Few of us like him because he thinks _____ of others than of himself．

A．a little    B．more    C．less    D．much

Thank you for offering us such a good meal．  ---_______

A．I’m glad you all enjoy it    B．Don’t mention it．

C．Come here next time    D．I can’t cook so well

Don’t just believe the advertisements．That kind of camera is ______ what it says．

A．as good as    B．not as good as    C．as well as    D．not as well as

Why don’t you take that shirt?  ---I have only 10$．I can’t ______ it．

A．borrow    B．afford    C．sell    D．bring

---The key may be in your pocket．    ---___________．

A．So it does    B．So does it    C．So it is    D．So is it

    Time is important in our lives But I didn’t realize(认识到)it until I   1   a watch from my father．It    2    me the importance of time in my life．I got this gift on a gray-sky day．I had to go to the   3   at 9:00 a.m to pick up my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house．However，I forgot it   4   I was playing with my friends．Later on that day，around 11:00 a.m，I    5    my uncle．but I was late for him．He had got out of the plane and    6    a taxi to my father’s house．

    I got to my father’s house at 2:00 p.m    7   ．My father looked at me angrily．I said“hi”to him and my    8    uncle．My father asked me to sit   9    him and handed me this watch which was a gift from    10    ．It weighed 8 oz and all of it was made of silver．Then he said．“Essa，did you have fun    11    your friends today？What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your    12   ．”I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn’t do it again Then he said．“This watch will be a reminder(提醒物) for you．I hope today you have learned something    13   ．”

    I learned a lesson from my father：to respect time and    14    be late．The watch is important to me．not because of its    15   ．but because of the lesson that I learned from it．

1．A．bought                  B．received        C．borrowed           D．broke

2．A．learned                  B．found           C．sent               D．told

3．A．airport                   B．school          C．hospital             D．station

4．A．when                    B．because        C．if                  D．though

5．A．saw                     B．forgot         C．remembered         D．met

6．A．got                     B．caught         C．invited             D．taken

7．A．one day before       B．the next day    C．the same day        D the other day

8．A．surprising           B．tired           C．nervous            D．lonely

9．A．next to              B．around         C．behind             D．away from

10．A．us                B．him           C．them              D．you

11．A．of                B．for             C．with               D．about

12．A．words            B．actions         C．play               D．fun

13．A．important          B．interesting       C．expensive          D．wonderful

14．A．never             B．usually    C．sometimes          D．often

15．A．look            B．price          C．size            D．weight

    Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years，and today it is still one of the most popular drinks in the world．Many people in the world begin their busy day by drinking a cup of coffee．They think that a cup of coffee in the morning helps them begin their day in the right way．So they say a cup of coffee is necessary for them in the morning．

    Do you know what makes our bodies and brains active in the coffee？It is caffeine．Caffeine may increase a person’s mental and physical abilities(精力和体能)．For example，two cups of coffee will make you breathe faster and augment body heat．All this makes your heart beat faster，and doctors warn that this may be a little dangerous．

    Caffeine is found in tea，coffee，chocolate and some other foods．A little caffeine is probably not harmful．But too much caffeine can make people nervous and sleepless．

1．A good title for this passage is ______．

  A．Coffee Is Harmful    B．Coffee and Tea

  C．Caffeine and Health    D．Caffeine Is Useful

2．The word“augment”means ______．

  A．increase    B．drink    C．stop    D．make less

3．From the passage we learn that drinking a cup of coffee late at night might _______．

  A．give you a headache    B．make you fall asleep

  C．keep you awake       D．be dangerous

4．Caffeine is found in _______．

  A．tea and water    B．chocolate，meat and some other foods

  C．coffee and jam    D．coffee，tea and some other food

    When she was young，Merry Wilson was told that she was an epileptic(癫痫患者) ．He father，Jim Wilson，is a morning runner．One day，Merry told her father that what she’d really love to do is running．Her father told her，“If you do．I know how to do it．So let’s start running!”

    That’s just what they did every day．It was a good time for them to share．After a few weeks，she told her father,“Daddy，what I’d really love to do is to break the world’s long-distance running record for women．”

    As a student in her first year in college，Merry said，“I’m going to run from Orange County to San Francisco(a distance of 400 kilometers)．“in my second year,”she went on，“I’m going to run to Portland，Oregon(over l,500 kilometers)．)“I will run to the White House(more than 3,000 kilometers away) in my fourth year at college”

    That year，she finished her run to San Francisco．Her dad ran every kilometer  at her side，and her mom，a nurse，followed in a car in case(万一)anything went wrong．The next year，on the way to Portland，a bone(骨头)broke in her foot．A doctor told her she had to stop．But she didn’t stop．So she kept running to Portland．Four months later，Merry ran to Washington and shook the hand of the president of the USA．

    If Merry can do so much with such poor health，what can you do to outperform(战胜) yourself in a healthy state?

1．Merry．as a child．told her father she wanted to ______ ．

  A．run    B．go to college    C．ran to San Francisco    D．sing

2．The time she spent running together with her father was _____．

  A．hard    B．boring    C．pleasant    D．helpless

3．---What is Merry’s mother?---一She’s a _______．

  A．doctor    B．nurse    C．runner    D．car driver

4．What does the passage tell us?

A．Healthy people can’t do as well as the sick people．

B．People can do much better than they think they can．

C．Sick people can’t do as well as the healthy people．

D．The writer isn’t pleased with what the healthy people do.

1．After Pluto(冥王星) was found in 1930，people took it as the ninth planet in our solar system(太阳系) ．But it isn’t like other planets．2．It is smaller and has an strange orbit(轨道)．On August 24，scientists said，“Pluto is not a planet．”

About 2500 scientists met in Prague．At first，some of them said that there would be 12 planets in our solar system．In the end，the scientists said that only Mercury，Venus，Edith，Mars，Jupiter，Saturn，Uranus and Neptune are the planets in the solar system．3．Each of these planets its own orbit，and each of the planets is big enough to be a planed．Pluto’s orbit overlaps(交叠)Neptune’s and it is smaller than the other planets．4．So Pluto is classified(分类) as d dwarf (矮行星)，but no longer a planet in the solar system．Students at school will have new schoolbooks to learn the new solar system．

将1处改为同义句，每空一词

Before people ______ Pluto in 1930，there were _______planets in our solar system．

2处It所指为___________

根据3处完成下列句子

Every planet not only has its own ______，but also is ______ enough．

将4处翻译成汉语________________

5．Why is Pluto classified as a dwarf，not a planet?

Because ___________________________．

根据给出的汉语或者首字母写出正确的单词形式。

1．Mrs. Smith smiled ___________ (幸福)when she received the present on Mother’s Day．

2．The ___________ (高度)of the Mount Tai is about 1,532 meters．

3．Planting trees can help to make our _________ (环境)clearer and more beautiful．

4．The pandas live in the ______________(自然)reserve．

5．People learn languages to _________(沟通)with others．

6．The Chinese scientists did many scientific e______ before they sent the Chang’e-1(嫦娥一号) into space．

7．Everyone should stop p______ the Bailang River，instead of putting waste into it．

8．You must put the piano there，with its back a_______ the wall．

9．Li Hua fell off this bike this morning．Luckily，he didn’t hurt himself b__________．

10．He is my neighbor who lives u_______．But we are not familiar to each other， for he has never come down．