Sam: Hey, Maria and John. This Thursday is Bill’s birthday. Let’s think about the presents.
Maria: Sure, Sam. I want to give him a computer game.
Sam: No, Bill never plays computer games.
John: I want to buy a CD of his favourite songs.
Sam: Good idea. Bill likes listening to music.
Maria: How about buying a birthday cake for him?
Sam: Oh, you don’t have to do it. His mother usually buys a birthday cake for him.
Maria: How about buying him a cinema ticket? I remember Bill likes watching films.
Sam: That sounds a good idea.
Maria &John: What about you? What would you like to buy for Bill, Sam?
Sam: It’s a secret. Bill’s birthday is ________.
| A．this Sunday | B．this Saturday | C．this Friday | D．this Thursday |
From the conversation, we know Bill doesn’t ________.
| A．watch films | B．like music |
| C．play computer games | D．like birthday cakes |
Bill’s mother usually buys ________ for Bill on his birthday.
| A．a cinema ticket | B．a birthday cake | C．a CD | D．a concert ticket |
________ wants to give Bill a cinema ticket.
| A．John | B．Bill’s mother | C．Maria | D．Sam |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Bill likes playing computer games. |
| B．Maria wants to buy a CD for Bill. |
| C．They would sing a Chinese song for Bill. |
| D．We don’t know Sam’s present for Bill. |
| Lost My English dictionary. My name is Grace. Please call 233-4105 or look for me in Room 405 |
Shopping List(购物单) * 2 pencils * A pencil sharpener * New CDs of Jay Chou Lily |
| Bill Smith English teacher No. 9 Middle School of Nanjing Tel: 668-0796 E-mail: bill999@sina.com |
Name: Tom Cooper Age:21 Tel:9873-8769 Mobile: 1596872023 E-mail:Tom. C@yahoo.cn Address: 321 Yongfu Road |
If you find Grace’s dictionary, you can call .
A. 668-0796 B. 233-4105 C. 1596872023Who lives(居住) in Nanjing?
A. Lily. B. Bill Smith. C. Grace. Lily needs of Jay Chou.
A. three pencils B. a red jacket C. new CDsBill Smith is a in No. 9 Middle School.
A. student B. teacher C. workerWhat’s Tom Cooper’s address?
A. 321 Yongfu Road. B. bill999@sina.co . C. 321 Lin He Road.
My name is Lucy. I have two good friends, Mary and June. Mary is thirteen years old. June and I are twelve years old. My birthday is November 11th. June’s birthday is September 11th. And Mary’s birthday is January 18th. I like red, but they like green. Mary and June are in the same(相同的)school. They have an Art Festival and a school trip every year, but I only have a Music Festival at my school.How old is Lucy?
A. 11. B. 12. C. 13.Who is 13 years old?
A. Mary. B. June. C. Lucy.When is Lucy’s birthday?
A. September 11th . B. November 11th. C. January 18th.Who likes green?
A. Mary and June. B. Lucy and June. C. Lucy and Mary.What does Lucy have at her school every year?
A. An Art Festival. B. A school trip. C. A Music Festival.
Ron loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the following year. As Ron was walking to the game, a car hit him so hard that he was thrown three feet into the air.
Ron woke up in a hospital room. When he learned that both his legs were broken, he realized his college basketball dreams were over. Ron did what the doctors told him, but his progress was slow. When he left the hospital, Ron was sent to a health center for physical treatment.
A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny. Sunny was a coach．His legs were hurt paralysed(瘫痪的) from a skiing accident. Even though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny coached of a basketball team called the Suns. Everybody on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself．
After becoming a part of the Suns, Ron improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. And whenever Ron became depressed or angry, Sunny was there to encourage and help him. The day before Ron left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he managed to be generous and cheerful, even with his paralysis.
Sunny smiled and said, “It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows(阴影) fall behind.”What happened to Ron on his way to a basketball game?
| A．A car hit him. | B．He met his coach. |
| C．His doctor called him. | D．He fell down and cut his foot. |
The underlined word “depressed” means ___ in Chinese.
| A．懒惰的 | B．好奇的 | C．沮丧的 | D．激动的 |
What is the most important thing we can learn from the story?
| A．Basketball can teach people about life. |
| B．Keep smiling when you face difficulties. |
| C．Life is more difficult for the paralysed. |
| D．Skiing is more dangerous than basketball. |
The panda is one of the animals most in danger. Three are about 1,000 pandas living in nature reserves today. Zoos and research centers look after about 160 pandas. Scientists are studying how they live and more baby pandas are born in the zoos.
Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southern China. They mainly live on bamboo, and each pandas needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different reasons, so pandas have less and less land to live on. Pandas don’t have many babies, and baby panda often dies. The situation is becoming very serious.
Our government is working hard to save pandas. There are more than 30 nature reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough. The government has made a new plan to help pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow better. Then the pandas will have enough food and enough places to live in. Pandas born in the zoos may go back to live in the nature reserves.
Most people love pandas. The panda is one of the best-known animals in the world. It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature. The WWF works to protect all animals in danger, so the panda has become the symbol of all animals in danger. There is still a long way to save the panda. Think of other animals in danger. There is still a long way to go to save the panda. Think of other animals in danger such as tigers, whales, turtles and elephants—and we need to save them, too. There are about ___ pandas living in the nature reserves today.
| A．30 | B．160 | C．300 | D．1,000 |
Paragraph 2 is mainly about ___.
| A．why pandas are in danger | B．why baby pandas often die |
| C．how to protect all animals | D．how to plant more bamboo |
The government is trying ___ to help the pandas.
| A．to build more zoos |
| B．to send more scientists |
| C．to make bigger nature reserves |
| D．to ask the WWF to work in China |
___ is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature.
| A．The Tiger | B．The panda | C．The elephant | D．The Whale |
Do you learn from your mistakes? I hope so. But have you ever made the same mistake twice? I have. Sometimes I make the same mistake three or four times!
Sometimes, good things happen because of mistakes. Once I got on the wrong train. That was a big mistake. But on that train, I saw a good friend. I was so happy I made that mistake!
Another time I ruined a surprise. My mother planned a surprise party for my father. She told me it was a secret. But I was just a little boy and I couldn’t keep the secret. I told my father about the party. At first, my mother was mad at me. But then my father said he was happy he knew about it. He said he didn’t like surprise.
When a good thing comes out of a mistake, that’s a happy accident.The boy saw ___ on the wrong train.
| A．his friend | B．his father |
| C．his mother | D．his teacher |
His mother asked him to ___.
| A．plan a surprise party | B．tell his father about the party |
| C．keep a secret about the party | D．invite his friend to the party |
What does the boy think of mistakes?
| A．Mistakes are not welcome. |
| B．A mistake is terrible thing.. |
| C．All mistakes men happy accidents. |
| D．Sometimes a mistake can be a good thing. |