Did you find _________ very interesting to play basketball?

A. this B. it’s C. that D. It

Little Kate went to the concert ____it rained heavily yesterday.

A. even though B. if C. until D. Unless

Droughts (干旱)are common in Kenya . Before ,they came every 10 years ,but now they seem to be hitting us more often and for a longer time .

We gave the droughts names :“longoza”was the drought when many animals died ; there was the drought of the “planes” because food was dropped from the air by planes; and one particularly bad drought was called “ man who dies with his money in his fist (拳头)”，because ,even if there was money , there was simply no food to buy .

I was born in 1951 in Machakos. From what my mother tells me , when I was 7, there was a serious drought . I clearly remember the terrible weather and the hunger. I can’t tell you how many times I went to bed without eating . “ I slept like that ,” is how we described it . I can’t count the number of days when “ I slept like that,” or describe the feeling of going to sleep hungry ,knowing I’d wake up and there would still be no food for breakfast.

My father would leave early in the morning carrying a little basket to ask for food on credit (赊欠). Each night he would return home around 10:00p.m. My mother would try to encourage me by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water . I would keep the fire burning and the water boiling , along with the hopes that we would eat that night. But my father would arrive frustrated and empty -handed. And I would sleep like that.

1.The best title for the text is ________.

A. A Hungry Childhood Caused by Droughts

B. Food and Hunger

C. Protecting the Environment

D. Droughts and Their Names

2. What does the drought of the “ longoza”refer to (指代)?

A. Many animals needed food dropped by planes.

B. People had to eat animals because of hunger.

C. Many animals died because of the droughts.

D. People died of hunger even if they had money .

3.Why would the author keep the fire burning and the water boiling?

A. To wait for her father to come back to have supper .

B. To cook the food that her father would bring back .

C. To keep her house warm all night .

D. To make her hungry mother happy.

4. The sentence “I slept like that ” means “ ________ .”

A. I was disappointed when my father came back empty-handed

B. I felt sorry because my family got hungry again

C. I went to sleep with no food for breakfast.

D. I went to bed with nothing to eat

根据短文意思，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整.

（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分） （每个单词限用一次,）

Lots of parents now buy everything that their children want to have. If they carry on with this habit, their children won’t learn that money 1. from hard work.

Some parents like to 2. birthday parties for their children. If they keep on doing this, their children will think it’s 3. to have a birthday party every year. Year after year, maybe they will forget 4. birthdays and only remember their own. It is against traditional habits.

Many parents don’t let their children do 5. . They think children only have one thing to do. They should study hard and do 6. in their lessons. 7. parents go on doing this, the children will only learn to open their mouth to be fed, and stretch out(伸出) their arms to be dressed every day. When the children grow up, they will be able to do 8. , and they won’t even find a job. Parents should teach the children 9. to do housework because it can help them learn good habits, such as10. by themselves.

it is to have a cold drink on such a hot day!

A. What a fun B. How fun C. What fun

If you don't know the word, why don't you in the dictionary?

A. look up them B. look it up C. look up it

-- Excuse me, can you tell me ?

-- Of course. Let me show you the way.

A. if there is a post office near here

B. how can I get to the post office

C. where is the nearest post office

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A: See, this picture. This is my vocation house in Australia and it is near the coast.

B: 1. Were you doing BBQ (烧烤)?

A: Yes. I cooked for my family.

B: 2. You were in a sweat (汗水).

A: Yes. The temperature was above 35℃.

B: What's this? 3.

A: Yes. These are pictures I took during my Christmas holiday last year.

B: 4. I remember last year our Christmas was snowing.

A: But in Australia it's quite different.

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的涂A，错误的涂B。（共5小题，每小题2分；计10分）

Here are some of the fastest animals in the animal world. As you read about them, remember that top speed of hummer runners is 20 to 25 miles an hour. And the fastest human runner can only run at this speed for a few hundred meters.

1.Black rhinos can run faster than the fastest human runners.

2.Though cheetahs run very fast, they get tired soon.

3.Pronghorn antelopes are the fastest animals over short distances.

4.Hummingbirds move their wings faster than other birds because they are large.

5.Ostriches can run fast over long distances.

短文填空。从下面方框中选择适当的单词并用其正确形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺（每词限用一次）。按编号将答案依次填入下边表格内。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）。

Thanksgiving is an American festival. It is celebrated on the 1 Thursday in November. It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends. People make short 2 and give thanks for their food.

We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers (先驱者) arrived in America in the 17th

century. While they were 3 the Atlantic (大西洋), many people died, and after they landed, their first winter was 4 than any English winter. The local people taught the pioneers how to grow corn. The next year they celebrated together by 5 a dinner of the new food.

We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a 6 dinner. The main dish of this dinner is almost always turkey. We all help to 7 the food. We lay the table, and then before we begin dinner, my father gives thanks for the food. We often talk a lot and tell stories after dinner as well.

During the festival, there are lots of 8 things to see and do. We live in New York, and we go to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (游行). Thanksgiving is the start of the Christmas season, and we start shopping for 9 . Football is also important at Thanksgiving. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games on television and enjoy 10 very much.