--I'm thinking of the CCTV English Competition next week．I'm afraid I can't do very well．

-- ________．I'm sure you'll make it．

A．All right        B．Good luck       C．Well done            D．Cheer up

I have ________ the book and was moved by the main character's love for his country．

A．seen        B．bought         C．read        D．borrowed

________ our hometown is only a small city，the number of foreigners living and working here is growing fast．

A．Since        B．If         C．Although        D．Because

--Paul works very hard and has won the Best Student Award again．

--Well，it proves that ________．

A．many hands make light work

B．too many cooks spoil the broth

C．the grass is always greener on the other side

D．the early bird catches the worm

At the age of 61，Daddy Bruce opened his restaurant in a poor area of Denver．There is doubt about whether his ___1___ was the best in town but there is no doubt about the man himself．He was a ___2___ man，and he started a rare and fine tradition to feed people--not just his customers（顧客），___3___ the poor and the homeless．

Every Thanksgiving，Daddy and his son began cooking for the ___4___．He wanted them to have a great ___5___ on this important day of their country．

In the early years he ___6___ for everything by himself．But as ___7___ went on，the crowds grew and the costs rose．That's when Daddy's supporters joined ___8___ in his project．From then on，more and more people began to step in to help．

They donated turkeys and potatoes．And they ___9___ their time to stand behind and beside the old man and offer to cook and serve．___10___ seemed that there was an endless supply of food to feed the poor．No one ever walked away ___11__ from Daddy Bruce．Daddy started the whole thing and he didn't stop it until a few years ago ___12___ he aged towards ninety and had become too old to work on．

He was one of the few people who ___13___ to see a city street named in his honor．In 1991，one of the streets in his hometown was named “Daddy Bruce”．A few years later，he died．

When he was asked why he ___14___ to feed the thousands of poor and hungry people for over twenty-five years，his reply was simple．“You can't beat love．___15___ beats love．If you give just one thing，you get three things back，That's why I do it．” And he did it well，

1．A．breakfast             B．lunch              C．supper            D．food

2．A．selfish               B．kind               C．serious            D．stubborn

3．A．a(chǎn)nd                B．so                C．but               D．or

4．A．homeless            B．elderly             C．public             D．disabled

5．A．rest                 B．dinner             C．break              D．bath

6．A．looked               B．cared              C．sent             D．paid

7．A．life                  B．time               C．history             D．plan

8．A．a(chǎn)ctively              B．quietly             C．wildly             D．carefully

9．A．spared              B．spent            C．wasted             D．killed

10．A．What              B．There             C．It               D．This

11．A．satisfied           B．thirsty             C．hungry            D．happy

12．A．when             B．which             C．that               D．while

13．A．came            B．lived              C．wanted            D．wished

14．A．happened          B．had               C．volunteered         D．refused

15．A．Everything          B．Anything            C．Something          D．Nothing

Tom woke up unhappy on Monday morning．He always woke up unhappy on Monday mornings．It was the idea of a whole week of school；he almost wished there were no weekends because that made it even more difficult to go back into classrooms．

He lay in bed and wondered what he could invent this time．He listened to his body but could find nothing wrong．A little stomachache? No．Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose （dropping out）．Good! He was just going to start shouting painfully when he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out and that would hurt．He looked for something else．Suddenly he remembered what the doctor had said about a certain problem with toes （five small front parts of a foot）--sometimes one had to stay in bed for one or even two weeks．He pulled his right foot out and looked at it．One of the toes was really hurting．Tom began to shout．Sid continued to sleep peacefully．Tom shouted more loudly．No result．

“Sid! Sid!” he shouted，shaking his brother．This worked．Sid slowly woke up．

“What's the matter，Tom?”

“Ouch! Don't touch me，Sid．You'll kill me．”

“Oh，Tom! Why didn't you wake me?”

“I forgive you everything，Sid．When I'm gone．．．”

“You aren't dying，are you，Tom?”

Sid ran out of the bedroom and down the stairs．

“Aunt Polly! Come quickly! Tom's dying!”

“Dying?” answered Aunt．“I don't believe it．”

But she went running upstairs anyway．

“What's the matter with you?” she asked in surprise．

“Oh，Aunt!” cried Tom．“My toe hurts．”

The old lady fell into a chair，laughing a little．

“Tom，you frightened me．Now stop crying at once and get out of bed．”

Tom felt a bit silly．

“But it did hurt so much that I forgot my tooth．”

“Tooth，eh? What's wrong with your tooth?”

“One of them is loose and it aches terribly．”

“No problem，” answered Aunt Polly quickly．“Sid，get the cotton from my sewing-- box．”

“Please! Aunt! Don't pull it out．It's stopped hurting now．Please! I don't want to stay at home．”

“Ah! So all this was because you wanted to cut class．Well，you'll have your tooth out and you'll go to school!”

In fact，everything went quite well for Tom．On his way to school，the hole in his mouth was the envy of all the other boys~ no one Could show off like he could!

