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（1）It was the afternoon of April 1. The bell rang _1_ the end of school. The students _2_ their books into their bags. They were ready _3_ home.Just at the moment, their English teacher came into the classroom and said to them, “Hello, boys and girls. Now go over the English lessons, and well have a test _4_ half an hour.” _5_ these words, she left.The students looked at each other in surprise. How sudden! The teacher had never told them they would have a test, yet they took out their English books and began to work hard.They studied and studied. It was getting dark, _6_ the teacher hadnt come yet!The monitor went out to the teachers office. _7_ minutes later, the English teacher came in with a smile. But she had _8_ in her hand!“Im sorry, but do you know _9_?” she said.After the students heard this, they couldnt help _10_ and saying “April Fools!”（ ）1.A. onB. inC. forD. at（ ）2.A. putB. were putC. would putD. were putting（ ）3.A. to goB. goC. goingD. went（ ）4.A. inB. afterC. laterD. out（ ）5.A. WithoutB. WithC. ForD. In（ ）6.A. andB. butC. orD. so（ ）7.A. FewB. A fewC. LittleD. A little（ ）8.A. somethingB. nothingC. everythingD. anything（ ）9.A. what day is todayB. what day today isC. whats the dateD. what the date is（ ）10.A. laughB. to laughC. laughedD. laughing（2）There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl _1_ big eyes. Her big eyes are _2_ us her dream: I wish to _3_! InChina, there are still _4_ girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their _5_ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is hard to _6_ the money for all the children. So the parents often ask _7_ to stay at home, and boys to go to school.Now they neednt _8_ the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor places. They dont have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government to make their life _9_. Soon, all the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is _10_ great.（ ）1.A. withB. onC. toD. in（ ）2.A. sayingB. tellingC. speakingD. talking（ ）3.A. go to workB. go to bedC. go to schoolD. go home（ ）4.A. a lotB. lot ofC. a lot ofD. much（ ）5.A. schoolsB. citiesC. housesD. families（ ）6.A. payB. takeC. buyD. lend（ ）7.A. teachersB. girlsC. boysD. all the children（ ）8.A. look upB. turn onC. worry aboutD. make sure（ ）9.A. betterB. shorterC. longerD. worse（ ）10.A. notB. neverC. hardlyD. really（3）Secrets are everywhere in the world outdoors. Quite a lot of people are busy _1_ them because they are so interesting. All _2_ us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about how they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.Do you know that one of the great presidents of theU.S.A.spent hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives nearNew York Citybecame so interested in insects that he began to _3_ them. He now has over one thousand different kinds carefully kept in glass boxes.Come _4_ me, and I will help you find some of natures secrets. Lets go quickly _5_ the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit _6_ the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for their long winter _7_. We shall watch bees dancing in air to let the other bees know where they can find food. I will show you _8_ interesting things, but the best thing that I can teach you is to keep eyes _9_ when you go _10_. Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully.（ ）1.A. searchingB. keepingC. studyingD. looking for（ ）2.A. outB. aroundC. amongD. besides（ ）3.A. captureB. catchC. collectD. keep（ ）4.A. alongB. intoC. atD. with（ ）5.A. throughB. overC. intoD. on（ ）6.A. saysB. tellsC. asksD. speaks（ ）7.A. restB. tripC. holidayD. sleep（ ）8.A. other manyB. many otherC. some othersD. much other（ ）9.A. openB. closedC. listeningD. big（ ）10.A. intoB. insideC. betweenD. out（4）An old carpenter(木匠) is ready to retire(退休). He tells his boss he is going to leave the house-building business and live a happy life with his wife.The boss is _1_ to see his good worker go and asks if he can build just one more house as a personal favor(按个人的心愿). The carpenter says yes, but _2_ is easy to see that his heart is not in his work this time. He works very _3_.When the carpenter _4_ his work, the boss comes to see the house. He hands the front-door key to the carpenter.