任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分，计10分) （每空一词）

We want some help

Sandy : Please help me . I am a girl from America .I can’t learn Chinese well . My Chinese teacher always speaks too fast . Many of my friends think Chinese is easy . But I don’t ! I can’t get high marks(高分). Sometimes , I can’t understand what the teacher says in class . How I hope I can have a Chinese pen friend .

Jim : I am too short . I am only 1.4 meters tall .I like playing basketball, but they all say I can’t be a good basketball player . How can I be as tall as all my friends ? Can short boys play basketball ? I hope someone can teach me how to be a good guide(后卫).

Joan : I want to be a slim girl . Some of my friends say I am too fat. Is it because my parents are fat, too ? Am I a pretty girl? When I see those slim girls , my eyes are green. I hope to know some ways to be slimmer .

Danny:I need friends .I am sad because I don’t have many good friends to chat with . I am not good at talking. And my face turns red when I am with many people . But I really want to have many friends . Can you tell me how to make friends with other children ?

Children in___1____ of Help

1 is becoming popular these days. Many of us run for our  2 .   3 say many of the health problems come from these  4 habits: eating too much,   5 too much, smoking cigarette, and not having enough  6 . Doctors tell us, ‘Eat less, don’t smoke,   7  exercise more.’ Running is a good exercise  8 it helps build a strong heart. It also helps most people
  9 weight.   10 80-year-old woman runs three times a week. She is getting  11 . Running is good for health in other  12 , too. Many runners say running makes colds and other small health problems  13 . ‘Running is my doctor,’ says a man. Running can also make people feel  14 . So today men and women of all  15 enjoy running.

句型转换
【小题1】Millie is slimmer than any other girl in her class. (保持句意基本不变)
Millie is ________ _________ girl in her class.
【小题2】Linda asked John, “Do you come from the USA?”（改为间接引语）
Linda asked John ___________ he ___________ from the USA.
【小题3】Kitty puts away the warm clothes after the winter.（改为否定句）
Kitty _________ ________ away the warm clothes after the winter.
【小题4】Twenty thousand fans have voted online for their favourite singers. (对划线部分提问)
_________ _________ fans have voted online for their favourite singers?
【小题5】His grandpa died of cancer last year. (对划线部分提问)
_________ _________ his grandpa die last year?

One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small   36  in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make   37  body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped. So the boy   38  to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be   39 .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole   40  .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it   41 a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin   42  .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.

The boy acted with   43  but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of   44  out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be   45  to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.

  46   struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be  47   we could have been and we would never fly.

In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even  48   growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid   49  or problems. So, next time you are   50 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!

1.                A．hole           B．worm          C．tall  D．snake

2.                A．it             B．it’s           C．itself D．its

3.                A．decided        B．asked          C．showed   D．ordered

4.                A．afraid          B．interested       C．surprised D．grateful

5.                A．slimmer        B．bigger          C．shorter   D．smaller

6.                A．touched        B．sounded        C．looked   D．smelt

7.                A．wings          B．feet            C．eyes D．head

8.                A．success         B．excitement      C．kindness  D．humour

9.                A．get            B．getting         C．to get    D．got

10.               A．ready          B．quiet           C．glad  D．used

11.               A．Somewhere     B．Something      C．Some time D．Sometimes

12.               A．as helpful as     B．as weak as      C．as strong as D．as creative as

13.               A．repeats        B．recommends    C．requires   D．represents

14.               A．happiness       B．difficulties      C．pleasure   D．hope

15.               A．served with     B．growing into     C．bringing in D．faced with

Steve Jobs was one of the fathers of the personal computing time and the founder of Apple. He was also one of the giants of the information age. Here are some of his greatest contributions.

Apple II

Jobs and Steve Wozniak

founded Apple Computers Inc.

in 1976. A year later,

the Apple II was invented.

This production was the world’s

first mass-market personal computer.

        The iMac

Under Job’s leadership,

Apple introduced the

all-in-line iMac computer

in 1998. the iMac became

the first machine, which offered

only a CD-ROM slot.

The iPad                

By 2010, Steve Jobs was

confident. The world was

ready to have a tablet

computer that would be great

for watching movies and

playing games.

The touch-sensitive iPad is a great success.

     iPhone 4s

iPhone 4s came out on

October 4, 2011, in America.

It looks like iPhone 4.

It has a larger and wider

screen and a slimmer yet

wider case. It has a better camera

and faster data transfer speeds.

1.The Apple II was invented ________.

A. In 1976.       B. In 1997.         C. In 1998.        D. In 2010.

2.From the passage, we can know that the iPad ________.

A. has a better camera              B. is the first personal computer

C. has a CD-ROM slot              D. is great for watching movies

3.According to the passage, which of the following is True? 

A. IPhone 4s’ screen is the same size as iPhone 4. 

B. IPhone 4s has a larger and slimmer case than iPhone 4. 

C. IPhone 4s uses less time to transfer data than iPhone 4.  

D. IPhone 4s with an improved camera is cheaper than iPhone 4.