—I haven’t seen Jack for three days, is he ill?—_______. His mother told me that he was in hospital.

A．I am afraid so       B．I hope not         C．I don’t expect     D．I am afraid not

Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life from my father.  1 , he did not teach me to learn to accept when he was strong and healthy, but when he was   2 and ill.

My father was 3  a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  4 all that away. Now he can   5  walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair 6 . Even talking is  7 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started   8  about life, and I told them about one of my  9 . I said that we must very often give things up as we grow —our youth, our beauty, our friends -- but it always seems that after we give something up, we get  10  in its place. Then suddenly my father spoke up. He said, “But Peter, I gave up   11 ! What did I get?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. 12 , he answered his own question: “I 13 the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes,  14 hope and thankfulness, I was also  15  by his words.

1.                A．Although       B．So             C．However  D．When

2.                A．tired           B．weak           C．poor D．slow

3.                A．a(chǎn)lready         B．still            C．only D．once

4.                A．took           B．threw          C．sent D．put

5.                A．a(chǎn)ny longer      B．no longer       C．not more D．not longer

6.                A．a(chǎn) day          B．a(chǎn)ll night         C．a(chǎn)ll day    D．a(chǎn)ny day

7.                A．impossible      B．difficult         C．stressful  D．hopeless

8.                A．worrying        B．caring          C．talking    D．a(chǎn)sking

9.                A．decisions       B．experiences     C．instructions    D．beliefs

10.               A．a(chǎn)nything new    B．new anything    C．new something  D．something new

11.               A．something      B．a(chǎn)nything        C．nothing   D．everything

12.               A．To my surprise   B．In surprise      C．Be surprised    D．To his surprise

13.               A．had           B．a(chǎn)ccepted       C．got   D．enjoyed

14.               A．without        B．in             C．of    D．with

15.               A．surprised       B．moved         C．excited    D．a(chǎn)ttracted

Car accidents happen everywhere every day and are the main cause of injury in the United States. In order to control the increasing（增長） accidents, many states have passed tough laws. Also, car manufacturers（制造商） have been trying to make safer cars to save lives.

However, as there are more and more cars and drivers on the road, these safety measure （安全措施）are not enough to stop the increasing car accidents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration （管理部門）reports that a car accident happens every 10 seconds in the United States.

Car accidents may be caused by different reasons. Some accidents are caused by driver’s tiredness and illness or drunk driving. Some may be caused by speeding or running a red light. When this happens, by the time the driver realizes what has happened, it is usually too late. As for ages, young drivers usually have enough experience while elderly drivers of react slowly. Mechanical defects （機械毛�。﹕uch as a broken brake（剎車） are another cause of car accidents. Poor road and weather conditions can also be a cause.

Talking about different causes of car accidents can help us know what precautions（預(yù)防措施） to take beforehand. We should tell our friends or family members not to drive in poor health or after drinking wine. We should tell teenager drivers to be careful with road and weather conditions and let elderly friends understand their driving limitation(局限性)。Besides, we should have our car checked regularly（規(guī)律地）. The most important thing for us to remember, however, is that we should always follow the traffic rules.

1.What has the government done to try to control the increasing car accidents?

A．They try to make safer cars.               B．They try to build more roads.

C．They have passed tough traffic laws.         D．They make drivers have their car examined every month.

2.What does the underlined word” elderly” possibly mean?

A．Middle-aged       B．Young            C．Rather old         D．Teenage

3.Which of the following causes is different from the other three?

A．Tiredness         B．Illness            C．Drinking          D．a(chǎn) broken brake

4.Which has nothing to do with a driver’s age?

A．Teenager drivers.                       B．Not knowing the traffic rules

C．Reacting slowly                         D．Driving slowly.

5.In order to avoid accidents caused by mechanical defects, we should ___________.

A．not run a red light.                      B．drive the car when we are in good health

C．not drive when we are too old.             D．have our cars examined regularly.

There was a famous church in London. It was 110 meters high. The center of the church was like a bell. The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform （平臺）was built so that the artist could put up the ladder on it and paint the ceiling. The platform was about 70 meters over the ground.

One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling. Also on the platform was his assistant, who was mixing paints. The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing. To have a better look at his painting, he stepped back again. Suddenly, his assistant shouted, picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top. The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him.

“What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily. “Are you mad?” His assistant replied, “I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting. But you didn’t notice that you had reached the very edge of the platform. You were in great danger. I wanted to make you move forwards. If I had not made you run forwards, you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform.

