It seems that everybody tells lies－well, not big lies, but “white lies”. Telling white lies isn’t really that bad. Most of the time, people do it because they want to protect a friendship or they don’t want to hurt someone. Here are some ways they do it.

★ Giving false excuses

Sometimes people lie because they don’t want to do something. For example, someone invites you to a party. You think it will be boring, so you say you’re busy.

★ Lying to make someone feel good

Often we don’t tell the truth to make someone feel good. For example, your friend cooks dinner for you, but it tastes terrible. Do you say so? No! You maybe say “Mm, this is delicious!”

★ Lying to hide bad news.

Sometimes, we don’t want to tell someone bad news. For example, you have just had a terrible day at work, but you don’t want your family to worry about you. So if your parents ask you about your day, you just say everything was fine.

任务型阅读：根据短文内容，填写下列表格。（每格一词）

阅读下面短文，选择方框里A—E五个句子分别填入文中空缺处，使内容完整、正确。

The FIFA World Cup is also called the Football World Cup, but usually people just say the World Cup.   1.  Teams from only four European(欧洲) countries took part in it, because it was a long and expensive trip from Europe to Uruguay (乌拉圭). In all, thirteen nations took part: Seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America.   2.

The second World Cup was held between May 27th and June 10th in 1934. 3.   Thirty-two nations took part. For the first time, the final game was broadcast on radio.    4.  Italy won the cup again. After that, the World Cup was not played again until 1950 because of the war. In 1950, Brazil held the World Cup.

During the last 25 years, football has become very popular around the world.    5. The World Cup is now one of the biggest and most popular sports events in the world.

Tu Youyou, an 84-year-old Chinese female scientist, was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology (生理学) or Medicine on Oct. 5. She found a medicine that cures the deadly disease called malaria(疟疾). Tu shared the prize with two scientists from the US and Japan. Tu is the first native Chinese person to get the Nobel Prize in natural science.

Tu found artemisinin (青篙素) in sweet wormwood(青篙) back in 1971. She spent the following years trying to improve the medicine. According to World Health Organization, about 200 million people suffer from malaria around the world, and about half a million die each year. Today, artemisinin is still the most useful medicine that fights against malaria.

When Tu joined the national research team to find the malaria medicine in the 1960s and the 1970s, things were hard. The team didn’t have advanced equipment then. Tu used to medicines by taking them herself. Tu’s team searched old Chinese medicine books by hand and tested over 2,000 traditional recipes (配方).

To do research, Tu also had to travel a lot. Once she returned to her family after six months away from home. Her little daughter didn’t recognize her and hid from the “strange woman”. However, Tu never complained. “ I feel rewarded when I see so many cured patients,” she said.

1.Malaria is a kind of         .

A. food       B. deadly disease       C. cancer

2.How many people shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

A. 2            B. 3              C. 4

3.Tu Youyou found artemisinin         .

A. at the age of 40

B. after an American scientist found it

C.When she joined the national research team in the 1960s

4.Why did Tu use to test the medicine by taking them herself?

A. Because she liked to do so.

B. Because someone forced her.

C. Because she didn’t have good equipment.

5.Which is True according to this passage?

A. About 100 million people die from malaria every year.

B. Old Chinese medicine books are useless.

C. Tu’s little daughter didn’t know her after she left home for six months.

There is a new sport in America. It’s a game called “Earthball”. “Earthball” is like a huge beach ball. While you are playing the game, you should try to keep the ball in the air if possible. As the ball is so big, lots of people have to play together. A man called Stuart Frand invented the game. There are no winners or losers in the game. The idea is just to enjoy yourself as much as you can.

“Earthball” is just one of the games in a “New Game Festival”. The festival was first held in the countryside near San Francisco, in the USA; Perhaps other countries can follow the example of the men from California and have festivals to try out new games－it sounds like a good idea.

1.While playing “Earthball”, people should try to _______.

A. throw the ball into a basketball.

B. make the ball fall to the other side.

C. let the ball stay in the air.

2.To play “Earthball”, _______ people are needed.

A. three       B. a lot of    C. few

3. In the game of “Earthball”, _______.

A. Both sides will win

B. all the players can enjoy it

C. the side with more people will win

4.The underline world “huge” may mean _______ in Chinese.

A. 巨大的        B. 圆的      C. 重的

5.Where was the “New Game Festival” first held?

A. In England.

B. In Japan.

C. In California.

It was a beautiful day and the children played in the park. Maria flew her kite while Michael played on his skateboard. “Look! I’m going to try something new,” he said. Michael did a difficult jump. Then the skateboard went up and Michael fell down with a cry. The other children ran to him and asked, “ Are you all right? Are you hurt?”

“Oh, my leg, my arm! I feel terrible!” Michael cried.

“I think you should see a doctor,” said Kangkang, “I’ll call a taxi.” Jane and Maria looked after poor Michael. “My leg really hurts,” he said.

Soon the taxi came and took Michael and his friends to the hospital. The doctor told them, “The X-rays show that it’s not serious. You can take him home. Michael, you need to rest at home for a week. Here are some pills. Take two pills, three times a day.”

The children left the hospital. Kangkang helped Michael to walk. They were glad that the accident wasn’t serious and Michael felt much better.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂(A)，错的涂(B)。

1.The children went to the park on a rainy day.

2.Kangkang will try something new.

3.Michael fell down and hurt himself.

4.Michael needs to take six pills a day.

5.Michael will stay in the hospital for a week.

补全对话

阅读下面对话，从方框中选择适当的句子补全对话。

A: Hi, Maria. How are you today?

B: I'm feeling really bad.

A: 1.       

B: Because I didn't pass the math exam.

A: 2.       

B: What should I do?

A: 3.       

B: I did, but sometimes I can't work out the math problems.

A: You may ask your classmates when you need help.

B: Certainly. 4.       

A: Try your best. You'll do well in it.

B:: 5.       

完形填空

阅读下面短文， 从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the United State and other parts of the world. It has a history of over a      . The inventor of basketball, James Naismith, came from Canada. He invented basketball for his students in 1891.      , it was an indoor game so that students could play in bad weather.

Basketball soon became very popular. In 1946 the NBA came      being. There were       great basketball stars in the NBA. For many years they were all Americans. But now many good players come from other countries.

Basketball is both an indoor and outdoor game. It is a team sport with two teams of five players each. The goal is to throw the ball      the other side’s basketball, and to      the other team from doing so. You can throw it from any part of the court with one hand or both hands. You can      pass the ball to your teammates. But you must follow the rules. For example, you      hold the ball and run with it. To win basketball games, you should have good      . But it is more important for you and the other players to play as a team. You are sure to enjoy      this popular sport.

1.A. year          B. month        C. century

2.A. At last        B. At first    C. At least

3.A. into         B. to           C. in

4.A. many           B. few          C. much

5.A. across         B. over         C. through

6.A. make         B. stop         C. let

7.A. also          B. either     C. too

8.A. needn’t      B. can’t     C. may

9.A. skills         B. chances     C. looks

10.A. played        B. plays        C. playing

－Peter, don’t pick flowers in the park !

－__________.

A. Sorry, I won’t

B. Sorry, I don’t

C. It’s nothing

－We __________ play football on the busy road, it’s dangerous.

－I agree with you. We should keep safe.

A. needn’t             B. mustn’t          C. may not

Going to school __________ breakfast is bad for our health.

A. with     B. without    C. at