While it is common for restaurant owners to connect with their customers, a restaurant owner in the U.S. is taking it to a whole new level. Tim Harries gives out free hugs（擁抱）to every customer at the end of each meal. The atmosphere（氣氛）at his restaurant “Tim’s Place” is so positive(積極的)that customers often call it the "World’s friendliest restaurant”.

"Tim’s Hug” is in fact an item on the menu described as a "love” treat. Tim’s hugs are doubly special because of everything he has achieved. The 26-year-old is probably the only Down syndrome sufferer(唐氏綜合癥患者)in the U.S. to own a restaurant，but he has several other things to be proud of-- he's a skillful special Olympian, an excellent sailor, and all experienced fisherman. He was also chosen as Homecoming King and Student of the Year in high school! So when a man like Tim hugs you，it is sure to be a special and unforgettable experience

When Tim expressed interest in opening a restaurant，Keith，a small businessman himself, supported him. Tim hired other people to manage the place and do the cooking, and he introduced the idea of free hugs. He realized that people want to feel at home at a restaurant. That is why he included "love” as all item on the menu. Customers can order the free hug from Tim，and even if they don't, he'll probably hug them anyway．

The restaurant has been around since 2010，and Tim has given out over 19,000 hugs in the past five years -- he keeps count using a special Hug Counter．Many customers love visiting "Tim's Place". "I've been coming here once a week." said Michelle Garth-Jones, a regular customer. "I love local restaurants, and this special one has a story that stays with you."

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

A. Customers prefer to feel relaxed at a restaurant.

B. Unless you order Tim's Hug, he will not hug you.

C. As soon as you enter Tim's Place, you will get a warm hug.

D. Michelle Garth-Jones loves listening to the story in the restaurant.

2.Which of the following words can best describe Time Harris?

A. Humorous B. Creative C. Serious D. Curious

3.What may be the best title for this passage?

A. Tim's Achievements B. A Special Experience

C. A Down Syndrome Sufferer D. The World's Friendliest Restaurant

Many expressions that we use in American English come from novels. Today we will look at some of them from Lewis Carroll's famous novel "Alice in Wonderland" in detail.

The story is about a young girl falling down a rabbit hole. When she finally lands, she finds herself in a strange world and meets some strange characters.

The first character Alice meets is the White Rabbit, who runs past her and says some strange words. Alice chases（追趕）him, and that is where her adventures begin.

In English, chasing a white rabbit means chasing an impossible clue and finding yourself in a misleading situation.

Then, as she runs after the rabbit, she falls down the rabbit hole into Wonderland.

To fall down the rabbit hole can mean to enter a confusing（令人困惑的）situation. However, usually we use this expression to mean we get interested in something to the point of distraction（分神）.It often happens by accident and is about something not that meaningful.

Later in the story, Alice meets the March Hare and the Hatter at a crazy tea party. Hares（野兔）have long been thought to behave excitedly in March, which is their mating（交配）season. Scientifically, this may not be true. But to be mad as a March Hare means that someone is completely mad, or crazy. The expression mad as a Hatter also means to be completely crazy. Of the two, mad as a Hatter is more common. But don't tell the March Hare. Who knows how he will react（反應(yīng)）！

Near the end of the story, Alice meets the Queen of Hearts. A woman who is called a Queen of Hearts likes controlling others and always tries to control everything and everyone around her.

1.Which of the following situations best fits the expressions to fall down a rabbit hole?

A. When Tom was taking a walk in the forest, he suddenly fell over onto the ground.

B. When Mary turned on the TV, she chose to watch the talk show programme as usual.

C. When Jim was looking for a sport book online, he lost himself in many report on surperstars.

D. When Lily was thinking about how to solve a math problem, she came up with a good idea.

2.According to the passage, the expression to be mad as a March Hare _____.

A. describes how hares behave in March

B. shows hares' characteristics in a scientific way

C. is used more often than the expression mad as a Hatter.

D. has the same meaning as the expression mad as a Hatter

3.Which character in "Alice in Wonderland" wants others to obey his or her orders in every situation?

