阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。
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Christmas is the most important festival in some countries. On Christmas Eve—the night 1. Christmas Day, Children are very happy. They put 2. stockings at the end of the beds before they go to bed. They 3. Santa Claus to give them some presents. Fathers tell their children that Santa Claus is a very 4. man. He comes on Christmas. He falls on top(顶部) of each house and comes into the houses when the children are 5. . And he always 6. them a lot of presents.
Christmas Day always begins before 7. . The children get up very 8. . They want to see the present in their stockings. Then they come to their 9. rooms and say “Merry Christmas”.
Do you know what Christmas means? Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ. When Jesus Christ 10. born, many people gave him presents. So today, people still(仍然) do the same thing to each other.
完形填空
The main character of this article is called Dean Bluey . He is a _________ schoolboy from the USA . He became a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country . Dean Bluey has much _________ in computer. One day , he _________ an e-mail to a friend on the Internet . Suddenly he received a message saying ‘ Help! Pain! Help! ’ The message was from Finland ,
Because it is _________ kilometers away from America. I didn’t know _________ I should do , Dean said to a reporter afterwards. It was really difficult to tell if the message was real. So Dean did nothing at first . _________ the message kept coming . By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble , Dean explained. He found that the sender was a student called Tarja , who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was _________ , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by e-mail . Dean got in touch _________ the police at once . And they realized that the situation was quite serious . They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance（救护车） rushed to the library. _________ , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly. “ I’m glad she’s OK .” Dean said . It’s hard to believe , but the e-mail saved her life . Just as a sentence says : “_________ is impossible . ” , which is from an advertisement on TV .
1.A. 14 - years – old B. 14 years old C. 14 –year-old D. 14 year old
2.A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interests
3.A. sent B. was sending C. sends D. is sending
4.A. thousand B. thousand of C. thousands D. thousands of
5.A. how B. what C. where D. when
6.A. So B. And C. But D. As
7.A. better B. worse C. harder D. easier
8.A. with B. on C. to D. at
9.A. Hardly B. Happily C. Luckily D. Carefully
10.A. Anything B. Everything C. Something D. Nothing
Mr.King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm in time of danger. The manager pays him more.
Mr.Baker, one of his friends, works in a factory outside the city. 1. As the traffic is crowded in the morning, sometimes he is late for work. He hopes to buy a car, but he hasn't enough money. 2. He chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to have a trial（实验）drive, the seller agreed. He called Mr. King and asked him to help him.
3. At first he drove slowly and it worked well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing, the light turned red. 4. , but he failed and nearly hit an old woman. 5. However, the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.
What made such a good driver make this kind of mistake?
A. Last week, he decided to buy an old one. B. A policeman told him to stop. C. He thinks it's good to walk to work. D. It is far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. E. Mr. King examined the car at first and then drove it away. F. He tried to stop it, |
It’s Really a Miracle
Mr. Brown works in New York and he brought his family to China last summer. They visited many places of interest and had a good time here. Before they left for New York, the Browns climbed the Great Wall. It was the greatest project over two thousand years ago. They took a lot of photos there and then they had a picnic under a big tree. Suddenly it began to rain and they hurried to the car. And when they returned to the hotel, they couldn’t find the bag in which their expensive camera was. They were all sorry for it. They could buy another camera but had no time to go to the Great Wall again. They could not miss the plane!
That evening they didn’t have supper. Mr. Brown hoped to make them happy, so he said, “Well, let me tell you a story. An old man lived in a sixty-floor building. One day he fell down from it when he was cleaning the window. But he didn’t hurt himself.”
“It was a miracle!” called out his children, “Why?”
“Because he lived on the first floor!”
They all began to laugh while two policemen with a bag came in. They said a Chinese boy found it under a big tree and he asked them to find out who lost it.
“It’s really a miracle!” the Browns said happily.
1. Where did the Browns enjoy themselves before they left for New York?
A. In London. B. In Beijing.
C. In Shanghai. D. In Hong Kong.
2.Why didn’t they have anything that evening?
A. Because they were not hungry.
B. Because they were sorry for losing the camera.
C. Because they had nothing to eat.
D. Because they had no time to have supper.
3.What did Mr. Browns tell a story to his family for?
A. He wanted to make his family happy.
B. His children asked him to do so.
C. He wanted to tell them a miracle.
D. He liked telling stories.
4. Who found the bag?
A. Two policemen. B. An American boy.
C. A Chinese girl. D. A Chinese boy.
5. From this story, you can guess the meaning of the miracle is:
A. 奇迹 B.奇观 C.奇怪 D. 惊讶
Quick Service
A man took a pair of shoes to a shoe repair shop and said to the shoemaker, “I’d like you to repair these shoes for me, please.”
“Certainly, sir.” the shoemaker said.
“When will they be ready?” the man asked.
“I’m a bit busy, but they will be ready for you on Thursday,” he said.
“That’s fine.” the man said and left the shop.
The next morning he received a letter, offering him a job in another country. Within 24 hours he was on an airplane to his new job.
Twenty years passed and he returned to his hometown.
He remembered his shoes.
“They were a good pair of shoes,” he thought, “I wonder if the shoemaker is still there and still has them. I’ll go and see. ” The same shop, although he was an old man by now.
“Good morning. ” he said to the shoe maker, “Twenty years ago, I brought in a pair of shoes. Do you still have them?”
“Name?” the old shoemaker asked.
“Smith.” the man said.
“I’ll go and see. They may be in the back.”
The shoemaker went out to the back of his shop and a few minutes later returned, carrying a pair of shoes.
“Here they are.” he said, “One pair of brown shoes. I’m a bit busy now, but they’ll be ready on Thursday.”
1.Why did the man go to a shoemaker?
A. They were old friends.
B. He wanted him to make a new pair of shoes.
C. He wanted him to repair a pair of shoes.
D. He had a very old pair of boots. He wanted to repair it.
2.Why didn’t the man return to the shoe repair shop on Thursday?
A. He forgot.
B. He went to another country.
C. He was too busy.
D. He knew the shoes would not be ready.
3.The man was away from his hometown ____.
A. until Thursday
C. until the next morning
C. for about 20 years
D. for a few days
4.What did the man do when he returned to his hometown?
A. He looked for a new job.
B. He bought a new pair of shoes.
C. He visited all his friends.
D. He returned to the shoemaker.
5.The man finally found that ____.
A. his shoes were still there, but the shoemaker didn’t repair them
B. his shoes were not there
C. the shoemaker repaired the shoes
D. the shoemaker lost the shoes
口语运用
根据对话情景选择恰当的选项，其中有两项是多余的。
A. Here you are. B. Would you like some pizza? C. Thanks, but I don’t like it. D. Do you like them? E. I want to have some bread. F. I’d like some Coke. G. Can I help you? |
A: Jay, what would you like to drink?
B: 1. I like it best.
A: I’ll have some orange juice. 2. Pizza here tastes wonderful.
B: But I like cookies. There are many kinds of cookies at this restaurant. 3.
A: Yes, they are delicious.
B: I want to have salad, too. I like fruit salad. Please pass me a plate.
A: 4.
B: Thank you.
A: I’d like some ice cream. Would you like some, too?
B: 5.
A: OK. Let’s have our dinner.
