【1】What’s the woman especially thankful for this year?

A. Food. B. Her family. C. Her friends.

【2】What is the woman also thankful for?

A. Health. B. Wealth. C. Happiness.

【3】What does the woman like best about Thanksgiving?

A. Cooking with her mother. B. Staying home with her family.

C. Going shopping with her friends.

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2. 你幫助過某人的事；

3. 你對這些事的感想。

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【1】You can most probably read the passage in a ____.

A. travel guide B. newspaper C. textbook D. medicine booklet

【2】How much money could you save if you want to buy a travel book?

A. $10. 20. B. $6.46. C. $13.96. D. $19.80.

【3】Which of the following could help you to deal with common health problems

without a doctor?

A. Off the Beaten Path. B. Container Gardens by Number.

C. Best Weekend Projects. D. 1801 Home Remedies.

【4】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Container Gardens by Number can help you improve your gardening skills.

B. Best Weekend Projects may be useful for you to decorate your living room.

C. Off the Beaten Path covers about 1000 famous traveling destinations all over the world.

D. 1801 Home Remedies is designed for home use.

【5】The author writes the passage in order to ___________.

A. introduce the books to readers

B. advise readers to buy the books

C. encourage readers to read more about medicine

D. share his opinion about the books with readers.

God heard his words. “Well, I will give you one year,” God replied. “You will be in charge of the weather. Let’s see what your crops grow like.” Joe was so ______ that he couldn’t believe what he heard. But he still wanted to have a try. He shouted, “Sunny!” ______ the clouds went away. “Unbelievable!” He thought to himself and tried again, “rain!” The sky became cloudy right away and heavy rain poured down. ______, in the following year, he changed the weather between sunny and rainy. Watching his crops growing bigger and bigger, he felt happy.

When the harvest season came, he ______ his basket and sickle（鐮刀）to the field, looking forward to a big harvest. But his heart sank to the ______when he found his strong crops had not grown any grain（谷粒）at all. Puzzled and disappointed, he started crying, which was heard by God again.

“How about your crops?” God asked. Joe ______ the crops, without a word. “Do not you have your wish to control the weather?” God asked again. “Yes, but I just can’t understand it. I have given them what they need. How could it be?” Joe ______. “That’s because you never asked for wind, rainstorm, snow or anything that could make the roots stronger. Without strong roots, of course they won’t grow any fruit.”

It turned out that only through ______, would we harvest the fruit of life. It takes both ups and downs to get satisfactory results.

【1】A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing

【2】A. clever B. experienced C. polite D. patient

【3】A. angry B. sorry C. surprised D. upset

【4】A. Normally B. Generally C. Fortunately D. Suddenly

【5】A. Still B. However C. Therefore D. Besides

【6】A. brought B. carried C. packed D. pulled

【7】A. bottom B. part C. side D. top

【8】A. believed in B. looked up C. paid for D. pointed to

【9】A. mentioned B. noted C. suggested D. wondered

【10】A. rainstorms B. chances C. challenges D. Discoveries

A: Hi, Mike. How is everything going these days?

B: Pretty well. I’m planning to take a holiday next week.【1】?

A: Sure. You may go to Yunnan. The weather is quite pleasant there.

B: I went there last winter. I want to go somewhere different this year.

A: 【2】? Chongqing is a beautiful city with many places of interest. And the people there are very

friendly.

B: It seems that you know it well. How many times have you visited it?

A: 【3】. The more I know about it, the more I love it.

B: Oh, great. 【4】?

A: Really delicious, but a little hot, especially hot-pot.

B: Sounds great to me. That’s the place I want to go to. I’ll go there next week.

A: 【5】.

B: Thank you.

A. My father has left his hometown for several years.

B. I think Lily will make greater progress in her painting as long as she studies hard enough.

C. The police are running after the thief who runs very fast!

D. The headmaster went back home so early. Because he had the flu.

A. when did we write carefully.

B. we should look through the paper first.

C. how could we work out the last problem

D. we should stay up late reviewing the lessons

—That’s why you are so unhappy now. You should have used it after your mother said yes.

A. am chatting B. chatted C. chat D. was chatting

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【1】If you buy and read Successful Fishermen, you will ________.

A. go to the countryside

B. know where to buy fishing rods

C. know how to cook fish

D. learn how to choose fishing places

【2】There are many pictures in ________ according to the passage.

A. Best Learners

B. Successful Fishermen

C. How to Keep Pets

D. Learn in Study for Beginners

【3】You can ________ for more information about other books according to the passage.

A. call the writer??? B. go to the shop

C. search the Internet??? D. ask the clerk

【4】The writer wrote this passage in order to ________.

A. increase sales of the books

B. buy useful and interesting books

C. tell people how to keep pets

D. teach students to study easily and fast

【5】You can most probably(可能) find this passage in a ________.

A. story??? B. repot

C. dictionary??? D. newspaper

At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked ______ him. She asked him to sell her the ticket .He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it ______ than he did. After the train left, he sat on the bench (長凳) and didn’t know ______ to go. Just then, an old man came and said, “Young man, I have ______ what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?” “Really?” Tom was very ______ to hear that, “But you hardly know me.”

“I know you are a good man. That’s quite enough.”

【1】A. find??? B. see??? C. look??? D. buy

【2】A. everyone??? B. no one??? C. nothing??? D. someone

【3】A. happy??? B. interesting??? C. sad??? D. glad

【4】A. city??? B. company??? C. farm??? D. station

【5】A. buy??? B. sell??? C. give??? D. pass

【6】A. to??? B. off??? C. with??? D. from

【7】A. less??? B. more??? C. smaller??? D. worse

【8】A. when??? B. how??? C. why??? D. where

【9】A. seen??? B. done??? C. imagined??? D. believed

【10】A. satisfied??? B. surprised??? C. disappointed??? D. interested