If you look at the sky one night and see something moving and shining that you have never seen before, it might be a comet （彗星）．

A comet sometimes looks like a star．Like a planet, a comet has no light of its own．It shines from the sunlight it reflects （反射）．Like the earth, a comet goes round the sun, but on a much longer path （軌道） than the earth travels．

If a comet isn’t a star, what is it then?

Some scientists think that a large part of a comet is water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with iron and rock dust and perhaps a few big pieces of rock．When sunshine melts （融化） the ice in the comet, great clouds of gas go trailing after it．These clouds, together with the dust, form a long tail．

Many people perhaps have seen a comet．However no one knows how many comets there are．There may be millions of comets, but only a few come close enough for us to see．

An Englishman named Edmund Halley, who lived from 1656 to 1742, found out a lot about the paths that comets take through the sky．Some comets move out of our sight and never come back．Others keep coming back at regular times．A big comet that keeps coming back was named after Halley because he was the one who worked out when it would come back again．Maybe you have ever seen Halley’s Comets because the last time it came close to the sun and the earth was in the year 1986．Then people all over the world were outside at night to look at it．You will probably be able to see Halley’s Comets when it comes near the earth again．

1.A comet is like ________．

A．sun B．moon C．sunlight D．the earth

2.A large part of a comet is ______．

A．water and rock

B．water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with iron

C．ice, iron and rock dust

D．only a few big pieces of rock

3.Maybe many people _______．

A．haven’t seen any comets B．have seen all comets

C．have seen a comet at daytime D．have seen a comet

4.Some comets keep coming back ________．

A．a(chǎn)t any time B．a(chǎn)t noon

C．a(chǎn)t regular times D．a(chǎn)t daytime

5.Halley’s Comets came back _____．

A．in 1990 B．in 1980 C．in 1986 D．in 1989

Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends．They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain．So they can help each other．But neither of them likes to use his head．They're both poor though they work hard．Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses．They never find out why．Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife．In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive．He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back．They decided to carry some apples to the city．They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor．Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived．A few days later they had to sell them at a low price （價(jià)格）。They felt unhappy and returned to their village． I can't understand why we sustained （蒙受） losses in business while others always profit （盈利）" Uncle Li asked one day．"The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking．"We'll carry more apples on a truck next time! “I agree!" said Uncle Li．"How foolish （傻的） we were !"

1.Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken house because __________．

A．they hope to save money

B．they're both poor

C．their farms are at the foot of the mountain

D．they're not far from their farms

2.The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________．

A．make a journey B．visit some places of interest

C．meet their friends D．make a profit

3.the two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________．

A．theirs weren't as good as the others'

B．theirs were much less than the others'

C．a(chǎn) lot of apples had been already carried to the city

D．they forgot to carry them on a truck

4.Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _________．

A．they had sustained losses in business

B．they had lost some money in the city

C．something was wrong with the tractor

D．other people profited in the city

5.Which of the following is true?

A．The two farmers found out why they were poor．

B．The two farmers will soon get rich

C．Neither of the farmers is clever．

D．The two farmers decided to buy a truck．

An American architect （建筑師） was visiting London．He wanted to see all the famous buildings there so he stopped a taxi and asked the driver to take him to all the old and famous buildings in London．

The driver drove him to the Tower of London．

“This is the Tower of London．It was a prison （監(jiān)獄） in the old days,” he said．

“It is so small．In America we could build this in a day．” said the American．

The taxi driver took the American to Westminster Abbey．He said,

“This is a famous church．Kings and queens（國王與王后） get married here．

The American looked at the old building and said,

“Huh… we could build this in two days．”

The driver decided to take the American to a bigger church so he drove him to St Paul’s Cathedral．He stopped outside the church and said,

“This is the most famous church in England．The great architect Christopher Wren built this church．”

The American got out of the taxi and looked at the church．

“Huh．We could build this church in three days,” he said．

Next the driver took the American to the House of Parliament．

“This is where British politicians （政治家） meet．．．”

“Huh．” The American said, “We could build this in four days．”

The driver said nothing and drove past Buckingham Palace, the home of Queen Elizabeth．As the taxi passed the palace, the American said,

“Hey! What is this building? I have never seen such a beautiful one．”

The taxi driver looked at the palace and said,

“I don’t know．It wasn’t there this morning．”

1.How many old and famous buildings in London are mentioned （提及） in the passage?

