—Doctor, ____________should I take this medicine?

—Twice a day.

A. what time         B. how much        C. how often

Chinese people complain that the price of the apartment is getting_____________.

A. lower and lower       B. higher and higher      C. cheaper and cheaper

You won’t feel happy at school___________ you get on well with your classmates.

A. though          B. unless         C. because

—How do you communicate with your foreign friends?

—________________writing e-mails, of course.

A. With         B. By       C. From

Nowadays, ___________of business letters are written in English.

A. two third        B. two thirds      C. two three

___________is OK.  I really don’t mind.

A. Both          B. Either          C. Neither

I’d like a ____________for dessert.  Fruit, you know, it good for health.

A. potato        B. banana          C. candy

根据下面提示，以“Believe in Yourself and You Will Succeed”为题写一篇短文，词数： 100左右。

提示：

1. 学习中遇到的困难；

2. 如何克服困难的；

3. 从中学到了什么。

Believe in Yourself and You Will Succeed

Do you like dogs? Do you know the following things about dogs?

The first pet dog

Dogs are meat-eating animals. They belonged to the family of wolves (狼) a long time ago. About 15,000 years ago, people started keeping wolves for hunting (狩猎). Over the time, the wolves began to look like dogs and they became people’s pets.

What a dog looks like

Dogs come in different sizes, colors and shapes, but they’re the same in some ways. All kinds of dogs have a set of forty-two strong teeth for eating. They have sharp claws (利爪) at the end of their feet for digging up soil (挖土) and holding onto the ground when they walk. They have very good eyesight. They also have high ability (能力) to hear and smell.

How a dog grows

A mother dog gives birth to one to twelve babies at a time. New-born baby dogs cannot see or hear until they are two weeks old. The mother dog gives the baby dogs milk. When they are four weeks old, they start eating soft food. When they’re eight weeks, the baby dogs have very strong legs and they can go for long walks.

How to read a dog’s feelings

Dogs act differently when they have different feelings. When a dog is angry, it opens its mouth and shows its teeth. When a dog is frightened, it lowers its ears and holds its tail (尾巴) between its legs. A happy dog always wags (摇摆) its tail.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（10分）

1.People have started keeping dogs as pets since 　　　.

A. there were humans     

B. 15,000 years ago

C. there were wolves     

D. the wolves looked like dogs  

2.What can the sharp claws of dogs be used for according to the passage?

A. Climbing a tree.       

B. Looking for food.

C. Digging up soil.       

D. Fighting against other animals.             

3.When does a dog start to eat soft food?

A. When it’s 2 weeks old.  

B. When it’s one month old. 

C. When it’s 2 months old. 

D. When it’s 8 months old.

4.What does a dog do when it is frightened?

A. It opens its mouth.        

B. It shows its teeth.

C. It wags its tail.           

D. It holds its tail between its legs.

5.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Some facts about dogs.

B. The history of dogs.     

C. Something interesting about dogs. 

D. Dogs are human beings’ friends.

One day my chair had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty getting it fixed (修理) as there were many furniture shops nearby. So I left home with the chair. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception (接待). I was wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.

The second shop was just the same, and the third and the fourth.

I entered another shop with a plan in my mind. I said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy the chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty dollars,” I said. “OK,” he said. “It’s got a broken leg,” I told him. “Yes, I noticed that. It’s nothing.”

Everything was going according to the plan. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, I’ll sell it after fixing it.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What? You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, but I’ve changed my mind.” “You must be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped (目的达到).“I know what you want. You want me to fix the chair,” he said. “We don’t do repairs (修理), not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll fix this for you.”

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。 （10分）