1. From the information in the picture we know that Lily was born on _________.

A. June 8, 2005                         B. June 22, 2005

C. June 22, 2013                        D. June 8, 2013

2. According to the personal information, we know that Mary Connor lives in________.

A. Canada        B. America

C. England        D.Australia

3.You can borrow books__________.

A. at 10:30 am on Monday    B. at 10:00 pm on Thursday

C. at 3:30 pm on Saturday   D. at 10:00 pm on Tuesday

4. According to the survey(调查) of 2,000 American online shoppers, __________people shop online from 5 pm to 8 pm.

A. 320             B. 640              C. 800             D. 120

5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. You’d better wear your sun hat to enjoy wonderful sunshine.

B. The boats will take you to different places for swimming.

C. Mr. Smith and his child need to pay $ 160 for the tour.

D. You can take a holiday there on July 18.

Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.

"I don't sing," said the man.

But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!

    The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!'

So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.

You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.

1.. The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____.

A. she had paid him for this          B. she knew him very well

C. she wanted to have a change        D. she enjoyed his singing

2. Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.

A. the lady helped him a lot

B. he caught the chance

C. he continued to play in the bar

D. he stopped playing the piano

3.. The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean

A. fail to realize                      B. forget to use

C. try to develop                      D. manage to show

4.From the story we know if you have some talent, you should _____.

A. hide it and wait

B. ask others for help

C. pay no attention to it

D. work hard to improve yourself

5.. Which could be the best title (标题) for the passage?

A. Sing in the Bar              B. Achieve Success in Life

C. Never Lose Heart             D. Find Your Hidden Talent

  Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.

Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.

Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their workers don't get more pay for more work. Some people think it's their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don't work more hours.

Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull (迟钝的) boy." If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.

1. A Japanese worker works __ more hours a year than a French one.

A. 513              B. 1,646             C. 2,159              D. 3,805

2.The word "extra" in Paragraph 3 means            .

A. 正常的           B. 额外的           C. 有用的            D. 少量的

3.People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.

A. France                              B. Germany

C. the United States                  D. Great Britain

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. No companies offer vacations to their workers.

B. Many people say they have enough time to relax.

C. Not all companies pay their workers for more work.

D. More than half of workers use all their vacation days.

5.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Many workers have to work long hours.

B. Many people have vacations long enough.

C. Work hours are the same around the world.

D. There are a lot of dull people in the world.

A: The traffic is very busy in the morning ,isn’t it?

B: Yes, it is. The bus is often late. 1.

A: I'm waiting for the No.13 bus.

B: Do you work in Fuyang?

A:No, I don’t. I’m just a tourist here.

B: __________2._____________

A: Yes, I have been here four times.

B: ________ 3. ____________

A: I have been to the West Lake, Wenfeng Park and so on.

B: ________ 4.____________

A: It’s a nice city, and I like it.

B: Do you like the food here?

A:Yes, I do. The food here is fresh and delicious.

B: I think so. Oh, here comes the No.13 bus. ________5.______ _____

A:Thank you. Bye!

In 1608 an Englishman named Thomas Coryate traveled in Italy .He liked the country and

     down everything interesting. But he found one thing     interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote，“    the Italian eat meat，they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands because，as they say，people do not always have    hands.” Before he went back to England，Thomas Coryate bought a few    .

At home Thomas had a dinner party to show the forks to his friends. When the steak（牛排）

was brought out，he took out a fork and wanted to    the steak as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were    when they saw this. He told them what the fork was. They all said that Italians were very strange people because the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas Coryate tried to prove that his friends were    ，so he began to show that it was easy to use the fork. But the first    of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to    at him and he had to take the fork away.

People in England began to use forks only fifty years later.

1.A. brokeB. wroteC. wentD. calmed

2.A. lessB. muchC. evenD. more

3.A. WhyB. WhenC. WhichD. Where

4.A. cleanB. bigC. dirtyD. safe

5.A. knivesB. dishesC. forksD. plates

6.A. useB.eatC. makeD. cut

7.A. worriedB. boredC. tiredD. surprised

8.A. honestB. correctC. wrongD. clever

9.A. pieceB. kiloC. poundD. packet

10.A. screamB. lookC. shoutD. laugh

A group of frogs were traveling through the forests, but unluckily two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how       the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn't       and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs      saying that they were sure to die.      , one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying,      . Then he fell down and died.

The other frog, however,      to jump as hard as he could, and at last made it out. When he       , the other frogs asked, "Didn't you hear us?" The frog, who had a poor       , explained, "I thought you were encouraging me all the timey."

The story teaches us a      : There is power(力量) of life and death in the tongue. An        word to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.

1.A. small      B. deep         C. big           D. wide

2.A. care      B. refuse       C. insist        D. think

3.A. kept    B. finished        C. practiced      D. stopped

4.A. Luckily  B. Finally        C. Suddenly      D. Happily

5.A. went on   B. ran away       C. jumped out     D. gave up

6.A. happened B. continued      C. planned      D. wanted

7.A. got out    B. ran away    C. got off       D. woke up

8.A. smelling   B. eyesight     C. hearing       D. looking

9.A. way         B. skill      C. sentence       D. lesson

10.A. interesting    B. exciting   C. excellent     D. encouraging

So far this year, many new houses ___________ in Wenchuan with the help of the government.

A. build             B. are built

C. will build        D. have been built

I still remember the college and the teachers ________ I visited in London years ago.

A. what             B. who               C. that               D. which

Great changes ________________in Fuyang in the past five years.

A. have happened                  B. have taken place

C. have been happened              D. have been taken place

.--Have you ________ to Shanghai?

--Yes, I___________ there to see my sister last year. She has ____________ Pudong for 2 years.

A.gone, go, been to                B. been, went, been to

C. gone, been, been in              D. been, went, been in