Liu Chang said that joining the English club at school was the best way ______ her English.

A．to improve

B．improve

C．improves

D．improving

Before I started high school, I used to spend a lot of time _____ games with my friends.

A．play

B．plays

C．playing

D．played

When you sit and watch TV hour after hour, do you ever think of what it may be doing on your health?
More and more children are becoming overweight and near-sighted   1   they spend too much time in front of the TV. Also, they are growing less and less creative since watching TV. It doesn’t   2   any active thought.
Last week, the TV-Turnoff Organization began its ninth TV-Turnoff   3    in the US. The organization encourages people to play games, read books, lie under a tree, talk to family members and friends   4   watching TV.
American school children   5   , on average, 1,000 hours a year watching TV-more time than they spend in school. That’s too much, said the doctors   6   organized this year’s TV-Turnoff Week.
Doctors say that the   7   children watch television, the more overweight they may become. The fat children eat while they watch the television makes this weight  8   more serious.
To keep mentally and physically healthy, children need to take exercise, talk with friend and family, read, and  9   the world around them. Could you go a week without television? It might be    10   for many TV lovers, but why not give it a try?

【小题1】

A．because B．until C．whether D．though

【小题2】

A．find B．need C．lose D．know

【小题3】

A．Day B．Week C．Month D．Year

【小题4】

A．together with B．because of C．lots of D．instead of

【小题5】

A．cost B．spend C．use D．do

【小题6】

A．whom B．whose C．which D．who

【小题7】

A．later B．earlier C．longer D．less

【小题8】

A．problem B．question C．thing D．lesson

【小题9】

A．explore(探究) B．invent C．find D．make

【小题10】

A．easy B．happy C．dangerous D．difficult

There was once a bad king, all his people hated him very much. One day in a summer he was swimming by himself in a river.The king was a good swimmer, but while he was in the middle of the river, he was ill. He cried out “Help! Help!” At that time two farmers were working in the field near the river. They ran over, jumped into the water and saved the king. They didn’t know that he was the king until they pulled him out of the water.
The king was very happy, so he said to the farmers, “You have saved my life. Now you may ask for anything, and I’ll give it to you.”
One of the farmers said, “My son broke his leg last week, and he can’t walk. Please send him a good doctor.” The king agreed. Then he said to the other farmer. “And what can I do for you, old man?” The old man was very clever. He thought for a few minutes and then he answered, “You can do a very important thing for me.”“What’s that?” asked the king. He thought that the old man would ask for some money or something else.
“Don’t tell anybody that we have saved you,” the old farmer answered.
【小题1】 Where was the king swimming one day in a summer?
A. In a river.
B. In a lake
C. In the sea
【小题2】Who came to save him?
A. His son.
B. Two farmers.
C. A farmer.
【小题3】When did the farmers know that he was the king?
A. Before they jumped into the water.
B. When they were in the water.
C. After they pulled him out of the water.
【小题4】What did the king do after he was saved?
A. He promised to be a good king
B. He promised to give the farmers anything they wanted
C. He promised not to swim again.
【小题5】Why did the king need help in the water?
A. Because he wasn’t good at swimming
B. Because somebody pulled him into the water.
C. Because he was ill.

Mr. Li was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring . He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was half past twelve. “Who can it be at this time of night?” he wondered. He decided to go and find out .So he got out of bed, put on his dressing gown and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. “That’s very strange.” He thought. Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the bell ring again. Mr. Li jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He shut the door and found a piece of paper with some words on it: “It is now after midnight, so it is April 1st. April fool to you!”
“Oh, it was the English boy next door!” Mr. Li exclaimed, and almost smiled, He went back to bed and fell asleep immediately. The bell did not ring again.
【小题1】Mr. Li was trying to go to sleep when he heard ________.

A． the telephone ring

B． the bell ring

C． someone knock at the door

D． someone shout

【小题2】He turned on the light and _______.

A． got out of bed

B． looked out of the window

C． looked at his watch

D． looked at his clock

【小题3】When he opened the door for the first time, there was ________ there.

A．a boy

B．a piece of paper

C．someone

D．nobody

【小题4】There were some words on the piece of paper: “It is now_____ April 1st . April fool to you!”

A． before midnight, so it is

B． after midnight, so it is

C． before noon, so it will be

D． after noon, so it was

【小题5】The English boy rang the bell because he ________.

