John is very _______. If he promises to do something, he will do it.
A. guilty B. reliable
C. confident D. cruel
A good person is honest and kind to others. In other words, he never______ his friends.
A. remarks B. quarrels
C. betrays D. blames
1、假如你是中学生李华。你的外籍教师Tracy已经于上个月回到了美国。请用英语给她写一封电子邮件，内容如下：1、表达对她的思念；2、对她给予你的帮助表示感谢；3、邀请她在方便时再来中国。注意：1、可适当添加细节使文章连贯；字数：80-120。 2、信的开头和结尾已给出。
Dear Tracy,
How are you doing recently?
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Forget me not!
Best wishes, Yours,
Li Hua
单句改错（10分）(按改错要求，直接在题中改）
1.Though he is a five-year-old boy , but he can play computer very well .
2.Surfing looks so excited that I want to have a try .
3.To make a lot noise at night is not polite .
4.There will have a strong wind to the north of Huai River .
5.The number of the students in our school are more than 2,000 .
6.The poor man needs a house to live .
7.His clothes have been wash by his mother .
8.A horse isn’t as bigger as an elephant .
9.It’s hard of him to do so much homework in one day .
10.My brother will phone me as soon as he get there .
单词拼写（用恰当的词语或者所给词的正确形式填空,10分）
1.Whether Lucy can go to China for further study （由…决定）on her parents.
2.Ms. Yang asked Mary to assist her carrying through the plan this afternoon.
3.It is reported that the doctor was accused killing a patient.
4.The skin ____________(prevent)your body from____________(lose) too much water.
5.Unfortunately，he was bitten by a _______ snake while working in the field. (poison)
6.These shoes are much too (紧的).
7.It is said that about 60% of （家庭主妇）have a brand in mind before entering the store.
8.I must employ an (assist) to finish the task before the deadline.
9.I will have a (约会)with Tony tonight. If you have time, please have dinner with us.
10.Robert is an excellent (photograph), and his works have won several international awards.
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.
1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York.
b. Worked in a bank.
c. Travelled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison.
e. Had a newspaper Job.
f. Learned to write stories.
A. e. c. f. b. d. a B. c. e. b. d. f. a
C. e. b. d. c. a. f. D. c. b. e. d. a f.
2. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because
A. they had surprise endings
B. they were easy to understand
C. they showed his love for the poor
D. they were about New York City
3. O. Henry went to prison because .
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
B. he broke the law by not using his own name
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D. people thought he had taken money that was not his
4. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A. He was well-educated.
B. He was not serious about his work.
C. He was devoted to the poor.
D. He was very good at learning.
5. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A. His life inside the prison.
B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
C. The city and people of New York.
D. His exciting early life as a boy.
