【1】Who will Mary go to Beijing with for the holiday?

A.Her parents.B.Her friends.C.Her teachers.

【2】How will Mary go to Beijing?

A.By train.B.By bus.C.By plane.

【3】What is Mike going to do in holiday?

A.He will go to Beijing.B.He will review for a test.C.He will have a test.

【1】When will Alice reach the playground?

A.At three o’clock.B.At half past two.C.At half past three.

【2】What will Alice probably bring?

A.Some water.B.Some snacks.C.Some apples.

【3】What does Jim do?

A.A coach.B.A teacher.C.A player.

要求：符合語法，語句通順，大小寫正確，詞語不得重復使用。

【1】what，it，today，is，day

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【2】large，there，population，is，a，in the town

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【3】make，don't，the，library，in，noise

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【4】it，a，what，city，nice，is

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【5】enough，Bob，to，reach，isn't，the basket，tall

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But actually，they weren't.

When I arrived at my new class，I couldn't wait to show everyone what I could do. However，there was always someone else who could do them better. My grades began to suffer.

More talented girls often sang solo（獨唱）. I believed I wasn't smart. I believed I wasn't talented. I believed I was a failure. Over the next two years，I had to work very hard. Every prize for the singing competition was given to me for hard work and effort. Grades were still very low but improving little by little.

I haven't realized until recently that I really don't have to be the best at everything. I was too hard on myself. In fact，when I did badly in a test，my classmates never laughed at me.

No one is perfect. There will probably always be someone better than me at something. Anyway，there are about seven billion people in this world. I will never be the number one at everything，and that s really okay.

【1】What does “a prodigy” probably mean in English？

A.A smart kidB.A lazy fanC.A common childD.A lazy girl

【2】When the writer was at the new class，____________.

A.she lost her interest in musicB.she had difficulty in learming

C.she surprised everyone in solosD.she got separated from friends

【3】What happened to the writer during the two years？

A.She won many prizes without any effort.

B.She found the best way to become perfect.

C.She gave up trying because of the low scores.

D.She failed to be perfect though she worked hard.

【4】Which would be the best title for this passage？

A.When I Wasn't PerfectB.My Past Life as a Young Girl

C.Hard Work Doesn't WorkD.What to Do When You're Not Perfect.

The history of plastics is longer than you might__________. In fact the first man-made plastic ever to appear on the market was made over a hundred years ago. It was called “celluloid（賽璐璐）”. It was discovered by ________an Englishman and an American in the same year.____________ it was the Americans who first produced it on a large scale（規(guī)模）during the year 1860. Everybody was__________ by this new material which could be moulded（用模子做）into shapes and was so cheap to buy.

Poor young men working in cities with lots of smoke and dirt were ________ to buy white celluloid collars （領子）. The collars were hard and uncomfortable. But they did not have to be sent to wash. The poor young men could rub them clean every evening with soap and water! Poor mothers，who had not been able to afford playthings for their children，were now able to buy them playthings__________of celluloid.

But celluloid had one very serious fault. It caught fire very easily. In fact it burned even more quickly than wood or cloth. There were many terrible accidents，particularly__________ children. For years scientists worked hard to find a better plastic material than celluloid. They had__________success. Then in 1932 an American scientist called Baekeland produced a hard plastic material which did not burn. It became known as bakelite（酚醛塑料）. Other plastic materials like bakelite were also produced. They were_________to make electrical fittings （配件）and plates and cups. Poor people liked them because they were both cheap and safe，but rich people disliked them because they were cheap，and because they could only be made ________dark colours.

【1】A.wishB.thinkC.wantD.hope

【2】A.bothB.neitherC.eitherD.between

【3】A.SoB.ButC.AndD.As

【4】A.surprisedB.excitedC.toldD.frightened

【5】A.worriedB.sureC.afraidD.able

【6】A.doneB.producedC.workedD.made

【7】A.betweenB.onC.amongD.about

【8】A.muchB.greatC.neverD.little

【9】A.cutB.hopedC.usedD.had

【10】A.inB.byC.fromD.of

A.what Tom doesB.where Tom lives

C.how Tom is likeD.when Tom comes

注意：每個空格只填一個單詞。

The concept of homeschooling is not a new one. Homeschooling means educating children at home instead of sending them to public or private schools. Nowadays, homeschooling has become popular in the USA for a lot of reasons. One of them is poor quality of education in public schools and it’s also because of the high cost in private schools. Some parents believe that because they know their child’s strengths and weaknesses, they can teach him or her better. Some parents prefer homeschooling so as to prevent their children from getting into bad company. There is another group of people who choose to educate their children at home because they want them to learn their religious beliefs. They also think that homeschooling would help in development of strong family bonds (家庭紐帶).

However, there are some negative influences of homeschooling on students as well as parents.

