I stood in the doorway，watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag．I coughed uneasily．Finally  1   that I Was there，Rocky turned toward me with a sad smile.

   “I’m leaving tomorrow．”He said．

   “I know．”My  2  was almost a whisper(低聲)．I was angry at myself for being so weak, but I Wasn’t about to cry．

    “My  3  is early，so there is still enough time to come to the airport，”he said．Seeing the  4   look on my face，he quickly added，“I promise(答應(yīng))1 won’t leave without saying goodbye．”

    I tried to say  5  ，but didn’t．It’s always better to keep quite if you’re about to cry． “You promised you wouldn’t cry，”he said to me，thinking that I was close to tears(流淚)．

    I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike．  6   I thought he was always right behind me，holding the seat to keep me from   7  ．I was happy with this，but he knew he couldn’t hold me up all my life． He told me that one day he would have to let go．

    His coughing stopped my thinking．What was left to say? How could I say  8  to the person who taught me everything?

    The next morning I  9  looked at my alarm clock, and I realized he had left

10  ago．We never even said goodbye．

    Goodbye，Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away，I knew he heard me，even if it was only an answer in his heart．

1．A．forgetting    B．realizing     C．watching    D．learning

2．A．voice         B．sound         C．noise       D．word

3．A．ship          B．flight        C．train       D．bus

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

5．A．a(chǎn)nything      B．everything    C．something   D．nothing

6．A．At 1ast       B．From now on   C．At first    D．So far

7．A．riding        B．running       C．walking     D．falling

8．A．goodbye       B．hello         C．yes         D．sorry

9．A．gave up       B．stood up       C．looked up  D．woke up

10．A．minutes       B．hours          C．days       D．weeks

I stood in the doorway，watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag．I coughed uneasily．When he realized that I was there，Rocky turned toward me  1  a sad smile．

    “I’m  2  tomorrow，”he said．“I know．”My  3  was almost a whisper（低聲，耳語）．I was angry at  4  for being so weak，but I wasn’t about to（將要）cry．“My  5  is early so there is enough time to come to the airport，”he said．Seeing the sad look on my face，he quickly added，“I  6   won’t leave without saying goodbye．”

    I tried to say  7  ．but didn’t．It’s always better to  8  if you’re about to cr．

    “You promised you wouldn’t cry，”he said to me，thinking that I was to cry．I remember the day he   9   me how to ride a bike．At first I thought he was always right behind me，holding the seat to keep me from  10  ．I was happy with this，but he knew he  11  hold me up all my life．He told me that one day he would have to leave．His coughing stopped my  12  ．What was left to say?  13  could l say goodbye to the person who taught me everything?

    The next morning I   14  ，looked at my alarm clock，and realized he had left  15  before．We never even said goodbye．

Goodbye，Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away，I knew he heard me，even if it was only an answer in his heart．

1．A．In                            B．of                           C．by                         D．with

2．A．leaving                     B．coming                  C．traveling                 D．returning

3．A．word                        B．noise                      C．voice                     D．sound

4．A．me                           B．him                        C．myself                   D．himself

5．A．bus                          B．ship                        C．train                             D．flight

6．A．hope                        B．promise                  C．wish                      D．a(chǎn)gree

7．A．something                B．a(chǎn)nything                 C．everything              D．nothing

8．A．cheer up                  B．keep quiet               C．enjoy yourself         D．keep away

9．A．teaches                     B．taught                    C．is teaching              D．had taught

10．A．riding                     B．running                  C．walking                  D．falling

11．A．could                      B．couldn’t                 C．had to                    D．didn’t have to

12．A．dreaming                B．imaging                  C．thinking                  D．realizing

13．A．How                       B．Why                       C．What                     D．When

14．A．gave up                  B．looked up                C．woke up                D．stayed up

15．A．hours                            B．days                       C．weeks                    D．minutes

