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The students in Shanghai No. 3 Girls High School have a flower-arrangement (插花) lesson every week. The course is the first of its kind among middle schools in Shanghai. It helps the students to enjoy the   46   of flowers better. That’s why the course has become very popular   47   the students.

The teachers of the course are all specially trained(专门地培训). They are   48    at this art and work hard at passing on the skill   49   students. So far, many students in the school have   50   a lot of prizes in this field. In order to further   51   the students’ skills, the teachers usually play   52   while students are arranging flowers. Students are   53   with the music, and they   54   more good ideas for flower-arrangement.

Besides, the teachers   55   teach the students other skills at the   56   time. For example, they ask the students to   57   compositions(作文) about flowers. In this way, students not only   58    art education but also improve(提高) their writing skills.

Several months ago, some foreign teachers   59   the school. When they saw common flowers become more lively and meaningful, they were amazed and interested. They made videos and would play them in class for their own   60   after they returned home.

1.A. color          B. beauty       C. smell                D. shape

2. A. between       B. around           C. among            D. about

3.A. well           B. nice             C. great            D. good

4. A. with          B. for          C. to               D. in

5. A. beaten            B. hit          C. won              D. struck

6.A. drop           B. decide       C. develop          D. train

7.A. music          B. games        C. jokes                D. sports

8. A. happy         B. popular      C. careful          D. angry

9.A. think of       B. run out of       C. hold on          D. put off

10.A. always            B. never            C. hardly           D. seldom

11.A. different     B. same         C. another          D. other

12.A. read          B. play             C. write                D. work

13.A. get            B. give            C. make                 D. take

14.A. arrived       B. went             C. got              D. visited

15. A. parents      B. friends      C. students             D. classmates

All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep _____, happy and to live long.

People play ___ games in winter and summer. ?? is good for swimming. And in winter people often go skating.

Some sports are very _____ and people everywhere like them For example, football is very popular. In China, most people, men, ______, boys and girls, like to watch football games. They often talk about it.

Running and jumping began long, long ago, But basketball and volleyball are very ??? . People began to play ____ not long ago. And people are ____ new sports or games all the time. Water skiing(滑水)is one of the newest.

People______ different countries may not understand each other, ___ after a game they often become friends.

1.A. health???????? B. busy???????????? C. healthy??????

2.A. different?????? B. same???????????? C. the same?????

3.A. Winter??????? B. Summer????????? C .Autumn?????????

4.A. boring??????? B. dangerous???????? C. interesting

5.A. woman??????? B. women?????????? C. old?????????

6.A new?????????? B. interesting???????? C. popular?????

7.A. it??????????? B. them???????????? C. its?????? ?????????????

8.A. start????????? B. play????????????? C. starting

9.A. in??????????? B. of??????????????? C. from??? ????????????? ?????????????

10.A so??????????? B. but?????????????? C. and??????????

I think the most terrible（最糟糕的） thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is always ___1___ when my mother calls, “John! It’s seven o’clock! ___2___ up!”
John ___3___, “I’m coming!” and goes right back to ___4___.
I’m not ___5___ my brother. I don’t like to go to bed ___6___ but I don’t mind getting up in the morning. I ___7___ wake up before my mother calls me.
But not John. He ___8___ sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs(到楼上) and pull(拉）John out of ___9___. He always says, “I was going to get up in ___10___ minute. Really I was.”
(      ) 1. A. glad      B. surprised (惊讶) C. unhappy    D. happy
(     ) 2. A. Look     B. Get           C. Climb      D. Put
(      ) 3. A. answers    B. asks          C. wonders     D. means
(      ) 4. A. work     B. study         C. play       D. sleep
(      ) 5. A. as        B. like           C. different    D. same
(      ) 6. A. at night    B. at last         C. quick      D. slowly
(      ) 7. A. never     B. usually        C. sometimes   D. only
(      ) 8. A. just       B. alone         C. finally      D. really
(      ) 9. A. the door   B. the window    C. bed        D. the room
(      ) 10. A. another    B. other        C. the other    D. others

A wise man was walking from one town to another with a few of his followers, and they happened to pass a lake. So they stopped there to   1  for a while, and the wise man said to one of his followers, “I am very  2 . Could you please  3  me some water from the lake?”
The follower walked to the lake  4  the wise man requested. Some people were washing clothes in the water, and right at that moment, several carts (手推车) started crossing the lake.  5  , the water became very muddy.
Then he went back and told the wise man that the water was very muddy and not   6  to drink.
After they had rested for about half an hour, the wise man again asked the   7  follower to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. As requested, the follower went to the lake. This time he found that all the mud had   8   to the bottom. The water was very   9 and looked fit to drink. So he    10 his water bottle and took it to the wise man.
The wise man took the water bottle and drank, then looked up at the follower. “See what you did   11   the water clean?” he said. “You let it be for a while and the mud settled down on its own,  12  you could get some clear drinking water. Your mind can also be like that lake when it is   13   by something. If you just let it be and give it a little time, it will most likely settle down on its own   14  being put in any effort at all to   15   it.”

One day, a young man asked Albert Einstein, the great German scientist, which the secret(秘密)of success(成功)was. The scientist   31   him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days   32   the young man asked him the   33   question again. Einstein was very   34  . He did not say  35  , but wrote a few   36   on a piece of paper and handed it to the young man. The young man looked   37   the piece of paper. On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.“What   38   this mean?”asked the young man.“A means success,”said the old scientist.“X means hard work, Y means good methods(方法),and Z means   39   talking and start to   40  .

1.A. say        B. said        C. talked    D. told

2.A. ago        B. before      C. later        D. after

3.A. easy       B. different     C. same    D. difficult

4.A. worried     B. disappointed(失望)  C. happy  D. angry

5.A.anything     B. something    C. nothing   D everything

6.A. words       B. word        C. sentences   D. sentence

7.A. on          B. after          C. at    D. for

8.A.will         B. shall         C. does   D. is

9.A. go on       B. stop         C. enjoy    D. start

10.A. do          B. read         C. work  D. look