阅读短文，从方框中选出适当的单词填空

getting    helpful     see    to get    much

Dear Ricky,
How are you 1_______________ on? Thanks very much for sending me the pictures and the English reading materials. From the pictures I can 2_______________that your school looks very beautiful. The reading materials are very useful and 3_______________. I can learn a lot from them.  Some stories are so interesting that I like them very much.
Now I don’t have 4_______________ time for my hobbies. I am busy getting ready for the coming exams. I’m working hard at all my lessons because I want 5 _______________ a better result.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours,
Wu Ming

What makes 15,000 men and women run for hours, and what makes them run through the streets on a cold day without coats? I was one of those runners.  The race is called marathon (马拉松).
I had never run more than eight miles before, and here I was training.  Since the race is in April, I had to run throughout the winter, and in Boston, winters are cold. For most people, just putting on their shirts, sweaters, jackets, and hats is exercise enough. I found myself out on the dark streets, running along ice sidewalks (人行道). Even in gloves, my fingers got so cold that they looked like red carrots. My nose didn’t get warm until lunchtime !
Finally, the big day arrived. The weather was cold, with ice and rain. Bang! The gun sounded, and we started. I didn’t go anywhere at first because I was standing behind so many people. I had to wait for them to move.
At first, the running was easy.  The other runners just seemed to pull me along. Somewhere around the 20-mile mark I even said to myself, "This is nothing, why did I train so hard?"
Then I hit "the wall". "The wall" is what marathon runners call the special point. I knew my body reached the point and I thought I couldn’t go any more. I was out of breath and my legs turned into pieces of wood.  I was almost falling down.  I can’t remember anything about the last five miles of the race.
I kept running though. At last, I heard a voice at the finishing line.
"You look good," my friend Ted said. "How did it feel?"
"Wonderful !" I replied.
For everything, if you devote yourself into it, there will be a way. I finished the race, at least, in my heart, I was the winner.
【小题1】Which one best describes the weather on the race day?

A．Cold and rainy.

B．Cold and sunny.

C．Dry and cloudy.

D．Wet and foggy.

【小题2】 How did the writer feel about the race during the first 20 miles?

A．Difficult.

B．Boring.

C．Easy.

D．Interesting.

【小题3】 According to the article, what must someone do to prepare for a marathon?

A．One must eat certain food and get plenty of sleep.

B．One must be willing to eat, sleep, and train twenty-four hours a day.

C．One must run along ice sidewalks every day.

D．One must be willing to train a lot and doesn’t give up easily.

【小题4】Then I hit "the wall". What do you think "hit the wall" means here?

A．撞击墙壁

B．到达极限

C．抵达终点

D．中途加速

 —I like the music that I can ______.

    —So do I. I like the music that ________.

A. dance; is clearly                                B. sing along with; has great lyric.

C. dance to; is much too loud             D. follow; is too much gentle

 

根据对话内容，从方框内选择词的适当形式填空，每空只能填一词，每个词只能用一次。

interesting     protect    danger    they    panda

A: Did you like the zoo?
B: Yes, I was so excited to see the 1___________! They were so cute.
A: It was 2____________to learn about the Wolong Panda Reserve.
B: But it’s sad to think about all those animals in 3___________. It makes me mad!
A: The surprising thing is to hear how many animals are in danger.
B: I think we need to 4____________ them better.
A: Let’s find out what we can do to save 5_____________.

There are lots of popular writers in China, for example Han Han, FengJical, Tie Ning, Guo Jingming and so on. In my mind, Mo Yan is one of the most famous writers in China, because he is not only from Weifang but also good at writing.
Mo Yan was born in Gao Mi, Wei Fang. Now he is a 57-year-old writer. His real name is Guan Moye. Mo Yan is his pen name. It means “no speaking”. He began writing at the age of 26 and in 2011 his novel The Frog won the Mao Dun Prize in Literature. Since then, he has won lots of prizes.
In 2012, Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature. I’m proud of him, because I like writing. So I joined a writing workshop to improve my level of writing and I made lots of friends there.
Who is your favourite writer? Can you tell me?
【小题1】How many writers are mentioned in this passage?

A．5

B．6

C．4

D．7

【小题2】Where was Mo Yan born?

A．In Jiangsu.	B．In Zhejiang.
C．In Gao Mi.	D．In Nobel.

【小题3】What does “Mo Yan” mean?

A．Frog	B．Guan Moye
C．Mao Dun	D．No Speaking

【小题4】Why did the writer join a writing workshop?

A．Because he likes Mo Yan.

B．Because he likes writing.

C．Because he likes some writers.

D．Because he wants to make some friends.

【小题5】Which one is not TRUE?

A．Gao Mi is Mo Yan’s hometown.

B．Mo Yan began writing in 1981.

C．Mo Yan won Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011.

D．Mo Yan is the writer’s favourite writer.