--How many members are there on the team?

   --Eight this term. But there will be ten _________ next term. I’m not quite sure.

A. at all             B. at last           C. at least        D. at once

Mary didn’t understand such sentences as“She is blue today”，“You are yellow”，“He has a green thumb”，“He has told a white lie”and so on．And she went to the teacher Mrs James for help．
Mary：Mrs James，there is a colour in each of the sentences．What do they mean?
Mrs James：In everyday English，Mary，blue sometimes means sad，yellow afraid．A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one．
Mary：I’m afraid I don’t understand them a11．Would you give me an example for“a white lie”?
Mrs James：Certainly．Now I just give you some cakes．In fact you don’t like it，but you don’t want to let me know it．Instead you say，“No，thanks．I’m not hungry．”That’s a white lie．
Mary：It sounds very interesting．Thanks very much．
Mrs James：You are welcome．Colours are meaningful．I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future．Please come to me if you have any questions．
【小题1】Blue sometimes means sad in________English．

It was a dark and cold night．The taxi driver didn’t have even one passenger all day．When he went by the railway station，①he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands．So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked，“Where do you want to go，sir?”
“To Star Hotel，”the young man answered．When the taxi driver heard this，he didn’t feel happy any more．He knew the young man could give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station．But suddenly，he had   ②  idea．He took the passenger through many streets of the big city．
After a long time，the car arrived at the hotel at last．“You should pay me fifteen dollars，”the driver said to the young man．“What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week, I took a taxi from the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars．I know how much I have to pay for the trip．I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other taxi driver last week．”
1. 请将句中①处句子译为汉语。                                                
2. The young man wante to go to the               .
3. 请在②处填入一个正确的冠词。                                           
4. 请在文章中找出和下面的句子意思相同的句子。
The hotel is near the station.
                                             
5. How much will the young man pay the taxi driver ?
                                                       

单词拼写：根据中文提示写出单词正确形式。

1.My cousin is a ______（害羞） girl. She is afraid of speaking in front of many people.

2.Only the Earth has an environment       (有) air.

3. Computers are becoming more and more popular, but some of them    花费）still too much..

4.This piece of music      (听起来)funny..

5.Which one do you      (更喜欢)，tea or coffee?

6.I went to a good place _______ （叫）Qianjiangyuan this summer holidays.

7.Do you know these two famous      (德国人)？

8.My cousin can play the     （小提琴）very well.

9.       （幸运），he won the first prize at last.

10.I’m sorry I have     (卖)them out.

My family took a trip to New York City last summer. We were very excited. It was our first trip to New York. We   1   to New York on Sunday morning. The weather was sunny. The trip on the plane was very fine. We arrived at about 3:00 p.m. We stayed there for one   2  .

We didn’t have much   3   time during our visit to New York. We were busy. On Monday, we visited the science museum. The next day, we   4   the train to Long Beach. It was interesting and we had a   5   time.

However (然而), one day was really exciting for   6  . On Friday, we wanted to go to Central Park.   7  , we took a subway into the city. Later on, we took a bus to Central Park. There were many people on the bus. After ten minutes, we got off (下车) the bus at the park. But we found Maria wasn’t with us. She was   8  ! She didn’t get off. My father   9   the bus. At last, the driver stopped the bus and Maria got off. She was very careful on the buses and trains after that.

We came back to Los Angeles the next day. We got home late Saturday evening. We were

  10  , but we were happy. We had a wonderful time in New York. However, Maria is never going to forget her scary bus trip.

1.A. walked       B. flew                                   C. got                                     D. moved

2.A. day                              B. week                                 C. month                               D. year

3.A. free                               B. busy                                  C. interesting                       D. good

4.A. bought                 B. saw                                    C. took                                  D. drove

5.A. quiet                             B. boring                               C. happy                               D. sad

6.A. me                        B. Maria                                C. my mother                       D. my father

7.A. First                               B. At last                               C. Then                                 D. After that

8.A. in the street       B. on the train                     C. at the park                       D. on the bus

9.A. ran after                       B. looked after                    C. looked for                        D. waited for

10.A. excited                       B. scared                              C. surprised                         D. tired