一、Long long ago,there was a queen who lived in a palace. She felt bored and said to her advisor(顾问),“All the things around me 1._____(be) too boring.I need a different kind of beauty.Let everyone know that I will hold a 2.______ /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃn/ for the most beautiful thing in the world. And the prize will be this crown(王冠).”Several days later,lots of people came to the palace and showed their things.The queen was not satisfied with 3._____ she saw.The advisor suggested,“What you are looking for cannot be brought to you.You must look for it by 4._____(your).What about a journey?”The queen was 5._____ /'ɪntrəstɪd/ in the idea,so she started immediately.As she was on the top of the hill near her palace,she looked down and suddenly something cried in her heart.“Why have I never 6._____(find) my palace so beautiful?”The queen spent one year 7._____(travel).She saw beauty on the farm,in the forest and even in the stars twinkling(闪烁) at night 8._____ her journey.But what was the most beautiful thing?She thought it over.Suddenly,she understood beauty was 9.______ /'evrɪweə/.She should learn to enjoy the world. At 10._____ She found the most beautiful thing. It was the world!1.are2. competition3. what4. yourself5.interested6. found7. travelling8. on9.everywhere 10. last二、Happiness is not the same as money.It’s a 1.____(feel) of your heart.When you are 2.______ /pɔ:(r)/,you can also say you are very happy.Because you have something else that can’t be3._____(buy)with money. We all like to volunteer our time to help others.Though the volunteer work takes4.______ several hours a week,we feel good about it and we can spend time5.____(do) what we love to do.Teenagers have different kinds of dreams,such as being a volunteer or a sportsman or a teacher or a scientist 6._____ so on.Some dreams are more realistic（现实的),but others are not.Many of them are willing（情愿）to work hard to 7.______ /ə'tʃiːv/ their dreams.I’m happy and lucky to have such 8.____ good helper.My life is full of pleasure.He understands different 9.______ /ɪn'strʌkʃənz/ and many English words.He can help me answer the phone,open or shut doors or carry things. Since then,it has always been with me.When I wake up,I turn it on to listen to English.On the bus I can listen to English or songs.I like 10.____ very much.1. feeling2.poor3. bought4. us5. doing6. and7.achieve8.a9.instructions 10.it三、Now satellites are helping to forecast（预报）the 1._____. They are in space, and they can2._____ /riːtʃ/ any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大气）, because this is where the weather forms（形成）. They send these pictures3.____ the weather stations. So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change. Today,4.____/'nɪəlɪ/ five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare（比较）them with5.____(early) ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed6._____ /'djʊərɪŋ/ the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In7.______(they) next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this. So the weather satellites are a great8.____ to the meteorologists. Before satellites were9.______(invent), the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three 10.____five days.1. weather.2. reach3. to4. nearly5. earlier6.during7.their8.help9.invented 10. or四、What will happen if you don’t eat your 1._____ ? A short time ago, a test was given in the United States. People of different 2._____(age), from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. 3.____ /'djʊərɪŋ/the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfast and 4._____/'sʌmtaɪmz/ they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how 5.____(good) their bodies worked when they had different kinds of breakfast.The results show that if a person eats a right breakfast, he 6.____ she will work better than if someone has no breakfast. If a student has7.______/fruːt/, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen more carefully in class.The results also show that having no breakfast will 8.____ help you lose weight(减肥). This is because people become 9._____ hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch. So they will gain weight instead of 10.______ weight.1. breakfast2. ages3.During4.sometimes5.well6.or7.fruit8. not9. so 10.losing五、 Many people like to travel by plane because it is 1._____/fɑːst/, but I don't like it because an airport is usually far 2.____ the city.You have to get there early and 3.____ for hours for the plane to take off and it is often. You can't open the windows. You can't 4.____/tʃuːz/ the food. Planes are quick, but they still take hours to go out of the airport and into the city.I like traveling 5.____ train. I think trains are safe. Railway stations are usually in cities. When you are late for a train, you can catch 6._____/ə'nʌðə/ one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many 7.______(interest) things 8.____ your way. I know it takes a little more time. I also like cars. You can start your journey when you want to, and you don't need to get to a railway station or a bus stop. Also you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there 10.____ too many cars on the road.1. fast2.from3.wait4. choose5.by6.another7.interesting8.on9. or 10. are六、1.____ (be) there life on Mars? We don’t know．We’re sure that people on the earth are2.____ able to live on Mars．