–It seems that Rob’s English teacher in mad at him.

–Of course she is. Rob always ____his ideas even if they are wrong.

A.drops by

B.sticks to

C.runs away

D.deals with

I prefer _____ the failure to ____ my dream.

A.experience; give up B.experiencing; giving up

C.to experience; give up D.experiencing; give up

– I am praised by my teacher because I helped Tom with his study. His English has improved a lot now.

--________. I suppose both of you have learned a lot from this experience!

A.No way B.Have a good time C.Good job D.Take it easy

As a child, I truly feared the dark, I was also afraid of getting lost and not being liked by others. These fears were very real and caused me some _________ moments.

Sometimes the things in my room looked and sounded strange, which made me feel afraid. My mother always kept a small nightlight on for me ,so there was _________ total darkness inside. But a street light or passing car lights made clothes hanging over a chair become the shape _________ a wild animal. Out of the corner of my window, I saw the curtains seem to move although there was no __________.A tiny sound would seem a hundred times __________ than that in the daytime, My heart would beat fast. All I could do was to ________ still in bed so that the “enemy” would not discover me.

Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, especially on my way home from school. Every morning I ________ the school bus near my home. That was no problem. After school, all the buses were lined up along the street ,but I was afraid that I would get on the ___________one and be taken to some other strange places. On school trips to a park, I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight.

One of the processes of growing up is being able to overcome _________ fears. As we grow up, we’ll understand the things that scared us when we were children. And we can deal with our problems in our life _________we understand them. The more things we understand during our lifetime, the braver we will be.

1.A.happy B.dangerous C.relaxing D.uncomfortable

2.A.sometimes B.usually C.always D.never

3.A.of B.in C.for D.against

4.A.sunlight B.rain C.wind D.snow

5.A.lower B.louder C.heavier D.lighter

6.A.behave B.lay C.spread D.lie

7.A.got off B.got on C.got down D.got up

8.A.fast B.slow C.wrong D.direct

9.A.my B.his C.our D.their

10.A.though B.after C.until D.before

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A.37665880 B.36338000 C.35567790 D.82569876

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Have you ever heard of spirit bears? They are endangered members of the black bear family. One in ten black bears is actually born with a spirit bear.

Clover, a three-year-old spirit bear, lives at B.C. Wildlife Park near Kamloops, British Columbias, Canada. He lost his parents two years ago and was raised at a wildlife center. When he was set free into the wild, he went into human camps looking for food. Wildlife experts tried to get him used to living on his own, but he continued to look for places where there were people. Finally the experts decided that he could not live in the wild. Since then, a total of $750000 has been collected to create a habitat for Clover.

The habitat covers about three acres(英畝) of land and includes natural forest, two ponds connected by a small river and something else. It will add a platform(站臺) and a walkway later this year so that people can see Clover and his habitat more closely. There will also be a center where people can learn more about spirit bears. Besides, a black bear will be moved into the habitat so Clover will not feel lonely.

Spirit bears are also called Kermode bears after Francis Kermode, who first studied them. Kermode discovered that a small number of black bears carry a gene for the white fur. If a baby bear receive one of these genes from each parent, its fur will be a creamy white color.

There are about 1200 bears who carry the gene for white fur, but only about 200 white spirit bears in the world. Kermode bears are found only in British Columbia. They live in the Great Bear Rainforest, an area that covers the mainland and island along the coast of B.C. between Vancouver and Alaska.

1.According to the second paragraph, Clover ________

A.lost his parents when he was two B.could not find any food

C.was not afraid of humans ‘ D.grew up in the wild

2.What does the underlined word “habitat” mean?

A.習慣 B.棲息地 C.愛好 D.農(nóng)場

3.Which of the following is “TRUE” about Kermode bears?

A.They are smaller than black bear. B.They are mainly found in Britain.

C.They are very unusual. D.There are 1000 white Kermode bears in the world.

4.What is the structure of the passage?

A.①//②③④//⑤ B.①②//③④//⑤ C.①②//③//④⑤ D.①//②③//④⑤

Middle children are more likely to grow up to become successful adults, a study has claimed.

Far from being cold or shy, researchers found that a middle child’s place in the family helps them develop communication skills.

Psychologist Catherine Salmon believed that middle children are more likely to “become leaders of change in business, politics and science” ---- a conclusion that middle children such as Madonna and Bill Gates would probably support. And they are also more likely to have the drive to succeed in the workplace.

Professor Salmon, who wrote The Secret of Middle Children, said, “As children, middles have to wait a lot. Modern middles wait while their younger sister or brother is placed into the car seat. They wait the firstborn performs in the concert. They wait to be served at the dinner table and praised for their hard work in school. Middles are used to not getting what they want right away. They learn to wait, and this helps them later in life. ”

________, Professor Salmon also found that middle children repot feeling more distant from their parents and are more likely to be easily influenced by their friends. She added, “Middles get less time, attention and resources from the parents, and they often feel painful. But this seems to be short-lived. There is no doubt that this lack of attention can lead to the development of some extremely useful skills.”

1.According to the first and second paragraph, middles are more likely to be _____.

A.cold B.successful C.rude D.shy

2.Why would Madonna and Bill Gates probably support this idea?

