read, surprise, realize, if, sweep, interest, much, walk, price, develop, write, hand

It was my first day at Grade 6. And the first lesson was boring English. When I was doing nothing, Mr Gough, our new English teacher,   【小题1】   into the classroom.
To my    【小题2】 , he held up a book, The Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe, and asked if anyone had read it. I put my    【小题3】   up, because Poe was my favorite writer. Mr Gough asked    【小题4】  I really understood what the author tried to say in his book. My reply made him smile, and he asked me to  【小题5】 an essay on that subject.
After that, English classes became a new   【小题6】  for me. Mr Gough thought that students had to act out a play to understand it. “Don’t just  【小题7】  it,” he said.
As time passed, we  【小题8】  a real friendship. He encouraged me to be a writer in the future. When I left school, he said to me, “You have a gift, Tony, and one day you’ll come to   【小题9】   how useful it is. Make use of it if you want your life to be complete.”。
Years have passed. Now, every time I sit down to write something new, I think of Mr Gough. He was
 【小题10】 than just an English teacher, because he also taught me useful lessons in life.

(read, spend, snow, want, be, walk, cost, meet, rain, come, have, sleep)

　　Dear Susan,

　　The weather is wonderful in Miami. The days are warm and sunny, but the nights are nice and cool. It doesn't 1 very often, and it never 2 .

　　I 3 a week at a little hotel on the coast. There 4 a beautiful garden and a swimming pool. There was a beach as well. The hotel food was really great. My room and food 5 $120 a day.

　　After a big breakfast, I spent the morning on the beach. I 6 friends for lunch every day. After lunch, I usually 7 for a few hours. Then I 8 by the pool and 9 a cool drink. After dinner, I usually 10 on the beach.

　　I've already decided 11 back to Miami again next year. Do you 12 to come as well?

Love,

Gloria

Read “The Curious Kiwi” and answer questions 1 to 6.

The Curious Kiwi

　　INTRODUCTION

　　The Kiwi lives only in New Zealand. It looks a bit like a long-beaked chicken, but it has no tail and it cannot fly.

　　Its tiny wings are completely hidden among the hair-like feathers. Kiwis are shy birds that live mainly in fern-filled forests. They sleep in burrows by day and come out to feed at night. They eat worms and insects that live in the soil or among dead leaves. They also enjoy fallen fruit.

　　Survival Watch

　　Kiwis are becoming rare, largely because so many have been killed by the cats, dogs and other animals that people have taken to New Zealand.

　　Kiwi Facts

　　The kiwi is up to 45 cm long, including its beak. It gets its name from its call of ki-wee.

　　The female weighs only 4 kg, but she can lay two eggs weighing about 500 grams each.

　　That's nearly ten times as heavy as a chicken's egg.

　　The kiwi is a very strange-looking bird. Its dark coat looks more like shaggy hair than feathers.

　　The nostrils at the tip of the beak can smell worms and other food several centimetres below the ground.

1．What do kiwis eat?

[　　]

A．worms and insects

B．ferns and fallen fruit

C．ferns and forest plants

D．dead leaves and fallen fruit

2．The female kiwi can lay an egg that weighs about ________.

[　　]

3．Which of the following words from the text describes the personality of kiwis?

[　　]

4．The kiwi has been given its name because it ________.

[　　]

A．feeds at night

B．has a call that sounds like “ki-wee”

C．is able to lay two eggs

D．sleeps during the day

5．The ward closest in meaning to “several”, as it is used in the passage is ________.

[　　]

6．Kiwis are becoming rare because ________.

[　　]

A．there are not many forests left

B．they don't lay enough eggs

C．they are being killed by other animals

D．their food is hard to catch

Read the information form and fill in the blanks of the dialogue. (读下列的信息，完成对话。)

Animals World　　   Hope English    Chinese Cooking    Game Shows

Wang Lin   　　　　loves    　　   likes　　   　　   can't stand　　　　  likes

Drew　　 　　　　  likes    　　   doesn't mind   　　 loves　　      doesn't mind

Host: Welcome to 8:30 Everyday Chat. Tonight we're talking to Drew and Wang Lin, two middle school students. Welcome to the show, Wang Lin and Drew.

Wang Lin & Drew: Thank you.

Host: Do you two like to watch TV?

Wang Lin & Drew: ____1___

Host: What do you think of Animals World?

Wang Lin : Well, I love animals.____2___

Drew: Mmm, ____3____

Host: I do, too. Animals are our best friends. How about Hope English?

Wang Lin : ____4____

Host: Why?

Wang Lin: Because I can learn a lot of things. I can learn culture of foreign countries.

Drew: Ah, ____5____I come from England. I know a lot about it. I can help you, Wang Lin.

Host: And you can help me, too. What do you think of ____6____?

Drew: ____7____. I can learn more about Chinese food.

Wang Lin: ____8____.It's for moms!

Host. Maybe you don't like cooking. What about Game Shows.

Wang Lin : ____9____

Drew: ____10____. I like this talk show. And I like to talk with you.

Host : Thank you.

1. When you come to Yancheng, you can enjoy the BRT(快速公交). It’s ________ (舒适)
and fast. How fast our city is developing!
2. Many people don’t want to live in Tokyo(东京) because of the Nuclear(核) _________ (污染).
3. This  his ______ (九) year in Sheyang. He loves living here. He loves everything here.
4. We are looking forward to his __________ (到达). He is a famous singer.
5. China’s __________ (人口) is becoming aging (老龄化的). We must take action to prevent it.
6. —What’s the w__________ like today?  —The radio says it’s sunny.
7. If you read more, you will get more k__________. Do you believe it?
8. Boys like watching ball games very much, e__________ the NBA. Those basketball players are really wonderful.
9. When you go for a picnic, remember “S_______ is first. Keep away from the dangerous places. ”
10. Everyone must know the i__________ of learning English. It’s used the most widely in the world now.
11. Many __________ (mouse) destroyed the crops near the village. The farmers were   catching them everywhere.
12. He is __________ (true) sorry that he failed to pass the exam. But I don’t believe him, and you?
13. Millie doesn’t dance as __________ (beautiful) as her sister. She hasn’t practice it for a long time.
14. I would like Liu Qian to teach _________ (we) how to play magic. We admire him very much. He is my hero.       
15. Juan Antonio Samaranch(萨马兰奇)’s __________ (die) was a great loss to the whole
world. People loved him very much all over the world.