A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to 36 . She felt tired for fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came.

Her father,  a cook,  took her 37 the kitchen. He poured water into three pans(锅)and boiled(煮)it. When the water was boiling,  in the first pan he put some carrots,  in the 38 he put some eggs and in the last he put some coffee. He     39      them for a few minutes without any words.

The girl closed her mouth and waited impatiently,  not knowing   40   her father was doing that. After about 20 minutes,  her father turned     41   the stove,  took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took out the eggs and put 42    in another bowl. After that the   43   was poured into a cup. Turning back to his daughter,  he asked,  "What do you    44   ?" "Carrots,  eggs,  and coffee, " she answered.

Her father told her to 45 her eyes and let her touch the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take the eggs and 46 them. Then,  she got the eggs,  cooked and hard. At last,  the father asked her to smell the coffee. "What's the meaning,  Father?" He 47 that each had suffered the same unlucky experience— the boiling water,  but 48 had a different reaction(反应). The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak after being in the boiling water. The eggs became hard 49 being cooked. The coffee was very special and it changed the wa­ter. "Who are you?" asked her father,  "When calamity(厄运) 50 your door,  what's your reaction? Are you carrots,  eggs,  or coffee?"

1.A. grow up       B. give up          C. set up            D. pick up

2.A. into           B. within           C. out of            D. away from

3.A. first          B. second           C. third              D. fourth

4.A. looked for     B. searched for      C. waited for          D. called for

5.A. that          B. what            C. where             D. why

6.A. on           B. over            C. off                 D. in

7.A. it            B. its              C. them              D. themselves

8.A. eggs         B. carrots           C. coffee             D. water

9.A. hear         B. taste              C. smell              D. see

10.A. close        B. open             C. wash              D. drop

11.A. keep        B. protect           C. break               D. drink

12.A. complained  B. explained          C. told                D. expected

13.A. every      B. all                C. each               D. either

14.A. before      B. after              C. behind              D. under

15. A. lies in     B. comes across       C. meets with           D. knocks at

Good morning,  boys and girls. Today I'll talk about going online.

We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet can make our lives interesting and enjoyable. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and can get more information from the In­ternet. We can learn English. We can read some good newspapers and magazines. It can make us clever in playing com­puter games. We can send e-mails to our friends quickly. We can chat freely online with our friends. It can help us to get in touch with people from all over the world.

But every coin has two sides. Net bars also bring us a lot of trouble. For example,  some students spend too much time in playing computer games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Some girls even get to have boyfriends or some boys get to have girlfriends online. They write too many letters to each other. It takes them too much time to chat online,  so they do worse and worse in their lessons and they don't study well any more. I think we mustn't get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays or at the weekend.

At the same time,  if we have lots of free time,  we can do some out-of-class activities at school. We usually have activ­ities from 4' 50 to 5- 50 in the afternoon. We can play basketball or football on Monday or Thursday afternoon. We can join some interests groups in school,  such as drawing or reading on Tuesday afternoon,  or singing and dancing on Wednesday afternoon. We can go to the English Corner on Friday afternoon. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities.

1.Many of us like going online because it can help us_________.

A. learn English and send e-mails            B. get more information

C. play computer games         D. all of the above

2.According to the speaker,  in our spare time we should_________.

A. go online for longer time

B. stay in the classroom doing more exercises

C. go to the English Corner every afternoon

D. do more out-of-class activities at school

3.If you are free on Tuesday afternoon,  what out-of-class activities can you have at school?

A. Playing basketball or football.      B. Singing and dancing.

C. Drawing or reading.         D. Going to the English Corner.

Imagine there is a bank that puts $ 86, 400 in your account ( 账户 )each morning. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank writes off( 注销)the balance that you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Take out every cent,  of course \

Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning,  it puts in 86, 400 seconds. Every evening it writes off,  as it is lost. There is no balance or overdraft 透支) . If you fail to use the day's savings,  the lost is yours. There is no going back. There is no taking from " tomorrow". You must make good use of it so as to get more in health,  happiness and success!

The clock is running. Make the most of today. To realize the value of ONE YEAR,  ask a student who failed a grade; To realize the value of ONE MONTH,  ask a mother who gave birth to a premature( 早产 )baby; To realize the value of ONE WEEK,  ask the editor of a weekly newspaper; To realize the value of ONE HOUR,  ask the lovers who are waiting to meet; To realize the value of ONE MINUTE,  ask a person who missed the train; To realize the value of ONE SECOND,  ask a person who just avoided(避免)an accident.

Make good use of every moment that you have. Remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called "The Present".

1.The underlined word "balance" in paragraph 1 means_________.

A.平衡    B．贷款    C．余款D．提款

 2. What is special about the TIME bank we each have?

A. We can store time in it whenever we like.

B. Someone puts  $ 86, 400 in it every day.

C. The time in it will surely get lost if you don't use it.

D. Someone helps you spend your time every night.

3.What can be the best title of the passage?

