用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。
| different , about, without, start, never, grow, own, thousand, excite, put |
Americans who haven’t saved enough for retirement (退休) could learn a lesson from these young retirement savers --- they’ve already stored of dollars during their young years.
Chana Goldstein, 16, amount saved: $ 1,000
I saving for retirement at the age of 13. I set up my
website where I could get $2 an hour. So far, I have put $1,000 for retirement. Now I’m only in the tenth grade. I haven’t thought
what I will do when I retire. But I think the money will help me a lot.
Grace Goldoni, 18, amount saved: $ 300,000
When I got my first money on my ninth birthday, I it in a bank right away. I worked as a mother’s helper and then a babysitter. These jobs helped my savings keep
.
I’m in college now and trying to get a new job. Most of the teenagers at my age think about saving for retirement. They prefer(更喜欢) spending money. They should consider saving more seriously.
Ryan Connelly, 20, amount saved: $26,000
It is to see my money grow. Ever since I was 11, I have been putting money into three
saving accounts (储蓄账户). My mom always says I have saved what she and my dad had when they got married. When I retire, I’d like to live on my own
depending on others to take care of me. I don’t know what the right amount for retirement is, but it might be one million dollars.
选词填空。根据短文意思，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整，并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。（每小题1分，共10分）
| at, ask, what, winner, prize, be, difference, good, hardly, many |
Life is not easy, so I'd like to say “When anything happens,(发生) believe in yourself!” When I was a young boy, I _____ too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed
_____ me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech（演讲）competition. My mother
_____ me to take part in（参加）it.
_____ a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are sure to _____.” Then mother and I talked about many
______ topics.（话题）At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my
_____ to remember all the speech and practiced it
______ than 100 times. With my mother's great love, I did well in the competition. I could
______ believe my ears when I heard that I had won the first
_____ . I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. They all said congratulations （祝贺）to me.
选词填空（共5小题，计5分）
请根据短文内容从方框中选择正确的单词，将其适当形式填在空白处，使短文完整、正确。
| rapid, understand, hold, language, begin,communicating, need, wide |
English is the most used language in the world. It’s used as the mother tongue by most people in many countries. It’s also one of the working language in the U.N. China is developing
and Beijing has hosted 2008 Olympic Games. If we want to
with foreigners and prevent them from having trouble
, more and more English speakers are
.
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整.
| quiet, rain , on, however, so, walk, they, but, smell, enjoyable |
I live in a small___ nice village. I love it because it’s
___, and there are a lot of trees. My friends and I often play football
____the field near my house.
___ , after it
__, the field is too wet to play on. We like to
____ along the river. We can
____ the flowers and listen to the birds. It is very
____. My village is a comfortable place to live in. When my friends come to visit, I always have
____much to show
____.
选词或词组并用其适当形式填空（共10选题；每小题1分，满分10分）
| Wear glasses, be from, play, watch football matches, feel great, talk about, at the weekend, look strong, play football, look after |
I like music. It can make me ___________________ .
Tom sometimes ____________________ basketball with his friends.
I don’t know how ______________ my dog.
My hair has long hair and ______________.
There are lots of good _______________ in China, such as Yaoming, Liu xiang, Li Na.
_________________,Jack often goes to the park with his parents.
Mr. Green isn’t an American. He ______________ England.
We hope ___________________ this afternoon, we like football very much.
Li Hua wants ___________________ in the next World Cup.
My brother likes sports. He ___________________.
词语运用（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分），用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空。
| foot, she, forget, go well with, just right |
This is my sister.name is Linda.
These shoes are too big for my .
It is raining. Don’t your umbrella.
I think this sweater my blue pants.
This coat is for me.