Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir”, said the poor man, “I am a failure (失败者). I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will come true. I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.
A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there, in that big hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn't get any sleep at all.”
【小题1】The poor man lived in ________ before he met the rich man.

A．the hotel

B．his home

C．the park

D．the car

【小题2】Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and __________.

A．waited for the rich man

B．looked at the rich man's hotel

C．looked at the rich man's car

D．enjoyed the clean air

【小题3】 Every night the poor man dreamed of _____________.

A．sleeping in that hotel

B．becoming rich

C．owning that hotel

D．being the rich man's friend

【小题4】The poor man moved out of the hotel because __________.

A．he didn't want to live in such a fine room

B．he didn't like the rich man

C．he couldn't pay for the room

D．he couldn't get any sleep at all there

Young people and older people don’t always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special programme in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself; you learn to think about the group.”
【小题1】In one special programme in New York State, young and older people _______ .

A．don’t work well together.

B．are friendly to one another.

C．teach one another new ways of building houses.

D．spend eight weeks together, working as farmers..

【小题2】All the members work some time every day mainly to _______ .

A．lead a busy life.

B．learn new skills of farming;

C．get used to the life on the farms

D．find value and pleasure in work

【小题3】Living together, _________ .

A．the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules

B．the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults make

C．the members have no free time on weekends

D．the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together

【小题4】The last programme shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the programme is ____ .

A．unpleasant

B．tiring

C．helpful

D．boring

【小题5】The best title for the passage is __________ .

A．The rules of living together

B．Life in New York State

C．Teenagers in the special group

D．Free hours in the special work group

根据句子意思,用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。
【小题1】Our teacher wrote the ____ (英雄) names on the blackboard and asked us to learn from them.
【小题2】I think Mickey’s drawing is _______ (差的) than Nancy’s drawing .
【小题3】________ (几乎) nobody believed the exciting news
【小题4】The boy fell off the bike yesterday, but _______(幸运的是), he didn’t hurt himself at all.
【小题5】Everybody ­­­­­­­­­­­­_______（欢呼）when the pop star arrived
【小题6】The twins look the same but are not of the same       （high）．
【小题7】 It’s _________ (use) to cry. You’d better work harder from now on.
【小题8】Did you enjoy ____________(you) , children?
【小题9】He had a good time           (taste) those delicious dishes in the restaurant.
【小题10】Tom with his friends often             (miss）living in the country.

Here is a 2-way student exchange. Fred, 19 , spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred knew little German when he arrived. But after 2 months of studying, the language became easy for him. School was very different from what he had looked forward to and it was much harder. Students stood up politely when the teacher came into the room. They took 14 subjects while American students usually took 6 in the US.
Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was the law(法律) . All the children had to do their activities with their family. Fred also missed having a car. In Germany, you should walk to go out to have a good time.
At the same time, in America, Mike was forming his own ideas. He says,’ American schools are too easy for our level but I have to say that I like it a lot in Germany , we do nothing except study. Here we take part in many other activities.

Differences between American school life and German school life
Items	American students	German students
Class rules	They don’t have to stand up when their teacher come in	They have to __【小题1】___ up and show respect(尊敬) to their __【小题2】___
____【小题3】___life	They do their own things alone.	They have to listen to their __【小题4】__
School ___【小题5】___	They have six and they are very easy for them	They have 14, but the lessons are much more _【小题6】__
Going out	They can _【小题7】__ cars	They have to ___【小题8】___ all the way
School activities	They have____【小题9】__ other activities	They have to ___【小题10】__ hard all the time.

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。
My 14-year-old brother John and I saw the coat at the same time. The thick black woolen coat was soft, and it cost only ＄28. We looked at each other, saying n  1 , but John’s face was shining with joy. Dark woolen coats were p___2___ with boys just then, and could cost several hundred dollars. But this coat was even better and m  3 _  cheaper.?
John t  4 __ on the coat and bought it at once. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “H_ 5__  did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said. I started c  6_  him “Lord (老爷) John”.
A few weeks later , something good h  7_  to John. He became more polite, more helpful and more pleasing. He was willing to lend his classmates his pens; he was willing to bring his father a cup of tea when he got home; he was willing to help a blind man c  8_  the road.
When my mother told this to one of his teachers, he said, “It must be his coat!” One day, in the library, my brother and I ran into a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked. John shook hands with him, l _ 9  a gentleman(绅士)!
I think John changed b__10___ of his own attitude(态度). If you think you are a gentleman or a lady, you can become a perfect one.

根据中文意思，完成下列句子，词数不限。
【小题1】谢谢你同意让我参加你们的旅行。
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【小题2】做火车去北京比公共汽车花的时间少。  
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【小题3】我可以告诉他任何事，因为他能为我保守秘密。
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【小题4】Kate认为潜水是所有运动中最令人兴奋的。
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【小题5】Max很有幽默感，当他和我在一起的时候，我从不感到乏味。
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提示：你们班将于本周六参观扬州名胜。请你以班长的名义写一封信,向全班同学发出邀请，并对行程和交通工具做出安排。
要点：1. 上午8：00 校门口集合上车；参观瘦西湖(the Slender West Lake)，个园( the Bamboo Garden)并拍照。
2. 中饭后，到茱萸湾(the Zhuyu Park) 看熊猫并欣赏美景；
3. 傍晚，到东关街购物，品尝扬州小吃。                    
4. 每人费用100元。参观后会把照片放在网上供同学们浏览。
注意：1. 词数100左右。开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2. 邀请信须包括所有内容要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使其连贯、通顺。
Dear classmates,
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I hope all of you will have a good time then.
Best wishes
John

There is _______ 11-meter-long bridge over ______ river.

A．a; the

B．the; a

C．an; an

D．an; the

Which is not right? Kitty sits _________ Sandy.

A．in front of

B．next to

C．between

D．behind

Are these trousers_____________?

A．Tom and Alice’s	B．Tom’s and Alice’s
C．Tom and Alice	D．Tom’s and Alice