This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. As I searched the name, I found that there were two famous people having the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts(花生), while the other led some kind of army across America. I looked at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice: let the coin decide. I flipped(擲) a coin and ah! Tails (背面)! My report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.

Weeks later, I stood in front of the classroom and proudly read my homework. But things started to get strange. I looked around the room, only to find my classmates with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes and my stone-faced teacher. I was completely lost. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”

Oh well, I dropped the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American War of Independence.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that my teacher meant that George Washington?

Of course, my subject result was awful. Sad but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to the headmaster Miss Lancelot, but she said firmly: No re-dos; no new score. I felt that it was not fair, and I believed I should get a second chance. So I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, I sat in the headmaster’s office again, but this time a completely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the terrible moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster told me I was good enough to skip(跳過) the 6th grade and started the 7th grade next term.

1.________ helped me decide what my report would be about.

A. The Internet B. My classmates

C. My grandpa D. A coin

2. People in the class acted strangely because ________.

A. I was too proud of my homework

B. I mistook what the homework was about

C. the whole world suddenly became quiet

D. the teacher’s face turned to a stone

3.We can infer(推斷) from the passage that ________.

A. the headmaster didn’t like the writer at all

B. the writer’s classmates felt sad at his mistake

C. the writer knew little about American history

D. the writer’s grandpa was a very wise man

動詞填空

1.A big parade was held in China __________(celebrate) the 70th anniversary of the anti-fascist war.

2.What’s the noise? – Oh, there are some children ____________ (plan) their coming holiday.

3.I’m sorry that I ____________ (not understand) you, but I do now.

4.As soon as John finishes the job, he _______________ (allow) to have two weeks off.

5.No one in the small town __________ (deal) with such a problem before. They don’t know what to do.

6.---How did the accident happen?

---Oh, I could hardly see anything clearly because it ________________ (rain) hard.

7.Trust me. I __________(keep) it between you and me, I promise. Talk now.

8.-- What is that on the shelf over there?

--It’s a medal. Can you guess when the medal ___________ (present)?

書面表達

要點：1. 我校一年一次舉辦藝術節(jié)，通常為期一周，并對全體學生和家長開放。

2. 今年，同學們正在準備各類比賽：Daniel 已決定拉小提琴，因為他擅長此項。

Kitty將會參加歌詠比賽，這些天她一直在認真練習。

3. 我小時候?qū)Α?感興趣，我將….

4. 我相信藝術節(jié)一定會大家?guī)�來歡樂，家長們會給予高度評價。

注意：1. 短文須包括所有內(nèi)容要點，要求語句通順，意思連貫；2. 第3要點內(nèi)容須用2～3句話展開合理想象，作適當發(fā)揮；3. 詞數(shù)90個左右。

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Rather than to school by bus, he preferred a bike.

A. to go; to ride B. go; riding

C. going; to ride D. go; to ride

I can’t hear you were saying the noise.

A. what;because of B. whether; because

C. that; though D. how;because of

The young man came driving full speed down the road in his car. it was!

A. How dangerous the scene B. What dangerous a scene

C. How a dangerous scene D. What a dangerous scene

完型填空

There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book in hand. Of course, with our guide-books we may the history and special developments of a town and get to know them. But then, if we take our time and stay in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we look at it as a whole, we begin to have some________which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets run in this particular （特別的）way, and not in any other way?

Here even the best guide-book ________ to tell us. One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the ________ appearance. It may not describe the original （最初的）design of a town. However, one may get some idea of what it ________ to look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine ________ the town was first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in what direction the town ________ to develop.

What’s the point of studying towns in the way? For me, I’m sure one can get greater ________ by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A personal visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive ________just reading about it in a guide-book.

1.A. write B. study C. tell D. remember

2.A. ideas B. opinions C. feelings D. questions

3.A. of B. for C. like D. as

4.A. fails B. helps C. wants D. prefers

5.A. old B. normal C. first D. present

6.A. used B. seemed C. had D. happened

7.A. what B. how C. when D. where

8.A. stops B. appears C. starts D. continues

9.A. success B. pleasure C. hope D. suffering

10.A. from B. through C. than D. with

Amy was looking for a gift for her little daughter. Suddenly she stopped before a store of dolls.

“Girls like dolls,” she thought as she was walking into it. Looking around, she saw a grandma doll - one with gray hair and a pair of glasses. In her mind appeared Joyce, her mother.

When Amy was a little girl, she got her first doll from Joyce for her birthday. Then the second, the third...A doll a year from Joyce never arrived late. “Why always a doll?” This question had been in Amy's mind until one day her father gave the answer, Little Joyce dreamed to have a doll. Her parents promised one for her fifth birthday. Sadly, they both died in a traffic accident before it arrived. The never-received gift was the most precious in her eyes. Her mother's story being recalled(回憶) , Amy got an idea.

It was Joyce's 60th birthday. A package was delivered(遞送) to her, with a card that read:

Dear Joyce,

I forget to send you the package(包裹) that you should have received on May 20, 1956, your fifth birthday. The gift inside has aged, but I felt that you might still wish to have it.

Angel of Joy

Joyce opened the package and saw a lovely grandma doll. She held the doll that she had waited for so many years, with tears running down her face. The doll, given by “Angel of Joy”, made her the happiest “child” in the world.

1. We can tell from the story that Joyce is .

A. Amy’s daughter B. Amy’s mother

C. the grandma doll D. Angel of Joy

2. Why did Joyce often buy a doll for her as a birthday present every year?

A. Because Amy liked dolls.

B. Because Amy’s mother Joyce liked dolls.

C. Because the dolls made Joyce think of the never-received gift given by her parents.

D. Because Joyce’s parents liked dolls.

3. The underlined word “precious” probably means .

A. expensive B. Beautiful C. useful D. valuable

4.How do you understand the last sentence “The doll, given by ‘Angel of Joy’”, made her the happiest “child” in the world?

A. Amy’s doll gift made Joyce feel so happy that she smiled like a child

B. Though Joyce was old, she still wished to have a doll that is often liked by a child

C. Joyce seemed to realize the dream in her childhood----receiving her parents’ gift.

D. Joyce thought the doll was only suitable for children.

任務型閱讀（每空一詞）

Mistakes are great teachers

Mistakes are great teachers. Success comes to those who are willing to risk making mistakes to achieve their goals and wishes, and who are able to learn from those mistakes. And in order to learn from mistakes you must be willing to pay for them.

Mistakes can be very valuable, but when you try to get others to pay for your mistakes, then you lose the chance to learn from them. When something goes wrong, it’s usually very easy to find someone else’s mistakes, but is that useful ? Of course not.

Much of the value of mistakes comes from the fact that they need to cost that must be paid. The person who learns the most from a mistake is the one who pays the price for that mistake.

When you make a mistake, what you shouldn’t do is run away from it. You need to accept it because you can learn a lot from it. The mistake has been made, so make the most of it. Pay the price, learn the lesson, and grow that much stronger.

When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Remember the reason for it, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The present is still in your power. Make full use of your mistakes to achieve your goals and wishes.

--- Do you know ________?

--- All of them ________ the museum.

A. where are the students; have gone to

B. where are the students; have been to

C. where the students are; have gone to

D. where the students are; have been to