There is something about New Year's Eve. In Scotland the last day of the year is the 26_ important holiday of the winter,27 important than Christmas. On New Year's Eve friends and neighbors go about from house to house drinking to each other's health and wishing good luck. 28 New Year's Day. All shops and factories are closed and no 29 is done. Families meet together for a big meal and a family 30 , They often sing and dance all the night.
In England New Year's Day is not 31 holiday and people go to work as 32 But on New Year's Eve most people sit up till 33 "to see the new Year in" or they 34 to parties and dances. Most of the London hotels 35 a New Year's Eve dance.

【小题1】

A．more B．most C．much D．such

【小题2】

A．more B．most C．much D．such

【小题3】

A．In B．To C．On D．For

【小题4】

A．study B．exam C．work D．reading

【小题5】A, party    B. work     C. clean        D. shopping

【小题6】

A．a B．an C．the D．a kind of

【小题7】

A．always B．unusual C．sometimes D．usual

【小题8】

A．midnight B．afternoon C．noon D．morning

【小题9】

A．run B．jump C．go D．fly

【小题10】

A．get B．bring C．have D．receive

Little Tom likes cartoons (动画片) very much .When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they’re over. Sometimes he’d rather wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he will be late for school.
Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned the television, but didn’t receive the programme. He had to have breakfast and then went to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen (厨房). He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn’t find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother to help.
“It’s only five now,” said the woman. “Your programme will be after supper.”“Well, let’s have supper right now!”
【小题1】 Tom goes to bed late sometimes, so______ .

A．he’s late for school

B．he goes to school by bus

C．he can’t wake up himself in the morning

D．he has to go to school without breakfast

【小题2】Tom spends much time _____ when he is free.

A．playing football	B．watching football matches on TV
C．doing his homework	D．watching cartoons on TV

【小题3】Tom _____,so he turned on the television after getting up this morning .

A．thought he had some time left

B．didn’t know when the cartoon would begin

C．wanted to know the important news

D．hoped to watch TV play

【小题4】Tom was afraid _____, so he ran home.

A．to miss the interesting cartoon	B．to miss the last bus
C．he would be hungry	D．he had little time to finish his homework

【小题5】 Tom thought _____.

A．supper should be ready

B．his mother’s watch was slow

C．the cartoon would be as soon as he finished supper

D．his mother cooked super too late

Li Shizhen was born in 1518. His father was a poor doctor. Li Shizhen often saw that people fell ill. He decided to study medicine so that he could be able to help people. Li Shizhen read many books about medicine. He found many of the old medical books to be full of mistakes. So his wish was to write a new one.
He did his best to study medical science. He studied not only the herbs（草药）in his own garden, but also the wild ones. He set out many times on long journeys to collect herbs and talk with old farmers. He learned a lot from the working people.
After many years of hard work and study, Li Shizhen finished his great work “Ben Cao Gang Mu”（本草纲目）. At that time he was sixty. His book is now one of the greatest contributions（贡献）of the Chinese people to the medical science of the world.
【小题1】Li Shizhen’s father was      .

A．a soldier

B．a doctor

C．a teacher

D．a peasant

【小题2】Li Shizhen decided to study medicine because he wanted to       .

A．making a living	B．become famous
C．help the people who fell ill	D．get more money

【小题3】 Li Shizhen wanted to write a new medical book because      .

A．he was a doctor

B．he liked writing books

C．many medical books were full of mistakes.

D．he was a writer

【小题4】“Ben Cao Gang Mu” is      .

A．a medical book	B．a medical worker
C．a herb	D．a dictionary

【小题5】Li Shizhen collected a lot of         on his long journeys.

A．flowers

B．living things

C．plants

D．herbs

Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned(禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, teachers said mobile phone use is a distraction(娱乐) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.
She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with(与…联系) their children.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.
Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.
【小题1】Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones,          

A．because they are students	B．when they are free
C．when they are at school	D．because they are children

【小题2】 We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from       .

A．the makers and sellers	B．the passers-by and strangers
C．their parents and friends	D．some mobile phones users

【小题3】What does the underlined word cheat mean in the passage?

A．聊天

B．核对

C．查询

D．作弊

【小题4】Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t         during school hours.

A．use their mobile phones	B．leave their mobile phones at school office
C．help the teachers with their work	D．get in touch with their children

【小题5】 The passage tells us that        .

A．students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons.

B．it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phones at school

C．some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t use their phones at school

D．parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours.

Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge(向…挑战)yourself. So you can not always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转)door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
【小题1】Those who have big houses may often feel        .

A．happy

B．lonely

C．free

D．excited

【小题2】When you fall down in a PE class, both your teacher and your classmates will    .

A．laugh at you	B．play jokes on you
C．quarrel with you	D．help you up

【小题3】What will your friends say to you when you make great progress?

A．Oh, so do I	B．Congratulations
C．Good luck	D．It’s just so-so

【小题4】 Which idea is NOT right according to the passage?

A．People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air

B．You can get help from others when you make mistakes

C．You can still be a happy person even if you have little money

D．Happiness is always around you though difficulties come towards you

【小题5】 Which of the following is this passage about?

A．Bad luck

B．Good luck

C．Happiness

D．Life

【小题1】I usually fail in my exams, but my parents e         me So I love my parents very much.
【小题2】Ma Lin is a hero, he works hard for the n       pride.
【小题3】He is a h       man, since he always tells jokes.
【小题4】As a student,we should try to o       our difficulites.
【小题5】LangLang got many a       in piano competitions.
【小题6】昨天一个烟头引发了火灾。
Yesterday a cigarette                 a fire.
【小题7】我很感激我的父母。
I am                 my parents.
【小题8】工人们对每天做同样的事情感到厌倦。
Workers                                the same thing every day.
【小题9】我们不应该嘲笑残疾人。
We shouldn’t                   disabled people.
【小题10】他在2001年建立了一个公司。
He              a company in 2001.

完成一篇题为“Yao Ming”的文章，但不要逐字翻译。
1.姚明，1980年出生于上海，身高2.26米；
2.九岁开始打篮球，十八岁进入国家队，22岁加入NBA打球；2011年从NBA退役，然后成为上海篮球队的老板，他让上海篮球队越来越厉害。
3.爱好：玩电脑游戏和阅读；
4.对人有礼貌、友好，是青少年的偶像，也是中国人的骄傲。
Yao Ming

This is a nice city ______ many interesting places.

A．of

B．with

C．on

D．and

--- Where ___________ your pen pals from?    --- The United States.

A．does

B．do

C．is

D．are

_________ can I get to the library

A．What

B．Where

C．Who

D．How