-- How do the twins usually go to school?

-- They_______ take a bus, but now they _______ walking.

A. used to; used to                     B. were used to; are used to

C. used to; arc used to               D. were used to; used to

I have been working so hard these days for the big exam. I feel_______. I am afraid I can't pass it.

A. relaxed            B stressed on               C. put down                D. put in

It is reported that_______ new shopping centers will be built soon in our city.

A. more two               B. two another     C. another two     D. the other two

Steve has done his homework _______, but Kathy hasn't done hers_______.

A. already, yet      B. already, already        C. yet, yet            D. yet, already

     Mary loved small animals. One morning while she was walking in the forest, she found   1  weak birds in the grass. She took them home and put them m a small cage(笼子). She cared them with love and the birds both grew  2. They thanked her  3  a wonderful song every morning.

     But something happened one day. Mary left the door of. the  4  open Then larger bird flew from the cage. She thought it Would  5   A s it flew close, she grasped(紧抓) it. She was very exited to catch it. 6 she felt strange. She opened her hand looked sadly at the  7  bird, Her great love had killed the bird!

     The other bird was moving back and froth(来回) in the cage. Mary could  8  its great need for freedom(自由). It wanted to fly into the clear and blue 9  . At once, Mary took the bird 10  the cage and let it fly away. The bird circled once: twice, three times…

     Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing  11 .  Suddenly the bird flew  12  and landed softly on her head. It sang the  13  song that she had ever heard.

     The   14   way to lose love is to hold it too tight(紧的). The best way to keep love is to  15  it wings(翅膀).

1. A. some                B. several           C. tow             D. three

2. A. small                 B. strong           C. thin             D. fired

3. A. with                  B. for              C. about                   D. at

4. A. house                B. room            C. cage                    D. garden

5 A. return                 B. die              C. fly back         D. fly away

6. A. Suddenly             B. Usually           C. Easily             D. Hardly

7. A. living                 B. interesting         C. lucky                   D. dead

8. A. take                  B. feel              C. say              D. get

9. A. river                 B. trees             C. sky              D. box

10. A. out of               B, out from         C. out off                  D. away of

11. A. sadly               B, happily          C. friendly          D. angrily

12. A. higher              B. farther           C. closer            D. later

13. A. sweetest            B. poorest           C. worst             D. loudest

14. A easiest               B. hardest           C. most friendly     D. kindest

15. A. show               B. give             C. pass            D. buy

   What problems do the teenagers probably have? Here is a survey showing their main roblems.

1. How many main problems are there in the survey?

   A. Four           B. Five          C. Six           D. Seven

2. What problems are caused by too much homework?

   A. Feeling stressed and fighting with each other.

   B. Feeling tired of study and getting fat.

   C. Feeling stressed and getting short-sighted.

   D. Getting short-sighted and feeling tired to study.

3. If Simon is feeling stressed, he should _____.

   A. do much more homework

   B. make a plan to spend time on study and hobbies

   C. donate his pocket money to Project Hope

   D. buy some snacks

34. Peter is tired of study. Maybe because he _______.

A. has no close friends.

B. has no pocket money.

C. plays too many computer games.

D. gets fatter and fatter.

35. _______ is a good way for the teenagers to stop fights.

A. Doing less homework

B. Playing computer games

C. Learning how to make friends

D. Paying no attention to each other

     What should we put on if tomorrow is a hot day? A tight-fitting shirt with long sleeves or loose-fitting(宽松的) T-shirt?

     "I'd my nice colourful T-shirt," said Shen Yuanyuan, a Junior 2 girl from Shanghai. " Tight shirts can be a problem in PE class while loose-fitting T-shirts aren't. Like my sports wear. they make me feel free and comfortable,"

     Comfort. That's it. It's one of the reasons why people have loved T-shirts for about a hundred years.

     But comfort is not the only reason. T-shirts are also very popular with the young because they're simple and cheap.

     As time goes on, people arc finding even more reasons to love T-shirts.

     Because of its simple design, everybody can add their own style to a T-shirt and make it special in their own way. Now, T-shirts arc more than just a piece of clothing.

     T-shirts can be part of a school or class uniform. Will the same design; they can show others that a group of people are all members of a group and those them something common.

     T-shirts also help people voice their opinions by having thought-provoking(发人深省的) pictures and some statements on them. Some animal-loves wear T-shirts with pictures of their pets on them. Without a voice, they can still call on people to protect animals.

     T-shirts with advertisements catch people's eyes, so companies like T-shirts too! Summer drinks and cartoon characters … all add more color and designs to T-shirts.

     T-shirts can also help you let out your feelings. You could wear a T-shirt with" Leave me alone. I got a bad result in my exam." on it and walk around! Will this make you feel better? Might do. At least it might stop people bothering you fro a while!

     Sometimes stress can turn into something hand if you keep having stressful feelings over a long time. This kind of stress isn't going to help you. It can make you sick. You may have trouble paying attention(注意力) at school and forget things easily.

     So, remember to stay relaxed. It won't be the end of the world, even if you don't pass the exam.

