用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5-优题课

Last week, I watched a movie. I noticed an actress has very good eyesight playing the part of a blind lady. She played it so well that if you saw her____the first time, you would think that _____ was blind. It seemed that this actress _____(spend) her time putting a little more effort into her career so that she could play the part that the other actresses could not.
Have you ever seen people digging a well before? They don’t just stop_____they see a little drop of water. They put in a little more effort to ensure that they get plenty of water.
A popular saying goes that it is only an average mind that would do the same thing all the time but expect_______result. All you need to do is put a little more effort so that you can expect a_____(whole) different result.
You have two options in life either to focus on what’s lost ______to fight for what’s left. Fighting for what’s left is all about___ (forget) the past, putting on your armor of courage and ____(brave) and putting in that extra effort. Be better than the best you can be.

词语运用。（共6小题，每小题1分，满分6分）
根据句子意思和音标、首字母提示填词, 每空一词。
Tony likes sports, __________________(尤其是)football.
After some exercise, she looks much __________________(瘦的)than before.
May is the f_________ month of a year.
I often help my parents do h_________ on weekends, such as dong some cleaning.
Now more and more young teachers v__________________ to teach in the countryside.
—Dad, why do you have so much work and get back home so late every day?
—I’m sorry, dear. Um, because we live in a [ˈbɪzi] society.

词汇检测（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。
Helen (点头) with a smile when she met me.
Becky (明智地) decided to tell us the truth.
Justin lay back and enjoyed the (安宁) of the summer evening.
The bank is (在…对面) the supermarket, on the other side of the road.
My cousin used to be very interested in (收集) postcards.
Edison is one of the greatest (发明家) in the world.
Mr. Green often (惩罚) his children by not letting them play games.
Thanks for lending me the book Black Beauty.
— Don’t it.
— What’s the of the elephant?
—About two tons.
—Have you drunk all the milk?— Yes. Look, the bottle is now.

根据短文内容和括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）。
Dear Future Me,
You are leaving school and stepping into a new world. Well done for completing all ______ (那些) difficult lessons!
You've just found out that you've ____ (通过) all your exams and done your best. You know you'll be able to ______ (进入) the fantastic high school. At this moment you must be______ (骄傲的) of yourself.
I'm writing this letter to remind you ______ (再一次) about all the things you wanted to do when you were in the______ (第七) grade. I want you to make sure that before you leave school you'll realise your ______ (梦想) as Footballer of the School. Remember that you wanted to be a famous ____ (歌手)? Well, I hope you'll win the top role in the school talent show this year.
If you've done_____ (每件事) you wanted to do, you'll now be a popular and______ (聪明的) student, with a successful future ahead of you.
Don't let me down!
Yours sincerely,
Henry

阅读理解填词: (共10个空；每空1分，满分10分)
In a town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he s a pound of butter to his neighbor, who was a baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see i_____ he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn’t. The baker then took the farmer to the judge (法官).
The judge wanted to know the farmer’s ways to weigh the butter. The farmer replied, “ I’ m so p that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it. H , I do have a kind of scale (天平).” The judge asked, “Then h do you weigh the butter?” The farmer replied, “Before the baker started buying butter from me , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I b home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same w .”
We always get back what we give to others. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this question, “Am I honest?”
Honesty or dishonesty can become a habit. Some dishonest people can lie w a red face. Others lie so m that they do not even know what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? In fact, those who lie will hurt t by their own dishonest behavior.