--- Mum, I'm tired of doing too much homework every day.

--- Oh, dear, without hard work, you can't   your dream.

A.choose B.encourage C.manage D.achieve

  English, we also have other subjects.

A.Beside B.Besides C.But D.Also

--- Li Yundi will give a concert this Sunday. I have   to get a ticket.

--- You're so lucky!

A.hoped B.wanted C.planned D.managed

---   Internet business   traditional business in the past few years?

--- Not really.

A.Does; beat B.Will; beat C.Has; beaten D.Is; beating

They didn't go to bed_____ the work was finished.

A.when B.while C.until D.after

If you watch carefully, you can see_______________ the man does the trick.

A.who B.what C.how D.which

We ______ to start at once, or we will miss the train.

A.tell B.have told C.are told D.told

Here are some birthday cards with our best   for her.

A.wish B.hope C.wishes D.hopes

How are you getting on with your subjects? Maybe you are the _______ in your class. In the last few exams one or two even several your classmates ______ higher marks than you. How do you feel? Are you jealous(嫉妒的) of them? Are you _____ them? Please think it over after reading the following text. You will probably learn a lot.

Once a zoologist _____ antelopes(羚羊) which were living on both sides of a river in the Public of South Africa. He discovered that the antelopes on the east side multiplied more and ran faster than _____ on the west.

The zoologist puzzled after long pondering(深思) about the differences. As the two groups of antelopes lived in the same environment and they _____ the same kind of grass.

One year, _______ the help of the Animal Protecting Society, he caught ten antelopes on each side and exchanged them. A year later, the ten antelopes _____ to the west bank multiplied by fourteen while only three remained of the ones sent to the east. Where were the other seven? They had been eaten by wolves!

At last the zoologist understood why the antelopes on the east were stronger. That was because on the east side there _____ a group of wolves-their natural enemy!

Not everything is plain sailing in your life. It is your opponents(對(duì)手) that ______ you indeed. So thanks must go to your opponents. It's true!

1.A.best B.top C.bad D.excellent

2.A.got B.had got C.have got D.has got

3.A.grateful to B.afraid of C.pleased with D.angry with

4.A.learned B.found C.noticed D.worked on

5.A.the one B.others C.those D.any other

6.A.fed on B.raised C.offered D.grew up

7.A.under B.for C.to D.with

8.A.send B.sent C.return D.returned

9.A.were B.was C.had D.owned

10.A.is raising B.are raising C.is improving D.are improving

Someone says the world would be no more in 2012, but our scientists' ideas are not the same. And they are sure to see the future: by the year 3000, this world is going to have different kinds of private machines. They will make the work much easier for us. I even can't give any guess how many people will be living to use them. However, Odd Stuff Magazine has got some new inventions for the year 3000. Take a look and have fun.

In the future you can save time by having a robot make you exercise while you sleep. The future advancement in the toilet(洗手間) can make people surf at home instead of on the sea. Professional sportsmen can make so much money. And they will hire(雇) people to play for them.

The four-legged jeans of the year 3,000 will make sure you have a place to sit everywhere you go. To save on gas, circus(馬戲團(tuán)) performers will take the place of the school bus drivers. And the helicopter(直升飛機(jī)) cap can get you around faster and easier than your bike.

1.Which of the following is the writer's idea?

A.The world would come to the end in 2012.

B.New inventions will make the work easier.

C.There will be more people than before.

D.People will have four legs.

2.The underlined word "advancement" is closest in meaning to  .

A.invention B.trouble C.water D.difference

3.Professional sportsmen will be   in the year 3000.

A.busier B.sleepier C.richer D.heavier

4.The jean has four legs and  .

A.people will also have four legs

B.it can make you exercise while you sleep

C.people can use it as a seat to sit on

D.the shape looks very cool

5.From the above reading, we can learn that  .

A.a robot can make its owner fall asleep

B.taking a school bus will not be popular with kids

C.people won't surf on the sea any more

D.there will be a small helicopter in every cap