从A—G中选出可以填入对话空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Waiter：Good morning，madam．

Linda：Good morning．

Waiter：___1___

Linda：Yes．Can we have a table by the window?

Waiter：OK．___2___

（At the table）

Waiter：Here's the menu．___3___

Linda：Yes．We'd like chicken with potatoes，beef with onions and some rice．

Waiter：___4___

Linda：Apple juice．

Waiter：__5___

Linda：No，that's all．Thank You

I can't believe the homework my seven-year-old son brings home! I have to sit with him every afternoon in order to see all the homework __1__．There is so much work and he is very __2__ after school．I have to give him a little time-out，so he can swim __3__ just get relaxed in front of the TV．Then we continued and it __4__ a few hours at least to finish all the homework．I don't remember having so much work when I was at this __5__ and I don't remember it being so hard!

It seems to me as if I am paying the school and they are sending my child __6__ with so much work for me to __7__ him do! Why don't they do all this work at school? I think these __8__ are doing the students great harm（伤害）! They shouldn't be __9__ to give the kids so much work to do on their __10__．

Then the sport is pushed again and again! I have always been a __11__ of sports，but I can see that my son is not as interested as I __12__ to be．I can see that he would rather read or do something __13__ like drama（戏曲）or art．1 would love him to be a sportsman，but if that isn't __14__ he wants，then I would rather he was happy．Kids should __15__ their own interests and not be made to do what other people want them to do!

1．A．compared              B．followed              C．corrected                      D．done

2．A．tired                      B．influenced            C．surprised                D．pleased

3．A．but                        B．or                        C．and                        D．then

4．A．collects                 B．affords                C．takes                     D．writes

5．A．relation                  B．time                     C．moment                 D．age

6．A．knowledge             B．experiment           C．home                     D．example

7．A．direct                    B．check                         C．encourage              D．help

8．A．schools                 B．brains                  C．choices                  D．differences

9．A．regarded                B．suggested             C．allowed                  D．managed

10．A．service                B．own                    C．energy                   D．shame

11．A．stranger               B．discoverer            C．member                 D．lover

12．A．happened             B．used                    C．agreed                   D．wished

13．A．strict                   B．nervous               C．else                       D．usual

14．A．what                   B．which                  C．who                             D．whose

15．A．receive                B．miss                    C．develop                  D．achieve

You carry your backpack（背包）around every day，to every class，all year long．So it's important that you choose the right one．And the time has come again：Another school year means another backpack to buy．

What's out there this year? Here's a look at three of this year's backpack trends（款式）．

1．You don't have to stay neutral（暗淡的）．There are all kinds of backpacks this year．They have lots of color and loud prints．So forget the basic black and gray（灰色）．Go for a bag that stands out and shows who you are and what you like．

2．Love lots of pockets? You’re in luck．There's a place for everything you might want to carry--your phone，iPod，water bottle．

3．Go earth-friendly．Just like everything else，school bags have gone environment-friendly．You'll find all kinds of bags made of materials that can be used again．

Do you know how to use your backpack correctly? Here are some tips：

1．Don't overload your bag．You shouldn't carry more than 10% of your body weight．

2．Carry it right．You should use both of those straps（带子）．And the bottom of the bag shouldn't be more than 10 cm below your waistline（腰部）．Any lower and it'll you’re your shoulders tired and make you lean（倾斜）forward when you walk．

3．Try to have a place for everything you carry．Make full use of those pockets．They will keep you from losing things．

1．It is important for students to choose the right backpack because _______．

A．a new school year is coming                     B．they carry backpacks very often

C．the school requires them to do so                D．it makes them follow the backpack trend

2．Which of the following is this year's backpack trend?

A．Black and gray backpacks．                     B．Backpacks made of strong materials．

C．Backpacks having many pockets．               D．Big backpacks．

3．A right way to use one's backpack is _______ according to the writer．

A．to keep both the straps on one shoulder

B．to carry as few things as possible

C．to keep the straps less than 10 cm

D．to put different things in different pockets

4．Tom is 50 kilograms so he should carry a backpack which should be no more than _______ kilograms according to the passage．

A．2.5                      B．5                         C．7.5                        D．10

5．The underlined word overload probably means “_______” in Chinese．

A．过分劳累            B．要价过高             C．过度磨损               D．装载过重

One day when Isaac Newton was reading a book under an apple tree on the farm，an apple fell down and hit him on the head．For most people that would be the end of the story，but not for Newton．Why did the apple fall out of the tree? Does everything fall? What makes things fall? Can anything stop things from falling? Are the sun，moon，and stars falling? Why don't they ever hit the ground?

Newton spent many years answering these questions by thinking and doing experiments．He made up the law of gravity（引力定律）．According to this law everything pulls everything else to itself by a force（力）called gravity．How strong that force is depends on how heavy the things are and how close together．

Newton's law of gravity not only explained how things fall on earth，but how planets move around the sun and how moons move around planets．A friend of his，Edmund Halley，decided to try Newton's theory（理论）on comets（彗星）．People had been studying comets for hundreds of years but failed to understand them，so he decided to study their reports and compare them to Newton's theory．

Up till then people had thought that comets just came and went，and that nobody could know when or why．But Newton's law of gravity gave rules that Halley could use to study the records of comets．He found some reports of a big bright comet that he was sure was the same one，coming back every 75 years．He predicted（预测）when it would come back next．

Halley's prediction came true．Tile comet appeared at the right time as he predicted using Newton's ideas．This was enough to convince anybody who still didn't believe Newton．Halley's Comet has come a few times since then，always right on time．You'll be able to see it on its next trip near the sun and earth when you're old enough to be a grandparent．

1．The passage starts with a story to show _______．

A．it was such a funny one

B．Newton liked to eat apples

C．how much Newton liked reading

D．what led to Newton's discovery of gravity

2．How strong gravity is depends on _______ of the things according the Newton’s theory．

A．color and distance（距离）                      B．weight and distance

C．size and weight                                          D．size and color

3．According to the writer，Newton was especially different from others in that _______．

A．he liked reading under apple trees              B．he liked to find out how things worked

C．he was very quiet and patient                             D．he was so much interested in science

4．The underlined word convince in the last paragraph probably means “make people _______”．

A．believe                 B．doubt                   C．understand             D．relax

5．Which of the following is true about Edmund Halley?

