Several weeks ago, our headmaster, Mr. Gaudi, told us that our school had been chosen to compete on Smart Aleck—a game show which my best friend Carla and I love. Carla has a good imagination, and I know a lot of history, so we thought we’d be good for the team.
A few days later, Mr. Gaudi held a meeting with everyone interested in the . He told us that Smart Aleck uses a five-member team. He also said that three more people would be needed as backup(替补). , four times that many students were at the meeting. So Mr. Gaudi said we would have a and the top eight scorers(得分者) would become the team and the backup. Everybody agreed that this was a way to decide.
Yesterday, all of the hopefuls went to the dining hall after school. We would have to decide the starting line-up(阵容). Mr. Gaudi acted as the host. After a few hours, all the on the team were chosen except one. Carla and I tied(打成平手) for that last position. We had to hold a one-on-one competition the two of us. The winner would be on the team and the loser would be the backup.
Midway through our two-person competition, I was starting to pull ahead(领先). I saw the look on Carla's face. I waited for a second and knew what I had to do. As much as I wanted to be on Smart Aleck, Carla wanted even more. So, starting with my next question, I held back and let Carla , just by a little bit. She felt sorry for my not being on the team as she she would be on the show. And since I will go as backup, I’ll still have the fun of the show up close.
Was I cheating(欺骗) by not trying as hard as I could? I don’t think so. No one noticed, and Carla and I didn’t it. It won’t hurt the team Carla will be a very good competitor on the real show. I think that making my best friend happy was the right thing to do.
A．all B．both C．neither D．none
A．choices B．friends C．leaders D．fans
A．course B．work C．trip D．show
A．unluckily B．luckily C．sadly D．hopefully
A．direction B．discussion C．competition D．conference
A．special B．hard C．fair D．funny
A．members B．rules C．names D．orders
A．of B．on C．between D．among
A．Still B．Never C．Then D．Again
A．us B．it C．me D．her
A．wait B．turn C．move D．win
A．accepted B．realized C．considered D．decided
A．seeing B．refusing C．asking D．hearing
A．mean B．plan C．need D．say
A．if B．though C．unless D．because
完形填空
I had been in London for two years. During the time I was _________there, my strong wish was to ___________ instead of staying in the city I didn't know well.
So when the day came for my __________ .I had a strange feeling and my mind was full of beautiful things in London-----the tall trees around my __________ , the clean streets, the school library, the old church(教堂)near the school and so on. I was for the first time not sure ___________ I really wish to go. I was becoming good at spoken English and interested in the different way of living in London. Most important of all, I did not want to leave my ________ who were near and dear to me during the two long years. I felt like running into the head teacher's office and telling him that I really didn't want to go home. But on the second thought I stopped myself __________ the plan. My parents are quite old and I might have no time to see them again if I gave up this plan.
At the airport, most of my teachers and friends came to see me off and quite a few gave me __________.Many group photos were taken and before long the final moment came. Everyone shook hands with me and said goodbye to me. Their eyes ___________ tears and I knew they were ____________ at the moment.
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完形填空
In learning English, spoken English is very important, but many students complain that they can’t understand what other people say. So their spoken English is not good, ________. Well, what can we do to improve our __________ English quickly?
The most important thing is to believe in ___________. Maybe many of us are afraid to _____________. But as students, we usually make progress by __________ the problems in learning. It doesn’t matter if our __________ can’t be as good as native speakers. We should __________ it as a challenge and then get __________ practice. We shouldn’t worry at all that native speakers will__________ us. Be brave, and then we’ll speak good English soon.
Don’t be shy or ___________. We should speak English aloud in front of others, no matter what we say is right or wrong.
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完形填空
Every Sunday morning, Alice goes to visit her grandparents. They live in the south of the city. It usually takes her about 20 minutes to________ there by bus.
It’s Sunday today. Alice gets everything________ at 8.00. She wants to take some eggs and vegetables to her grandparents. At 8.10, she comes to the bus stop to ________ the No.7 bus to her grandparents’ place. At about 8.30, she knocks ________ the door. Her grandpa and grandma ________ her at home. They are very happy to see Alice.
At about 10.00, Alice and her grandma do some ________ in the supermarket. They put some rice, meat ________ some fruit into the shopping basket. Her grandma is ________ at cooking. Every Sunday, she cooks some nice food for Alice.
After lunch, Alice ________ her grandma do the dishes. Then Grandpa takes Alice to his small ________ . They water the flowers there.
Alice feels very happy to stay with her grandparents.
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完型填空,通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
years and years people have been saying that railways are dead. “We can do railways,” people say， cars and planes have made railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, money and are dying. But this is far from the . In these days of expensive , railways have become highly competitive（竞争的）with cars and planes. If you want to carry people or things from place to place, they’re than planes. And they have much in with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and does a railway. What is more, a railway takes you from the heart of a city center. It doesn’t stop as a car does on crowded roads. And no plane or car can ever carry as many goods(货物) as one train .
Far from being dead, railways are much . Modern railway lines give you a comfortable journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep comfortably, feel safe and enjoy the scene while you are traveling ? And we are only the beginning, for we have just the age of super-fast trains, which can travel almost 200 an hour or more. Soon we will be wondering we spent so much on highways and planes we can’t fly in because we don’t have enough money to buy the oil.
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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。
AMERICA’S first daughters, Malia and Sasha, are excited about getting a pet dog. But their father, President Obama, has told the girls they have to pick up the poop(狗粪) ________ the grass. It's true. Keeping a dog___________ lots of other work besides(除…之外) picking up the poop. For example, you’d better know ________ the dog goes to bed and how it lives happily. It means you have to know the animals' ________ and be ready.
Li Hui, 15, of Beijing, once kept a rabbit and some goldfish. __________ all of them died. "My rabbit ate the wrong food," said Li. "My________ died because they ate too much!"
Xiao Ting, 15, of Shanghai, wanted to keep a dog a year ago. She got food and a new doghouse ready to ________ the dog, but she only kept the dog for one day. "I ________ thought a dog could be so active. It wouldn't stop barking(吠). My father had to walk ________ at 3 o'clock in the morning!"
"You’d better think it is like your ________ . " said Liu Yining, a________ Beijinger. She is a (an)________ pet keeper. Her family has kept a dog named Pipi for three years. ________ Pipi first came to Liu's home, it made her house dirty everywhere. It took a long time to teach Pipi to go to the toilet. She talks and plays with Pipi a lot. She really ________Pipi.
_________ a pet means you have to be patient and caring.
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