One night, Mary heard some big  36_  noise.  “Doh, Doh, …” It  37   for a few minutes.  Mary went out of her bedroom to search everywhere.  Her parents were sleeping and there were no   38  people in the house.  Mary   39 _ to her bedroom.

Mary heard the noise again.  She thought, “Is it a cat?  Mike has a cat.  But cats miaow.  They don’t make such noise.”

“Maybe it’s a bird   40   around and looking for a place to rest.  No!  That doesn’t make any noise.”

Maybe it’s the whisper of my parents.  They _41   be   42   in their room.  But that noise wasn’t a whisper at all.”

Mary went to bed again but she heard the noise again. She was   43_   and fell  44_    her bed. Her legs were   45_   and she could not climb up any more.

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“Cool” is a word with many meanings.Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a bit cold.As the world has changed,the word has many different meanings.

“Cool” can be used to express feeling of interest in almost anything.

When you see a famous car in the street,you will say,“It’s cool.”You may think,“He is so cool!”when you see your favourite football player.

We have quite a few meanings of the word “cool”.You can use it instead of many words such as “new”“handsome” or “surprising”.There is an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used.A mother asked his son to say something about his favourite film star.The little boy could only say,“He is very cool.”But there are many other words which can be used to describe a person.So the story also shows a scarcity(缺乏) of words.Without “cool”,some people have no words to show what they want to say.Can you think of many other ways that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can.What about you? Have a try.You’ll find them also very cool.

1.We know the word “cool” has had        .

2.In the passage,the word “express”(Paragraph 2) means        .

3.If you are        something,you may say,“It’s cool.”

4.The writer gives an example        to show he is the way the word is used.

5.In the passage,the writer wants to say that the word “cool”      .

Thousands of years ago, people only ate food that was grown near their homes. Some kinds of food were only grown in one place, so people from other places didn't know about them. When Europeans first traveled to Central and South America in the 1500s, they discov­ered strange kinds of food that they had never seen before. Today, these are grown in a lot of different countries and they're sold in supermarkets all over the world. They don't seem strange any more!

Potatoes were first grown in the Andes in South America. In 1586， they were taken to Europe by explorers(探险家).In 1719， they were taken to North America. Before 1719， nobody in North America had ever seen or eaten a potato. Today each American eats more than 60 kilos of potatoes a year.

Tomatoes were also first grown by native(本地的)Americans. When European explorers visited the south of America in 1500, they took tomato seeds(种子)back to Europe. Soon, tomatoes were grown in Europe, but people in England didn't eat them. At that time, a lot of English people thought that tomatoes were poisonous!

Chilies(辣椒)have been eaten in Central and South America for more than 8 ，000 years ！ In the 1500s, chilies were taken to Europe by explorers. Today, they are grown in hot coun­tries all over the world.

11. How many kinds of food are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two.          B. Three.         C. Four.

12. People in Central and South America have eaten chilies for more than          years.

A. 1,500          B. 1,586         C. 8,000

13. The underlined word "poisonous" in the passage means "           " in Chinese.

A.有毒的          B.重要的         C.辛辣的

14. According to the passage, we know that          .

A. people only ate food grown near their homes after 1719

B. people in Europe were the first to plant potatoes

C. the European explorers took chilies to Europe in the 1500s

15. Which of the following is the best title(标题)for the passage?

A. Traveling to America

B. "Strange" Food

C. The Earliest Explorers

John was sad. Nothing could make him     . "I don't want to go to school today." "Come on, sleepy head. Let's go for a      ”said his mum.
When they walked down the street, his mum said, "John, do you see the     in Mr. Butler's garden? Would you like to sniff(嗅)them?
"    "，said John.
"But I want to. Come with me", His mum sniffed the flowers. "Oh, these flowers    me my son should(应该)be happy, and they also tell me my son should go to      .”
"Aha, mum, you are joking(开玩笑).How can flowers    ?”laughed John.
They walked on. "Perhaps we can have a dog cat cow chicken sheep ice cream," said his mum.
John     again. "Don't be so silly(傻的)，Mum. That sounds(听上去)    . You can't have that kind of ice cream."
John kept smiling from that moment. Mum felt happy now that John was happy. John thanked his mum very much to make      happy. He thought his mum was great.

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整，所填单词在题后横线上必须完整写出。

Japanese people often ask people what blood group they are. This is b  1    they believe that a person’s blood group says a lot about their character and personality. The Japanese also believe that k  2    blood group can help them decide that if a person will be a person’s good friend. It is strange that this idea is so popular in Japan because it is not a traditional idea, but a m  3    one. Blood groups were only d  4    in 1901 and in 1916 a Japanese doctor suggested that blood groups were related to temperament (气质、性情).

In 1927, a writer did a large study of people and wrote a guide to blood groups. He said that people from blood group O are calm, patient and in c  5    of their emotions (情绪). They are f  6    of self-confidence but are also quiet. People from blood group A are gentle and careful, worry a lot, find it hard to make a d  7   , and do not like arguments. People from blood group B are cheerful and “independent”(独立). They can talk and do things w  8    needing help from others. Blood group AB is quite a strange group. These people may seem like people from blood group B but they are actually more like people from blood group A. They are shy and confident, trustworthy (可信赖的) and like to help others. The Japanese also think that your blood group a  9    your choice of job and even your choice of m  10    partner!