As soon as he finished his homework，Erie jumped onto his bicycle and rode off in the direction of the beach．While he was   1   along，he thought about the whales（鯨魚）．He hoped he would see them again today．After he got to the beach，Eric   2   his bicycle behind a bush so that no one could see it from the road．Then he ran down onto the sand．  3   it was only four in the afternoon，the sky was already growing dark．Eric frowned（皺眉）．If it  4   he wouldn't be able to see the whales because they would stay in deeper water．He hurried along the beach   5   the rocks．They were the best place to watch the whales from because of their __6  ．Before Erie reached the rocks he felt a drop of water on his head．“Oh no!” he thought．“Now the whales will stay in the deep water and l won’t be able to   7   them!” But just then he saw a large shape on the beach．It was a young whale! The whale had come too close to the shore（海岸）and got stuck（擱淺）on the   8  ! At first the whale didn't move at all and Eric thought it was   9  ．Then he saw its tail move weakly．Eric turned and ran through the rain as fast as he could back to his bicycle．He had to get   10  ! Unless they got the whale back in the water soon，it would die and Eric couldn't let that happen．

1．A．riding             B．running                C．getting                   D．walking

2．A．sent                      B．hid                      C．took                             D．got

3．A．As                        B．Since                   C．Because                 D．Although

4．A．shone             B．snowed                C．rained                    D．blew

5．A．into                       B．off                      C．to                          D．from

6．A．1ength            B．size                     C．height                    D．shape

7．A．watch            B．kill                       C．catch                     D．save

8．A．soil                       B．beach                         C．grass                     D．water

9．A．dead                      B．pretty                         C．lovely                    D．a(chǎn)live

10．A．care                    B．water                   C．medicine                D．help

完型填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was ___1___ in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him ___2__.

Children in our neighborhood always ran around ___3___ their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play, __4___. We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be ___5___ to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.

In __6___ grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, __7__ only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the __8___. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.

He ran four to five mile every day—even when he had a fever. I was __9___, so I went to ___10___ him after school. I found him running ___11___. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept ___12___.

Two weeks later, the names of the team ___13___ were out. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had ___14___ the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just ___15___ it.

1.                A．spent          B．taken          C．cost D．paid

2.                A．talk            B．sit             C．study D．walk

3.                A．a(chǎn)fter           B．before         C．during    D．till

4.                A．either          B．too            C．though   D．yet

5.                A．a(chǎn)ble           B．sorry           C．glad D．a(chǎn)fraid

6.                A．sixth           B．seventh         C．six   D．seven

7.                A．so             B．if              C．then     D．because

8.                A．neighborhood   B．family          C．school    D．grade

9.                A．excited         B．tired           C．pleased   D．worried

10.               A．think about      B．hear from       C．a(chǎn)gree with D．look for

11.               A．a(chǎn)lone          B．a(chǎn)way           C．a(chǎn)lmost D．a(chǎn)lready

12.               A．riding          B．walking         C．playing    D．running

13.               A．jumpers        B．runners        C．doctors   D．teachers

14.               A．got            B．kept           C．made D．found

15.               A．made          B．played         C．had   D．took

Have you ever rubbed your hands together when they get cold? Why do we do that? We do that for friction. Friction happens when two things that aren’t very smooth rub together to make heat energy. The faster you rub two things together, the more friction ( and heat) you can make. Let’s discover friction!

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

·Soap ·Water·Your hands!

WHAT TO DO

Make sure your hands are dirty.

Rub your hands together until you feel the heat of your hands.

Now, use soap and water to get your hands very slippery(滑的).

Try to make friction happen while your hands are slippery.

Please write down what has happened.

LET’S TALK!

Friction is an energy that happens when two things rub together. When friction happens, it makes heat! When your hands are slippery, they won’t make very much friction and your hands won’t get so hot.

DID YOU KNOW?

Friction happens when you stop your fast running bike.

Ancient people made fire by rubbing two pieces of wood together. Friction happened though they didn’t know it.

____?___

Friction is everywhere. Have you ever noticed situations where friction is happening? If not, ask your parents to take you out in a car. If it is not hot, touch the tires(輪胎) of the car before and after a short drive to see how much warmer they get from friction.

1. This text is most probably________________________.

A. a science report????????????? ????????????? ????????????? 　 B. a car advertisement

C. a rubbing introduction?????? D. a chemistry programme

2.What does the word “friction” in this text mean in Chinese????????

A.摩擦????????????? ????????????? B. 冷卻??????? C. 膨脹????????????? ????????????? ????? D.震動

3.___________ is not an example of friction.

A. Bike riding????????????? B. Car driving??? C. Hands rubbing????????????? ? D.Friction discovering

4.What’s the last column(欄目)?

A. THINK IT OVER!????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?? B. WHAT HAPPENED?

C.EVERYDAY ACTION:????????????? D. WORK WITH PARENTS