1. According to the passage, people wear T-shirts because all the following except______.

   A. they don't cost too much money

   B. they arc comfortable to wear

   C. they can show how rich people are

   D. they make people feel free

2. By saying "T-shirts are more than just a piece of clothing", the author means_______.

   A. T-shirts can also be used for other purposes

   B. T-shirts can only be worn on casual occasions

   C. T-shirts can also be made of materials other than cloth

   D. Nothing

3. When people wear T-shirts as a uniform, the' feel a sense of _______.

   A. importance               B. politeness   C. belonging                     D. humor

4. Companies might look at T-shirts as one way to _______

   A. advertise their products           B. reduce their costs

   C. make the world colorful                 D. help their clerks look tidy

5. The main idea of the last paragraph(段落)is that _______

   A. T-shirts can help people save money

   B. T-shirts can help people deal with their problems better

   C. T-shirts can stop people bothering you

   D. T-shirts symbolizes freedom and equality

BEIJING--Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has Visited the "left-behind"(留守) children whose parents are working in cities before Children's Day.

    During a visit to northwest China's Shanansi Province, Wen visited the home of Yang Saike, a primary school boy in a village of Xingping City.

    Yang, whose parents ~were working in Fujian, thousands of kilometers away, was cared for by his grandparents. His parents fail to go home even once a year.

    The premier held Yang in his arms and looked through his exercise book praised him for his hard work.

     Wen talked with many children and asked them many questions about their schooling and 1ife.

     "You are se pretty;" Wen said to Liu Mengqi, a seven-year-old girl living with her grandmother. Liu's parents were also working in the city.

    "Have you been to school yet?" Wen asked two other girls.

    "We are going to the pre-school class,” said one.

    "Morn mad. dad at home?" Wen asked. The children shook their heads.

    "Children cannot see their parents very often, which is a new problem in the countryside. We should give them more care and love," said the premier.

    With fast economic(经济的) development, more people in the country chose to work in. cities and left their children with grandparents or relatives back home, said Wen.

    The premier asked local governments to do something to protect and care for such children at home and freeing(释放，使自由) their parents in cities from worries about their children.

1. Wen says a new problem in the country is that, “left-behind” children_______.

   A. seldom get care from the government

   B. seldom get together with their parents

   C. cannot do well in school like others

   D. cannot get any love from their parents

2. Children whose parents have moved to work in cities are probably looked after by_______.

A. their teachers             B. their neighbors   C. their grandparents     D. their friends

3. According to (根据) Wen, more country people go to work in cities because of______.

   A. great losses of farmland.            B. their hope for city life

   C. economic development                     D. their poor country life

4. Wen Jiabao requires local governments_______.

   A. to do more for "left-behind" children and their parents

   B. to let the parents see their

   C. to stop the local people from going to work in cities

   D. to build more schools for the " left-behind " children

5. The proper title (标题) for the passage is "wen: Give_______ more love."

   A. poor children       B. disabled children C. country children D. "left-behind" children

单词拼写(根据所给首字母或汉语意思补全单词。

1. The house is so expensive that I can't a. _______ it.

2. Sam's uncle is an old s_______, he has been in the army for 20years.

3. I'm going to an English training school to i_______ my English.

4. There's nothing in the box, so it's e_______.

5. If you want to shop on the Internet, you should fill in the p_______ information.

6. Salt is p_______ in East and South China.

7. If you want to have the s_______ hair, please use Easy Care Shampoo.

8. We have organized games and the staff d_______ up as downs.

9. I don't think_______ (外国人) will have any problems talking with Chinese in Beijing in 2008.

10. Have you_______ (回复) to his letter?.

11. You'd better not read a passage by _______ (翻译) every word into Chinese.

12. There are two girls .in our group, _______ (包括) Mary:

13．Did you go to the_______ (剧院)with your cousin yesterday?

14．The story was really_______ (动人)，when I heard it, tears came into my eyes．

15．She has a problem and wants to know how to_______ (解决)it．

根据短文内容用所给词的适当形式填空.

     It was last summer. My wife Elsa, our little monkey Katy and I 1_______(drive) home to Greenwich Village in New York City. We 2_______ (visit) our friends in Washington D.C. It 3_______ (take) us about four hours to get home. Katy was not happy because she had to stay in the car all the way. She jumped here and there. "Put her in the back scat and give her something 4_______ (cat)." I said to Elsa. Just then she 5_______ (jump) on my fight arm and there was a big bang at once. Our car crashed into the ear in from and caught fire. A moment later, the police arrived and they got us out of the car. "Oh, poor Katy is still in the ear!" Elsa screamed and ran back to the burning car before the policemen 6_______ (stop) her. She opened the door but found Katy wasn’t there. While she 7_______ (run) back to us, there was a big explosion(爆炸). How dangerous! We looked everywhere but 8_______(not find) Katy. So we had to start again for home, feeling rather sad

Two months passed. It was about half past two in the torching and Elsa 9_______(lie) awake in bed. She had dreamed about Katy. Suddenly she heard a strange sound. She woke me up and said to me quietly, "Listen! Isn't that a burglar? "We came downstairs with something in our hands. There! The sound 10_______(come) from the front door. Then I opened the door. To our great surprise, it was Katy!