A student is given three toys by his teacher and is asked to find out the differences. All the three toys seem to be the same in shape, size and material. After careful observation, the student finds out holes in the toys. The first toy has holes in the ears. The second toy has holes in one ear and the mouth. And the third toy has only one hole in one ear.
Then the student puts a needle in the ear hole of the first toy. The needle comes out from the other ear. When the needle is put in the second toy’s ear it comes out of the mouth. And when the needle is put in the third toy’s ear, it does not come out.
The first toy means those people around you who make you think that they are listening to you and caring for you. But they just pretend to do so. After listening, as the needle comes out from the other ear, the things you said to them are gone. So be careful while you are speaking to this type of person around you, who does not care for you. The second toy means those people who listen to you and make you think that they care for you. But as the needle comes out from its mouth, these people will use your things and the words you tell them against you by telling them to others for their own purpose.
For the third toy, the needle does not come out from it. These kinds of people will keep the trust you have in them. They are the ones you can depend on.
1.What does the difference between the three toys lie in?
A. Holes B. Size C. Material D. Shape
2. Which toy means the people you can trust?
A. The toy has holes in one ear and the mouth
B. The toy has no hole in ears or mouth.
C. The toy has one hole in one ear.
D. The toy has holes in two ears.
3.According to the passage, what should you do to win others’ trust?
A. Share your things with others
B. Be willing to listen
C. Pretend to care
D. Keep the secret
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A. Toys and people B. Toys and needles
C. The choice of toys D. Toys and secrets
Linda and Lucy were best friends. They graduated from high school and went to the same college for further studies.
After some days Linda found that her friend was behaving strangely. She would remain quiet, sleep too much and turn wild, very often. At first, Linda thought it was just because of the problems she had met in her studies. However, Lucy became even stranger over time. Finally, Linda couldn’t take it any longer and asked Lucy about her strange behavior. Lucy broke into tears and said that she was going around with a boy, who was taking drugs and forcing her to take them, too.
Linda was shocked by her story. She then advised her friend to leave the boy. She reminded Lucy of her dreams of becoming a successful doctor and encouraged her to set an example for others. She also reminded her of how her parents would feel if they found out what their daughter was up to. Through her efforts, Lucy was finally able to leave the boy and drugs. During this time, her friend always stood by her.
Finally, the two friends graduated and their friendship grew stronger. They both became successful doctors, but never let each other down by getting into bad habits. They lived happily as close friends.
From the story we can know that true friends are those who encourage you to become the best you can ever be. They believe in you and will never leave you.
1.The following are Lucy’s strange behaviors EXCEPT______________.
A. turning wild B. being quiet
C. sleeping too much D. being friendly
2. What problem did Lucy meet?
A. She lost her best friend
B. She was ill at that time
C. She dated a troublesome boy
D. She fell behind others in study
3.What course did Linda and Lucy mainly study in college?
A. Medicine B. Science C. Law D. Art
4.The writer tries to tell us__________.
A. how we can give up drugs
B. how we can overcome difficulty
C. how we should help others
D. what a true friend is
书面表达
要成为一名成功的英语学习者，语言训练是非常重要的。为此英语老师要求同学以“Practice makes perfect”为话题，用英语写一篇短文，谈一谈英语学习中语言训练的重要性，内容应包括以下两个方面:
1、你对此话题的理解；
2、与之相关的事例。
注意:
1、字数:100左右；
2、第一句话已经给出（不计入词数）。
The old saying that practice makes perfect means _________
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短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Thomas,
I feel sorry to know your worries about getting fatter and fatter so that you have failed
the sports test. Nothing can be more disappointment than that.
As far as I am concerned, there are many reasons cause your failure in a test. Firstly, you are very lazy to have regular sports. In fact, sports can help you keep fit and energy. Secondly, you eat too much meat, that makes you gain weight easily. Finally, you sleep more than you need. There was no denying that it is all these things that have caused your problem and your worries.
As I stated above, you should first eat less meat but more fruits and vegetable. And then you should have regular sports so that you can burn the fat that builds up in your body and to become slim.
Hope my advice is some help to you.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
In American schools there is something 1. (call) Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be 2. (important) event of the year except graduation ceremony——students plan Homecoming Day for many weeks in advance.
Several days before Homecoming，students start to 3. (beautiful)decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team，and many other signs to welcome the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years 4. their graduations.
The members of school clubs build booths（摊位）and sell lemonade，apples and 5. (sandwiche). Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to 1ook for teachers 6. they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and talk about their happy years in school.
Everyone watches the football game. When the game is half over，the band（乐队） 7. (come) onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote the most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is 8. honour to be chosen.
Homecoming is a happy day but it is not perfect 9. the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses，the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth 10. (remember).
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Several decades of years ago, I ran a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide. One very cold, wet night at about 3∶30 a.m., there was a ________ on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from________ to toe, explained that he had ________ out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant(怀孕的)wife and his two children ________ at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车)back.
Once I had ________ a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both ________ , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he ________ me back.
Before leaving, I had turned the heater ________ in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and ________ .While the little ones played and ran ________ , I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the________ .
It was about 5 a.m. before they ________ .The young fellow asked me how much he ________ me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵)had ________ $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.
About a month later, I received a ________ from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to ________ to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It ________out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most ________ person in the company.
In his letter, he thanked me again and ________ me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this ________ , a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
1.A. kick B. hit C. beat D. knock
2.A. finger B. shoulder C. head D. hand
3.A. driven B. used C. come D. run
4.A. away B. behind C. over D. out
5.A. supplied B. poured C. equipped D. filled
6.A. sleeping B. crying C. quarrelling D. fighting
7.A. allow B. ring C. lead D. follow
8.A. on B. off C. in D. over
9.A. neat B. hot C. warm D. attractive
10.A. around B. inside C. nearby D. along
11.A. drivers B. guests C. customers D. adults
12.A. left B. arrived C. ate D. disappeared
13.A. gave B. paid C. owed D. offered
14.A. appeared B. exhibited C. calculated D. shown
15.A. call B. letter C. check D. notice
16.A. get B. force C. requite D. hope
17.A. pointed B. turned C. worked D. found
18.A. generous B. successful C. serious D. powerful
19.A. praised B. persuaded C. informed D. convinced
20.A. lesson B. business C. aspect D. case
