6、At 9:00 Dick Spivak's bank telephoned and said his payment was late."The check is in the post,"Dick replied quickly.At 11:45 Dick left for a 12:00 meeting across town.Arriving late,he explained that traffic（交通）had been had.That evening,Dick's girlfriend wore a new dress.He hated it."It looks just great on you,"he said.Three lies in one day!Yet Dick Spivak is just an ordinary man.Each time,he told himself that sometimes the truth causes too many problems.Most of us tell much the same white lies,harmless untruths that help to save trouble.Hos often do we tell white lies?It depends in part on our age,education,and even where we live.According to one U.S.study,women are more truthful than men,and honesty increases as we get older.  While most people use little white lies to make life easier,the majority of Americans care about honesty in both public and personal life.They say that people today are less honest than they were ten years ago.Although it is believed that things are getting worse,lying seems to be an age-old human problem.The French philos（哲學(xué)家）Vauvenarges,writing in the eighteenth century,touched on the truth when he wrote,"All men are born truthful and die liars（說謊者）."

1 When the writer says"Dick Spivak is just an ordinary man",he means_____.

A.it is common that people tell white lies

B.Dick could do nothing about bad traffic

C.it is common that people delay their payment

D.Dick found it had to deal with everyday proplems

2.According to the text,most Americans_____.

A.hate white lies 

B.believe white lies

C.value honesty

D.consider others dishonest

3 Vauvenarges' remark suggests that_____.

A.lying is an age-old human problem

B.dishonesty increases as people get older

C.people were dishonest in the 18th century

D.it is social conditions that make people tell lies

5、The report came to the British on May 21,1941.Th German battleship Bismarck,the most powerful warship in the world,was moving out into the Atlantic Ocean.Her task:to destroy the ships carrying supplies from the United States to war-torn England.The British had feared such a task.No warship the had could match the bismarck in speed or in firepower.The Bismarch hasd eight 15-inch guns and 81 smaller guns.She could move at 30 nautical mile（海里）an hour.She was beleved to be unsinkable.However,the British had to sink her.They sent out a task force headed by their best battleship Hood to hunt down the Bismarck.On May 24,the Hood found the Bismarck.It was a meeting that the German commander Luetjens did not want to see.His orders were to destroy the british ships that were carrying supplies,but to stay away from a fight with British warships.The battle didn't last long.The Bismarck's first torpedo（魚雷）hit the Hood,which went down taking all but three of her 1,419 men with her. But in the fight,the Bismarck was slightly damaged（損壞）.Her commander decided to run for repairs to France,which had at that time been taken by the Germans.The British force followed her.However,because of the Bismarck's speed and the heavy fog,the lost sight of her.For two days,every British ship in the Atlantic tried to find the Bismarck,but with no success.Finally,she was sighted by a plane from Ireland.Trying to slow the Bismarck down so that their ships could catch up with her,the British fired at her form the air.The Bismarck was hit. On the morning of May 27,the last battle was fought.Four British ships fired on the Bismarck,and she was finally sunk.

1 The Bismarck sailed into the Atlantic Ocean_____.

A.to sink the Hood

B.to gain control of France 

C.to cut off American supplies to Britain

D.to stop British warships reaching Germany

2 .Many people believed that the Bismarck could not be defeated  because she_____.

A.was fast and powerful  

B.had more men on board 

C.was under Luetjens' command

D.had bigger guns than other ships

3 We learn from the text that on 24 May_____.

A.the British won the battle againse the Bismarck

B.the Bismarck won the battle against the British

C.the British gunfire damaged the Bismarch seriously

D.the Bismarck succeeded in keeping away from the British

4 .Luetjens tried to sail to France in order to_____.

A.have the ship repaired

B.join the other Germans 

C.get help from the French

D.get away from the british

5 Which of the following is the immediate cause of the sinking of the Bismarck?

A.The British air strikes.