A．He discovered a big bright comet

B．He helped Newton to create his theory．

C．He predicted when the same comet would come back．

D．He studied the comet for 75 years

Have you ever imagined yourself as a travel writer? Send us 500 words on your 2008 summer holiday，explaining what made it special—with as much detail as possible（place names，names of hotels／restaurants．what you especially enjoyed seeing and doing）．The best five entries，as chosen by our editors，will each win one of our five holiday prizes，and will be published in full in the Travel section of the Guardian（《卫报》）and on guardian.co.uk．

There are five categories（类别）and five different prizes which everyone can get．

Category：Activity，Adventure

Prize：a two-week campervan（野营车）holiday to New Zealand with Discover the world and Air New Zealand．Spend two weeks traveling in the country wherever the road takes you-from the beaches and cities of North Island to the beautiful scenery of the South Island．

Category：Family

Prize：A weekend in a tent for four people，staying on a private nature reserve（自然保护区）near Padstow，with Cornish Tent Holidays in connection with Neal's Yard Holidays．

Category：Beach

Prize：A trip for two to Damascus with Black Tomato，The prize includes return flights from London，a private guided tour of the city and four nights on the way．

Category：Camping

Prize：A pair of return flights for two to New York with STA Travel，including taxes．

Category：UK

Prize：A week of river cruising（乘船巡游）for two on a motorboat in Germany with European Boating Holidays．Visit the great lakes or travel in and around Berlin by river，and the trip includes return flights from London．

To enter the competition，send your entry to our website．Don't forget to tell us which of the five categories you are writing about，and include your name，address and telephone number．The deadline for entries is 11：59p．m．on Friday August 22，2008．

1．The purpose of the passage is to _______．

A．invite readers to travel abroad                    B．introduce holiday places to readers

C．ask readers to write articles on travel           D．help readers become writers

2．The underlined word entries in the first paragraph probably refers to “_______” ．

A．articles entered for a competition

B．words that are written by readers

C．editors，favorite readers

D．the best articles that wilt be popular soon

3．If you want to win a trip to New York，you should write something about _______．

A．family                  B．adventure             C．camping                 D．beach

4．_______ will arrange（安排）your trip if you win the prize for Category “Beach” ．

A．Cornish Tent Holidays                              B．Black Tomato

C．STA Travel                                               D．European Boating Holidays

5．You will go to _______ for a holiday if you win the prize for Category “UK”．

A．New Zealand        B．England               C．USA                      D．Germany

One day last winter my dad and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus（马戏表演）．Finally，there was only one family in front of us．There were eight children．All were perhaps under the age of 12．You could tell that they didn't have much money．Their clothes were not expensive but clean．All of them were standing in line，two by two behind their parents．I could feel that the children had never seen the circus before．They were very excited．

The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted．He proudly answered，“Eight children’s tickets and two adults' tickets so that I can take my family to the circus．” The ticket lady answered the price．The man's wife looked sad．The father asked again in surprise，“How much did you say?” The ticket lady said the price again．The man didn’t have enough money．

How could he tell his eight children that he didn’t have enough money? At that time，my dad put his hand in his pocket，pulled out twenty dollars and dropped it on the ground（In fact，we were not rich）．

My dad picked up the money and said to the father，“Excuse me，sir．This fell out of your pocket．” The man knew what happened at once．He looked at my dad and took my dad’s hands．He was so thankful that he couldn't say a word．

My dad and I went back home．We didn't see the circus，but I would never forget that day．

1．How many people were there in the family in front of the writer?

2．Why were the children very excited?

3．Why did the man's wife look sad?

4．What kind of person was the writer's father?

1．What do you think the above reading is?

2．Is English one of the foreign languages Jane is studying?

3．Which subject has Jane made progress in?

4．How does Jane get along with her teachers?

American schools ale looking for ways to save money on bus transport because of high fuel（燃料）prices．More children may have to walk，ride their bikes or find other ways to get to school．Soon，as another effect of the high prices，they may not have to go to school as often as before．Some schools are changing to a four-day week．That means longer days instead of the traditional Monday to Friday timetable．Beginning ill autumn，students in the Maccray school district（区域）in Minnesota will be in school from Tuesday to Friday Each school day will be sixty-five minutes longer．

In Custer，South Dakota，students have been going to school from Monday to Thursday since 1995．Superintendent（教育主管）Tim Creal said the change has saved about one million just over the past eight years．He has noticed other advantages，too．Students have more time to study．And activities that used to interfere with（干扰）classes are now held on non．school days．He said that in the future，an increase in online classes could make it possible to require even fewer days in school．High fuel prices are driving college students to take more online classes．In some states，high school students can take them，too．

1．Why do most American students have to go to school by bike or on foot?

2．How many days will students in Minnesota go to school every week from this autumn on?

3．What may American students do to save money in the future?

4．Is the change in Custer good or not? Why?

5．What is the main idea of the passage?