根据句意和首字母提示完成单词

1.His father works in a h___________ as a doctor.

2.We have to wear a u___________, so we don’t have to worry about out clothes every day.

3.Don’t play near the street, it’s too d___________.

4.At the b____________ of this month, my cousin starts to work in a bank.

5.Jim wants mort meat and bread, because he feels pretty h___________.

6.Hainan and Guangdong are s____________ of our country.

7.Mr. Lee is new here, so we need to meet him at the a___________ tomorrow.

8.Tom is much taller than me and he sits b___________ me in class.

9.Many people go to the r_____________ to have dinner. The food there is so nice .

10.The old man likes walking in the park near by d____________ the day.

YoYo Ma was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at four. A year later, when he was     36   years old, he gave his first concert. The family soon moved to New York, America. Later he joined Julliard School, a school   37   gifted musicians. He went to Harvard University to study music and graduated in 1976.

    YoYo soon became famous for his concerts. He always tries to play the cello with music from different countries like Brazil and China. He wrote   38   for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It sounds brilliant.

    YoYo is sometimes forgetful. He once   39   his cello in a taxi in New York. He was really

  40   because it’s worth US $2,000,000.The taxi driver took it to a police station. YoYo was very thankful.

1.A. four           B. five               C. six            D. seven

2.A. for            B. as                C. by               D. with

3.A. a story          B. an article          C. music           D. a poem

4.A. forgot          B. remembered        C. missed             D. left

5.A. excited        B. worried            C. lonely          D. bored

A Manchester teenager has received a phone bill (账单)for over £450 after sending 3 ，500 text messages in just one month.

Tony Russell has had his new mobile phone for only three months, but now his father, Lionel, has taken it away.

He's been asking me for a mobile for years because all his friends have got one，“ explained Lionel. "I finally bought one for his birthday because he's been doing so well at school, but he and his friends are crazy (疯狂的)about sending text messages. They do it all the time. They even text each other from different sides of the school playground.

Tony said, "I thought texting was much cheaper than phoning, so I've been texting my friends all day long and even into the early hours of the morning. I've been going to bed at 2 ： 00 most nights. Sometimes my hand hurt because I pressed the buttons so much, but I was having such good fun that I couldn't stop！"

His father said,"! have forgiven him, but I am angry with the phone company as they are encouraging this crazy behaviour. " He has made his son promise to pay back the money, so Tony has been working on Saturdays. He has found a job in a shoe shop. "I think it will take me about a year to clear this debt(债务)，"he said.

A Xiangtan teenager has received a phone bill for over 350 yuan after sending 3,500 text messages in just one month.

Tan Wei has had his new mobile phone for only three months, but now his father has taken itaway

He's been asking me for a mobile for years because all his friends have got one," explained Tan Wei's father. "I finally bought one for his birthday because he's been doing so well at school, but he and his friends are crazy about sending text messages They do it all the time. "

Tan Wei said, "I thoughttexting was much cheaper than phoning, so I've been texting my friends all day long and even into the early hours of the morning, Sometimes my Angers hurt because I pressed the buttons(按键)so much, but I was having such good fun that l couldn’t I stop！”

His father said, “I am angry with the phone company as they are encouraging this crazy behaviour.' He has made his son promise to pay back the money, so Tan Wei has been working on Saturdays He has found a pan-time job in a shoe shop 'I think it will take me about half a year to clear this debt(债务)he said.

1.Tan Wei got the mobile phone because_____

A he's been asking for it for years

B. all his friends have got one

C he's been doing well at school

2.The underlined word "texting" probably means_____

A. 读课文 B. 短信 C. 发邮件

3.When he sent text messages, Tan Wei_______ .

A, made friends at school

B. got himself injured

C .felt quite happy

4.How much money does Tan Wei get for his job every month?

A. About 40 yuan  B. About 60 yuan  C. About 80 yuan

My friend Tony is an American   41  . He is ten years old. He lives 42  his family in China now. There are   43   people in his family; his mother Mrs. Green, his father Mr. Green and his little sister Amy. He has a white cat.   44  name is Betty. Look！Amy is playing   45  Betty. His father, Mr. Green, is watc­hing TV. His mother is doing housework. What about Tony? He is doing   46   Chinese homework. He can't   47 Chinese well, but he likes Chinese very much. Tony's          48   works in a TV station. His father works in a school as an   49  teacher. Tony and his sister   50   to the same school.

8.A. father     B. mother     C. sister        D brother

Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father worked hard but wasn’t paid much. And his mother did all the housework at home. They were both able but they couldn’t get enough money for their family.

Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he was good at his lessons. When he was sixteen, he came to the city and began to work in a small factory. He learned from an old worker and became a skilled worker. The old worker liked him and married his daughter to him. The young man did not have his own house and had to live with his parents-in-law. His mother-in-law always thought he was poor and often chattered. So the young man tried to save everything and hoped to have his own house.

It was one fine Sunday. The old woman wanted to have a picnic on the top of the hill. She told Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she told him to turn left and sometimes to turn right. The young man had to listen to her. At a crossing the lights were red but she made him turn left. The policeman stopped them and told the young man to give his license to him.

“If I did wrong, sir,” said Mr. Hunt, “It was my mother-in-law’s fault(过错). She was driving the car though she sat behind me!”

1.The Hunts were poor because ____.

       A. they were lazy B. they were too weak to work

       C. they couldn’t make enough moneyD. they weren’t able enough

2.Mr. Hunt left the school because ____.

       A. he didn’t like studying           B. his family was poor

       C. he wasn’t clever                 D. he hoped to stay at home

3.____, so the old man married his daughter to him.

       A. Mr. Hunt became a skilled worker 

B. Mr. Hunt was friendly to him

       C. Mr. Hunt was paid much in the factory                

D. Mr. Hunt worked for six years there

4.The old woman was ____ to Mr. Hunt.

       A. good           B. bad             C. friendly         D. useless

5.Which of the following is wrong?

       A. The old woman herself drove the car that day.

       B. It was the old woman’s fault.

       C. Mr. Hunt hated his mother-in-law.

    D. The old woman told Mr. Hunt to run the red lights.