

(  )6.The man went to the shop to         .

A. have a rest          B. help the girl   C. buy some food     D. order some flowers

(  )7.The man’s mother lived         away from him.

A. 2 kilometers B. 75 miles   C. 200 miles  D. 200 kilometers

(  )8.The girl was crying on the road because          .

A. she was hungry            B. she got hurt

C. she couldn't afford a rose    D. she couldn’t find her way home

(  )9. After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to          together.

A. the cemetery         B. his shop   C. the girl’s home        D. his mother’s house

(  )10. We can learn from the passage that          .

A. the girl loved flowers very much              B. the girl loved her mother very much

C. the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother

D. the man drove to his mother’s house to look after her 

Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is in blue today.” “You are yellow.” “ He has a green thumb.（大拇指）” “He has told a white lie.” and so on. . And she went to her teacher for help.

Mary: Mrs Smith, there is a color in each of these sentences. What do they mean?

Mrs Smith: In everyday English, Mary , blue sometimes means sad. Yellow …afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one.

Mary: Would you give me an example for a white lie?

Mrs Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you won’t say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks, I’m hungry.” That’s a white lie.

Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much..

(  )1. Blue sometimes means sad in ________English.

A. good              B. spoken          C. usual             D. poor

(  )2. I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants____________.

A. die off        B. grow well         C. look nice           D are good

(  )3.Tom is __________to climb the tree. He’s yellow..

A. happy        B. clever      C. glad           D. afraid

(  )4. He didn’t like me to know __________of the accident. He told me a white lie.

A. the reason        B. the true story                 C. the meaning       D. the answer

(  )5. He is _________today. He is told his father is ill.

A. blue           B. yellow             C. green         D. white

选用方框中的句子补全对话。（有两项多余）

A: Have you ever read the novel Hometown ?

B: ___1______

A: What a pity! It’s a wonderful book, you know.

B: Well, I’ve been waiting to read it for a long time, but I can’t get a copy. The library has only three copies. __2___

A: Well, __3____ If you like, I can lend it to you.

B: Thank you. ___4___ By the way, when can I get it?

A: _5___ Will you please come to my house after school?

B: OK. I’ll go with you to your home after school.

Stuart and Steve were twin brothers. Stuart loved to play basketball. But Steve loved to read books.

One day Stuart was playing basketball   1   he fell and broke his leg. When they took him to the hospital, the doctor said he wouldn’t be able to play for six months. Steve went   2   him and brought him books on basketball. At first Stuart wasn’t going to read them. Then he began to read them and   3   that there were ways he could play basketball better. He began to think that books weren’t that   4  .

When Stuart’s leg started getting better, Steve would help him by going for walks with him.   5   Stuart’s doctor said he could start playing basketball again. Then Stuart showed Steve how to toss (投) for baskets. Steve found that he enjoyed it.

Then Stuart was ready to   6   the basketball games. Steve went to games and enjoyed himself. They then   7   practiced basketball and read books together.

So you can see, when   8   happens, something good may also happen. Steve showed Stuart about books and Stuart showed Steve about basketball. So you can also   9   showing others something that you like to do and they can show you something that they like to do.   10   you can find new things to do.

1. A. until                     B. when                C. after                 D. where

2. A. on seeing              B. to call                C. to visit                     D. to look

3. A. saw               B. looked               C. read                  D. found

4. A. good                    B. bad                   C. better                D. worse

5. A. But                       B. However           C. Finally               D. So

6. A. take part               B. win                   C. lose                  D. join in

7. A. always                  B. never                C. seldom                     D. much

8. A. anything good      B. something nice C. something bad   D. anything wrong

9. A. try                      B. practice             C. enjoy                D. like

10. A. On the way         B. By the way      C. All the way        D. In this way

 Would you mind not ______ basketball here?

A. playing     B. to play      C. play     D. played

 My friends have never heard of his name, ________ have I.

A. so      B. either       C. neither      D. no

— Must I come here at eight o'clock ?　

— No，you ____. You may come a little later.

A. mustn't　　　B. needn't　　　C. may not　　　D. can't