I live in Porto. It is a city in the north of Portugal (葡萄牙). It’s the second biggest city in Portugal.
It’s a beautiful city，and it’s great for walking around. There are lots of narrow streets，and it has many churches，museums，and markets. There’s a place called Foz. There are a lot of outdoor restaurants in Foz—people go there at the weekend to sit in the sun，drink coffee，and watch the Atlantic (大西洋).
The weather is very different from the south of Portugal. The winter can be very wet，and it sometimes rains for days. The summer is wonderful—it’ s sunny but not usually too hot，and it’s great for going to the mountains or the beach.
Porto is famous for port wine. The biggest interesting place in Porto is probably the river because there are some beautiful bridges. One of the bridges is designed by Eiffel，and lots of people go on boat trips on the rivers. There’s a festival in the sixth month called Sao Joao every year. Everybody have fun on this day.
The people here are friendly. It’s a working city and it has a real sense of history，and that’s the main reason why I like living here so much.
1.Porto is in Europe.
2.In Foz，there are a lot of churches.
3.The weather is wet in winter in Porto.
4.Sao Joao Festival is in June.
5.The writer likes living in Porto because it is near the Atlantic.
One day,when I was riding a bike,I saw a rider about 300 meters ahead of me. I______ to try to catch up with him. I had about a kilometer to go on the road before turning off.
I started cycling faster and faster and with every block. I got just a little bit______ to him. After a few minutes I was only about 100 meters______ him,so I tried harder.
Finally，I______ with him and passed him. I felt so good and so______. I“beat him”,but he didn’t even know we were racing.
After I passed him,I found that I had______my turn. I had run six blocks(街区) past it and had to turn around and go all the way back.
Isn’t that what happens in life when we race with others，trying to beat them or trying to show that we’ re more ____or more important? We spend our time and______ running after them and we miss out on our own roads.
The______ with unhealthy competitions is that it’s a never-ending cycle. There will al-ways be______ in front of you in one way or another. What you should do is just to run your own race and wish others well.
1.A.agreed B.decided C.refused D.expected
2.A.closer B.farther C.harder D.earlier
3.A.across B.against C.before D.behind
4.A.picked up B.gave up C.caught up D.took up
5.A.active B.proud C.lucky D.tired
6.A.missed B.managed C.remained D.changed
7.A.beautiful B.careful C.helpful D.successful
8.A.energy B.courage C.power D.attention
9.A.difficulty B.experience C.importance D.problem
10.A.somebody B.anybody C.everybody D.nobody
A boy was growing in the orphanage(孤儿院). He often______the question to the or-phanage Dean(院长) sadly, “Such unwanted children like me, why on earth do they live in the world?”The Dean always smiled and______replied.
One day，the Dean brought a stone to the boy and said,“Sell the stone in______market tomorrow. No matter how much money people pay, you’ll never sell it.”The next day, the boy held the stone and squatted(蹲) in the corner of the market. To______surprise，many people found him and were interested in the stone in his hand. The price was higher and higher，but the boy didn’t sell it. When he was back to the orphanage, he reported that to the Dean______.The Dean smiled. Then the Dean asked the boy to take the stone to the gold mar-ket. In the gold market, someone gave ten times______price than it was yesterday. Still the boy didn’t sell it.
In the end，the Dean asked the boy______the stone to the diamond display market. As a result，the value of the stone went up over 10 times again. ______ the boy didn’t sell it. Soon it was spread as“a rare treasure”.The boy was so surprised and asked the Dean______. This time, the Dean didn’t smile. He said to the boy seriously,“The value of life is like this stone. In different situations it will have different______. As long as we value ourselves，the life is valuable. In fact,the value of life depends on your attitude.”
