Mario used to _____________ in the morning.
A. practice swimming B. practicing swimming
C. practice swim D. practices swimming
某英文报社就家务劳动（Housework）这一话题征文，请你投稿。
每个家庭都有很多家务，人人都应该学做一些。谈谈你经常帮父母做哪些家务，有什么体会，并打算在寒假为家里做什么。
根据以上提示，写一篇意思连贯，符合逻辑，不少于80字的短文。文章中请不要出现你的真实姓名。
参考词汇：every family , lots of housework , learn to do , help , parents ,
be\ feel proud of
单词拼写（每小题1分，满分五分）
根据首字母及汉语提示完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。
1.Can you speak more ________（慢地）? I can’t follow you.
2.Have you got any English books on those s________（架子）？
3.The article is ________(写) in English.
4.My brother sleeps with the window open u________(除非) it’s really cold.
5.My mother always e__________(鼓励) me to face the difficulties bravely.
Last year when Tom graduated from school, he came to Taibei. He didn't like to work on his father's farm and hoped to find a job in a big city. He went from one company to another but no one wanted him. With little money left, he got to the station, sad and tired. All he wanted to do was go back to his small town. It was very late at night and the station was full of people. They were waiting to buy tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.
At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him and asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket because he thought they needed it more than he did. After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn't know where to go. Suddenly, an old man came and said, "Young man, I have seen what you did to the woman. I am the owner of a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?
1.Tom came to the station to _______.
A. find a job B. take the train home
C. sell the ticket D. take the train to Taibei
2.The woman walked to Tom because _______.
A. she was Tom's old friend
B. her child wanted to talk to Tom
C. she needed to take the train
D. she had no money to buy a ticket
3.Tom didn't take the train because _______.
A. he didn't take a train ticket
B. he missed the train
C. he wanted to talk to the old man
D. he gave his ticket to the woman
4.The old man wanted to _______.
A. lend Tom some money B. give Tom a job
C. say "Thank you " to Tom D. sit on the bench with Tom
5.What can we learn from this story?
A. Many people find job in a train station.
B. Don't buy the last ticket of the train.
C. If we try our best to help others, others will help us.
D. We should not give our ticket to others in a train station.
Have you ever been ill? When you are ill，you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot，and there are pains all over your body. You don't want to work，you stay in bed，feeling very sad.
What makes us ill? It is germs(细菌). Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can't find them with your eyes，but you can see them with a microscope. They are very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing.
Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope，we shall see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.
Germs aren't found only in water. They are found in air and dust. If you cut your finger，if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut(割开处)，some of the germs would go into your finger. Your finger would become big and red，and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body，and you would have pain everywhere.
1.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. If things are very small，they are germs.
B. If things can't be seen，they must be germs.
C. Germs are only in dirty water.
D. Germs are everywhere around us.
2.What is a microscope used for?
A. Making very small things look much bigger.
B. Making very big things look much smaller.
C. Helping you read some newspapers.
D. Helping you if you can't see things clearly.
3.Why don't your parents let you drink dirty water?
A. You haven't looked at it carefully. B. Water can't be drunk in this way.
C. There must be lots of germs in it. D. Water will make you ill.
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Germs can be found both in water and in the air.
B. Germs can go into your finger if it is cut.
C. If your temperature is not OK，there must be germs in your body.
D. If your finger isn't cut，there aren't any germs on it.
5.What's the main idea of the passage?
A. Germs may make us ill. B. Germs are in dirty water.
C. Don't drink dirty water. D. Take care of your fingers.
Tom walked into a shop . It had a sign outside : "Second-hand (旧的) clothes bought and sold . "He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, "How much will you give me for these?" The man looked at them and then said: "Two dollars."
"What !" said Tom. "I had guessed they were worth at least five dollars."
"No," said the man, "they aren't worth a cent more than two dollars."
"Well," said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket. "Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price (标价)of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth."
Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say .
1.At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom __________.
A. wanted to steal the trousers B. wanted to sell the trousers
C. wanted to fool him D. wanted to buy the trousers
2.The owner of the shop_______ for the old trousers.
A. would give Tom two dollars
B. would pay three dollars
C. would pay five dollars
D. would give Tom six dollars and a half
3.The shop owner insisted（坚持） that the trousers were worth only two dollars because ____.
A. he wanted to sell them cheaply
B. he wanted to buy them cheaply
C. he didn't like the trousers
D. they were old and dirty
4.In fact, the trousers _________.
A. were hanging inside the shop
B. were stolen by Tom from the shop
C. had been the shop owner's
D. had been Tom's
5.From the story we know that _________ cheaper than the list price.
A. the owner sold the trousers two dollars
B. Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half
C. the owner bought the trousers three dollars
D. Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half