A. Alice B. The March Hare

C. The Hatter D. The Queen of Hearts.

4.The writer mainly wants to ______ in the passage.

A. introduce a famous novel and its language style

B. introduce a famous writer Lewis Carroll and his novels

C. explore some English expressions from a famous novel

D. explain why many expressions in English come from novels

閱讀表達

閱讀下面短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一個最恰當?shù)膯卧~，每個空格里只填一個單詞。

The Internet nowadays opens a wide world to people, including teenagers, but many parents worry that their children may meet with something unhealthy when searching online. In order to solve this problem, a new search engine for children called Kiddle has appeared.

Search results are filtered（過濾）,so only safe website are shown and descriptions are written in simple language. Searches with bad words are shut off, too.

Kiddles uses the same colors as Google in its logo and a similar design on its homepage, too--with an extra robot picture.

The top three Kiddle search results show safe websites and pages written specially for kids, and those websites and pages are well chosen and checked by Kiddle developers.

The fourth to seventh results will be safe and trusted websites that are not written specially for kids, but have content written in a simple way. These results are also chosen and checked.

Results on the eighth and owwards pages are safe and famous websites that are written for adults. They provide expert content, but are harder for kids to understand.

Unlike on Google, most results appear along with large thumbnail pictures（縮略圖）to make it easier for children to find what they are looking for. For example, when searching for "meow meow". Google produces pages for information about a drug（毒品）that has "meow meow" as its nickname（綽號）,but Kiddle lists information only about cats, even with some cartoon pictures.

The company explained, "Websites which appear in Kiddle search results satisfy family-friendly requirements, as we filter websites with unhealthy content."

根據(jù)句子意思，用括號中所給詞的正確形式填空，每空填一詞。

1.Don’t touch the _______ （break）glasses. It may hurt your hand.

2.More action must be taken to stop _______（pollute）.

3.We hope that more _______（China）will win honour for our country.

4.________（luck）, he got better before the important competition.

根據(jù)句意及漢語提示，寫出各單詞的正確形式，每空填一詞。

1.Every year, ________（百萬）of people donate money to the Hope Project.

2.I will be happy if Sandy _______（接受）my offer.

3.I’ve never ______（后悔）the decision to work in West China.

4.He has a special _______（能力）to write with two hands at the same time.

用括號內(nèi)所給動詞的正確形式填空（共5小題：每小題1分，滿分5分）

1.I didn’t know ______（teach）children when I started to work in a primary school.

2.–Why didn’t you come to open the door for me?

--I _______（wash）dishes in the kitchen and didn’t hear the doorbell.

3.My computer fan doesn’t work. Where can I have it _______（repair）?

4.I don’t think he stole the painting. When he _______（ask）what he was doing at 7 yesterday evening, he was very calm.

5.–Is there any mistake in your homework, Jim?

--I’m not sure. I ______（not check）it carefully.

根據(jù)所給中文完成句子

1.David是一個如此誠實的人，以至于他從不撒謊。

David is __________________________________________________________________________.

2.你介意給我一些建議嗎？

Would you ________________________________________________________________________?

3.保護野生動物是多么有必要��！

How _____________________________________________________________________________!

4.雖然Sandy失敗過很多次，但是她從不放棄。

Though Sandy ______________________________________________________________________.

5.我想知道你為什么不允許我熬夜。

I wonder ___________________________________________________________________________.

6.宋先生加入排球俱樂部已經(jīng)三年了。

Mr. Song _______________________________________________________________ for three years.

書面表達

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注意：1.不得使用真實的姓名和學校名；

2.回信需要包括所有要點，并適當發(fā)揮；

3.語句通順，意思連貫，書寫整潔；

4.詞數(shù)不少于90字（文章開頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)給出，不計入總詞數(shù)）。

Hi Xu Li,

How time flies! I’m happy to talk about your coming summer vacation._______________________________

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I’m looking forward to your reply about your meaningful summer vacation.

Wang Hua.

—Uncle is coming by __________ train tomorrow.

—Let's go to railway station to meet him.

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

There are __________ students in our school.

A. hundreds B. hundreds of C. hundred of