A king was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked questions which were strange. His people had to use words in a s________ way to answer these questions.
Once the king asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. A_______ he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in s_____
_____ of an answer. It was at this moment that Birbal e___
_____ the palace. Birbal knew the habit of the king. He understood the situation at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can try for an answer?”
The king said, “How many crows(乌鸦) are there in the city?”
Without even a moment’s thought, Birbal r______, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord.”
“How can you be so s_________?” asked the king.
Birbal said, “Make your men c________, My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives(亲戚) here. If you find f_____
____ crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives s___
____ else.”
The king was very p_________ with Birbal’s wise answer.
根据句意和首字母提示完成单词If you upend(竖起) the box, it will take less s______.
Yang Liwei is the first Chinese a__________ to circle round China in the space.
English is a f________ language for us, but it is very important.
The New Year is coming. I am going to make a r_________ to study hard.
My brother is going to study hard to go to a famous u__________.
根据句意，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空Do you know who invented(发明) the first ______(person) computer?
I want to be a ______ (violin) when I grow up.
At the _______ (begin) of the meeting, he told us an interesting story.
Everyone must make a ______ (week) plan carefully.
The little naughty boy ______ (fall) off the tree when he tried to climb it.
综合填空阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
The customs in different countries are r______ different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts m__
___food onto my plates as soon as I have emptied it. That often makes me u__
__. I have to eat the food even if I don’t want to, because it is considered (认为) bad m__
___ in the West to leave one’s food on the plate. I have already n_
__ that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he very often refuses the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or t___
__. This might be good manners in China, but it is not in the West at all. In the United States, it is i__
___ to keep asking someone again and again. Americans have a d__
___ way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “No, thanks.” When an American is fed with beer by the host, for e___
___, he might say, “No, thanks. I’ll take some diet, Pepsi-Cola（百事可乐）if you have it. ”That is what an American will do. So when you go to the United States, you had better remember the famous s__
___: When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
动词填空
阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空（必要时可加情态动词或助动词）。
Henry found a job in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn't do anything but wanted to get rich. It was a cold morning. It______ (snow) and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy the books and the young man had nothing
______ (do). He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he
______ (see) a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.
"It ___ (be) full of expensive things." Henry said to himself. "I have to get it right now, or others
______ (take) it away."
He went out of the shop and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle (鸣笛), but he didn't hear it and went on ______(run). The man drove to the side, hit a big tree and
_____ (hurt) in the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court. A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.
"But you _____ (hear) me this time," said the judge.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Now I can hear with one ear."
"_____(cover) the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf one. Well, can you hear me?"
"No, I can't, sir." “You _____ (tell) lies. There is nothing wrong with either of your ears.” The judge said.
词汇
A. 根据句意和汉语提示写出单词，完成句子。每空一词B.根据句意用所给单词的适当形式填空。每空一词。We can eat some (传统的)Chinese food in this restaurant.
He is a hard-working boy. His teacher often (表扬)him.
I like (喜剧)because they make me laugh.
The car accident was (录制)by the camera nearby.
The erhu is a kind of Chinese musical (乐器)
Do you know what the names are?(murder)
Your advice is to all of us (value)
Many children prefer showing their feelings to (control) them within themselves
Our homework is never (do). We are busy all day.
The man hopes to provide a more comfortable and (wealth) life for his children.