When Jay Chou appeared on the stage, all the audience hit their hands together.

A. stood up B. clapped

C. began to laugh D. raised their hands

He admitted that he had made an error

A. mistake B. truth C. money D. wrong

The water in the fish tank should be changed at regular intervals.

A. always B. sometimes

C. regularly D. never

In addition to the names on the list, there are six other applicants.

A. beside B. except

C. besides D. except for

They found the body buried under a pile of leaves.

A. below B. down C. behind D. beneath

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As an American writer, Mark Twain, once said, “ Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody _______ anything about it.” It is true that everybody talks about the weather. Many people begin their talks______ saying:” Isn’t it a nice ____?” “ Do you think it will rain?” “I think it’s going to snow.”

Many people think they can tell _____ the weather is going to be like. But they _____ ever agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man ____ say, “ Yes, it’s cloudy in the east. We are going to have fun weather tomorrow.”

People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it’s going to rain and he won’t believe____ else. When friends have a picnic, they are so ____ the weather is going to be fine very ____ that they still sit eating their lunch while it is raining.

Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he doesn’t always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake. Still he is ____ most of the time.

1.A. do B. did C. does D. done

2.A. through B. by C. across D. in

3.A. day B. weather C. thing D. hour

4.A. how B. when C. where D. what

5.A. never B. all C. almost D. hardly

6.A. will B. would C. can D. could

7.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

8.A. true B. certainly C. surely D. sure

9.A. slowly B. much C. quickly D. quietly

10.A. right B. wrong C. mistaken D. all right

We each have a memory（記憶力）. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.

But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.

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1.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because .

A．they always sleep very well

B．they often eat good food

C．they read a lot of books

D．they have very good memories

2.Everybody learns his mother language .

A．at the age of six

B．when he is a small child

C．after he goes to school

D．when he can read and write

3.Before a child can speak, he must .

A．read and write

B．make sentences

C．hear and remember the sounds

D．think hard

4.In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because .

A．they have no good memories

B．they have no recorders

C．they have too much time for it

D．they are busy with other subjects

5.Your memory will become better and better .

A．if you have plenty of good food

B．if you do more and more exercises

C．if you do morning exercises every day

D．if you get up early

We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.

It stood outside a furniture（家具）shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack（車頂架）. I’ve always wanted one like that.”

What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.

As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.

After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake（超車）?”

Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers（警官）inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church（教堂）. One of the officers came to me.

“Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help now?”

I didn’t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.”

He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was——er, something else.”

My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.

1.From the story we know that .

A．the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife

B．the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all

C．the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife

D．the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife

2.What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?

A．He could drive slowly and it was safe.

B．Other drivers would let him go first.

C．His wife could use a new bookshelf.

D．He could save a lot of money and time.

3.Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?

A．Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.

B．Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.

C．Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help.

D．Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.

4.Why did the writer’s wife begin to laugh?

A．Because now she knew what mistake the police had made.

B．Because at last her husband understood why the police had driven to the church.

C．Because the officer was always looking at the flowers and the bookshelf.

D．Because the police had helped them a lot.

5.When did the officers begin to realize they had made a mistake?

A．Before they arrived at the church.

B．Before they overtook（overtake的過去式）the writer’s car.

C．After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.

D．After the writer’s family left the church.

Bayfield shopping coupons（購物卷）

1.If you spend 100dollars or more, you can_______.

A. get 6 hours of free parking

B. get a CD free

C. get one stamps free

D. get a car free

2.Buy one tie at Daniel’s Menswear, and you may get another _______ free.

A. cheaper tie

B. more expensive tie

C. tie of the same price

D. tie of different price

3.You can get a 10 % discount on any books if you _______ at the Book Store.

A. buy some gifts B. buy some tickets

C. buy some books D. show this coupon

4.If you want to have free soft drink, you can go to _______.

A. The Book Store B. Mike’s Cafe

C. Daniel’s Menswear D. the Movie House

5.If John pays 10 dollars for a full-price movie ticket on Tuesdays, he can buy a second ticket for only ________.

A. 15 dollars B. 10 dollars

C. 5 dollars D. 1 dollar

Walking certainly isn’t the safe activity it was when many of us were school children. There are the normal safety risks such as speeding vehicles and errant（錯誤的， 不定的） bicycles. Here are a few tips for dads of children who are early morning and late afternoon pedestrians.

Know the routes （路線） your children take. Develop a safe walking route to school and insist that your children follow it. Avoid having them cross busy streets except where there is a signal or a crossing guard. If your child does not make it to school or home and if you have a standard route, it will be easier to track them down.

Have your children walk with others. This may seem a simple rule, but it is one that is often disregarded. A boy or a girl alone is a much easier target for a predator（掠奪者）. Make sure the children walk in a group. And besides, it is a lot more fun for them.

Follow generally smart pedestrian rules. Remind them to use sidewalks where possible. If there are no sidewalks, walk on the side of the road as far to the right as possible. Where possible, walk on the side of the road facing oncoming traffic so they can see anypotential（可能的） risks before they get to them.

1.Walking certainly is the ___________ activity it was when many of us were school children.

A. dangerous B. safe

C. healthy D. harmful

2.Which is not mentioned in this passage?

A. Have your children walk with others

B. Develop a safe walking route for children to follow.

C. Ask your children to ride a bicycle.

D. A boy or girl alone is much a easier target for a predator.

3.The underlined word” disregarded” means __________ in Chinese.

A. 被鄙視 B. 被注意

C. 被關愛 D. 被忽視

4.Which of the following rules the children should follow?

A. Where possible, walk on the sidewalks

B. Where possible, walk on the side of the road facing oncoming traffic.

C. Where possible, walk on the side of as far to the right as possible.

D. A、B and C

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Walking to school is necessary for children.

B. Things should be paid attention to when walking to school

C. It’s important that parents know the routes their children take.

D. To walk with each other is helpful for children.