I _____________ ride a bike to school, but I walked to school this morning.

A. never B. seldom C. usually D. Almost

He has __________ arms now and is able to pick the table up with one hand.

A. strongest B. weaker C. weakest D. Stronger

---Is that Mr Smith?

---It __________ be him. He is in New York on business these days.

A. may not B. needn’t C. can’t D. mustn’t

The Sweetest Sight

I was in the most beautiful city in the world, yet I only wanted home.

It was an amazing week for my husband and me—the trip of a lifetime. Months ago, when my husband told me that he would have a meeting in London, I told him my wish to go to Europe together with him. Then we asked his mother to look after our two children and started off.

During the week’s time, we visited London and Paris—as much as we could, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower and so on. All these were beautiful places we expected to see before. We really had a fantastic time.

On our last night in Paris, after we enjoyed the night sight of the Eiffel Tower, my husband called home. His mother answered the phone. In a second, my husband’s face fell and looked so worried. I could feel there was something bad.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

He didn’t answer and went on to listen. A few minutes later, he said sadly to me that Tony, our seven-year-old son, fell down from his bike and broke his leg. He must be sent to hospital at once.

At that moment, Paris suddenly lost its charm(魅力).

“I don’t want to be here! I shouldn’t be here! I should be home with my kids!”

We hurried back to our hotel and then to the airport…

Finally, we got home. We rushed into our children’s bedroom. Seeing our two children, I suddenly understood the truth: There is no sweeter sight in the world than our children’s faces that greet us at home.

1.Who went to the Europe countries?

A. The writer. B. Her husband.

C. All her family members. D. The writer and her husband.

2.How did they play in Europe?

A. They had a good time there.

B. They visited only a few small places.

C. They didn’t enjoy the sights there.

D. They only stayed in the hotel.

3.What happened to her family during their stay in Europe?

A. Their two children were ill.

B. Their mother was ill in hospital.

C. Their son fell off his bike and broke his leg.

D. Everything was all right.

4.What can we learn from the article?

A. The sweetest sight in the world is from family members.

B. There are no interesting places in the world.

C. We should stay at home instead of going out.

D. One family should have only one child.

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1.I hope all of you can enjoy ____________ during the trip to the Great Wall.

2.We had a big cake on my grandparent’s ______________ birthday.

3.Lin Zexu was one of the most famous national ____________ in recent history.

4.Tom fell off the bike. ___________, he didn’t hurt himself.

5.There will be even ________________ time for our interests in Grade 9.

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We can do a lot of things to help the people a 1. us. For example(例如), When our classmates have problems with their h 2. , we help them with it. When our brothers or sisters feel bored or u 3. , we can talk to them and tell them f 4. jokes. When we find our friends in trouble, we can give them some a 5. . When our neighbor is busy w 6. in the garden, let’s give him a hand. In fact, when we help others, we’re helping o 7. . Helping others makes us feel happy b 8. we know we are doing something right. Sometimes we can even make f 9. with others and get useful experiences(经历) by h 10. others.

It usually takes my mother forty minutes _______ the house.

A. clean B. to clean C. cleans D. cleaning

Miss Li is ______ Chinese teacher. She teaches Chinese .

A. our; us B. our; our

C. we; us D. we; our

—_________does Millie go to the Reading Club ?

—Twice a week.

A. How long B.How soon C.How much D.How often

-- What’s in your hand, Linda?

--A new book about Mo Yan. I _____ it ____ my friend.

A. borrow, to B. lend, from

C. borrow, from D. keep, for