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Thanks for __1.______ me the snow globe of the monster ,I love it. In fact I think it's __2.______ my favorite. I've been __3._______ snow globes for seven years, and now I have 226 of them .My mom says I have to stop, because we've___4._____ out of room to store them. They're all around our apartment. I 5._______store in boxes under my bed. The first one I ever_____6.____was a birthday cake snow globe on my seventh birthday. I ____7._______ love globes with animals. I have a big one with bears in it and _8.________ one with penguins. If you know anyone else who __9._____ them, please tell me. I'd like _____10.____a snow globe collectors' club. By the way, what's your hobby?
1.I have been collect ___________(邮票) .
2.We will give you free __________(话题)
3.On Nancy’s n_______ (九岁) birthday, she got a nice model car.
4.His sister works as a w________ (服务员) in the hotel near the factory.
5.The father got a_______ (生气的)when he found that his son was late for school again.
6.Could you please not f_______ me around?
7.We all know Beijing is the c_________ of China
8.Next week , many __________(外国人) will come to visit our school.
9.If you finish these ___________（任务），we can go to a movie tonight.
10.Although rules of ____________(礼节) can often be different in different countries.
A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn (小旅馆) near the railway station (火车站). Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I'll take the five o'clock train."
"Oh, sorry, sir," the boss said in a hurry, "I'm afraid I can't. I won't be able to get up so early."
The student was disappointed (失望). When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm-clock (闹钟)? Maybe it can help me."
"Wait a minute, then." The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. "Here you are, sir."
"Thank you very much." The student said happily. But he found it was rusty (锈的) when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. He asked, "Will it ring in time?"
"I don't know, either." said the boss, "But it doesn't matter. You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five. And it will ring on time."
1. The student stayed at the inn because ____.
A. it was in the cool mountain village he was going to
B. the boss of the inn was kind to him
C. the boss could wake him up at the right time
D. it was near the railway station
2. The student asked the boss to wake him up the next morning because ____.
A. the boss had the habit (习惯) of getting up early
B. the boss had promised (答应) to help him in every possible way (千方百计地)
C. he was afraid he would not wake up in time to catch the train
D. it would take him a long time to walk to the railway station
3. The train the student was going to take would start at ____ the next morning.
A. five o'clock B. a quarter to five
C. half past four D. a quarter to six
4. The student was disappointed because ____.
A. he had to buy an alarm-clock
B. the boss refused to wake him up
C. he would take another train
D. he had to go to the village on foot
5. From the story we know the ____.
A. clock would wake the student up in time
B. student certainly missed his train the next morning
C. alarm-clock was no use for the student
D. student had the alarm-clock repaired (修理)
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington in the US. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines（机器）. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program（软件程序） with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University(哈佛大学). In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft（微软）. Bill began his company（公司） in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing(发展) the software for personal computers. They improved(改进) the software to make it easier for people to use computers.
1.Bill Gates grew up in _______.
A. Canada B. Australia C. America D. Germany
2.What subjects did Bill like best at school?
A. Science and math B. Languages and art
C. Math and languages D. Music and P.E
3.Bill’s company worked hard at _______.
A. making large machines B. playing computer games
C. mending old machines D. developing software
4.Bill started to play with computers ______.
A. in 1955 B. in 1968 C. in 1973 D. in 1975
5.The underlined word “personal” means _______.
A.个人的 B.公众的 C.大型的 D.昂贵的
I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas(海外的) and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.
We’re going to New York by train, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe（欧洲）, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.
It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.
1.How many people of the family will go to have a trip?
A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six
2.My father will not go on the trip because ____.
A . he doesn’t like travels B. staying at home is more interesting
C. he is too old to travel D. nobody wants to take him along
3.We’re coming back home by_____ .
A. sea B. plane C. bus D. train
4.In Europe we will _____.
A. go sight-seeing at the seaside B. to go to different countries by ship
C. buy a lot of presents D. go from place to place by train or by bus
5.My brother and my children would like to _____.
A. do some shopping in Europe B. study the Italian language in Italy
C. enjoy a trip by ship D. learn French in France
One day, a young man asked Albert Einstein, the great German scientist, which the secret(秘密)of success(成功)was. The scientist 31 him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days 32 the young man asked him the 33 question again. Einstein was very 34 . He did not say 35 , but wrote a few 36 on a piece of paper and handed it to the young man. The young man looked 37 the piece of paper. On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.“What 38 this mean?”asked the young man.“A means success,”said the old scientist.“X means hard work, Y means good methods(方法),and Z means 39 talking and start to 40 .
1.A. say B. said C. talked D. told
2.A. ago B. before C. later D. after
3.A. easy B. different C. same D. difficult
4.A. worried B. disappointed(失望) C. happy D. angry
5.A.anything B. something C. nothing D everything
6.A. words B. word C. sentences D. sentence
7.A. on B. after C. at D. for
8.A.will B. shall C. does D. is
9.A. go on B. stop C. enjoy D. start
10.A. do B. read C. work D. look
