根据句意，用所给单词的适当形式填空

1.If you have difficulty _________ (learn) English， you can ask for your teacher’s help .

2.Our history teacher told us that TaiWan _________ (be) a part of China.

3.–What about going shopping at the weekend ， Ningning ？

-- The shopping mall is full of people. I’d rather_________ (stay) at home .

4.His          (decide) to retire surprised all of us .

5.His mother got even          (thin) after he failed in exam .

根据句意和汉语提示写出单词，完成句子

1.His sculptures have won high        (赞扬)from the art community .

2.Life is like a         (比赛). You either take the lead or fall behind .

3.In Western countries ， a year is         （划分）into a cycle of 12 star signs .

4.The doctor        (承诺) us success ， or we could get our money back .

5.A child usually has perfect         (信任) in its mother .

阅读与回答问题

Returning a Father’s Love

He was a single father， raising a 5-year-old boy by himself. He often worried about his son growing up without a mother to care for him.

One day， he went away on business， leaving the child alone. He worried about his child all the way， not knowing if he had eaten. But his child always told him not to worry. He ran home as soon as possible after he finished his work.

When he got home， the child was deep asleep. He was tired out. He was about to sleep when he was surprised to find an overturned (翻到的) bowl of noodles under the quilt (被子). He hit his sleeping son angrily， “Why are you so careless， making the quilt dirty？  Who will wash it？” It was the first time that he had hit his boy after his wife’s death.

“Sorry， but…” the child explained with tears in his eyes， “This is your supper， Daddy.” In order to let his father eat dinner when he arrived home， the child prepared two bowls of noodles: one for himself， the other for his father. He was afraid that his father’s noodles would get cold， so he placed them under the quilt!

Hearing this， the father felt deeply moved and felt sorry about what he did to his son — he hugged his son tightly without saying a word.

1.Where was the boy’s mother？

2.What did the father worry about his son？

3.How many bowls of noodles did the son prepared？

4.Why did the father hugged his son tightly without saying a word after hearing his son？

5.What do you think of the little boy？ (no more than 6 words)

任务型阅读

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空一词。

We go to school every day and enjoy our school life . School life is usually full of fun ，and the school seems to be the safest place in the world .

But do you know that our school life could be dangerous if we are not careful enough ？ How do we make the school safer and keep us away from danger ？ Here are some tips for us to be safe in an easy way . For example ， we must remember some important rules in the playground. Before we do sports ， we need to do some warm up activities ， and after that we should drink some water. And in the classroom ， we need to learn how behave well . Don’t run in the hallways . We mustn’t fight with or run after each other . And teachers need to keep an eye on the students after class and stop them from running . We students should remember not to be naughty and get ourselves into trouble . What’s more ， we can have some practice to learn to protect ourselves from a fire . In this way ， we can know where to go if there is a fire in our school . We should learn to use the fire extinguisher(灭火器)too， I don’t think we should put out a fire by ourselves ， because it is too dangerous for young students . Well ， I think all of us should think more of our safety in school.

How to keep   1.  in the school

“I’m so sorry. It was all my fault， with no excuse and no reason，” said the 23-year-old Taiwan actor， Kai Ko or Ko Chen-tung (柯震东)， bowing to the press conference (新闻发布会). Ko apologized publically for taking drugs (吸毒) with friends at his house in Beijing“It was my personal behavior， selfish and stupid. I cannot go back in time to undo what I did， but there is willingness to correct a mistake. I want to correct my mistake， because I don’t want to see the sad faces of those who love me and those who I love. I am really sorry to them.”Ko said.

Ko became very famous and popular after starring in the film called You Are the Apple of My Eye in 2011. His clean and youthful image won him many fans. For those fans， they are willing to trust Ko. By the end of the 10-minute press conference， 3，207 users of Sina Weibo (新浪微博) supported Ko and hoped he would be a better person in the future.

However， there were other voices. Wang Zhuo， a user of Sina Weibo said， “ It doesn’t matter whether he apologizes or not， because nobody cares. Showbiz and the arts industry (娱乐圈) will not use anyone like him from now on anyway.” Another user said， “After 14 days of detention (监禁)， Ko’s acting skills grew a lot!”

When asked what his plans are after he regained freedom， Ko said he would continue to cooperate with the police on further investigations (调查) after returning to Taiwan.

