Look! The Chinese national basketball team ________ a face-to-face interview with their fans in the hall. How excited the fans are!

A.is having B.are having C.have D.has

You don’t need to worry about (擔(dān)憂) your son. __________, he is already an adult.

A.On the other hand B.Not a nice thing to say

C.To be honest D.After all

—Doesn’t Frank like staying at home and looking after his little sister?

—_______, but he ________ because both of his parents work.

A.Yes; has to B.No; has to

C.Yes; doesn’t have to D.No; doesn’t have to

Work hard, believe in yourself ______ you will make some progress.

A.but B.so C.and D.then

—I’m terribly sorry that my son broke your vase at your home yesterday.

—________. Young kids sometimes are careless and they are energetic all the time.

A.Absolutely B.Never mind

C.That’s right D.It was nothing

Find out the incorrect one of the four underlined parts.

1.Gloria asked the doctor don’t tell her mother how ill she was. She didn’t want them to spend much money on her.

2.Some sports hobbies cost quite a lot of money. Such as, we need to buy sneakers (運(yùn)動鞋) to go running.

3.Almost everyone in our school likes that 8-months-old cat. Some students play with it for some time at noon.

4.If you look for someone with enough medical knowledge (醫(yī)學(xué)知識) to work the question out, she is the right person to make it possibly.

5.If you look at the successful people in our community (社區(qū)), you may find that the only thing they have in the common is that they want something and they go and get it.

6.He thought he could make a friend with Jenny by leaving her a present at her house every day. Jenny didn’t think so, though.

7.—When can I go out to play football, Mum?

—You’d better finish your homework first or I don’t let you to go out.

8.Half of the students in the classroom finished the exercises. The teacher gave other students another five minutes to finish them.

9.I stayed in New York for one month in 2014. While I was there, my host family tried to cook anything different for me every day.

10.Families in China celebrate (慶祝) the Spring Festival with different ways. Some get together to enjoy big dinners and some go to some holiday towns to have a good time.

A boy felt terribly cold, wrapping (圍緊) his arms around himself on a bus stop bench. He wasn’t wearing a coat and it was very ______ in the capital of Norway in winter. It was sad for the boy not to wear warm clothes,______ it was cheerful and exciting to see so many people help the 11-year-old John when they saw his bad situation.

A young woman ______ her own coat around his shoulders. Later, another older woman at first gave him her scarf, then wrapped him in her large jacket. Then more and more people ______ their gloves and even the coats to give them to the child while they were ______ their bus.

John’s ______ situation was a hidden camera experiment (實(shí)驗(yàn)) by SOS Children’s Villages in Norway. They planned to raise (募集) money to send many ______ to help Syrian children get through the winter. Many of the poor children left their homes ______ winter clothes.

“People should care as much about ______ in Syria as they care about this boy,” Synne, the information head of SOS Children’s Villages in Norway, ______ the reporters. She also said that the child was a volunteer who was never in any danger during the filming.

1.A.warm B.cool C.cold D.hot

2.A.but B.and C.or D.so

3.A.put B.made C.got D.showed

4.A.took out B.took on C.took away D.took off

5.A.looking for B.getting on C.waiting for D.getting off

6.A.good B.well C.cold D.bad

7.A.T-shirts B.coats C.socks D.shorts

8.A.without B.with C.in D.for

9.A.men B.women C.children D.adults

10.A.told B.said C.spoke D.talked

Ticket Information.

Dates: July 30-Aug 8 Mon-Fri 10 am, 7 pm Sat-Sun 10 am, 2 pm, 7 pm.

Venue: Esplanade Theatre
Duration: 1.5 hours.

Ticket Prices:

$25 per child or adult (day shows).

$35 per child or adult (evening shows).

Family Packages:

$85 for 4 tickets (10 am, 2 pm shows).

$120 for 4 tickets (7 pm shows).

Latecomer Policy:

Please arrive early. Latecomers will not be allowed (允許) to enter until a proper break in the shows.

Children: As courtesy (禮貌) to other audience (觀眾) members, children below 3 years old will not be allowed in.

1.How many days will the show last?

A.11 B.10 C.9 D.8

2.If the show begins at 10 am, it will probably finish at ______.