A． had something important to tell Mr. Li

B． Wanted to give Mr. Li a piece of paper

C． Wanted to make fun of Mr. Li

D． Wanted to borrow Mr. Li’s bell

An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course , when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.
“My money has finished and my friends have gone, said the young man. What will happen to me now?”
“Don't worry , young man” answered Nasreddin. “Everything will soon be all right again. Wait ,and you will soon feel much happier.”
The young man was very glad. “Am I going to get rich again then?” He asked Nasreddin.
“No, I didn't mean that, said the old man. I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.”
【小题1】An old man died and left his son_______.

A．nothing

B．some gold

C．much money

D．only a house

【小题2】When the son was________, he went to see Nasreddin.

A．short of money	B．quite poor and sick
C．in trouble	D．quite poor and alone

【小题3】The young man was very glad because Nasreddin said that________.

A．he would become rich again

B．he would soon feel much happier

C．he would become clever

D．he would have more friends

【小题4】Nasreddin meant the young man______.

A．would get rich again

B．would get used to having nothing

C．would get used to being in trouble

D．would get out of poorness

【小题5】What this story tells us is________.

A．that money is everything

B．that money makes the mare(鬼) go

C．to save each penny

D．that misfortune（不幸） tests the sincerity（真诚） of friends

【小题1】It’s wet this autumn. Because there is p________ of rain this year.
【小题2】She is very w_______ because she can’t find her backpack.
【小题3】The jacket cost her two thousand dollars, her mother thought it was too e___________.
【小题4】His grandfather’s d_______ made him very sad.
【小题5】I usually read English aloud to practice my p__________.

smoking  stop  unhealthy  allowed  badly started  easily  living  thought  named

Tang Ling often smoked cigarettes(香烟) in his school’s washing room. He  1  smoking at the age of 14. One day he learnt that the NBA star Yao Ming, an ambassador(大使) to the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control (中国控烟协会), asked people not to smoke. Yao Ming was Tang’s favorite star, and his words meant a lot to him. He decided to give up  2  .
According to the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, about 350 million Chinese smoke.  Among them, 50 million are teenagers. Sun Jiangping of Beijing University said, “ Teenagers can get cigarettes  3  , especially when their parents smoke or shops sell cigarettes to them. It’s very important for parents to help their children  4  smoking.”
A 15-year-old boy  5  Li Kun from Beijing said his parents didn’t smoke. Because they  6  smoking could make people feel  7  ill, they only  8  him to play with friends without smoking.  9  in such a good family helped Li say no to cigarettes. Some of his smoking classmates once told Li that smoking made boys look cool, but Li disagreed. He said, “Smoking is  10  and it’s not cool at all. Please stop smoking now!”

阅读下面发表在博客中的短文，根据短文内容，在短文后81-85小题给出的横线上填入恰当的词语。每空词数不限。

Problems
A	B	C
My problem is my parents. They never stop going on about how I should keep my room tidy, keep my hair tidy and wear smart clothes. They even make me do the washing-up after dinner every night! None of my friends have got such terrible parents. What should I do? Helen	My best friend has suddenly turned her back on me and I don’t know why! Last week we phoned each other every day and e-mailed too, and over the weekend we went shopping together and she was fine. But at school on Monday morning she didn’t look at me or speak to me. I don’t know what I’ve done. She now spends all her time with another group of friends. Jane	I have a really bad habit of chewing（嚼）the ends of my hair. I try to stop, but I can’t! My mom is starting to get really angry about it. Have you got any ideas? Gina

 

Advice
Hi _________, Why should your parents do all the washing-up? You should help around the house—it’s only fair. I don’t think you should change your looks though. Young people should look like young people.	②Hi_________, Wearing your hair pulled back in a ponytail（马尾辫）will help keep it out of your mouth. When you feel like chewing something, try bubble gum（泡泡糖）. Give yourself time and you should be able to break this habit. The first few days are usually the hardest. Good luck!	③Hi ________， Don’t worry about it so much! Phone your friend up as usual and she won’t be able to refuse you. I am sure you will get along well with each other. Everything will be fine.

【小题1】根据所读内容将Helen, Jane, Gina 三个名字分别填入相应的横线上。
①_______________  ②________________  ③________________
【小题2】The three girls wrote to ask for ________________________. （1分）
【小题3】The underlined words “turned her back on me” means “____________” in Chinese.
【小题4】It is clear that Helen is not ________________________ with her parents.
【小题5】According to the advice, Jane should _____________________ her friend as usual.

老师和家长对中学生上网交友、聊天有不同的看法，有的认为是一件好事， 有的认为是一件坏事。 你有什么样的想法呢？请根据一面所给的提示词，写一篇80字左右的英文短文。
提示词：popular, makes friends on line, learn from, watch the world, knowledge（知识）, waste time (浪费时间)， control oneself(控制自己)