缺词填空
Do you know apples? Have you ever e_1.apples? What funny questions! You know I’m t _2._ about the apple products（产品）from the USA. Now, there are m3.of apple fans in China. Many of t4.are teenagers. The price of apple products is very h5., but people think they are b6.modern and fashionable, as if they are from the future. It is said that there wasa student who would like to s7.his kidney（肾）to buy an i-phone. In f _8., it is not necessary for students to own the expensive mobile phones because even you can use the most common one to play games, chat on QQ with friends o9.search on the Internet. The biggest use of a mobile phone is making c10.and in most schools mobile phones are forbidden（禁止）.
阅读表达
Kyra Komac, 28 years old, now has 25 furniture（家具）stores all over the country. The new store, in London's Camden High Street, takes her back to where it all started. She tells us about how the business began.
When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldn't leave me at home on my own, so I had to go to the market with her.
To begin with, I didn't have to do anything. I just sat there, and my mum told me jokes and stories so I didn't get bored. When I got older, I gave my mum a hand and I really enjoyed it.
Then, one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it. I was 14, and I didn't have to go to the market any more because mum could leave me at home on my own. I spent my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made hundreds of them.
One day, my mother was ill so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell them. They were sold out in twenty minutes! The next week, my mum gave me some money to buy some wax（蜡）to make more candles. They sold out really quickly, too.
Nine months later, we decided to stop selling flowers. My mum and I couldn't make enough candles during the week, so some of my school friends started to give us a hand. I paid them one pound for every candle, and we used to sell them for three or four times that. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market.
At the age of 22, my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello Road. Since then, I've never looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from furniture to paintings. Oh, and candles, of course.
Answer the following questions with No More Than 8 Words
1.How many furniture stores does Kyra Komac have now?
2. Where did Kyra's mother sell flowers?
3.What did Kyra do in her free time when she was fourteen?
4.Who helped when Kyra and her mum couldn't make enough candles?
5.How did Kyra's uncle help her to open her first shop?
任务型阅读
阅读下面短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。（每空一词）
What is a hurricane（飓风）?
You may already know that hurricanes are storms. They can cause terrible waves，wind，and rain. They happen during “Hurricane Season”, which is from June 1st until November 30th in the Atlantic Ocean（大西洋）and from May 15th until November 30th in the Pacific Ocean（太平洋）.
Kinds of Hurricanes
There are five kinds of hurricanes, which are based on wind speeds. It helps people know how much damage（危害）a hurricane may cause because the greater the wind speed is, the more dangerous the storm is. For example, a kind of hurricane has winds over 155 miles per hour, which are strong enough to destroy the buildings along the shorelines completely.
Hurricane dangers
When a hurricane happens together with heavy rainfall, there can be a terrible flood. The centre of a hurricane is called the eye. While most of a hurricane has dangerous strong winds, the eye is actually（事实上）a calm area in the storm. When the eye of a hurricane passes over land, people might think that it’s over, but before long the wind and rain increase again as the second part of the hurricane moves through.
Hurricane safety tips
There is no way to stop a hurricane or make it change direction, so if you ever find yourself in the path of a hurricane, be sure to remember the following safety tips.
Be sure you have a radio, batteries, fresh drinking water, and enough food.
Tell neighbours, friends, and family members your emergency plans. Tell them where you’ll go if you need to leave your home.
If you live near the ocean, leave your home and travel to a safe place. You could stay with a friend or a family member, in a hotel/motel, or in an emergency shelter area.
Stay inside during the storm. You could be badly injured（受伤）if you go outside.
Hurricanes | |
Characteristics | “Hurricane Season” usually lasts about1.months in the AtlanticOcean and 6.5 months in the Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes are the2.of terrible waves, winds and rain. |
Kinds | There are five kinds of hurricanes. Different hurricanes have different3.speeds. A kind of hurricanes can destroy all the4.along the shorelines. |
5. | When a hurricane comes together with heavy rain, a terrible 6. may happen. The eye is the 7. of a hurricane. Soon after it passes, the wind and rain increase again. |
Safety tips | It’s8. to stop a hurricane or change its direction. Don’t forget the safety tips if you find yourself in the 9. of a hurricane. Take necessary things. Tell people your emergency plans. Travel to a safe place. Stay 10. during the storm, or you could be badly hurt. |
根据句意，用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.Tom as well as you（be）a student 3 years ago.
2. It’s very meaningful to work _________ with the workers.（close）
3.Dr. Black felt tired because he had two ____________（operate）yesterday.
4.The purpose of the charity show is （donate）money to those children in need.
5. （cut）in on others is not good.
6.Students in the library should keep it（clean）.
7.Sandy was ill and she didn’t feel like （eat）or drinking.
8.The deaf often have some trouble （greet）people.
9.The 12th Special Olympic Games（success）took place in Shanghai.
10.The harder you work , the（confidence）you will feel.
根据中文和英文提示写出单词，完成句子。
1.Mr. Smith had a _________（讨论）with us about the film just now.
2.His _________（年老的）mother was always taking much thought for him..
3.Would you mind（解释）this sentence to me?
4.If we work hard, we will finally（达到）our dreams.
5.These coats belong to（运动员）.
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she would say again, “it’s for Elizabeth. ”
I never saw her be angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she loved me—she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional（易动感情的）”. But she lived “on the surface（表面）”.
As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive（原谅）me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.
My hope turned to disappointment（失望）, then little interest and, finally, peace— it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded（折叠）and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
1.The writer began to love her mother’s desk ______.
A. after Mother died
B. before she became a writer
C. when she was a child
D. when Mother gave it to her
2.The passage shows that ______.
A. mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter
B. mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done
C. mother cared much about her daughter in words
D. mother wrote to her daughter in careful words
3.The word “gulf” in the passage means ______.
A. deep understanding between the old and the young
B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter
C. free talks between mother and daughter
D. part of the sea going far in land
4.What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking forgiveness?
A. She had never received the letter.
B. For years, she often talked about the letter.
C. She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.
D. She read the letter again and again till she died.
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. My letter to Mother
B. Mother and Children
C. My mother’s Desk
D. Talks between Mother and Me
