选择括号内恰当的单词或词组填入空白处，使句意完整、正确。（5分）
1.Are you going to （join / take part in）the school rowing club?
2.I think the computer is （used / useful）.
3.I spent two hours （sweep / sweeping）the house yesterday.
4.The house is so expensive that I can’t （share / afford）it.
5.Even scientists aren’t sure （if / whether）or not there are UFOs.
阅读下面短文，选择方框里A—E五个句子，分别填入文中空缺处，使补全后的短文意思通顺，结构完整。（5分）
One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his student. He held up a glass of water and asked the class, “1.”
The students’ answers ranged from 20g to 500g.
“2. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute. It is OK. If I hold it for an hour, 3. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance（救护车）. It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”
“If we carry our burdens（负担）all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier.”
“What you have to do is to put the glass down, 4.”
We have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be able to carry on.
So before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down.5.You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you’re having on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
A．I will have an ache in my right arm.
B．How heavy do you think this glass of water is?
C．rest for a while before holding it up again.
D．It does not matter on the weight itself.
E．Don’t carry it back home.
补全对话：从方框中选择合适的句子补全对话。其中有一项多余。（10分）
A：What’s the trouble with you, Alan?
B：1. I have a cold.
A：I’m sorry to hear that. 2.
B：But I’m busy and I must finish my homework.
A：3. Then you can give your homework to him later.
B：Maybe you’re right.
A：Work is important. 4. You’d better go to see a doctor now.
B：OK, I’ll ask for leave right away. 5. A：That’s all right.
A．Why not tell your teacher about it?
B．You should go to see a doctor.
C．Thank you very much.
D．I don’t feel well.
E．But you can do your job better when you are in good health.
F．I’m quite well.
Boris was a teacher. He taught science at a high school. For he needed some books for his lessons, he went to a bookshop to buy some. After he put them in his car in a quiet street, he went to buy some other things at other shops. When he came back to his car, one window was open and the books were gone. Boris drove home sadly.
That night he called a newspaper. The next day people read an advertisement in the newspaper:
Books: Have you got any old books? I buy old and modern books. Open all day on Saturdays. Boris 82 West Road.
And then he went to the police station with the Wednesday newspaper at once.
The first weekend, when Boris was staying at home, his first visitor came at 8:30 in the morning. Boris took him to the kitchen. At about ten o’clock another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
As soon as he saw Boris, he asked, “Are you Boris?”
“Yes, I am,” Boris said. “What can I do for you?”
“Look! I have got some good books here. You buy books, don’t you?”
“Yes. Bring them in. Let me have a look at them.”
Soon the books were taken in and showed on the dinning-table. “Sir, come out now,” Boris called. “And take the list with you.”
A policeman appeared in the dinning-room. He read the names on the books, and then read the names on the list in his hand. He found that they were the same.
“Come with me, sir,” the policeman said to the man.
1.Boris bought some books. They are books.
A．science B．old C．cheap
2.Boris probably bought the books on .
A．Tuesday B．Friday C．Saturday
3.Boris’ was open on Saturdays.
A．shop B．school C．house
4.Boris looked at the books on the dinning-table and might think, “They’re all .”
A．mine B．his C．theirs
5.The second visitor was taken away by at last.
A．Boris B．the first visitor C．a policewoman
Why do plants grow in some places and not in others? Why does some land have so much growing on it, while other land has almost no plants growing on it at all?
To grow, plants need several things. One is warmth. In very cold places almost nothing grows. Plants also need water. In very dry parts of the earth only a few unusual plants can grow. That’s why dry deserts everywhere are almost not covered by trees or grass.
Plants must also have a place in which to put down their roots and grow. They find it difficult to grow on hard land. The town is built on hard land. The plants here have only the soil found between the cracks of the stones to grow in.
Another thing plants must have before they can grow is food.
What will happen if we try to make things grow on the sandy beach? A few plants, such as beach grass, will grow in sand, but most plants won’t. Even if the weather is warm enough and we water the plants each day, many of them will die because the sand on this beach has almost no food for plants.
1.What things don’t most plants need to grow well according to the passage?
A．Warmth. B．Food. C．Sandy beach
2.What does the underlined word “cracks” mean in the passage?
A．表面 B．缝隙 C．夹层
3.From the passage, we know that it is for plants to grow in dry places.
A．difficult B．impossible C．important
4.The reason why most plants can’t grow on the sandy beach is that .
A．there isn’t enough sunlight
B．there is too much water
C．it has little food for plants
5.The passage can most probably be found in a book.
A．science B．history C．travel
This year, Chongqing primary schools decide to start morning classes an hour later. This will help students feel less tired. And most primary schools will begin the first class at about 9 o’clock in the morning. The students are happy about the change.
Liu Ming told us that his classmates were excited by the news on the first day of the school. “Great! From now on we students at Hope Primary School don’t have to get up so early!” Liu said that he used to get up at 6:40 a.m. Now he can get up at 7:50 a.m. because class doesn’t start until 8:50 a.m. Wu Hong feels the same. She said the new timetable was good for her health. “I used to get up at 6:30 a.m. I had to drink coffee every night, or I would feel too sleepy to finish my homework,” said Wu Hong, “Now I can finish it without coffee, because I can sleep a little longer.”
Many teachers say the change will help students learn better. “Students used to doze（瞌睡）for the first two classes in the morning,” said Huang Shan, an English teacher at No.1 Primary School. “But now they are active and learn much better than before.”
But some parents are worried that more sleep will mean less learning. There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four.
In fact, every coin has two sides. So does the change in the school timetable.
1.This year, most Chongqing primary schools start the first class at about .
A．6:40 a.m. B．7:50 a.m. C．8:50 a.m.
2.Hearing the news, the students at Hope Primary School felt .
A．worried B．sad C．excited
3.How many classes are there in the morning in Chongqing primary schools now?
A．Three. B．Four. C．Five.
4. used to drink coffee at night in order to finish homework.
A．Wu Hong B．Liu Ming C．Huang Shan
5.Which is RIGHT according to the passage?
A．Many teachers are worried that more sleep will mean less learning.
B．The students will have to get up one hour earlier than before.
C．The students in No.1 Primary School used to doze for the first two classes in the morning.
