Dear Spring, I’m sorry I spoke so impolitely to you on the phone last nights. As you know, I’m a morning person and I had been asleep for about fifteen minutes when you called. I’m not sure I was completely awake. You are my friend, and I don’t want to hurt your feelings. Please accept my apoploy and let me made it up (补偿)to you by taking you to lunch on Friday. It’s been a while since we had a good talk last time. Yours, Claudia
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Dear Stuart, I know we are planning to watch the football game together this Saturday, but my uncle is coming for a visit this weekend so I will have to cancel(取消)it this time. I do look forward to seeing the homecoming(校友返校节)game with you the following week. Yours, Robin
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Dear Lucia, I’m terrible sorry that I got the book you lent me very dirty. I know you care about your book collection very much. I shouldn’t have been so careless. I will try to replace (代替)it if it is still sold in the bookstore. If there isn’t one, I will pay you for it. Yours, Neil
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1.When Spring called Claudia last night, Claudia was_________.
A.reading B. sleeping
C. having dinner D. making a phone call
2. The underlined word “apology” means_____________.
A.行为 B. 关怀 C. 捐赠 D. 道歉
3.Robin can’t watch the football game with Stuart this Saturday because__
A. his uncle is coming over
B. he is going to play football
C. he has to pay a visit to his uncle
D. he will prepare for the homecoming game
4.Lucia may be interested in _________.
A.Playing sports B. going shopping
C. collecting books D. watching TV
5.What can we learn from the letters?
A.Claudia usually gets up late
B. Neil will try to buy a new book for Lucia
C. Stuart and Robin watched a football game last week
D. Claudia is going to have lunch with Spring this Saturday.
Diwali is perhaps the most well—known of the Hindu (印度人) festivals. It is celebrated by Hindus in India and abroad. It is often called the Festival of Lights. For Hindus, Diwli is very important and it is also very exciting time for them. Normally , this holiday is celebrated in October or November and it falls on a different date each year. This year , it will be celebrated on October23.
Diwali is usually celebrated for 5 days. To prepare for Diwali, Hindus spend several weeks cleaning their homes and preparing special food in order to welcome Laskhmi, the goodness of wealth(财富女神) into their lives. They will open the windows of their homes during this time to make sure that she can enter their home.
One of other traditions of Dawali is to light up oil lamp(灯) in the homes. The oil lamps are used to make the goddess of wealth enter the homes. Hindus believe that she will not enter a home that is not lit up.
During Diwali, the children in India do not have to go to school. They share gifts with one another and prepare special holiday meals to celebrate this event. Fireworks(烟火)are also a big part of the Diwali festival. They are used to scare away bad spirits.(神灵)
1.Diwali _________.
A.is celebrated for a week
B. is celebrated in India only
C. will fall on November 23 this year
D. falls on a different date every year.
2.Hindus usually do the following EXCEPT _______ during Diwali to welcome the goddess of wealth.
A.watching fireworks
B. cleaning their homes
C. preparing special food
D. opening the windows of their homes
3.Hindus believe the goddess of wealth will enter a home with ____ during Diwali.
A.bad spirits B. young children
C. lots of gifts D. oil lamps on
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Lakshmi is a kind of oil lamp.
B. Diwali is a very exciting time for Hindus.
C.Children don’t go to school during Diwali.
D.Fireworks are a popular activity during Diwali.
5.The passage mainly tells about ____________.
A.Hindus New Year B. traditions of Diwali
C.the goddess of wealth D. the history of Diwali
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。
My hobby is reading . I read storybooks, magazines, newspaper and many kinds of material that I find interesting.
I ______ this hobby when I was a little boy. At that time, I always ____my parents to read stories to me. At first, they read stories to me every night. Soon they got __ with reading to me.I learned to ___. I started with some simple ABC books. Soon I could read some simple stories. Now I read _____ that I can get.
Reading is a good way for______ to learn about many things. I learned about how people lived in the past. I learned about the space travel, big ____like whales, and many things other things in the world.
The wonderful thing about reading is that I do not have to learn about things the ____ way. For example, I do not have to go to the ____ to learn about wild tigers. I can read all about them in a book.
Books provide readers ____ a lot of information and facts. They have certainly helped me in my daily life.
1.A. lost B. continued C. ended D. started
2.A. paid B. wanted C. taught D. invited
3.A. relaxed B. bored C. happy D. lazy
4.A. write B. dance C. read D. sing
5.A. nothing B. anything C. nobody D. anybody
6.A. him B. her C. me D. us
7.A. animals B. plants C. birds D. buildings
8.A. easy B. hard C. modern D. traditional
9.A. forest B. sea C. field D. shy
10.A. of B. to C. for D.with
Annie, I didn’t pass the English test again.
________. You should study harder.
A.Of course B. Sounds boring
C. Good luck D. That’s too bad.
All the students in my class ____ those heroes and decided to learn from them.
A. got in the way of B. paid attention to
C. looked up to D. made a difference in
The car Mary bought ____ in France. She likes it very much.
A.produced B. was produced
C. will produce D. will be produced