“This is your house,” he says, “my gift to you.” The carpenter is _5_! What a shame! If he knows he is building his own house, he is sure to do it very carefully.So it is with us, we build our lives every day. We often put _6_ our best into the building. Then to our surprise we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we can do it again, we will do it very carefully. _7_ we cannot go back.You are the carpenter. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or put up a wall. “_8_ is a do-it-yourself project,” someone has said. Your attitudes(态度) and _9_ choices you make today, build the “house” you live _10_ tomorrow. Build wisely!（ ）1.A. happyB. afraidC. sorryD. sure（ ）2.A. itB. heC. the bossD. the carpenter（ ）3.A. carefullyB. carelesslyC. wiselyD. hard（ ）4.A. beginsB. findsC. looks forD. finishes（ ）5.A. angryB. surprisedC. satisfiedD. happy（ ）6.A. more thanB. less thanC. no more thanD. no less than（ ）7.A. ButB. AndC. OrD. So（ ）8.A. HouseB. WorkC. CarpenterD. Life（ ）9.A. aB. /C. ourD. the（ ）10A. onB. forC. uponD. in（5）Some _1_ people are worrying about acnes(青春痘) on their faces, and some are worrying about their figures. Do you know what _2_ the secret of beauty is? _3_ smile and health, and then you may find the answer.Maybe you are not _4_ with your big nose, your small eyes or your weight. Dont waste energy and feelings on the way you look. In fact when you become an _5_ and look at pictures of your past time, you will find how cute you are._6_ is the best way to make you beautiful. When people are happy, they look nice. When people smile or laugh from the _7_ of their hearts, they look very beautiful.Dont worry about your weight too much. Dont _8_ food for it. No one can live _9_ health. So you need to drink lots of water, eat a healthy diet and do enough exercise.When you accept what you have _10_ and enjoy them, you will really become pretty “inside and out”.（ ）1.A. oldB. youngC. bigD. small（ ）2.A. on the earthB. in the earthC. on earthD. in earth（ ）3.A. Think outB. Think upC. Think overD. Think of（ ）4.A. satisfiedB. satisfyC. satisfyingD. satisfactory（ ）5.A. oldB. youngC. childD. adult（ ）6.A. HappyB. HappyingC. HappinessD. Happiest（ ）7.A. topB. bottomC. footD. head（ ）8.A. acceptB. receiveC. refuseD. get（ ）9.A. withoutB. withC. hasntD. has（ ）10.A. ownB. ownedC. owningD. owns（6）James is a Middle School student. He likes _1_ and hopes to be a pop star. He often _2_ some books about music and wears some strange clothes. And his hair is so _3_ that somebody thinks hes a girl.One day the teacher _4_ something on the blackboard. But the young man couldnt _5_ anything. He was afraid and went to a _6_ after school. There were many people in the waiting room. He had to _7_. When it was his turn, he came in the doctors _8_.“Whats wrong with you, miss?” asked the doctor.“Sorry, sir,” James said with a _9_ face. “Im a boy. I have poor sight(视力) this week.”“Go to the barbers(理发店) first, young man,” said the doctor. “I cant find your _10_ at all.”（ ）1.A. playingB. swimmingC. studyingD. singing（ ）2.A. makesB. buysC. showsD. touches（ ）3.A. longB. shortC. niceD. yellow（ ）4.A. readB. talkedC. wroteD. counted（ ）5.A. hearB. listen toC. seeD. look at（ ）6.A. riverB. cinemaC. shopD. hospital（ ）7.A. waitB. standC. leaveD. finish（ ）8.A. bedroomB. officeC. homeD. classroom（ ）9.A. blackB. greenC. redD. white（ ）10.A. earsB. eyesC. noseD. teeth（7）Ayers Rock is right in the center ofAustralia. Its nearly two thousand kilometers _1_Sydney, so we flew most of the way. It was rather cloudy _2_. But after we left the mountains behind us, there was hardly a cloud in the sky. Most of the land