Who does most chores in your family? Do you do chores at home? How will students in our school answer these questions? Let’s have a look.

My mother does most of the chores, like cooking and folding the clothes. I usually help my mother do chores on weekends. I can do the washing, sweep the floor and take out the rubbish. My mother wants to teach me how to cook, but I don’t want to learn it at all. Linda, 14

My mother and my father each do 50% of the chores. My mother does the washing and cleans the living room. My father makes the bed and cooks meals. They don’t let me do chores. They think I should spend more time on my study. So I don’t do any chores. Celina, 13

My father doesn’t do a lot but he tries to help. He hangs up the clothes after my mother does the washing and my mother is happy that he always gives her a hand. I do chores every day. Though I am a boy, my mother says I should do chores because it’s important to learn how to look after myself. Paul, 16

My mother is a doctor. She is busy with her work every day, so she has little time to do chores. In fact, she isn’t good at doing chores. So my father has to do most of them. Sometimes my grandmother comes to help. And I help them, too. Bill, 15

1. What kind of chores can’t Linda do? ________

A．Cook meals.	B．Wash clothes.
C．Sweep the floor.	D．Take out the rubbish.

2. Why don’t Celina’s parents let her do chores? ________

A．Because they think Celina is too young.

B．Because they think Celina can’t do chores well.

C．Because they want Celina to spend more time studying.

D．Because they think Celina is too tired every day.

3. How often does Paul do chores? ________

A．Never.

B．Twice a week.

C．Three times a week.

D．Every day.

4. Who does most of the chores in Bill’s family? ________

A．Bill.

B．Bill’s mother.

C．Bill’s father.

D．Bill’s grandmother.

5. Where can we most probably see this text? ________

A．In a school newspaper.	B．In a movie poster.
C．On the wall of a club.	D．In a letter.

Once a scholar (学者) went back to his hometown and visited his childhood friend.

When he arrived, he found his friend’s house was smaller than any other house in the village. The friend lived with his brothers and they had nothing to eat. When they were hungry, they just picked some fruit from a tree behind the house, sold it, and then bought some food.

The scholar was worried about his friend after seeing this. So he decided to do something to help him solve the problem. Then an idea came to his mind. In the evening, when everyone was sleeping, the scholar got up, cut down the tree, and ran away. The next morning, the friend and his brothers woke up and saw the tree down. They were so angry that they said the scholar wasn’t a true friend.

Three years later, the scholar was back again. He was afraid to see his friend, but finally he visited his friend. To his surprise, this time, his friend had a big house. Instead of being angry, his friend invited him to his big house. And the friend said, “Now we know why you cut down the tree. We wouldn’t try our best to make money and live better unless the tree was down.”

6. How was the scholar’s friend’s life at first? ________

A．Happy.

B．Rich.

C．Difficult.

D．Boring.

7. What did the scholar do when his friend was sleeping? ________

A．He got up and cut down the tree.

B．He picked some fruit from the tree.

C．He made some food for his friend.

D．He left some money to his friend and went away.

8. Why did the scholar feel surprised when he visited his friend three years later? ________

A．Because his friend invited him to have dinner.

B．Because his friend gave him a big house.

C．Because his friend wasn’t poor anymore.

D．Because his friend said he wasn’t a true friend.

9. What’s the correct order according to the text? ________
a.The scholar’s friend was angry. b.The scholar cut down the tree and left.
c.The scholar visited his friend three years later. d.The scholar saw his friend’s house was small.

A．c﹣d ﹣b﹣ a

B．d ﹣b﹣ a﹣c

C．d ﹣a﹣c ﹣b

D．c﹣a﹣d﹣b

10. What can we learn from the text? ________

A．A true friend can help you whenever you are in trouble.

B．Be independent and work hard to make a better life.

C．Don’t always compare yourself with others.

D．People shouldn’t push themselves too hard.

A storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毁) fourteen homes. Seven other houses were badly damaged (破坏) and their owners had to leave them, and fifteen other houses had broken windows or broken roofs. The storm killed one person and made several persons get hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

A farmer, Mr.Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.

“I was eating with my wife and children when we heard a loud noise,” he said. “A few minutes later, our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

Mrs. Smith said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children. “There was no time to take anything,” she said. “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

It rained heavily. Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area. The welfare department (福利部) brought them some food, dry clothes and shelter.

11. How does the writer introduce (介绍) the storm in Paragraph 1?

A．By giving examples.

B．By listing numbers.

C．By asking questions.

D．By comparing differences.

12. How long did the storm last?

A．About thirty minutes.

B．About forty minutes.

C．Over sixty minutes.

D．Over eighty minutes.

13. What does the underlined word “flooded” mean in Chinese?

A．被水淹没的

B．人迹罕至的

C．风景优美的

D．一望无垠的

14. What can we know about the storm?

A．No one died in the storm.

B．The storm happened at night.

C．Mr. Tan found his son in their house in the storm.

D．Two hundred people lost their homes in the storm.

15. What’s the text?

A．A dairy.

B．A report.

C．A letter.

D．An invitation.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

Children might get into trouble easily.     16     Would you like to give them your advice?

    17     Day after day, they’ll face sad and difficult things. When they feel sad, tell them something they expect to happen when they are older. It’s good to enjoy being a kid, but they should know that everyone will grow up!

