阅读下面短文，根据文意，将方框内所给的词语或其序号填入相应的空白处，使短文意思完整。(每个词语只能用一次)

Do you need an excuse for a celebration, because Christmas and your birthday are still a few months away?If it is true in your life, why don't you 　　1　　 celebrating your half－birthday－the day falls exactly six months either before or after your 　　2　　 date of birth．If you were born on the 27th of January, 　　3　　, you could have an excuse for a 　　4　　 on Wednesday the 27th of July(if you count the months)　　5　　 on Friday the 29th of July(if you count the days)．

Half－birthday is often celebrated when the real birthday may be overshadowed(使…失色)by some important festivals, 　　6　　 Christmas．So half－birthday celebrations are more 　　7　　 in June or July．In the US, half－birthdays are often 　　8　　 for children, whose real birthdays don't fall in the school year, so giving the chance to celebrate at school with their friends and teacher．

In fact, half－birthday has become popular 　　9　　 the world only with the popularity(流行)of Harry Potter, 　　10　　 it has been known for many years．Harry's friends try to cheer him up by celebrating his half－birthday on January 29th．

　　Water is the life of our earth．It's 　　1　　 for us．It makes up the l　　2　　 part of the human body．

　　It covers most parts of the earth．It's in lakes, rivers, seas and oceans．We can swim in lakes or rivers．I think it's more 　　3　　 than other sports in summer, It can give us j　　4　　．

　　There are t　　5　　 of fishes in seas and oceans．Whales live in oceans．They are the largest and heaviest animals in the world．But now they are in 　　6　　．Because the ocean water is becoming dirtier．

　　Water is so important to all living things．W　　7　　 water, there can be 　　8　　 life on earth．So we must save every drop of water．

　　Beijing is the c　　1　　 of China．People are always trying to make it better．

　　In 2001, news came that Beijing would h　　2　　 the 2008 Olympic Games．People began to work even harder to i　　3　　 the environment．

　　Today there are more roads and tall b　　4　　．When you walk around, you can see more trees, grass and flowers．You can also find cleaner streets．When you 　　5　　 up, you often see a blue 　　6　　 and white clouds．Beijing is becoming more and more beautiful．

　　In 　　7　　, Beijing has changed a lot．We are sure Beijing will have a brighter 　　8　　．

看图完成句子一空一词。

1．How many boys and girls are there in the picture?

There are ________ boys and ________ girls．

2．What's the．weather like in the picture?

It's ________ and ________．

3．What are the girls wearing?

They're wearing ________ and ________

4．What's the boy in sweater doing?

He's playing the ________ and ________

5．What are the other people doing?：

They're ________ to the boy ________ singing songs．

看图完成答句，一空一词。

1．How many people can you see in the picture?

I can see two ________ and two ________．

2．Where are these people?

They are in the ________ Because there is a ________ on the wall．

3．Where is the plant?

It’s ________ the ________．

4．Who has straight long hair?

The second student the ________．

5．Who wears a cap?

The ________ student standing ________ a girl．

　　A young man works hard at his lessons．He is Very busy 　　1　　(study)．He doesn't have tune 　　2　　(rest)．After some time, he falls ill．Every night, when he goes to bed, he closes his 　　3　　(eye)and tries to sleep; But he can't．He decides to go to see the doctor．He tells the doctor his problem．

　　"Try 　　4　　(count)numbers．When you reach 1,000, you'll fall 　　5　　(sleep),"says the doctor．The next day the man goes back to the doctor's．

　　Well,ⁿsays the doctor 　　6　　(kind),"How are you today?"

　　"Well,"the young man says, "I tried counting one, two, three"…up to 1,000．But when I 　　7　　(reach)569, 1 began to feel 　　8　　(sleep)．I had to 　　9　　(get)up and drink some tea．lien I went on 　　10　　(count)up to 1,000 again．But I still couldn't go to sleep．"

1．________　2．________　3．________　4．________　5．________

6．________　7．________　8．________　9．________　10．________

从下面方框内选择正确动词或动词短语，并用其适当形式填入下列句子的空白处，使句子意思完整，语法正确．每词限用一次(有两个为多余项)．

1．I didn't know whether Mother ________ me to Beijing next month．

2．By the end of last term，We ________ over two thousand new words．

3．I prefer ________ through the jungles to going hiking．

4．These books must not ________ from the library．

5．He ________ golf since 10 years ago．

6．Does Carla know what ________ to the boy yesterday?

7．I must get the television ________．

8．We could save money by ________ our own meals．

9．My friend Dave ________ a great idea!We’re going to make a pen pal website．

10．This is a good way ________ the problem．

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，单词的首字母已给出．

One day I took several(1)p ________ of shoes to the shoemaker to be mended．After a week I went to take them(2)b ________．Four months(3)l ________, my husband and I were invited to dinner．I(4)t ________ out a pair of shoes．I hadn’t worn them(5)s ________ they were mended．I put one shoe on my right foot, and then I put the(6)o ________ on my left．But I felt that the other one was the wrong foot．I took both shoes off for a closer(7)l ________．They were nearly the same style, color and size, but(8)e ________ was for the right foot．Then I thought of the shoemaker．Though I was sure he wouldn’t(9)r ________ me after such a long time, I called him．“Thank goodness, you called me at last!” he said(10)h ________．“An angry woman has been troubling me for months!”