用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。
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any, behave ,difference, drink ,enjoy , nice, other, real, surprise, these |
Once there was a teacher who took all his students for tea. What made the students 1 was that all the cups on the table were 2 . Each of them took a cup and started 3 their own tea, looking at the 4 cups.
The teacher said; "Do you notice your 5 ? You are all looking at each other's tea cups and 6 of you even envy (羡慕) the 7 cups of others." Then he went on: "I put the different cups here on purpose! Life is like 8 tea. You all have the same thing in your cups— tea. However, you can't 9 enjoy it in your envy of another's cup. You forget to
10 your own life when you envy someone else's life. So now, taste your own tea! Does it matter from which cup it comes from?"
五位中国学生要去美国留学，他们想要找住家。请仔细阅读题中的学生的个人情况说明，并从A至F六个选项中，帮助他们选择最适合的住家.
1.Zhang Chao likes Chinese food. He hopes his host family speak a little Chinese.
2.Li Wei likes doing sports. He wants to live near a park.
3.Liu Yong hopes to live near his school---Reading School. He prefers a bed room with a bathroom
4.Chen Yao wants to live in a big bedroom cheaper than ￡350 a month. She can’t stand pets.
5.Hu Mei loves pets. She would like a bedroom cheaper than ￡220 a month.
If you want to get a new cell phone number, don’t forget to bring your ID(身份证明) with you .
As of September 1, people have to register(注册) with their ID to buy a new cell phone number. You can show your ID card or hukou, but student ID’s won’t work.
If you already have a cell phone number, it is better to register it before 2013.
The new rules are meant to prevent junk messages and fraud(诈骗) through cell phones.
A cell phone user in China on average received 43.3 messages a week in the first half of this year. According to reports, about 12 of those were junk messages.
In a survey, about 74.5 percent of users said they have received fraudulent(诈骗的) messages.
If all people register their cell phone number with ID information, it will be easier for police to find the people behind those messages.
Situations in other countries
Because cell phone are getting more and more popular, many countries have made stricter cell phone rules.
Countries like India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore all ask users to register their ID information.
Ulrich Mller is a German living in Beijing. “In Germany, you have to show your ID when you buy a cell phone card,” he said. “The rules have been there for a long time. Most people know about it.”
Linda van der Horst is a student at Peking University. She said that in the Netherlands(荷兰)，people have to show ID information and bank account(账户) information to buy a cell phone card.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to use a cell phone. B. How to choose a cell phone.
C. New cell phone services. D. New cell phone rules in China.
2.Which of the following can you use to buy a new cell phone number?
A. Student ID card. B. Bank account.
C. Driving license. D. ID card.
3.If you register your cell phone number with ID information, .
A. you will receive more junk messages
B. the cell phone service company may stop your service
C. the police will find the people behind messages
D. you can buy a new cell phone
4.People received an average of junk messages in a week in the first half of this year.
A. 31.3 B. 12 C. 43.3 D. 55
5.To buy a cell phone card, which country asks people to show their bank account information?
A. India B. Japan C. Australia D. Netherlands
I went home one Saturday afternoon in the autumn of 1993 to get some work done in the garden. While sweeping leaves on the ground, my five-year-old son Nick came over and asked me to write something on a piece of paper to make a sign for him.
“What for?” I asked.
“I’m going to sell some of my stones, " he answered.
Nick was fascinated with stones and had collected many stones from all over. “I’m busy to
do that for you. Go and ask your mum for help." I said.
A short time later, Nick returned with a sign, reading. " Stones. One Dollar Each”. He took the sign, a small chair and 4 of his best stones and walked to the road in front of our garden. There he put the stones in a line and sat down on the chair.
After half an hour, nobody passed by. I walked to him and asked him to go back, but he didn't.
Another half hour later, a small car came down the road. I watched as Nick stood up, holding his sign up. A woman rolled down a window and read the sign. I couldn't hear their talk, but I saw the woman turn to the driver and the man reach for his pocket.
I sat in the yard, as Nick ran to me. Waving the dollar, he shouted. "I told you I could sell one stone for a dollar — if you believe in yourself, you can do anything."
1.Why didn't the writer help his son?
A. Because his wife is better at making a sign.
B. Because he didn't know what to write.
C. Because he was busy sweeping leaves.
D. Because he didn’t want his son to sell the stones.
2.The underlined words "was fascinated with" mean “______”.
A. was far from B. was afraid of
C. was famous for D. was interested in
3.Nick was a boy ______.
A. who was kind B. who had a strong mind
C who was honest D. who had many hobbies
4.Which is the best title(题目) of the story?
A. My son's first sale. B. Let's collect stones.
C. How to sell a stone. D. A hobby that can make you rich.
5.From the passage we know _____.
A. the story happened in spring
B. the car was driven by a woman
C. Nick spent half an hour selling one stone
D. the writer might be moved(感动)by his son
One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small 31 in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make 32 body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy 33 to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be 34 .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole 35 .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it 36 a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin 37 .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with 38 but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of 39 out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be 40 to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
41 struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be __42__ we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even 43 growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid 44 or problems. So, next time you are 45 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!
1.A. hole B. worm C. tall D. snake
2.A. it B. it’s C. itself D. its
3.A. decided B. asked C. showed D. ordered
4.A. afraid B. interested C. surprised D. grateful
5.A. slimmer B. bigger C. shorter D. smaller
6.A. touched B. sounded C. looked D. smelt
7.A. wings B. feet C. eyes D. head
8.A. success B. excitement C. kindness D. humour
9.A. get B. getting C. to get D. got
10.A. ready B. quiet C. glad D. used
11.A. Somewhere B. Something C. Some time D. Sometimes
12.A. as helpful as B. as weak as C. as strong as D. as creative as
13.A. repeats B. recommends C. requires D. represents
14.A. happiness B. difficulties C. pleasure D. hope
15.A. served with B. growing into C. bringing in D. faced with
Though the doctor advised Alice strongly that she should take a good rest, ______didn’t help.
A. she B. it C. which D. he
