I really found it difficult to read, for his eyesight was beginning to________.

A. disappear   B. stop   

C. fail       D. cut

----What are you busy doing these days?

----I______ study for the coming exam.

A. hardly  B. mainly   

C. nearly   D. exactly

----You needn’t take an umbrella. It isn’t going to rain.

----Well, I don’t know. It_____do.

A. may       B. must   

C. should    D. can

I don’t believe him, we_______before. But I have to say you do look so familiar.

A. met         B. have met   

C. will meet   D. meet

More and more people like shopping online. They mostly receive what we buy by_______.

A. Internet    B. air   

C. express    D. train

----Mike. Is that smart phone___________?

---- Yes. My mother bought it for me yesterday.

A. yours     B. yourself     

C. your     D. you

Sarah looked at______finished painting with________ smile on her face.

A. a; the   B. the; a  

C. a; a     D. the; the

如今社会上越来越多的人喜欢饲养宠物，有些人甚至把养的宠物视为家庭的一名成员。而养宠物也引发了一系列的社会问题，如：咬伤小孩、随地大小便、污染环境等。那么，同学们是怎样看待饲养宠物这一现象的呢？请根据以下提示以“Pets”为题写一篇80个词左右的短文，谈谈自己的看法和观点。（首句已给出，不计入总词数）

提示：1. 宠物是人们的好朋友，能给人带来快乐和温暖；

       2.宠物能帮助人做各种事情;

       3.养宠物浪费时间和金钱；

       4.宠物传播疾病，污染环境，危害我们的健康。

Pets

   Recently, more and more people like to keep pets.

根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。

A：Hi， Judy，what do you plan to do this weekend?

B：I plan to see a film. Can you give me some advice?

A：Sure. 1.                                   ?

B：I like action movies.

A：Have you ever seen the movie Auatar(阿凡达)

B：2.                      . But I heard it is great.

A：Yeah，I saw it last Sunday.

B：3.                                       ?

A：I think it is the best movie I have ever seen.

B：Is the ticket price high?

A：Yes. But it is really worth seeing.

B：4.                                        ?

A：Watching it in 3D costs 80 yuan.

B：5.                                           ?

A：You’re welcome.

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

There are two twin brothers in a family .One was an optimist and the 1.  was a pessimist. The parents were worried about 2. behavior and attitude, and finally took the boys to see a psychologist( 心理学家).

The psychologist looked over them for a while ,and then he said， “They can     3.   be helped.”  He told the parents to prepare a room filled with all the   4.    that a boy could want .They should put the pessimist boy in that room and   5.    him to enjoy life. They also needed to    6.  another room and fill it with horse manure(马粪). They should put the optimist boy in that room. They      7.  this, and then watched both boys through one-way mirrors.

    The pessimist continued to be a pessimist. He said that he had    8.  one to play with.

They went to look at the optimist, and were 9.   to see him digging through the manure.

The psychologist ran into the room and asked   10.  the boy was doing. He looked up through the manure and said， “I am sure there must be a horse in the room somewhere.”