—Is your grandma still ________?

—Of course. She __________ with my aunt in the countryside.

Can he get all the things ready in _________?

—Must I go with you?

—No, you ________.

—Don’t forget_________ your homework to school tomorrow.

—____________.

When I was about 12 years old, I really wanted a new bike! I __31__ my parents my birthday wish, but I knew there was little hope because my family could __32__ have that money.

　　On my birthday my parents told me they had my __33__ outside in the back yard. At once, I __34__ out to the yard. There was my bike, __35__ it wasn’t the bike that I thought it would be. This one was pink, old and worn with age. It was so __36__! I thought I __37__ my parents’ feelings because I could see the disappointment __38__ their faces and I was sure they could see it on mine. I __39__ the old bike and rode it, feeling __40__ that I had made my parents feel this way. So I put on a smile, rode as fast as I could and didn’ t __41__.

　　As time went by, I began to understand my parents gave me __42__ much more than just a rusty（生銹的）old bike. They gave me a life lesson about __43__. When you give something out of love, it doesn’ t matter what it is in fact. What matters is the love that is in it. I like to remember this __44__ because giving a gift is not about money. It’s about how much love you can feel from it. Do remember, a gift that __45__ two dollars isn’t any less valuable（有價(jià)值的）than one that costs one hundred dollars, or even more.

Once there was an old farmer. He had a horse and the horse was almost as old as himself. One morning he set out with his young son to sell the horse before it died. The father and the son walked because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired.

They met two men on the road. They said, “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It’s a long way to get to the market.” The farmer knew that this was true, so he rode on the horse while his son walked.

Then they met two old ladies. “What are you doing up there, farmer? Can’t you see how tired your son is? ”So the farmer got down, and let his son ride on it.

Twenty minutes later, three old men stopped them. One said, “Why are you walking, farmer? Get up. It’s too hot for an old man like you to walk today.” So the farmer got up behind his son and they went on riding.

Some time later, a young woman passed them. “Why aren’t you walking? ” she asked, “It isn’t far to the market. Give your poor old horse a rest. ”So the farmer and his son got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time.

1.The farmer was______.

2.The two men on the road________.

3.The two old ladies said it was wrong for_________ .

4.The farmer got up behind his son because_________.

5.What did the writer really want to tell us?

Before you can start speaking and writing in English, your brain must get enough correct English sentences. This is obvious（顯而易見的）.

There are two ways to get correct English sentences: listening and reading. Both are good, but reading is much easier than listening. With the help of a good dictionary, you will be able to understand English texts much more easily than movies. If you just read one book in English, you will see that your English has become much better. English phrases will just come to you without thinking when you are writing or speaking.

This is true for hundreds of words and grammar structures（結(jié)構(gòu)）. If you read in English, you can forget about grammar rules. Throw away your grammar book! You needn’t know the rules for the present perfect tense(現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)). Instead, read a few books in English, and soon you will feel that “I have seen Paul yesterday” is wrong. The only difference between you and native speakers is that they have heard and read more English sentences than you have.

1.From the first paragraph, we know that ________.

2.What is the best way to get correct English sentences according to the passage?

3.In the writer’s opinion, we can grasp English grammar rules _______.

4.The only difference between you and native speakers is that native speakers _______.

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

仔細(xì)閱讀，請從A—F選項(xiàng)中選擇合適的信息與小題配對。選項(xiàng)中其中有一項(xiàng)為多余。

1.Greoge loves drums and his favorite is classical music.

2.Robert plays the violin, his favorite style of music is country music.

3.James loves the sound of the drum and he likes rock.

4.Harry says the best instrument is the piano. He likes to listen to opera.

5.Kevin’s favorite instrument is the guitar and his favorite style of music is jazz.

E. He claims the piano is more versatile than any other instrument. He loves to go to see a performance. He says opera has everything, color and spectacle and theatre and great music.

F. He played drums when he was at primary school, and now he plays drums with his friends at weekends. They have a band. His favorite style of music is classical music.

用方框中所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，使短文通順、正確、連貫。

On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her car had broken down. Just then a poor man, Robert, came. He was on his way back home from work as___1___.

The lady thought, “Is the man going to help me? He looks very cold and hungry.” But to her surprise, he stopped and said __2___ a smile, “What’s wrong, madam?” The lady told him what was happening.

After forty minutes, the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him. “No, that’s ___3___, madam.” he said, “I was just helping someone in need. If you really want to pay me back, I hope ___4___ you see someone in trouble, you can give him a hand.” A few minutes later, the lady saw a shabby (破舊的)house by the road. She ___5___ Robert’s words, so she stopped. The hostess(女主人) warmly asked her in. The lady could see that was not a ___6___ family and they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady ___7___ 500 dollars on the table and went away quietly. Robert came home later than before, thinking how hard their life was. Their ___8___ was to be born the next month but there wasn’t ___9___ money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don’t worry, dear! Everything’s going to be all right. A stranger has helped us out.”

Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ___10____.

根據(jù)已給的首字母或中文意思給各句空白處填上一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使句子完整，正確。

1.The Spring Festival is a t__________ Chinese festival.

2.The young woman is pretty healthy because she e__________ every day.

3.People can get almost all the i___________ they need on the Internet.

4.I told him the w__________ story yesterday.

5.Jason b__________ a professional soccer star when he was twenty-two.

6.A__________ she is more outgoing than me, I am smarter than her.

7.It’s raining this afternoon, so all of us must bring our u__________ before we get out.

8.He was upset because he didn’t pass the math test a__________ last week.

9.We enjoyed watching the movie c__________ “Titanic”.

10.Last summer, he went s___________ interesting and had fun.