| A. various    B. similar   C. with care    D. familiar      E. in trouble | 
  
 
Today I’m going to talk about rainforests. Are you       with them? They’re interesting and exciting places! Many kinds of the world’s plants and animals live in the rainforests.
However, rainforests are    now---they are disappearing very fast because they are cut down or burnt every day. As a result,  
  animals and plants are dying out.
Maybe you have never been to a rainforest, so why should you protect them     ?  Rainforests are important to everyone. They are important because the plants in the rainforests make oxygen . We need oxygen to breathe.
根据短文内容,从下面方框中选择适当的单词或词组填空,使短文内容完整正确。(5小题*1=5分)
| litter ; seldom ; Taking good care of ; chopsticks ; What’s more | 
  
I would like to introduce my best friend Tom to you. He is a very green person. He always goes out by bike or on foot, by car. He never uses disposable chopsticks. Whenever he eats out, he always takes his own 
with him. “Don’t litter” are his favourite words. When he sees others 
everywhere, he will help to clean it. 
, he plants a tree on the hill near our school every year.
the planet is our duty. Let’s learn from him.
| thank, how, friend, get, come, two,  joke, angry, dinner, child, when , happy  | 
  
 April Fool’s Day is on April 1st. People can play on others on the special day. If you succeed, you usually laugh and say, “April Fool!” The person who has been fooled by you laughs, too, and he will never be 
with you.
 Mother’s Day is on the Sunday of May. It’s a day to 
mothers. On that day mothers usually 
flowers and cards from their kids. Father and 
do the housework so that mothers can have a rest. 
 Thanks – giving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. It’s a day people give thanks for the good things in life. Usually families all get together and have a big 
.
 Christmas Day on December 25th. It’s the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things are seen everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit 
.
阅读短文,然后从方框中选出可以填入文中空白处的单词。
 Sound of genius(天才)
 Sophia Chan (Chen Qingli) is a pretty girl with a sweet smile. She is_____ 12, but many people are
calling her a “young violin genius”.
 Chan began to play the violin __the age of 4. She gave her
show when she was 5. In 2006, CCTV-
 her a “ young star of the future”. In 2007, Sophia
the Gold Award (金奖) at the Youth Art festival in Germany. Also, her first violin album(专辑)【小题7】 out in May this year. 
【小题8】 kids need their parents to push them to work hard. Chan, however, actively plays the violin on her own. “ Playing the violin is what I really like,” she says. “ It is my interest that pushes me to play.”
 Chan balances her violin playing with her school work. She plays her violin after school. It is usually late at night when she begins to do her homework. “I am used to it,” Chan says. “ The more you play, the more you get.”
根据句意,选择方框内所给的词语来补全句子
Smith lives next to the school. He always ________ to school.
Jack eats junk food every day and never exercises. He is really ________ than everyone else in our class.
When are you ________ home for Hong Kong?
Tony can’t come to the party. He ________ help his parents with the housework.
They are very tired. They ________do such dangerous work.
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,使短文通顺、正确、连贯。
| we, leave, rich, snow, when, say, remember, with, something, baby | 
  
 On a ______ evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her car had broken down. Just then a poor man, Robert, came. He was on his way back home from work as usual.
  The lady thought, “Is the man going to help me? He looks very cold and hungry. ” But to her surprise, he stopped and said _____ a smile, “What’s wrong, madam?” The lady told him what was happening.
  After forty minutes, the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him. “No, that’s ______, madam. ” he said, “I was just helping someone in need. If you really want to pay me back, I hope ___
___ you see someone in trouble, you can give him a hand. ” A few minutes later, the lady saw a shabby (破旧的)house by the road. She ___
___ Robert’s words, so she stopped. The hostess(女主人) warmly asked her in. The lady could see that was not a ___
___ family and they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady ___
___ 500 dollars on the table and went away quietly. Robert came home later than before, thinking how hard their life was. Their ___
___ was to be born the next month but there wasn’t enough money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and ___
___softly, “Don’t worry, dear! Everything’s going to be all right. A stranger has helped us out. ”
 Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping _______.