1 . 根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

Many children don’t like doing chores, because they think it’s boring. Some children think they     1     need to learn their subjects well and there is no need for them to do chores. But in fact, doing chores is good for children.

First, doing chores can     2     children certain skills. Children can learn classification (分类) skills when they pick up their toys and put them away. Washing clothes and doing dishes may seem easy for adults. But for children, they know     3     to do them well by thinking and practicing a lot. If children can     4     handle (处理) the chores at home, they will live a better life.

Second, doing chores can help children keep     5    . Some chores like sweeping the floor and cleaning the room are a kind of physical exercise. Children should not study all the time. A healthy life needs balance (平衡).

Last but not least, everyone in the family will be happy to share chores at home. Nowadays it’s common for both parents to     6    . When they get home from work, they are often tired. So they don’t have much time or energy (精力) to do chores.     7     children can help their parents with some chores, their parents will be happy. And children can also find great happiness in     8     their parents.

2 . His father left the house while he ________ the piano.

A．plays

B．played

C．was playing

D．is playing

3 . 他的想法和你的完全不同。（完成译句）
His ideas are ________ from yours.

4 . When we were scared, sad and helpless,
you gave us courage, warmth and hopes.
When we had to stay at home to keep away from the illness,
you, workers, helped us buy living things.
Leaving your children behind,
you worked in the neighborhood every day.
When we needed all kinds of materials,
you, drivers, drove them there without thinking twice.
Running on the streets, between the cities, you made sure things went well as usual.
When we had coughs or fevers,
you, ▲ , tried your best to save our lives.
Looking after the patients in the hospital day and night,
you never gave up until the sick got well.
There are many people doing jobs in silence,
There are many people giving hands without telling their names.
Thanks for your hard work and selflessness (无私).
You’re the heroes of the times.
You’re the most beautiful in our hearts.
We love you!
1. ________ helped us buy living things.

A．Workers

B．Drivers

C．Neighbors

D．Pupils

2. Which of the following can be put in the ▲ ?

A．teachers

B．volunteers

C．scientists

D．doctors and nurses

3. The writer writes the poem (诗歌) to ________.

A．share his/her worries	B．show his/her thanks
C．compare different jobs	D．cheer up sad people

4. The best title (标题) of the poem may be “________”.

A．To the Most Beautiful People	B．With Our Hard Work
C．Let’s Enjoy the Happiness	D．Our Hopes and Love

5 . There were several kinds of greetings in ancient (古代的) China. Among them, fist and palm salute was quite common. Today, though Chinese would usually shake hands when meeting friends, people would still make fist and palm salutes when they are paying a visit to someone during the traditional Chinese New Year or attending someone’s birthday reception (接待).

Fist and palm salute is one of the typical Chinese etiquette (礼仪) with a history of more than 3000 years. In ancient times, if people met a stranger (陌生人), their hands were always ready to hold something used for fighting. Holding hands together showed that people could feel relaxed (放松的). Later it became the etiquette when meeting each other and showing thanks. In modern China, fist and palm salute has been used a lot on traditional occasions (场合).

The gesture of fist and palm salute: Firstly, stand straight. If you are a man, let your right hand be a half fist (拳头), and then your left hand hold your right hand in front of your chest (胸部). Watch each other in the eyes, raise both of your hands to your brow (额头), bent down and shake hands towards each other gently for three times. Meanwhile, you could say some lucky greeting words such as “gong xi fa cai” (Wish you much money), “ni hao” (Hello), “xing hui” (Nice to meet you), “xin nian kuai le” (Happy New Year) to each other according to different occasions. It’s believed that people considered the left as the important side for men in Chinese history, while for women, the important side is the right. So, if you are a woman, you should make fist and palm salute in the other way—put your right hand on your left hand. At last, please remember when someone makes fist and palm salute to you, you need to do it back as well.

1. The history of fist and palm salute is ________.

A．2000 years

B．more than 2000 years

C．3000 years

D．more than 3000 years

2. In ancient times, people thought holding hands together could ________.

A．make them feel relaxed	B．protect strangers quite well
C．show they were friends	D．cause strangers to have a fight

3. The underlined word “gesture” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”.

A．涵义

B．姿势

C．形成

D．分析

6 . When I was in Grade Eight, our physics (物理) teacher gave us a challenge to make a paper plane of any shape. The only goal (目的) was to get it to fly as far as possible. I had many paper-making skills, so I made the best plane I could, and it flew pretty far.