A．Two B．Three C．Four D．Five

2.Where do the British kings and queens get married?

A．In the Tower of London． B．In St Paul’s Cathedral．

C．In the House of Parliament． D．In Westminster Abbey．

3.According to the American architect, they could build St Paul’s Cathedral in _________．

A．one day B．two days

C．three days D．four days

4.When the American saw Buckingham Palace, he ____________．

A．got a great surprise

B．felt very disappointed

C．said nothing and went away

D．said they could build this in five days in America．

5.From the story we can see the American architect was _________．

A．honest B．proud

C．modest D．hard-working

In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses etc．in1. a every family．These are their pets．People love these pets and 2. r them as their good friends．Before they keep them at their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them needles so 3.t______ they won’t carry disease．They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every store．Some people 4. s around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food．When you visit people’s homes, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them．You will5. a find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden．All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal．They are free to come and go and nobody is6. a_______ to kill any animals in Canada．They have a law against killing wild animals．If you killed an animal, you would be punished．If an animal 7.h_____ to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it．

People in Canada have many 8.r to like animals．One of them might be: Their family tie is not as close as ours．When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their 9.o career．Then the seniors（老人） will feel lonely．But pets can solve this problem．They can be good friends and never leave them 10. a________．

In Thailand, people do not eat with chopsticks, like in China, Japan and Korea．They use spoons and forks．1._____．Most food is already cut．If you need to cut things, use the side of your spoon first and then use your fork．2.______．If you are right-handed, keep the spoon in your right hand and the fork in your left hand．

3._____．The rice is not on the same plate with the other food．It is not necessary to finish all your rice or all your food．It is good to leave a little on your plate．If you eat anything, it means you want more．

4.____．The host（主人） will ask you two or three times if you want more food．It is the same with whatever you are drinking．During the meal, never empty your cup or glass．When it is less than half full, your host or neighbor will fill it again．5.______．Always refill（再加滿） your neighbor’s glass．This means that you must keep an eye on your neighbor’s glass all through the meal．

A．They never use knives

B．Never fill your own glass

C．People always offer you more food

D．People usually have rice in a different bowl

E．People often eat from the same bowl

F．The spoon is more important than the fork

It is said that more than four million people die each year from smoking．That number is frightening．

Yet people around the world continue to smoke．In the United States, about forty-seven-million adults smoke．This year, more than 430,000 Americans died of diseases which have something to do with smoking．The American Cancer Society（美國癌癥協(xié)會(huì)）says smoking harms the body greatly．It （1）warns that smoking even a number of cigarettes is dangerous．

It’s （2） ____________（戒煙是不容易的。）However, doctors say you probably will live longer if you do stop smoking．You will feel better and look better．You also will protect the health of family members who breathe your smoke．

There is not one right way to stop smoking, doctors say．Any way can help．You can take long walks or spend time in places where smoking is not allowed．Also, you can eat a small piece of fruit or vegetable instead of having a cigarette．（3）The sooner you stop smoking, the more you’ll reduce （減少） your chances of getting cancer and other diseases．

Stop smoking before smoking stops you!

（一）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，簡(jiǎn)要回答下列問題。

1.How many people die from smoking each year?

__________________________________________________

2.文中（1）處“it”指代___________

3.根據(jù)短文中（2）處所給漢語完成句子。

It’s_____________________________________________________

4.把短文中（3）處劃線的句子翻譯成漢語。

_________________________________________________________．

5.給短文擬一個(gè)恰當(dāng)?shù)挠⑽臉?biāo)題。

_________________________________________________________．

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假如你是李明，上周你班同學(xué)就“畢業(yè)前我們?cè)摓閷W(xué)校做些什么?”進(jìn)行了激烈的討論。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下表提示，將同學(xué)們的建議用英語寫一封信告訴你的筆友David，并談?wù)勀愕南敕�及理由�?/p>

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Dear David,

Last week we held a discussion on what we should do for our school before we graduate（畢業(yè)）．The students in our class have different suggestions．

— Did you have a good May Day holiday?

—_________. I enjoyed myself with my family on the beach．

A. I’m afraid not B. I’m not sure

C. Of course D. I hope so

You won’t pass the exam _____ you don’t work hard.

A. but B. so C. and D. if

-- In a text message, 88 means Bye-bye.

-- And another example is F2F______ stands for face to face.

A. that B. who C. whom D. it