Debbie Huckabee is ______ height. She never planned to take a ride in hot air balloon. The idea of going up hundreds of feet into the air frightened her. But last Saturday the bank where Huckabee works offered air balloon rides to its employees. The rides were free. So she decided to go ballooning. Huckabee saw Illinois from a new ______.

"I love riding in a hot air balloon. It was completely ______ from anything else I've ever done. It was so exciting that I lost my fear of heights. I think it was a great ______ for me." Huckabee said. Huckabee liked looking at Illinois from up high. "I never know that Illinois was so beautiful," she said. "There are rivers and fields and lots of colour. We don't have mountains or oceans, but it is very pretty."

Hot air ballooning is usually done in the early morning or late afternoon. That is when there is not much wind. People who want to ride in a hot air balloon have to be ______. Weather conditions are very important. Sometimes you have to wait for the weather conditions to change.

The ride takes about an hour. Then the pilot looks for a place to land the balloon. Huckabee thinks that landing is one of the best parts of the ride. "It's really exciting. You ______ know where you are going to land." Debbie Huckabee felt very proud of herself after her first ride. In fact, she felt .so confident that she went up three times on Saturday. "It was truly a wonderful experience and I can't ______ to do it again!"

【1】A.fond ofB.satisfied withC.afraid ofD.proud of

【2】A.viewB.eyeC.skyD.window

【3】A.amazingB.similarC.familiarD.different

【4】A.experimentB.experienceC.expenseD.example

【5】A.seriousB.worriedC.patientD.careful

【6】A.alwaysB.neverC.evenD.probably

【7】A.expectB.waitC.imagineD.plan

These two letters appeared in a newspaper. Both writers have their own ideas on zoos.

Zoos Do a Good Job

It is good to keep animals in zoos. I know a lot of people think it is wrong to keep animals in zoos. However, I believe that zoos have many good points.

Firstly, zoos are places for people to see many different kinds of animals from all over the world. Without zoos, most people would never see a real bear or tiger.

Secondly, zoos look after the animals very well. The animals are always given food and cleaned regularly. In the wild, it is not always possible for an animal to find food, so sometimes it goes hungry. But animals kept in zoos never go hungry.

Thirdly, zoos protect the animals they look after. They offer them safe places to live in. In the wild, some kinds of animals are in danger of being extinct. But zoos give these animals a chance to live. Without zoos, there'd be fewer kinds of animals in the world.

Maria

Smith

Zoos Are Unnatural

In Maria's letter, she says that zoos are good for animals. I am afraid that zoos are not good for animals; they are only good for people.

It is unnatural and unfair to keep wild animals in cages. Most animals are kept in cages that are too small for them. In the wild, these animals would travel freely. In zoos, they can't do this. This is why the bears and tigers always look so sad.

Most cages are not very clean either. It is true that zoos give the animals food regularly, but this is not natural. Wild animals are used to looking for their own food. We should treat animals in the same way that we treat other people--with respect.

Would anyone be happy if you don't let him go outside his home? Would Maria like to have lots of people standing outside her flat looking at her? No, she wouldn't. And animals don't like it either.

Philip

Black

【1】Maria and Philip have quite different ideas on keeping animals in zoos.

【2】In Maria's opinion, a real bear or tiger can only be seen in zoos.

【3】Maria thinks that animals live better in zoos than in the wild.

【4】According to Philip, cages are not big enough, so tigers and bears look unhappy.

【5】Philip thinks that zoos don't give the animals food regularly so it is not natural.

【6】Maria and Philip both agree that zoos are good for people.

【7】In the two letters, they are discussing how to make animals in zoos happy.

【1】He no longer complained about the noise in the neighborhood.（保持句意不變）

He __________ __________ complain about the noise in the neighborhood any longer.

【2】You needn't write the letter right now. （改成被動）

The letter __________ be __________ right now.

【3】The street wasn't wide enough for the van to pass through. （保持句意不變）

The street was so __________ that the van __________ pass through it.

【4】His father died two years ago. （改成現(xiàn)在完成時）

His father has __________ __________ for two years.

【5】All of us got up early in order to arrive on time. （保持句意不變）

All of us got up early so that __________ __________ arrive on time.

【6】Jack's mother asked him, "Have you packed your things?" （改成間接引語）

Jack's mother asked him __________ he had packed __________ things.

【1】The Internet __________ us to communicate with each other more easily. (able)

【2】The Bristol University __________ only ten colleges in the 1980s. (including)

【3】Underground trains are __________ by computers as well. (operation)

【4】The earth will be just fine, with or without __________. (human)

【5】He wanted to break the world record and he __________ at last. (success)

【6】The police are trying to find out who'd be __________ for the accident. (responsibility)

【7】Reading can bring us lots of __________ which can't be learned from textbooks. (know)

【8】To my __________, Tom, one of the top students in my class, failed the test. (surprising)

— __________ I can book it by phone.

A.Yes, please.B.Yes, I'd love to.C.No, thanks.D.No, you wouldn't.

— __________ Look at the sign. It says, "No smoking."

A.Never mind.B.Of course not.C.No, I don't.D.You'd better not.

A.used to wash, are used to doB.are used to washing, are used to doing

C.used to washing, are used to doD.are used to wash, used to do

A.More hardly, moreB.The harder, the more

C.More harder, moreD.The more hardly, the more

A.forgot, forgotB.left, leftC.left, forgotD.forgot, left

Write at least 60 words about the topic “What I have learned from a class meeting”

(以“我從一次班會中學到什么”為題寫一篇不少于60字的短文，標點符號不占格。)

Use the following points as a reference (以下問題僅供參考)

What was the meeting about?

What do you think of the meeting?

What have you learned from the class meeting?