--I lost the chance to take part in the sports meeting．

-- _____ !

A．Well done                                               B．Good luck

C．What a pity                                            D．Congratulations

With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building．He held up a sign which said，"I'm blind，please help．"

Only a few people put   1  in the hat．A man was walking by．He   2   some coins into the hat．He then turned the sign  3  ，wrote some words，put the sign back and left．

Soon the hat began to fill up．A lot more people   4  to give money to the blind boy．That afternoon the man came to see   5   things were．The boy recognized his footsteps（腳步聲） and asked，"Were you the one who   6  my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said，"I only wrote the truth．I said what you said but in a   7  way．" What he had written was，"Today is a beautiful day，  8 I cannot see it．"

Both the   9  told people that the boy was blind．But the first sign simply  10  people to help by throwing some money into the   11  ．The second one，however，told people that they were able to enjoy the  12  of the day，but the boy couldn't   13  he was blind．

There are at least two lessons we can learn   14  this story．First，be thankful for what you have．Someone else has less．Help them if you can．  15  ，be creative．Think differently．There is always a better way!

1．A．eggs                B．coins              C．toys              D．pencils

2．A．got                  B．lost                C．took              D．dropped

3．A．on                   B．off                C．back              D．around

4．A．asked                B．began              C．hoped             D．continued

5．A．how                 B．what              C．whose           D．which

6．A．put                  B．found             C．changed           D．cleaned

7．A．usual                B．simple             C．different           D．dangerous

8．A．as                  B．so                C．for              D．but

9．A．signs                B．men               C．boys              D．lessons

10．A．told                B．took              C．helped             D．ordered

11．A．bag                B．hat                C．pocket            D．basket

12．A．food               B．songs             C．beauty           D．pictures

13．A．because            B．unless             C．before           D．though

14．A．about              B．with              C．from            D．except

15．A．First               B．Second            C．Third             D．Fourth

1．Most probably these diaries are written by ______

A．children             B．teachers            C．fathers            D．mothers

2．Jeremy is excited because______

A．her mother will go to see her

B．her brothers do not fight any more

C．her clothes are better than her cousin's

D．her family will visit the 2010 Shanghai World Expo

3．From the diaries we know______

A．Joe will travel to Mexico

B．Jeremy has returned from her visit

C．Lenny talked with her brothers at dinner

D．Tina will see her mother on the weekend

Carl Orff was born in Germany on July 19，1895．He began to show interest in music at an early age．He studied composing music at the Music Academy（學院） in Munich．After graduation in 1914，he became a professional musician and teacher．In 1920，he made his home in Munich and worked as a teacher and composer．He composed lots of songs，operas and orchestral music that were popular．

In 1924，Orff started a primary school in Munich．In this school，music was played together with the movement of dance and gymnastics．This special way of teaching music made the children hear and feel what music was．The instruments Orff used more than any others in his school were percussion instruments（打擊樂器）．Orff did successfully，and many other schools began to follow him．After World War l]，his ideas spread all over the world．The special way at this school even has an effect on primary musical education today．Many of his ideas can be found in the book called Music for Children．

Carl Orff gave all his life to primary musical education，and he was most successful in it．On March 29，1982，he died．

1．Carl Orff was from________

A．Canada            B．Germany           C．England           D．America

2．Carl Orff began to show interest in music when________

A．he was young                            B．World War II began

C．he made his home in Munich                  D．he graduated from the Music Academy

3．Carl Orff was most successful in________

A．building schools                            B．writing books

C．musical education                          D．composing music

4．Carl Orff's special way of teaching music was to________

A．get children to compose music

B．make children hear and feel music

C．teach children to make instruments

D．train all the children to become professional musicians

At the end of the wedding party for Monica and Nick，Monica's mother gave her a new bank saving passbook（存折） as a present．She advised her to put some money in the bank when they had happy things in their life and wrote them down in the passbook．She told her to keep it as a record of her marriage（婚姻）．

Monica shared her mother's idea with Nick．The following were their deposits （存款） after some time：

* 7 February：$ 300，first birthday celebration for Nick after we got married

* 15 April：$ 500，Monica got a better job

…

However，after years，they began to quarrel（爭吵） every day．One day Monica told her mother that they could not live together any longer and agreed to divorce．Her mother said，"Just do whatever you want to．But before that，take out all the money in the passbook and spend it．"

So Monica went to the bank．While she was waiting，she took a look at the passbook record．Suddenly the happiness in the past came up to her mind．She went back home，handed the passbook to Nick and asked him to spend the money before getting divorced．