A.2 pm B.7 pm C.11:30 am D.11:45 am

3.A family with four members will spend _______ if they watch the show at 7 pm.

A.$140 B.$75 C.$85 D.$120

4.What will happen to a latecomer?

A.He or she can still watch the whole show.

B.He or she can only enter during a break.

C.He or she won’t have won’t have a proper break.

D.He or she will fail to enter the theatre.

5.________ will not be allowed in.

A.Teenagers B.People with no courtesy

C.Families with three children D.Children under 3

Not long ago, I answered a telephone call from an old friend who I’d not heard from for a long time. “Hi, my good friend,” said the voice on the end. “I just wanted to see how you’re getting long.”

At the end of the conversation, he said, “if you need me in any way, I’ll be happy to help out.” And he meant it! That call came at just the right time. I needed those words of encouragement (鼓勵). I hung up the phone and felt very warm in my heart.

And that day I relearned something important about life: Life is first about people, not to-do lists and a million tasks left undone—it’s about people.

To love and to know that we are loved is the greatest happiness. And happiness seems to be something that too many of us are short of (缺少)! My friend reminded (提醒) me that it is never enough just to love; we must also express (表達(dá)) it.

George William Childs put it like this: “Do not keep the box of your love and friendship closed up until your friends are gone. Fill their lives with sweetness. Speak cheering words while their ears can hear them and while their hearts can be made happier.” Happiness may be just a phone call.

1.The writer’s friend called the writer because ________.

A.he wanted the writer to help him

B.he wanted to help the writer out

C.he knew the writer needed those words of encouragement

D.he just wanted to know how the writer was getting along

2.How does the writer feel after he received the phone call that day?

A.Encouraged. B.Excited.

C.Angry. D.Sad.

3.From this passage we know the greatest happiness is _______.

A.to love others B.to be loved

C.to love and to be loved D.to express our love

4.What does the phrase “hung up” mean?

A.掛斷 B.稍等 C.吊起 D.閑逛

5.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 tells us _________.

A.to put our love in the box

B.to show our love to our friends

C.not to express our love and friendship

D.when our friends go, give them our love

Insects are a very healthy food. They have almost as much protein (蛋白質(zhì)) as meat from a pig or cow and are low in fat. Eating insects is also very good for the environment (環(huán)境) since they need less land and water than larger animals.

Marcel Dicke, who studies insects, explained (解釋) in a talk how insects also produce more meat from the food they eat. For example, imagine a farmer feeds a cow 10 pounds of food. Those 10 pounds of food produce about 1 pound of meat for people to eat. However, imagine the farmer gives a certain number of insects 10 pounds of food. Those 10 pounds of food produce 9 pounds of meat for people to eat!

Eating more insects can also help people in poor areas. Many people can raise (飼養(yǎng)) and sell insects, which can provide jobs and food.

But insects will not replace (替代) animal meat very quickly. First, people in some countries would have to change how they think about eating insects. Many people in North America and Europe eat a lot of meat like beef and pork. But they don’t traditionally eat insects. In fact, for many people in the west, eating insects sounds crazy! They believe insects are dirty and dangerous. Insects make them feel uncomfortable.

Some people are trying to deal with this problem. For example, David George Gordon wrote a book named The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook, which tries to show people that insects can be delicious. Other insect experts (專家) travel around telling people about the benefit (好處) of eating insects. But they still have a lot of work to do.

1.What can we get if we eat the insects?

A.Protein. B.Fat. C.Water. D.Carbon dioxide.

2.Eating insects ________.

A.is not healthy B.makes people put on fat

C.helps protect large animals D.is environmentally friendly

3.The examples of Marcel Dicke is given to show _________.

A.the high cost of food production

B.it’s quite easy for farmers to raise insects

C.raising insects need less food than larger animals

D.the different ways of feeding cows and insects

4.What mainly causes the long way that eating insects has to go?

A.Their terrible taste. B.People’s old belief.

C.Family life. D.Eating ways.

5.We can infer (推斷) from David and other insects experts that ______.

A.people can make a lot of money from insects

B.insects should be better protected

C.people should eat more insects

D.it’s dangerous to eat insects