—Would you love to hang out with us, Helen?

—Sorry．I prefer to __________at home than __________out with you．

A．to stay；hang                                    B．stay；hanging    

C．stay；hang                                     D．to stay；to hang

An old woman walked into a clothes shop．She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress on display，but the girl stood still behind the counter，taking no notice of the request．

    The old woman spoke to the girl again，raising her voice a bit，but still received no answer． The old woman looked closely at the girl and nodded to her, “I am too old to see well．” I can't even tell a plastic model from a real girl．

    On hearing this，the salesgirl shouted at the old woman，“What? Did you call me a plastic?

model?”

    The old woman was greatly surprised “Oh, dear me，”she said．“The model can speak．

Then it must be a robot of a new type．”

1．The old woman wanted ______in the clothes shop．

      A．to buy something                             B．to play a joke on someone

      C．to try things on                              D．to make trouble

2．The assistant was a____________．

     A．woman              B．model              C．robot              D．young man

3． The assistant took no notice of the old woman because________________．

      A．she was a plastic model                     B．she was too old to see well

      C．she was not a good assistant                 D．she was too old to hear

4．The assistant began to speak because_______________．

     A．she got to know her mistake

     B．she wanted to show that she was not a model

     C．she wanted to show that she could speak

     D．she thought the old woman had insulted her

5．When the assistant shouted at her, the old woman was greatly surprised because________．

     A．she had thought the assistant would speak

     B．she didn't expect the assistant would speak

     C．she had thought the assistant was a robot

     D．she had thought the assistant fooled her

Very often, new-born babies are not beautiful．They are wrinkled （多皱的） or hairless，or they have an angry look on their faces．They seem to say，“Get away！I hate everybody．”But to a parent，that hairless, wrinkled，angry -faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world．When a proud father or mother asks you，“Well， What do you think…，isn’t she beautiful?”What are you going to say? Is this the time for the truth? Of course not!

   You look that proud father in the eyes and say, “Yes，she is! She's really a beauty．She's one in a million．She's going to be a movie star! I can tell! She's as beautiful as a picture．”

   In English, This is a white lie．White lies don’t hurt people． They are not cruel （残忍的） or angry words．People use them to make a difficult thing a little easier．When people don’t want to meet someone, or eat something new that they really don’t like at a friend's house, they tell a white lie．They are trying to be kind．They don’t want to hurt anyone．It's important to be honest, but many people feel that being kind is sometimes more important．

1． Parents are usually ___________when their babies are born.

      A．angry               B．proud                C．sad                D．surprise

2．When a parent asks what you think of their new baby, they want you to__________．

      A．tell the truth                               B．say what you like

     C．tell lies                                  D．say something positive

3．The underlined word “white”in this passage means“_________” in Chinese．

      A．善意的               B．恶意的               C．白色的               D．苍白的

4．From the passage we know that___________．

     A．a new -born baby hates everyone around her

     B．a new -born baby is the most beautiful one

     C．people who tell white lies are not kind

    D．people who tell white lies want to be kind

5．Which of the following is a white lie?

    A．You broke the window but you say you don’t know who broke it．

    B．You know Jack has stolen a watch but you say you don’t know who stole the watch.

      C．You don’t think your friend first drawing is great but you say it is.

     D．You tell a mother that her new - born baby isn’t beautiful.

Life used to be fun for teenagers．They used to have money to spend，and free time to spend．They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos （迪斯科舞厅）．But for many young people，life is harder now．Jobs are difficult to find． There is not so much money around．Things are more expensive, and it is hard to find a place to live in．Teachers say that students work harder than they used to．They are less interested in politics and more interested in passing exams．They know that good exam results may get them better jobs．

    Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago．They try to spend less and save more． They want to be able to get homes of their own one day．

    For some，the answer to unemployed is to leave home and look for work in one of the Britain's big cities．Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain，looking for jobs．Some find and stay．Others don’t find it，and go home again．

    When you read the newspapers and watch the news on televisions． It's easy to get the idea that British young people lose their jobs and are in trouble．But that's not true．

1．The underlined sentence “There is not so much money around．”means_________．

      A．many young people don't have so much money left．

     B．it's not easy to make money now．

      C．the friends around the young people have no money．

    D．many young people's parents haven't given them much money．

2．Why do students study harder than before?

     A．Because the things are more expensive．

     B．Because they have no homes to live in．

     C．Because they are not interested in politics any more．

     D．Because they want to get better jobs and get more money．

3．Which of the following is TRUE?

    A．Their parents worried about money, too．

    B．Their parents no longer worried about money．

    C．Their parents even thought about money more than they do．

    D．Their parents didn't worry about money at all．

4．The underlined word “unemployed” means____________．

    A．the situation when they are out of work

    B．the situation when they are punished

    C．the situation when they are in great trouble

    D．the situation when they are very angry

5．From the passage We can know________________．

      A．most British young people are always in trouble

B．some young people in Britain can find jobs

C．most of the British young people are easy to get money

    D．what the writer said is not true

根据下列句子中的汉语词义写出所缺单词的正确形式，每空一词。

1．I'm your new English teacher this______________（学期）．

2．My parents got______________（结婚）in l987．And now we live a happy life．

3．I had asked him about it many times，but he didn't________________（回复）．

4．I'd like to help___________（无家可归的）people．

5．Tom used to be a problem boy，he________（造成）lots of trouble for his parents．

6．He is a_____________（不诚实的）boy，because he often tells lies．

7．I think the calculator was_____________（发明）before the computer．

8．Can you_____________（翻译）this sentence into English?

9．The population of the world is________________（增长）very fast．

10．China has_______________（发展）very fast these years．

This morning，Tom， a boy of twelve，saw a small fire at one end of a ship． He left home very early，against the wishes of his father，to see the ship at the port．It was a good thing that he did，because there was nobody else around，and the small fire grew dangerously big very soon．

    Tom stood near the ship and shouted at the top of his voice．He woke up the workers living nearby．

    The ship was one of the six big ships in port at the time and they were all carrying oil and paper．

    The fire burned hundreds of boxes of paper，so it spread very quickly．The end of the ship was black with smoke，but thanks to Tom，the fire didn’t reach the oil．

    Tom was also lucky，because his father was pleased rather than angry with him．

1．Where was Tom when he saw the fire？

 ___________________________________________________________________________

2．Did the small fire grow big very slowly or quickly?

 ___________________________________________________________________________

3．What did Tom do as soon as he saw the fire?

_____________________________________________________________________________

4． The ship wasn’t carrying oil and paper, was it?

_____________________________________________________________________________

5． What did the fire burn at first?

_______________________________________________________________________________

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要求：1．字迹工整，条理分明，有针对性，语言连贯。

2．80词左右。

I _________two baseballs and my friend _________five baseballs．

A．have；have             B．has；have           C．have；has            D．has； has

—Why do you want _______ the music club?

—Because it's very relaxing．

A．join           B．be join         C．joins          D．to join