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.
Most people need eight hours' sleep every night. Scientists have found that people who sleep for less than six
"But not too much of it," says Professor Jim Home of Loughborough University. "Sleep is like
用所给单词的适当形式填空，每个单词限用一次。(共5小题,计5分)
People all over the _______________ （world）hate mice. but there is one mouse who has
__________（make） all the people in the world like it-the Mickey mouse.
Seventy years ago, most movies were silent. A man named Walt Disney made a cartoon that could talk in his movies. He named his mouse Mickey Mouse. People were very ___________（excited） at the talking mouse. Soon Mickey became a great success
___________ （with）both young and old people. Children loved to see
___________ （they）lovely friend. Mickey Mouse made people laugh and brought joy to many people.
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的动词，并用其适当形式填空。有的需要加助动词或不定式符号。（每词限用一次）
| work regard help buy study |
All of my students think I’m a good teacher. I _________ in the school since 1999. I am always nice to my students. I often
___________ them with their school work. So I
_________ as their best friend. They love me very much and they often do something nice for me. One day before Teachers’ Day, some of my students
__________ me some presents. When they gave me the presents, they said “Thank you for teaching us so well and we
__________ harder than before.” How nice my students are!
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Dear Jenny,
Thank you for ___________ me the movie ticket. In fact, I started collecting tickets when I was a child. I have had
__________ than 68 tickets so far. I like them and I
_________ like the ticket you send me. I have
__________ them in the box in my drawer. To collect a ticket I like, I ran out of my money. But I want
___________ money to start a movie ticket collector club. Would you like to join it? By the way, what’s your hobby?
If you know anyone else who collects them, please let me know.
Yours,
Lisa
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺（每词限用一次）。
Dear Dick,
How time flies! I have been back to school two weeks. These days, I have
a lot about the population in China.
China has a population of 1.3 billion. It has reached about one of the world’s population. About 80 percent of the people live in the
. It causes many difficulties. In less developed areas, not all the parents can offer
children a good education. Some children can’t go to school.
China has taken measures to the population. China’s economy （经济）grows
faster and their living conditions have changed a lot.
of us have lived in bright and tall buildings. We have had ring roads and they are
enough. We have had more comfortable life.
, the large population problem is still serious in China.
How about the population of your country? Can you tell me about it?
Yours,
Maria