Monday morning is an important time at our school. All of the students go to the playground. We listen to music, and we   16   the national flag go up.

　  Usually, one student gives a talk on Monday mornings. One Monday last year, a boy gave the talk. He was   17   and excited! When I saw him, I wanted to have a try, too.

　  Can I really do it?

　  Last week, our teacher said our class should give the talk. My teacher   18   me, “I know you want to have a try. Next Monday, you can give the talk. Go and write something down.   19  for it, I’m sure you’ll do well.”

    “Thank you,” I answered. It was such a great   20   for me! When I got home, I was excited. I wrote two pages for the talk. I read them again and again. When I read, I asked my parents  21 . I wanted to make my teacher happy.

　  Monday morning came. I began to feel   22  . When did I last give a talk to   23   many people? Never! This was my first time. Could I really   24   it ? Maybe I couldn’t finish the talk.

    When I got to school, we all went out to playground. I  25  in front of everyone. I opened my mouth, but I couldn’t say anything.

    “Take it easy,” I said to   26  . “Don’t be nervous. You can do it.”

    Just then, I looked down at everyone. I saw about 1,000 eyes. They were all looking at me ! I couldn’t   27   stand up.

    I looked at their eyes more carefully. Their eyes were saying, “You can do it! Don’t be afraid, just talk!”

    I   28   a big breath. Then I began to talk. It wasn’t hard. It was easy.

    I don’t know   29   I finished my talk. But I did it. I felt so good that day. I showed myself  30  everyone what I can do.

1.A. watch          B. see          C. notice       D. look at

2.A. surprising     B. proud        C. amazed       D. careful

3.A. told           B. asked for    C. said to      D. showed

4.A. Look out       B. Come on      C. Take care    D. Get ready

5.A. chance         B. news         C. time         D. message

6.A. to listen to   B. to listen    C. listen to    D. listen

7.A. excited            B. happy        C. nervous      D. surprised

8.A. after          B. such         C. before       D. so

9.A. do         B. speak            C. talk         D. take

10.A. stand             B. stood        C. was standing D. have stood

11.A. me            B. my class     C. myself           D. my parents

12.A. be able to        B. hardly       C. ever         D. even

13.A. took          B. held         C. put          D. left

14.A. when          B. how          C. why          D. whether

15.A. so                B. but          C. to           D. for

“Mum, I want to make you a bet,” I said. “If I go a whole year without TV, will you give me a hundred dollars?”　　
“Well, if you can   1  do it, …”
“Of course I can,” I replied, trying to convince   2 .
In fact, all this started from my   3  of a picture in the newspaper. I couldn’t bear to look at that boy. He said that he had   4  one year without TV for a hundred dollars,   5 me with mocking eyes. It seemed he was saying, “I did it,   6  you can’t!”. I glared at the boy’s face.
That year I did a lot of things. For example, my father taught me to   7 , which became my favorite sport.   8  winter afternoons snowball wars with my neighbors offered daily drama. I went on bike trips with my friends and swam as much as a fish.　　
It was unbelievable how much   9  I had without TV. I learned so many new games. I guess the   10  thing I learnt, though, was self-motivation(上进心).　　
I started to do my homework. I went from a D student to an A student within a couple of   11 .　　
I used to   12  reading if there were no   13 , but now I began to read and enjoy it. I could arrange off all the pictures just the way I wanted them—my own little TV, right   14  my head!
I’m surprised what I did. I got a lot more from the   15  than just the 100 dollars!

完形填空（本题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）
Once a man wanted to go 　 1 　 one side of a river to　 2 　 in a boat. He　 3 　 take　 4 　 him a sheep, a wolf and a basket of vegetables. But he could take only one of them　 5 　, because the boat was very　 6 　. “If I　 7 　 the wolf and the sheep together, the wolf may eat the sheep,” he said to　 8 　.“If I leave the sheep and the vegetables together, the sheep may eat the vegetables.” He thought and thought. At last, he had an idea. And he　 9 　 able to get to the other side of the river with the sheep, the wolf, and the vegetables. Do you know 　 10 　?

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How good projects grow

Are you interested in projects(课题，项目）and want to have a good one? Well，that doesn’t come easily.You need to do the following tasks(任务):

TALK:You and your classmates discuss in detail(详细的）all that you would like to do to realize(实现）your project.

WRITE:One of your classmates acts as(担任）secretary(秘书).He or she keeps full notes as your group discusses.Later he or she will sort(整理）your ideas to make them better.

PLAN:With the secretary’s notes，your group makes a list of everything you’ll need and who will get，do or research what.

DO:Each group member gets，does and researches something on the list.Your group puts together all you have found and tries to make the project more well-organized.You prepare(准备）to present(展示)it in class.

SHOW:You and your classmates show(给……看）the world the result of your hard work.

Knowing all the above(上面)，you may want to try a project.Why not start with this:you can find out more about the history of your city.What did it look like? Which famous people lived there?

Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”

　 “OK, Dad,” said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.

　  Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.

　　The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, “No more.”

　　The man was very surprised. He asked, “No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”

　　"Burnt yesterday evening."

1.Mr. Brown told his son that _____.

2.Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ________.

3.A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

4.The man was very surprised because _________.

5.What was burnt? ___________.