Banks are not ordinarily prepared to pay out all accounts(账，账户); they rely on depositors (储户) not to demand payment all at the same time. If depositors should come to fear that a bank is not safe, that it cannot pay off all its depositors, then that fear might cause all the depositors to appear on the same day. If they did, the bank could not pay all accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once, then there would always be enough money to pay those who wanted their money when they wanted it. Mrs. Elsie Vaught has told us of a terrifying bank run that she experienced. One day in December of 1925 several banks failed to open in a city where Mrs. Vaught lived. The other banks expected a run the next day, and so the officers of the bank in which Mrs Vaught worked as a teller had enough money on hand to pay off their depositors. The officers simply told the tellers to pay on demand. The next morning a crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside. The length of the line made many think that the bank could not possibly pay off everyone. People began to push and then to fight for places near the tellers’ windows. The power of the panic atmosphere was such that two tellers, though they knew that the bank was quite all right and could pay all depositors, drew their own money from the bank. Mrs Vaught says that she had difficulty keeping herself from doing the same.

1.A bank run happens when _______.

　　 A. too many depositors try to draw out their money at one time　　

     B. a bank is closed for one or more days

　   C. there is  enough money to pay all its depositors at one time

　　 D. tellers of a bank take their own money from the bank　

2.The tellers in Mrs. Vaught’s bank were told to ________.

　　A. explain why they could not pay out all accounts

　　B. pay out accounts as requested

　　C. make the depositors believe that the bank was stand

　　D. pay out money as slowly as possible

3. According to the passage, the actions of the depositors of Mrs. Vaught’s bank were affected            mainly by the _______.

　A.　ease with which they could get their money

　B.　confidence  that Mrs. Vaught showed

　C.　confidence shown by other depositors of the bank

　D. failure of several other banks to open

Send us your old jeans and other denim (牛仔布)!

What Are We Going to Do with All This Denim?

All the denim will be donated to COTTON FROM BLUE TO GREEN.®. This denim drive is a call-to-action to donate denim and give it "new life" by changing it into UltraTouchtm Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation (纤维隔热材料), which is used to help build houses in places that have been damaged by hurricanes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. Your jeans will help set a record, keep clothes out of landfills (垃圾场), and build houses for families to live in! UltraTouchtm is made of 85% recycled fibers and is an environmentally safe, natural cotton fiber insolation(隔离).

It's a Fact

It takes about 500 pairs of jeans to recycle enough denim to insulate one average-size U.S. house. So send us lots!

Here's How You Can Get Involved!

1. Get a parent's permission and select as many denim clothes as you like. (Any denim clothing is OK.)   

2. The denim must be used.

3. The denim can be any brand.

4. The denim can be of any color or size but must have been worn by a human (no doll clothes!).

5. Please print out this form and include it with each package!

6. Send as many jeans or denim items as you wish to:

NG Kids P.O. Box 98001 Washington, D.C. 20090-8001

Jeans must be received by June 30, 2009!

1. The activity organizer asks you to send denim clothes to ________.

A. turn them into new clothes for sale   B. prevent them from being thrown away

C. provide clothes for the homeless      D. collect old clothes for being reused

2. The denim clothes that you intend to send_______.

A. can be of any shape or color       B. can be either new or second-hand 

C. must be a certain brand            D. Can be worn by dolls

3.We can infer that UltraTouchtm may be the name of_________.

A. a brand of jeans     B. a building material  C. an organization D. a kind of cloth

4.This activity is probably ________

A. a charity(慈善) act                    B. a school's homework

C. an environmental act                   D. a building company' s task

The Mother Goose Stories, so well known to children all over the word, are commonly said to have been written by a little old woman for her grandchildren. According to some people, she lived in Boston, and her real name was Elizabeth Vergoose. Her son-in-law, a printer named Thomas Fleet, was supposed to have published the famous stories and poems for small children in 1719. However, no copy of this book has ever been found, and most scholars doubt the truth of this story—and doubt, moreover, that Mother Goose was ever a real person. They point out that the name is a direct translation of the French “Mere I’ Oye.” In 1697 the Frenchman Charles Perrault published the first book in which this name was used. The collection contains eight tales, including “Sleeping Beauty,” “Cinderella,” and “Puss in Boots.” But Perrault did not originate these stories; they were already quite popular in his day, and he only collected them.

In 1729 there appeared an English translation of Perrault’s collection,Robert Samber’s Histories or Tales of Past times, Told by MotherGoose(London,1729), which introduced “Sleeping Beauty”, “Little Red-hood”, “Puss in Boots”,”Cinderella” and other Perrault’s tales to English-speaking audiences. These were fairy tales(童话)。 John Newbery published a book of English rhymes，Mother Goose’s Melody, or Sonnets for the Cradle( London, undated,1765), which switched the focus from fairy tale to nursery  rhymes, and in English this was until recently the primary meaning for Mother Goose.A book of poems for children entitled Mother Goose’s Melody was published in England in1781, and the name “Mother Goose” has been associated with children’s poetry ever since.

