________ concerts are never quite the same on the small screen.

A. Lively B. Alive C. Living D. Live

D 【解析】试题分析：句意：直播音乐会和在小屏幕上相当不一样。A.Lively生动活泼的；B.Alive活着的；C.Living有生命的；D.Live直播的，根据句意及语境此题是指直播的音乐会，故选D。

–Shopping again? You already have so many clothes in the wardrobe(衣柜).

–Don’t you know a woman _________ have too many clothes?

A. can B. should C. can’t D. shouldn’t

C 【解析】句意：-又去购物？你的衣柜里已经有这么多衣服了。-难道你不知道一个女士不可能有太多衣服吗？can可能；should应该；can’t不可能；shouldn’t不应该。根据句意Shopping again?可知，这里应用否定的意思，即一个女士有再多的衣服都不算多，故应选C。

People all thought him _________ and recommended him as the chairperson.

A. successful B. was successful C. success D. was a success

A 【解析】句意：人们都认为他是成功的，因此推荐他当主席。successful成功的，形容词；was successful是成功的，系表结构；success成功，名词；was a success是一个成功的人，系表结构。句中使用的句型是think sb.+形容词作宾语补足语，认为某人是…的。故应选A。

–Millie is very hard-working.

–Yes, she is often seen _________up very late.

A. staying B. stay C. to stay D. stayed

C 【解析】句意：-Millie工作非常努力。-是的，经常看到她熬夜到很晚。staying呆，是现在分词形式；stay动词原形；to stay动词不定式；stayed过去分词。stay up是固定短语，熬夜，句中使用的句型是see sb. do sth.看到某人做某事，当这个句型用于被动语态的时候，在动词不定式前加上to。故应选C。

– Mr Wu, could you tell me _________?

–You’d better do more speaking.

A. how I could improve my English B. which way can I choose

C. how I do with my English D. what’s wrong with my English

D 【解析】句意：-吴老师，你能告诉我我的英语是怎么了吗？-你最好多说。how I could improve my English我怎样提高我的英语，这个选项时态不对；which way can I choose语序不对；how I do with my English 形式错误，do with应与what搭配使用；what’s wrong with my English我的英语怎么了，语...

–How about your interview on Sunday?

–_________!It is the last thing I want to talk about.

A. Don’t mention it B. Wonderful C. Not bad D. That’s Ok.

A 【解析】句意：-你星期天的面试怎么样？-别提了，我不想说这件事。Don’t mention it不要提了；Wonderful太棒了；Not bad还不错；That’s OK.还行。根据句意It is the last thing I want to talk about可知，说话人不想提起面试的事情，故应选A。

Several months ago, a couple with a little girl moved in next door to me. The girl seemed too quiet to make any noise, while the parents were always _____her loudly. Whenever we met my new neighbors, I always spoke, but the only _____ I ever got was a hello from the 4-year-old girl.

I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I returned, they were just coming from their home and the little girl was holding the door open for others. I stayed in the car doing unnecessary things as I wasn’t in a ______. The parents were telling her to get into the car immediately. I looked up and saw the little girl was still holding the door open, waiting for me.

As a disabled man, I can’t hurry at ______, but I hurried as much as I could and thanked her. She was smiling like a lovely angel. I was so _____ by her small act of kindness. That afternoon I was shopping and I saw a white bear. I thought of the girl and said to myself. “I believe she would like that” so I bought it.

The next day there was a knock on the door and it was the little girl and her parents. She was so ______ of her bear and thanked me as if I had never been thanked before. The mother and father both thanked me.

Now when we meet, we all speak, and in a friendly manner I might add. As time passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. ______, hardly at all.

Last night we had about four inches of snow. I looked out at my car and wondered _________ I was going to keep my doctor’s appointment(约会). When I opened the outside door, there was my car with all the snow cleaned. I can’t express how I felt at that moment. The man next door was the only person I knew in the whole building, ______when I saw him the next day, I asked him if he was the good man that cleaned my snow. He said No. He wanted to but his wife said she wanted to do it.

Isn’t it amazing that a 4-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good things usually come from _____.

1.A. shouting at B. worrying about C. playing with D. laughing at

2.A. answer B. sound C. act D. present

3.A. mood B. mess C. hurry D. surprise

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

5.A. worried B. moved C. surprised D. enjoyed

6.A. proud B. afraid C. short D. full

7.A. In all B. After all C. In fact D. For example

8.A. why B. how C. where D. that

9.A. but B. so C. or D. yet

10.A. small acts B. nice presents C. little children D. neighbors

1.A 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.B 6.A 7.C 8.B 9.B 10.A 【解析】这篇短文中作者讲述了自己与新来的邻居之间的一些小事，这些小事让他们从陌生变得熟悉，也然他们的生活变得很美好。 1.句意：这个女孩好像非常安静不发出任何的噪音，然而她的父母却总是大声地对她喊叫。shouting at 朝某人喊叫；worrying...

Punctuation Marks(标点符号)

Punctuation Marks	When to use them?	Example
Apostrophes (’)	To show possession—when something belongs to someone. Use apostrophes in word contractions.	Alan’s favorite color is blue. It’s (It is) a hot and sunny day.
Exclamation Marks (!)	To express surprise, excitement, anger, admiration or to give orders.	Stop! Don’t move!
Question Marks (?)	Placed at the end of a question.	How are you?

1.Where can the table above probably be found?

