When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the_______________ . I seem to remember that I played on the sands all day with strange ______________ children. We made houses and gardens, and watched the tide(潮)______________ them. When the tide went out, we climbed _____________ the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock pools.

In those days the sun seemed to shine always brightly _____________the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country,______________ for ruined(毀壞了的) houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were sweets in one’s pockets or good places where one could ______________ice creams. Each day seemed a life— time.

____________I am now thirty— five years old, my idea of a good holiday is much the same as it was. I___________ like the sun and warm sand and the sound of ____________ beating the rocks. I no longer wish to______________ any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.______________, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I wonder what my ideal holiday will be like when I am ______________ . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about_____________who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves ____________on too many ice creams.

1.A.sea B.lake C.mountain D.river

2.A.moved B.excited C.surprised D.nervous

3.A.take B.bring C.clean D.destroy(破壞)

4.A.through B.over C.off D.across

5.A.and B.yet C.but D.or

6.A.exploring B.looking C.watching D.seeing

7.A.make B.sell C.buy D.offer

8.A.Although B.Since C.Because D.Afterwards

9.A.hardly B.almost C.still D.perhaps

10.A.waves B.wind C.hands D.feet

11.A.destroy B.fix C.use D.make

12.A.But B.However C.Otherwise D.Besides

13.A.strong B.weak C.young D.old

14.A.children B.boys C.girls D.grown— ups

15.A.happy B.tired C.sad D.sick

Bike Rentals (租賃)

1.Where is Cycle Home?

A.Near the Zoo entrance. B.Under the TV tower.

C.Facing the entrance of the Zoo. D.In the parking area.

2.When can we rent a bike?

A.At 6:30 a.m. B.At 8:00 a.m. C.At 2:00 p.m. D.At 9:00 p.m.

3.How much is it if you keep the bike for three days?

A.$21. B.$36. C.$34. D.$32.

These days many students like to make friends online. Most of them think it's interesting to know an unknown person through the Internet. So, many students like to use computers to talk with those friends. And they spend too much time on it. Some of them can not do well in their school work. Their parents often don’t think the children are as good as before. So many teachers and parents are worried about their children.

In fact, only very few of them can get real good friends in this way. Most of them were cheated by those unseen friends. And some of the students did wrong things online. It’s terrible for students to use too much time to make friends and talk online.

So we should be careful of making friends online and should not spend too much time on it.

We’d better pay more attention to study. We will be really happy when we do well in school and at home.

1.Many students like to make friends online because .

A.they are interested in it B.they can learn better in this way

C.they always get real friends in this way D.their parents worry about them

2. of the students can get real friends online.

A.All B.Many C.Some D.Few

3.Most of them were cheated by those unseen friends. Here “cheated” means .

A.聊天 B.欺騙 C.恩惠 D.鞭打

4.Which of the following is right?

A.We should never make friends online.

B.It’s necessary for us to talk with our online friends every day.

C.It’s really happy that we students do well in school and at home.

D.Making online friends is more important than study.

Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.

Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines of the passage.

Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.

Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.

Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.

1.People read newspapers in order to .

A.learn the latest news B.meet their own different needs

C.read the short stories D.find the morning news

2.Newspapers have so many pages because .

A.more and more people like to read them B.people enjoy reading something different

C.newspapers become cheaper D.more pages mean more money

3.Newspapers are the most popular in the world.

A.in English B.in Chinese C.in other language D.with many pages

4.According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from .

A.magazines B.advertisements C.e-mails D.Internet

This is not a diet. It’s a simple way to lose weight. And you don’t even have to stay away from the food you love or join a gym. You just follow some habits that thin people have. Keep them, and you’ll become thin.

Wake up When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, bend forward until you feel sore in your back. It will burn about 10 calories（卡路里）.

Start with soup. When you have a meal, order a clear soup, and have it before having the main food. In this way, you’ll feel fuller, so you’ll eat less when the main food comes.

An apple (or more) a day. Apples are full of fiber（纖維）and water, so your stomach will want less .The study shows that people who eat at least three apples a day lose weight.

