Wewillsolvetheproblemintwoweek-优题课

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Anna is an American exchange student in a middle school in China．But her listening skills were too（82）　　to listen to others well．So she was very tired at first．But later，she improved it（82）　　by hard work．She often communicates with her pen pals in Chinese．She is（83）　　popular with her classmates．So they often ask her to come to their parties．（84）　　she often takes lots of activities in school and clubs．That（85）　　her a lot．As an exchange student，Anna enjoys her school life in China．

September is the n　　 month of the year．

A carpenter （木匠） named Tim was living in a village．His mother died a long time ago．His father，Sam，（31）　　with him．Sam could not even walk well．He was so（32）　　．It was because Tim did not give him enough（33）　　．He only gave his father a small earthen （土制的）（34）　　．Even a little rice in the bowl appeared （看起来）to be much．

Tim had a son．His name is Dale．He was a very（35）　　boy．He loved his grandfather．He did not like（36）　　his father did to his grandfather．

One day Sam was（37）　　his food from the bowl．The bowl fell down and broke into（38）　　．The food also fell on the floor．Tim saw the（39）　　bowl．He was very angry with his father．The old man felt（40）　　about what happened．He was sorry for his（41）　 D 　．

Dale saw this．（42）　　he was against his father，he was afraid to speak．The next day，Dale（43）　　some of his father's tools and a piece of（44）　　．He worked with the tools to make a wooden bowl．His father saw him working．

"What are you（45）　　，Dale？"he asked．

"I am making a wooden bowl!"（46）　　Dale．"I am making it for you，father．When you grow old，（47）　　my grandfather，you will need a bowl for food．A bowl that is（48）____ 　from earth may break very easily．So I want to（49）　　you a wooden bowl"．

After Tim heard this，he felt（50）　　and shy．

31．A．left	B．studied	C．lived	D．worked
32．A．weak	B．strong	C．happy	D．shy
33．A．water	B．food	C．fruit	D．milk
34．A．box	B．cup	C．plate	D．bowl
35．A．bad	B．brave	C．good	D．foolish
36．A．that	B．what	C．which	D．who
37．A．cooking	B．preparing	C．buying	D．eating
38．A．pairs	B．roles	C．pieces	D．miles
39．A．broken	B．beautiful	C．empty	D．full
40．A．good	B．bad	C．happy	D．excited
41．A．help	B．work	C．task	D．mistake
42．A．Because	B．Although	C．But	D．So
43．A．took	B．made	C．gave	D．passed
44．A．earth	B．paper	C．wood	D．glass
45．A．selling	B．thinking	C．sending	D．making
46．A．answered	B．said	C．asked	D．told\
47．A．as	B．for	C．like	D．to
48．A．given	B．made	C．borrowed	D．heard
49．A．tell	B．buy	C．ask	D．give
50．A．sorry	B．proud	C．cool	D．excited．

Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life．Some p（79）____ 　　 read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning； others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is h（80）　　in the world．

Sometimes，we do not have enough time to read all the news c（81）　　，so we just take a quick look at the front page．At other times，we may be so busy t（82）　　we only have a few minutes to look at the names of the passages．

Newspapers can be f （83）　　everywhere in the world．We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities，but in some mountain villages we can see f（84）　　newspapers．

Some newspapers are published once a week，b（85）　　most of the papers are published once a day with many pages，some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers．Some like world news，and others prefer short stories．They just choose what they are i（86）　　in．

Today newspapers in English have the largest number of r（87）　　in the world．The English language is popular，and m（88）　　Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily and 21st Century．They bring us more and more messages together with the Internet．

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To our joy，Tu Youyou，a Chinese woman scientist，won the Nobel Prize in her　　（eighty）．