Once a young man was traveling by train. It was a long and boring journey.

As the train was moving 1_____ a wilderness(荒野), the passengers looked out of the windows 2_____. When the train reached a bend(轉(zhuǎn)彎處)，it slowed down, and then a simple house appeared. It was so easy to notice 3_____ everybody on the train turned to “enjoy” with eyes wide open. Some passengers even began a 4______ about it. The young was also attracted by the house. On his return he got off the train at the nearest station and found his 5_____ to the house. Its owner said that he was troubled by the 6______ of the train. He wanted to 7______ the house, but nobody would buy it.

8_____ the young man spent 30,000 dollars on the 9______ soon. He thought it was a good place for advertisement because it was facing the railway bend. When the train moved slowly past, the 10______ passengers would be very interested in the house.

He 11_____ to find some big companies and told them that could be used for advertisement. 12_____ the Coca-Cola Company took it to put up their 13______. To everyone’s surprise the young man was 14_____ 180,000 dollars for a three-year rent.

This is a true story. It tells us that discovery is very important to 15______. Many people got new ideas from it.

1. A. over          B. around           C. through         D. across

2. A. happily        B. quietly            C. safely            D. angrily

3. A. when         B. that                C. why               D. how

4. A. discussion    B. meeting          C. subject                  D. competition

5. A. address      B. way               C. key               D. trip

6. A. track          B. speed             C. passenger       D. noise

7. A. change       B. paint              C. sell                D. mend

8. A. Though      B. But                C. And               D. Or

9. A. room          B. place              C. house             D. land

10.A. excited      B. tired               C. surprised        D. worried

11. A. tried         B. had                C. agreed           D. stopped

12. A. Since then         B. At last            C. At least          D. So far

13. A. messages  B. companies      C. notices                  D. signs

14. A. shown      B. allowed          C. offered           D. returned

15. A. success     B. confidence    C. activity            D. invention 

There are no peasants in Britain. People who are working on a farm are called farm workers. The farmer pays workers every week. There are not many workers on a farm. The farmers have many machines. The machines do most of the work. A farm with four workers is a big farm, and a farm with one worker is a small farm.

Britain does not grow rice. The summer is not hot enough. The most important grain crop in Britain is wheat(小麥). Wheat and other crops grow best in the east of Britain. In the west, there is a lot of rain. There grass grows very well. So, in the west of Britain, most farms are animal farms. They are not crop farms. The British winter is warm and the grass grows all the year round. The

animals live out in the fields and on the highlands all the year round. The British people eat lots of meat and drink lots of milk. Cattle give milk and meat, and sheep give meat. Cattle and sheep farms are in the west. Pigs are on farms here and there.

    Britain can now produce about half of its food. However, it doesn’t produce enough wheat , so some wheat is imported(進(jìn)口) from other countries. Britain must also import hot climate food, such as rice, tea, coffee and so on.

True (T) or False (F).

1. In Britain, a farm with four workers is a big farm.

2. In Britain, it isn’t very hot in summer, so rice isn’t grow in Britain.

3. In the west of Britain, there are lots of crop farms.

4. The animals can live out all the year round because the British farmer don’t like to keep the animals inside in winter.

5. Britain can produce half of its food.

Different weather, different feelings

Different weather makes people feel different. It influences health, intelligence(智商) and feelings.

In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month.In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.

The weather can also influence intelligence . For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ(智商) of a group students were very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10％ below. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and August)

Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18℃, people became stronger.

Low air pressure may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low pressure days. People feel best at a temperature of about 18℃.That is the “good weather”.

Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today? It may be the weather’s problem.

1. ______ can have a bad effect on health. 

