——Who is the girl over there?

——Lucy．

——Oh，yes．I remember        her in Grade 7．

A．meet    B．to meet    C．meeting    D．meets

Oprah Winfrey is not just a very successful TV host in the US，she is also a woman who has encouraged millions．She was born  1  January 29，1954 in a village in America．Her parents          2  very poor．For her family，life  3 to hold no hope．Being black and a woman made life  4  more difficult in America at that time． 5  there was nothing that could stop her．Though life was very hard  6 the age of six till fourteen．Oprah studied hard． 7  she was l4，she went to live with her father．Her father showed her how hard work and discipline(纪律)could lead to self—improvement．Oprah  8  his father，and a few years later，she went to university．In l971，at the age of  9  ，she began working part--time on a radio program．Two years  10 ，after graduation，she started working for television．In l984，she 11  to Chicago，where she became the host of a talk show  12  “AM Chicago”．When she started，“AM Chicago” had  13 listeners．By September of next year，the show was so successful that it was given a new name：  “The Oprah Winfrey Show”．Oprah's program has been shown on TV for almost 20 years．Her show is one of the most  14  television programs in history．She  15  many prizes for her work in television and film．

1．A．in           B．on          C．at         D．of

2．A．was         B．wasn ' t      C．were       D．weren't

3．A．seemed      B．was         C．seems      D．is

4．A．also         B．ever        C．even        D．still

5．A．But         B．And         C．So         D．Then

6．A．at          B．between       C．of         D．from

7．A．When       B．Because      C．If          D．Though

8．A．heard       B．listened        C．listened to  D．showed

9．A．14          B．16           C．17         D．18

10．A．later       B．late           C．after       D．before

11．A．left        B．moved        C．arrived      D．lived

12．A．told        B．name         C．said        D．called

13．A．few        B．little          C．a few       D．a little

14．A．useful      B．beautiful      C．interesting    D．popular

15．A．won       B．has won       C．gave         D．has given

China is the country with the largest population in the world．Too many people cause too many problems such as food problem．And today，China 's population is still growing very fast，so in order to control the population，China has formulated(系统的提出)the policy of family planning，that is late marriage，late childbirth and having fewer healthier children．Men of 22 years old and women of 20 years old can get married．If a man of 25 or over 25 gets married to a woman of 23 or over 23，their marriage is a late marriage．Childbirth by a woman at the age of 23 or later is a late childbirth．The country encourages people to have only one child．Family planning is a useful policy to control China population．And it is still needed in China 's in the following years．

1．What is the passage about?

A. China 's population problem．     B. China 's childbirth．

C. China 's late marriage．          D. China 's family planning．

2．China has formulated the policy of family planning because     ．

       A. population problem can cause many other problems

       B. China has too many people

       C. China wants to control its population

       D. A，B and C

3．Which of the following is a late marriage?

       A. A man of 23 with a woman of 23．

B. A man of 25 with a woman of 22．

       C. A man of 26 with a woman of 23．

       D. A man of 23 with a woman of 20．

4．    can be born by most of the couples?

A. Two babies          B. Only one baby

C. One or two babies     D. Many babies

5．Family planning is      in today 's China?

       A. still needed    B. not needed    C. not good    D. not useful

If you are a teenage boy，and you want to succeed in life，you’d better read this great     book．“From Boys to Men” by an American author，Michael Gurian，tells teenage boys that they are living through the best years of their lives．There is no reason for them not to love life．

You may think that only your body is growing at the moment．But the book says that your mind is growing，too．The book tells teenage boys that they need to help their bodies and minds grow．To do this，they should stop spending their time playing computer games and should start playing sports．Sports，the book says，keep you healthy and teach you important life skills．They teach you how to be a leader and how to work as part of a team．

The book also tells boys how to love life if they are being bullied(被欺负)．It says boys have to stop being scared(害怕的)of such bullies．It is the only way they can become more successful people．

    To become the man you want to be，you have to think for yourself and believe in yourself．But，most importantly，the book says，you must always dream of success．Never be happy with what you’ve got，and always want more．

1．“From Boys to Men” is     ．

        A. an American book      B. a piece of music  

        C. a Chinese magazine     D. a name of a machine

2．Michael Gurian tells teenage boys to       ．

        A．play games with other boys    B．learn to repair machines

        C．play computer games          D．love their life

3．The book tells us that          

A．our minds grow faster than our bodies

B．Our bodies are much stronger than our minds

C．Our bodies and minds grow at the same time

D．boys should not work as hard as girls

4．The book says that sports can      ．

        A．teach you how to keep healthy

        B．teach you important life skills

        C．teach you how to work and to be a leader

        D．A，B and C

5．The writer of the passage wishes us to       ．

        A. help him sell the book soon     B. read “From Boys to Men”

        C. send the book to others         D. play sports

A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office，a street urchin(顽童)was walking around the shining car．“Is this your car，Paul?” he asked．Paul answered， “Yes，my brother gave it to me for Christmas．”The boy was surprised．“You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing?Boy,I wish…’’He hesitated(犹豫)．

  Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for．He was going to wish he had a brother like that．But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly．

  “1 wish，”the boy went oil，“that I could be a brother like that．’’Paul looked at the boy in surprise，then he said again，“Would you like to take a ride in my car?’’

