I am my mother’s third girl. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(肘). Then he gave her some advice, “Don’t treat her any differently from the other girls.” And she did!

There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the kitchen, “Mum, I can’t peel(削……皮)potatoes. I only have one hand.” “You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”

Of course I could peel potatoes—with my good hand and my other arm. “Jenny, if you try hard enough,” she said, “you can do anything.”

Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bar(攀爬架).When it was my turn, I said no, Some kids laughed. I went home crying.

The next afternoon Mum took me back to the school playground. “Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She praised me when I made progress. I’ll never forget when I was crossing the bar, the kids were standing there with their mouths open.

It was the way with everything. Mum had the courage to face anything. And she taught me I could, too.

1.How many younger sisters do I have?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five

2.What does the doctor’s advice mean?

A. My are could be all right soon.

B. The other girls had the same arms as me.

C. My mum should look after me differently.

D. My mum should treat me the same as others.

3.Who peeled the potatoes at last?

A. Jenny. B. Jenny’s mum. C. Jenny’s sister. D. Nobody.

4.Why did Mum take me back to the school playground the next day?

A. she wanted to tell me I could do anything.

B. she wanted the teacher to let me try again.

C. she would punish the kids who laughed at me.

D. she would like to praise me before the other kids.

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. My bad-tempered mother B. Different mother love

C. A doctor’s advice D. My childhood(童年)

情景交際

A：Be quick, Betty. 1.________.

B: My uncle? No, I don’t have an uncle.

A: Then who is he?

B: He is my grandpa.

A: Really? But he looks so young. How old is he?

B: 2.________ Nearly sixty.

A: Why is he waiting for you?

B: 3.______ I will help my grandpa buy some present for my grandma.

A: 4._________

B: Yes, they did.

A: When did they marry?

B: 5.________

A: Did they travel by car?

B: No, they didn’t. they didn’t have a car. They travelled by train.

綜合填空

Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist and humorist, who won a worldwide audience for his stories

Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, of a Virginian family. He was 1. b______ up in Hannibal, Missouri. At the2. a_____ of 12,his father died ,he became a printer .To make a 3.l______, he wrote for his brother's newspaper. He later worked as a licensed Mississippi river-boat pilot though he was very 4.y______.

No one knew the 5.e_____ date when Twain left for California, and worked in San Francisco as a reporter. He visited Hawaii as a correspondent for The Sacramento Union, publishing letters on his trip and giving lectures. He set out on a world tour, traveling in France and Italy. His experiences were recorded in 1869 in The Innocents Abroad, which made him famous 6.a______ the world.

The success as a writer made him rich enough to 7.m_____ the beautiful girl Olivia Langdon in 1870. They moved next year to Hartford. Twain continued to lecture in the United States and England. Between 1876 and 1884 he published several masterpieces, Tom Sawyer (1881) and The Prince And The Pauper (1881).He became a 8.s______ writer.

In the 1890s Twain lost most of his earnings in financial speculations and in the failure of his own publishing firm. To recover from the bankruptcy, he started a world lecture tour. Twain toured New Zealand, Australia, India, and South Africa. He wrote many 9.w______ such as The Tragedy Of Pudd'head Wilson (1884), Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc (1885), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and the travel book Following The Equator (1897).They were translated into many 10.l______ later.

He died on April 21, 1910

閱讀表達

There is a Chinese saying: Time and tide wait for no man. Have too many things to do in too little time? Well, 1 if you make a good plan, everything will be in order. This chart will certainly help. If you can do all this, every your single day will be productive(高效率的).

●Make a list

It all begins with listing. If you don’t have a list, create one.

● Worst first

We often have one thing on the list, which is hanging over our heads and makes us worried. Work on it first and make the rest of your day easier.

●Just do it

Those small thing are easier to deal with. Complete them and cross them off the list.

●Make things enjoyable

Have small breaks, enjoy music, or even a snack when you are tired. 78①________

●Pack times

Which part of your time is most productive? 3②__________

●Re-list

a. Sometimes you will not complete everything on your list. This is okay. Add them to tomorrow’s list with a start so that you will know they should be done first the next day.

b. By the day’s end you will have a rough (粗略的)idea of things you need to do tomorrow. Go ahead and list them. Tomorrow when you start fresh, you will not forget to do them.

1.請把劃線部分的句子譯成漢語。

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2.What should you do if you are tired according to the passage?

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3.從A、B、C中為3①②選出兩個適當?shù)倪x項，并將其字母標號分別填入在下面橫線上。

A. Replay all the e-mail at a time and make all the phone calls at another time. This will help keep your mind and your job clear.

B. When this time comes around, close your door so that it is just you and your work.

C. Life is short. Enjoy your work.

①________________②_______________

4.What should you do if you can not finish today’s work?

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【小題5，】Give a title(標題)in the passage.

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書面表達

下面是王梅的簡歷，請根據(jù)表格中所提供的信息，寫一篇英語短文。

要求：1. 不少于60詞

2. 文中須包括所有要點，但是不要逐字翻譯，可以適當加入過渡語句，使短文通順、連貫。

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_________ picture books in class, please.

A. Not read B. No read C. Not reading D. Don't read

--Is Jim at school today? -- No, he's at home ______ he has a bad cold.

A. because B. if C. thoughD. until

-- You are not going out today, are you? --_______ I want to go shopping.

A. Yes, I'm B. No, I'm not C. Yes, I am D. No, I am

The teacher asked me ________ I needed any help.

A. whether B. that C. what D. which

-- The problem is too difficult, can you show me ______ , WangLe? -- Sure.

A. what to work it out B. what to work out it

C. how to work it out D. how to work out it