Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. It is true. People usually begin their talks with“Isn’t it a nice day?”
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly(幾乎不) agree with each other. One man may say,“Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.”Another man will say,“No, it’s going to be fine tomorrow.”
People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for
something to tell him it’s going to rain; he won’t believe(相信)anything else. When friends have a travel, they are sure the weather is going to clear up very quickly.
Almost(幾乎)everyone listens to what the weatherman says, but he doesn’t always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes mistakes. Still(仍然), he probably(或許)comes closer to being right than anyone else.
【小題1】“No one does anything about the weather”means ______.

根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋或通過上下文，  在答題卡上標有題號的橫線上，寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。每空只寫一詞。

1.Xiangcheng District has a    （人口）about 40,000 at the end of 2013.

2. Mary waited while John    （修理）the water pipes.

3.He made    （敵人）of everyone—he other teams and the media.

4. Eric! Get in here and clean up the room. What a    （混亂）！

5. My mother makes our clothes    (平坦的)with an iron every week.

6. I made this card    （專門地）for your birthday.

7. Now scientists have    （發(fā)現(xiàn)）eating vegetables is so helpful for our health.

8. - Where is your sister now?

- She is    the guitar at home.

9. -I hear your uncle loved English when he was young.

- Yes. He was so interested in it that he never gave up learning it    himself in his spare time.

10. - What did the visitor say to you just now?

-  He asked me if I was    of the great changes that had taken place in Xiangcheng since 2000.

1.Tom’s shoes are the same as those football ____________ (play).

2.My mother asks me            (not play) with fire.

3.----______you _____(play) basketball  this weekend ?----Yes, I am.

4.---- Oh, look at the sun! ---- Yes. It’s a ______ (sun) day today.

5.Mum often makes Kitty ______ (do) her homework before dinner.

6.Walk past the bookshop and you          (find) the bank.

7.Mr. Green has a son. Today is his         (twelve) birthday.

8.______ (get) to the zoo, turn left when you come to the crossroads.

The entrance is on your left.

9.At the fashion show,all the children looked       (happy) at each other.

10.It is cloudy. The radio says it              (rain) tomorrow.

【小題1】 After about three               （星期）holiday, we came back to school.
【小題2】My mother has so many           (家務(wù))to do every day.
【小題3】She is looking forward to            (收到) letters from her friends.
【小題4】You should do your homework more_______(仔細地).
【小題5】It makes me feel          (自豪的) when I see the national flag of China.
【小題6】Computer is one of the greatest                (發(fā)明) . I can’t imagine life without it.

 
Jeremy Shu -How Lin is an NBA player on the New York Knicks. He is an Asian-American NBA rising star. He was born on August 23rd, 1988. He is 1.91meters tall. He weighs 91 kilos. He is also a graduate of Harvard University. Months ago, few people knew of him, but in February, 2012, Lin started to shine. He led his team to a series of (一系列)wins. He surprised everybody and quickly became famous in the sports world.
US Education Secretary Arne Duncan wrote an article about Lin for Time. He said Lin breaks lots of wrong ideas. One of them is that Asian Americans can’t play basketball well. Another is that you can’t be a great sports player and an excellent student at the same time.
Duncan also noted that Lin’s success was not an accident(偶然). He worked hard and stayed humble(謙虛的). He lives the right way. He plays the right way.
What makes Lin stand out from other players is his hard work and never-give-up spirit.
【小題1】 Which team does Jeremy Shu-How Lin play for?