Choose the best answer(根据短文内容,选择最恰当的答案):
Afthur sat at the desk in his room, pencil in hand. He had to write a story for his English class by Friday. "I don't know what to write about." he complained to his dog Toby, who was asleep at his feet. Arthur was talkative when speaking to his friends. Yet he had trouble finding words when he had to write.
By bedtime Arthur bad drawn a picture of Toby smiling. He had drawn a tree with its branches blowing in the strong wind. He had also written a note asking his friend Lee to go to the movies on Saturday. But he had not written a single word of his story.
On Wednesday. Mrs. Solomon, Arthur's English teacher. asked the class to turn in the draft(草稿) of their stories. Arthur's heart sank. He turned in the only work he had-the page with his name, the drawings and the note.
Arthur wasn't surprised when Mrs. Solomon asked him to stay after class the next day. But he was surprised by what she said to him. "This is an attractive story, Arthur. The dog. the movie, the tree in the wind-l can't wait to find out how they all fit together."
"That isn't my story, Mrs. Solomon." Arthur said. "I haven't been able to think of one yet."
"Oh. I think you have the seed of a story there- Mrs. Solomon replied, "Look at your note and the pictures and see if a story comes to you."
That night Arthur sat at his desk. and this is what he wrote: "One Saturday Mike went downstairs to meet his friend Julio at the cinema. It looked as if it might rain. so Mike carried his umbrella Suddenly a big storm blew in, bending the trees. .The noise of the .wind sounded like the barking of Mike's dog Toby. Toby really hated storms and barked whenever he wanted to be let inside. Then Mike realized that it wasn't the sound of the wind. It was Toby. The dog was running after him down the busy street, barking. The sound was filled with blame(责备). Mike felt sorry because he had left Toby outside. He turned and headed home with Toby running beside him. Mike let Toby in the door just as the rain started to pour down."
' Arthur had a story in the end. The last thing he did was to write his name proudly at the top of the page.
1. What was on Arthur's page for his English class by Wednesday?
A. a dog, a tree and his name
B. his name, the drawings and the note
C. a dog, a tree. a note and a story
D. his name. the drawings and the story
2. Arthur turned in his unfinished page____
A. because he had no time to fit them together
B. because he wasn't willing to do his homework
C. because he had difficulty in writing a story
D. because he wanted to show his talent for drawing
3.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 probably mean?
A. Toby is an imaginative and lovely dog.
B. The small tree will grow into a big one.
C. His friend Lee can give him a lot of support.
D. He can develop his story based on his draft.
4. What kind of teacher do you think Mrs. Solomon is?
A. She is a strict teacher.
B. She is an honest teacher.
C. She is a wise teacher.
D. She is a humorous teacher.
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?
A. It was easy for Arthur to find words to talk.
B. Arthur was asked to stay after class on Tuesday .
C. Arthur didn't finish his story writing in the end.
D. All the class turned in their homework except Arthur.
6.What can we infer(推断) from the story?
A. Arthur is a shy and quiet student.
B. Arthur isn't very satisfied with his story.
C. There will be a storm on Saturday.
D. Encouragement is important in teaching.
Rewrite the following sentences as required(根据所给要求,改写句子.每空格限填-词):
1.Jake lives close to his workplace and he hates that. (改为否定句)
Jakeclose to his workplace and he hates that.
2.It's very comfortable to have a warm bath before going to bed. (改为感叹句)
it is to have a warm bath before going to bed!
3. My parents watered the flowers in their garden once a week last winter. (提问 )
did your parents water the flowers in their garden last winter?
4.My husband has begun to spend time jogging because he was too fat.(保持句意基本不变)
My husband hasjogging because he was too fat.
5. The teacher told the students not to throw rubbish in public places. (改为直接引语)
The teacher said to the students, "rubbish in public places.'-
6. Nurses and doctors often give health advice to patients. (改为被动态)
Health advice often to patients by nurses and doctors.
7.for a coffee,after work,you,go out do,with your friends(连词成句)
Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms
1.Thecan find ideas from their guide book without help.(chilD.
2.Tu Youyou is theChinese to win the Nobel Prize in science. (one)
3.Ann describes as an ordinary girl and you can't pick her out of a crowd. (her)
4.Simon is living in a small flat on a verystreet near New York.(noise)
5.Angela has recorded a program for Shanghai Television .(recent)
6.Many of us don't pay much attention to the of eye care. (important)
7.Dan may be too short and small to become a basketball player. (succeeD.
8. Their poor English language skills place them at a in this country. (advantage)
A. according toB. studyC. because ofD. messages E stop
Many people use their mobile phones as the alarm clock and are more used to checking emails before sleeping. However, these habits are becoming sleeping problems.
Several years ago, my boss used to stay up working on her mobile phone and got badly ill 1.that. Now she always leaves her phone in another room at night. And she encourages friends to do so. "I sent each of my friends the same Christmas gift - an alarm clock so that they could 2. using their phones as the alarm clock" she said.
If your mobile phone wakes you up in the morning. it may also be keeping you up at night. A survey in 2008 showed that people in mobile phone radiation(辐射) mostly had sleeping problems. And 3. a Swedish study, a quarter of young people in this country feel like there must be phones around them. Most of them feel sorry for not returning messages. So they even have to reply to their friends before sleeping.
So what kind of people prefer to use mobile phones in their bedrooms? A recent 4. has shown that three-quarter people aged between 18 and 34 prefer to sleep with their phones near them. That number falls off a bit in middle age. Only people aged 65 and older are used to leaving the phone in another room while sleeping.
将单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填-词,每词只能填一次:
A. quite B. worry C. boring D. carefully E. trouble
A man went to see his doctor one day because he was suffering from pains in his stomach. After the doctor had examined him 1.he said to him, "Well, there's nothing really wrong with you. I'm glad to say. Your only 2. is that you worry too much. Do you know, I had a man with the same trouble as you in here a few weeks ago. and I gave him the same advice as I'm going to give you? He was worried because he couldn't pay his tailor's(裁缝) bills. I told him not to 3.his head about the bills any more. He followed my advice, and when he came to see me again two days ago, he told me that he now feels 4. all right again."
"Yes, I know all about that." answered the patient sadly. "You see, I'm that man's tailor."
--- I feel so nervous about the English Speech Competition tomorrow.
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A. That's cool. B. Take it easy.
C. Sounds great. D. Glad to hear that.