Please remember ________ your photos here tomorrow．

A．bring               B．to bring             C．bringing                 D．taking

There is little water in the bottle，________?

A．isn’t it               B．is it                C．is there                 D．isn’t there

I  ________ my homework ________ the telephone rang at 8 last night．

A．was doing；when             B．did；when          

C．was doing；while             D．did；while

She can’t wait ________ the winter holiday．

A．to have              B．have                    C．has                 D．having

Thomas Edison was a great American inventor He was in school  1  only three months．His teacher didn’t understand   2  this new pupil had so many strange questions．Most of the questions had nothing  3  with his lessons．The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom  4  ．He asked Tom’s mother  5  the boy home．Tom’s mother taught him to read and write and she found him to be a very good pupil．He learnt very fast and became very  6  in science．When he was only ten，he built a chemistry lab for  7 ．

   At the age of 12，he started  8  his own newspaper．He printed it and sold copies on the trains．It was the first newspaper  9  on trains in America．

   One day in August，1862，Edison saw a little boy， 10  on the railway at a station．A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened  11 ．Edison rushed out and carried the boy to  12 ．The boy’s father was so thankful  13  he taught Edison how to send messages by telegraph．Edison soon became good at it and later left home to work in different  14 ．This gave him a new start in life． 15  ，he was only 16．

1．A．in                      B．since                      C．for                        D on

2．A．what                        B．why                       C．how                             D．when

3．A．to do                        B．do                          C．doing                     D．does

4．A．more                        B．no more                  C．any more                      D．any

5．A．to take                   B．take                        C．takes                     D．took

6．A．interesting                 B．interested                C．interest                  D．interests

7．A．himself                     B．him                        C．his                         D．itself

8．A．writes                   B．wrote                    C．writing                   D．written

9．A．sold                         B．selling                     C．sells                       D．sell

10．A．played                    B．plays                      C．playing                   D．to play

11．A．to move                  B．moved                    C．moves                   D．moving

12．A．safe                        B safety                        C．safer                      D．safely

13．A．what                      B．which                     C．that                       D．when

14．A．city                        B．country                   C．village                     D．cities

15．A．At this time             B．When                     C．At that time             D．Now

A lot of boys and girls in Western countries are wearing the same kind of clothes，and many of them have long hair，so it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls．

   One day，an old man went for a walk in a park．in Washington．and when he was tired，he sat on a chair．A young person was standing on the other side of the pool．

   “Oh!”the old man said to the person sitting beside him on the chair．“Do you see that person with the glasses and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?’’

   “A girl．”said the neighbour．“She is my daughter．”

   “Oh!”the old man said quickly．“Please forgive me．I did not know that you were her mother．”

   “I’m not．”said the other person，“I’m her father．”

1．“Is it a boy or a girl?” The word“it”here means ________．

A．he                          B．she                         C．the person              D．the pool

2．The meaning of“forgive”is ________．

A．忘记                      B．责骂                       C放弃                         D．原谅

3．The old man thought his neighbour was ________．

A．a woman                B．a man                     C．a girl                      D．a boy

4．The old man thought that his neighbour was the girl’s mother because his neighbour ______．

A．was wearing a skirt                                           B．had a beautiful face

C．had long hair                                             D．was young

Here are some people’s comments（评论）about Liu Yifei on line：

1．Liu Yifei is ________．

A．kind                       B．beautiful                  C．friendly                  D．all of the above

2．How many countries do the net friends come from?

A．3                            B．4                            C．5                           D．6

3．What does the underlined word“admire”mean in Chinese?

A．讨厌                      B．钦佩                       C．挑战                      D．关注

4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Liu Yifei is happy to help others．            B．Liu Yifei is too young to act well．

C．Liu Yifei can speak English well．            D．Liu Yifei is very popular on the Internet．

Being more polite（有礼貌的） to people can win you friends and make you a popular person．A small act of kindness makes not only others happy, but also brings happiness to ourselves．It is never too late to begin．Here are a few tips：

  1．Be nice to people．Give help to someone who needs it．Remember that by helping them，you are also making yourself happy and in the long run helping yourself．

  2．Be polite to everyone，even to people who are not polite to you．You may find that they are nice to you in return（作为报答）．

  3．Help strangers．Helping someone who has difficulty climbing（爬） stairs is a good way to start．Remember that some day you could be in need of help and a stranger could come to lend a hand．

  4．Writing thank-you notes，make get-well cards for sick friends and say goodbye to people who are leaving．

1．Being more polite to people can ________．

A．help you make friends                                B．make you famous

C．get some money                                        D．make you tired

2．If someone is not polite to you．you should ________ according to the passage．

A．fight with him                                            B．be polite to him

C．play with him                                            D．make him happy

3．It’s polite of you to ________ if your friend is ill．

A．write a thank-you note                                B．lend him a book

C．send a get-well card                                   D．say goodbye to him

4．The passage is mainly about ________．

A．how to become popular                               B．how to be polite to people

C．how to act at a party                                          D．why we should help others

1．We should protect the animals in d ________．

2．The work is very hard and it’s i ________ for hjm to finish it in 2 hours．

3．--What will the weather be like next week?          

--It’ll p ________ be snowy．

4．--Where is your school?

--It is on the other side of the street．and o ________  the school．

5．All living things d ________ on the sun for their growth（生长） ．

6．My daughter’s main ________（兴趣）is music，and she sings well．

7．We are ________ （惊讶的）to see the surprising film．

8．They are ________ （德国人），they come from Germany．

9．He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the ________ （第二十）century．

10．Americans usually shake ________（手）with each other when they first meet．

There was a farmer．He had four sons 1 ________ The farmer was very worried about his sons，but he didn’t know what to do．

   The man grew old and fell ill．When he was dying he told all his sons that he hid lots of money on his farm．After the farmer died，his sons began to look for the money．They spent a few days digging（挖掘）the farm，but could find nothing．A neighbour said to them，“Since you dug the ground，why not plant some seeds（种了）in it?”

    The four sons planted the seeds in the ground．After a few weeks the seeds camp up，and n a few weeks more the seeds grew into plants．A few weeks later，the plants started to bear grains（谷物）．Later the four sons harvested them and sold them at the market．2 ________At last，they knew what their father meant by his words．

根据短文内容，完成下列任务：

任务一：将下面两个句子放在文中合适的位置

  1．________     2．________

  A．They made a lot of money．

  B．They were very lazy and did not do anything．

任务二：猜测词义。

3．The underlined word“hid”means ________ in Chinese．

A．种植                      B．隐藏                       C．制造                      D．保护

4．The underlined word ‘‘harvested” means ________ in Chinese．

A．收割                          B．采摘                       C．捆绑                      D．卖掉

任务三：写出下列句子的同义句：

5．They spent a few days digging the farm．

It ________ them a few days  ________ the farm．

任务四：将文中划线句子翻译成汉语

6．________