I can't believe the homework my seven-year-old son brings home! I have to sit with him every afternoon in order to see all the homework __1__．There is so much work and he is very __2__ after school．I have to give him a little time-out，so he can swim __3__ just get relaxed in front of the TV．Then we continued and it __4__ a few hours at least to finish all the homework．I don't remember having so much work when I was at this __5__ and I don't remember it being so hard!

It seems to me as if I am paying the school and they are sending my child __6__ with so much work for me to __7__ him do! Why don't they do all this work at school? I think these __8__ are doing the students great harm（傷害）! They shouldn't be __9__ to give the kids so much work to do on their __10__．

Then the sport is pushed again and again! I have always been a __11__ of sports，but I can see that my son is not as interested as I __12__ to be．I can see that he would rather read or do something __13__ like drama（戲曲）or art．1 would love him to be a sportsman，but if that isn't __14__ he wants，then I would rather he was happy．Kids should __15__ their own interests and not be made to do what other people want them to do!

1．A．compared              B．followed              C．corrected                      D．done

2．A．tired                      B．influenced            C．surprised                D．pleased

3．A．but                        B．or                        C．a(chǎn)nd                        D．then

4．A．collects                 B．a(chǎn)ffords                C．takes                     D．writes

5．A．relation                  B．time                     C．moment                 D．a(chǎn)ge

6．A．knowledge             B．experiment           C．home                     D．example

7．A．direct                    B．check                         C．encourage              D．help

8．A．schools                 B．brains                  C．choices                  D．differences

9．A．regarded                B．suggested             C．a(chǎn)llowed                  D．managed

10．A．service                B．own                    C．energy                   D．shame

11．A．stranger               B．discoverer            C．member                 D．lover

12．A．happened             B．used                    C．a(chǎn)greed                   D．wished

13．A．strict                   B．nervous               C．else                       D．usual

14．A．what                   B．which                  C．who                             D．whose

15．A．receive                B．miss                    C．develop                  D．a(chǎn)chieve

Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing __1__ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her __2__. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons __3__ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __4__ found work in a big shop. The __5__ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice __6__ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. And she __7__ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __8__ did anything at home. She didn’t love her __9__ but she lived a city life.

Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few __10__ pictures and asked her to appreciate（欣賞）them. She __11__ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were __12__the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all __13__. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”

The women looked at each other but they tried not to __14__. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（游浪漢）”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a__15__ man had no money to have a portrait taken（請(qǐng)人畫(huà)像）!”

1.	A．him B．himself C．her D．herself

 

2.	A．classes B．English C．maths D．language

 

3.	A．when B．while C．because D．a(chǎn)fter

 

4.	A．hardly B．easily C．no longer D．happily

 

5.	A．bookseller B．shopkeeper C．gatekeeper D．policeman

 

6.	A．a(chǎn)greed B．hated C．preferred D．failed

 

7.	A．sold B．was sold C．gave D．was given

 

8.	A．a(chǎn)lways B．sometimes C．never D．often

 

9.	A．husband B．son C．brother D．uncle

 

10.	A．cheap B．expensive C．terrible D．strange

 

11.	A．liked B．interested C．watched D．knew

 

12.	A．looking up B．looking for C．talking about D．hearing from

 

13.	A．old B．clean C．dirty D．thin

 

14.	A．stop B．smile C．laugh D．lie

 

15.	A．busy B．clever C．rich D．poor

 

“I can’t believe what I’m hearing!” I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate (候選人)for president of Student Council. My best friend Tony came to me and said, “I’m sorry, Mike. I really thought you should be  1 .”

Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a   2 “Congratulations” and walked to my usual table. To my surprise, Jeff put his plate beside mine.

“I’m, er…I’m just wondering if you would …consider coming to work on my team,” he said  3 . “You are really smart, and you would be a great manager.”

“I don’t think so,” I replied, feeling unsure.

“Well, if you change your mind, we are meeting tomorrow,” he said before moving to another table.

All that night, I thought about the offer from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process(選舉過(guò)程) would give me a   4  to make important changes at our school. I decided to join them.

My first goal was to   5  an attractive advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a poster with Jeff’s pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway  6  passing Jeff’s smiling face.

My next step was to   7  which new activities students would like to have at our school. Many of them wanted a chess club and a volleyball team.

With the information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster. The headmaster   8 to add these activities to our school program.

An eighth grader said, “It’ll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president.”

