—Do you mind________ here?

—________.

A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment,she said she would go. This   16   be the first time that his classmates and teacher   17   his mother and he felt ashamed of her   18  . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar(疤痕)that   19  nearly the right side of her face. The boy never wanted to   20  why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still  21 and hid himself from everyone,  22   a conversation between his mother and the teacher.

The teacher asked   23 ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”

The mother answered,“When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was   24  afraid to go in because the fire was   25   ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless but   26  , a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched（摸着） the   27  side of her face. “This scar will be  28 ,but to this day, I have never regretted what I did.”

At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her mother in his arms and   29   a great sense of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the   30  of the day.

If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?

Don’t listen to people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

1.What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?

2.From the passage, we know that Jason Moore _____.

3.________ wants to be a teacher.

Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group “Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television progam. They started singing in 1965, became popular soon. In 1970 the group made their first record the name of “I Want You Back”. It was very popular. One of their hit records was “Never Say Goodbye”.

Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight million copies all over the world.

Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint（晕倒） when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raises money for charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records（吉尼斯世界纪录）in 2006. He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our heart forever.

1.What’s the name of their first record?

2.Michael was good at __________ according to the passage.

3.Why did Mochael have to stay at home most of the time?

In ancient China, the State of Wu made an attack on the State of Yue. The king of Wu was badly hurt and soon died. His son Fu Chai became the new king. Fu was very sad and angry and he decided to fight back for his father’s death. He trained his army strictly until it was very strong. Three years later, he led his army against the State of Yue and caught its king Gou Jian, who was taken to the State of Wu.

Gou Jian was put into a small black stone house which was full of terrible smell and was made to raise(饲养) horses. Gou worked hard and tried to keep himself quiet, but he never forgot his pain. Many years later, he was set free. Gou secretly trained his army after he went back to his own state. In order to make himself strong-minded he slept on firewood and ate a gall bladder before having dinner and going to bed every night. After a few years, his country became strong once more. Then Gou took hold of a golden chance to fight against Wu and won the war in the end.

If one voluntarily(自愿) works very hard and voluntarily stands up to pains and difficulties in order to succeed, we might call him a“Gou Jian”, and his story, a“Gou Jian’s story”.

1. Three years later _______ was caught and taken to the state of Wu.

2.Gou Jian ________ when he was in the state of Wu.

3.Which of the following is TRUE ?

4.The story mainly tells us that________

As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.

Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge.

You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dream, the book says.

In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.

Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.

You must also never give up your dream.

There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.

1. Follow Your Heart is         .

2.If you want to make your dream real, you should         .

3. From the text, we know the word“challenge”means“       ”.

4. What shouldn’t be done to make your dream come true?

5.What is the best title for the text?

阅读下列短文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空一词.

“USA? Britain? Which country is better to study in?” We often hear such discussions. As China open its door, it is a dream for many Chinese students to study abroad. They want to learn about the outside world.

It’s true that studying abroad can help students develop themselves. Their foreign language skills will be improved and it may be easier to find jobs.

But there are problems that should be considered. Language is the first. Students must spend a lot of time learning another language.

Students must also learn to live without parents’ care and deal with all kinds of things they haven’t to do before, like looking after themselves. There are reports about Chineses students abroad running into an ocean of difficulties and giving up finally. When they have to take care of themselves, it is hard for students to study well.

Finally, studying abroad brings a heavy burden to the family. For most Chinese parents, the cost of studying abroad is very high. But is it worth it?

We know that there are many famous people who have achieved success through their hard work in China. Liu Xiang is a good example. Once an American teacher invited him there, but he refused. He kept training hard with his Chinese teacher. He surprised the world when he won a gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games. So when you winder which country is better to study in, think it again.

A.根据汉语或英文提示，结合句意，填上适当的单词

1.The excited people were shouting with _______________(激动)

2.The book________（写 ）by the famous writer has just come out.

3.Don’t argue with me. I’ll spend as much time as I can__________(解释) it to you.

4.I have no _______(选择)but to do my homework..

5.Forests are ________(消失) faster than we think.

6.The victim had a lot of _________(敌人) before, so it’s difficult to know who the murderer was.

7.It was a great success and she became famous ___________(立即)。

8.Thursday is the ______(五) day of a week.

9.The host came to the stage, _________(hold) a microphone in his hand.

10.He was ______(terrible) ill and was sent to the hospital at once.

11.He was seen ________(attack) the victims with a sharp knife at that time.

12.Some famous stars will be ______(interview) about their recent work.

13.What he did still ______(make) us feel very sad now.

14.He _______(prefer) tea with nothing when he was here several years ago.

15.She devoted much of her time to ________(help) poor children in the world.

B.根据短文内容及首字母提示完成短文（每空一词）

Recently a lot of people have been punished for speaking on their mobile phones while driving. S  1  on the phone requires concentration(集中，专心) and takes a driver’s  a   2  from the road.If you drive after you have consumed alcoholic(含酒精的) drinks, you are a   3  the law and risking your own life as well as the lives of o  4  . If you are with someone else who has been drinking alcohol, even i  5 they had just a glass of beer, do not a  6  them to drive.

There is a fact that driving too fast through city streets is very irresponsible and d  7   . Our city streets are always b  8  with people, cars and bicycles. Drivers have to take the responsibility(责任) to be c   9  _ for people crossing the road, especially older people who may walks   10  and young children who may not look before stepping into the road.

A.根据所给提示将下列各句译成英语

1.我们经常听到他在教室唱歌

He ____________________________by us in the classroom.

2.我认为这张桌子没有什么特别的地方.

I _________________ there is _____________________________ about the desk.

3.尽管天很冷，但我们仍按时到校.

________ it was very cold, _____________________________to school on time.

4.你何时到？我迫不及待要见到你？

When will you _______? I can’t __________________you.

5.这幅画很有价值，值得收藏.

The painting is of ________________. It’s ________________________.