Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
This is a story about a boy called Sparky. For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He got a zero in physics. It made him the worst physics student in the school’s history. He didn’t do much better in sports. Although he tried to join the school’s golf team, he quickly lost the only important match.
He didn’t have friends, either. Other kids didn’t care about him. If a classmate said “hello” to Sparky outside the school, he would feel very surprised.
Sparky was a loser and everyone knew it. So he accepted it.
But one thing was important to Sparky – drawing. He was proud of his artwork. In senior high school, he sent some cartoons to the editors of the yearbook (年鉴) but got turned down. Sparky was hurt. But he didn’t lose hope because he believed in his ability. He decided to become a professional artist.
He wrote a letter to the Walt Disney Studios (工作室) after graduating high school. The studio asked him to draw some cartoons on a certain subject. Sparky spent a lot of time on the cartoons. Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios: they didn’t like his cartoons.
Was it time to stop drawing? Sparky didn’t think so. He started to put his own life in the cartoons. He created his childhood self – a little boy loser: Charlie Brown. He wasn’t good at football. But Charlie Brown would soon become famous worldwide. Sparky, the boy who used to fail school and who was rejected again and again, was Charles Schulz. He created the Peanuts comic strip and the world-famous cartoon characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
1.Sparky didn’t do well in physics, did he?
________, ________________________.
2.Was Sparky good at making friends with others?
_____________________________________________________________.
3.Who did he send some cartoons to in senior school?
_____________________________________________________________.
4.What did the Walt Disney Studios ask him to do?
_____________________________________________________________.
5.What was Sparky’s real name?
_____________________________________________________________.
6.Why could a little loser become a world-famous cartoonist?
_____________________________________________________________.
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)
When you laugh，you will open your mouth and show your teeth．The healthier those teeth are，the happier you l___1.____. Why is that?
It’s because your teeth are important in many ways．If you take care of them，they’ll help to take care of you．S____2.___ and healthy teeth help you eat the right food to help you grow．They also help you speak clearly．
You can take care of your teeth by doing like these：
Brush your teeth t___3.____ a day---after breakfast and before bedtime. If you can, rush after l___4.___ or after eating sweet cakes.
Brush all of your teeth，not just the front ones．Spend some time on the teeth along the sides and in the back．Take your time while brushing．Spend at l___5.____ 3 minutes each time you brush.,
Be sure your toothbrush is soft．Ask your parent to help you get a new toothbrush every three month．
Learn how to floss (用牙线清理) your teeth, which is a very important way to keep them healthy. It feels strange when you do it at first, but soon you'll be u____6.__ to doing it. The floss gets rid of food that's hidden between your teeth.
Brushing and flossing keep your teeth healthy. You also need to care about what you eat and drink. Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and drink water i_7.__ of drinks.
Choose the best words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词完成短文)
Have you ever been to a desert? A desert is a place full of sand.
Death Valley is one of the most ______ deserts in the United States. It covers a wide area with its bright sand. Almost 20 percent of this area is well below sea level, and Badwater, a salt water lake, is about 280 feet below sea level and the ______ place in the United Sates.
Long ago the Indians there called this place “Tomesha”. It means the land of fire. Death Valley’s name now dates back to 1849. At that time a group of miners came across the desert from Nevada, but they became _______ in this desert. They were hungry and thirsty. Their journey was certainly a sad story.
Today Death Valley is made a National Monument and people can cross it along several well-marked roads. They can _______ water and drinks in the roadside bars when thirsty, and they can have meals in the restaurants, too. Luckily with so many people traveling and living there, this desert’s special beauty has not been ruined.
Here you’ll have a lot of surprises. It is ________ like what you can see on the moon. The sight changes as the wind moves the sand about, showing the most unusual colors. One of the most unusual and surprising _______ of Death Valley is Devils Golf Course(魔鬼的高尔夫球场). If one goes there, it seems you are in some terrible dreams. Sand sculptures stand on a ________ ground, and their long shadows moves in the darkness of the night.
1.A. brave B. famous C. careful D. successful
2.A. lowest B. highest C. farthest D. longest
3.A. angry B. excited C. lost D. surprised
4.A. keep B. stop C. practice D. enjoy
5.A. almost B. hardly C. also D. ever
6.A. copies B. pieces C. parts D. covers
7.A. bright B. frightening C. beautiful D. clean
Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)
I. M. Pei (贝聿铭，华裔美籍建筑设计师)is one of the world’s greatest architects. People admire his buildings in cities around the world. He is famous for his ability to combine old and new architecture. Ieoh Ming Pei was born in 1917 in Canton, China. He was the oldest son of a rich banker. He received a good education at the best schools in Shanghai. At the age of 17, Pei went to the United States. He studied engineering and architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T). World War II had started before he graduated. Pei’s father told him it was safer to stay in the United States.
Pei stayed in the United Sates and worked for a building company in New York City. During this time, he designed homes, office buildings, parks, and shopping centers. Some of these buildings became famous.
In 1955, I.M.T Pei started his own company. He designed many buildings for M.I.T. He also designed the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He became well known for creating buildings that looked like the things around them. This was very unusual.
In 1974, he visited China for the first time in 40 years. He designed a hotel in Beijing. He also designed the 72-story Bank of China building in Hong Kong. This is one of the tallest building in Asia.
One of Pei’s most famous works is the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It was a big challenge because he added a new part to an old building. His design was a big success. I.M.Pei is someone who has truly influenced the modern world. He is a great success among architects.
1.When he was a child, I.M.Pei ______.
A. had a difficult life
B. didn’t have much chance to be successful
C. didn’t have a good education
D. had a good start in life
2.In 1940, Pei didn’t return to China because ______.
A. it was at war
B. he didn’t have the money for the trip
C. his family moved to the United States
D. he wanted to work abroad
3.The underline word combine in the first paragraph probably means ___________.
A. design B. put together
C. add to D. build
4.Pei did not visit China for forty years after______.
A. 1917 B. 1974 C. 1955 D. 1934
5.Pei’s great achievements have truly ______ the modern world.
A. beautified B. influenced
C. developed D. made
6.This passage is mainly about _______________.
A. I. M. Pei and his family.
B. how I. M. Pei became a great architect.
C. the brief introduction of I. M. Pei and his great success in architecture.
D. I. M. Pei’s success in education.
Complete the following sentences as required(根据所给要求，完成下列句子。1-5题每空格限填一词)
1.They started their discussion about English idioms after the English class .（改为一般疑问句）
_______ they _______ their discussion about English idioms after the English class ?
2.They are modern agricultural parks.（改为感叹句）
______ ______ agricultural parks they are!
3.The little boy is so short that he can’t open the door.(保持原句意思不变)
The little boy is _______ short _______ open the door.
4.My father has been in Shanghai since 1998.(对划线部分提问)
______ ______ has your father been in Shanghai?
5.encourage we keep pets to should people (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。每空格限填一词)
1.Our library is on the ________ floor of that building. (six)
2.Now the river is 200 metres ______. (long)
3.There we saw ________ of vegetables and fruit. (variety)
4.I’m _________ sorry. I’ll return your magazine this afternoon. (true)
5.My teacher told me the ________ of the idiom.(mean)
6.Please wait for me at the _________ to the People’s Square.(enter)
7.Dogs can save us when we are in __________. (dangerous)
8.The poor old man felt lonely because of his wife’s ___________. (die)
