The smell of coffee wakes me. I run into the . There Pa is! Pa lifts me onto his shoulders. Ma says, “I’m going to bake a . Go down to the cellar(地窖), Jimmy, and bring me that jar of apples from the shelf.” That’s the last jar---the we’ve been saving and saving to welcome Pa home.
I take down the jar carefully and put both my hands around it. I can Pa and Ma laughing upstairs. I hurry up the steps. I take the steps two at a time but my
catches on the middle one. The jar slips(滑落) through my fingers and on the floor. Bits of apple fly everywhere.
“Are you hurt?” Ma comes . I look at her face. “Go on upstairs now. Don’t cut your feet.” I want her to be at me, but that’s all she says. Upstairs, Pa wipes my eyes. “Never mind, son, accidental happens.” I bury my face in Pa’s old jacket. I wish I hadn’t hurried.
Ma comes back. She kisses my cheek. “Now out of the kitchen,” Ma says. “I’m going to a special sugar pie, and it doesn’t need apples.”
Pa and I go out. I show him the place I caught a rabbit. He measures me against the back door and a new notch(刻痕) with his knife. I’ve grown a whole half-inch he’s been away. “Pa, are you home to stay now?” I ask him.
“Not yet, son. Got to till times get better. And they will. The sun will shine, rain will fall, and things will grow the way they’re supposed to.”
“I’ll Ma while you’re gone, Pa.”
“I know you will, son.”
A．bedroom B．kitchen C．living room D．cellar
A．cake B．biscuit C．cookie D．pie
A．it B．one C．that D．this
A．see B．feel C．hear D．smell
A．foot B．hand C．eye D．finger
A．opens B．stays C．breaks D．stops
A．quietly B．quickly C．slowly D．politely
A．excited B．mad C．pleased D．satisfied
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．buy B．send C．find D．make
A．which B．where C．when D．what
A．makes B．cuts C．puts D．gets
A．since B．until C．before D．when
A．start B．stop C．wait D．leave
A．look for B．look up C．look over D．look after
完形填空: 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（每小题1分， 满分10分）
There is nobody in the world the same you. you are unique独特唯一的! Everybody is from everyone else. That is good! it makes the world an interesting place. There are people taller you, and shorter than you. Maybe your hair is the same color as your friend’s hair, but maybe it is longer than . Another difference is your hair may be straight, hers may be curly. I am sure you have some friends who are than you. And you also have some friends, they are as at sports as you. But there are also people around you who are not good at some things.
does your best friend look like? Do you both to finish your homework at school? Do you both want to wear the same clothes every day? I think some ways you are the same, but in many other ways you are different. So say loudly to the world, “I am who I am – I’m unique!
A．with B．as C．of D．from
A．better B．different C．smart D．good
A．Because B．So C．Although D．But
A．after B．than C．then D．in front of
A．her B．she C．hers D．she’s
A．smart B．smarter C．smartest D．a smart
A．bad B．better C．well D．good
A．Where B．What C．How D．How often
A．like B．enjoy C．would like D．going
A．through B．by C．in D．on
完形填空。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项, 填在答题卡相应位置。
Do you want to be a TV news reporter? People often ask me I love my job. Well, it’s very exciting. I’m the first to know about important news stories. I travel around the world and I talk to people. I find out what is in different places. I talk to some important and famous people. I’ve talked to people in the government, as well as famous sportsmen, sportswomen and film stars. I ask people to tell me about lives. I want to know how they feel.
A lot of people want to work in TV news, you have to be energetic and creative. You have to show that you do it. You must learn how to use a video camera, to write reports, and to speak to the camera. What’s the best to learn? Your school or college TV station is a good place to ,but you have to get a job!
Most people start with an unpaid job, so they can . The best place to learn is at a small station. There aren’t many people , and as a result, you get more chances. I had an unpaid job at a station. And one night, when else was ill, I read the news in air. I did well, and as a result, I got my first paid job.
A．why B．if C．when D．how
A．hiding B．beginning C．rising D．happening
A．as far as B．instead of C．as well as D．such as
A．our B．their C．her D．your
A．so B．but C．because D．since
A．must B．can C．should D．will
A．job B．reason C．way D．skill
A．run B．keep C．leave D．start
A．learn B．work C．train D．write
A．everyone B．someone C．nobody D．everything
完型填空.（每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Lisa is an English girl. She is . She is twenty-two years old now. She is teacher. She is very nice. hair is long and blond. She blue and big eyes. Her like her very much.
Lisa looks Huang Yongmei, a good actress(女演员). The actress Hong Kong. Lisa’s favorite is red. She is often(经常) . Lisa likes apples, oranges and bananas. is her good friend? Oh, she is Sally.
A．old B．young C．long D．different
A．a B．/ C．the D．an
A．Hers B．She C．Her D．His
A．has B．is C．have D．are
A．mom B．friends C．dad D．students
A．at B．/ C．like D．the same
A．come from B．from C．is from D．in
A．clothes B．teacher C．girl D．color
A．in a red B．in red C．at a red D．at red
A．Who B．Whose C．Where D．How
完型填空（本题共10分，每小题1分）
I have a good friend at school. Her name is Liu Mei. She’s fifteen years old . She is a beautiful girl______bright eyes and long black hair. In some ways we look the same,_____some students say we are twins. In our class,her math is not good. But she works hard all the time. Now she is doing______than before. I hope she can make great progress. I often go to her house. _______many kinds of books and magazines on her bookshelf. She likes_____. Her Chinese is_____in our class. She often helps me with Chinese. Liu Mei is an active girl. She’s a little_____than me. She likes tennis very much. She is _____tennis. But I’m____better than her at ping-pong. We often play games together after class. Liu Mei lives in a happy family. Her parents_____teachers. She is a good child at home. She often helps her parents with their homework. Her father and mother love her very much. This is my best friend------Liu Mei.
A．and B．with C．have D．has
A．because B．so C．or D．but
A．good B．well C．better D．best
A．There have B．There has C．There is D．There are
A．read B．reading C．reads D．to reading
A．the best B．best C．better D．good
A．outgoing B．much outgoing C．more outgoing D．outgoinger
A．good at B．well at C．good in D．bad at
A．much B．more C．many D．lot
A．both are B．are both C．are all D．all are
John is 14 years old. He is a student ___ Grade Eight. He was a very active and happy boy two years ago. But___ changed after he started to play computer games. He plays basketball or football with his friends any more. He stays up late at night. And when he sits in the classroom, he can’t listen to the teachers . He in class. And he spends time in studying. So he gets bad marks in tests. But he is after school is over. He stays in the net bar until it is closed. Ah, he loses himself in（沉迷于）computer games. His parents can do nothing to him. Every morning in the school, when we see that he is so tired after a “busy working”, we really feel_____ about him .
A．with B．of C．at D．to
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．always B．often C．never D．usually
A．enough careful B．careful enough C．enough carefully D．carefully enough
A．studies B．sleeps C．eats D．sings
A．more and more B．fewer and fewer C．less and less D．much and much
A．tired B．same C．different D．outgoing
A．stop B．get C．beat D．win
A．night B．day C．night’s D．day’s
A．happy B．excited C．relaxed D．worried