A.Because they make the conclusion.

B.Because they believe that middles will become leaders of change in business.

C.Because they like to drive to their workplace.

D.Because they are the middle children who are successful.

3.Middles have to wait EXCEPT ________.

A.while their elder sister or brother performs in the concert.

B.while their younger sister or brother gets out of the car

C.while other children are served at the dinner table

D.while other children are praised for their hard work at school

4.Which sentence can be put in the bank in the last paragragh?

A.Besides, middles can have a good relationship with their parents.

B.However, the situation isn’t all good.

C.Also, middles feel happy from their childhood.

D.Instead, parents spend more time on sisters or brothers

A few years ago I went through a period of such depression (抑郁癥) that life didn’t seem worth living. It was like winter, so cold that the sun would never shine.

Then I saw snowdrops (雪花蓮) pushing through the freezing, hard ground. I looked at them every day until I felt that if they could come back to life, then so could I. Those green shoots gave me hope in a way that nothing else did.

As spring came, I started to put in more and more plants until the garden was filled with color. Life was growing through my hands; gentle, peaceful, but, above all. Optimistic. If I gave love, it was returned much more.

I could spend hours lost in gardening. The depression I have is passed from my mother. It has affected generation (代) of my family and may happen in any situation. I can be depressed when the sun is shining or I am with a group of loving friends.

Of course, fresh air and exercise help to make depression less serious, but for me gardening is more than that. It means patience as well as hope.

At the end of the9 first garden I made stood a huge tree. It stood up to freezing temperatures and strong winds. It bent(彎曲) but never broke. The leaves dropped until it was covered with noting, but it always, always came back to life. And so I learned that we may fall down, but hope is living thing.

1.What does the underlined sentence mean?

A.I could come back to life sooner or later.

B.I looked after them carefully so they could come back to life.

C.I don’t know if they could push through the freezing hard ground.

D.I could also come back to life if the snowdrops could.

2.According to the fourth paragraph, who may not have depression?

A.My friend B.My mother C.My son D.My grandmother

3.From the passage, we know that _____

A.I couldn’t find my way in the garden.

B.Although the bad weather made the tree no longer straight, it never broke.

C.I could feel happy when there were lots of friends around me.

D.The leaves fell and the tree died.

4.This passage is probably from a(n) ______

A.CD review B.advertisement C.magazine D.guide book

Homework exams and most importantly, test scores--- the things you have to worry about seem endless. You are sure not alone. In China, many students are stressed out because of too much homework. But there might be good news for some of them.

On Oct 28th, the Education Department of Zhejiang Province polished a draft(提綱) on cutting students’ homework to ask about public opinions and it had became a hot topic. It gives primary school pupils the right to leave their homework unfinished after 9pm, and junior high school students after 10pm, with parents’ permission.

Children in Zhejiang will like the draft. However, it has mat strong objections(反對) from parents. Although parents don’t want their children under too much pressure with homework, many disagree to cut homework down.

There is a reason for the objections：gaokao, the “all-important” national entrance exam. If schools reduce homework, “the parents, who want their children to get higher scores, must provide them with more after-school trainings,” said a primary school teacher in Hangzhou.

The aim of this draft, an official in Zhejiang explained, is to help to treat students differently and make sure they get enough sleep.

Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the National Institute of Education Sciences, also doubted if the guidelines would be carried on. “They are not suitable in the recent social environment.” He said to People’s Daily.

“Even if schools make changes, it is difficult to change the way that students study for scores.” He suggests that it would make better sense to make the system of college admission more flexible, and in many other countries, the performance of students is judged by professional institution rather than government.

1.What does underlined “many” in para.3 refer to?

A.Children who will welcome the move.

B.Parents who are against the move.

C.Teachers who don’t want their students to be under some stress.

D.The officials who are worried about the move.

2.What is NOT true according to the passage?

A.The draft is not welcomed by many parents in Zhejiang.

B.Maybe parents will send their children to more after-school training.

C.The aim of the draft is to make sure students can have enough time to exercise.

D.Students should be treated differently.

3.What does Chu Zhaohui mainly want to tell us?

A.Students will have more chance to take part in the activities they like because of the draft.

B.The system of college admission should be changed as the school has made changes.

C.Students should spend more time doing homework if we change the system of college admissions.

D.The performance of students should be judged by their school.

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A.Can students have the right to do whatever they like?

B.Can parents pay less attention to their kids?

C.Can schools have the chance to choose students?

D.Can students spend less time doing homework?

口語應用

A. Whose zipper is it?

B. It must be Rita’s.

C. Who do you think it belongs to?

D. Well, I don’t think so.

E. He likes Spider-man very much.

F. She is a fan of Spider-man.

G. So, the owner of the backpack must be a girl who likes Spider-man, too.

A: Look! There is a backpack under the chair.

B: Yeah, and it’s red.1.. Red is her favorite.

A:2.. Look at the key ring hanging on the zipper.

B: Oh, it is a spider-man! 3..

A: It may belong to a boy who loves the movie Spider-man.

B: Em…Let’s look inside the bag. See, there’s a pink hair band.

A: 4.

B: I know! It must be Helen’s. 5.. What’s more, she is a girl who has long hair.