单词拼写: 根据首字母或汉语提示写出下列单词(每空0.5分，共计8分)

1. After e__________ was cut off, the lights went out.

2. A man should be ________ （判断）by his deeds, not by his words.

3. I felt highly __________（荣幸）by your trust..

4. Dead and ______ （受伤的）people lay everywhere after the terrible accident.

5. The old left an estate（保险）of two ______（百万）dollars when he died.

6. It is natural for children to have different v_____ from their parents.

7. According to the weather f_______, it’s going to stay cold for the rest of the week.

8.The plane is flying at an _______（海拔）of 25,000 feet.

9. Wish you a pleasant j___________!

10. That old bike is his only means of _________. （交通工具）.

11. How many people were p_______ at the meeting?

12．The _______（东部的）coastline of China is very long

13. His interest in maths _________（逐渐地）increases.

14. He said it would rain, but I __________ （不同意）with him.

15. Let me give you some a______ on how to learn English.

16. Don’t stay o________ since the weather is so cold.

My school makes students take one religion (宗教) class every year. But religion is really hard, especially with Mr Frank Smith for a teacher.

Mr Smith is 55 years old, with grey hair and a moustache (胡子). He always wears a blue school T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes with long white socks. My friends say he looks like a cat.

In his class, we did yoga (瑜珈) and meditation (冥想) (actually most of the children in my class lay on the ground sleeping), tasted some strange tea, had classes outside in the garden, and watched videos and movies about Tibetan Buddhism (藏传佛教), God, and so on.

It was fun sometimes. However, the course (课程) was quite hard when it came to tests. The girls often worked until one or two o'clock in the morning on nights before the tests, but they still got bad scores.

When our test scores were bad, he would give us some makeup assignments (补考作业). Once I got a B, which I thought was bad, so I asked Mr Smith for an assignment to bring up my grades.

As a matter of fact, his assignments were often worse than the tests. The tests were just a lot of multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, or short essays (文章). But his assignments usually included a speech in class.

I was not afraid of public speaking, yet it took me three days to collect the information, two days to write the speech, one day to make a PowerPoint and several hours to prepare. I knew my presentation (课堂展示) was good, because I saw Mr Smith's big smile when he listened to me. He gave me an A at last.

After finishing the course, I may not remember how hard it was or the meaning of some vocabulary. But through Mr Smith, I learned a lesson that will be with me my whole life. That is: no matter what we do, we need to put our hearts into it, and then our work will pay off.

The religion class is hard because Mr Smith _______.

A. uses strange ways to teach in his class.

B. never gives good scores, however hard you try.

C. gives difficult tests and make-up assignments.

D. likes students to make good presentations.

How could students get good scores in Mr. Smith’s class?

A. Work hard by studying late into the night.                  

B. Remember all of the vocabulary.

C. Pay attention and take notes in class.                              

D. Do well on the make-up assignment.

From the course, the writer learned that ____.

A. people should always be given a second chance

B. people should always put their hearts into their work

C. it is good to do yoga and meditation             

D. it is good to choose strict teacher

The party began shortly after Mr. Wood, who lived in the flat below, signed to himself as he heard excited voices and the noisy music. Luckily he had  36  some work home from the office,   37  he kept himself busy for a couple of hours, thus managing to pay no attention to the noise  38 . But by eleven o’clock he felt  39  and was ready to go to bed, though from his earlier  experience he knew it was  40  trying to get to sleep. He undressed and lay for a while on the bed, trying to read, but he  41  himself reading the same page over and over again. He then turned off the light and  42  his head in the pillow. But  43  he could not shut  44  the noise, finally, after 45 seemed hours, his 46 was gone.

He jumped out of bed, 47 some clothing, marched 48 up the stairs, and walked into his neighbor’s flat. The owner of the flat, who 49 him in his dressing gown, came 50 the room and, 51 Mr. Wood could say anything, cried, “My dear fellow, come and 52. I know our parties 53 you. I meant to send you 54.” Mr. Wood’s anger disappeared then and there. He said, “I’d better go and get 55.” Minutes later, he returned, properly dressed, only to find that the party was nearly over.

36．A. taken               B. carried                 C. brought                 D. fetched

37．A. with which          B. from which                  C. where                  D. when

38．A. outside              B. overhead               C. downstairs             D. nearby

39．A. bad                 B. tired                        C. sick                 D. hopeless

40．A. useless              B. necessary            C. possible                     D. helpful

41．A. had                 B. found                 C. caught                D. felt

42．A. buried              B. rested                 C. shook                 D. turned

43．A. till then              B. worse still             C. strange enough        D. even so

44．A. away                B. off                         C. down                       D. up

45．A. it                      B. what                     C. that                       D. which

46．A. sleep                   B. strength                C. patience                D. anger

47．A. pulled on              B. dressed up                      C. selected                D. wore

48．A. sadly                  B. proudly                 C. quietly                         D. firmly

49．A. made fun of          B. stared at               C. was angry with        D. caught sight of

50．A. across               B. around                 C. towards              D. by

51．A. as                    B. before                 C. though              D. until

52．A. meet as                B. sit here              C. join us                D. scold me

53．A. may trouble          B. would trouble         C. may bother             D. must bother

54．A. a notice               B. a message            C. an invitation          D. an apology

55．A. washed                 B. changed                     C. dressed                 D. prepared

My First Trip in the United States
I still remember my first day in the U. S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane   36  at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very  37 and it was snowing, but I was too excited to   38  . From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my    39   .On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the   40  time and I looked in surprise at the famous skyscrapers（摩天大楼） and their man-made   41  .  42   me unpack at the hotel, my friend left and promised to return the next day.
  43  my friend had left, I went to a   44   near the hotel to get something   45    . Since I couldn’t speak a single word of English, I couldn’t tell the    46   what I wanted. I was very worried and started to make some   47   ,but he didn’t understand me. Finally, I ordered the    48  thing as the man at the next table was   49   . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway   50   I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I   51  to walk around the city. I wanted to see   52  on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.
When I returned to the hotel, I couldn’t fall asleep, lay    53  and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of   54  and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to    55  .