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For this little boy, there was no colder winter than that year. His father was in a car accident(车祸) and he ______ a leg. After that, his father became another person. When the boy didn't do something well, the father would be ______ and beat him. One night, the boy passed a small shop on the street. He saw some beautiful boxes of ______. An idea came into his mind. He knew his father ______ coffee. Although he knew stealing(偷) was no good, all he could think of was his father's ______. He soon put a box of coffee into his jacket and ran back home. He gave the coffee to his father, and his father gave ______ a kiss. The boy was very happy ______ he had expected the kiss from his father for a long time. ______， before his father could taste the coffee, the shopkeeper came. His father beat him again. Many years later, the boy grew up and had his own business(生意). One day, his mother called and said his father wanted to see him. He ______ because he was too busy. After a few weeks, he heard the ______ news that his father died. When he was in his father's room, he found an old box. It was the box he got from the shop. On it was a piece of paper, saying, “The gift ______ my son”. There was also a letter: Dear son， I'm not a good father. But I have a dream indeed—to own a coffee shop, then I can make ______ delicious for you. I'm sorry I didn't keep my dream. The boy was very sad not to meet his father for the ______ time. He decided to go on his father's ______. He started a coffee business. His coffee business is ______ now. He opened thousands of his coffee stores all over the world. And the little boy is Howard Schultz—the owner of Starbucks(星巴克). 1.A. left B. made C. lost D. cut 2.A. angry B. afraid C. surprised D. tired 3.A. salt B. coffee C. yogurt D. sugar 4.A. tasted B. poured C. added D. loved 5.A. smile B. experience C. sadness D. health 6.A. them B. it C. me D. him 7.A. and B. because C. if D. so 8.A. Unluckily B. Finally C. Hardly D. Probably 9.A. agreed B. accepted C. replied D. refused 10.A. enjoyable B. sad C. exciting D. good 11.A. by B. to C. from D. for 12.A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything 13.A. second B. next C. first D. last 14.A. dream B. life C. activity D. education 15.A. normal B. creative C. successful D. different
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BOOK & BREAD SALE Book sale 11 a．m.—5 p．m., Friday, September 8 Book & Bread sale 10 a．m.—2 p．m., Saturday, September 9 Many children's books, DVDs, music CDs and MORE. The money gained will be donated(捐赠) to the Red Cross.
101 S. St., Louisville Church·7409279986·www.louisvillechurch.cn 1.When is a good time to buy books at the sale? A. 9 a．m., September 9. B. 10 a．m., September 9. C. 6 p．m., September 8. D. 3 p．m., September 9. 2.Which of the following is NOT true about the sale? A. People can buy bread around lunch time on September 9. B. We can buy both books and bread on the two days. C. DVDs and music CDs will be on sale on both days. D. People can visit www.louisvillechurch.cn for more information. 3.The material(材料) above is ________. A. an ad(广告) B. a story C. news D. a letter
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Do you still remember the great snacks in your childhood? Do they make you think of your happy childhood? Dada Bubble Gum(泡泡糖) Almost all the kids like bubble gum. It's fun to eat bubble gum. Kids often get together to see who gets the biggest bubble. I still remember my sister once blew a big bubble and then it broke, covering her face with gum! I usually bought Dada Bubble Gum from the small stores near my home. It was cheap. I could get two for one yuan. Sugar Figure(糖人) You could always find people making sugar figures around the school in the old days. First, the maker would take a little maltose(麦芽糖) with a small spoon, using his hands to make figure, such as the Monkey King, the White Dragon, and so on. It was not expensive, only one yuan for one. If one child bought a sugar figure, many other children would come around him and admire it. Baby Face IceCream We like to call it snowman icecream better. It tasted very delicious. It was quite expensive. I remember the price was two yuan for each piece. That was not easy for me to buy one piece those days. Each time I got one, the happiness would last for a few days. Malt Sugar Candy Malt Sugar Candy is usually called Tangguar in northern China, and people serve it during the days just before the Spring Festival. It's delicious but cheap, and you could get five pieces for one yuan. My friends and I would get together to enjoy Tangguar. What a happy time! 1.________ is the cheapest of the four snacks. A. Sugar Figure B. Dada Bubble Gum C. Baby Face IceCream D. Tangguar 2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Children usually enjoy blowing bubbles together. B. People made Sugar Figures only for boys. C. The writer ate lots of Baby Face IceCream in the old days. D. Children can buy Malt Sugar Candy at any time. 3.What is the purpose(目的) of the passage? A. To ask people to try these snacks. B. To introduce some expensive snacks. C. To remember the sweet childhood. D. To tell people to keep away from snacks.
