短文首字母填空：根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词

　　Friends play an important part in our lives．We may have many friends, but we often don't understand c　　1　　 how we make friends．We may get on well with a n　　2　　 of people, but we usually make friends with a very few of them．

　　People use the word “friend” freely．Friends may have k　　3　　 each other since childhood or they may have recently met．In fact, people may have different k　　4　　 of friends such as school friends, work friends, or sports friends．A person may c　　5　　 different friends for different activities．If you play with s　　6　　 on the playground, the person is your playmate．If you often play chess w　　7　　 a friend, the person is your chess partner．

　　One may have many good friends and only one best friend．“Best friends” or “close friends” are u　　8　　 two people who have known each other for a long time．A close friend is someone who is able to s　　9　　 experiences, joys and sorrows with you．This is a person you can rely on(信赖)when you are in n　　10　　, and this is the person to whom you are willing to lend a helping hand．

Friendship is one of life's greatest treasures．

短文填空

　　Miss Richards was a teacher at a school for boys and girls．She 　　1　　 chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the 　　　2　, sometimes the new classes learnt 　　3　　, but sometimes they were very slow, and then Miss Richards had to 　　4　　 her things many times again．

　　One year, the first class had been studying chemistry 　　5　　 several weeks when Miss Richards suddenly asked, “What is water? Who 　　6　　? Hands up．” There was silence for a few seconds, and Miss Richards felt sad, but then one boy 　　7　　 up his hand．

　　“Yes, Dick?” said Miss Richards encouragingly．He was not one of the brightest children in the class, so she was 　　8　　 that he could answer．

　　“Water is a liquid(液体)which has 　　9　　 until you wash your hands in it, Then it turns black,” the boy 　　10　　 with great confidence(自信)．

细读下列5位学生的性格特点，这些性格特点使他们无法很好地与人交流。请你在A-E中为他们寻找相应的对策。

_________1．Adam He easily gets angry and often shouts at others．

_________2．Rose She likes staying at home every weekend and seldom goes out．

_________3．Benson He is a very good dancer, but he never tells anyone about it．

_________4．Martha She doesn’t care for others．She always talks about herself．

_________5．Pedro When he talks to someone, he always looks left and right．

A．It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time．Get out of the house and join a club or other groups．

B．Count numbers from 0-10 before you get angry．Try to think of others more than of yourself．

C．Don’t be afraid to show people what you’re really good at．Talk about the things you like and people will be interested in you if there is something interesting about you．

D．Look at people in the eye when you talk to them．That way, they’ll find it easier to talk to you．Or People may think you’re not interested in them and may stop being interested in you．

E．Be a good listener．Let people talk about themselves before talking about “me, me, me”．

根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

Dear Peter,

　　Hello! My name is Tony．I am 　　1　　(十)years old．I’m from China，and I live in the north of Canada．It is winter 　　2　　(现在)and the temperature is－20℃．It often 　　3　　(下雪)here．There is thick ice on the river．It is very cold but my friends and I often play 　　4　　(足球)．It is my favorite sport．

　　I have three 　　5　　(狗)．They are lovely．They are all 　　6　　(白色的)．They often 　　7　　(跑)after me．My favorite food is 　　8　　(鱼)and chips．

　　There are five people in my family．We 　　9　　(讲)Chinese at home，and we can all understand English．My English teacher helps me with this letter．

　　Please write to me about you and your home．

　　　　10　　(最好的)wishes．

Tony

根据短文内容，完成下面的表格，每空一词。

　　Nowadays many new and useful inventions have come into use．If I were a scientist, I would have my own invention　a magic door, which can take me to every part of the world, just like Doraemon's magic door．

　　Since our life is getting busier and busier, my magic door is really needed．The population of the world is rising day by day, and the number of cars is getting larger．Therefore, traffic becomes a big problem to people in both poor and developed countries．Moreover, by using a large number of ears, people have to face another problem the pollution of the air．All those reasons lead to the need for such an invention a magic door．

　　Magic doors have many advantages．Firstly, you can go wherever you want in a minute．Just open the door and go through it, and you can stand in another place．Secondly, magic doors sometimes can even make people safe．Magic doors can be used in everyday life．For example, if you fall in the river, it can help you go out of the river．

　　All in all, people can get many good things from magic doors．The magic door would be a big change in our life!

