Sandy talked so much about herself ______others didn’t have any time to speak at the meeting.

A．that

B． as

C．because

D．than

Mary devoted all her money she owned ___________ people in need.
A to help         B helping      C helped         D to helping

The little boy was heard_______ in the street when night fell down yesterday .

A．cry

B．cries?

C．cried

D．crying?

根据汉语提示完成句子。（10分）
1. 这场足球比赛将在阳光电视台被实况转播。
The football match___________________________________on Sunshine TV Station.
2. 直到电影结尾，你才会知道谁是凶手。
You won’t ________________________________________ the end of the film .
3. 殷雪梅把大部分时间都奉献给了孩子们。
Yin Xuemei ________________________________________________________ .
4. 这个年轻人是被刀刺中并因失血过多而死亡的。
This young man ____________________________________________________ .
5.你认为在火星上哪一个是最不重要的东西？
Which_______________________________________________ thing on Mars ?

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，将答案按序号填入下面表格内。（10分）
Maybe you are more interested in sports than in history. You probably think you will never be a top student. In f____1____, anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. If you can use your time well, you may improve your study w___2_____  much work. Here’s how:
Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week time, you should make a l  3  of things that you have to do. First write down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide on a good time for studying. Of course, studying shouldn’t take all of your time. Don’t forget to leave yourself enough t  4     for hobbies.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house f__5____ a good study place. Keep this space, which may be a desk o__6___just a corner of your room. No games, radio, or television! When you sit down to work, think only about the subject!
Make good use of your time in class. Listen c___7___to what the teacher says. Careful listening in class means less work later. You also need to take notes in class, because it can m___8___it easier for you to learn well.
There are only a few ways mentioned here to  h  9  you with your studying. I believe you find  s   10 other ways besides these.

One Saturday afternoon, Kate went to buy something for her sister and herself.
As Kate was coming out of a 1, a young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green --- a good friend of Kate’s sister. Kate 2 her. Then she called a taxi to send Kate home. She 3 the driver where he should go. Kate was 4 that it was not the in direction of her home.
“ 5?” Kate asked. The lady smiled.
When they came to a quiet road, a big rough man 6, on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, and threw him out of the 7. At the same time, Miss Green took out of a knife and 8 it at Kate. She asked Kate to keep 9. The man then started the taxi.
“ Oh, my God! I’m being kidnapped,” Kate said to herself.
She tried to escape, but not 10. Suddenly an 11 came to her. She took out a lipstick(口红) from her pocket, wrote ‘SOS’ on the window, and covered the word with her 12.
A few minutes later, a police car 13 and the policemen saw the sign. When the kidnappers saw the policemen they stopped the taxi, jumped into the grass, and ran away.
The policemen then 14 Kate up and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were also 15 because their daughter had finally come back safely.

【小题1】

A．school B．taxi C．shop D．friend’s

【小题2】

A．knew B．believed C．thanked D．remembered

【小题3】

A．told B．asked C．wondered D．checked

【小题4】

A．sure B．excited C．surprised D．pleased

【小题5】

A．What B．Where C．When D．Why

【小题6】

A．drove B．climbed C．fell D．appeared

【小题7】

A．road B．sight C．taxi D．home

【小题8】

A．shouted B．played C．hurt D．pointed

【小题9】 

A．healthy

B．alive

C．relaxed

D．quiet

【小题10】

A．happened B．failed C．succeeded D．hurried

【小题11】

A．idea B．answer C．interest D．order

【小题12】

A．hands B．back C．dress D．lipstick

【小题13】

A．sopped B．left C．passed D．turned

【小题14】

A．lifted B．held C．put D．picked

A new school term begins, Is anything new at your school? Sichuan students are getting an extra (额外的)hour to sleep in the morning.
This year, Sichuan schools decided that students should start classes later. This should help them feel less tired, For Junior high schools, the first classes will begin no earlier than 8:30 am.
The changes have made students happy.
Liu Xian, 15, said his class was excited by the news on the first day of school. “It’s so good we can get up later!” said Liu.
Liu studies in Chengdu No.4 Middle School. He used to get up at 6:40 am. Now he can get up at 7:40 am because class doesn’t start until 8:40 am.
Wu Hongli, 15, said the new timetable is good for her health. “I used to drink coffee every night or I would feel to sleepy to finish my homework, ”said Wu. “Now I can finish it without coffee.”She used to get up at 6:30 am. Now she can get up at 7:30 am.
Wu Hongli’s mother was happy, too. She thought more sleep would help her daughter grow taller.
But some parents worried that more sleep would mean less learning. There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four.
Many teachers, though, say the changes will help students learn better.
“Students used to doze(瞌睡)for the first two classes in the morning,”said Wu Zongping, an English teacher at Chendu No.12 Middle School. “But now they look fine and they learn much better than before.”
A.The new school term began.                        B.Their schools took on a new look.
C.They felt a little bit tired.          D.They could get up later.
【小题1】In the new term, the first class in the morning in middle schools started at about          .

A．7:00

B．7:30

C．8:00

D．8:40

【小题2】Why was Liu Xian excited at the news on the first day of school?

A．There were many changes in his school.

B．He could sleep one more hour in the morning.

C．He could study in Chengdu No.4 Middle School.

D．He would have only five classes in the morning.

【小题3】What did the teachers think of the changes of the school timetable?

A．They didn’t like the changes.	B．They could use the timetable more easily.
C．They spoke highly of the changes.	D．They looked fine when they taught.

Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning, others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick loot at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines(标题) of te passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world, The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21^st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with internet.
【小题1】People read newspapers in order to            .

A．learn the latest news	B．meet their own different needs
C．read the short stories	D．find the morning news

【小题2】From the passage we can see that            when people get newspapers.

A．they read them very carefully	B．they just read the headlines
C．not everyone reads all the pages	D．they have no time to read them

【小题3】According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information        from           .

A．magazines

B．advertisements

C．e-mails

D．internet

警方在通缉两名凶手,请根据以下表格提供的信息帮助他们写一篇告示,请知道有关线索的人尽快与警方联系,文章开头已给出。（不少于80个字）

	Murderer1	Murderer2
Name	Jimmy White	Frank Johnson
Age	28	30
Occupation	driver	salesman
Lives in	Moon Town	Star Town
Appearance	tall , fat ,round face, small eyes, untidy, rude	medium height, thin, nervous, wearing a pair of glasses
Last Saturday night	They killed a young girl near Sun River Town. .

These two people are wanted for murder._________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

Once a Frenchman    36___ in England. He didn’t know English very well. One day he went to the post office with a postcard. He bought a    37  . Then he gave the stamp and the postcard to the girl    38  the desk. “Oh, no,” the girl said, “ you must stick（贴）the stamp on yourself.” He was very    39  . He couldn’t believe his ears. “Why must I stick the stamp on    40  ?” he asked. “Oh,” said the girl, “I mean that you must stick the stamp on the postcard. And you must do it yourself.”

【小题1】

A．live B．lives C．living D．lived

【小题2】

A．postcard B．stamp C．envelope D．paper

【小题3】

A．in B．on C．at D．under

【小题4】

A．surprised B．well C．tired D．happy

【小题5】

A．yourself B．myself C．herself D．himself