1、短文填空(一)My good friend Linda likes sports a lot.When she is free,she does nearly all kinds of sports 1 her friends.Her favorite sport is basketball,and she plays basketball quite 2 .Her dream is to be a basketball player like YaoMing.She joined a basketball club last year.She and other members in the
2、 club practic basketball twice a week.She also likes running because she thinks it is a good way to keep 3 .She 4 about an hour 5 every day.She is a 6 runner in our city.She 7 part in a race last year and 8 first prize.She also likes rowing.Sometimes she rows a boat 9 a lake with her friends.What an
3、 10 life Linda lives！1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. (二)Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children. 1 are young people. Some learn at 2 , others teach themselves. Why do all these people want to 3 English? It is hard to answer that question.Many boys and
4、girls learn English at school because it is 4 of their subjects. Many people learn English 5 it is useful in their work. Some young people learn English 6 their higher studies because some of their books 7 in English at college（学院）or university（大学）. 8 people learn English because they want to 9 news
5、papers and magazines（杂志）in 10 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. (三)In England, afternoon tea is 1_ most informal (非正式) meal of a day. It is taken 2_ four and five. If you are a friend of the family, you may come for tea 3_ any time. Very often it is not taken at a table. The members 4_ the family and v
6、isitors take the tea in the sitting room. Each person 5_(have) a cup and saucer (茶盘), a spoon (调羹)6_ a small plate for bread and butter (黄油) and cakes. 7_ the way, do not help 8_ to cakes first, bread and butter first, and then cake. Do remember: Though you can eat as 9_ as you want, do not put more
7、 10_ one piece of bread or cake on your plate each time.1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. （四）How Much Is ItMrs Wilson likes to ask his husband to 1_ shopping with her on Sundays. Her husband pays for the things that she 2_. Now they are in a shop.“Look, Andy. Is it a fancy hair clip?“ Mrs Wilson asks h
8、is husband.“All right. And how 3_ is it?“ he answers and gives money to the shop assistant. 4_ Mrs Wilson asks him about something good or 5_, he often says “All right. And how much is it?“ to her.6_ about 8 oclock p.m., Andy is tired and thirsty, 7_ he wants to have a drink. Suddenly (突然地) his wife
9、 looks 8_ at the moon and says, “Look, Andy. Is the 9_ so beautiful?“All right. And how much is it?“ his husband answers 10_ (quick).1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. （五）Mr. Smith 1 two sons .One is seven years old, and the other is five. One morning 2 the holidays, when he was cleaning the car, his yo
10、unger son came and asked him 3 some money for sweets.“Sweets are 4 for your teeth,” Mr. Smith said. “Take these two oranges 5 ,and give one to your elder(年长的)brother,” One of the 6 is quite a lot bigger than the other one ,and as the small boy liked oranges very much, he 7 that one for himself, and
11、gave his brother the smaller one.When the other boy saw that his brother had a much 8 orange than his own ,he 9 to him, “Its selfish(自私的)to take the bigger one for 10 . If father had given me the oranges, I d have given you the bigger one.”“I know you would,” answered his brother.” Thats why I took
12、it.”1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. (六)Most American businesses are open five 1 a week. American school children go to school five days a week, too. American families usually have a two-day weekend. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Over the weekend, people spend their time 2 many ways .families 3
13、weekend together. They may 4 shopping, go for a drive, or visit friends. They may also invite friends over and have a party at home. Many families take part in sport 5 the weekend. Running, hiking, playing volleyball and swimming are 6 in summer. Skiing and skating are the favorite winter sports. We
14、ekends are 7 a time for American families to work 8 something in their yards or in the house. Many families 9 flowers and have vegetable gardens. Some families spend the weekends to paint or repair their houses. For most Americans, weekend are very 10 . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. （七）Once there l
15、ived an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him，“Dont forget this.“One day he 1_ on a long way alone. 2_ he left home，his wife said，“Now you have all these things. You need them 3_ your way. Take 4_ of your things on the way.“He went to the station.
16、He bought a ticket and got on the train with it.About an hour 5_，the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said，“Will you please show me your 6_?“The old man 7_ for his ticket in all his pockets 8_ he could not find it. He was very worried. “I cant find my ticket. I really b
17、ought a ticket before I got on the train，“said the old man.“I think you are right. I believe you bought a ticket. All right，you dont have to buy 9_ ticket，“said the conductor kindly. But the old man still(仍然) looked worried and said sadly，“You dont know 10_ Im worried. If I dont find my ticket，I can
18、t remember my station. Where am I going? “1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. (八) You may know the song Happy Birthday very 1 . But do you know who wrote this song and for whom it was written?Let me tell you a story.About one hundred years 2 , there was a girl in the USA. She loved children very much and
19、 wrote many songs 3 children. One of them was the song Good Morning To You. The song was very popular at that time 4 children, but not all grown-ups ( 成年人 ) knew it.The girl was very 5 . Once her friends invited her to a little childs birthday party. She felt happy but sad because she had no money t
20、o 6 a present for him. Finally she 7 to sing the song Happy Birthday in the melody( 曲调 ) of Good Morning to You for the little boy. When her friends 8 the song at the party, they were very happy. “How wonderfully she is singing! We have not heard this song before. Its a9 present,” said someone. And they learned to sing it together.Later, the song 10 very popular throughout the world. People like it because its simple and friendly.1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