B.The damage done by the Hood.

C.Gunfire from the british warships.

D.Luetjen's decision to run for France.

4、As prices and building costs keep rising,the "do-it-yourself"(DIY)trend（趨勢）in the U.S.continues to grow."We needed furniture（家具）for our living room,"says John Ross,"and we just didn't have enough money to buy it.So we decided totry making a few tables and chairs."John got married six months ago,and like many young people these days,they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high.TheRosses took a 2-week course for $ 280 at a night school.Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died.Hs has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory.Last month,he received a car repair bill for $ 420."I was deeply upset about it.Now I've finished a car repair course,I should be able to fix the car by myself."John and Jim are not unusual people.Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so the can fight the high cost of living.If you want to become a "do-it-yourselfer",you can go to DIY calsses.And for those who don't have time to take a course,there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.

1 We can learn from the text that many newly married people_____.

A.find it hard to pay for what they need

B.have to learn to make their own furniture

C.take DIY courses run by the government

D.seldom go to a department store to buy things

2 .John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to_____.

A.run a DIY shop        B.make or repair things

C.save time and money   D.improve the quality of life

3.When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home,he means Jim_____.

A.makes shoes in his home

B.does extra work at night

C.does his own car and home repairs

D.keeps house and looks after his children

4 Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it yourselfer when_____.

A.his car repairs cost too much

B.the car repair class was not helpful

C.he could no possible do two jobs

D.he had to raise the children all by himself

5.What would be the best title for the text?

A.the Joy of DIY

B.You Can Do It Too! 

C.Welcome to Our DIY Course!

D.Ross and Hatfield:Believers in DIY.

3、(Mike is picking up the phone when Alice enters.)

Alice:Are you phoning Linda?

Mike:Yes.But how do you know?

Alice:___⑴__

Mike:What did they say?

Alice:__⑵___

Mike:What happened?

Alice:___⑶__She had to go and take his place for three days.

Mike:That's too bad.

Alice:___⑷__

Mike:You see,I had arranged（安排）for us to have dinner with a friend tonight.

Alice:__⑸___

Mike:Sure,why not?

A.Isn't she your girlfriend?

B.They said she had left for London.

C.What's the problem?

D.Her office left you a message.

E.Why not invite me,then?

F.They said they had phoned Linda.

G.The manager at their office had suddenly fallen ill.

2、根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋，在句子右邊的橫線上，寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。（每空只寫一詞）

⑴I'll go and see you next_____（星期六）.  

⑵Bill has a large collection of_____（外國）stamps.      

⑶Do you think_____（游泳）is allowed in the canal?    

⑷The book is_____（翻譯）from Russian.                   

⑸All countries,big or small,should be_____（平等）.     

⑹They're busy_____（準(zhǔn)備）to go on holiday.              

⑺Don't be frightened by the television camera.Just speak_____（自然地）.      

⑻What will the_____（天氣）be like tomorrow?          

⑼Their ofice is on the_____（第九）floor.                   

⑽A fence at the back of the garden_____（分開）us from the neighbours. 

1、My Favourite Sport

My favourite sport is football.I was a member of                   1._____

our school football team.We practise for three times                2._____

every week and often watch football match on TV                 3._____

together.Play football not only makes us grow up                  4._____

tall and strong but also give us a sense of fair play and              5._____

team spirit.We must keep in mind that we play                    6._____

for the team instead ourselves.Also,the sport                      7._____

teaches us the important of obedience（服從）.Each               8._____

player must obey captain,who is the leader of                     9._____

the team.And they must not break the rules too                   10._____

of ten if we want to win the game.

37、In fact          is a hard job for the police to keep order in an important football match.

A. this        B. that           C. there         D. it

36、You can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman           be so rude to a lady.

A. might               B. need            C. should         D. would

35、Information has been put forward           more middle school graduates will be admitted into universities,

A. while      B. that       C. when       D. as