People on the earth need oxygen(氧气) to3._____ /briːð/ in．There is almost no oxygen on Mars．Living on Mars would be like living on a very high4._____/ˈmaʊntən/．There would be little air．The 5._____ might be 50 degrees above zero at noon and 140 degrees below zero at night．Many people think there may be plants on Mars．We know that on Mars there is carbon(碳)．This is a kind of material 6.____(find) in all plants and animals on the earth．Mars looks 7.____ /red/ through a telescope(望远镜)．It seems gray in some places．At times the gray color turn gray-green，then brown，8._____ gray again．The gray-green color may be a kind of plant changing color with the 9._____(season)．Will men go to Mars one day? If they do，they must take their own oxygen，food and clothing 10.____ them．1. Is 2.not 3.breathe 4.mountain 5.temperature6.found7.red8.then9.seasons 10.with七、How do you get to school every day? By bike, bus or car? In Chongqing, there will be 3,000 new school buses on the street by the 1._____/end/ of this year. These school buses look just like American school buses: yellow with a big nose.In February 2010, the Chinese 2._____ /ˈgʌvənmənt / announced the first standard (标准)for school bus safety. Since then, more yellow school buses can be 3.____(see) on the street.In China, besides the bus driver, there should be an adult on the school bus to look 4.____ the students. If there are more than 40 students, two adults are needed. The students usually rest5._____ read books on the school bus.In America, yellow school buses are very 6._____/'pɒpjʊlə/. There are about 480,000 school buses in the country. The 7.____(old) kids sit in the back of the bus. The younger kids sit in the front. They usually 8.____ to music, talk on their phones or just sleep. The only adult on the bus is the driver. The school bus is important in students' everyday lives. It can keep 9.____(child) safe. Usually a child is much safer going to school by school bus than any other way. It can also help 10.____ environment. A school bus saves a lot of gas (汽油)because it can carry a lot of people. 1. end 2. government 3.seen 4.after 5.or6. popular7.older8. listen9.children 10.the八、Each nation has many people 1._____ help to take care of others. For example, some high school and college students in the U.S.A. often spend many hours as volunteers in the hospitals, orphanages (孤儿院) or rest homes. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games 2.____ them or listen to their problems.Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are 3.____ /sɪk/ or old. They paint, clean up or repair their houses, do their 4.____(shop) or mow (割，修剪) their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers, there is an organization 5.____ /kɔ:ld/ Big Brothers. College students and some other men take these boys to baseball games or fishing trips and help them get to know things that boys usually learn 6.____ their fathers.Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games. Some of these clubs show films or organize short trips to the mountains or some places of 7._____. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to know the problems and 8._____ /niːdz/ of young boys and girls.Volunteers 9._____/bɪ'liːv/ that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring 10._____ to others.1. who2.with3. sick4.shopping5.called6. from7.interest8.needs9. believe 10.happiness九、The earth is our home. We must 1.____ care of it. That is to say we must keep the land, air and water clean.But man began to pollute the earth after they 2.____(one)made a fire, washed his clothes in the river and 3.____(throw) dirty things on the ground. Many years ago, pollution was not so4._____/'sɪərɪəs/ because there were not so many people. There was enough clean air, land and water. When the land5.____ the river was dirty in one place, man moved to6._____/ə'nʌðə/ place. But now man is slowly7._____(pollute) the whole world because there is not enough clean air, land or water. More people, more8.______.When is this all to end? Is it 9.______ /'pɒsəb(ə)l/ to get rid of (除去)pollution? We are glad to say that people have come to know the dangers of pollution and a large number of10.____(they) are working hard to get rid of it.1. take2.first3.threw4.serious5.or6.another7. polluting8. pollution9. possible 10.them十、Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities 1._____(begin)? Long long ago, the world had 2._____ /'əʊnlɪ/ a few thousand people. These people moved from one place 3._____ another. They moved over the land, hunting(捕猎) animals for food.No one knows how or when these people learned about 4._____(grow) food. But when they did, 5,_____(they) life changed. They did not have to look for food any 6._____( long). They could stay in one place and grow it.People began to live near one another, so the 7.