Every day ____ a proverb aloud several times until you have it memorized．

A． read B． reading

C． to read D． reads

_____ by the latest electronic toys, the little boy stood in front of the windows, without moving．

A． To be arrested B． Arrested

C． Having arrested D． Arresting

What a bargain！The price of this dress is_______ that of the skirt．

A． half not as much as B． much not as half as

C． not half as much as D． as much as not half

－Don't forget to return the book in two weeks．

－______．Don't worry about it．

A． Yes，I will B． No，I won't

C． Sorry，I don’t D． I don't think so

－So you gave Mary your dictionary？

－______．She said she'd return it to me when she could afford her own．

A． Not exactly B． My pleasure

C． No doubt D． Good idea

完形填空

My 9 year old daughter and I were flying from our home in Carolina to spend a week with my husband in Florida． We were______about the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months，and_______her Dad terribly．

As usual on the Charlotte to Miami flight，the plane was totally_______．Because we did not get our boarding passes until we_______at the gate，Kallie and I could not get seats together and were______by the aisle（過(guò)道）．I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me，_______we could be together．They_______，saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats．

Meanwhile，a mother and her three children were in a______several rows ahead of us．There had been a mistake in their boarding passes，and_______the whole family had been split up．The passengers in her row_______refused to move elsewhere．She was very_______about the younger boy sitting with strangers．She was in tears，yet nobody______to help her．

There were a troop of Boy Scouts(童子軍) on_______．Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said，“Ma’am，I think we can help you．”He then_______five minutes rearranging his group so that adequate space was_______for the family．The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without_______，and the mother's relief was obvious．

Kallie，however，was beginning to panic at the_______of not being next to me．I told her that there wasn’t anything I could do．______，the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster，______to me and asked，“Would you and your daughter like our seats？” _______to himself and the Scoutmaster．We traded seats and continued our trip，very much relieved to be together and watch the scenery from Kallie’s window seat．

1.A． worried B． excited C． anxious D． eager

2.A． loved B． considered C． imagined D． missed

3.A． full B． crowded C． empty D． overweight

4.A． reached B． arrived C． landed D． knocked

5.A． divided B． blocked C． separated D． connected

6.A． in case B． even if C． as if D． so that

7.A． prevented B． refused C． agreed D． promised

8.A． panic B． hurry C． rush D． seat

9.A． however B． otherwise C． therefore D． instead

10.A． too B． even C． ever D． also

11.A． concerned B． curious C． particular D． content

12.A． suggested B． offered C． provided D． supplied

13.A． duty B． watch C． board D． spot

14.A． took B． cost C． paid D． spent

15.A． convenient B． available C． probable D． comfortable

16.A． permission B． excuse C． apology D． complaint

17.A． thought B． end C． feeling D． sense

18.A． Immediately B． Puzzlingly C． Clearly D． Amazingly

19.A． turned up B． turned around C． turned out D． turned away

20.A． sticking B． keeping C． waving D． referring

Dear Dad,

Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father's Day cards．They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you．Yet as I selected and read，it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you．

You'll soon be 84 years old，Dad，and you and I will have had 55 Father's Days together．I haven't always been with you on Father's Day but I've always been with you in my heart．

You know，Dad，there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap．You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other．

The Father Daughter Duel shifted into high gear ( 檔位) when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the '54 Chevy whether you liked it or not．The police officer who sent me home，after you reported the Chevy stolen，didn't have much tolerance for a stub?born 16 year old，while you were so tolerant about it，Dad，and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life．

Our relationship greatly improved when I married a man you liked，and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left．Somewhere along the line，the generation gap disappeared． I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together，rather like a fine wine．

But the strangest thing happened last week．I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car．It didn't immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car．It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere．Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day．

I guess what I'm trying to say，Dad，is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today．Honoring a father on Father's Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking．It's about loving someone more than words can say，and it's wishing that never had to end．

I love you，Dad．

Love,

Jenny

1.How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police？

A． Disappointed

B． Nervous

C． Guilty

D． Frightened

2.We can learn from the passage that Jenny and her father_________．

A． kept in touch by writing each other

B． are separated due to the generation gap

C． have been getting along very well

D． had a hard time understanding each other

3.Why did Jenny feel strange when she saw her father last week？．

A． She seldom saw him driving that huge car．

B． She had never realized his being old and weak．

C． She didn't expect to meet with him there．

D． She had never seen him driving so slowly before．

4.Jenny wrote his father this letter to _________

A． tell him about their conflicts

B． say sorry for her being stubborn

C． express her gratitude to him

D． remind him of the early incident

Everyone has done experiments in high school laboratories，but have you ever thought about designing a satellite to explore space？

