— I failed my test again — ____________

A. Really? B. Are you kidding?

C. You are not hard-working. D. I’m sorry to hear that.

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I was feeling a little blue because my mother had lost her job.

One day, while I was on the street, I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people. I walked more slowly to where it was coming from. Then I saw a young lady sitting at a piano.

She was singing songs about love, yourself and keeping on trying. The way she was singing made me a little comfortable. I stood there , watching her playing on such a crowded New York square. I thought that she must be enough to perform in front of so many people.

She noticed me. I walked over and told her how good her sounded. "Thank you." she said.

"I have been going through a hard time recently, you've made me hopeful again." I said to her.

"I’m glad that I could help," she replied. "Why are you so ?”

"Well, my mum has lost her job, and I’m not so sure what to do... "

"Did you notice the you were walking? Your head was down." she said. "Don’t be upset, because comes in different ways and if your head is down, you might not see it. You should more ... lift your head up. "

I looked her, amazed at how she was encouraging me. " are you playing the piano here?"

I asked her with a smile.

She that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the world and she tried to cheer up by playing music.

I smiled a little wider, realizing that no difficulties could stop me from going on.

1.A. driving B. riding C. running D. walking

2.A. find out B. send out C. take out D. get out

3.A. dressing B. believing C. hurting D. losing

4.A. nervously B. rudely C. angrily D. quietly

5.A. brave B. shy C. bored D. honest

6.A. advice B. idea C. music D. interest

7.A. or B. but C. so D. and

8.A. dirty B. busy C. sad D. lazy

9.A. way B. time C. reason D. station

10.A. opportunity B. health C. pain D. life

11.A. complain B. rest C. smile D. pay

12.A. like B. after C. for D. at

13.A. How B. Why C. When D. Where

14.A. dreamed B. hoped C. guessed D. explained

15.A. us B. them C. me D. her

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1.Rose is free after 7:20pm. Which lessons can she take?

A. Computer lessons

B. Dance lessons

C. Cooking lessons

D. Both computer and cooking lessons

2.If Dick wants to swim after playing basketball, when can he go to the club?

A. Monday and Wednesday. B. Monday and Sunday.

C. Saturday and Sunday. D. Monday to Saturday.

3.How often does the club have music concerts?

A. Twice a month B. Twice a week

C. Four times a month D. Five times a week

Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well in all your schoolwork. It can make you confident when you are studying. But unluckily, most students don’t know how to take notes.

★Write down key facts. If your teacher writes notes on the blackboard, that’s great. You can copy them or write down the most important facts of all in class. Different teachers do things differently. For example, some teachers may focus* on lots of dates and facts* in class, but they only write the important ones on the blackboard. Other teachers may not write anything down, but they may say something important again and again.

★Ask. Don’t be afraid to ask your teacher to repeat what you miss. If your teacher speaks too fast and you can’t follow what he is saying, you can ask him after class.

★Compare. Comparing your notes with your classmates’ can be good for your learning. It can also help you and your classmates correct some mistakes.

★Organize. Note-taking also needs organization. Keep notes for each subject in one notebook, so that you can find everything easily when a test comes.

★Good note-taking takes time. If you decide to recopy your notes every evening, you’ll surely have less time to watch TV. But you’ll save time in the coming test.

1.If you can’t follow your teachers in class, what should you do?

A. Ask them after class.

B. Ask them before class.

C. Stop listening in class.

D. Complain to them about the class.

2.Which way can help you correct mistakes in your notes?

A. Organizing the notes.

B. Recopying your notes after class.

C. Asking your teachers for help.

D. Comparing your notes with others’

3.Which can be the BEST title for this passage?

A. How to take notes

B. What to do in class

C. How to study for a test

D. What to do with problems

The London Olympic Games are coming soon. This summer, Chinese sports fans will be able to watch the exciting games in 3-D on CCTV.

When you watch 3-D movies or TV, you have to wear a special pair of glasses. The 3-D glasses make the people and the things on the screen look like they are in the room with you.

3-D, means having three dimensions*: width*, height and depth*. 3-D technology is based on the way the human brain and eye work. Because the pupils of a person’s eyes about 6.5cm apart, when we look at something, each eye sees it from different angle*. Our eyes send the two pictures to our brain, and the brain puts them together. The small difference between the picture from the right eye and the picture from the left eye makes us see depth.

While watching 2-D films, we don’t have to wear the special glasses. We see the pictures in two dimensions, each eye get same information. This is because there is only one way of watching it.

