—Yesterday I received a letter from John.
—You did? I hear he _______ for America next year.
A. leave B. leaves C. left D. is leaving
—Oh, it’s too difficult for me ____________ the task in such a short time.
—Cheer up! I am sure you can.
A. finish B. to finish C. finished D. finishing
—How did you lose the soccer match?
—We had _______ players. They had eleven while we had only nine!
A. less B. better C. fewer D. more
—Shall we get off the bus here?
—Yes. But we won’t get off _______ it stops.
A. when B. until C. while D. after
假设你是李明，本周班会上， 你将代表老师用英语通知学生参加一次敬老院的公益活动。
要点如下：
星期天早上8：30在校门口集合，乘公共汽车前往；
给老人们赠送班级礼物；
打扫卫生，整理房间；
唱歌、跳舞、讲故事、聊天，给老人们带去快乐；
活动很有意放，希望积极参与；
注意：
次数60 --- 80， 书面表达的开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：
1. chat v. 聊天 2. meaningful adj. 有意义的 3. cheer up 使……高兴
阅读短文,在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式。单词的第一个字母已经给出。
A disappointing performance
Tom was sick with disappointment. The piano performance was almost a success, however, he f 1. in his solo(独奏). He couldn’t understand how it could have happened.
He had practiced for weeks that seemed like m 2. . He had given up sports until after the performance because he wanted to make his parents p 3. of him. He spent all his time with the piano.
His teacher had said he was q 4. to learn. It was true that he accepted music as another l 5. , another way to talk to people.
His grandparents, aunt, and uncle all came to hear him play, and he was anxious to s 6. them that he was the best in the whole class.
But, when he stood up to go to the piano, his knees felt w 7. . He looked into the audience and saw his f 8. smiling back at him.
At this time, he felt n 9. . His fingers began to tremble (颤抖), shaking as though he had caught a bad cold.
He sat down at the piano. He took a deep breath. He played the first part of his music, then realized with fear that he had forgotten the rest. He s 10. over, thinking that would help. It didn’t. his bright musical life seemed to end.
