Long, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63.To write six hundred and three, people wrote 63.The space between six and three was there to mean." not any "tens. Sometimes people did not remember the space. It was hard to see and read.

Later people used a dot to hold the space. Six hundred and three looked like this 6.3.But the dot was hard to see. So people put a circle around it like this 6⊙3.Then people could see the dot. They remembered the space. at last ,only the circle around the dot was used. It was like a zero. This is one story of how the zero came to be used.

Now zero has many important uses .Zero tells how many. Can you tell some other ways of using zero?

1.Long,long ago people didn`t know how to ____.

A. write     B write zero     C. write numbers       D. sixty-three

2.Long,longago if they wrote two hundred-eight ,people wrote_____.

A.28        B.2 8          C.228                D.208

3.Later ______ was used to mean space.

A. "not any"  B.letter"0"     C. zero                D. a dot

4.People used circles _____________.

A. to remember ways          B. to remember numbers

C. not to forget the space       D. to mean nothing

5.The story tells us _____.

A. how zero came to be used                                         

B. how to write zero

C. what`s the use of zero

D. that zero means a dot, a circle or space

I often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy. I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa .But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of pizza .I thought this tower was a place to buy pizza .It must be the best place to buy pizza in the world, I thought.

Many years later finally saw the Leaning Tower. I knew then that is was Pisa and no pizza .But there was still something special about it for me .The tower got its name because it really does lean to one side. Some people want to try to fix it .They are afraid it may fall over and they don`t like it leans over the city.

I do not think it`s a good idea to try to fix it .The tower probably will not fall down ,it is 600 years old. why should anything happen to it now? And ,if you ask me ,I like what it looks like. To me it is a very human kind of leaning .Nothing is perfect ,it seems to say.

And who cares? Why do people want things to be perfect? Imperfect things may be more interesting .Let`s take the tower in Pisa. Why is it so famous? There are many other older ,more beautiful towers in Italy. But Pisa tower is the most famous. People come from all over the world to see it.

1.This passage is about_______.
A. Italian pizza

B. Italy`s problems

C. How the Leaning Tower of Pisa got its name

D. Why the writer likes Pisa

2.The writer used to think Pisa______.

A. in Spain

B. not very famous

C. not the same as pizza

D. the same as pizza

3.The Leaning Tower of Pisa is _______.

A. modern

B. falling down

C. 600 years old

D.60 years old

4.The writer________.

A. doesn`t like what the tower looks like

B. likes what the tower looks like

C. thinks it`s the most beautiful tower in Italy

D. doesn`t like towers

5. The writer likes the Leaning Tower of Pisa because________.

A. it`s old

B. it`s perfect

C. it sells pizza

D. it`s imperfect

During the summer holidays there will be a changed schedule of services for the students. Changes for dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be put up on the wall outside of the dining-hall. Weekly film and concert schedules will be put up each Wednesday outside of the student club.

In the summer holidays. buses going to the town centre will leave the gate every hour on the half hour during the day. The dining room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm during the week and two meals from noon to 7:00 pm on weekends. The library will be open at its usual hours during the week ,but have shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 pm.

Students must have a new summer card if you want to use the library lending services. This announcement will also be seen in the nest week`s student newspaper.

1.This announcement is to ______.

A. tell students of important schedule changes

B. tell students of new bus and library services

C. show the excellent services for students

D. ask students to change their library cards

2.From this passage we know______.

A. there is a film each week in the student club

B. there is a film or a concert each week in the student club

C. there is a film or a concert on every Wednesday in the student club

D. there will be no changes about the schedules of the weekly film and concert during the summer holidays

3. At which of the following times will the bus leave the gate?
A.8:00,9:00,10:00,11:00

B. 8:30,9:30,10:30,11:30

C. 8:00,9:00,10:30,11:00

D. 8:00,9:30,10:00,11:30

4.In the summer holidays, the library will have ______.

A. no special hours

B. special hours on weekdays

C. special hours on weekends

D. special hours both on weekdays and weekends

5.We may know that during the summer holidays_______.

A. Few students will stay in the university

B. No breakfast will be served on weekends

C. The student newspaper will sell more copies

D. There will be a concert or a film each Wednesday

根据每个句子中所给的汉语意思，写出单词的正确形式。每空一词。
1. I did rather _____（差） in the race.

2. What are you going to do in your ____(两个月的) holiday?

3. The farmers are both busy _____（种）vegetables now.

4. He must be ______ （阻止）from crossing the street when the lights are red.

5. Why do you ______ （不喜欢）travelling by air?

6. Lily felt sad because her bird was _______（死了）.

7. By the end of the ______ （二十） century ,the world population had passed six billion,.

8. At the ________（医务室）,Kate was looked over carefully by Mr.Brown.

9. Please give us a short talk in English .Nothing _______（难）。

10. He put his other shoe under his bed very__________（轻轻地）.

根据括号内的要求改写句子，每空一词。

1.Jack did well in maths.（就划线部分提问）

______ _______ Jack _______ in maths?

2. Do these students often sing the English song?（变成被支语态）

______ the English song often _____ by these students?

3. At the age of four , she began to learn dancing.（改写成复合句）

She began to learn dancing _______ _________ ___________ __________.

4. She was so weak that she didn`t catch up with others.(改写句子，句意不变)

She was _____ ______ _______ to catch up with others.

5. Shall we go out for a walk after supper?( 改写句子，句意不变)

_______ _______ _______ a walk after supper?

6. Neither of us has much time to write back to him.

We both have too much work to do .( 改写句子，句意不变)

Both of us _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ his letter

1． 我希望一切进展顺利。

I hope everything _________ _________ .

2． 大桥附近有两家工厂已十多年了。

_______ ________ _______ two factories near the bridge.

3． 千里之行始于足下。

A journey always _______ ________ the first step.

4． 步行去公园花了我1小时的时间。

_______ _______ _______ one hour _______ _______to the park.

5． 我认为这个项目不应该如此匆忙地进行试验。

I ______ _______ this subject _____ _____ ______ _______ in such a hurry.

6． 你越运动，越健康。

The ______ ______ you have sports, the _______ you will be .

根据对话内容从对话后的7个选项中选出5个能填入空白处的最佳选项。

Charley: Come on ,Steve. 1

Steve: Wait a moment. _2_

Charley: OK.

Steve: By the way, can we give my sister a ride home tonight?

Charley: Sure. 3

Steve: Yes .She wants to take some pictures.

Charley:4 .

Steve: Yeah. She wants to work for a newspaper someday.

Charley: But I think it might be hard for her to succeed.5

A. Well ,she always enjoys sports games, doesn`t she?

B. I dind`t know Eva was interested in photography.

C. There are a lot of photographers out there.

D. You mean she `s coming to the game, too?

E. I just have to close up the shop.

F. It`s time to go

G. Eva`s closing the door.

My pen-friend Becky is going to take __________ one-day trip to Jinan this weekend.  

A. a           B. an             C. the             D.

--Please give me a __________when you reach England.

   ---I'11 ring you up as soon as I get there.                    

A. card         B. stamp           C. call              D. photo

__________are you doing for the coming summer holidays?

     I ' m spending time with my friends.

A. Who        B. What           C. How             D. Where