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Basketball is popular all over the world. But in Australia, people like to play netball(无挡板篮球), too. It is one of the most popular sports in Australia. The players are often girls. The sport is like basketball, but its rules are a little different. If a player gets the ball, she will only hold it for three seconds before shooting(投篮) or passing it to her teammates. There are seven players in each team. Each player has her own area to move in. Girls at my school love the sport. We often had netball games this term. Something happened this month touched me deeply. I was the defender(后卫). My job was to block the attacker(主攻手) from the other team. At the beginning, I wanted to win so much that I almost forgot my job. And it gave the other team a chance to get and pass the ball. During the break, our team leader gave me a serious talk, “If you really want to win, you should work with your teammates.” And I did. In the second half of the game, I always stood in front of the attacker from the other team to block her sight. As a result, she missed the best time to attack. Our teammates got great long shots in. The score was 143 in the end. We won! The game made me know the importance of teamwork and team spirit(精神). If everybody does what he or she likes and doesn't care about the whole team, the team will not work well. 1.As for the netball, the passage tells us that ________. A. Australian people don't like to play netball B. it's more popular among boys than girls C. playing netball is much like playing basketball D. each team needs five players on the field 2.The underlined word “block” in Para.3 means ________. A. stop, B. catch, C. help, D. serve 3.What did the writer do wrong in the first half of the game? A. She didn't see the ball coming her way. B. She missed the chance to get the ball. C. She passed the ball to the other team. D. She forgot to do her own job well. 4.What did the writer learn from that game? A. Pay full attention and do your job well. B. Working as a team is important in games. C. Don't be afraid to get hurt during a game. D. Losing a game is not losing face. 5.In which part of a newspaper can we most probably read the passage? A. News., B. Holidays., C. Sports., D. Cultures.
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根据所给汉语意思及文章内容，写出单词的正确形式。(每空限填一词) It is said that friends are God's way of taking care of us. I can't agree more. And it always makes me think about my best friend Kelly, an outgoing and 1.(善解人意的) girl. We have lots of hobbies in 2.(相同). Both of us like shopping online. On the weekend, we always climb the mountain which is the highest in our city. The air is 3.(更新鲜的) than that in other places. Kelly believes that the best way to relax is 4.(通过) exercise. Of course, it is also a good way to 5.(分享) our experiences on the way. Kelly always helps me out with any of my problems. She is good at study and she always asks me to take the schoolwork 6.(严肃地). She says, “Don't put off what you can do today 7.(直到……为止) tomorrow”. As long as we both have free time, she invites me to go out to practice speaking English with 8.(外国的) people. My English improves a lot this way. And I won the English competition this term. It is wellknown that a good friend is like a 9.(镜子). Kelly is such a friend. She 10.(伸手) for my hands and touches my heart.
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五、语法填空 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中单词的适当形式填空。
Chen Guanming, a 61yearold Chinese farmer, 1.(choose) to ride his bicycle all the way from China to Rio during the Rio Olympics. He called 2.(he) “Olympic madman”. This was the 3.(three) Olympics he had. People in Brazil welcomed him in the 4.(friendly)way after he arrived in Rio. Seventeen years ago, he started his crazy Olympic adventure(冒险): he traveled around China before the 2008 Beijing Olympics started. Then he went to London Olympics in 2012. In 2016, he went to Rio Olympics. He planned 5.(finish) his travel around the world in Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics. He didn't have money, 6. people he met on the road gave him a lot of help. So he was able to ride his bicycle to Olympics all the time. Riding to Olympics was 7. enjoyable experience. Chen said, “I do it to follow the Olympic spirit. My biggest hope is to encourage people not to be afraid 8. problems.” Although he couldn't watch the games in the stadiums, he was very happy by 9.(try) his best to join the Olympics. That's 10. the Olympics are about. Unluckily, Chen had a car accident(车祸) on October 18, 2017. He died because of that.
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请仔细阅读下列俚语(slang)以及意义解释，然后把A—E填入71—75小题相应空格处。 A. safe and sound—If something is “safe and sound”， it's not in danger at all. He's quite well. B. see eye to eye—If two people “see eye to eye”， they agree on things and see things the same way. C. let the cat out of the bag—To tell someone about a secret(秘密). D. Jack of all trades—Someone who can do many things but isn't very good at any one of them. E. happygolucky—A “happygolucky” person is outgoing and always happy.
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书面表达 假设你是刘东，想加入学校刚成立的篮球俱乐部。请根据表格信息，给学校负责人Mr.Li写一封自荐信。
注意：(1)内容必须包括所提供的所有信息，可适当发挥；(2)词数：80左右；(3)开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Mr.Li， I'm very glad to hear that our school will have a basketball club. I'd like to join it. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ I'm looking forward to your reply. Yours， Liu Dong
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