Light and shadow are friends. They usually go together. We receive light every day. At the same time, we produce shadow.
       Light cannot shine through you. Your body stops it from passing. There is a dark spot on the ground
next to you. The light cannot reach the dark spot. This is your shadow.
       At noon the sun shines over your head. Your body stops very little light from reaching the ground.
       We love light, especially sunlight. Without sunlight, life on earth is impossible. Most of us like to stand
in the shadow of a tree in summer. But some people are afraid of their own shadow at night. They do not want to walk in a dark street. They do not want to see the shadow, either. But still light and shadow usually go together.

1. The sentence "Light and shadow are friends" means ____.

A. the shadow produce light
B. the light usually follows the shadow
C. they usually get on well with each other
D. when we get light, we can get shadow. They are always together.

2. Light cannot shine through you because  ___.

A. it is too weak
B. your body stops it from traveling on
C. your body is tall and strong
D. there is a dark spot on the ground next to you

3. Your body's shadow is long because ____.

A. the sun is low in the sky in the morning or late afternoon
B. the sun is over your head
C. the sunlight is very strong at noon
D. your body stops very little light reaching the ground

4. It is  ___ in the shadow of a tree in summer; so many people like to stay there.

A. hot
B. warm
C. cool
D. cold

5. Which of the following is not true?

A. There will be no shadow without light.
B. Shadow is produced when something stops the light from passing.
C. We produce light when we receive it.
D. Man, animals and plants have to live on sunlight.

     John Carlin was a "jack-of-all-trades." He was an artist and writer. He taught himself five foreign languages. He
was a leader among the deaf. John Carlin's father was a poor shoemaker. John did not need to do things that other
children of his age had to do. John showed his talent for drawing early in life. He often drew pictures on the floor
with chalk. John worked as a house painter when he was 12. His days were busy with work. However, he taught
himself foreign languages at night. When he was 20, he went to New York to learn drawing. When he ran out of
his money, he went to work again. But he would return to learn drawing whenever he could afford it.
     John was the first person to receive an honorary degree(榮譽學(xué)位) from Gallaudet. He beat all difficulties and
became a successful American.

1. The underlined phrase "jack-of-all-trades" may mean "__________" in Chinese.

A. 多面手
B. 生意經(jīng)
C. 工作狂
D. 守財奴

2. John Carlin ________when he was young.

A. worked hard at school
B. learned five languages at school
C. didn't go to school
D. walked around after school

3. John showed his talent for drawing __________.

A. before 12 years old
B. at the age of 12
C. when he was 20
D. in his early thirties

4. John went to New York to learn drawing with money __________.

A. donated(捐贈) by an organization
B. by selling his paintings
C. that his parents gave him
D. that he earned by himself

5. "Gallaudet" in the last paragraph is probably the name of __________.

A. a college
B. a hospital
C. a man
D. a factory

     Rose is one of the 1__________(funny) girls in her class. She looks like a boy, and she is good at
2_______(perform). So she 3__________(choose) to play Harry Potter by her classmates last week.
She said 4______(happy), "I'm sure that I am able 5____(do) the job well because I 6__________
(see) the movie many times already."
    Dick, one of Rose's best classmates, is also an actor in the play. He 7___________(like) to perform
the play with Rose. He said, "We are confident that we 8__________(do) well in our school art festival
next week."
     Mrs. Smith, their teacher, _9________(pay) much attention to their play. She often 10__________
(encourage) them.  Yesterday  afternoon   when  she  11___________(watch)  their  performance, she
12________(take) photos of them.

       "For those who   1   (never be) to Tibet, Tibet is a dream ; for me, Tibet is a memory." said Li Wan,
a graduate from Zhongshan University.
       Ms. Li became   2   (interest) in Tibet after having worked in a company for less than three months. 
 Since 1998, Li has been spending   3   (much) of her time on the challenge-she   4   (get) to almost every  corner  of Tibet.
       Li's   5   (one) trip to Tibet was only out of her loving freedom. She entered Tibet along the
Yunnan-Tibetan road. Although she couldn't say a word of Tibetan language, this did not really  prevent
her from   6   ( talk) with local people   7   (success). "To me, they are free,  8   (friend), happy and close
to nature. People should live in this way, singing while   9   ( work), dancing while living," Li said. Li   10     (describe) Tibet in words and photos. She made a plan for   11   (she)—"My goal in the next ten years is
_12_(make) a good documentary." said Li.

