In Canada, you can find dogs, eats, and horses in almost every family．These are their pets．People love pets and regard them as their good friends．Before they take them to their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections (预防针)．They spend about two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food．When you go to Canadian people's homes, they will be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them．You will also find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden．All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal．They are free to come and go and nobody is able to kill any animal in Canada．They have a law against killing wild animals．If you kill an animal, you will be punished．

People in Canada love animals very much．Do you know why? One of the reasons may be: in their families when children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life．Then the old people fed lonely．But pets can solve this problem．They can be good friends and never leave them．

1．From the passage we know that Canadians             ．

A．love animals                                    B．don't like animals

C．often kill animals                                D．often keep their pets outside their houses

2．They give their pets injection before taking them to their homes because           ．

A．the pets are bad                                              B．the pets are not strong

C．the pets may carry disease to their house           D．they don't like the pets

3．Which one is not right?

A．Almost every family has a bird feeder in the garden．

B．Any bird can go to the bird feeders to eat．

C．People buy pet food at the pet food shops．

D．Pets are better than people．

4．The underlined word "law" means "      " in the passage．

A．规章                   B．风俗                    C．习惯                      D．法律

5．Why do the children leave then" parents when they grow up?

A．Because their parents don't love them．

B．Because their parents' houses not big enough．

C．Because they want to start their own life．

D．Because their parents have pets．

Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends．They believe that their family members, and in particular their parents, don't know them as well as their friends do．In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice．

It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a circle of friends．Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves．on the phone．This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members．

However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them．Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends．The questions of "choice" is an interesting one．Have you ever thought of the following questions?

Who choose your friends?

Do you choose you friends or your friends choose you?

1．Many teenagers think their         know them better than their parents do．

A．friends                                       B．parents

C．brothers and sisters                            D．family members

2．When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is             ．

A．to go to their friends

B．to talk with their parents

C．to have a discussion with their family by phone

D．to talk with their friends on the phone

3．Which of the following is different in meaning from the sentence "Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends"?

A．Some parents may even not allow their children to meeting their good friends．

B．Some parents may even ask their children to stay away from their good friends．

C．Some parents may even not let their children meet their good friends．

D．Some parents may want their children to stop to meet their good friends．

4．Which of the following sentence is right?

A．Parents should like everything their children enjoy．

B．In all families children can choose everything they like．

C．Parents should try their best to understand their children better．

D．Teenagers can only go to their friends for help．

5．Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Only Parents Can Decide                        B．Parents and Children

C．Teenagers Need Friends                         D．A Strange Question

Stephen Hawking was born in 1942．He's a world famous scientist and expert on space and time．Stephen is trying to find the answers to some very big questions such as: How did the universe (宇宙) begin? How will it end?

When Stephen was a student at University, he studied math and science．Then, at the age of twenty, he became very ill．He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, "He has only two more years to live．" The doctor were wrong——he didn't die．"He can't walk now but he uses a wheelchair (轮椅)．(4)He talks with the help of a computer．" After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University．Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy(哲学)．

Because of his health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams or to write．So he started to think in pictures．With this new way of thinking, (5)he became one of the most famous scientists in the world．In 1981, he met the Pop (教皇) in Rome．They talked about his ideas．Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time．It sold more than 5.5 million conies in 333 different languages．

任务一、根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1．Where did Stephen Hawking study and got a degree of philosophy in 1965?

2．What did the doctor say when he was 20?

3．From Stephen Hawking’s life experience, what can we learn?

任务二、将文中用下划线标志的句子翻译成汉语。

4．                                                              

5．                                                             

根据句意、首字母或所给提示写出空缺处单词的适当形式（每空一词）

1．These young people got very e        about the news that our team won the game．

2．Bill Gates s          in finishing the last part of the Windows Vista．Everyone feels happy．

3．This film is very f        ．It tells us a boring story．

4．Leave your g            in a can (垃圾桶) outside your door．

5．I'll keep these happy days in my h         for ever．

根据短文意思．用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空．使文章通顺、完整。

Mr. Young owned his own business and worked very hard．His wife was (1)        that he would get sick if he went on (2)         like that, so she often tried (3)         him to take a holiday．At last she persuaded (劝说) him to do this．But she was afraid that he might not be able (4)       his holiday quietly, so before they (5)      , Mrs. Young went to see her husband's secretary (秘书)．She said to her, "My husband (6)     a holiday very much, so (7)     happens, please don't bother him with telephone calls or letters about business problems while we are away．Just wait (8)          we get back．"

After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away for about a week, Mr. Young (9)        a letter from his secretary which said, "Something terrible (10)           to your business, but I'm not going to bother you with it now while you are enjoying your holiday．"

W: Hello, Uncle John!

M: Hello, Mary．(1)                  ? You look worded and upset．

W: I have a problem．I really need your help．

M: (2)                             ?

W: Well, you know I love basketball, but now I am in Grade Nine, my parents won't let me play．

M: (3)                              ．Your studies must come first．

W: I see．I do well in all my lessons and I should be allowed to do something that I interested in．

M: OK．(4)                               ．

W: Thank you．That's very kind of you．

M: (5)                               ．

1．你成功的秘诀是什么?

2．我通常开着灯睡觉。

3．如果我是一只鸟，我就可以在天空自由地飞翔。

4．她很自信能获得第一。

5．中国属于第三世界。

我们周围有很多小烟民。据说目前有21％的中学生和6％的小学生在吸烟。有些学生因为吸烟而去偷东西。吸烟对健康的危害是众所周知的。你是赞成吸烟，还是反对吸烟呢?请据此发表自己的观点，并向同学们发出禁止吸烟的倡议。要求语句合理连贯，不少于70词。

The student is ____ see the teacher because he ____ a mistake．

A．afraid of，has        B．afraid to，has made．

C．afraid to，make       D．afraid of，made．

You are late again．Why _____________ a little earlier?

A．not you come    B．to singing，dancing

C．don't you come   D．you don't come