短文填空。(每空2分,共16分)根据下面短文内容,在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词,使短文完整、通顺。
Peter was the best table tennis player in his school and hardly ever lost a match. He hated losing anything. When he 1. ,he would feel really good. If he lost, he would feel terrible. It seemed to Peter that losing was the 2. thing in the world .
A new kid, Albert, came to Peter’s school .He was good at table tennis, too. Soon there would be a match 3. Peter and Albert. Peter worked hard to get ready for the match, but Albert didn’t seem to think 4. of it. When the match began, Albert was a real player. There was always a 5. on his face, while Peter looked serious all the time. Peter thought it was so important to win the match that he even wanted to cheat(舞弊) , but he lost in the end.
“ You played very well, Peter. I think we can play again sometime, ”said Albert.
But Peter didn’t 6. happy and couldn’t fall asleep that night .
One day, Peter saw Albert playing basketball. 7. he lost again and again, the happy smile never left his face. Peter found Albert was great at table tennis but bad at basketball. However, he enjoyed 8. of them.
Whether he won or lost the game, Albert enjoyed it. Peter came to realize that enjoying a game was much more important than winning or losing it. He felt happier than ever before.
阅读下面对话,从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。
A: Hello, this is Lucy speaking. Is that Li Wei?
B: Hi ,Lucy ! 1. We are expecting your coming.
A: Thank you! My plane leaves Beijing this afternoon.
B: 2.
A: It’s CA1409.
B: OK, CA1409. 3.
A: At 3:30 in the afternoon .
B: Leaves at 3:30, and arrives…..
A: It arrives at 6:10, and I’ll have to wait some time for my luggage( 行李 ) .
B: All right . 4.
A: Thanks a lot. 5.
B: I’ve ordered a room for you in the center of the city near my home.
A: Wonderful! See you then!
B: See you!
根据所给提示,完成句子。每空一词,含缩略词。
1.The student of Class Three have cleaned their classroom.( 改为否定句)
The student of Class Three _______________ _______________ their classroom .
2.She often has dinner at half past six in the evening .(对画线部分提问)
_______________ _______________ does she often have dinner in the evening ?
3.I feel like going for a walk this afternoon .(改为同义句)
I _______________ _______________ go for a walk this afternoon.
4.我认为这主意不错,但她不同意。(完成译句)
I thought it was a good idea, but she didn’t _______________ _______________ me.
阅读下文并回答问题。
One day, a rich father took his young son on a trip to the countryside. He wanted to show him how poor the villagers were and wished him to cherish what he had. They spent two days in a poor family in the village.
On their return from the trip ,the father asked his son, “How was the trip?”
“ It was great, Dad.”
“Did you see how poor people could be?” the father asked.
“Oh, yeah!” said the son .
“So what did you learn from the trip?” asked the father.
After thinking for a while, the son answered, “I saw that we have a dog ,while they have four. We have a pool in the garden. And they have a small river without an end. At night, We have small lights in the garden, but they have the stars in the sky. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around to keep us safe but they have friends.”
You could imagine the look on the father’s face!
Then the son went on, "Thanks, Dad. Now I know how poor we are!”
1.Did the rich father take his young son to the countryside?
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2.How long did they spend in the poor family in the village?
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3.Where was the pool of the rich family?
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Kindergartens( 幼儿园 ) may teach you very important things you need to know. Dancy, a 5-year-old boy, saved his father’s life with the skills he learned.
The boy’s father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping. He couldn’t speak and could hardly move, but he tried hard to stop the car safely. At that point, Dancy used his father’s phone to call his mother for help. The 5-year-old boy tried his best to give her useful information and he was able to tell where they were. Just as he had learned in the kindergarten, Dancy read the letters he saw on a nearby store sign: “F,U,R,N,I,T,U,R,E.” But that wasn’t enough for his mother to find them. Then he added that they were near a bridge. Finally, his mother understood he was talking about a store called Furniture 22 on New Jersey’s Route22.The mother called 911 and the father was saved in time.
“He just thought his dad needed help,” Dancy’s mother told the reporter. She also pointed out that her husband was a hero, too. “ It is surprising for him to get off the highway ( 高速路 ) and get himself and his child to safety even when he was so sick,” she said.
Shine, head of the kindergarten, felt proud of his pupil. “ Dancy’s spelling skills helped him seize the moment,” he said. “And that’s the real value (价值 ) of education.”
1.When the father became seriously ill, he and his son were ________.
A.on the highway B.at home
C.in a shopping center D.in a hospital
2.Dancy called ________for help when his father couldn’t speak.
A.his mother B.911 C.Shine D.the reporter
3.The Chinese meaning of the word “seize” in this passage is probably“________”.
A.成功 B.抓住 C.救援 D.失去
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Dancy drove his father home.
B.The reporter was really a hero.
C.Shine sent Dancy’s father to hospital
D.Dancy saved his father with his spelling skills.
Sometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike.
More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi( 马拉维 ).Bikes are the most popular in this African country.
Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “ bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among tourists from all over the world.
If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on . You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.
Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town.
28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job.“I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says.
1.In Malawi ________ are the most popular way for people to get somewhere.
A.cars B.bikes C.trains D.buses
2.The passage tells us that Alice enjoys the bike taxi because it’s________.
A.on the side of the road B.popular and heavy
C.all over the country D.cheap and easy
3.From the passage we can learn Panjira Khombe thinks that________.
A.going shopping is easy B.making boats is difficult
C.riding a bike taxi is cheap D.carrying heavy people is interesting
4.The best title of the passage may be “________ ” .
A.Bike Riders B.A Special Country C.Bike Taxis D.A Cheap Journey