用方框中所给的词的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺。每词限用一次。

　　The growing population is still a big problem in the world, especially in developing countries．The population in developing countries is larger than that in 　　1　　 ones．And it's growing faster than that in any other 　　2　　．

　　Chinese government has 　　3　　 out many plans．And they have．worked well in 　　4　　 China's population．Thanks to them, Chinese people's living conditions are improving 　　5　　

　　About 261 babies are 　　6　　 in the world every minute．Just imagine how many more 　　7　　 there will be in one year．China is a country with the 　　8　　 population, so we still have a long way to go．We should do something to 　　9　　 down the growth of the population．It's important for each family to have fewer but 　　10　　 children．Or maybe there won't be enough places for people to stand on the earth in the future．

阅读理解

　　Many people have to work on the weekend．Some people do not mind．Other people think it is terrible．

　　One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous．He is Graham Coates．　　1　　

　　On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work．When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors．Mr．Coates could not get out of the elevator．He was trapped(困住了)! 　　2　　 Then Mr．Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England．No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!

　　There was nothing for Mr．Coates to do．He had to wait until one of his coworkers came to work and found him．　　3　　 Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came to work and found the elevator was not working．When the elevator was opened, Mr．Coates came out cold, weak, and tired．　　4　　

　　Now Mr．Coates says, "I only use elevators if they have telephones in them．"

5．What is the best title for this story?(　　)

A．A Busy Weekend

B．An Interesting Elevator

C．Elevator Safety

D．Trapped in an Elevator

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面方框的七个选项中，选择五个还原到文章中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。并将其答案的序号填写到答题卷的相应位置。

　　Anger is a kind of feeling 　　1　　．When your teacher gives you too much homework, when your team loses an important game, when a friend borrows your favorite thing and then breaks it, you may get angry．

　　　　2　　．For example, you breathe faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something or hit someone, but sometimes you hide your anger．For example, you may hide it in your heart．The problem is that if you do this, you may get a headache or your stomach may hurt．

　　In fact, it’s not good to hide your anger, and it’s normal for you to get angry sometimes．　　3　　．When you get angry, you can talk about it with adults, such as parents, teachers, etc 　　4　　．Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry：count from 1 to 100; give someone a hug go for a bike ride; think about good things, etc．

Remember that when you are angry, how you act can make everything better or worse, 　　5　　．

先阅读短文，掌握其大意。然后从方框中所给的词或词组中选出最恰当的10个，并用其适当形式填空，每个词或词组只能用一次。

　　Michael Leung, a famous TV host(主持人)in Hong Kong, wrote a letter to his son．It is not only 　　1　　 to children, but also good for all ages．The following are chosen 　　2　　 his letter．

　　1．Life is short．While you are 　　3　　 it today, you'll realize you are at the end of it tomorrow．So the earlier you start to value your life, the 　　4　　 you can enjoy it．

　　2．You might not be successful 　　5　　 you don't study hard, although a lot of successful people haven't 　　6　　 higher education．

　　3．I don't expect you to support(供养)me for the rest of 　　7　　 life, so I'm not going to do the same for you．You will be living on your own when you grow up．

　　4．You can require yourself to be nice to others, 　　8　　 you shouldn't expect the same from others．

　　5．I've been buying the lottery(彩票)for almost twenty 　　9　　, but I'm still poor．I have never got the 　　10　　 place even once．So you have to work hard to be successful．There is no free lunch in the world．

阅读理解

Miss Yang is my English teacher．She is tall and thin．She has long straight black hair．She often wears glasses．She is beautiful and we all like her very much．John is my classmate．He is from the USA．He has short curly blond hair．He is of medium height．He loves to tell jokes．Gloria is a Japanese girl．She is short and heavy．She wears a pair of glasses, too．

根据短文内容，完成下列表格