先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
Everybody wants a new start for a new school year. So, students often go back-to-school shopping. They buy school things and shoes. But, the story is not so easy.
"Mum, I want this pair of shoes!"
"Dear! Those are 900 yuan! That is too __16___ !"
"But all the boys in my class wear this brand (牌子)!"
So the real story is: Kids___17____to catch up with school fashion.
Chinese students __18__ uniforms at school. Parents think all the kids look the same, but kids know the differences. The "rich" kids wear amazing watches, ride good 19__and use cool pencil cases. They show off their expensive things to 20__ kids. Then everyone else wants them too. For example, some "rich" kids use a pencil box that _21_1,000 yuan! It not only holds pencils, but also has a thermometer (温度计), a compass (指南针), a music box and even games in it! But think about it. Do you really need ____22___ a special pencil box? What can you do with a compass or a thermometer in class? They only distract (分散注意) you.
As for these "rich" kids, they are not rich at all. 23__ parents buy them all their school things. They may have an advantage now, but it won’t last forever. If you want to show off __24__ money you have, you have to make it yourself first. So, study hard. You will get a great job in the future.
Parents should also learn __25___to refuse their kids’ demands (要求). They should tell their kids: as students, what is really important is not school fashion but good school grades.
A．expensive B．cheap C．ugly D．nice
A．hate B．give up C．want D．get
A．put on B．take off C．buy D．wear
A．cars B．bicycles C．MP3 D．CDs
A．another B．the others C．others D．other
A．pays B．costs C．spends D．buys
A．so B．such C．as D．like
A．His B．Her C．Their D．Your
A．how many B．how much C．how long D．how often
A．how B．what C．why D．where
A healthy diet along with exercise will help you look better, feel better and live longer. But I am 1 to say that many children don’t have a healthy lifestyle. They eat much junk（垃圾）food 2 French fries and fried chicken. Eating too much junk food and dessert is 3 .If you want to 4 a long and healthy life, you have to 5 your living habits（习惯）.
It is important to get a yearly physical examination（体检）,too. You don’t hope to 6 any bad news, but the doctor will tell you _7 healthy you are. It’s also a good idea for you to8 a book on healthy eating. 9 milk or juice from fruits and vegetables can help to improve your health, too.
I am 10 good health now. People tell me that I look very young. Healthy eating has helped me and it will also help you!
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A．happy B．sad C．excited D．angry
A．with B．as C．like D．about
A．cheap B．difficult C．delicious D．unhealthy
A．live B．try C．show D．play
A．look for B．look after C．think of D．agree with
A．hear B．look at C．see D．feel
A．what B．how C．when D．where
A．write B．sell C．read D．take
A．Drink B．Eat C．Drinking D．Eating
A．in B．with C．off D．out of
John is a famous writer now. Bob said he was not a good student ___1_____ he was young. He was often late for____2___ and didn’t like doing his homework. Sometimes, he ______3____ in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn’t understand much, ____4____but he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher ___5___ the students a question, “When Jack was ten years old, _____6____ brother Ben was twenty. Jack is fifteen now and _____7___ is his brother Ben? John said, “That’s easy. Ben is twice as old as Jack, so he is thirty now.”
Another time, the ____8_____ in a science class asked, “When it thunders(打雷), __9___ do we always see the light before we hear the sound?”
“But, Miss,” said John quickly, “don’t you ___10_____ our eyes are in front of our ears?”
A．when B．tall C．rich D．fat
A．sleep B．lunch C．class D．play
A．sleep B．sleeps C．slept D．sleeping
A．and B．or C．but D．still
A．sent B．asked C．told D．found
A．your B．my C．his D．her
A．how many B．how old C．what D．who
A．teacher B．farmer C．nurse D．policeman
A．what B．when C．where D．why
A．read B．hope C．study D．know
阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.
A young man once asked Albert Einstein, the great scientist, 1 the secret of success（成功） is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is 2 work. A few days later the young man asked him the same question again. Einstein was very 3 . He did not say 4 , but wrote 5 words on a piece of paper and handed it 6 the young man. The young man looked at the piece of paper. 7 it was written: A=X+Y+Z.
“What does this mean?” asked the young man.
“A means success,” explained the old scientist. “X stands for（代表） hard work, Y stands for good methods（方法）, and Z…, Z means stopping 8 and getting down to work.”
A．how B．what C．which D．why
A．hard B．easy C．good D．bad
A．pleased B．happy C．angry D．sorry
A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything
A．a little B．little C．a few D．few
A．for B．to C．of D．with
A．Over B．On C．In D．At
A．talk B．to talk C．talked D．talking
When Bill and Kate married(结婚), neither of them had much money, so they were not able to __44__ a house. Two years later, Bill’s father died (去世了) and ____45____ him some money, so they bought a house..When they moved into ___46___ for the first time, one of Bill’s friends sent him a bottle of wine _____47____ a present. The bottle was in a paper box.
At that time, Bill and Kate had a lot of ____48___to do. They had to clean the house and decided where to put their TV sets, beds, cupboards, desks and tables. They were so busy that they forgot about the bottle of wine. They put it in a cupboard and didn’t ____49___open the paper box. A few months later, when they had a baby, Bill __50___ some friends to his house. He thought of the wine and found it out from the cupboard. It was so sweet. Bill had never thought that would be the best present for the wonderful party for his wife and his baby.
A．borrow B．live C．buy D．move
A．gave B．lent C．returned D．left
A．that B．it C．there D．here
A．to B．like C．as D．for
A．job B．work C．thing D．working
A．yet B．ever C．even D．just
A．took B．invited C．asked D．brought
Maria Gomez was born in Peru (秘鲁). She grew up in a small village. She went to school when she was six years old. She went to an elementary school (小学), but she didn’t 36 to high school. Her family was very 37 and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She worked in a shoe factory.
When Maria was seventeen years old, her family 38 to the United States. First they lied in Los Angeles, and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria 39 to the United States, she was not very happy.
She missed her friends in Peru, and she couldn’t 40 a word of English. She began to study English at night, 41 work in a factory during the day.
Maria studied very hard, and now se speaks English well. She’s 42 at night, but now she’s studying typing. She wants to 43a secretary (秘书). Maria still misses her friends in Peru. But she’s very happy now, and she hopes she will have a good future in the new country.
A．want B．go C．began D．study
A．rich B．poor C．happy D．glad
A．moved B．changed C．happened D．started
A．talked B．called C．got D．spoke
A．tell B．talk C．know D．say
A．when B．so C．or D．and
A．studying B．thinking C．sleeping D．writing
A．do B．work C．be D．play