1.A.asked B.asks C.will ask D.has asked
2.A.often B.sometimes C.never D.usually
3.A.a B.an C./ D.the
4.A.he B.his C.him D.himself
5.A.excited B.excitedly C.tired D.tiredly
6.A.high B.higher C.lower D.lowest
7.A.taken B.takes C.taking D.to take
8.A.But B.And C.Or D.So
9.A.how B.when C.what D.why
10.A.meaning B.meanings C.accident D.accidents
假如即将召开关于学生安全问题的班会，要求每个同学都谈谈自己的想法。请你根据以下内容准备一篇发言稿，谈谈你对这方面的认识。
1. 食品安全是最为常见的问题，我们应该远离垃圾食品，多吃健康的食品，如：新鲜水果和蔬菜；
2. 火灾和交通安全问题也是大问题，作为中学生，首先我们不能随意玩火；其次，应该自觉遵守交通法规，不要在马路上追逐，疯闹；
3. 网络安全问题也不可忽略，不要随意交网友，更不要单独跟陌生网友外出，有问题要及时向家长或老师汇报；
4. 可适当自由发挥。
注意：
1. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
2. 词数：80个词左右（短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；
3. 内容连贯，不要逐条翻译。
参考词汇：obey v.遵守； chase v. 追逐； blindly adv.盲目地
Dear classmates,
Safety is very important. Our government and school especially pay attention to teenage safety. It helps us gain a lot of knowledge of safety. And I have learned a lot from it. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All in all, we must realize the danger around us and treasure our lives. Safety is always the first priority.
Thank you!
填词
Once a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around, looking for its m1. piece. But because it was not complete , it could only roll (滚) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine a2.the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but n3. of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on l4. for the lost piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit p5.. The circle put the piece into itself , It could be whole with nothing lost. It was so h6. and began to roll. As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very f7., too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled very slowly.
Sometimes we are perfect when we lose some thing. A man who o8. everything is poor in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better. He will never know some one loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.
We couldn't be perfect. But we must be brave e9. to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to s10. happiness with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always have a wonderful time in our life.
“Listen!” Mr. Lee said seriously at the beginning of his first class, “I will put a lie into each of my classes. Your job is to try and catch me in the Lie of the Day.”
That was really a clever way to fix our attention on the dry and boring subject — geography. Then in the following weeks, we didn't let off every single word of what he was saying in class and challenged（质疑）his lectures. When his class ended with nobody seeing through the lie, Mr. Lee would say, “Ah ha! Each of you has a lie in your notes. Discuss among yourselves what it might be, and I will tell you at the end of this term.”
Mr. Lee’s special style of teaching worked. All of us reviewed and discussed about our notes actively.
One Monday at the end of the term, Mr. Lee listened carefully to what we were questioning for almost ten minutes. Then he finally said, “Do you still remember the first lesson how I said that every lecture has a lie?”
Confused, we said yes.
"Well, that was a real big lie. In fact, all the lectures I’ve given before are completely true. But I am glad you worked so hard. Move on ...”
Hearing this, all eyes in the classroom went wide.
While my knowledge of geography has been forgotten over time, the lessons have stayed with me. "Experts" can be wrong and say things that sound right, so build a habit of evaluating （评估）new information and check it against things you already accept as a fact.
1.We can know that Mr. Lee was ________.
A.wise B.serious C.boring D.confusing
2.In Mr. Lee’s class, ________.
A.he always told lies B.the students always questioned him
C.everyone had to write down all of his words D.it was difficult for the students to see through the lie
3.The underlined sentence in the passage means________.
A.the students opened their eyes B.Mr. Lee opened the students’eyes
C.the students got shocked and amazed D.the students had a look at the classroom
4.From the passage, we can infer that________.
A.Mr. Lee was an expert
B.it’s easy to forget the knowledge of geography
C.Mr. Lee succeeded drawing the students’ attention
D.the students would never check what the teachers said again
5.The best title of the passage could be ________.
A.A Real Lie B.Learn to Question
C.A Special Teaching Style D.The First Geography Lesson
