阅读短文，用所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词（10分）
I am John．I am l7 years old，and I live in England．My father works in a horse-riding school．I have been riding since I1.________ （be）six．I go horse-riding every Saturday．Now, I can ride quite well．I often2.________ （spend）all Saturdays at the riding school．I help to get the horses ready．I also help the new students．
Look，there are some people3._____ （train）horse-riding．The girl named Xinyi4._____ （walk）the horse around（遛马）and getting ready to get onto the horse．She is from China．She looks beautiful．She5._____ （study）here three times．Last time，I helped her move up and down at the same time as the horse．While we were learning how to jump the horse，suddenly she fell off the horse and6._____（hurt）her knees badly．I felt sorry that I7._____（not help）her at that time．I thought she wouldn’t come this Saturday．To my surprise，she came again! What a brave girl! Last month，she8.____（invite）to come to England for a fashion show．She said she was glad to have the chance to come here and she enjoyed herself．
Oh，Xinyi is riding towards me．
“Hi，Xinyi! You’re great! I have never seen such a brave girl like you．”
‘Thanks．John! I am leaving for Beijing tomorrow．Thanks for helping me these days．I will never forget the exciting experience．I9.________（share）it with my friends．”
“I hope10._____ （meet）you soon．”
根据首字母完成单词（10分）
1.What about reading a________ to practice pronunciation?.
2.However ,he finds watching movies f___________ because the people speak too quickly.
3.I’m sorry I can’t p_________ some of the words.
4.He always makes m___________ in his spelling.
5.We get e_________ about something and then end up speaking in Chinese.
6.I started to write my own o__________ sentences using the grammar I was learning.
7.The best way to i__________ your English is to join an English club.
8.Later on, I r_________ that it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand every word.
9.She said that m____________ the words of pop songs also helped a lot.
10.She a_________ that having conversations with friends was not helpful at all..
Yesterday and Today
Life in the twenty-first century will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
1.In the next century people don’t’ have to ______________.
A. work long hours B. work fast C. walk on foot D. eat meat
2.People may not eat _____________as much as they do today.
A. fruit B. fish C. meat D. rice
3.One big problem in the future is that __________.
A.many people don’t have to work
B.many people will not be able to find work
C.people won’t have enough food to eat
D.all the work will be done by robots
4.Every family will have at least one ________ in the next century.
A. robot B. cow C. TV set D. computer
5.In the future _________________.
A. traveling will be more expensive
B. computers will be less important
C. people will be too busy to do sports.
D. computers will be much smaller.
My name is Sam . I joined a club called “ passing help ” last month . Now let me tell you why I joined it.
One evening this May, on my way home my old car was broken . It was 25 miles from my home . I wanted to get a ride, but there was no car . It was also hard to take a taxi . I decided to take a bus home .I went to a bus stop nearby .
After a while , a bus came , but it did not go to my town .The bus driver was a young woman . She was kind and she told me which bus I should take . I waited there for about thirty minutes , but no bus came . At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car .She was just the bus driver.
“When I reached the bus station , I got to know that the bus to your town couldn't come ,so I returned here.I just can't leave you here ,” she said , “ Get in my car and I will take you back to your home .”
“ It is a long way .”I said.
“ Come on ,sir, ”she said ,“ Let’s go.”
On the way she told me a story . A few days ago, there wasn't gas(汽油）in her car . An old man drove her up to a gas station and then back to her car.
When we got to my home , I wanted to give her some money to thank her , but she didn't accept it . “ I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along. ” She said.
1.What happened to Sam one evening this May?
A. He lost his way. B. His car broken down.
C. He was hurt in an accident. D. He couldn't reach the gas station.
2. Sam didnt think of going home__________ that evening.
A. by train B. by bus
C. by car. D. by taxi.
3. From the passage , we know that the young woman was _________.
A.a club boss. B. a taxi driver
C. a bus driver. D.a gas station worker.
4.The young woman wanted Sam to _________.
A.give her some money. B. get on her bus.
C. take her to her house. D. help others just as she did.
5. The best title (题目）of the passage is ________ .
A. A kind old man. B. Getting a ride.
C. Passing help. D. A broken car.
"We're going to move," Jimmy said to Mr. James，her teacher, with tears(眼泪) in her eyes. "Dad lost his job and now we don't have enough money to live in our house." Pam was walking by and just heard Jimmy's talk with Mr.James.
In the lunchroom Pam met Carol and said, "I've got something to tell you about Jimmy." As she started to tell Carol about Jimmy's dad, several other classmates stopped to listen. Pam felt bad telling what she had heard but she went on anyway.
After school, Pam saw some of her classmates talking to Jimmy. "Where does your dad work?" one of the boys asked. Jimmy's face turned red. She left without answering. Pam felt terrible, because she didn't mean to hurt Jimmy. And she hadn't thought that some of the classmates would make jokes and laugh at Jimmy about her father's losing the job. Pam didn't know what she could do to help Jimmy.
1.The story wants to tell us ____.
A.It's difficult to move away
B. girls don't like to talk to boys
C.student's report to the teacher
D.secrets are hard to keep
2.Jimmy’s family had to move because ____.
A.her father lost his job
B.they had a better place to live in
C.her classmates were not kind enough
D.her father changed his job
3.Jimmy's face turning red show that she didn't ____.
A.feel well enough B.know the answer
C.want to talk about her father D.want to leave others
4.Pam felt very sorry ____.
A.and wanted to do something for Jimmy
B.but went to laugh at Jimmy
C.so she stopped to listen to others
D.and left without answering
5.The whole story happened ____.
A.in class B.during and after school C. at Mr.James's office D.in the lunchroom
Many overseas Chinese make their kids learn the Chinese language because they don’t want them to lose their mother language.
In the city of Portland in the USA, there is a weekend Chinese school in a church. In the school, there are Chinese kids and American kids. They study Chinese on Saturdays and Sundays. Teachers at the school are usually some overseas Chinese women. Miss Tian is one of them. She is from Beijing. She teaches her students many Chinese characters, sentences and Chinese songs.
Most of these kids speak English better than Chinese, because they spend most of their time at the local school, and their classmates are American.Their teachers teach them in English.
When the overseas Chinese children get home after school, their parents often speak Chinese to them. Only at that time do they think they are at home.
1.Why do many overseas Chinese make their kids learn the Chinese language?
A.Because they want them to speak Chinese.
B.Because they don’t want them to lose their mother language.
C.Because they live in China.
D.Because they can’t speak English.
2.Where do the kids learn Chinese?
A.In their school.
B.At home.
C.In a park
D. In a weekend Chinese school in a church.
3..Who teaches them?
A.Some overseas Chinese women.
B. Their classmates.
C.Their parents.
D.Their friends.
4.Which one is true?
A.Most kids speak Chinese better than English.
B.Most kids speak English better than Chinese.
C.Most kids speak Chinese as well as English.
D.Most kids can’t speak Chinese at all.
5.What is the best title of this passage?
A.How to learn Chinese?
B.How to learn English?
C.Never forget your mother language
D.Learning Chinese is important
