My grandfather looks ______ at me. He looks ______at the moment.

A. happily; happy B. happy; happy

C. happy; happily D. happily; happily

---- __________ is it from Sunshine Town to the center of Beijing?

---- It’s about 20 kilometers ________ our school.

A .How long ; far from B. How long; away from

C. How far; away from D. How far; far away from

Why not ________ an English Club to practice ________?

A. to join; speaking B. join; speaking

C. join; to speak D. to join; to speak

The woman asked her son run the building.

A. not to; around B. don’t; to

C. not; to D. don’t; around

Look! The young girl is dressing up _______ an old woman ________ a black coat.

A. as， in B. as， of

C. in， as D. in， of

______ does your mother go shopping?----- Seldom.

A. How many B. How often C. How much D. How long

I made a lantern ________ a pumpkin today. It is beautiful.

A. into B. out of C. with D. for

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There was a young woman who took great pride in her flower garden. She was raised by her grandmother who taught her to love and for flowers. So her flower garden was the best.

One day， while she was looking through a flower list she often from， a picture of a plant caught her eyes. She had never blooms(花) on a flower like that before. “I have to have it，” she said to herself， and she ordered it.

When it arrived， she already had a prepared to plant it. She planted it at the back of her yard. It grew well， with beautiful green leaves all over it， there were no blooms. Day after day she continued to water it， feed it， and she even talked to it trying to make it bloom. However， it was .

One morning weeks later， when standing before the vine， she felt very that her plant had not bloomed. She was giving thought to it down and planting something else in its place.

It was at this point that her neighbor， whose joined hers， called over to her. “Thank you so much! You can’t imagine how much I have the blooms of that vine you planted.” The young woman walked the gate into her neighbor’s yard， and sure enough， she saw that on the other side of the wall the vine was with blooms.

There were indeed the most beautiful blooms she had seen. The vine had grown through the crevices(縫隙) and it had not flowered on side of the wall， but it had flowered on the other side.

Sometimes one may not see the good result of his effort， but that doesn’t mean it isn’t successful.

1.A. look B. care C. search D. pay

2.A. learned B. heard C. ordered D. borrowed

3.A. seen B. smelt C. sold D. picked

4.A. finally B. carefully C. suddenly D.immediately

5.A. place B. box C. cup D. room

6.A. and B. so C. or D. but

7.A. endless B. useless C. successful D. hopeful

8.A. excited B. nervous C. sad D. frightened

9.A. putting B. cutting C. turning D. taking

10.A. balcony B. kitchen C. bedroom D. yard

11.A. enjoyed B. dreamed C. expected D. hated

12.A. through B. across C. above D. below

13.A. satisfied B. connected C. filled D. pleased

14.A. never B. ever C. seldom D. usually

15.A. its B. his C. her D. their

Scientists have written a report on the future of trade and industry. They talk about the role robots will play in industry.

What is a robot?Basically(基本地)，it is a machine which is designed to do the work of a human being. It is usually controlled by a computer. Once it has been given a set of things to do，it will do the job on its own.

Nowadays，Britain has 120 robots at work in industry. This compares(相比) badly with other industrial countries. In Japan，there are 4，000 robots in use. In the USA there are 2，000 and in Germany there are 500. According to the report，the government must help people understand how robot technology can be used. Also，people must be educated to know how important this new technology is. The designing of new robots will be very important in the future. The report says that special robot centres should be set up where people who design robots and people who will use them work together. The assembly(裝配) work of the future will be complex(復(fù)雜的). So firms(企業(yè)) must develop robots to do it.

1. The report was written by scientists.

A. English B. American C. German D. Japanese

2.A robot is a kind of .

A. design B. Computer C. machine D. man

3.Today， is using the most robots for industry.

A. Britain B. the USA C. Japan D. Germany

4.According to the report，the future assembly work will be done by .

A. Computers

B. Robots

C. people who design

D. people who understand how to use robots

5.The title which best suits(適合于) this passage is “ ”.

A. The Development of Robots

B. The Use of Robots

C. The Robots in the Future

D. Robot Industry

Steven Jobs，the designer(設(shè)計者) of Apple Computer，was not clever when he was in school. At that time，he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college，he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out(退學(xué)). But he was full of new ideas.

After he left college，Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.

Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.

In 1975，he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage(車庫). He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.

His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.

1.Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he .

A. never did his lessons

B. was full of new ideas

C. always made troubles with his schoolmates

D. dropped out

2.Steven Jobs didn’t finish college，did he?

A. Yes，he did. B. No，he didn’t.

C. Yes，he didn’t. D. No，he did.

3.Steven Jobs designed his new computer .

A. in India B. with his friend

C. in an apple tree garden D. by himself

4.Steven Jobs was famous for his all over the world.

A. new ideas

B. apple

C. Apple Computer

5.From this passage we know Steven Jobs .

A. didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates

B. liked traveling in India and California

C. liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true

D. could only design video games