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Samuel was back at the thrift shop（旧货店）. He had walked into the shop with only one goal in mind—to find a book that he had NOT bought yesterday. The book was one of seven that he had planned to buy yesterday. But at the last moment, he changed his mind. He put all seven back on the shelf.
Samuel had a personal library at home with over 1,000 books, almost all unread. He had more reading material in his small house than he could finish in two lifetimes. But he couldn’t help himself buying more books. He finally put his foot down. Not one more book, he told himself, unless it was really special. Yesterday’s book fit the bill. It was a biography（传记）of one of his favorite authors—Stephen King. King was one of America’s most popular fiction authors. Samuel wanted to be a great writer. King was his role model.
Within minutes, Samuel found all the books that he had chosen yesterday except one—the Stephen King book. “What a surprise,” he thought. “the book that I really want to find is the one book that I can’t find.” Samuel took a walk throughout the store, knowing that people often pick up a book in one place and then leave it in another place. The book was a thick paperback with a red cover. But it was nowhere to be found.
So for Samuel, the big search was on. He was now a man on a mission. Every thrift shop he went to would be a search for the King book. This new search added purpose to his thrift shop life.
Samuel had held something special in his hands except that biography. But only when he let it go did he realize its value. When he found it again, he would place the King book prominently（显眼地）on his bookshelf. It would almost certainly be his favorite book that he never got around to reading.
1.Samuel went back the thrift shop to .
A.buy a new book B.sell an old book
C.find a special book D.return a book
2.According to the passage, Stephen King was .
A.Samuel’s best friend B.the owner of the thrift shop
C.the name of a bookshop D.a great writer
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Samuel disliked reading biographies.
B.Samuel liked buying books very much.
C.Reading books was Samuel’s favorite hobby.
D.Samuel was a careless but responsible person.
4.What happened at the end of the story?
A.Samuel didn’t find the book he wanted most.
B.Samuel would read all the books he had.
C.Samuel got all the books he wanted.
D.Samuel decided to enlarge（扩大）his thrift shop.
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入短文相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A young couple bought a big house from two old sisters. The sisters lived there for 30 years. The house was very nice and the couple bought it at a _______ price. So the couple was very excited.
However, winter was not far away at that time. The couple was _______ worried about how they would keep the old house warm. The house didn’t have any fireplaces or heaters.
At first, they planned to buy some heaters for the long cold winter. But soon, they thought that if the old sisters could stay warm and comfortable in the old house during the winter in the past, so _______ they. At last, they just _______ to wait for winter to come and did not make any preparations.
Winter _______ and temperatures soon dropped _______ zero. The large house became freezing cold. Frost（霜）covered the insides of _______ walls. Life inside the house became miserable（痛苦的）.
Finally, the husband couldn’t stand it anymore and called the old sisters to ask them how they _______ to keep the house warm during the winter.
_______ speaking to them on the phone, the husband spoke to his wife, “For the last 30 years, the sisters have spent every winter on ________ in Thailand.”
“Oh, my god!” cried his wife.
1.A.cheap B.small C.low
2.A.little B.a little bit C.a bit of
3.A.could B.did C.had
4.A.refused B.decided C.considered
5.A.arrived B.got C.reached
6.A.into B.behind C.below
7.A.their B.its C.theirs
8.A.managed B.planned C.offered
9.A.Before B.Without C.After
10.A.vacation B.risk C.pity
书面表达
假如你的英语老师叫陈华，请根据所提供的信息，以My Teacher’s Past Life为题，写一篇英语短文，介绍她过去的生活情况。
Name | Chen Hua |
Born in | a small village in Guangdong |
Born on | 18th June, 1978 |
Primary School | Tiantou Primary School |
First English teacher | Mr Zhang |
Character | friendly, well-behaved |
要求： 1. 词数：不少于60词。
2. 不要逐字翻译。
My Teacher’s Past Life
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根据对话内容，从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有两项为多余选项。
A: Morning, Wang Meng. 1.
B: I was born in an alley(胡同，小巷) in Beijing in 1980.
A: Wow! Beijing is a great place. 2.
B: Yueguang Alley. It was long and narrow, but it was interesting. 3.
A: I was born in a beautiful town in London. My family lived there.
B: Can you remember your first teacher?
A: Yes, she was Miss Black. She taught me English and music. She sang very well.
B: 4.
A: Yes. And she was kind. I missed her very much.
B: Is she in England now?
A: Maybe, but I am not sure. She likes travelling. She was in Canada last year.
B: 5.
A: Yes, she says she is coming to Beijing. She wants to visit the Great Wall.
A. When were you born?
B. Where and when were you born?
C. Was she friendly to you?
D. What was the name of the alley?
E. What about you?
F. Are you going back to England?
G. Does she want to come to China?
根据汉语意思完成下列句子，每空一词
1.——大明生于青岛吗？
——是的，他是。
—________Daming ________in Qingdao?
—Yes, he ________.
2.有一栋里面有十个房间的大房子。
There is a big house ________ ________ ________in it.
3.——一年前在湖的附近有栋老房子吗？
——不, 没有。
—________there an old house near the________one year ago?
—No, there ________.
4.我们最后一次见到那个男孩是在公交车站。
We met that boy________ ________ ________ ________at the bus station.
5.我期待有一天能回到故乡看看。
I'm________ ________ to________back to my home town one day.
I will never forget my first English class. The teacher told us that his English name was Jason. It means a man who knows a lot. Then he asked all of us to think of an English name for ourselves. I thought about it for a long time. Then I got an idea-why didn’t I call myself Apple? I loved the fruit. I wrote the name on a piece of paper and gave it to Jason. Later, when Jason called “Apple”, three girls stood up at the same time.
The class laughed(大笑). Jason stopped them and said, “Girls, I’m sorry to say Apple is not really an English name. Would you like me to give you one?”
Of course we’d love to. Finally Jason called me April. He said it was a beautiful name. I love the name.
If you call “April” now, I will say hi to you.
1.The English name “Jason” means a man who ________.
A.loves animals B.is good at sports
C.knows many things D.is strong and healthy
2.Why did the writer call herself Apple?
A.Because she loved apples.
B.Because her mother called her Apple.
C.Because Apple was a popular name.
D.Because there were many apples in her home.
3.The underlined word “it” refers to(指的是) ________.
A.the apple B.the paper C.the fruit D.the book
4.Jason called the writer April because ________.
A.it was in April then
B.it was a beautiful name
C.he didn’t know other names
D.the writer was born in April
5.What do we know from the passage?
A.Jason was strict with the class.
B.Three girls got the same name.
C.The writer didn’t like apples.
D.Jason wasn’t a very nice teacher.
