1、根据句意，在句子空白处填入适当的词。(每空限填一词)

1．I spent fifty yuan           this bag．

2．They are all here        Tom．He’s ill at home．

3．There         any rain in Guiyang last week．It’s sunny．

4．The text is very easy for us because there are          new words in it．

5．He’ll write you as soon as he            Beijing．

26、

1．When is Li Ming’s birthday?

    A．On September 29．                   B．In September．

    C．Before September 29．                 D．After September 29．

2．American celebrates Thanksgiving _______ later than Canada．

    A．one month                                       B．less than two months

    C．two months                                 D．more than two months

3．吼at do Canadians usually do in Thanksgiving?

    A．Eat cakes．                             B．Stay together．

    C．Watch the moon．                       D．Sing the song．

4．When Jenny blows out the candles，they _________．

    A．stop burning         B．start burning    C．are broken              D．are cut

5．What must Li Ming and Jenny use when they wrote to each other?

A．Pens．                                     B．Paper．

    C．Computers．                               D．Telephones．

25、    Have you ever had a dream to make your home a happier place? Maybe there are some points you Can follow．

    Sometimes you don’t think your parents are fair to you．When you want to dress in a modem way，your mum doesn’t like you wearing a mini-skirt．When you are making phone calls to friends，they ask if you’re speaking to a boy or a girl．

    Sometimes it seems that you’re not as close to your parents as you used to be．  1

Closing the Gap by American writer Jay McGraw gives advice on how to have a better relationship with your parents．  2 When you think，“my parents don’t want me to have any fun，”that usually means your parents want you to be safe．  3 They need to feel they are important and loved．You should tell your parents your needs，and find out what their needs are．Then，you can think of a way to make all of you pleased．  4

1) Make time to talk．You could talk about your school life and your plans for the future．

2) 5 This is to help you understand more about yourself and your feelings．

3)Show your parents you are growing up．Wash your clothes and help clean the house．

    Your parents will feel that you are no longer a little child．If you follow these steps，soon you will be able to break down the walls between your parents and yourself．

24、    Joe and Jeff worked for a factory．

    When this story happened，they were working around a very large house．Job was do the cleaning．It Was not a difficult job，but sometimes it was a little dangerous，because they had to walk below where workmen were working．Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground．

    One morning Joe Was working near the house with a cigarette(香烟)behind one of his ears．Suddenly somebody on the top shouted，“Look out!”

    But Joe did not “look out”．He looked up．And as he did so，a long knife foil off the top of the house．

    Luckily，the knife missed Joe’s head，but it cut off one of his ears．

    At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out．“I’ve lost all ear．Help! Help!”

    Jeff ran up to help his friend．

    “Look for my ear．”Joe told him．“It must be on the ground somewhere．”

    Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear．At last he found an ear on the ground．He picked it up and carried it to Joe．

    “Here you are，”he said，“I’ve found it．”Joe looked at it．“No，that’s not my ear，” he said，“Mine had a cigarette behind it，”

1．What were Joe and Jeff?

    A．Soldiers        B．Drivers         C．Farmers   D．Cleaners

2．How did Joe lose his ear?

    A．He cut it off by himself              B．Jeff cut it off with a knife

    C．A falling knife cut it off                D．A cigarette burned it up

3．At the end of the story Jeff found _________。

    A．someone else’s ear                     B．Joe’s ear

    C．a long knife                                 D．a cigarette

4．From the passage，we know Joe was not________

    A．strong                               B．kind

    C．serious                                 D．clever

5．Which is most possible title(题目)for this passage?

    A．A Lost Ear                                B．A Busy Cleaner

    C．A Falling Knife                             D．A Forgetful Man

23、    In most parts of the world．many students help their schools make less pollution(污染)．They join “environment clubs(环境俱乐部)”．In an environment club，people work together to make our environment clean．

    Here are some things students often do．

    ●No-garbage(垃圾)Lunches．How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again．Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school!

    ●No-Car day．On a no—car day, nobody comes to school in a car—not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to our air，so remember：

    Walk，jump，bike or run．

    Use your legs! It’s lots of fun!

    ●Turn off the water! Did you know that some toilets can waste(浪费)twenty to forty drops of water an hour? In a year，that would fill a small fiver! In environment clubs，students mend those broken toilets．

    We love our environment．Let’s work together to make it clean．

1．Environment clubs ask students__________．

    A．to run to school every day                 B．to take exercise every day

    C．not to forget to take cars                            D．not to throw away lunch bags

2．From the passage we know the students usually have lunch__________．

    A．at school       B．in shops        C．in clubs    D．at home

3．On a no-car day，__________will take a car to school．

    A．both students and teachers                 B．only students

    C．neither students nor teachers                D．only teachers

4．After students mend the toilets，they save __________．

    A．a small fiver                                     B．a club

    C．a lot of water                                      D．a toilet

6．The writer wrote the passage to ask students to__________．

    A．clean schools                                   B．make less pollution

     C．join clubs                                         D．help teachers

22、    Have you ever seen blue ice cream topped with black fruits? That sounds foreign and not delicious at all! That’s the power of colors．It could either make your dinner more delicious or spoil(搞糟)the whole table．

    Scientists have found that blue may make people lose appetite．If you don’t want to eat too much at your classmate’s birthday party，put your cake on a blue plate．You’ll stop eating soon．

    Why is it that people don’t feel like eating when they see blue? It’s all in their mind．

    People relate the color of food they see with food in their memory．But where does one find blue food? There are almost no blue leafy vegetables and no blue meat．So people get a “foreign” or “strange” feeling about the food itself．

    Also，people naturally try to avoid being poisoned(中毒)．For thousands of years，blue．purple and black were “color warning signs”．Foods of these colors are most probably poisonous．

    Then what are tasty colors? Scientists say people feel like eating more when they see red and colors close to it．These fire people’s hunger neurons(神经元)and make the blood run faster．

    So what should go into dishes? You need to think it over before helping your mum with dinner．

1．In Chinese，the underlined word “lose appetite” is _____________________________．

2．If you put your food on a blue plate，you’ll __________________________．

3．People think that __________________________ are dangerous signs．

4．People may eat more when __________________________ because they fire people’s neurons and make the blood run faster．

5．The title of this massage should be __________________________．

20、    Mr. and Mrs. Harris had always spent their summer holidays in a small hotel at the seaside near their hometown．One year，however，Mr. Harris made a lot of  1  in his business，  2 they decided to go to a foreign country and stay at a really good  3．

    They flew to Rome，and  4  at a 5-star hotel late in the evening．They thought that they would have to go to bed hungry，because in that   5  where they had been used to stay in the past，no meals were served  6  seven in the evening．They were  7  to be told that the hotel served dinner until ten．

    “Then what are the times   8   meals?” asked Mrs. Harris．

    “Well，madam，we serve breakfast from seven to eleven，lunch from twelve to three，9  from four to five，and dinner from six to ten，”

    “But that  10   leaves any time for US to see the city!” said Mrs. Harris．

1．A．mistakes                B．time                            C．money

2．A．but                        B．so                              C．though

3．A．reached                  B．restaurant                    C．city

4．A．reached                 B．got                             C．arrived

5．A．small hotel             B．big restaurant              C．foreign city

6．A．on                         B．after                           C．during

7．A．tired                      B．interested                    C．surprised

8．A．with                      B．on                              C．for

9．A．meal                      B．tea                              C．beet

10．A．hardly                  B．hard                           C．no