The next day，Nick gave the passbook back to Monica．She found a new deposit of $ 5，000 with the words，"This is the day I notice how much I love you and how much happiness you've brought me．"

1．At the end of the wedding party，Monica's mother gave her__________

A．$ 5，000                                 B．a better job

C．a birthday card                            D．a bank saving passbook

2．The underlined word "divorce" in the passage means__________

A．離婚                  B．出走                  C．忍受．               D．告別

3．Which is the correct order of the following?

a．Monica got married．

b．Nick made a new deposit of $ 5，000．

c．They．began to quarrel with each other．

d．Monica went to the bank but returned without doing anything．

A．a--b--d--c            B．a--c---d--b          C．c--b--a--d           D．b--d--a--c

4．From the passage we can infer（推斷） that_______

A．Monica left her husband in the end

B．they loved each other again as before

C．what Monica's mother did was not helpful

D．Monica and Nick spent all the money in the passbook

In the United States in the nineteenth century，many children studied in one-room schoolhouses．Students in Grades One to Eight shared the same classroom．A one-room schoolhouse was usually built of wood and painted white or red．

Children walked or rode horses to go to school．When it was time for school to begin，the teacher rang a bell．Then the children went inside．The smallest children sat in the smallest desks at the front of the room．These children were the closest ones to the teacher's desk．The tallest children sat in the back．

The children studied maths，geography，science，history，reading and art．Teachers wrote lessons on a blackboard at the front of the room．Students did maths problems or practiced writing on the blackboard．In some schools，students had their own small stone blackboards to write on．One teacher had to teach all grade levels（水平），so teachers often taught the children one at a time．

The teacher expected the children to behave well and punished those who did not．The teacher would hit the child with a stick as punishment．The children had lunch at school．Lessons continued in the afternoon．When school ended for the day，the children went home．They hardly had homework and often helped their parents work on the farm．

1．How many subjects did the children study at school?

A．Five．              B．Sire                 C．Seven．           D．Eight．

2．When school was over，the children often________

A．stayed at school                            B．practiced writing on the blackboard

C．helped their parents on the farm                        D．played basketball on the playground

3．Which of the following is not mentioned in this passage?

A．The children had two examinations every term．

B．After school，the children often had no homework to do．

C．The children from Grades One to Eight shared the same classroom．

D．In the classroom，the smallest children sat closest to the teacher's desk．

4．The best title of this passage is________

A．American Education                         B．One-Room Schoolhouse

C．Teachers in the United States                   D．Blackboard in the Classroom

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和所給漢語提示，寫出短文空白處各單詞的正確形式。每空限填一詞。

The summer holidays are coming．Are you planning to make a journey for this holiday? If so，here is  1  （某事）about the weather that you should learn about before you start the journey．

The weather is different in different  2  （城市）．In Shanghai，it’s  3  （非常）hot in summer．The sun shines brightly at  4  （中午）．You need to wear sunglasses to protect your eyes．In the afternoon，  5  （有時）it rains suddenly and soon becomes  6  （晴朗的）again In Kunming，it is  7  （涼的）all day long．You will feel comfortable to spend your holiday there．

In London，it’s hot and it rains a lot．If you go there，please  8  （記得）to take an umbrella with you．Although it’s  9  （冬天）in Sydney，it’s not cold but warm．In  10  （事實），it is a good time to go there．

If you want to go to other places，you’d better look for the information about the weather so that you can make your journey more pleasant．

用方框中所給單詞的適當形式填空，使句子通順、正確。每個單詞限用一次。

1．Peter never________ any money on clothes that he doesn’t need．

2．Michael had an________ this morning and was sent to the hospital．

3．Robert told US his new ________and invited us to his birthday party．

4．Mr. Smith has been in China for three years and made a lot of there．

5．All the students felt ________when they finally climbed to the top of the mountain．

在英語課上，老師組織你們討論學校即將舉行的“英語周’’活動計劃。下表是你們組討論時的部分記錄，請你完成記錄表。

請你代表你們小組，根據(jù)上面表格內(nèi)容寫一篇書面報告。 

要求：（1）描述討論結(jié)果，并發(fā)表你對“英語周”的看法；

（2）意思連貫，語句通順；

（3）不能出現(xiàn)與你身份相關(guān)的真實信息；

（4）詞數(shù)80左右；短文的開頭已給出，不計入詞數(shù)。

We had a discussion about the plan for the English Week____________________________

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