A. The Bank of Money           B. The Bank of Time

C. The value of one hour       D. The clock is running

4. In this passage,  the writer tries to tell us_________.

A. what a bank is            B. how to save money

C. the difference of time units      D. to make good use of time

Our nearest neighbor is the moon. In the sky,  the moon and the sun seem to be of the same size because the moon is much nearer.

The moon makes the tides—the changes in the level of the sea. The moon and the sun together pull the sea. In some parts of the world,  the difference between * high tide' (when the sea is very near to the land) and ' low tide' (when the sea is far away from the land) is very big. This is very important for ships.

The moon is very different from the Earth. Gravity on the moon is six times weaker than that on the Earth. There isn't any air. During the day,  it is very,  very hot but at night it is very,  very cold. Nothing can live on the moon.

If the moon goes between the Earth and the sun,  we have an eclipse of the sun(日食) . The moon stops the light from the sun and we have night in the day.

If the Earth goes between the moon and the sun,  we have an eclipse of the moon. The moon goes into the shadow( 影子) of the Earth and it disappears for a few minutes.

1. The sun to the Earth is _________times farther than the moon to the Earth.

A. nearly 200         B. less than 300      C. nearly 400         D. more than 400

 2.When the moon goes between the Earth and the sun,  we have night in the day, we call it the eclipse of

A. the moon      B. the sun          C. the stars        D. the Earth

3. Which of the following happens when we have an eclipse of the moon?

A. The Earth goes between the moon and the sun.

B. The moon goes into the shadow of the sun.

C. The moon goes into the shadow of its own.

D. The sun disappears for a few minutes.

4.Which of the following statements are TRUE?

a. The moon and the sun are of the same size.

b. Gravity on the Earth is 6 times stronger than that on the moon.

c. The changes in the level of the sea are called tides.

d. The moon itself pulls the sea and makes the tides.

e. When the sea is near to the land,  a high tide may happen.

f. It is much hotter in the day but much colder at night on the moon.

A. a. b. c. f.        B. b. c. d. e          C. a. d. e. f      D. b. c. e. f

根据对话意思和所给首字母，写出完整正确的单词。

Cindy: Do you know Zhalong?

Beibei: Yes,  it's a very 1. i_________wetland in the world.

Cindy: Where is it?

Beibei: It's in Heilongjiang Province in north-east China.

Cindy: Why do lots of2.) t_________go there every year?

Beibei: Because it' s a nature reserve. They go there3.f_________birdwatching.

Cindy: What kind of birds live there?

Beibei; There're many different kinds of birds,  including some endangered 4.o_________.

Cindy: What does the reserve provide for the birds? Is it a great place for them?

Beibei: Yes,  it 5. p_________food and shelter for them.

Cindy: Oh,  it's interesting. Thanks. Beibei: It's my pleasure.

选择恰当的词或短语并用其正确的形式填空。

be able to; share with; wonder; celebrate; collect stamps; be interested in; him

1. —Do you like the song Big Big World? —Yes,  it sounds_________.

2. Mum told Peter that he should tidy his room by_________.

3. It's said that Neil Armstrong_________flying at the age of six.

4. They are good friends,  so they have much_________each other.

5. He is a good swimmer,  so he_________swim to land when the ship had an accident.

6. _________the Special Administrative Region's 10th anniversary( 纪念日) ,  two baby pandas were given to Hong

Kong in April this year.

7. Mr Green is so crazy about_________that he spends most of his money on it.

用括号内动词的适当时态和语态填空，每空词数不定，注意写出完整答案。

1. —Look at the twins.

—Oh,  they_________(make) a model plane happily.

2. —What time does Jimmy go to bed every evening? —He usually_______(go) to bed at 9: 30.

3. —_________you_________(visit) Singapore and Thailand next month?

—Yes,  I will.

4. —Can these magazines_________(take) out of the library?

—Sorry,  you can only read them here.

5. —Who_________(come) to your school yesterday afternoon?

—Twenty exchange students and their teachers from England.

伴着北京奥运会倒计时的钟声，我们连云港创建文明城市的步伐也越迈越快，市民的素质日趋提高，

但在公共场所仍有一些不文明的行为，请根据下列几幅漫画，用英语为某英文报纸写一篇短文，弘扬文明行为，指出陋习，并就创建文明港城提出自己的建议。

注意：1．短文应包含所有漫画的内容；

    2．提出自己的建议，至少2条；

    3．字数100左右，开头已经给出，不计入总词数；

    4．参考词汇：文明的一civilized  吐痰一spit

Building a Civilized City With the Beijing Olympic Games coming near,  people in Lianyungang are trying hard to build the city into a civilized one._________________________________________________________________________________________________

---Will people live to be 300 years old?   ---__________.

A. No, they aren’t        B. No, they won’t  

C. No, they don’t         D. No, they can’t

The radio is too loud.  Will you please _______ ?

A. turn it down   B. turn it on  C. turn off it   D. turn it up