A. Hot and wet weather           B. Good weather

C. Warm weather                  D. High intelligence

2. People may have more intelligence when ______ comes.

A. a rain                   B. very hot weather           C. a strong wind        D. low air pressure

3. Low air pressure may make people ________.

A. forgetful         B. sad                       C. angry                    D. tired

4. In “good weather” of 18℃, _______.

A. people are very forgetful     B. people can’t do their work well

C. thin people feel cold            D. people are in better health

5. The writer wants to tell us that ________________.

A. hot and cold weather influence all people in the same way

B. weather influences people’s lives

C. IQ never changes when weather changes

D. there is a good kind of weather for people’s work and health

There are not many foods in the world that as nice as chocolate. If you really love it, just thinking about it can make your mouth water! When you love chocolate, you may also eat a lot of it. But wait just a minute, isn’t that bad for our health?

There are different opinions on chocolate and health. Some people think that chocolate gives people pimples (痘痘) and bad teeth, it has very little nutrition（營養(yǎng)）and makes people fat. But some scientists say that eating chocolate makes people feel happy and excited.They say if we don’t eat too much, chocolate is OK.

Earlier this month, US researchers also said that dark chocolate is good for the heart. They said something in it can make the heart’s arteries（動(dòng)脈）get bigger and help blood move through your body better.

That’s not the only good news for chocolate lovers.

Some scientists already say that eating chocolate doesn’t give people pimples or give them worse. It is not always what you eat that gives you pimples. Chocolate only gives people bad teeth if they eat too much at a time.The sugar in chocolate can be bad for the teeth, but the cocoa butter (可可油)can be good for them.

1. What does the underlined expression “make your mouth water” mean in Chinese?

_______________________________________________________

2. Why do some scientists say if people don’t eat too much, chocolate is OK?

 ______________________________________________________

3. Which kind of chocolate is good for people’s heart?

  ____________________________________________________

4. How many advantages about chocolate are mentioned in this passage?

  _____________________________________________________.

5. What’s the writer’s opinion on chocolate according to the passage?

  ____________________________________________________.

根據(jù)下列句子的意思及所給單詞的首字母或所給漢語意思,寫出各單詞的正確形式.每空一詞.

1. The food smells d_________________. Why not go to taste it?

2. Please take the m_________ three times a day, and you’ll be OK soon.

3. There is too much n__________. Let’s find a quiet place to rest in. 

4. By the end of the _______(二十) century, the world population had passed six billion.

5. My teacher often __________(鼓勵(lì)) us to practice English as often as possible.

根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容在空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)木渥�，使�?duì)話完整、正確。

Fan Hua(F) is a TV host(節(jié)目主持人). He is asking Raja(R) what he thinks about family life.

F: Well, Raja, would you like to begin? Is family life in Wuhan different from that in your country?

R: 1__________. I can see some differences.

F: Oh, like what?

R: Well, the family seems to be smaller here than in my country. For you, the family is only mum, dad and child.

F: 2______________?

R: We have a bigger family.

F: 3__________?

R: Yes. In Pakistan, we usually have grandparents, uncles, aunts, brothers or sisters living in a big family.

F: I see, and you look after old family members yourselves, don’t you?

R: 4_________.

F: It is the same as that in China’s country and remote areas(邊遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)). Oh yes, 5______________?

R: Yes, I enjoy it very much, but I also enjoy ours.

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  提示：1、這里的衣服種類繁多，任您選購；

        2、可以試穿衣服；

        3、付款前請(qǐng)勿將衣服帶出商店。

  要求：條理清楚，語句通順，書寫規(guī)范。

This is _____ composition I’ve told you about. Isn’t it _____ wonderful one?

A. an 800-word, the                                  B. an 800-words, the

C. a 800 words, a                        D. the 800-word, a

-- _____ is the train station from the post office, do you know?

-- About 30 minutes’ ride by bike.

A. How much                                           B. How long         

C. How far                                               D. How soon

_____ of the information about the 2008 Olympic Games _____ downloaded from the Internet.

A. three fourth, were                     B. three fourths, was

C. third fourth, were                       D. third fourths, was