A. A newspaper B. A Grammar book C. A report D. A guide book

2.Sentence 1: The youth worker has solved Alan’s problems. Sentence 2: Alan’s going over what he has learnt in class. Which of the statements is true according to the usages of punctuation marks?

A. The“Alan’s”in sentence 1 has the same meaning as the one in sentence 2.

B. The“Alan’s”in sentence 1 is used as a contraction for “Alan is”.

C. The“Alan’s”in sentence 2 shows that something belongs to Alan.

D. The apostrophes in the two sentences have quite different meanings.

3.“What a heavy snow!” They rushed out screaming and playing happily. Here the exclamation mark is used to show they felt when they saw the big snow.

A. excited B. angry C. curious D. scared

1.B 2.D 3.A 【解析】这篇短文给我们讲述了省略符合、感叹号和问号这三种标点符号的用法，并举例进行说明。 1.主旨大意题。这篇短文给我们讲述了三个标点符号的用法，并举例进行解释。因此我们可以知道，这样的短文应该可以从语法书上看到，故应选B。 2.推理判断题。这个题目涉及的是’这个符号的用法，在表格中的第一个符号就是关于它的，这里讲述了它的两个用法，一个表示某物...

Cheating（欺骗）can happen in a lot of different ways. When people cheat, it’s not fair to other people, like the kids who studied for the test or who the true winners of a game were.

Many people like the action of cheating. It makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the test. But it doesn’t solve the problem of not knowing the material and it won’t help on the next test--unless the person cheats again.

People lose respect for cheaters and think less of them. The cheaters themselves may feel bad because they know they are not really earning that good grade. And, if they get caught cheating, they will be in trouble at school, and may be at home, too.

Some kids cheat because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending time studying. Other kids might feel like they can’t pass the test without cheating, even when there seems to be a good reason for cheating, cheating isn’t a good idea.

If you were sick or upset about something the night before the day and couldn’t study, it would be better to talk with the teacher about this. And if you don’t have enough time to study for a test because of swim practice, you need to talk with your parents about how to balance swimming and school.

A kid who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test needs to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so they can find some solutions together. Talking about these problems and working them out will feel better than cheating.

1.The author thinks that when kids cheat in class, ______.

A. it is unfair to other people B. it does harm to their health

C. teachers should punish them D. teachers shouldn’t stop them at once

2.Some students like cheating mainly because______.

A. the material in the test is very difficult.

B. they want to do better than the others

C. cheating can make hard things seem very easy.

D. they have little time to study their lessons.

3.The fourth paragraph mainly tells us______.

A. some kids can’t pass the test without cheating

B. why kids cheat in the test

C. cheating isn’t a good idea

D. some kids don’t spend the time studying

4.We can learn from the passage _______.

A. cheaters are often thought highly of

B. people show no respect for those who cheat

C. parents whose kids cheat are often in trouble

D. kids cheat in the test because of swim practice

1.A 2.C 3.B 4.B 【解析】这篇短文讲述的话题是欺骗，作者觉得这对其他人是不公平的。在短文中作者还详细分析了学生们作弊的原因，并给那些想要在考试中作弊的学生们提出了建议。 1.细节理解题。根据短文的开头When people cheat, it’s not fair to other people, like the kids who studied fo...

Several days ago, I was walking home from school and saw some writing on the fence of a house I was passing by. It said, “Happiness is a direction, not a destination (终点).” I had been having a bad day and just reading this brightened my day a little. I also took out a pen and wrote one of my favorite quotes (格言) down.

When I came back to the fence, I saw another quote under mine in the handwriting as the first one. I added another, and we kept at this pattern for quite a while. One day, I was writing another quote on the fence and the old man, one of my neighbors, who owned the fence, saw me. He came out and I was afraid he would be mad at me for writing on his fence; he was not known to be very friendly. He gave me a sharp glance and then read the quotes on the fence. Without saying a word, he said something to himself and then went back inside. I was a bit terrified for a while, afraid to go back to the fence, but when I did, I noticed not more quotes but two words in entirely different handwriting had been added, “Thank you.”

Later, I saw the old man in his front yard. He beckoned (召唤) me over and told me how my quotes had been inspiring him, how he thanked me and how he was glad to see young people still have “values”. We are now good friend and I talk to him a lot. This experience has changed my life. I still don’t know who wrote that very first quote, but if he is out there, I’d like to say “thanks” to that unknown friend.

1.How did the author feel before he saw the words on the fence?

A. Excited B. Bored C. Unhappy D. Tired

2.Why did the writer begin to write a quote on the fence?

A. He wanted to practice his handwriting.

B. He had gotten some help from the quote.

C. He thought doing this was interesting.

D. He wanted to catch his neighbor’s attention.

3.Why was the writer afraid when he found that his neighbor had seen him?

A. He had thought that the old man was a mad person.

B. he had once been told the old man was cold-hearted.

C. He thought the old man would scold(责骂) him for what he had done.

D. He thought the old man would tell his parents about his action.

4.Who must have added “Thank you.” to the fence?

A. The old man. B. Someone else.

C. The writer himself. D. That unknown friend.

5.We can learn from the passage that __________.

A. writing quotes on fences is a good idea

B. the writer has written three quotes on the fence

C. the good relationship between neighbors is very important.

D. the old man has changed his opinion about young people.

1.C 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.D 【解析】作者无意间在栅栏上看到的话改变了作者那天的心情，而作者在栅栏上留下的话也激励了一个老人，改变了作者和老人之间的关系。 1.推理判断题。根据短文第一段中I had been having a bad day and just reading this brightened my day a little.可知，作者那...