1.What is supposed to have happened in 1719?

　 A.　Elizabeth Vergoose wrote the first Mother Goose Stories.

　 B.　 The Mother Goose Stories were translated into French.

　 C.　 Thomas Fleet published the Mother Goose Stories.

　 D.　Charles Perrault published the first Mother Goose Stories.

2. Most scholars consider Mother Goose to be _________.

　　 A. a real person                                                 B. a translation from French

 　　C. a collection by Elizabeth Vergoose          D.　 a book written by a little old woman

3.When Perrault published the first book in 1679, _______.

　　 A. no story of the book had been known to people

　　 B. some stories of the book were already well known

　　 C. few people were interested in the stories of the book

　　 D. stories like “Sleeping Beauty” and “Cinderella” became popular

4.The name used in the first book published in 1679 is supposed to have been _______.

　A. Mother Goose         B. Charles Perrault C. Elizabeth Vergoose  D. Mere I’ Oye 

5.When people talk about Mother Goose, they refer to,___________

     A.    a printer of Boston          B. a kind of animal

     C.    children’s  poetry            D. the  French “Mere L’oye

Why play games? Because they are fun, and a 1ot more besides. Following the rules…planning your next move...acting as a team member…these are all “game” ideas that you will come across throughout your life.

Think about some of the games you played as a young child, such as rope-jumping and hide-and-seek. Such games are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly, they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives, such as taking turns and cooperating (合作) .    

Many children’s games have a practical side. Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups. For instance, some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones, which sharpens the hand-eye coordination（协调）needed in hunting.

Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all, the Olympic Games, bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition. People who watch the event wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country, not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war, an Olympic win can mean so much.

Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play it—some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne, a Californian soccer player, has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.

Next time you play your favorite game or sport, think about why you enjoy it, what skills are needed, and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.

1.Through playing hide-and-seek, children are expected to learn to ________.

A. obey the basic rules        B. be a team leader

C. act as a grown-up           D. predict possible danger

2. The underlined part in Paragraph 2 most probably means that games can________.

A. describe life in an exciting way

B. make learning life skills more interesting

C. turn real-life experiences into a play

D. change people’s views of sporting events

3.Iribarne’s goal of forming the foundation is to _______.

A. bring fun to poor kids

B. provide soccer balls for children

C. give poor kids a chance for a better life

D. appeal to soccer players to help poor kids

4.What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Sports increase a country’s competitiveness.

B．Sports can get all athletes together.

C．People are advised to play games for fun.

D．Games benefit people all their lives.

upside down,  be bound to do  , in favour of , take in,  for sure  , leave out

make any difference,  every time,  in the meantime, as far as ,take up,

1.___________ I returned after an absence　, I felt stupid because I was behind the others.

2. This sentence is too long, so I have to __________ some words in it.

3. The doctor will be here soon. __________________, try to relax.

4. The child is so cute. He is holding the book _______________.

5. She ________________ stamp-collecting when she was young.

6. It doesn’t _______________ if you are late for my party. I just wish you to come.

7. Besides, _______________ he was concerned, what other people thought was not the most important thing.

8. While most of us are _____________________the plan, it remains to be seen whether it is practical enough.

So far, we have l_______________ five Units in Module 7.Now let’s 

1. ____________ 

make a brief  _____________(介绍) to each unit. Unit One is about     2._____________

Marty’s story. Though he is _________（残疾）, he never gives up     3._____________

and becomes more i____________(独立). Unit Two is about “Robots”.  4.______________

Robots can do many things ___________of humans. “Under the sea”    5.______________

is the topic of Unit Three. It's an ______________（轶事） of a killer   6.______________

whale. The story of Unit Four is about “Sharing”. Jo is a v______. She  7.______________

offered to teach in the r________area. In Unit Five ,we know Xie Lei  8.______________

went ________ to study business. She learned a lot there.            9______________

          In addition, we’ve also learned another two units in

Module 8--”California”  and  “________”    (克隆).     

10.____________

假设你是学生李华， 你的同班同学林明上周到英国留学， 他一时无法融入到新的班集体中，感到很苦恼。请根据下列要点用英语给他写封email，内容包括：

1．       帮他分析原因；

2．       给他提出建议；

3．       陈述你帮助他的具体打算。

注意：1. 不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节使行文连贯；

      2． 词数120左右；

      3．文章开头和结尾已给出， 不计入总词数。

Lin Ming,

   I know you are now having trouble in communicating with your new classmates in UK, and you often feel lonely there.

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Best regards,

                                                             Li Hua

    ---- Tony, are you available at the moment? I have to ask you a rather personal question.

    ---- _____.

    A. It’s my pleasure     B. Ask, please          C. Help yourself        D.Yes, go ahead

You _____ be tired-----you took a rest only five minutes ago!

A. wouldn’t         B. can’t            C. mustn’t          D. needn’t

Be careful! The slightest spark could _____ the fireworks.

A. set about        B. set off              C. set out              D. set up