He is a clever boy. His __________ are of great __________ to us.

_________ people were found ________ after the big earthquake.

I want to _________ at the meeting, but in the end I _________ nothing.

It’s clever________ Amy to make a birthday cake, but it’s hard _____ me to do that.

It’s raining so__________ that we can _________ go out now.

---Do you think I could borrow your English-Chinese dictionary?

---_______.

Do you know how to study better and make your study more effective(有效的)？We all know that Chinese students usually study very hard for long  35   .This is very good, but it doesn’t       36   a lot, for an effective student must have enough sleep, enough rest and exercise. Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It’s good for your study.

When you return   37   your studies, your mind will be refreshed(清醒) and you’ll learn more  38  study better. Psychologists(心理學(xué)家)  39  that learning takes place in this way. Here take English learning    40   an example. In the first few months you can make a lot of progress and you feel happy. Then your language study seems   41   the same. So you will think you’re learning  42  and you may give up. This can last for days or even weeks, yet you needn’t give up. At some point your language study will take another big  43  . You’ll see that you really have been learning all along. If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and interesting. Don’t  44  along the way. Learn slowly and you’re sure to get a good result.

What problems do the teenagers probably have? Here is a survey showing their main problems.

1.How many main problems are there in the survey?

2. What problems are caused by too much homework?

3.________ is a good way for the teenagers to stop fights.

All living things on the earth need other living things to live. Nothing lives alone. Most animals must live in a group, and even a plant grows close together with others of the same kind. Sometimes one living thing kills another, one eats and the other is eaten. Each kind of life eats another kind of life in order to live, and together they create a food chain (鏈條). Some food chains are simple, while others are not. But all food chains begin with the sun, and all food chains become broken up if one of the links (鏈接) disappears.

All life needs sunlight to live on. But only plants can use sunlight directly. Plants are ‘factories’. They make food from sunlight, water and things in the soil (土壤) and air. Plants feed all other living things. Animals can only use the sun’s energy after it has been changed into food by plants. Some animals feed directly on plants, others eat smaller animals. Meat-eating animals are only eating plants indirectly.

What about humans? We are members of many food chains. We eat rice, vegetables, and fruits and so on. We also eat meat and drink milk. But we often break up the food chains. We kill wild animals and also make rivers, lakes and seas polluted. When these rivers, lakes and seas are polluted, the fish in them can not be eaten. If we eat the fish, we will get strange illnesses.

Each form of life is linked (關(guān)聯(lián)的) to all others. Breaking the links puts all life in danger.

1.Which living things can use the sun’s energy directly?

2.Who often destroy the food chains?

3.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

If the rose can be said to be a special flower, then the apple can be said to be a special fruit. It is very important in American culture. American stories speak of Johnny Appleseed, who went throughout America collecting apple seeds and planting apple trees. He had a great love for nature and went through fields and farms adding richness and beauty to the country.

One of the first sayings taught to school children is, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This short saying encourages children to eat fresh fruit to keep healthy. If someone always says good words to a person, people will call him an “apple polisher”. This, however, is not a good name. If someone is very dear to us, we say that he or she is the “apple of our eye”.

Most people believe that the fruit which Eve gave to Adam was an apple, even though the Bible(圣經(jīng)) never says so. The apple, therefore, is a deep part of the language and stories of America.

An apple is also delicious. Apples can be cooked in many ways, used as a dessert, and made into sweet juice.

In many parts of the country during the harvest season, a popular activity is to go into an apple garden to pick apples. Washington, D. C. and New York are both famous for their apples.

Finally, when it’s time to take a vacation to American cities, one can always visit New York, which is “the biggest apple” of all the American cities.

1.What does the underlined phrase “apple polisher” mean?

2.Which of the following is TRUE with apples?

3.The passage is mainly about                              .