Most musicians agree that the best violins were first made in Cremona, Italy, about 200 years ago. Their violins sound better than any other’s. They even sound better than violins made today. Violin makers and scientists try to make instruments(乐器) like the Italian violins. But they aren’t the same. Musicians still prefer the old ones.

Some people think it is the age of the violins. But not all old violins sound wonderful. Only the old violins from Cremona are special. So age cannot be the answer. Other people think the secret to those violins is the wood. The wood must be from certain kind of trees. But the kind of wood may not be so important. It may be more important to cut the wood in a special way. Wood for a violin must be cut very carefully. It has to be the right size and shape. The smallest difference will change the sound of the violin. Musicians sometimes think that this was the secret of the Italians. Maybe they understood more than we do about how to cut the wood. Size and shape may not be the answer either. Scientists can make new ones that are exactly the same size and shape. But the new violins still do not sound as good as the old ones. Some scientists think the secret may be the varnish(清漆).Varnish is what covers the wood of the violin. It makes the wood look shiny. It also helps the sound of the instrument. But no one knows what the Italian violin makers used in their varnish.

1. The passage is about____________.

  A. making violins                           B. musical instruments

  C. scientific ideas                           D. the old Italian violins

2. Some people think that modern violins _____________.

  A. will sound better in the future           B. will sound worse in the future

  C. sound wonderful                     D. sound poor

3. Other people think the Italian violin makers_______________.

  A. were lucky                          B. did not know much about violins

  C. used many kinds of wood              D. knew something special

4. Violins made today____________.

  A. have the same size and shape as the old ones

  B. sound the same as the old ones

  C. are better than the old ones

  D. have the same varnish as the old ones

5. Some scientists believe that the secret of the old violin was ______________.

  A. their sound       B. their color        C. their varnish      D. their music

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。

    Good news or bad news? It depends on how you see things. You can be sad after being cheated. Or you can choose （1）______(move) on with your life.

    Robert De Vincenzo, the great golfer, once won a completion. After receiving the check, he （2）_______(go) to the cub and prepared to leave. He walked alone to his car and （3）______(meet) a young woman.

    She congratulated him on his success and then told him that her child （4）_______(be) ill and near death. She didn’t know how she （5）__________(pay) the hospital bill.

    De Vincenzo （6）_________(move) by her story, and gave his winning check to the woman. “Make some good days for the baby,” he said as he put the check into her hand.

    The next week, he （7）_________(have) lunch in a country club when a policeman came to his table.

    “Some of the boys last week told me that you met a young woman after you won that competition.”

    De Vincenzo said, “Yes.” “Well,” said the policeman, “I have news for you. She （8）________(not, have) a sick baby. She （9）__________(not marry)yet. She cheated you, my friend.”

    “That is right,” said the policeman.

   “ That’s the best news I （10）_______(hear) all week,” De Vincenzo said.

阅读下列短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词

    Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your bady （1）b________ hot, and there are pains （2）a_____ over your bady. You don’t want to work and you have to stay in bed, and you will （3）f_____ very sad.

    What makes us ill? They are germs. Germs are （4）e________. They are very small and you can’t find them with your naked eyes. But you can see them （5）w_____ a microscope. They are very, very small and there could be （6）h_________ of them on a little bit of something.

    Germs are （7）a________ found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we will see a lot of them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.

    Germs aren’t （8）o______ found in water. They are found in air and dust. If you get a cut in the finger, and if some of the dust from the floor （9）g_____ into the cut, germs will come into your finger. Your finger will become big and red, and you will have （10）m_____ pain in it. Sometimes if the germs go into all of your body, you may have pain it every part of the body.

 Hand: 1. germ n. 细菌         2. naked eys 肉眼

根据汉语意思完成下列句子

1、他的话真让我吃惊。

   What he said really _________________.

2、如果我是你的话，就会接受他的邀请。

   __________________________________, I would accept his offer.

3、运动会因为天气不好被推迟了。

The sports meeting ______________________________.

4、 你应该到外边去活动活动，而不要整天呆在屋子里工作。

You should be out playing __________________ working indoors all day.

5、《家有儿女》是我看过的最精彩的电视剧之一。

   “Home With Kids” is one of ___________________ that I ______________.

随着阳光体育运动会在全国的开展，“每天锻炼一小时，健康工作50年，幸福生活一辈子”的理解深入人心，校园里出现了可喜的变化；运动时间延长了，运动项目增加了，学生体质增强了，校园生活丰富了。请以Sports in Our School 为题给校刊写一篇报道。

内容要点提示：1. time for sports

          2.kinds of sports

          3.change of students’ health and study

          4.change of school life

要求：1. 80词左右，可适当发挥；2. 文中不能出现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称等相关信息。

 Sports in Our School

___________________________________________________________________________

---Have you got _____ e-mail address? I want to e-mail some photos to you.

---Yes, I’ve got _____.

A. a; it           B. an; one        C. the; one      D. /; it

---Excuse me, Sir. _____ is it from our school to Bay Bridge( 海湾大桥 )?

---About _____ drive.

A. How long; two hour’s             B. How far; two hours’

C. How far; two- hours               D. How often; two hour

---Can you come on Monday or Tuesday?

---I’m afraid _____ day is possible.

A. either         B. neither         C. some          D. any

We all think the _____century will bring us more hope.

A. twenty-first    B. twentieth-first   C. twenty-one     D. twentieth-one

I can type _____ than I can write by hand.         

A. fast           B. more faster      C. much faster     D. fastest