below _3_ sand, though dad told me it is greener than you think. “There are a lot of sheep down there,” he said, “but _4_ people!”Ayers Rock is a large, low mountain. The day after we arrived, we got up early in the morning before the sun _5_. We started climbing up before it was light. It gets too hot for climbing later. Lower down, _6_ Ayers Rock, most of the ground is covered with forest and grass, and there are even _7_ small rivers. But when you climb higher, youll find nothing grows there at all. We didnt reach the top _8_ it was too hot. _9_ is sand. In the evening, when the sun goes down, the sand is almost red. The sky is red too, so it is very, very beautiful. _10_ we only stayed there for a few days, we had a great time.（ ）1.A. nearB. fromC. awayD. for（ ）2.A. at firstB. at lastC. firstD. in the end（ ）3.A. lookedB. looked asC. looked likeD. liked（ ）4.A. almost anyB. almost manyC. nearlyD. hardly any（ ）5.A. roseB. risesC. risenD. was rising（ ）6.A. at the top ofB. on top ofC. at the foot ofD. on foot of（ ）7.A. a littleB. fewC. a fewD. little（ ）8.A. soB. and yetC. thoughD. because（ ）9.A. Around all itB. All around itC. It around allD. All it around（ ）10.A. SinceB. ForC. AsD. Though（8）In the future, scientists would put very small computers in our heads. This can help people a lot. _1_ these small computers, the people with ear diseases will be able to hear. And the people with eye diseases can _2_. These small computers will not be just for _3_ people. Most of us will have these computers to make our life _4_. For example, if we have it, we can think _5_ and we can remember more things.For students, computers can do _6_ things. Maybe in the near future students _7_ schoolbags. They just need to carry a small computer to _8_, because the textbooks, exercise books, and notebooks are all in the computer. The teachers will check students homework with computers, _9_. But this can give another problem, because _10_ will be easier for students to copy each others homework.Everything will be possible. We never know what will happen.（ ）1.A. BecauseB. SinceC. Because ofD. Thank to（ ）2.A. to hearB. hearC. to seeD. see（ ）3.A. illB. sickC. oldD. young（ ）4.A. goodB. wellC. betterD. best（ ）5.A. more clearlyB. clearlyC. clearD. clearer（ ）6.A. muchB. a lotC. lots ofD. lot of（ ）7.A. needntB. will needC. will not needD. dont need（ ）8.A. homeB. schoolC. factoryD. office（ ）9.A. tooB. eitherC. as well asD. also（ ）10.A. thatB. itC. theyD. this（9）_1_ November 21, you have to do one thing say “hello” to everybody you meet. _2_? Because it is World Hello Day! People all over the world will try to say “hi” to _3_ 10 people.World Hello Day _4_ in 1973. At that time, Israel(以色列) and Egypt _5_ fighting a war. The day was used _6_ a way to help stop the war.A “hello” might be easy, but it has the great function to help bring peace. The _7_ people say hello to each other, the _8_ they will fight.So, go out and say hello to people you do not _9_ talk to. Or you could learn how to say “hello” in a _10_ language!（ ）1.A. InB. OnC. AtD. Of（ ）2.A. WhenB. WhatC. WhyD. Where（ ）3.A. leastB. the leastC. at the leastD. at least（ ）4.A. was begunB. begunC. beganD. was began（ ）5.A. wereB. areC. wasD. is（ ）6.A. atB. asC. forD. to（ ）7.A. muchB. mostC. moreD. less（ ）8.A. lessB. littleC. leastD. more（ ）9.A. usualB. unusualC. unusuallyD. usually（ ）10.A. oldB. goodC. newD. same（10）Can we live without salt? No. Salt is very important to us. We need salt _1_ our lives. Animals need it, _2_._3_ of the salt in our country comes from the sea. People make great pools and then _4_ them with sea water. When the sun _5_ the water, people can get salt _6_ the ground. The salt is white, clean and beautiful.There _7_ salt here and there in our country. People in Sichuan get salt from wells(井) and people in Jiangxi get salt from salt mines(矿). In northwest part of our country, people can get salt from _8_.In our country theres _9_ salt and so we neednt buy salt from other countries. Salt is cheap, but its very _10_ and important.