1. Ko Cheng-tung apologized publically because he____________.

A. took drugs              B. hit his fans

C. did badly in his film    D. said something bad

2.What made Ko become famous？

A. The song called You Are the Apple of My Eye.

B. The film You Are the Apple of My Eye.

C. His good looking.

D. His background.

3.How long did the press conference last？

A. We don’t know.    B. 1 hour.

C. Half an hour.      D. 10 minutes

4. What does the user mean by saying “After 14 days of detention， Ko’s acting skills grew a lot”？

A. He thinks Ko is still a good actor.

B. He supports Ko no matter what happened.

C. He doesn’t trust what Ko said.

D. He thinks Ko has trained hard and improved his acting skills.

5.The best title for the passage is “_________________”.

A. Drugs are dangerous

B. A famous Taiwan actor

C. Apologizing for taking drugs

D. At the press conference

To us， it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But in fact the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain. Its first use was as a shade (遮蔽) against the sun.

Nobody knows who first invented it， but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese， back in the eleventh century BC.

We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use : it became a symbol of honor and power(权力). In the Far East in ancient times， the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office or by royal people such as the kings or queens.

In Europe， the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. The umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece， but it is believed that the first people in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the middle ages in Europe， the use of the umbrella almost disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it became a symbol of power.

Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time， though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn't until the twentieth century that the umbrellas for women began to be made in all kinds of colors.

1.Ancient people first used umbrellas as ____.

A. a symbol of honor

B. protection against the sun

C. a symbol of power

D. protection against the rain

2.According to the passage， the umbrella was probably first used in ancient ______.

A. Egypt .           B. Babylon          C. Rome          D. China

3.The underlined word royal might mean _ in Chinese.

A. 王室的        B. 富有的

C. 中产阶级的    D. 贫穷的

4. According to the passage， which of the following is NOT true？

A. The ancient Greeks used the umbrella in their daily life.

B. Europeans hardly used the umbrella during the middle ages.

C. The umbrellas for women were made colorful in ancient times.

D. The style of the umbrella hasn't changed a lot since it was invented

5.This passage is mainly about ___________.

A. the sales of the umbrella

B. the differences among umbrellas

C. the invention of the umbrella

D. the history and the use of the umbrella

（FOR SALE）

1.Diamond House was built ___________.

A. nearly twenty years ago

B. hundreds of years ago

C. in 1984

D. about ten years ago

2.Seaview is __________ more expensive than Sunshine Apartment.

A. thirty-four thousand dollars

B. twelve thousand dollars

C. five thousand dollars

D. twenty-two thousand dollars

3.Which of the following is true？

A. Seaview has got 3 bedrooms and two kitchens.

B. Diamond House has got a garden and a garage.

C. Diamond House is cheaper than Sunshine Apartment.

D. Sunshine Apartment has got a small garden.

4.If you like doing shopping in the city center every day， you’d better buy ___________.

A. Seaview                            B. Sunshine Apartment

C. Diamond House                      D. None of them

5.Where can you probably read this passage？

A. In a nature magazine           B. In a storybook

C. In the business newspaper.     D. In a science book.

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

More and more students want to study in “hot” major(主修课) in the university.    a result， many students want to      their interests and study in these    such as foreign languages， international business and law， etc. But only a few students can study in these “hot” majors， because the number of these “hot” majors      limited (限制的).

If one      interest in his work or study，    can he do well？ I     this from one of my classmates. He is     the countryside. His parents are farmers. Though he     biology， he chose “international business”. He      to live a life which is different     that of his parents. In the end， he found he was           in doing business at all. He found all the subjects to be        .      this wouldn't have happened if he had chosen his major according to his own interests.

Choosing your major according to your own     is the best way to succeed.

1.A. Being       B. For        C. Having     D. As

2.A. give up     B. appear      C. give       D. master

3.A. place       B. room        C. areas        D. space

4.A. is         B. are         C. would be     D. have been

5.A. had no     B. had         C. has no     D. has

6.A. why         B. and what    C. how         D. where

7.A. suggested   B. guessed     C. searched     D. learned

8.A. out of     B. off         C. in         D. from

9.A. studied   B. likes       C. learns       D. succeeds

10.A. wants    B. doesn’t want  C. enjoys    D. doesn’t like

11.A. from      B. as        C. to           D. for

12.A. interested B. clever      C. not interested D. not clever

13.A. lovely     B. rare        C. obvious      D. tiring

14.A. So       B. Then        C. Just then   D. Maybe

15.A. interests  B. experience  C. mind         D. heart

--–Many people think women are better at cooking than men .

---       . Most top chefs (厨师) in the world are men .

A. I agree                  B. Exactly

C. That’s not the case     D. Not at all

––– Excuse me， can I have a talk with Mr. Miller this afternoon？

––– A moment， please. Let me check_______.

A. if Mr. Miller will be free

B. when will Mr. Miller have time

C. if Mr. Miller had a meeting

D. when does Mr. Miller come back