Have you ever read about the famous star? Which of the following is correct for the underlined word?
A.[ri:d] B.[rəud] C.[red] D.[reid]
Write the following words according to the phonetic symbols (根据音标写单词)
1.China has a long ______ [ˈhɪstri] of about 5000 years.
2.The old man can’t see anything, because he is ______ [blaɪnd] in both eyes.
3.Some ______ [ˈeɪnʃənt] towns have walls around them
4.Ben is a ______ [ˈdʒu:niə(r)]school student and he is in Grade Seven.
5.A fireman’s job is to ______ [ˈreskju:] people from danger.
Writing.（作文）
Write at least 60 words about the topic “My opinion on playing computer games”（以“我对玩电脑游戏的看法”为题, 写一段不少于60个词的短文, 标点符号不占格。）
（注意：短文中不得出现任何人名、校名及其它相关信息, 否则不予评分。）
Suggested questions：（以下内容仅供参考）
1. What is your opinion about playing computer games?
2. Why do you think so? （Give at least two reasons）
3. What suggestions will you give about playing computer games?
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What will the home of the future look like? A team of architects in Hong Kong say that city homes will be tiny, as populations continue to grow and space becomes more expensive.
They have designed “spaceflats” that are only 30 square metres in size. These flats have small rooms: a living room, a bathroom and a bedroom, as well as a balcony（阳台）, but everything is carefully planned to make good use of the limited space.
The living room is the main room of the flat. It can be used as an office, a kitchen or even a second bedroom. There is a sofa that can be changed into a bed. The dining table can be changed into a computer desk. And, if not needed, both the sofa-bed and the table can be folded away（折叠收拢）. There is a flat-screen TV, which can also serve as a computer monitor. You can’t see the cooker, the microwave and the small refrigerator because they are all hidden out of sight.
The other rooms are small but practical（实用的）. The bathroom contains a toilet and shower. The double bed in the bedroom can also be a sofa, if necessary. The balcony has enough space for two people to sit and you may see an amazing fountain on it. All the rooms have high ceiling to provide as much storage（存储）space as possible, while the flat has large windows to let in plenty of sunlight.
“Spaceflats” are now being tested in a building in Hong Kong. “It’s wonderful,” said one citizen, “The flat is so well designed that you feel that there is plenty of space.”
1.Will city homes be tiny according to the architects in Hong Kong?
2.What can the living room be used as?
3.How many things are hidden out of sight?
4.Where can the owner enjoy the nice view?
5.There is plenty of sunlight in the flats, isn’t there?
6.Would you like to live in the “spaceflats”? why?
He was just an ordinary p_________. Day after day, he went regularly across the village. For him, life was without waves.
One day, he was delivering mails as usual. When he looked up in the sky, he s_________lost his balance（平衡）. It was a little stone that caught his feet. He found it strange but beautiful. He then placed the stone in his bag carefully. Because of this stone’s arrival, his day was lightened. He had a thought—I can b_________a castle with such beautiful stones. How wonderful it will be!
His ordinary life started to be different since then. He still delivered mails, but he collected every stone he could find along the way. All those dusty stones, in his eyes, shone like diamonds. After collecting e_________stones, he started. During the daytime, he passed along the dreams of others; and during the night time, he had his own dream. No one was willing to join in. But he was still happy b_________he knew the dream and the castle only belonged to him.
After 20 years of working day and night, his dream castle was finally completed. It was a wonderful castle just as he i_________.
This is a real story. His name is Xue Waller. The stone castle has become one of the most famous tourist a_________in France. At the entrance of the stone castle, there is a sentence—“I want to know how far a dream stone can go.”
1.p_________
2.s_________
3.b_________
4.e_________
5.b_________
6.i_________
7.a_________
Doing experiments is one of the most interesting things about studying chemistry. In China, it’s often teachers who do the experiment in the front of the class with students_________. But in the US, students take action by themselves.
The first time I took a class in my school’s chemistry lab, I was surprised to find that students were wearing special glasses, plastic gloves, as if there had been a bio-chemical attack! _________is always the most important for science lab classes in America. The outfit（装备）prevents us from harmful chemical materials.
My chemistry teacher usually gives us the instruction sheet the night before the lab class to let us know a lot about the experiments. During the class, she first_________the steps of the experiments and then puts us into groups to do the experiments. What’s special is that for every lab class, she changes everyone’s partner to let us work with_________classmates.
The class is often filed with laughs. Once we tried to bum chemicals. The chemicals produced many colors of fames（火焰）, _________bright orange and dark green. Many students in my class were amazed. “Wow! That’s so beautiful! ” they screamed.
After finishing an experiment, we need to write a detailed report. It consists of the steps, our feelings and the final results. If there has been a mistake in the experiment, we need to analyze（分析）why it happened and_________we should do to correct it. The reports are important. They make up around 25 percent of our term grade.
1.A.playing B.watching C.singing D.sleeping
2.A.Fun B.Time C.Money D.Safety
3.A.wait for B.care for C.go over D.clean out
4.A.different B.same C.tall D.clever
5.A.during B.from C.through D.including
6.A.how B.what C.where D.when