On Nov．19，a team of students from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in the US awed peers and even scientists by successfully launching a satellite．

The first satellite designed and built by high school students was sent up into space along with a record setting．28 other small ones on a rocket were sent from a NASA center in Virginia，CNN reported． It took the students seven years to build．

The students call their tiny satellite TJ3Sat，which is named after their school．It is just 10x10x12 centimeters and weighs only 0．89 kilograms，according to Orbital Sciences，a company which developed the rocket and supported the students’ project．It can be controlled with a smartphone．

Like most satellites，TJ3Sat can send and receive datA． The small spacecraft is equipped with a voice synthesizer (合成器)，which can switch text to voice and transmit those sounds back to Earth over radio waves，said Orbital officials．In this case，anyone can give it a try via the project’s website (school website) by submitting (提交) a text．The texts that get approved will be sent to the satellite，changed to voice and then broadcast back to Earth via radio waves．

“I can say ‘Go Colonials’on our ground station and when it is on the other side of the world，in India，someone can hear‘Go Colonials’over the radio，”the team explains on the website．

The satellite will stay in space for at least three months．

School principal Evan Glazer told The Washington Post that the project started in 2006 as an activity in the spare time．Later it became a research project for a select group of seniors．

At a time when American students are busy with SATs，the launch of the satellite shows what diligent teenagers can achieve when allowed to pursue their own curiosities，Glazer said．

“It used to be that kids growing up wanted to be an astronaut,” Andrew Petro，program executive (主管) for small spacecraft technology at NASA，said in a statement．“I think we might be seeing kids saying what they want to do is build a spacecraft．The idea here is that they really can do that．”

1.The underlined word “awed” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _____．

A． influenced

B． amazed

C． delighted

D． inspired

2.Which of the following statements about TJ3Sat is TRUE according to the article？

A． It took a group of students about a decade to build the satellite．

B． Besides TJ3Sat，28 other small satellites were built by the students．

C． TJ3Sat can receive text messages that the students send into space，which can be changed to voice messages and broadcast back to Earth．

D． TJ3Sat is expected to stay in orbit for the next year，sending out messages together with information about its position in space．

3.According to the article，the launch of the satellite _______．

A． is evidence of the advance of spacecraft technology

B． proves that hard working teenagers can achieve a lot

C． shows the importance of extracurricular activities at school

D． has inspired many people to take an interest in space travel

單詞拼寫(xiě)

1.Because of the terrible earthquake，many children became________(無(wú)家可歸的)．

2.These materials can be________ (回收)into other packaging products

3.The house________ (屬于)to the old man was built hundreds of years ago．

4.It takes________（耐心）to educate children．

5.The new________（版本）of the novels will come out soon．

6.It is very necessary for people to eat________ (均衡的) diet to keep healthy．

7.The picture on the wall________ (提醒)me of my childhooD．

8.The lovely boat on the river is 16 feet in________ (長(zhǎng)度)．

9.It is Mary rather than you who is to________ (責(zé)備)for the accident．

10.Being________ (身體地) examined for free twice a year is what every employee shall be ensured in any company of the state．

When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very ___. Some stories are told ___they were true. Real people who live in a ___ world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not ___. They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be ___for us.

But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only ___. How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter ,we ___ seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than ___. Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of ___. When we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our ___--which is real—and our imagination—which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.

Both realism and fantasy(幻想) ___the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read ___realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we ___ that we are real and they are ___. It sounds ___,but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and ___ about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by ___ that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.

Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our ___when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose ___in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel ___ we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.

1.A．possible B．easy C．new D．different

2.A．that B．What C．whether D．a(chǎn)s if

3.A．usual B．normal C．certain D．common

4.A．realistic B．reasonable C．moral D．instructive

5.A．difficult B．impossible C．important D．necessary

6.A．thinkable B．designed C．imagined D．planned

7.A．do B．make C．have D．a(chǎn)re

8.A．lessons B．dreams C．experience D．magic

9.A．working B．thinking C．living D．understanding

10.A．knowledge B．skill C．Words D．grammar

11.A．make B．get C．use D．have

12.A．a(chǎn) newspaper B．something C．everything D．a(chǎn) story

13.A．find B．learn C．know D．hope

14.A．too B．not C．a(chǎn)ll D．so

15.A．dangerous B．serious C．strange D．terrible

16.A．talk B．learn C．read D．think

17.A．telling B．pretending C．promising D．guessing

18.A．mind B．life C．world D．society

19.A．heart B．time C．money D．ourselves

20.A．what B．how C．when D．why