       Mr King worked in a shop and drove a car for the manager. He drove carefully and could stay cook
in time of danger. And he escaped from several accidents.
       Mr Baker, one of his friends, worked in a factory outside the city. (1)It's far from his house and he
had to go to work by bus. As the traffic was heavy in the morning, sometimes he was late for work. His
manager said the young man would be sent away unless he got to his office on time. Mr Baker hoped to
buy a car, but he didn't have enough money. Then he decided to buy an old one. He went to the market
and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to have a trial drive, the seller agreed.
He asked Mr King to help him.
       Mr King examined the car at first and then drove it away. It was five in the morning. (2)There were
few cars in the street. (3)At first he drove slowly and it worked well. Then he drove fast. And when he
reached a crossing, the lights turned red. He tried to stop it, but he failed and nearly hit an old woman. A
policeman told him to stop, but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.
       "(4)Didn't you hear me?" the policeman asked angrily.
       "Yes, I did, sir," said Mr King, "but the car didn't."

1. 寫出(1)處劃線句子的同義詞。
It's far from his house and he had to             a bus           work.

2. 將(2)處劃線句子改為反意疑問句。
There were few cars in the street,             ___    _?

3. 把 (3) 處劃線句子譯成漢語。
                                                                                           

4. 用don't和know 仿造一個與 (4) 處劃線句子相似的句子。
                                                                                           

5. Why did Mr Baker want to buy an old car?(根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題)
                                                                                           

    Take a class at Dulangkou School, and you'll see lots of things different from other schools. You can
see the desks are not in rows and students sit in groups. They put their desks together so they're facing
each other. How can they see the blackboard? There are three blackboards on the three walls of the
classroom!
The school calls the new way of learning "Tuantuanzuo", meaning sitting in groups. Wei Liying, a Junior 3
teacher, said it was to give students more chance to communicate.
    Each group has five or six students, according to Wei, and they play different roles (角色). There is a
team leader who takes care of the whole group. There is a "study leader" who makes sure that everyone
finishes their homework. And there is a discipline (紀律) leader who makes sure that nobody chats in
class.
    Wang Lin is a team leader. The 15-year-old said that having to deal with so many things was tiring.
    "I just looked after my own business before," said Wang. "But now I have to think about my five group members."
    But Wang has got used to it and can see the benefits (好處) now.
    "I used to speak too little. But being a team leader means you have to talk a lot. You could even call
me an excellent speaker today."
    Zhang Qi, 16, was weak in English. She used to get about 70 in English tests. But in a recent test,
Zhang got a grade of more than 80.
    "I rarely(很少)asked others when I had problems with my English. But now I can ask the team leader
or study leader. They are really helpful."

1. What makes Dulangkou School different from others? __________

A. The students' desks are in rows. |
B. Students sit and study in groups.
C. There are three blackboards in the classroom.
D. Both B and C.

2. A discipline leader is supposed to __________.

A. take care of the whole group
B. make sure that everybody finishes homework
C. make sure that nobody chats in class
D. collect all the homework and hand it in to teachers

3. The new way of learning is said to give students more chance to __________.

A. chat with each other
B. listen to the teachers
C. make friends
D. communicate

4. We can tell from the story that some students __________ this new way of learning.

A. get benefits from
B. are tired of
C. cannot get used to
D. hate

     There are two main kinds of sports. These two kinds of sports are team sports and individual(個人的)
sports. Team sports are such sports as baseball, basketball, and   1       . Team sports   2   two separate
(獨立的)teams.  The teams play against each other.  They  compete  against  each  other in order to get
higher    3   . For example, in a football game, if team A gets 7 points and team B gets 3  points, team A
wins the game. Team sports are sometimes   4   competitive sports.
     Besides(除了)team sports, there is   5         main type, or kind, of sporting activity. That is individual
sports. In individual sports there are   6   teams.
     There isn't any competition. People  play individual  sports  in  order to get exercise.  They don't play
individual sports for the competition.   7  , they want to get some exercise,  not to win a game. Individual
sports are such sports as swimming, skiing, and   8  .
     Of course, it is possible to compete  in individual sports.  It  is  possible to  keep  a score in individual
sports. The main difference, however,     9         team sports and individual sports is that individual sports
can be performed alone. Team sports always need more than    10     person.

    Do you always agree with your teachers? Sometimes you have a different answer t 1 a math problem.
Or perhaps they scold (訓(xùn)斥) you when you don't think you did anything w 2 .
    What do you do then? A story said t 3 more and more students are speaking out and even quarrelling
w 4 their teachers.
    It's good for students to say what they think. In the past, f 5 Chinese students dared speak back to
their teachers. It was a rule that w 6 the teachers said is always right. But now students are beginning to
think more b 7 themselves and dare to say what they want.
     But students should choose the right way to speak out. We should respect(尊敬) teachers. They are
older t 8 you and have more experience. So, never u 9 rude words when you don't agree with them.
     Try to find the right time to talk to your teacher. For e 10 , discuss the problem after class.
1._____2._______3. _______4.________ 5.________ 
6.  ____ 7._______8. _______ 9. ______ 10.________