So the aim of 3-D technology is to get a different picture into each eye of the person. It uses two film projects. One projects a left eye picture and the other projects a right eye picture. When we are in the cinema, we can see different pictures in each eye at the same time with the help of the 3-D glasses.

While watching 3-D films, we feel that we are actually in the same environment as the things we are watching. However, some people are against watching 3-D films. One of the reason is the 3-D glasses make the screen of the film or TV look darker. It is bad for eyes. What’s more, people with eye problems may get headaches if they spend too much time watching 3-D movies, because their brains need to work harder to “read” the pictures.

1.The third paragraph mainly tells us _____________.

A. how we see things in 3-D

B. how we watch the Olympic Games

C. how 3-D films are made

D. where we watch 3-Dfilms or TV

2.When we watch a 2-D film, each of our eyes gets ______ information.

A. no B. different C. dark D. the same

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. We don’t have to wear 3-Dglasses if we watch games in 3-D on TV.

B. The 3-D technology is depended on the way the human ear and eye work.

C. All the people can have fun watching 3-D movies or TV for a long time.

D. 3-D glasses make us see different pictures in each eye at the same time.

4.Why are some people against watching 3-Dfilms? Because ________.

A.they make them more excited or sadder.

B.3-D glasses make the screen look darker.

C.3-D films make all people get headaches.

D.They dislike watching the Olympic Games.

用方框中所給單詞的適當形式填空，每個單詞限用一次。

1.When the ______ are ready, tea plants are picked by hand.

2.Tom, please watch TV after your homework is _________.

3.Our monitor got the first prize on the English competition, we are all _______ of him.

4.Cindy doesn’t study for the test. So she ______ the exam at last.

5.Mum, I am old enough to take car of ________.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和所給中文提示，寫出短文空白處各單詞的正確形式。每空限填一詞。

Thanksgiving is on the 4th Thursday of November, which this year(2014) is November 20th . Thanksgiving Day is most closely 1. (與……有聯(lián)系) with the earliest history of America. In 1620, the Pilgrims(清教徒) went to America by ship and wanted to2. (發(fā)現(xiàn)) a place where they could be free. After two 3.. (月), they landed on a place called Plymouth on an icy November day. 4. (在……期間) their first winter, over half of them died because of the 5. (影響) of hunger or diseases. The rest of them began growing crops in the first spring. All summer long they waited for the harvests with great wishes that were

6. (有幫助的). Finally everything came true. Therefore a day of thanksgiving was

7. (建議). Years later, the fourth Thursday of November is celebrated 8. (廣泛地) as Thanksgiving Day every year. The big Family dinner is planned before September. On that day, people can find apples, oranges, 9. (葡萄) and other fruits, they can also find all kinds of delicious food. 10. (然而), the best, most traditional and favorite food is turkey and pumpkin pie. Till today Thanksgiving Day has been one of American most national holidays.

任務(wù)型閱讀

閱讀下面的5段語言材料，請找出與前面四段相對應(yīng)的標題，完成1-4小題。

The secret of Success

___1._____ Your best chance of success is by doing what you really want to do. Ask yourself, “If money were not so important, what kind of work would I do for free?” Then just do what you like to do.

__2.____ Think about what you are going to do. You have to start somewhere and it may be quite a real beginning. Whether you are beginning in business or you’re dreaming to be a star, you have to start at the bottom.

____3.______ Great ambition* is necessary. An English student called Richard Brason opened a student magazine when he was only 16 years old. But he didn’t stop here. He also opened a record business with many shops, and now his company has planes, trains and cars.

_____4.______ The only people who succeed without hard work are lottery* winners. You need a “can do” attitude* and you must work step by step, which will help you get what you really want. You are on the right way to win the success.

Follow the leaders. If you always say someone is successful, it doesn’t mean anything to you. Learn from those who have already succeeded in something, especially where they do the same as you want to do.

5.Who do you think needs the passage most?

A middle school student.

B.A new hand in the company.

C.A housewife

D.A baby

書面表達

假如你叫李華，現(xiàn)在的你和以前已經(jīng)改變了許多。請根據(jù)表格提示寫一篇短文，介紹一下你的不同之處。詞數(shù)100-120個左右。

How I’ve changed!

People sure changed, I have changed a lot in the last few years.

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Simon improved his way of study.______ , he has made great progress.

A. As a result B. As usual

C. In other words D. In all