______ (one)village was established (建立). Many people came to live in the villages, and these villages 8._____/bɪ'keɪm/ even larger.When 9._____ /mə'ʃiːnz / appeared, life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories. Today, it’s strange 10._____ some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why?1. began2. only3. to4. growing5.their6.longer7. first8.became9.machines 10. that十一、Thomas Edison was a famous American inventor. During his lifetime he 1[meɪd]1,093 inventions. That’s 2 [greɪt], isn’t it? Many of his inventions have 3 (change) our life. You may ask 4 Edison was able to make so many inventions. That’s because he was the man 5 never grow up. He always thought that no matter how difficult the problem seemed, he could find the answer. He believed that 6 was difficult if you put your heart 7 [ˈɪntu] it. That is true. When he was a child, he was always asking strange questions and trying out new 8 (idea). Many of his questions made his teachers unhappy 9 angry, because the strange questions were not about his lessons. He couldn’t study at school, so his mother 10 （teach）him at home. He showed great interest in science and learned very fast.1.made2.great3.changed4.why5.who6.nothing7.into8.ideas9.or 10.taught十二、In London, there is always a lot of traffic. To solve this problem, the government has 1 (decide) to provide 6,000 bikes for the local people to rent. This activity aims to make people 2 [raɪd] bikes more so as to deal with the traffic problem.So far, more than 12,000 people have accepted the 3 [aɪˈdiə]. Some of them ask for more than one key. Although there are not 4 (足够的)bikes for these people, Transport for London said that people would not face a shortage(短缺).People can get these bikes at 5 [ˈspɛʃəl] docking stations (停靠站). There are about 315 docking stations across the city. More than 12,450 6 have already been handed out to the locals, but only 6,000 keys can be used now.One key costs £3, and the 7 (花费) of using the bike is £1 for an hour. The cost per hour 8 (increase) as the hours increase, so it will cost £50 if yo u rent the bike for 24 hours. Transport for London said it would 9 (面临) a lot of problems, for example, some bikes may be 10 [ˈstəʊlən]. But they said they would try their best to solve all the problems to make sure the success of the program1.decided2.ride3.idea4.enough5.special6.bikes7.cost8.increases9.face 10.stolen十三、It was sunny on November 2nd . This morning I got (1)__________ e-mail from Roy. It seemed that my boy really enjoyed his new life at Harvard University.The e-mail made me (2)__________ [θɪŋk] of the first day when we moved into this house. Little Roy ran around the new house with great excitement and tried to move (3)__________ own things into the house such as his toys, books and clothes. Suddenly, his little hand knocked over a bottle of (4) _____ on the shelf. The paint made the tidy floor and white wall a mess. “Oh, my God!” My wife rushed in (5)_______/'æŋgrɪlɪ/. I looked at my son, and his small facewas(6)_______(fill) with fear. I smiled and held his hand. “Don’t worry, Roy. Now let’s do something to make it look nice,” I said. I took out a brush. “You see, Dad is a magician. I can turn it (7)__________ a big tree.”His mother soon helped paint some butterflies and flowers on the wall.We (8)__________(spend) the whole afternoon painting and laughing. The wall became a beautiful forest with plants, birds and small animals. Blue sky and white clouds were also painted by Roy. We were so pleased with the picture (9)__________ we painted.In this e-mail, he wrote, “Since then I’ve never worried about making (10)__________ [misˈteiks]. I believe I can always find out ways to solve problems.”1.an2.think3.his4.paint5.angrily6.filled7.into8.spent9.which 10.mistakes十四、When I was growing up, I never heard the words “I love you” from my father. If your father never says them to you when you are a 1 （小孩），it gets harder for him to say those words as you get older. In fact, I never said those words to him, 2 [ˈaɪðə(r)]. A few years ago, I decided to make 3 first move.After some thoughts,I 4 (call)my father on the phone and said : “Dad,I love you!”There was a moment of silence at the other end of the line. “Well,same back at you!”replied quietly.“Dad, I know you love me. 5 you’re ready, you will say it ,too.”I said with a smile.Fifteen minutes later, my mother called and 6 [æskt] if everything was “OK”. She seemed worried about me.A few weeks later , Dad ended our phone conversation 7 the words : “Son ,I love you.” I was at work during the conversation and tears came to my eyes as I 8 [ˈfaɪnəli] heard the love . It’s the touching moment that I would never 9 （忘记）.If I had not taken the 10 (one) step, I would have never heard the love from my father.1.kid/child2.either3.the4.called5.when6.asked7.with8.finally9.forget 10.first十五、Max is a very clever boy. He is only three years old but he 1 (learn) quickly. His mum teaches him many things and he remembers all of them. One day, his mother said to him, “Max, 2 is a very important telephone number. That is 911. You must 3 /kiːp/ it in mind. If anything happens and you need help, this is the 4 to call. People in America dial 911 if they need help.One morning, Max and his mother 5 (be) at home. His mother was ill, so she took some medicine . But the medicine did not go down her throat and 6 (make) it difficult for her to breathe. When Max saw this, he remembered 7 his mum told him. He picked up the phone and called 911 at once.“Hello. Mum is 8 (die). Please help us.” Max cried into the phone. “Don’t be afraid, little boy. Tell me your name and where you live,” the woman on the other end of the line asked. Max told her about it and ten minutes 9 /'leɪtə/ a car came to Max’s house. It took Max’s mother to the 10._____./'hɒspɪt(ə)l/1. learned2. it3.keep4. number5.were6.made7.what8. dying9. later 10. hospital十六、There 1._____(be) a big garden near Mr. Green’s house, and it had a lot of fruit trees in it. One day he saw some 2._____ /ˈbju:tɪfl/ apples on one of 3._____(they). He went home and got a ladder(梯子), put it 4._____ /ə'geɪnst/ the high wall of the garden and climbed up. Then he pulled the ladder up, put it down on 5._____ other side, and climbed down into the garden. Just then a gardener(园丁) came round a corner and saw him.