Calvin and Hobbes is an American strip（連環(huán)漫畫）by Bill Watterson. It tells the everyday life of Calvin, a six-year-old boy, and his tiger Hobbes.

Calvin is a young boy who wants everything and wants it now. He hates doing homework, having baths or cleaning his room. Hobbes is Calvin’s best friend. However, everybody else only sees Hobbes as an old toy.Susie is a young girl of Calvin`s age . She is Calvin`s classmate, and also his neighbor. She `s a perfect girl: hard-working, serious, mart and calm. But she has to stand Calvin`s father doesn`t have a name. He works as a lawyer in the town. Just like his father.his mother has no name . She`s a housewife whose main job is looking after Calvin . The most difficult things she has to do are putting Calvin to bed and making him take a bath .

根據材料內容，補全下面的句子。

1.Calvin and Hobbes is about and his tiger.

2.Calvin hates , having baths or

3.Susie is Calvin`s and .

4. is Calvin`s best friend .

5. Calvin`s mother`s main job is .

詞語運用

用方框中所給的單詞的適當形式填空，使短文正確，通順。每詞限用一次。

My hobby is watching TV. It becomes an important part of my life. I 1. two hours a day watching TV. When lying on the sofa and clicking the remote control(遙控器). I feel quite 2. .Sometimes , I even wish I3. be a couch potato(電視迷) all my life.

I began to watch TV in my childhood, and soon I lost 4. in it . Because I could keep balance 5. my hobby and my schoolwork, my parents didn`t insist that I turn off the TV. My favorite 6. is Discovery and my favorite show is about history . I have 7._______ many things from it, and it even becomes and affair (事情). That I can share with my 8. When I feel upset, watching a variety of shows ca make my 9. disappear.

I will keep 10. .TV and learning things from it. TV is not only a tool to make my life colorful, but also a friend to accompany(陪伴) me by my side.

補全對話

（A reporter is interviewing a foreign visitor on the Great Wall ）

A: Excuse me . I`m a reporter from a student magazine.

1. ?

B: Sure ,please .

A: 2. ?

B: I`m from Australia .

A: 3. ?

B: I came to Beijing three days ago .

A: 4. ?

B: Yes, just a little. I began studying Chinese four months ago.

A: How do you like the Great Wall ?

B: It`s great . I like it very much.

A: Thank you for answering my question. 5. ?

B: Thank you .

書面表達

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從下面方框中選出與下列各句中劃線部分意思相同或相近、并能替換劃線部分的選項。

A. some B. As a result of C. felt sick D. is similar to

1.After walking in the rain for a few hours， he was ill at last.

2.Thanks to the help of the kind people and the doctors， the old man was saved in time.

3.It was 7：00pm. I still saw several students playing basketball on the playground.

4.Mary takes after her mother. Both of them like helping others.

--There is going to be _____ NBA game tonight. Would you like to watch it with me?

--Yes， I’d love to .

A. a B. an C. the

His grandparents live in a small house， but they don’t feel .

A. lonely； alone

B. alone； lonely

C. lonely； lonely

We middle school students always have _______ homework to do every day that we often feel tired during the day.

A. too much B. too many C. so much

-- Could you please sweep the floor? -- ________

A. No， I couldn’t.

B. Yes， I’ll do it right now.

C. Yes， I could.

Study hard! ______ you study， _________ results you’ll get.

A. The harder， the better

B. harder， better

C. hard， good