I never wanted a dog, but now I’m so glad I have one.

About two years ago, my wife, Cathy, got a dog with a face only a mother could have. We named her Gertie.

Gertie is a kind of dog that has to grow on you. So I decided that the dog would be trained. This didn’t quite go as planned. At 15 weeks old, she was nearly made to leave the Petsmart Training School. She spent every night lying in our bed——snoring(打鼾)so loudly that I hardly got a good night’s sleep.

Then, about six months after she arrived, I felt that something in my heart was taking place, and I was unable to stop it. My behavior began to change. I began to smile at people when passing them in a street.

I was returned from neighbors. I started calling my kids, and to my surprise, they started calling me. I even tried to speak to my grandchildren over the phone once. I even was glad to listen to laughter from a 10-month-old granddaughter. The point is that I was changing.

My wife and I both agree that it is Gertie who has changed my behavior.

Gertie is now nearly two years old and almost fully grown. I have come to like the pet little by little, thought she is my wife's dog.

1. What did the man think of the dog at the beginning?

  A. It looks very beautiful.                       B. It wasn't very lovely.

  C. It wasn't necessary to be trained.        D. It could change his life.

2. When did the man's behavior began to change?

  A. About two years ago.

  B. When Gertie was nearly two years ago.

  C. When Gertie was 15 weeks old.               

  D. About six months after Gertie arrived.

3. Which of the following is not mentioned about the man’s change?

  A. He began to smile at the people.

  B. He liked helping his neighbors.

  C. He started calling his kids.

  D. He spoke to his grandchildren over the phone.

4. According to the passage which of the following is right?

  A. The dog has been trained very well.

  B. The man has become more confident.                    

  C. The man has become friendlier.

  D. The man likes the dog better than his wife.

5. From the passage, what do you think of pets?

  A. Pets are not useful to people.

  B. Keeping pets is dangerous.

  C. Sometimes pets can change someone’s life.

  D. Pets need to be looked after well.

Do you want to do well in exams? Sometimes your knowledge is not enough, you also need good strategies. Here are some for you:

      * Before you answer the questions, if you feel a little nervous, take a few deep breaths to help you relax.

      * Always read the questions carefully and make sure that you understand it. Read it a few times if possible.

      * Find out how much each question is worth or how many points you need.

* If it asks to give one answer, only write one.

      * If there is a difficult question, don’t worry. Go on to the next question and come back to it if you have time.

      * Try not leave questions unanswered when you finish the test. Sometimes a guess may get you points.

      * When you finish, go back and check your answers. You will need to check your writing for spelling mistakes.

1. From the passage we can        to help ourselves relax if we feel a little nervous.

  A. tell ourselves not to be nervous                         B. ask the teacher for help

  C. go out for a walk                                             D. take a few deep breaths

2. To make sure we understand the question, we had better       .

  A. read it fast                                                      B. read it till we finish it

  C. read it a few times if possible                        D. read it slowly

3. When we finish answering the questions, we need to       .

  A. hand it at once                                                 B. check spelling mistakes

  C. worry about our points                                 D. check with classmates

4. The underlined word “strategies” in the passage means

  A．策略                       B．思维                    C．途径                      D．智慧

5. Which of the following is not right according to the passage?

  A. Find out how many points we need or how much each question is worth.

  B. Try not to leave questions unanswered when we finish the test.

  C. If it asks to give one answer, we’d better write more.

  D. Sometimes we should guess the answers to get points.

Trudy’s class has a newspaper. The students write stories, articles and poems for it. Then one of them types their work into a computer and prints it out. The teacher puts up everything on the wall so that it looks like a large, open newspaper.

One day Trudy said to the teacher, “Most newspapers have advertisements. Can we have advertisements in ours?”

The teacher thought this was a very good idea. She made Trudy the advertising manager and Trudy asked the other students to advertise in the newspaper. Here are some of the advertisements she received.

1. What is Tom willing to do?

A. Other people’s homework.                        B. Gardening or housework.

C. Sell six Persian kittens.                              D. Fix broken PCs.

2. What does Alan want to buy?

  A. A lovely Persian kitten.                              B. A ticket to the Raiders’ concert.

  C. A PC in good condition.                                   D. A silver ring.

3. Why will Sheila pay well for a Raiders’ concert ticket?

  A. Because she is thinking about going to the concert.

  B. Because she is desperate to go to the concert.       

  C. Because she likes going to the concert.

  D. Because her friends are going to the concert.

4. Who will Patricia see to get her lost ring?

  A. Miriam.                   B. Tom.                 C. Sheila.                 D. Agnes.

5. The main idea of this passage is

  A. The students in Trudy’s class wrote advertisements for their newspaper.

  B. Trudy’s class has a newspaper.

  C. Trudy wrote some advertisements for the class newspaper.

  D. The teacher wrote some advertisements for the class newspaper.

根据句意完成已给出首字母或汉语提示的单词，使补全后的句子意义通顺，语法正确。

1. If food t       good, it’s usually bad for you, isn’t it?

2. On Sundays, the supermarket is f       with many people.

3. My mobile phone is broken, it needs to be r      .

4. The man isn’t honest, w       he says, don’t believe him.

5. You should go to bed early, boys, or you will get s       in class tomorrow.

6. Thanks to the computer, the world        (本身，自身)becomes smaller and smaller.

7. I see many differences in Tibet and they        (感兴趣) me as much.

8. They        (提供) me with more information about the school trip yesterday.

9. This article is difficult. Can you help me        (翻译) it into English ?

10. Taiwan Island is very beautiful, and it has lots of wonderful        (风景).

根据下面所提供的对话情景，在每个空白处填入一个适当的句子，使其意思连贯，完整。

A: 1.      ?

B: I’d like to Tibet. It’s beautiful and I want to see something different.

A: That sounds wonderful.

B: What about you? 2.      ?

A: I’d like to join the school volunteer project.

B: What do you want to do?

A: 3.      .I want our city to be cleaner and more beautiful.

B: That’s great. I’ll join you when I come back from Tibet.

A: Ok. By the way ,I have two tickets to the concert here.    4.      ?

B: Yes, I’d love to.5      ?

A: I like music that’s quiet and gentle. It reminds me of my hometown.

B: Really! I like quiet music, too.

假设你是李明，请你根据下列要点提示，就你的暑假打算给你的笔友Mike发封电子邮件。80词左右。开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

1．坚持运动，锻炼身体；

2．看书，尤其名著；

    3．做家务；

    4．当自愿者，帮助农民干活，帮助清洁工打扫街道。

Dear Mike,

Glad to receive your letter.

Wish you have a nice summer vacation!

                                                                                                                Li Ming

He is _______ uncle of mine. He works at ________ university.

A. a, an         B. an, an                   C. an; a                  D. an, ×

— Could you tell me _______?

— Yes, he _______to the Disneyland.

A. where was Daming; have been          B. where Daming was; have gone

C. where is Daming; has been             D. where Daming is; has gone

Miss White teaches ______ maths.

A. we           B. our                         C. us                 D. ours