  “Oh yes，I'd love that．”

After a short ride，the boy turned and with his eyes shining，said，“Paul，would you mind driving in front of my house?” Paul smiled a little．He thought he knew what the boy wanted．He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car．But Paul was wrong again．“Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked．He ran up to the steps．Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back，but he was not coming fast．He was carrying his little crippled(残疾)brother．He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car．“There she is，Buddy，just like I told you upstairs．His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent．And some day I'm going to give you one just like it then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about．”

Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car．The shining—eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride．

根据短文内容，从每小题A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

1．The street urchin was very surprised when       ．

        A. Paul received an expensive car    B. Paul told him about the car

        C. he saw the shining car            D. he was walking around the car

2．From the story we can see the urchin         ．

        A. wished to give his brother a car

        B. wanted Paul’s brother to give him a car

        C. wished he could have a brother like Paul’s

        D. wished Paul could be a brother like that

3．The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house         ．

        A. to show his neighbors the big car    B. to show he had a rich friend

        C. to let his brother ride in the car      D. to tell his brother about his wish

4．We can infer(推断)from the story that      ．

        A. Paul couldn’t understand the urchin

        B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother

        C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother

        D. the urchin’s wish came true in the end

5．The best name of the story is        ．

       A．Christmas Present      B．A Street Urchin

       C．A Brother Like That    D．An Unforgettable Holiday Ride

根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成单词，使句子正确、句意通顺。将答案写在题后相应的横线上。

1．There was an accident just now．Luckily nobody was badly h_____

2．The highest t        一of tomorrow is 24°C．

3．——What time is it now?

   ——It’s a q        to five．

4．It is our duty to take part in protecting the e       around us．

5．The child is honest，So we should b      in him．

6．         (幸运的是)，he wasn’t badly hurt．

7．He spent two hours       (打扫)the room．

8．It takes her twenty minutes       (步行)to school every day．

9．When autumn comes，        (树叶)begin to fall．

10．The more you eat，      (越胖)you will be．

1．         2．         3．       4．        5．      

6．          7．           8．       9．        10．      

Four friends  l  (drink)in a village pub．Their jackets were hanging on the backs of their chairs．Suddenly one of them，Jack，shouted that he  2  (lose)one hundred pounds．Fred said he was sure nobody there had stolen the money．Tom suggested that they should all  3 (empty) their pockets on the table．But the owner of the pub would not let them  4  (do)that because all money looks the same．Nobody knew what  5  (do)．Just then，Mike，a traveler，stood up．He said he could help find the money．“You know how clever some animals are，”he said．“I've found out that roosters are good at (catch) thieves．Let’s borrow the pub owner’s rooster．”Mike  7 (take)a big black pot and put it upside down on the table．Then he put the rooster under it．“After   8  (turn) off the lights，”he said，“you must come up one by one and touch the bottom of the pot with your right hand．When the thief does this the rooster  9  (crow)．”All the people did just as Mike told．“I'm afraid it was a waste of time，”Fred said when the lights 10 (turn)back on．But people saw that all the people’s right hands were black except Fred’s．

1．        2．        3．       4．      5．      

6．       7．       8．      9．      10．        

从方框中选择最恰当的选项完成下列对话，并将答案写在相应的横线上。(方框中有两项是多余的)

Kevin：Hi，Mary! How was your weekend?

Mary：Oh，hi，Kevin．It was OK．But I was very busy．

Kevin：Why is that?

Mary：Well，(1)      I went to the library and studied all day on Saturday．

Kevin：(2)     What did you do on Sunday?

Mary：I read books in the morning, and I slept in the afternoon．

Kevin：That sounds terrible!

Mary：I enjoy sleeping．How about you? Didn’t you study?

Kevin：(3)       But on Saturday afternoon I went to the aquarium．

Mary：That sounds really nice．How about Sunday?(4)       

Kevin：I went hiking．Dave came with me．(5)            

You may play ping—pong but perhaps you don’t know who invented it．The story is that it started when two students at Cambridge University began knocking a cork(软木塞) to each other across a table，using old boxes．In about the year l800，an American businessman of sports goods produced a game that he called“ indoor tennis”．The Americans showed no interest in it．He shipped it to London and it soon became popular in Britain．The game was then played across dining room tables，or on the floor with the net string(网子)between chairs．The players used a ball made of cork or rubber．

A few years later，a hollow(中空的)ball like the one we use today was invented． People all over the world loved it at once．(3)A man called Mr Wood in London had the idea of covering the bats with rubber．The London businessman who first sold the game in England called it “ ping--pong”--“ping” was the sound of the bat beating the ball．and“ pong’’ was the sound of the ball beating the table．

    (4)The game is played everywhere, but not everybody likes it．Some even think it is a silly game．

(一)根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1．Who first played table tennis，knocking a cork across a table，using old boxes．          

2．What do “ping” and “pong’’ mean?                     

(二)将短文中划线的(3)(4)两个句子译成汉语。

3．                                     

4．                                    

(三)请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

5．                                    

一Could you get some meat for me，please?

一_________

A．It’s very cheap．                  B．Sure．How much?

C．Thank you．                     D．Yes，you can.