“What are you 6.____ (do) here?” He shouted.Mr. Green 7.____(think) quickly and then said, “I am selling my ladder.”“Selling your ladder? In somebody else’s garden? Do you think I believe 8.____ /sʌtʃ/ a stupid story?” said the gardener 9._____ came to Mr. Green with a stick(棍子).“It’s my ladder,” said Mr. Green, “and I can sell it where I like. You needn’t buy if you don’t want to.” And he 10._____(take) his ladder and climbed over the wall again.1.was2. beautiful3.them4. against5. the6. doing7. thought8.such9. and 10. took十七、Peter wondered why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was he was always taking, never 1.____(give).One day Peter told Bill, “I’d like to give a party on 2.______/ˈsætədeɪ/, I’d like you to come and bring Martha, too.” “Thanks, Peter. We’d be happy to come.” “Perhaps you’d like to bring your violin. You and Martha sing 3._____(good) together. I’m sure everyone will want you to sing for us.” That was 4.____ Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked 5._____ /ə'nʌðə/ friend, Betty, to bring a cake. “You make the 6._____(good) cake in the world, Betty, and I like to eat your cake better than have one from the bakery(面包店).” Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn’t 7._____ /fə'get/ to ask something from each one of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let 8.____(he) give the party at their house! They agreed.The party was 9._____ big success. However, as the guests were leaving, they said “Thankyou ” to Bill and Martha for the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the house and to others for their hard work, 10.____ to Peter they just said, “Thanks for the invitation.”1. giving2.Saturday3. well4. how5. another6. best7.forget8. him9.a 10.but十八、Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening? Are you 1._____ /'ɪntrəstɪd/ in your classes? Who do you want to teach you? Maybe you have lots of 2._____( question)in your mind before school starts.Well, I want to give you some good 3._____/ədˈvaɪs/ on these problems.First, keep calm. Don’t worry 4.____ all the questions you have. Put your heart into 5.____( learn), and you can find something you like. Do it actively.Second, try 6.____ best to finish your homework quickly. Don’t 7._____ /spend/ a lot of time on it. Do more reading or writing in English. Think about the problems you have and solve them at once. Don’t stay up late, or you can’t study well the next day.8._____ ,think of something instead of copying(抄写)or repeating(重复). If you can remember the words in your way, you can tell your teachers you don’t like the way of copying them again and again. Be sure you can pass the test. I think your teachers will agree with you, 9.____ they can give you something interesting to do.School is really a good place for you to learn. Believe in your teachers and 10.____(you). You are the best one and you can do everything well.1. interested2. questions3. advice4. about5. learning6. your7. spend8. Third9. and 10. yourself十九、Many teenagers feel that 1.____ most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family 2._____( member) don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brother and sisters to fight with each other and then they go to their own friends for advice.It is very important 3.____ teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. 4.____ /'iːv(ə)n/ when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time 5.____(talk) among themselves on the phone. This 6._____ /kəmjuːnɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n/ is very important in children's growth, 7._____ friends can discuss something 8._____ is difficult to say to their family.However, parents often try to 9.____ /tʃuːz/ friends for their children. Some parents may even stop their children 10._____meeting their friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?Who choose your friends?Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you? Have you got a good friend your parents don't like?Your answers are welcome.1. the2. members3. for4. Even5. talking6. communication7. because8. that9. choose 10. from二十、Miss Rose 1.____ /tɔːt/ physics in a London school. Last week she was explaining(解释)to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test 2.____(they) to see 3.____ successful(成功的)she had been in her work. She said to them, "Now, I have a sister in Washington. If I was calling her on the telephone, and at 4.____ same time you were 20 meters away, and listened5.____ me from the other side of the street, who would hear what I said earlier, my sister6.____ you, and why?"The 7._____ /ˈklevərist/ boy at once answered, "Your sister, Miss Rose, 8.____ electricity travels faster than sound waves(声波) .""That's very good, "Miss Rose answered. But then one of the 9.____( girl)put up her hand, and Miss Rose said, "Yes, Betty. "" I don' t agree, "Betty said, "Your sister would hear you earlier because when it's eleven o'clock here, it's 10.____/'əʊnlɪ/ six o'clock in Washington."1. taught2. them3. how4. the5. to6. or7. cleverest8. because9. girls 10. only。