Hearing these words made my heart filled with   9 . I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a difference. I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeff’s team. He became the most popular candidate and I was large part of his   10 . The fact that it has made a difference in other people’s lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!

1.                A．heard          B．chosen         C．invited   D．followed

 

2.                A．polite          B．loud           C．warm D．cheerful

 

3.                A．proudly         B．quickly         C．nervously D．regretfully

 

4.                A．suggestion      B．chance         C．message  D．change

 

5.                A．print           B．invent          C．create    D．send

 

6.                A．with           B．by             C．through  D．without

 

7.                A．carry out       B．try out          C．work out  D．find out

 

8.                A．a(chǎn)greed         B．wanted         C．expected D．a(chǎn)sked

 

9.                A．pride          B．surprise        C．patience  D．hope

 

10.               A．luck           B．spirit           C．life   D．success

 

 

Thousands of years ago，human(人類(lèi))didn’t live in towns．Sometimes they would live in caves(洞穴)or build camps in the forest．

    Only about thirty people  1    in each camp．The men would go hunting while the woman and children  2  food from trees around the camp．All the food was  3  among people in the group．Every few weeks they moved to another place to find more food．It was a simple life，but people had to be  4．They had to make everything that they needed，and they had to know a lot about plants and animals．

    Nowadays most people live in towns and cities，and they work in offices and factories．Life is 5  than in the old days．There are fewer  6  ，but there is less excitement．Some people go  7  excitement  sailing round the world．climbing mountains，or exploring(探測(cè))caves．

Most people look forward to the  8 ,a time when they can enjoy a change from the normal life．For some this means going camping．But camping today is  9  from camping in the past．Gas cookers，ready-made food and air-beds mean people can camp much more  10  than they did in the old times．

1．A．lived         B．talked       C．came        D．danced

2．A．planted       B．collected     C．watched     D．bought

3．A．found        B．used         C．shared      D．sold

4．A．polite        B．kind         C．calm        D．clever

5．A．worse        B．faster        C．easier       D．harder

6．A．dangers       B．stories       C．people      D．a(chǎn)nimals

7．A．waiting for    B．looking for    C．turning on   D．putting on

8．A．dreams       B．gifts         C．meals       D．holidays

9．A．a(chǎn)way        B．different       C．free        D．far

10．A．slowly       B．terribly        C．comfortably  D．hopefully

 

Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) sent him to have his first piano lesson. I prefer that students begin at an earlier age, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s   1  to hear him play the piano. So I   2  him as a student.

Although Robby worked very hard, he didn’t have a basic   3  of music. However, he never   4  up and continued. And at the end of each weekly lesson he’d always say: “My mom is going to hear me   5  some day.” But it seemed   6 . He didn’t have a natural talent or ability for music.

One day Robby   7  to our lessons very late. He told me that his mom had been 8  and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still   9  in class. He asked if he could take part in my concert and I   10 .

The night of the concert came. The high school gym(體育館) was   11  with parents, friends and relatives. The concert was going well. Then, Robby came up on stage. He announced (宣布) that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I heard next.   

His   12  danced on the keys…

He played so   13  that everyone was on his feet, clapping excitedly. In tears, I ran up on stage, “Oh, Robby! How could you do it?”

“Well, Miss Hondorf... remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer(癌) and   14  away this morning. And well… she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play at the   15 . I wanted to make it special and show her I could do it! My mother’s dream came true at last.”

1.                A．decision        B．conclusion      C．a(chǎn)dvice    D．dream

 

2.                A．considered      B．a(chǎn)ccepted        C．knew D．protected

 

3.                A．sense          B．education       C．information    D．thought

 

4.                A．got            B．gave           C．stood D．put

 

5.                A．sing           B．speak          C．play D．call

 

6.                A．cheerless       B．helpless        C．hopeless  D．meaningless

 

7.                A．listened        B．flew           C．came D．went

 

8.                A．a(chǎn)sleep         B．deaf           C．well D．ill

 

9.                A．writing         B．practicing       C．singing   D．talking

 

10.               A．a(chǎn)greed         B．disliked         C．expected  D．decided

 

11.               A．satisfied        B．bored          C．crowded  D．familiar

 

12.               A．fingers         B．feet           C．a(chǎn)rms  D．legs

 

13.               A．carefully        B．cheerfully       C．meaningfully   D．wonderfully

 

14.               A．took           B．passed         C．moved    D．ran

 

15.               A．party          B．concert        C．meeting   D．show