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Sandy and Sue are going to school. They are walking along the street. “Look!” Sandy says. “There’s a man near that gate. He’s standing. Who is it?

“It’s Mr. Jones, the postman,” Sue says, “He’s standing in front of Mrs. Mopp’s house.”

“Mrs. Mopp’s house!” Sandy says. “Oh, dear!”

Mrs. Mopp is not a nice lady. She is very tall and very ugly（丑陋的）. And her house is not a nice house. It is very big and very dark. Her gate is closed and Mr. Jones can’t open it.

“Listen!” Sandy says. “Can you hear Mrs. Mopp’s dog?”

“Yes,” Sue answers. “He’s barking（叫）.”

Mrs. Mopp’s dog is very big. His name is Boxer. His face is ugly and his teeth are long and sharp（尖）. He is a nice dog, but he doesn’t like Mr. Jones, the postman.

根據(jù)短文內容和首字母提示完成各句所缺單詞：

1.Sandy and Sue are s______.

2. On the way to s____ Sandy and Sue see Mr. Jones, the postman.

3. Mrs. Mopp is not at h____ now.

4.Boxer is a d____ name.

5.Boxer d_____ like Mr. Jones at all.

— The floor is dirty. Would you please         _?
— With pleasure.

動詞填空  用括號內所給動詞的適當形式填空，并將答案寫在答卷標有題號的橫線上。（本大題共8小題，每小題1分，共8分）

1.Amy with her classmates ___________ (mop) the floor at this time yesterday.

2.What did you say ___________ (change) his mind just now?

3.Ang Lee ___________ (honour) with the Oscar Award for Best Director for his Life of Pi at the 85^th Academy Awards Ceremony on February 24^th, 2013.

4.The problem the leaders paid attention to ___________ (solve) next week.

5.— Did you see Tom at the party?

—No, Mary told me that he ___________ (leave) by the time I got there.

6.It was said Sam ___________ (get) better marks in the coming exams because he worked harder than before.

7.I ___________ (check) my e-mails. There’s nothing new.

8.The actor looks happy because the audience ___________ (clap) their hands warmly.

The floor is so dirty .Would you please     ?

I heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important achievements.

What made him   41   from others?

    He said it all came from   42   that happened when he was two years old. He tried to  43 

a bottle of milk away from the fridge, but the slippery(光滑的) bottle fell, spilling its milk all over the   44   floor.

    When his mother came in,  45   shouting at him, she said, “Robert, what a great mess(一團糟) you have made! I have never seen such a big puddle(水坑) of milk. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes   46   we clean it up?”

    Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, when you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last. So,   47   would you like to do that? We would use a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the towel and together they cleaned up the milk.

    His mother then said, “We had a failed   48   in how to carry a big milk bottle with two small hands in the kitchen. Let’s go out and fill the bottle with water and see if you can   49   a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip(杯口) with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.

    This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to

  50  .So, what have you learnt from the story?

1.A. serious          B. similar             C. different    D. important

2. A. an experience     B. advice             C. a promise   D. an idea

3.A. pass             B. bring             C. drink             D. take

4. A. kitchen          B. bedroom           C. bathroom         D. living room

5.A. from            B. with               C. because of        D. instead of

6.A. after             B. before             C. as soon as      D. since

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

8. A. experiment        B. condition          C. survey      D. research

9.A. look             B. discover           C. recognize    D. develop

10. A. clean the floor     B. spill milk          C. make mistakes     D. realize mistakes