One boy made the simplest paper plane. He stood there at the starting line with a normal piece of flat (平的) paper. Several minutes later, he took the piece of paper and made it into a ball, then threw it down the hallway. We were so shocked at what he did. We never expected things to happen like that. He beat all of us easily.

Some of the students got angry and said that he cheated.

The physics teacher said, “How so? He doesn’t do anything wrong because a paper ball is a shape, too. I like his idea.”

Yes, the boy didn’t cheat. He just finished the task (任务) in a different way. In our life, what we have learned turns into our experience. We do everything according to it. However, our experience gets in the way of our development sometimes. It stops us from coming up with new ideas, and it is bad for our creativity. So it is really necessary for us to learn to think outside of our experience. Then we may discover more and easier ways so that we can have a better result. Just like the boy in the story, we should think creatively.

1. The writer’s paper plane flew pretty far because he was good at ________.

A．learning physics	B．making paper planes
C．cheating others	D．throwing paper planes

2. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that the teacher felt ________ about what the boy did.

A．angry

B．sad

C．bored

D．happy

3. The underlined word “It” in Paragraph5 refers to (指代) “________”.

A．Our development

B．A different way

C．Our experience

D．An old idea

4. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．We should do everything honestly and fairly.

B．Don’t do things according to our experience.

C．It’s important for us to learn others’ experience.

D．We should learn to think outside of our experience.

7 . —Have you finished reading Treasure Island?
—No, not yet. I still have thirty-six ________ to read.

A．copies

B．letters

C．pages

D．fictions

8 . An old man named Mr. Benson lived in an old building in a small town. He had a big scar (疤痕) on his face and that made him look a little scary. No one in the neighborhood talked to him and helped him. He lived a _______ life.

One day, a new family _______ into the building. They were Mr. Brown and Mrs. Brown. They were a nice _______. The other people who lived in the building welcomed the new family and told them not to talk to Mr. Benson. “He is a scary old man. He has no friends and he has a strange scar. You’d better not talk to him.” But Mr. Brown and Mrs. Brown thought that was very silly _______. Whenever they saw Mr. Benson, they always said _______ to him. And they always helped him carry heavy things. Mr. Benson was very happy to see them and invited them to drink tea with him. He told them wonderful stories. He was once a very famous cook, and he made _______ delicious desserts (甜点) in the world.

One evening, all the neighbors in the building heard laughter and the sounds of cups and plates in Mr. Benson’s home. It _______ like a happy dinner. They were very surprised. The next day, Mrs. Brown told her neighbors, “You really must get to know Mr. Benson. He is so funny. And he is a fantastic cook. He told us his _______ of his scar. He had an accident _______ he was helping his parents on their farm.” The neighbors all felt very sorry. They all started to ________ the example the Brown family set to them. Mr. Benson didn’t feel lonely anymore because he had so many good neighbors.

1.

A．hungry

B．lonely

C．surprised

D．dangerous

2.

A．moved

B．looked

C．jumped

D．ran

3.

A．member

B．part

C．couple

D．group

4.

A．information

B．advice

C．news

D．trouble

5.

A．sorry

B．hello

C．goodbye

D．good

6.

A．more

B．most

C．the more

D．the most

7.

A．tasted

B．looked

C．sounded

D．touched

8.

A．opinion

B．worry

C．story

D．shape

9.

A．unless

B．since

C．because

D．when

10.

A．follow

B．read

C．discuss

D．give

9 . —Could I ________ this book from the library?
—Yes. But you can only ________ it for four days.

A．lend; borrow

B．borrow; lend

C．borrow; keep

D．lend; keep

10 .

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1. If you want to be a support worker, you should ________.

A．understand how important the job is	B．understand how sick people feel
C．be good at communicating with others	D．have a high mark in listening test

2. Mr.Smith works as a support worker 8 hours a day, so he can get ________ a day.

A．＄8.56

B．＄34.24

C．＄51.36

D．＄68.48

3. A support worker doesn’t ________.

A．take care of others	B．have a one-hour rest at noon
C．pay for his/her uniform	D．work on Saturday or Sunday