Homeschooling is a full-time job and not fit for parents who have their own careers. It takes a lot of time for parents’ side to make homeschooling a success. Other family members’ responsibilities may also be affected. They may give their full attention to the needs of their children. Besides, a parent may have high educational qualifications, but that does not make him or her a good teacher. Teaching is an art, which requires the ability to understand the needs of the children. It may be difficult for the parents to explain the concepts to their children.

In today’s world, competition is seen in every field, and school prepares children to face these competitions. However, homeschooling does not give the children a chance to compare with other kids. They will also not be aware of where they stand in educational position among their classmates. This may affect their lives. Education is not the only thing that the children need to become successful human beings. It is necessary that they learn to communicate in the society, and public school provides them with such an environment, where they meet many people. Schools also provide children with a chance to take part in different activities to improve their overall development.

It is true that it has many advantages, but one must get to know that school teaches children skills to survive.

Children represent a fresh-faced opportunity. Ride-hailing for kids could be a market worth at least $50 billion in America, hopes Ritu Narayan, the founder of Zum. The services are similar to Uber’s, except they allow parents to plan rides for their children ahead. Children are given a code word to make sure they find the right driver, and parents receive warnings about the ride and the car’s speed. These services promise more careful background checks, finger printing and training than other ride- hailing companies.

Annette Yolas, who works at AT&T, says that she spends around $200 a month on Hop Skip Drive, a service that operates in several markets in California, for her three kids to get to the school bus on time and to ballet practice. She says it has been a “l(fā)ife-saver” by allowing her to work longer hours.

But ride-hailing companies for kids may face several challenges. One is finding enough drivers. All users need rides during the same limited set of hours: before and after school, which makes it hard to offer drivers enough work. It can also be challenging to get parents’ support, who have taught children never to get in a stranger's car.

And while ride-sharing companies can drive adult passengers mad by cancelling or being late, such behavior can be a disaster to children. Huddle, an early competitor in the taxis-for-kids business, which shut down in 2016, had only two out of five stars on Yelp (點評網(wǎng)站) for that reason, and lots of negative reviews from parents. It had made money on rides mainly by raising prices even higher.

Shuddle’s failure has not discouraged Uber, which is expected soon to set up a programme for teenagers under 18. Parents may be happier to use services they are familiar with. But Uber’s entrance is likely to add to the struggle of child-ride-hailing businesses as they compete for customers and money.

【1】What do “helicopter parents” usually do?

A.They drive a helicopter to send their children to school.

B.They pay no attention to the school life of their children.

C.They stay close to their children and ready to protect them.

D.They let their children solve the problems all by themselves.

【2】What does the underlined phrase “a fresh-faced opportunity” refer to?

A.A new market.B.A new event.C.A new lesson.D.A new challenge.

【3】What is the purpose of giving the example of Annete Yolas?

A.To encourage more drivers into the business.

B.To meet the needs of children attending courses.

C.To show the good points of the ride- hailing service.

D.To help more parents to avoid the ride-hailing service.

【4】What may be the future of those small ride-hailing companies?

A.They may get better reviews.B.They may make much more money.

C.They may struggle to survive.D.They may easily attract more customers.

Andy Warhol’s parents came to America from Czechoslovakia at the beginning of the 20th century. As a boy Andy liked to draw pictures. The family lived in Pittsburgh, where Warhol’s father worked in a coal mine.

While in high school Warhol took art classes and drew sketches (素描) at the Carnegie Museum. Later Warhol studied art in Pittsburgh and after moving to New York in 1949, he began to work as an illustrator (插圖畫家) for magazines such as The New Yorker or Vogue. During this time he started using a special technique to draw images for ads.

During the 1960s, Andy Warhol mainly painted realistic pictures of everyday items. This style became known as pop art. Among his most famous paintings were comic strips, images of Coca Cola bottles and the electric chair. In his drawings Warhol simplified objects and painted them in many different colors.

The center of Warhol’s life was his art studio, called the Factory. There he met many other famous artists. The Factory was also used as a film studio in which Andy Warhol produced many of his famous underground films.

In 1968 an unsuccessful actress, Valerie Solanas, walked into Warhol’s studio and shot the artist. Warhol never fully get well from this event. In 1987 Warhol died at the age of 58 during an operation.

The Andy Warhol Museum, in Pittsburgh, is the largest art museum designed for one single artist. It holds more than 12,000 works of Andy Warhol. The highest-priced painting is Eight Elvises, images of Elvis Presley.

【1】While in high school, Warhol .

A.studied art in New YorkB.drew sketches at the Carnegie Museum

C.started to produce films and adsD.worked in a coal mine in his spare time

【2】When did Warhol start using a special technique to draw images for ads?

A.In 1949.B.In 1987.

C.During the 1960s.D.In the 19th century.

【3】Which of the statements about Andy Warlao is TRUE according to the passage?

A.He was one of the world’s most popular artists in the 19th century.

B.He met an unsuccessful actress, Valerie Solanas, and was shot to death by her.

C.More than twenty thousand works of his own are shown in the Andy Warhol Museum.

D.He painted many famous pictures, such as comic strips and images of the electric chair.