1. When you come to Yancheng, you can enjoy the BRT(快速公交). It’s ________ (舒适) and fast. How fast our city is developing!

2. Many people don’t want to live in Tokyo(东京) because of the Nuclear(核) _________ (污染).

3. This  his ______ (九) year in Sheyang. He loves living here. He loves everything here.

4. We are looking forward to his __________ (到达). He is a famous singer.

5. China’s __________ (人口) is becoming aging (老龄化的). We must take action to prevent it.

6. —What’s the w__________ like today?   —The radio says it’s sunny.

7. If you read more, you will get more k__________. Do you believe it?

8. Boys like watching ball games very much, e__________ the NBA. Those basketball players are really wonderful.

9. When you go for a picnic, remember “S_______ is first. Keep away from the dangerous places. ”

10. Everyone must know the i__________ of learning English. It’s used the most widely in the world now.

11. Many __________ (mouse) destroyed the crops near the village. The farmers were   catching them everywhere.

12. He is __________ (true) sorry that he failed to pass the exam. But I don’t believe him, and you?

13. Millie doesn’t dance as __________ (beautiful) as her sister. She hasn’t practice it for a long time.

14. I would like Liu Qian to teach _________ (we) how to play magic. We admire him very much. He is my hero.       

15. Juan Antonio Samaranch(萨马兰奇)’s __________ (die) was a great loss to the whole world. People loved him very much all over the world.

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the ___16___ person.

   When I first knew Bill, back in college he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑) people I had ever ___17___. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and ___18___ was never dull(枯燥的) when he was ___19___. With him there was one wild adventure (探险) after another. Sometimes I wonder how we ___20___ to study for our exams.

Last week I was in Huston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. At first I wasn’t ___21___ sure it was him. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He talked most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the ___22___ thing Bill cared about was possessions(财物). Now they seemed to be his main ___23____.

I suppose it’ s ____24____ to expect people to remain the same, especially when I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new one. Maybe he ___25____ the same way about me.

1.A. proper            B. same             C. usual              D. right

2.A. considered        B. supposed          C. met               D. expected

3.A. learning          B. life               C. work              D. fun

4.A. in               B. out               C. away              D. around

5.A. decided          B. continued          C. managed           D. hoped

6.A. more            B. less               C. still               D. even

7.A. first             B. last               C. next               D. only

8.A. interest           B. event             C. subject            D. problem

9.A. unnecessary       B. foolish            C. common           D. unusually

10.A. felt             B. acted             C. looked             D. discovered

Long ago, Bluebird’s feathers were the colour of dust. She did not like her ugly colour. She was attracted by the colour of the lake near her home. It was as blue as the sky after a storm. Bluebird wanted to be the colour of that beautiful lake very much. Flapping her wings one morning, Bluebird flew from her tree to the blue lake. Then she bathed in the water three times. After each bath, she sang, “Blue water. Still water. I went in. I am blue.” Bluebird repeated this every morning. On the third day, she came out of the lake with beautiful blue feathers.
Now Coyote was a trickster(骗子)—and hungry too. He stayed behind Bluebird’s tree for a long time every day and watched her go to the lake. He pretended(伪装) to be interested in everything she did. He wanted Bluebird for lunch, but he was afraid of the blue water. On the third morning, Coyote saw Bluebird come out of the lake with beautiful blue feathers. Impressed, he sat next to Bluebird’s tree and waited for her. When she returned, he asked, “How did you get blue feathers? I want to be blue like the mountains too.” Bluebird didn’t believe Coyote, but she taught him how to bathe three times each morning and how to sing her song. Coyote did what she said, and after three days of bathing in the lake, his white fur turned deep blue.
Convinced(确信的) that blue fur was even more beautiful than blue feathers, Coyote forgot all about being hungry. He ran as fast as he could to the top of the hill. Standing on his back legs, he raised his front legs off the ground and howled. But Coyote slipped(滑倒) and rolled down the hill. He couldn’t stop himself, and the dust and dirt covered his new blue fur. He rolled and rolled until he hit into Bluebird’s tree heavily. No matter how much he tried, foolish Coyote could not shake the dust from his fur. And so the fur of all coyotes had the dull colour of dust to this very day.
【小题1】How many times did Bluebird bathe every morning before she had beautiful blue feathers?

1. When you come to Yancheng, you can enjoy the BRT(快速公交). It’s ________ (舒适)
and fast. How fast our city is developing!
2. Many people don’t want to live in Tokyo(东京) because of the Nuclear(核) _________ (污染).
3. This  his ______ (九) year in Sheyang. He loves living here. He loves everything here.
4. We are looking forward to his __________ (到达). He is a famous singer.
5. China’s __________ (人口) is becoming aging (老龄化的). We must take action to prevent it.
6. —What’s the w__________ like today?  —The radio says it’s sunny.
7. If you read more, you will get more k__________. Do you believe it?
8. Boys like watching ball games very much, e__________ the NBA. Those basketball players are really wonderful.
9. When you go for a picnic, remember “S_______ is first. Keep away from the dangerous places. ”
10. Everyone must know the i__________ of learning English. It’s used the most widely in the world now.
11. Many __________ (mouse) destroyed the crops near the village. The farmers were   catching them everywhere.
12. He is __________ (true) sorry that he failed to pass the exam. But I don’t believe him, and you?
13. Millie doesn’t dance as __________ (beautiful) as her sister. She hasn’t practice it for a long time.
14. I would like Liu Qian to teach _________ (we) how to play magic. We admire him very much. He is my hero.       
15. Juan Antonio Samaranch(萨马兰奇)’s __________ (die) was a great loss to the whole
world. People loved him very much all over the world.

A man was travelling abroad in a small red car.One day he left the car and went shopping.When he came back, its roof was badly damaged.

Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them,but they took him to a circus which was near there. The owner of the elephant said,I am very sorry!My elephant has a big, round,red chair.He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!

Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage.

When the man got back to his own country,the customs officers would not believe his story.They said,You sold your new car while you wereabroad and bought this old one!

It was only when the man showed them the letter from the circus man that believed him.

Multiple choice

1.A man was travelling abroad_______.

A．in a big bus        B．in a green jeep     C．in a red car        D．in a red taxi

2.The car was damaged because________.

A．there was a traffic accident                B．the circus man broke it

C．it rushed into a shop                     D．the elephant sat on it

3.The circus man said that_______.

A．he would pay for part of the damage

B．he would pay for all of the damage

C．he wouldn't pay for the damage

D．he would buy a new car

4.When the man got back to his country,the customs officers______.

A．would check his new car

B．only checked his car

C．searched him

D．wouldn't believe what he had said,

5.It was only________that made the officers believe him.

A．the letter from the circus man             B．a newspaper from the country

C．the certificate of his                     D．the letter from the government