— Mrs. Liu, can I pass the final exam if I start working hard from now on?

— Of course. __________.

A. Better late than never

B. Practice makes perfect

C. Actions speak louder than words

D. Many hands make light work

Weekday mornings are very busy for US middle school students. When your school doesn’t have a bus, and you live too far away to walk, you need a carpool (拼車). A carpool is a group of people sharing the responsibility (責(zé)任) of driving to school in the morning. There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns to drive the kids in their cars.

Someone’s car smells like wet dogs. Some kids get to eat desserts (甜點(diǎn)) for breakfast and some parents shout so much that all you try to do is to stay quiet and go unnoticed. When your mom or dad drives the carpool, your classmates get a close-up look at how strange your parents can be. It might be your first sociological (社會(huì)學(xué)) study and your first time to work with others.

Teamwork is really important in the carpool because nobody wants to make everyone else late. It’s a great lesson in responsibility. Imagine (想象) sitting in the car outside of a classmate’s house, watching the clock and counting the seconds. Then you start to understand how your carpool friends might feel when you are still inside the house at 7:48. You really begin to learn all your real life lessons just moments before the start of school—in the carpool.

1.What is a carpool?

A. Parents take turns to drive their kids to school.

B. Parents drive kids to schools on their way to work.

C. Kids go to school in their parents’ cars.

D. Kids drive their own cars to school.

2. What can students learn from a carpool?

A. How to drive a car. B. How to get along with others.

C. What to do with parents. D. Real teamwork.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. If kids live far away from school, they are always late for school.

B. US children enjoy carpooling better than taking a school bus.

C. Kids can learn real life lessons in a carpool.

D. Kids often have enough time to study in a carpool.

根據(jù)句意，寫出括號(hào)內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式。

1.After reading the touching story, I know I should spend my money __________ (wise).

2. The result of the writing competition is still under __________ (discuss).

3.A Chinese __________ (medicine) team was sent to Nepal soon after the terrible earthquake happened.

4.All the children are often __________ (warn) not to swim alone in the river.

書面表達(dá) (本大題共5分)

“五一”小長(zhǎng)假，你們?nèi)�家去錫惠公園游玩。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)以下要點(diǎn)提示，用英語寫一篇短文參加以“How to Behave Politely”為主題的征文比賽，并適當(dāng)加以評(píng)論。要點(diǎn)提示：

注意：1. 征文須包括所給內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)，要求語句通順、意思連貫；

2. 第5點(diǎn)須用2～3句話展開合理想象，做適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；

3. 詞數(shù)80個(gè)左右，短文標(biāo)題和開頭已在答題卷上給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

Thanks________John’s kind help，Jack passed the exam．

A．by

B．of

C．for

D．to

I’ve________five pounds．I think I need to lose weight．

A．put on

B．take off

C．put away

D．take away

—Would you please tell me________this DV？

—Yes．It’s very easy．

A．where to use

B．how to use

C．when to use

D．what to use

B

Betty and I are best friends．Our birthdays are on the same day，so every year we have a birthday party together．But this year，we had a costume party instead．

While we were writing the invitation，my mum came in and asked．“Why not invite John？”John had been in our class for only a few months，but he was always getting better grades in math than anyone else in class．I wrinkled(皺起)my nose and said，“Mum，he wears the same pants to school every day．How can he even afford a costume？”Mum said nothing．The next day，mum gave me an envelope with a shopping certificate in it．“I thought it would be nice of you

to give this to John，”Mum said．But how？We didn’t want to make John embarrassed．We discussed it for a long time．Finally，Betty and I had a good idea．

On the day of our party，kids arrived，dressed differently．John arrived，in an old sheet(床單)，but still in the same brown pants as usual．We danced，ate snacks and played games in groups．Before eating the birthday cake，Betty said in a loud voice，“Now it’s time for the great prize game．It’s the following riddle…”It was a math game．None of us was surprised when John came up with the right answer first and walked off with the envelope．

Everything went on well as we planned．John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week．He felt happy．So did we．

When we helped others，we need to find a proper way，or we may hurt them in another way．

1.The two girls and John were in the same________．

A．group

B．family

C．team

D．class

2.John’s family may be very________according to the passage．

A．far

B．poor

C．rich

D．small

3.How did John get the prize during the party？

A．By helping others．

B．By asking for help．

C．By getting good grades in study．

D．By winning the math game．

4.John________with the shopping certificate after the party．

A．watched a basketball match

B．saw a movie

C．bought something to wear

D．made a phone call

5.The two girls felt________when they found John wearing his new clothes．

A．happy

B．sorry

C．sad

D．a(chǎn)ngry

When the passengers’ (乘客) families heard the bad news, they were _____ to stay calm.

A. too sad B. sad enough C. enough sad D. so sad

When his money _______, he had to return home.

A. ran out B. has run out

C. was run out D. was run up