1. Mr. Liu, our English teacher, explained the s__________ of the themes expressed in the poem with passion.

2.As the price of houses are getting higher and higher, most young people choose to rent a f______ flat.

3.Please accept my c________ on your graduation..

4. B_______ with a large family, poor Jack had to work hard day and night

5.After questioning the man for seven hours, the police o______ the information they wanted.  

6.Many experts _________(提倡)rewarding your child for good behavior.

7.The private school was closed down as a c_________ of its bad management.

8.__________(口译者)are people who change spoken words from one language to another, specially as their job.

9.I’m not quite sure how to get there--- I’d better ________(查阅) a map.

10.He is three years _______ (年长的)to me.

根据单词首字母或汉语提示，用所学单词的正确形式填空。
【小题1】 Plant the seeds at a ______ (深度) of ten centimetres.
【小题2】Julia felt _____ (陷入困境) in a dead end job.
【小题3】The police are questioning the driver who has _______ (目击) the accident.
【小题4】The government  is _______ (呼吁) to the public for information about the crime.
【小题5】No ______ (随意地) dressed man is allowed to enter the room.
【小题6】When you meet with a new word while reading, you may c________ the dictionary.
【小题7】Jenny’s parents used to disagree with her marriage, but now they have a_________ of it.
【小题8】David knows a lot about African history, that is, he is a s___________ in it.
【小题9】 I don’t think $500 will cover the e___________ of travelling across China.
【小题10】When asked what led to his success, the actor o_______ his achievement to his wife’s support.

Nobody likes staying at home in a public holiday, especially when the weather is fine. Last august we decided to spend the day in the country. The only difficulty was that millions of other people had exactly the same idea.  We moved out of the city slowly behind a long line of cars. But at last we came to a quiet country road and after some time, stopped at a lonely farm. We had brought plenty of food with us and we got it out of the car. It was very peaceful in the cool grass until we heard ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up our things and run back to the car as quickly as possible. There were about two hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.
【小题1】 Nobody likes staying at home on a public holiday because ________.

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers’ surprise.

   In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York.

b. Worked in a bank.

c. Traveled to Texas.

d. Was put in prison.

e. Had a newspaper job.

f. Learned to write stories.

A. e, c, f, b, d, a                         B. c, b, e, d, a, f

C. e, b, d, c, a, f                         D. c, e, b, d, f, a

People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because _____.

A. they had surprise endings                B. they were easy to understand

C. they showed his love for the poor            D. they were about New York City

What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

He was well-educated.

He was very good at learning.

He was devoted to the poor.

He was not serious about his work.

   Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

A. His life inside the prison.              B. The newspaper articles he wrote.

C. The city and people of New York.     D. His exciting early life as a boy.

根据单词的首字母提示完成句子。
【小题1】The determination and patience of the scientists was rewarded in 1996 with a b___________ --- the cloning of Dolly the sheep.
【小题2】In 1846 the United States d__________war on Mexico and after it lost the war, Mexico had to give California to the United States.
【小题3】Henry wanted Eliza to make the a____________ of the American ambassador, so he could act as a referee and judge whether he had passed her off as a lady.
【小题4】What are your c______________ for evaluating the quality of a bottle of wine?
【小题5】He was a specialist in the study of bones and found it challenging to search for and i_________ bones of early peoples.