Do you keep a diary（日记） every day? Do you think it is great to remember just what you did on a day many years ago? One way to remember each day is to write about it in a diary. Many people write their diaries every day. They write about what they did, what they ate, whom they saw and met, how they did something and how they felt during that day.
Most people do not want anyone else to read their diaries. They keep them in a safe （安全的）place. Some Chinese students try to keep diaries in English not only to help themselves to remember something, but also to practice English.
Long ago, many people wrote diaries, too. People have found some of those old diaries. Some diaries are useful because we can learn about the life long ago, or we can get to know something important or something interesting.
There are many famous diaries in the world. Most people in China have read the Diaries of Lei Feng. Lei Feng was a soldier（战士）.In his short life, he did a lot of good things for others and for his country. He was always ready to give, but never asked for anything from people. He kept diaries and from them, people learn what a great man he was. In China’s schools, students learn some of his diaries as texts（课文）.
根据短文内容回答问题：
1.How many things do people write about in their diaries according to the passage（短文）?
2.Where do most people keep their diaries?
3.Are some of the old diaries useful?
4.Can students practice English if they write their diaries in English?
5.What do you think of Lei Feng from his diaries?
It was a little dark（黑） outside yesterday. When I was having dinner, 1. ________ .
It was a child. He said he found a phone on the football field（场）.He found the number in the phone and called. Soon, 2._________.
I asked the child to stay there. When I arrived, I saw a group of five children, aged about 7 to 9. 3.________ .They told me how they found the phone. They also told me that some bigger children tried（试图） to take it, but they didn’t give it to them.
I was moved（感动） by their kindness（好意）.When I saw a shop nearby（附近的）, 4._______ and asked them to buy something to eat. They looked surprised. And then they said “thank you” happily.
They were so cute. There were another three dollars in my pocket（口袋）.I said to them, “OK, three more dollars. 5._______ .”“Oh, no!” they said. “Thank you, sir. We have enough.” When I left, they were still excited to talk about what to buy.
从方框中选择恰当的句子填空，使短文意思完整：
A. I gave each of them one dollar B. the telephone rang C. You can share（分享）them D. They came running over to meet me E. I knew it was my son’s |
I was quite close to my grandmother, Julia. We lived with her and then she lived with us. She was a very nice person, both kind and patient. She taught me to read and write when I was young and helped me to be interested in stories and poems.
In my mind, my grandmother was a great cook. She cooked more delicious food than anything you can eat in a restaurant today. She always cooked for family and friends.
My grandmother was also a hard-working worker both at home and at work. I can still remember the difficult time when we were very poor. At that time, my grandmother was already sixty years old but she worked in a hospital for a long time every day –not in the office but doing the cleaning outside and taking care of me at the same time while my mom was at work!
My brother and sisters also love her. We will never forget our grandmother. She is really important in our lives and is always there for all of us in one way or another. I am proud to be her grandson.
根据短文内容选择正确答案（5分）：
1.The writer’s grandmother taught him to when he was young.
A. read and write B. sing and dance
C. draw and sing D. play and learn
2.His grandmother always made for family and friends.
A. cakes B. cardsC. clothesD. meals
3.While his mom was ___ , his grandmother took care of him.
A. at homeB. at workC. out of workD. in hospital
4.At the age of 60, his grandmother in a hospital for a long time every day.
A. cooked meals
B. worked in the office
C. did the cleaning
D. stayed with his mother.
5.Which of the following is not TRUE?
A. His grandmother was hard-working.
B. Her grandchildren all loved her.
C. His grandmother could read.
D. His grandmother worked in a hospital for taking care of him.
One of my friends Fred did very little work when he was a student. He spent more time drinking in bars(酒吧) than working in the library. Once, we had to take an important exam. The exam had a hundred questions. To each question we had to write "Right" or "Wrong". The night before the exam, Fred was watching TV and drinking. He usua1ly worried a lot the night before the exam. But on that night he looked quite quiet. He told me what he would do." It's very easy," he said to me, "There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty right answers to pass the exam. I' ll bring a coin(硬币 )with me and throw it to decide(决定)answers. I' m sure I’ll get half the questions right in this way. "During the exam, Fred sat down and really threw the coin for half an hour when he was writing down his answers. Then he 1eft half an hour before the others. The next day he saw the teacher on the playground. "Oh, good, Mr. Wu," he said, "Have you checked the papers? Have I passed?" The teacher 1ooked at him and smiled, "Ah, it's you, Fred. A moment, please." Then he put his hand into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it. "I' m very sorry, Fred, you failed."
根据短文内容判断正误（5分）：
1.The writer and Fred are still students.
2.Fred usually worried a lot before the exam because he did little work.
3.Fred was quite quiet that night because the exam questions were easy.
4.The coin didn't bring good luck to Fred.
5.Mr Wu was glad that Fred was very clever.[来
从方框中选择适当的词语填空，使短文完整：
A. subjectsB. RobotsC. differentD. vacationsE. thanF. smaller G. vegetablesH. meatI. easierJ. problemK. thenL. difficult |
Life in the future will be 1.__________ from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much 2._______ and more useful，and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important 3.______ in schools then. People will work fewer hours 4.________ they do now and they will have more free time for sports，watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and 5._______. And many more people will go to other countries for 6._______.
There will be changes in our food，too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep，so 7._________ will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead，they will eat more fruits and 8.________. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different，too. 9.________ will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this，many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a 10._________.
用适当的话语补全对话（可能是单词、短语或句子）：
A: Jane, can I ask you some questions?
B: 1.___________________. What do you want to know?
A: What are you going to be when you grow up?
B: I want to be a singer.
A: 2.________ are you going to do that?
B: I’m going to take some singing lessons in my free time.
A: 3.__________________________________________________?
B: Yes, I like pop songs. They often make me relaxed when I’m tired.
A: I like pop songs, too. But I don’t like rock songs. What about you?
B: I don’t __4.______________ them. Sometimes they make me excited but sometimes I can’t stand the loud sound.
A: So would you like to buy some CDs and listen to pop songs after class?
B: I don’t want to buy CDs because they are too expensive. I only5.____________ pop songs on computers.
A: Thank you for answering the questions.
B: You’re welcome.