1.The story happened in ______.

A．America          B．France            C．German           D．England

2.Why did the artist step back again?

A．To see how his work was progressing.        B．To have a better look at his painting.

C．To paint a bow in his painting.              D．To pour some paint on his painting.

3.What did the assistant do to stop the artist falling off the platform?

A．He painted a famous painting himself.        B．He ran forwards to stop him.

C．He shouted to the artist and painted his painting.    D．He stopped mixing the paints.

4.Which picture shows the same situation as the underlined sentence in Paragraph2?

Note: a: artist b: assistant c: painting ←: the direction of the movement.

5.After reading the passage, what do you think the artist would probably do?

A．He would be angry with what the assistant had done.

B．He would punish the assistant for having destroyed his painting.

C．He would be thankful to be the assistant for having saved his life.

D．He wouldn’t allow the assistant to work with him any more.

閱讀下列材料，從所給的五個選項（A、B、C、D、E�。┲�，選出符合各小題要求的最佳選項。Jim 的幾位朋友想買汽車，請仔細閱讀題，選出符合各自要求的最佳選項。

1.Dennis is a successful businessman. He has a big family. He wants to buy a car made in Europe. The car should be safe.

2.Gary has a big company, but he doesn’t like to show off. He likes a popular car of about 200,000 yuan. The car should have good quality and be big enough.

3.Arthur likes travelling and playing sports. He likes playing sports. He likes driving to the mountains to spend weeks with his friends.

4.Andy is a rich young man. He likes driving fast. He wants to buy a famous and fashionable car.

5.Cindy is a beautiful young lady. She has just found a job. She wants to buy a cute car.

用方框中所給單詞的適當形式填空，使短文通順、正確、連貫（每個單詞限用一次）。

final   through  many   quick   pay  hand  please   because  come   hear

It was a dark cool night. The car driver didn’t have even one passenger all day. When he drove near the railway station, he saw a young man___1.___out with two bags in his___2.__.So he stopped ___3.__ to open the door of the car and asked, “Where do you want to go, sir?” “To Star Hotel.” The young man answered. When the car driver___4.___that, he didn’t feel___5.___.

The young man would give him only three dollars___6.__ the hotel was near the railway station. But suddenly he had an idea. He took the passenger___7.____many streets of the city.

After a long time, the car___8._____ arrived at the hotel. “You should give me fifteen dollars.” The car driver said to the young man. “ What! Fifteen dollars? Only last week I took car from the railway station to this same hotel and I only____9.___the driver thirteen dollars. I know how __10.____I have to pay for the car.

單詞拼寫

1.Paris is one of the l_______ cities in Europe.

2.Hangzhou is the c_______of Zhejiang Province.

3.My bike was broken on my way home, I had to have it r_________.

4.Chinese people like the idea of taking a seven-day holiday in O________.

5.Will it be c_________for you to start this plan tomorrow?

6.Your glasses are too old. You’d better buy a new p________.

7.The little boy has p________ five thousand yuan for the computer games. His parents are extremely angry.

8.The soup t_______ good. Would you like some ?

9.We have learned too many new words these days. But I can’t r________ all of them. What should I do?

10.Mr. Li c_______ the school basketball team every year.

寫作：.某英文報舉辦“家鄉(xiāng)的變化”主題征文活動。請你根據(jù)下表提示，以“The Changes in My Hometown”為題，用英語寫一篇90字左右的短文。

過去 1.生活貧困，房屋破舊。

2.污染嚴重，垃圾滿地。

3.交通不便，游客很少。  

現(xiàn)在1.生活：住房寬敞、明亮；許多人有自己的汽車。

2.環(huán)境：山更綠，水更清，天更藍......

3.旅游：每年有成千上萬來自世界各地的游客。

將來  請你展望家鄉(xiāng)的未來

注意：

1.文中不得出現(xiàn)具體的地名，否則扣分。

2.標題和開頭已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

3.小詞典：環(huán)境environment; 污染pollution;方便convenient.

The Changes of My Hometown

In the past, my hometown was very small. People lived a poor life.

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—       do you study for tests?

—I study     listening to tapes.

A. How; with       B. What; with

C:.How; by            D. What; by

Sixteen-year-olds         to drive.

A．is allowed                             B．a(chǎn)re not allowed

C．a(chǎn)llowed                               D．is not allowed