Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格
内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and to learn. For more than 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans’ e 1. . But how are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.
Benjamin Franklin famously founded America’s first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its b 2. development in the American history in the late 1800’s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated(捐赠) millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations helped build 1,679 new libraries.
Carnegie believed in the chances that libraries could o 3. Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have access（接触的机会） to books, lectures, news and more.
Chances are that there is a public library in or near your c 4. . You can easily find one close to your home. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Seven out of ten libraries have free Internet. This opens many doors for people who cannot go online at home, i 5. the opportunity to apply for jobs online.
Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program Read! Buil
d! Play! adds reading into playtime. As kids listen to a book being read aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images from the story h 6. . Today’s libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.
Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom are never s 7. .” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!
Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)
When I was sixteen, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learned French at school. And I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand French. I believed that I wouldn’t have any problems when I went to America. So I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday there.
How I was! The misunderstanding (误解) began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to call my friend Danny who had been in America for two years and told her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking confused and asked if he could me.
“Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice,” he said. “Are you getting married ? But aren’t you a bit too ?”
“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me the phone box is?”
“Oh! I see. ” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”
When Danny and I met up, she explained the misunderstanding to me.
“Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from the British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say . Most of the time British and American people understand each other!
1.A. moneyB. timeC. sleepD. language
2.A. excitedB. wrongC. poorD. successful
3.A. know B. helpC. selectD. teach
4.A. strictB. luckyC. youngD. ordinary
5.A. how muchB. whoseC. whereD. how heavy
6.A. at presentB. at onceC. at the same timeD. at last
This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. As I searched the name, I found that there were two famous people having the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts（花生）, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; let the coin decide. I flipped(掷) a coin and Ah! Tails (背面)! My report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.
Weeks later, I stood in front of the classroom and proudly read my homework. But things started to get strange. I looked around the room, only to find my classmates with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes and my stone-faced teacher. I was completely lost. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”
Oh well, I dropped the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American War of Independence.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that my teacher meant that George Washington?
Of course, my subject result was awful. Sad but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to the headmaster Miss Lancelot, but she said firmly: No re-dos; no new score. I felt that it was not fair, and I believed I deserved a second chance. So I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, I sat in the headmaster’s office again, but this time a completely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the terrible moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster told me I was good enough to skip(跳过) the 6th grade and started the 7th grade next term.
1.The task I received was to find information about ________.
A. uses for peanutsB. American War of Independence
C. George WashingtonD. my headmaster Miss Lancelot
2.________ helped me decide what my report would be about.
A. The InternetB. My classmatesC. My grandpaD. A coin
3.People in the class acted strangely because ________.
A. I was too proud of my homework
B. I mistook what the homework was about
C. the whole world suddenly became quiet
D. the teacher’s face turned to a stone
4.I ________ after I failed the subject.
A. worked harder to prove my ability
B. started to study from the 7th grade
C. was so frightened at the awful result
D. was given a second chance to redo the work
5.We can infer(推断) from the passage that ________.
A. the headmaster didn’t like the writer at all
B. the writer’s classmates felt sad at his mistake
C. the writer knew little about American history
D. the writer’s grandpa was a very wise man
6.Which of the following proverbs can best describe the main idea of this story?
A. Seeing is believing.
B. Where there is a will, there is a way.
C. One is never too old to learn.
D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Complete the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，完成下列句子。每空格限填一词): (共14分)
1.Fred flew to Tokyo on business last week. (改为否定句)
Fred ________ ________ to Tokyo on business last week.
2.We can open the door to the safe with the key Tim gave us. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ we open the door to the safe?
3.Terry doesn’t have supper at home. Simon doesn’t have supper at home, either. (保持句意基本不变)
________ Terry ________ Simon has supper at home.
4.Alice felt very confident to give a speech on the opening ceremony. （改成感叹句）
________ ________ Alice felt to give a speech on the opening ceremony!
5.They took some students to the new school building just now. (改成被动语态)
Some students________ ________ to the new school building just now.
6.In the end, the team succeeded in finding a good place to camp. (保持句意基本不变)
In the end, the team ________ ________ find a good place to camp.
7.to, you, return, the library, could, the magazine (连词成句)
________________________________________________________?
Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子): (共8分)
1.Jeff received quite a few ________ as presents on his birthday. (toy)
2.you won’t believe it’s the ________ job he has ever done. (six)
3.Jenny’s parents know that their daughter can solve the problem by________. (she)
4.The writer wrote this book according to his ________ experiences. (truth)
5.It’s ________ that the Malaysian airplane MH370 suddenly disappeared at midnight. (surprise)
6.It doesn’t sound like a wise________. You had better think it over. (choose)
7.Sally was so careful that she spelt all the words ________ in the test. (correct)
8.The broadcast of the Oscar Academy Award can always ________ many people. (attraction)
Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每个单词或词组只能填一次）:（共8分）
Dear Ronny,
Years ago you came to me for help. You said, “Grandpa, how is it that you’ve 1. so much in your life? You’re still full of energy, and I’m already tired of trying hard. What should I do?” Here is what I believe.
I think a lot of it has to do with how a person looks at things. I call it ‘keeping your eyes wide 2. ’.
First, realize that life is filled with 3. , but many are good ones. If you don’t keep watching for them, you’
ll miss 4. of the excitement. Welcome challenges(挑战). They’ll make you wiser, stronger, and more powerful than you were the day before. When you make a mistake, be thankful for the things they teach you.
It’s also important to decide 5. what you want. Then keep your mind focused on it, and be prepared to receive it.
But be ready to end up in some new places too. As you grow up, you’ll be given
bigger shoes to fill. So be ready for endings 6. challenging beginnings. Sometimes we have to be brave enough to move from the 7. to the unfamiliar.
Remember that your decisions will create your successes and failures(失败). So consider all the roads ahead, and decide which ones to follow. Then believe in yourself, get up, and get going.
Most important of all, never give up yourself. The person that ends up as a winner is the one who has the strong will to win. Give life everything you’ve got, and life will give its 8. back to you.
Love always,
Grandpa
