选择与下列各句中画线部分意思相同或相近，并能替换划线部分的一项（共4小题，每题1分；计4分）

A. over    B. get back      C. arriving in    D. aren't the same as

1.Trains are different from planes. Planes goes more quickly than trains.

2.My brother has more than two hundred books.

3.My uncle is getting to Shanghai tomorrow.

4.Show me your photos when we return to school.

 

I didn’t think I had a passion(激情). I would sit in front of the TV all day, thinking about nothing but the next show. It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.
That day I went with my mum to drive my sister to the gym. I was bored. Then, as my mum stopped at a red light, someone on the side of the road caught my eye（吸引我的世界）. It was a man dressed in rags (衣衫褴褛). He was homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I had seen many like him before.
But in some ways he was different. This man was not sitting down with a sad expression(表情). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing happily to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious(珍贵)thing he had.
“Mum, why does that man have a radio even thought（尽管） he’s homeless?” I asked.
“He bought it,” she replied. I was still unable to understand.
“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn’t need.”
“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t the most important things. We need happiness, too.”
The man must care too much about music to buy a radio instead of food clothes. I soon realized（意识到）that happiness is the key to life. Without it, there’s nothing to look forward to.
Since then I’ve never gone a day without thinking of what’s truly important. A home, a meal, clothes—these things are only part of the picture. What’s often forgotten is that we all need a pleasure, a light in a dark day. We all need a passion.
【小题1】How would Sarah spend her days long ago?

A．She watched TV all day.

B．She used to read a lot.

C．She did nothing but thinking.

D．She was always sleeping.

【小题2】Who caught Sarah’s eye when her mum stopped the car at a red light?

A．A man dressed in rags.

B．A man dressed in new clothes.

C．A man sitting down with a sad expression.

D．A man singing happily to the music.

【小题3】 Why was the man different?

A．He wore new clothes.

B．He was sitting with a sad expression.

C．He was homeless.

D．He lived an active life though he was very poor.

【小题4】What did Sarah do after she understood the fact?

A．She thought all day without doing anything.

B．She bought a radio just like the man’s.

C．She had a passion with everything from then on.

D．She always danced to the music on the radio.

【小题5】 What can we learn from the passage?

A．Sometimes food and clothes are the most important things in our life.

B．Happiness is the key to life and it is what we are looking forward to.

C．Music is more important than food or clothes.

D．Money is the most important thing for a person.

根据所给的中文、音标或首字母提示，写出空白处各单词的适当形式，每空限填一词。

I have twin brothers, Tim and Tom. They look the same and l  1.   of people don’t know who is who. They are   2.   /tl / and thin. They have brown hair and blue   3.   (眼睛), and they always wear jeans and T-shirts.

They like eating the same food, and they like doing the same things, too. For example, tomatoes and   4.   (土豆) are their favorite food. They enjoy   5.   (游泳) and playing football. They’d like to play computer games every n  6.  , but our mother says they can’t because they have much   7.  (家庭作业) to do.

They’re twins, but they aren’t the same in everything. For example, Tim works very   8.   /hd/ at school, but Tom doesn’t. Tim’s favorite subject is math but Tom is   9.   (感兴趣的) in history.

Our mother often   10.  (离开) home for her job, so we all help with the housework at home.

I think it’s fun to have twin brothers. We are all happy to be brothers in the same family.

 

阅读短文内容，从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Many kids think they are   36   . They think they aren't the prettiest or the smartest. At the same time, they think they aren't even the ugliest or the silliest, which would at least make them stand out.  Everyone feels that way sometimes,  37  in middle school. Kids  38   realize how special they are.

It is   39   growing up. Growing up means understanding what you can offer the world. When you're young, you realize that just by being yourself, you do offer   40   to other people. Maybe you aren't the best, but that doesn't make you "not amazing".

Do yourself a favor. Think about your friends carefully. Write down a list of things that you like about them. Think about   41   you make friends with them. You will   42   know that in the end, no matter if they aren't the smartest or the prettiest or   43  talented, they are great in their own way. And they feel just the same       44  you!

Remember, it gets easier as you grow older. If you try your best, you are still pretty   45 .

36. A. special       B. ordinary          C. unusual         D. ugly

37. A. especial      B. especially         C. more often       D. often

38. A. often        B. more often         C. not often        D. seldom

39. A. part of       B. one of            C. some           D. about

40. A. anything      B. everything        C. something       D. some thing

41. A. reason       B. season            C. where           D. why

42. A. get to        B. got to             C. have to         D. getting to

43. A. /            B. more             C. most           D. the most

44. A as           B. to                C. about           D. for

45. A. smart       B. amazing          C. clever           D. well

 

My grandfather is eighty years old. He sometimes complains（抱怨）about how fast things have changed.

He often says that families aren’t the families they used to be. A lot of families have broken up（破裂）. If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they will no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home to take care of their children, but now they’re busy working. They have no time to look after children at home. What’s more, more and more people drive. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. But now children don’t. And in school, children don’t have to think more as we used to. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide（加、减、乘、除）using our heads. But now most students use calculators. Most families have computers now. In the past, we didn’t have computers. We even had no lights. My mother to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now few people eat home-cooked food. And people seldom talk to each other. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think… Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.

根据短文内容，判断句子是否正确，正写（A），错写（B）。（10分）

1.The writer’s grandfather thinks people now are much busier than they used to be.

2.Students have to think more at school now than past.

3.．People like to eat home—cooked food now.

4.．Lots of couples（夫妇）don’t live together because of unhappy problems.

【小题】5．People have too much time to talk with each other now.