My parents used to tell me how important school was for me, but I didn’t think so. I paid little attention to it. But one thing let me finally   1  what my parents meant.

One day, when I   2   a mobile phone store, I saw an advertisement on its door. It was hiring new workers!

“Sir, are you hiring people?” I went   3   the shop and asked. “Yes, but you should be the man who we need,” the manager answered. He looked at me for a few   4  from head to foot. “Do you have a high school diploma(文凭)?”  5  he, “Or do you have any work experience?”

I felt so ashamed and   6   that I didn’t know what to say, so I just turned around and left. I could not fall asleep that night, and I thought a lot about my   7  . “I must go to school or I can’t do anything without a good education,” I   8   to myself silently. I never went back to the store again  9  I finished my study and got a diploma.

 10  looked the same when I returned to the store: the same people and the same design. However, compared with last time, I had more   11  . The manager told me they needed new    12  . So it was a great chance for me.

I  13  my diploma to the manager. He looked at it and said, “Great, you are in.”

Now I am still working in the same store. With this experience, I always  14 people to attend school. Education helps you have a bright future. Now I am not worried about my future because I’m still   15  in my spare time.

1.                A．realize         B．remember      C．wonder   D．imagine

2.                A．went through    B．left for         C．stepped into   D．walked past

3.                A．out of          B．into            C．away from D．onto

4.                A．days           B．hours          C．minutes  D．seconds

5.                A．continued       B．answered       C．warned   D．reported

6.                A．uncomfortable   B．impolite         C．unkind   D．impatient

7.                A．hobbies        B．future          C．parents   D．manger

8.                A．shouted        B．listened         C．said D．cried

9.                A．when          B．while           C．after D．before

10.               A．Nothing        B．Everything      C．Nobody   D．Everybody

11.               A．grade          B．luck           C．confidence D．pleasure

12.               A．volunteers      B．teachers        C．students   D．workers

13.               A．sold           B．showed        C．sent D．shook

14.               A．teach          B．allow          C．order D．advise

15.               A．learning        B．working        C．playing    D．chatting

There is a new park near Andy’s home. It’s fine today. Andy and his family are in the park now. On their left, there is a café. On their right, there is a big lake. There are many flowers and trees around the lake. There’s a small hill behind the lake. Near the lake, there are two signs. One says, “Don’t swim in the lake!” The other says, “No fishing!” But you can go boating on the lake. There is a beautiful garden in the middle of the park. There are green grass and beautiful flowers in it. There are some small shops between the lake and the garden. The park is so nice. Andy and his family like it very much.

(   )11. The park near Andy’s home is ____________.      .

   A. new and beautiful    B. old and beautiful   C. clean and new   D. old and clean

(   )12. Is there a café in the park? ---_____________.      

      A. Yes, there isn’t.      B. No, there isn’t.       C. Yes, there is.    D. No, there is.

(   )13. People can________ on the lake.

      A. swim                  B. fish                 C. boat               D. play

(   )14. The shops in the park are not _____________.      .

      A. small                   B. big                  C. good             D. pretty

(   )15. Do Andy and his family like the park?  --__________.    

    A. Yes, they don’t.                       B. No, they do.      

 C. Yes, very much.                     D. No, they don’t.

Many people think the more time is spent, the __1___work will be done, so students have to spend the whole __2_doing school work except the three meals .It is __3__to see students struggling (奋斗) in a sea of school work both at school and ___4___.Modern students usually have a lot of ___5___.They love music and sports .They like reading books and watching TV. A  6   weekend can get them away from too much school work and they can do __7__they like .But teachers don’t think so.  8  students have too much schoolwork and they have_9_ time to enjoy themselves. Students are really tired of their weekend homework, so they usually don’t do their weekend homework __10__Sunday night. But there is not enough time for much work, students have to finish it __11__.The weekend homework often makes teachers angry. Things always get __12__without right ideas, too much  school work makes students _13_ interests in learning, and it’s also bad for their health.  A horse runs faster after a _14_. But for students only rest is not enough .So such a condition should be _15__ to give students both pleasure and knowledge .Please give students less homework

and leave them more free time .

1.                A．less            B．more           C．lest  D．most

2.                A．day            B．morning        C．afternoon D．week

3.                A．never          B．common        C．glad D．hardly

4.                A．in class         B．in the office     C．at home  D．in hospital

5.                A．books          B．hobbies         C．sports    D．friends

6.                A．two days        B．two day’s      C．two-day  D．two-days

7.                A．who           B．where          C．why D．what

8.                A．Unless         B．If              C．Though   D．So

9.                A．enough         B．no             C．a good   D．much

10.               A．until           B．when          C．at    D．on

11.               A．good          B．poor           C．carelessly  D．happily

12.               A．better         B．afraid          C．worse D．wonderful

13.               A．lose           B．have           C．add  D．take

14.               A．minute         B．moment        C．meal  D．rest

15.               A．kept           B．changed        C．same D．difficult

You may think there is only sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert, as we know, there is a little  1  and it is not  2  for most plants. Still we can see some plants live in the desert.
There is  3  in some places in the deserts. We   4  these places oases(绿洲). In the oases, there are villages and towns. People grow   5  kinds of vegetables and rice in the fields there. People   6  live outside the oases. They have camels, sheep and other animals. These animals live   7  the desert plants for their food and do not need any water. The   8  are useful to the desert people in many ways. They eat the  9  and drink the milk of the animals. They  10  the camels for carrying water, food, and  11 .
The people of the desert have to keep  12  from place to place. They must always look 13  grass or desert plants for their animals. When there  14  no more food for their animals, they move to another place. The desert people are  15 . Every one in the desert likes to help the people in trouble and give them food and water.

A. 根据汉语或英文提示，结合句意，填上适当的单词。

1.Can you tell me your home _________(地址)?

2.It's not healthy to ___________(呼吸) dirty air.

3.Can you __________(描述) what your dream home is like?

4.We should make fewer ___________(仇人), instead, we should make more friends.

5. He has much __________(知识) of geography.

6.I am not sure __________(是否) he has gone abroad or not.

7. What is the __________(人口) of the world this year?

8. The result has ____________(证明) him wrong.

9. You can enjoy the ___________(beautiful) of the old park.

10. Thank you for making such wise ___________(decide).

11.The park is ___________(crowd) with many people on Children's Day.

12.It's __________(honest) of her to copy others' homework.

13.The birds live ___________(comfortable) in Zhalong Nature Reserve all year round.

14.Surfing on the internet for too much time is _________(harm) to your health.

15.Many teenagers like to read books that are __________(write) by Guo Jingming.