（ ）1.A. inB. onC. atD. from（ ）2.A. eitherB. stillC. yetD. too（ ）3.A. AllB. MostC. SomeD. Whole（ ）4.A. washB. lift upC. chooseD. fill（ ）5.A. cooksB. takes awayC. dries upD. drives off（ ）6.A. fromB. toC. inD. over（ ）7.A. areB. isC. hasD. have（ ）8.A. seasB. wellsC. minesD. salt lakes（ ）9.A. manyB. goodC. plenty ofD. quite a few（ ）10.A. uselessB. usefulC. interestingD. interested（11）Henry was not good at math. Even when the teacher explained something a second time, he still couldnt _1_ it.“Never mind. Ill sit next to the boy whos the best at _2_,” Henry thought, “and _3_ his answers.”The day of the exam came, and Henry sat next to Allan, who was _4_ at the top of the class in math. Henry copied Allans answers onto his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher said, “Well, boys and girls, Ive decided to give a red star to the student who got the highest grade. Its _5_ for me to decide who Ill give the star to, however, _6_ two students, Henry and Allan, got the _7_ grade.” After a moment she went on, “But Ive decided to give the star to _8_ this time.”Henry was _9_ when he heard this. He stood up and said, “But I got the same grade as Allan, madam.”“Thats true.” The teacher said. “However, Allans answer to Question 6 was I dont know. , but _10_ was Nor do I. .”（ ）1.A. retellB. answerC. rememberD. understand（ ）2.A. EnglishB. mathC. scienceD. Chinese（ ）3.A. checkB. copyC. keepD. choose（ ）4.A. neverB. almostC. alwaysD. sometimes（ ）5.A. hardB. easyC. unusualD. important（ ）6.A. ifB. thoughC. untilD. because（ ）7.A. lowB. highC. sameD. different（ ）8.A. AllanB. HenryC. nobodyD. anybody（ ）9.A. afraidB. angryC. pleasedD. worried（ ）10.A. hisB. mineC. yoursD. others（12）Kunmingis the capital ofYunnan. Its a city with a long history. Though the weather inYunnanchanges from place to place,Kunming_1_ her beautiful weather. Its neither too hot in summer not too cold in winter. Thats why _2_ people like to travel and even to live there. You can see that great _3_ have taken place there. A lot of tall buildings, cinemas and hospital _4_. You can cross the streets _5_ footbridges(人行桥) in the city. You can buy whatever you want in shops and supermarkets in or around the city. Peoples lives are becoming _6_.At weekends or on holidays, people like to relax themselves in different places and in different ways. In winter, people, especially old people, would like _7_ the Western Hill. From the top of the hill, you can have a good _8_ the beautiful scenery ofKunming. Far away from the hill, you can enjoy the Sleeping Beauty(睡美人) among the hills. After supper, families take a walk along the bank ofDianchiLake. TheGoldenTempleandEXPOGardenare two famous places of interest in the north of the city. You can spend a whole day _9_ the world-famous garden. A little further away from the southeast of the city, a special forest welcomes you. It is not a tree forest, but a stone forest. So it is calledStoneForest.People inKunmingare really _10_ . They often invite their friends home to try delicious food, like rice noodles. If you want to know more aboutKunmingand taste the food there, please pay a visit toKunming!（ ）1.A. is famous atB. is famous forC. is famous ofD. is famous to（ ）2.A. so manyB. so muchC. a fewD. a little（ ）3.A. chancesB. changesC. chanceD. change（ ）4.A. has put upB. have put upC. has been put upD. have been put up（ ）5.A. onB. overC. aboveD. in（ ）6.A. good and goodB. better and betterC. bad and badD. worse and worse（ ）7.A. climbB. to climbC. climbingD. climbed（ ）8.A. lookB. look atC. seeD. watch（ ）9.A. visitB. visitsC. visitingD. to visit（ ）10.A. friendB. friendshipC. friendlyD. friendless（13）Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was only twelve years old, Jeff had cancer. Doctors had to _1_ off most of his right leg.Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg(假肢). The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg, Jeff can ski,