动词填空
阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。
Afel was only a small boy when he first saw snow in a picture book. In the pictures he saw a lot of children 1.______ (play) in the snow.
Afel didn’t understand what snow was. But he dreamed about snow all the time. He dreamed of being able 2.______ (fly) across the snow.
One day when he was twelve, Afel3. ______ (watch) TV at his uncle’s house. The program was full of snow. Not only snow – there were people flying across the snow.
“Look! They 4. ______ (fly)!” he shouted excitedly.
The snow, and the people… It was just like one of his dreams.
“They’re skiing. It needs snow,” said his uncle, “it’s the Winter Olympics. It 5. ______ (hold) every four years.”
Afel 6._________ （find）out that the next Winter Olympics would be in Sochi, Russia in 2014.
“Perfect,” he thought. “Enough time for me to become a good skier. I 7.______ (go) to the Winter Olympics, and win the gold medal for skiing.”
“But there’s no snow here!” people told him. “Where are you going to ski?”
Afel made himself a pair of skis and skied across the sand. At first he couldn’t move, but he practiced and practiced until he could move quite quickly.
“How will you go to the Winter Olympics?” people asked him. “Our country 8.______ (not, have) a team at all. Why 9.______ (not, do) athletics (田径) instead? We have lots of good runners. And we 10.______ (win) lots of medals at the Olympics.”
Now Afel is practicing skiing down sand dunes (沙丘). He dreams that the yellow sand and brown earth of the desert (沙漠) is the white snow.
For most people, the word "fashion (时尚)" means "clothes". But people may ask the question, "What clothes are in fashion?" And they use the word "fashionable" in the same way:
"She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable color. "
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs ... and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
1.Most people think that "fashion" means __________.
A．subjects B．holidays C．books D．clothes
2.By we can see that fashions change as time goes.
A．finding a job
B．looking at pictures
C．eating in a restaurant
D．wearing a fashionable coat
3.In the 5th paragraph the writer mentions kinds of ways to send information.
A．three B．four C．five D．six
4."There is money in fashion" means
A．people like fashion and money
B．fashionable things are expensive
C．one can make money through fashion
D．a fashionable man makes much money
5.The passage is mainly about .
A．the changes of fashions
B．the kinds of colors
C．the money in fashion
D．the differences between houses
US teenagers may be facing a challenge (挑战) today. A recent survey suggests (表明) that they are less honest than previous generations (上一代人).
The survey was done among 29,760 students at 100 US high schools. The results suggest that in the past year, 30 percent of US high school students have stolen from a store. And 64 percent may have cheated on a test.
However, 93 percent of the students said they were satisfied (满意) with their honesty. And 77 percent said,“when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than most people I know.”
Some teachers were unhappy about the survey results. Some, however, defended (为……辩护) today’s students.
“The competition is greater and the pressures (压力) on kids have increased greatly,”said Mel Riddle, who was a high school teacher and headmaster for 40 years.“It is the pressures that make it easy for students to be dishonest.”
“I think these students are better than other generations,”he said.“I find them more active, better to work with and more thankful for support.”“ We have to create situations where it’s easy for kids to do the right things, ”he added.“We need to create classrooms where learning is more important than having the right answer.”
1.According to the survey, what challenge do US teenagers face today?
A．They have trouble getting pocket money
B．They don’t get along well with teachers
C．They are not so honest as older generations
D．They have too many tests to take each week
2.We can learn from the survey that children in the US nowadays .
A．behave worse
B．work harder
C．are less healthy
D．are busier at school
3.According to the survey results, _ percent of the students are satisfied with their honesty.
A．30 B．64 C．77 D．93
4.What’s Mel Riddle’s opinion about the idea that students are dishonest?
A．He gets really angry about it
B．He thinks parents must do something to stop it
C．He thinks the students should change their behavior
D．He thinks there are some reasons for being dishonest
5.What advice does Mel Riddle give on improving the honesty of students?
A．Do not let students do anything
B．Make it easier for them to learn
C．Ask students to find right answers
D．Give students more free time to have fun
When my grandmother was 89 years old ,she was having problems with her heart. My family went with her to the doctor, who told her that she needed an operation. However, the doctor said that because of my grandmother’s age, the operation could be dangerous. He went on to say that my grandmother would have a 40% chance of having a heart attack（心脏病） and a 30% chance of dying during the operation.
My grandmother, shocked ,quickly stopped the doctor and said,“Doctor, as long as you’re talking about statistics（数据），I have a statistic for you: there is a 100% chance of you not operating one me !”With these words, my grandmother got up and left the doctor’s office.
My grandmother might have been stubborn, but she was not a fool. So the next day she went to another doctor, and he also told her she needed an operation.
My grandmother asked the doctor. “If I were your mother, what would you suggest?” The doctor walked up to her, smiled, put his arm around her and said, “Mom, let’s do this operation!” She had the operation and came out fine.
My grandmother passed away（去世）a few weeks before her 97th birthday. However, because of her positive attitude（积极的态度）,she gave us ,her family and friends almost eight years of life to enjoy sharing with her.
1.The grandmother didn’t choose the first doctor because .
A. he was afraid to do the operation.
B. he talked too much about the risks
C. he had never done such an operation
2.The second doctor’s words might have made the grandmother .
A. nervous B. unhappy C. relaxed
3.We can tell from the story that the grandmother .
A. wanted to be the second doctor’s mother
B. celebrated her 97th birthday with her family
C. lived through the operation by the second doctor.
4.The underlined word“stubborn” probably means in Chinese.
A. 执拗的 B. 严谨的 C. 无知的
5.What can we learn from the story?
A. It is better to depend on statistics.
B. A positive attitude can change a person’s life.
C. A good doctor only cares for his patients’ health.
Every day in China, about 200 million children go to school. Many of them take school buses.
Last year, a serious school bus accident happened in China, when a nine-seat minibus crashed. There were 62 children inside , and 21 of them died. To stop such accidents, the Center Government decided to strengthen（加强）the rules for school buses.
On April 5, the Government published new rules about school safety. These new rules are much stricter than the old ones.
Under the new rules, local governments must make sure that students attend nearby schools or boarding （寄宿的）schools to reduce traffic risks（风险）. Also, local governments must help kids in the countryside reach their school buses.
From now on ,school buses have a speed limit（限速）of 80km per hour on highways and 60km per hour on normal roads. While on the road, other cars must let school bus go first.
The new rules also say that school buses must never be overloaded（超载）.
There are many other rules as well. A school bus must have than seven seats. On each bus, there must be at lest one adult（成年人）to keep an eye on the kids. Each school bus must have a fire extinguisher（灭火器）,a first aid kit（急救箱）and a GPS.
1.What does the underlined word“attend”mean?
A. join in B. drop out C. go to
2.Under the new rules, which of the following is TRUE?
A. School buses can be overloaded when necessary.
B. School buses can go first when there are other cars.
C. School buses must driver 80km/h or less on normal roads.
3. According to the new rules, a school bus must have the following EXCEPT .
A. more than seven seats.
B. a parent of one of the students.
C. a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit.
4.The government made new rules for school buses because .
A. school buses in China were not safe enough before.
B.62 students died in a school bus accident last year
C. 200 million children in China go to school by bus every day.
5.What’s the best title of this passage?
A. How to Avoid Bus Accidents
B. Safety First on School Buses
C. Bus Speed Limit Is Necessary
Although he is only a _____ boy. He knows a lot.
A．five year old
B．five-year-old
C．five-years-old
D．five-year-olds