    18     Some kids aren’t sure how to begin, although they like books and want to write one. Tell them that one idea is to make up good stories about their trips or funny things.     19     When great words run into their mind, write them down. Then try their best to use all words to write a great story.

What should you do if some kids are laughed at for their slow running? First, tell them not to be serious about it with kindness. Sometimes words are the best answers to them. If they are still laughed at, let them talk to someone who can help.     20    

A．What should you do if some kids are afraid of growing up?

B．What should you do if some kids don’t know how to be writers?

C．If they find it possible to run faster, just do it.

D．Another idea is to imagine what book they would like to write.

E．As a parent or a teacher, it’s your job to help solve their problems.

An old woman grew many vegetables to make a living. One day, she was ________ a big basket of cabbages to the market. The cabbages were very fresh. She hoped to sell ________ to get more money.

The mountain road was narrow and the old woman was a little ________. She was walking carefully, ________ she did not want to have an accident. ________ she heard a loud bell and a bicycle came. It ________ her and went very fast down the hill. The old woman had to jump up to one side of the road quickly. Her basket almost fell into the valley (山谷).

She ________ the basket and saw a young boy was on the bicycle. The boy ________ riding and didn’t stop to see whether the old woman was all right.

“It was ________ to ride a bike so fast in such a narrow mountain road!” The old woman thought. Then she said loudly, “Come back, young man! You dropped ________!”

________ the boy heard this, he stopped the bicycle right away. Then he turned and began to ________ the bicycle back up to the hill.

“What is it?” he asked.

“Little boy,” the old woman answered, “perhaps you dropped your manners (礼貌).”

Hearing these words, the boy was in ________. He ________ that what he did was wrong and said sorry to the old woman. Then he helped her take cabbages to the market.

Everybody makes mistakes, but it’s important to learn ________ the mistakes and do better.

21.

A．making

B．eating

C．carrying

D．offering

22.

A．it

B．them

C．her

D．him

23.

A．shocked

B．afraid

C．excited

D．bored

24.

A．so

B．but

C．because

D．or

25.

A．Heavily

B．Recently

C．Completely

D．Suddenly

26.

A．passed

B．trained

C．allowed

D．changed

27.

A．picked up

B．got up

C．put up

D．woke up

28.

A．began

B．enjoyed

C．continued

D．hated

29.

A．fun

B．typical

C．interesting

D．crazy

30.

A．anything

B．something

C．nothing

D．everything

31.

A．If

B．Though

C．When

D．Unless

32.

A．push

B．repair

C．rise

D．borrow

33.

A．danger

B．trouble

C．silence

D．work

34.

A．realized

B．explained

C．wondered

D．competed

35.

A．to

B．for

C．at

D．from

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

think; until; with; argue; get; communicate; well; opinion; instead; although

Do you ever feel angry with your parents? Do you sometimes     36     with your parents? If you are upset or angry, you should know how to deal with your feelings, and try to keep yourself cool. Try to come up     37     an idea to solve your problem so that it won’t happen again.

It’s hard to believe it, but your parents were once kids, too.     38     they don’t accept your ideas, they don’t really want to make things difficult for you. Your parents really care about you, but sometimes it’s just hard for them to know what you are     39    .

A parent’s job is to take care of you and keep you safe     40     you’re old enough to take care of yourself.

Usually, you can learn to     41     along with your parents sooner or later. If you can have proper     42     with your parents, you can make your parents know how you feel and what’s important to you.

And remember that this takes time. It’s not always easy. You and your parents may have different     43    . But don’t shout at your parents.     44    , talk to them in a proper way. It will make them listen to you more carefully and understand you more easily and     45    . And you’ll get respect (尊重) and can improve the relations between you and your parents.

阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。

Some people always ask me why I like helping others. I’ll say I’m learning kindness from my father.

When I was twelve, one day I went with my father to his work place. While I     46     running around, I saw a poor woman with a child in her arms standing outside and crying. She was thin and looked pale. My father went out and asked her to come in. He gave her some water and then asked     47     was wrong.

The woman said she didn’t have anyone else in her family who could help her. She was ill those days and couldn’t go to work. So she had nothing     48     eat. While telling the story, she started crying again.

My father decided to help the woman. He got some food for her and her baby. Then he took them to     49     nearest hospital.     50     the way to the hospital, my father bought her a small bag of rice. He also gave her some money before we left.

Eight years have passed. I still remember it clearly. My father’s kindness inspires (鼓舞) me all the time.

根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: Hi, Linda. What were you doing at this time yesterday?
B:     51    . I had a toothache and my teeth hurt badly.
A: I am sorry to hear that.     52    ?
B: The dentist advised me not to eat sweets anymore. What were you doing then?
A: Oh.     53    .
B: Wow! That’s good. I want to clean up the park, too.     54    ?
A: Yes, of course. You can go with me next Saturday morning. And after finishing the cleaning,we can go to the movies together.
B: Sounds great!     55    ?
A: At about 7:00 a.m.
B: OK.

56. 生活不会一帆风顺，每个人在生活中都会遇到问题、承受压力。请你以“The pressure I had”为题，根据以下要点和要求写一篇英语短文，谈一谈你曾经有过的压力。

1.要点：
1)你曾经遇到的压力是什么(学业、友谊、父母期盼等)？
2)这个压力对你产生了什么影响？
3)你是怎样排解这个压力的呢？
2.要求：
1)文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
2)词数80左右。

The pressure I had

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