— Could I use your iPad for a moment?
— ________. It doesn’t work.
A. Yes B. I hope not
C. No problem D. Sorry
—________, Lingling?
— I have a toothache.
A. What’s the wrong B. What’s the matter
C. What are you doing D. Are you OK
Write a passage of at least 50 words on the topic “ Trees are important”. ( 以“树是重要的”为题写一篇不少于50个词的短文，标点符号不占格。)
Use the following points as a reference.（以下问题仅供参考）
Why trees are important?(Give at least three reasons)
What would happen without trees?
How can we protect trees?
A young man once went to town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he found that they were about two inches (英寸)long.
He went to the kitchen, there his mother and two sisters were doing housework .He said to them, “The new trousers are too long. Could one of you help me to shorten them by two inches?” But they were too busy and they said nothing and were still working.
After his mother finished washing all the plates ,she shortened the trousers by two inches. Then one of his sisters remembered his trousers and shortened them by two inches. When the other sister came back from cinema, she also remembered the new trousers. “I nearly forgot that,” she thought. Then she shortened them by two inches.
Answer the questions（回答下列问题）：5%
1.Who did the young man buy the pair of trousers for?
2.What did he want his family to do?
3.Did his family hear what he said?
4.Who shortened the trousers first?
5.How many people shortened the trousers?
6.How would the man probably feel when he tried on the trousers the next day?
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，首字母已给，每空格限填一词): 6%
Deserts(沙漠) do not stay the same size. Sometimes they grow bigger. Sometimes they get s 1. . The world’s biggest desert , the Sahara, is in Africa. Right now, the Sahara Desert is growing fast.
Why is the Sahara growing? In some places, people farm too much. In other places, a 2. eat all the grass. Or people cut down the trees. This makes the soil weak. Weak soil lets the desert grow.
Why is it a p 3. ? People cannot grow food in the desert. People cannot build houses, hospitals, or schools in the desert. So people must l 4. their homes.
What can people do? They can plant trees. They can also f 5. less. These things make the soil stronger. Maybe the Sahara will stop g 6. . It’s a big problem. Many people must work together to solve it.
Mrs. Turner, a doctor in a big hospital, liked all things tidy and clean. One Friday, Mr. Turner went work and he a lot of dirty clothes here and there. That day Mrs. Turner happened to be at home. When she those dirty clothes, she felt sick. And she didn’t want to do .After breakfast, Joan, one of her friends to visit her. The girl found the rooms were ,so she asked, “Don’t you your room today, Mrs. Turner?”
“No, I don’t,” said the doctor.
“Why don’t you your glasses, then?”
“In this way I think the rooms are tidy and clean,” answered Mrs. Turner.
1.A. washed B. left C. gave D. made
2.A. looked at B. watchedC. saw D. wrote
3.A. nothingB. somethingC. the washingD. cleaning
4.A. niceB. beautiful C. clear D. dirty
5.A. clean B. sweepingC. clearedD. dusted
6.A. wear B. put on C. take D. take off
