1.I want to travel, e______________to English-speaking countries.

2.Keeping p__________, such as dogs and cats is more and more popular among young and old.

3.Have you ever h_______________ of the interesting story?

4.Would you m_______________ turning down the music?

5.He has been c________________ stamps for five years.

  Mr Beckman  1.  in a company for nearly twenty years. His job is 2.  all the documents the manger writes. His office is on the first floor and the light in it is always poor unless it’s fine. So his sight 3. shorter several years ago. He has to wear a pair of glasses when he’s working. Of course, it brought him a lot of trouble. He can’t see anything clearly without glasses. Sometimes he can’t recognize his wife when they 4. with each other in the street.

 The man looked tired this evening. After supper he 5.to bed while his family 6.TV. Mrs. Beckman didn’t turn off the television until the interesting TV play was over. She came into their bedroom in the dark at half past ten. As soon as she7._ down, there was a great noise under the bed. She understood a mouse came in again. She jumped off and had to turn on the light and tried to beat it with a stick. She made some noise and it made her husband 8.up.

 “You have never worn glasses when you were sleeping before,” the woman said in surprise. “But why___you ____9._ them this time?”

 “Well,dear,” said the man. “I had a lot of dreams last night. I saw my late parents, but I couldn’t see them clearly. So I have  10. so!”

Fred,a young man of twenty-five, was an able worker. He worked in this factory since he finished middle school six years ago. (3)At first he spent much time in studying all machines in his workplace and learned to repair them. His boss Mr dick liked the clever young man and paid him more than any other worker.

Four years later the young man got into the habit of (养成……习惯)drinking and was often drink. He couldn’t go to work on time and didn’t work so hard as before. Sometimes he slept when he was on duty. It made Mr Dick angry and told him not to drink. He agreed but soon forgot it. His friend Henry often helped him and tried to stop him drinking, but he failed. And one afternoon something was wrong with an expensive machine. The workplace had to stop working. Fred was found in a bar(酒吧)but he was drunk. He broke the machine when repairing it. Henry had to take him home. The next morning, as soon as he got up, the telephone rang and Henry said,“Two pieces of news for you, Fred. One piece is good and the other is bad.”

“Tell me the good one first, please,”said Fred.

“(4)You’ll be given double pay next month.”

“Oh, wonderful!” called out Fred.

“Mr Dick told me to take your place.”

任务一：根据短文内容回答下面的问题。

1.Why did Mr Dick pay Fred more than any other worker?

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2.Why was Mr Dick angry with Fred later?

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任务二：将文中的划线句子翻译成汉语

3._____________________________________________________________________________4._____________________________________________________________________________

任务三：What’s the main idea of this passage?

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你打算参加中学生英语演讲比赛，你打算谈谈“为什么得学英语？”用下面所提示的观点写一篇字数为60-80的发言稿

1. China’s Opening-up Policy(开放政策)encourages more people to learn English.

2. China’s entry into WTO encourages more people to learn English.

3. Beijing’s successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games encourages more people to learn English.

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－ We plan to visit the museum next week.

    —_______.

    A. Sound interesting                 B. Sound interested

    C- Sounds interesting                D. Sounds interested

－ How was _______charity show?

   － It was _______big success.

    A. the; a           B. the; ／       C. a; ／         D. a; the

Why not _______your best _______ people in need?

    A. to try; to help     B. try; help      C. try; helping    D. try; to help

We didn't have enough money for the movie, so we went to the park _______.

    A. instead of        B. instead        C. in fact          D. ever

My grandma _______the life in the city in the first two weeks.

    A. didn't use to      B. isn't used to     C. wasn't used to   D. doesn't use to

—How long _______home?

   —For about three months.

    A. have you been away from            B. did you leave

    C. have you left                      D. are you away from