Stand up and walk around. Every time you use the mobile phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average（平均）two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn 50 or more calories.

Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.

1.What should we have first if we want to eat less main food?

A.Soup. B.Ice cream. C.Salad. D.Cheese.

2.Why does eating apples make one’s stomach want less food?

A.Because apples are delicious. B.Because apples are full of fiber and water.

C.Because apples are sour (酸的). D.Because only apples are full of calories.

3.What’s the purpose of the passage ?

A.To give some advice on how to lose weight. B.To advise people to eat apples every day.

C.To tell people how to enjoy a better life. D.To advise people to give up bad habits.

4.In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read the passage?

A.Shopping. B.Teaching. C.Family. D.Health.

閱讀下列短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容填寫表格，每空限填一詞。

Do you want to be the most popular person in the class? You don’t need to change your character; you just need to improve your personality. The most popular people are trusted (信任) and loved because they stay normal but still have something that makes them different from the rest of us. Here are some pieces of advice on how to become the most popular person in the class.

·If you want others to like and respect (尊重) you, you have to start by liking yourself. Do not change yourself in order to please others.

·Be helpful to everyone and do it happily. Being nice to people is almost like helping them, too, because by being nice you make others happy.

·Be active and have a positive attitude (積極的態(tài)度) towards life. Develop confidence in yourself.

·Stay clean and wear fresh clothes. Do not try to follow fashion to please others.

Respect cannot be bought with big words or money. You have to get it by being honest. It also helps your personal growth. You must be a person that can be trusted to get respect.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和首字母提示，在下文空格處填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~使短文完整。（每空一詞）

There is an old saying that all of us are b1. with two bags hung on our necks. A small bag in front of our chest is f2. with other people's faults（缺點(diǎn)），while the big one at the back is full of our own shortcomings（短處）.

So it's e3. to find other people's faults，but it's hard for us to see our faults behind us. There was a boy，Tommy，who always opened the front bag to check what was in it. He saw other people's faults very q4. .When Simon was impatient with him，he said to Simon，"It's so easy for you to get a5. .It is hard to be friends with you.”

He told his mother about Jack's dishonesty.“Jack takes my things w6. asking. He also forgets to return them.”Tommy h7. did not like sharing his things with anyone.

When Johnny was t8. tired to play with him，he said，“You are such a rude person.”He t9. Harry was too proud of his rich parents. But Tommy was as proud of himself because he could not see any of his own shortcomings！He could not understand why he did not get on well with others.

If only Tommy would switch the bags around，he would discover his o10. impatience，dishonesty，bad manners and vanity（虛榮），which were no better than that of Simon，Jack，Johnny or Harry.

將下列句子譯成英語，并將所譯句子寫在答題卡上標(biāo)有題號(hào)的橫線上。

1.這個(gè)男孩害怕那個(gè)老人因?yàn)樗�總是自言自語。

2.Tom 個(gè)子太矮了夠不著桌上的手機(jī)。

3.他能同時(shí)用一只手寫和用另一只手畫畫。

4.令人驚訝的是她喜歡開著窗戶睡覺。

5.我想知道這個(gè)世界是否充滿奇聞異事。

寫作

七年級(jí)一班的同學(xué)正在進(jìn)行一次 my favourite outdoor activity 為主題的演講。假設(shè)你是李華，請(qǐng)根據(jù)下列提示完成演講。

提示： 1. 最喜歡的戶外活動(dòng)是什么？通常多久進(jìn)行一次這樣的戶外活動(dòng)？

2. 介紹自己曾經(jīng)參加過的一次戶外活動(dòng) (who, when, where, what )。

3. 為什么喜歡這項(xiàng)戶外活動(dòng)？（至少兩點(diǎn)原因）

要求：1）表達(dá)清楚，語法正確，上下文連貫；

2）必須包括提示中的所有信息，并按照要求適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；

3）字?jǐn)?shù)：100 詞左右

4）不得使用真實(shí)姓名，校名和地名等；

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---I think English is ____unimportant subject.

---I don’t think so. It is ____useful tool when we talk with foreigners.

A.a; an B.an; a C.a; a D.an; an