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It’s the second time for me to come to Beijing. There are many places of interest in Beijing, such as the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, etc. What’s more, I think great changes have taken place in Beijing. People’s living conditions have improved a lot. Their life is very happy. Almost everyone has a big smile on the face. People in Beijing are in high spirits and hard-working. Children can receive a good education.

But in the past, some children didn’t have enough money to go to school. They often worked for cruel bosses. The bosses didn’t give them enough food. I feel sorry for them. Today people have already lived in tall building, worn beautiful clothes and so on. Life has changed greatly.

1.How many times has the writer been to Beijing?

A. Once                                B. Twice                    C. Three times          D. four times

2. People’s living conditions have improved ___________in Beijing.

A. a lot                                 B. little                                 C. few                       D. slowly

3.Today, our life is __________.

A. very happy            B. very bad                          C. very interesting        D. just so-so

4. People in Beijing work ________.

A. slowly                     B. hard                                 C. happy                     D. low spirits

5.In the past, children had _______ education. 

A. enough                            B. high                                  C. good                      D. bad

 

Vanilla is my best friend. She is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful eyes. But she always hides them       a pair of black glasses.

One day, however, I       ended our friendship. I remember that day clearly. We were       in the classroom. The teacher was giving us our re­sults of a Chinese exam. I had done badly. I felt so       that I wouldn't talk to anyone. At lunch-time, I even stayed in the classroom alone. Sudden­ly, I heard a      . It was Vanilla. "You look very unhappy," she said. "What's wrong?" I looked at her for a while, but said       . I knew Vanilla had got a good mark (分?jǐn)?shù)) in the exam. I thought she was       me. I sat silently, but Vanilla didn't go away, she       asking me questions_: “Is it be­cause of the exam? Do you want me to tell you the right      ?" I looked away from her. When I looked up again, Vanilla had gone. And so had my exam paper! I didn't know        to do. I looked for my paper every where, but couldn't find it.

In the afternoon, Vanilla came up to my desk and       me my exam paper back. I looked at it and got a big      . Vanilla had written the right answers next to every one of my mistakes. How       she was! My face turned red. I wanted to hug her, but I only held her hands and said," Thank you. "That afternoon,       Vanilla and I were on the way home, I felt quite happy and thanked her again. We are        best friends.

1.A. behind           B. below             C. among                 D. near

2.A. slowly           B. quickly                C. nearly               D. happily

3.A. singing          B. sitting                  C. dancing              D. playing

4.A. happy           B. sad          C. funny           D. excited

5.A. voice                         B. sound       C. noise                D. cry

6.A. everything       B. something         C. anything            D. nothing

7.A. knocking at    B. shouting at   C. laughing at          D. pointing at

8.A. forgot          B. kept                      C. practiced            D. remembered

9.A. answers        B. exams                       C. results               D. notes

10.A. that                      B. who         C. which        D. what

11.A. gave                      B. turned                  C. carried                D. moved

12.A. pain                       B. interest                  C. surprise                 D. fun

13.A. kind            B. brave                C. healthy              D. careless

14.A. whether               B. when                 C. after         D. unless

15.A. still                       B. yet                  C. also                 D. ever

 

Jenny, from Germany, spent some time traveling in India. While she was there, she stayed with her Indian friend, Leela. However, there was a language barrier(障礙) for her there. It was very   31   for her to communicate in the new environment, which was very different from   32   of her own country.

  One day, together with Leela, Jenny went to   33   an orphanage(孤兒院). All the children there were very young. At first, Jenny was not sure if she could have a way to communicate with them. She went over to the children   34   and sat beside them. After some time, one of the children    35   her. She felt a little relaxed and smiled back. Then she went close to the child. She slowly put her arm around the child and started   36    a song in German. The child kept smiling and started repeating the words after her. The words that came from the little mouth were different from those that Jenny sang, but the rhythm(節(jié)奏) was the same. Jenny sat a little more and the child followed her again. Wanting to join in the   37  , another child went up to Jenny and started singing the rhythm. Then more children joined. They   38   many smiles together.

From the other side of the hall, Leela was smiling and watching them. Noticing Leela’s 39   on her, Jenny had an exciting feeling from her heart: “See, I don’t have any language barriers here. We   40   speak and communicate!” At that moment, she understood: we’re all simple human, and we have the ability to connect with each other.

1.A. nice         B. dangerous             C. difficult           D. easy

2.A. these        B. those                 C. this               D. that

3.A. show         B. visit                 C. build           D. improve

4.A. slowly        B. early                C. hardly          D. easily

5.A. looked at      B. laughed at            C. shouted at       D. smiled at

6.A. singing       B. writing               C. saying          D. playing

7.A. club          B. talk                 C. fun             D. dance

8.A. forgot        B. remembered           C. shared          D. missed

9.A. hands        B. eyes                 C. influence        D. question

10.A. can          B. must                 C. need           D. should

 

I enjoy reading very much. When I read books, I feel that time goes     .

A. slowly                      B. quickly           C. luckily                     D. early

 

When Millie got up this morning, it was a beautiful spring day. She saw  1  clouds far away, but she didn’t think about them. She got her dog, Eddie, and put him in the car. Then she drove out into the country  2 a picnic with her dog.
An hour later, the wind began to blow and it turned  3 . Millie and Eddie were warm from running, so they weren’t cold. Then when Eddie  4  with the ball, Millie saw snowflakes ( 雪花 ) in the sky. She called Eddie, picked up the picnic things and got back in the car. As she was driving home, the snow became  5 . Soon all Millie could see was white all round  6  . The road became slippery ( 滑的 ) and she had to drive very  7 . Then the car hit into a piece of ice and it went around in circles . It went down a hill and finally stopped.
Millie reached over for Eddie. He was shaking because he was cold,   8 he was OK. She got her mobile phone and asked for  9  . At last, the police  10  them. Next time Millie will listen to the weather report before going for a picnic.

【小題1】

A．little B．a(chǎn) little C．a(chǎn) few D．much

【小題2】

A．on B．for C．with D．in

【小題3】

A．warm B．hot C．cold D．cool

【小題4】

A．play B．playing C．is playing D．was playing

【小題5】A. larger and larger   B thinner and thinner   C. smaller and smaller   D. heavier and heavier
【小題6】A him          B. us             C. her            D himself
【小題7】A slowly        B. easily          C. carelessly       D. happily

【小題8】

A．a(chǎn)nd B．or C．but D．so

【小題9】

A．helping B．helped C．help D．helps

【小題10】

A．shouted B．hit C．ran D．saved