Eleven-year-old Antonin Careme could not believe that his father ordered a lot of delicious food. It was an unexpected(意料不到的) dinner b____1.____ the Careme family was poor. When he was eating thankfully, his father t___2.____ him in a sad voice that this would be a farewell meal. His father could not support all his children any m____3.____, s______4.___ Antonin would have to leave home to make money h____5._____.
After the meal, Antonin walked a___6.____ the streets and felt sad. He knocked on the door of a restaurant and the o_____7.___ happened to(碰巧) need a waiter. In the restaurant, young Antonin g___8.____ his first lesson in cooking. He was hardworking and his employer(雇主) d____9.__ to teach him all the skills(技能) and secrets of French cooking. When he was fifteen years old, Antonin trained under the famous cook, Baily.
One of Baily’s customers was pleased with Antonin’s style of cooking, he asked him to be his personal c____10.__, working at his home. Antonin later went on to work for a diplomat, a banker and even the king.
根据所给的汉语完成下列句子。（9分）
1.Sarah 常与别人分享她的快乐，从不说任何人的坏话。
Sara often ______________________________others and ________________________________ ..
2.Kitty的铅笔袋和 Simon的一样大小.
Kitty’s pencilcase is ________________________________________________ .
3.骑自行车去公园比坐公共汽车花的时间少。
Riding a bicycle to the park _________________________________ a bus .
4.当我听到这个消息时，我简直不敢相信自己的耳朵。
I ________________________________ when I heard the news.
5.我们最好喝水而不是喝可乐。
We ______________________________________________ Cola.
6.一年前，我女儿总是不断地犯错。
My daughter always ___________________________________ a year ago.
用所给动词的正确形式填空。（10分）
1.Millie, __________(not frighten) the dog, or it will bark at you.
2.Don’t you think it fun ____________ (ski) with friends in winter?
3.They _______ (not be) careful when they did homework.
4. Not only Jim but also Tom ________ (like) playing computer games.
5.There __________ (be) an interesting film tonight, is there?
6.We should spend as much time as we can _________ (practise)reading English
7.The King family ______________ (have) dinner in the living room at this moment.
8.Listen! How nice the music _______ (sound).
根据句意和中英文提示，写出单词的正确形式。 （10分）
1.My best friend’s _________ (微笑) eyes make her look cheerful and friendly.
2.She is going to take part in one of the most important drawing ____________ (竞赛).
3.What a good time they had________(讨论)their future plan.
4.After the travellers drank a bottle of cola, they felt even_________(口渴).
5.His father was angry because he did homework __________ (carefully).
6.The 8-year-old boy hid _____________(he) behind the door when playing hide-and-seek.
7.Those clothes belong to the ____________ (visit).
8.What's the difference between_______（Britain）English and American English?
Many children think mobile phones are cool. Mobile phones have nice colours and you can use it to talk with a friend at anytime and anywhere. In the USA，more than 90 million people use mobile phones. Many of them are children. For children，mobile phones are more than phone calls. They are fashionable.
Most mobile phone users don't know that some health problems have something to do with using mobile phones. Some scientists say that mobile phones give off radiation(辐射) and it may be bad for users. One study shows that mobile phone radiation can make people get some kinds of cancers(癌症). Other scientists say mobile phones have nothing to do with people's health.
Scientists say that people can keep themselves away from mobile phone radiation. One way is to use an earphone(耳机). Or people can make shorter calls.
1. Many children like mobile phones because they think mobile phones are _______.
A. cool B. small C. cheap D. their toys
2.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. All scientists think mobile phones are bad for users.
B. Some scientists think mobile phones are bad for users.
C. Mobile phones are only good to old people.
D. Mobile phones are only bad for children.
3.The underlined phrase “give off” in Paragraph 3 means" ______" in Chinese.
A.发出 B.放弃 C.拒绝 D.传播
4.People can ______to keep themselves away from mobile phone radiation.
A. make longer calls
B. use an earphone
C. use more mobile phones
D. use smaller mobile phone
Americans think much about time. From children they learn to value (珍视) time. As children they are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying, they say he is living on a borrowed time.
Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.
They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time , because they feel they have become servants (仆人)of the clock.
1. What do the Americans mean by “ Time is money”?
A. If someone has time and works hard , he can make a lot of money.
B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.
C. Working hard can bring people health.
D.It is not easy to make money.
2.Americans think it to be wrong_____
A. to work late
B. to get up early
C. to be late for school
D. to be on time to do everything
3. From this passage we can be sure that ___________.
A. Americans live in a quick rhythm(节奏)
B. Americans live a hard life
C. Americans are good at saving time
D. Americans always walk fast
