用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺、连贯（每词限用一次）。

afraid   start   hardly    progress   with    speak   either   understand   help    laugh

Last year, I had a difficult time in my English class. To begin   1.  , it wasn’t easy for me   2.   what the teacher said-she  3.   too fast, and I could   4.  follow. I was also   5.   of speaking in class because I thought I would   6.  at.. I couldn’t make complete sentences,   7.. Then I   8. to watch English programs on TV. It  9.  a lot. Now, I have made great   10.  and I even got an A in the last exam!

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Dear Year 5 kids,

Hello! I’m from Year 6 in Mrs. Batley’s class. However, last year I was a Year 5 kid in Mr. Poulter’s class. We went on a fantastic journey to see “The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” by courtesy of (承蒙……的允许) Time Travel Tours Ltd. Yes, we got into their “time machine” (we had to travel this way as the wonders are all gone now except for the pyramids) and set the dials for the correct time and place. And before we knew it, we were walking around the masterpieces of architecture (建筑杰作). We sent back postcards from all seven places. Click on any of these seven locations on the map below to find out what we saw. This year’s Year 5 kids may find it very useful! So, get exploring and discover ...

　　　　　　　　　　　                                         Lots of love,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　                                    Holly Reardon

根据短文内容，判断所给句子的正误（T/F）。

1. Holly is introducing the fantastic journey to Year 6 kids.

2. Mr Poulter is Holly’s teacher this year.

3. Holly travelled to “The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” in the “time machine”.

4.We can see “The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” in the real world.

5. This passage is from a website and there is a map below it.

Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle.

I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn’t enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main house, “Casa Grande”, is the biggest one. Visitors can live in the other three ones. Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there.

At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools, one inside and a larger one outside. I loved the one outside, the “Neptune Pool”. It was a pity that we couldn’t go swimming there!

The guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle. When Mr Hearst died in 1951, his family gave Hearst Castle to the people of California. Now it’s a museum.

1.The underlined word “Castle” in the first paragraph means _____.

A．城堡             B．胜地             C．城垛             D．楼阁

2. “Casa Grande” is _____ the other three ones at Hearst Castle.

A．younger than                          B．bigger than

C．older than                             D．smaller than

3.There are _____ at Hearst Castle.

A．beautiful gardens

B．one swimming pool inside

C．one swimming pool outside

D．all the above

4._____ made Mr. Hearst build this wonderful castle.

A．A tour around Europe

B．The paintings and castles in Europe

C．His mother

D．His dream

5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A．Hearst Castle in California was cheap to build.

B．Hearst Castle is on a mountain near the sea.

C．Many Hollywood film stars come to Hearst’s parties.

D．After Mr. Hearst died, his family lived at Hearst Castle.

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(必要时可加情态动词或助动词)

Henry and Charlie were good friends. They worked in a shop. These days Henry did not come to work, but Charlie did not know why.

The shopkeeper said there were too many workers in the shop, so he 1._______________ (send) some away. Charlie heard of it and wanted to tell his friend Henry about the shopkeeper’s plan. He went to him after supper. When he got there, he 2._____________ (meet) Henry’s wife at the door.

“Henry3._____________ (go) out, hasn’t he?” asked Charlie.

“No, he 4._______________ (be) in bed,” answered the woman.

“What’s wrong with him?”

“He 5.______________ (not feel) well,” said his wife.

“What on earth is happening?”

“He 6._______________ (not fall) asleep the whole night.”

Charlie went into the bedroom and saw his friend 7.______________ (lie) in bed, crying loudly in pain.

“Have you seen a doctor, Henry?” asked Charlie.

“Not yet,” said Henry, “My wife bought some medicine for me and I took some just now.”

“You’d better 8.______________ (go) to see a doctor. They will help you, I think.”

“Sorry, I9._______________ (not agree) with you,” said Henry, “Last year I had a terrible stomachache, the doctor cut off part of my stomach. Last week I got a bad toothache and the dentist had my tooth (90) _______________ (pull). God knows what the doctor will do with my head this time!”

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Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle.

I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn’t enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main house, “Casa Grande”, is the biggest one. Visitors can live in the other three ones. Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there.

At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools, one inside and a larger one outside. I loved the one outside, the “Neptune Pool”. It was a pity that we couldn’t go swimming there!

The guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle. When Mr Hearst died in 1951, his family gave Hearst Castle to the people of California. Now it’s a museum.

1.The underlined word “Castle” in the first paragraph means _____.

2. “Casa Grande” is _____ the other three ones at Hearst Castle.

3. There are _____ at Hearst Castle.

4. _____ made Mr. Hearst build this wonderful castle.

5. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?