1．This passage is most probably taken from a _________．

A．notice              B．report             C．poster             D．novel

2．Why did Tom always feel uncomfortable on Monday morning?

A．Because he was too tired to wake up．

B．Because he didn't have a good weekend．

C．Because he was afraid of the Whole week of school．

D．Because he had to take his brother Sid to school．

3．Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?

A．Sid was sure that Tom was badly ill．

B．Tom lied because he didn't want to go to school．

C．Aunt Polly pulled the loose tooth out for Tom．

D．Tom went to school and was laughed at by other boys．

4．Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

A．Monday sickness     B．A clever boy         C．Aunt Polly         D．An unusual day

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成相關(guān)任務(wù)。

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere．The oldest festivals would celebrate the end of the cold weather，planting in spring and harvest（豐收）in autumn．Other celebrations were held when they had food．They thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty．

Some festivals are held to honor or satisfy and please the dead．In Japan the festival is called Obon．They have lamps on and play music because they think this will help the dead back to Earth．In Mexico they have the day of the dead in early November．On this important day，people might eat food in different shapes and offer food，flowers and gifts to the dead．

Festivals can be held as an honor to famous people．One of these is the Dragon Boat Festival in China，which honors the famous poet，Qu Yuan．Another is Columbus Day in the USA，in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America．

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events．People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter．In European countries people usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit，and get together ，to have meals．In China and Japan there are mid-autumn festivals，when people admire the moon and give gifts of mooncakes．

The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring．In some Western countries，Easter is an important festival in February which celebrates the return of Jesus and celebrates the coming of spring．In Japan，the Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later．In China，families get together to eat，drink and have fun at the Spring Festival．

1．Find another word in the first paragraph which has the similar meaning to the underlined word “harvest”．_________

2．What are festivals of the dead for?                       _________．

3．What is the topic of the third paragraph?    Festivals to _________．

4．Spring Festivals are held to celebrate       _________ and _________．

5．What's your favorite festival? Why?                     _________．Because _________．

根據(jù)句意、漢語或首字母提示寫出單詞。

1．What a sunny day! There isn't a cloud in the _________（天空）．

2．--Who are you _________（等待）for?

--Andy．He is expected to come here at 3 o'clock．But he hasn't come yet．

3．_________（幸好），I caught the early bus and got to the railway station Just in time．

4．There are several ways to solve this problem．Let's have a _________（討論）now．

5．Of the two coats，I'll choose the _________（便宜）one to save some money for a book．

6．We can _________（容易地）forgive a child who is afraid of the dark，but we can’t forgive an adult who is afraid of the light．

7．I fully _________（贊同）with you that it is not too late to act now．

8．Yuan Longping is called “Father” of Hybrid rice，and his achievements go _________（超過）China．

9．--It's a good h_________ to keep a diary every day．

--That's right．I believe it can help us improve our writing．

10．Yancheng Science and Technology Museum，opened in May，is a wonderful place for children．It is well w_________ visiting．

11．The living conditions are improving．Now more and more people can a________ to buy ears．

12．Our English teacher treats everyone equally．He is a f_________ person．

13．--Look! The boy is running so fast!

--It's hard to i_________ that his right leg was once broken．

14．You won't pass the driving test u_________ you practise more．

15．New China was founded in 1940 and this year will be her s_________ birthday．

用方框中所給詞語的適當(dāng)形式填空。使短文正確、通順、連貫（每詞限用一次）。

Wednesday，Step．1                                                           Fine

Today was the first day of my new life．I __1__ my new school uniform and looked at my new books and checked ___2___ for the new school year．I was worried and excited ___3___．

I was excited for I had expected this day for a long time．I am a student of senior middle school now．I was worried ___4___ I was in a new school．I didn't quite know about the teachers and students here．I was afraid that I couldn't ___5___ well with them．Would I get new friends? What would the other kids think of me? Would I get good __6___? Would I please the teachers? Would I be _7___ for the next three years here?．．．I really wanted __8__ a good beginning when I made nay first step to this wonderful school．

Everyone was __9___ sweet to me．Teachers were kind and ready to help us，I soon forgot my shyness and nervousness．I felt at home．

At the end of today，I didn't have any shyness and ___10___．I believe I will have lots of fun and happiness from today on at this new school．

根據(jù)所給提示將下列各句譯成英語。

1．你最好先完成你的家庭作業(yè)。

You _____________ first．

2．對(duì)我們來說，做好每一件事是很必要的。

It’s very necessary _____________．

3．為了保持健康，我決定再也不吃零食了。

_____________，I decide not to eat snacks _____________．

4．作為學(xué)生我們應(yīng)該盡力使我們的校園變得更加美麗。

We students should _____________．

5．如果你很細(xì)心的話，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)在這次考試中取得好成績并非難事。

If you are _____________，you will find _____________ to get a good mark in this test．