1 . 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。

Jenny lives in London with her parents. When she was three, she could play     1     piano a little but she couldn’t write at all. At the age of five, she could play the piano very well, but she     2     only write a few words. When she was six,     3     was something wrong with her eyes. Jenny could not see anything any more. Life     4     very hard for her!

With her mother’s help, Jenny can write well now. She is writing her first book. She wants     5     be a great writer.

2 . 请用适当的词完成下面的短文, 并把所缺单词填写在相应的横线上。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

Confucius（孔子）is known nearly by every human. He is not the one with the longest lifespan, while he is the one whose thoughts has     1     the whole world for the longest time. he is not only the greatest thinker     2     the greatest teacher. He had about 3,000 students. For more than 2,000 years,     3     ideas have been around in people’s everyday lives. Even they have gone far into east and south Asia, people can still hear them today.

Why are his ideas so     4    ? Because they help in everyday life and in society. Confucius’ most important ideas are kindness and good manners. Confucius said young people should take     5     of the old. People should     6     up thinking of themselves and work for others. As     7     great teacher, Confucius said that a kind person should be     8     with yourself.     9     and honesty are the best actions of the world today. People use his ideas to help themselves and society. Now, more than 100 Internet web sites are teaching people about him.

As the founder of Confucianism and a great master of culture in Chinese history, Confucius has become the     10     of Chinese culture and spirit.

3 . 请用适当的词完成下面的短文，并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。
       I love playing football so much that I really dreamed to be a professional football player in the future. To me, playing football was     1     important than any other thing in my life. Nothing else could fill my heart with so much joy. I     2     many hours a week practising football. And my team always took the first place in nearly every     3    . But an accident changed everything.
       During one training, I fell over. My back and legs were hurt badly. I was     4     by the doctor that I couldn't play football any more. The pain in my back was     5     hard that even easy tasks became     6    . Then I lost heart and had no idea what I would become.
       After eight months, I began to change     7    . Instead of sitting around and wasting my days, I began to work with school community service projects. By volunteering as     8     football coach for kids, I stepped out of the shadow（阴影）and reshaped myself.
       Always in life, something gets in our way. We can choose to stay behind or try to get over these difficulties. My     9     was a good example. It failed to stop me     10     reaching success. Today, I’m a very confident and happy person.

4 . 根据下列文段及所给单词的首字母写出所缺单词的正确形式。在填写答卷时,   要求写出完整单词。（每空限填一词）

This is a story about me. I used to be a c    1     girl but I got a lesson in an important exam. Before the exam, I went over all the lessons and did p    2     of exercises to prepare for it. During the exam, I was so confident that I wrote down my answers as quickly as I could. I thought all my answers were c    3    . But to my great surprise, I f    4     the exam!

What’s worse was that I even got a “zero”! My English teacher told me I forgot the most important thing—to write my name and number on the exam paper. What a great p    5    it is!

From this experience, I realize that I should be more serious and patient. It’s very important to think twice before our action.

5 . When teacher Margret Atkins, 39, went to ride her bike to school last Friday, she was shocked to discover it     1     (steal). When our reporter spoke to her, she told him that she'd been angry when she realized he bike was gone. It was quite     2    old bike her grandpa had given her years ago. She said it was     3    (valuable) gift she'd ever received.

So what did she do? She decided     4    (write) a note to the thief and put it where the bike had been taken away. To her surprise, she     5    (find) the thief had returned the bike, together with a written apology(道歉) later that day. “What I did was     6    (complete) wrong. I'm really sorry I took your bike. Hope you can accept     7     (I)apology!”

Mrs. Atkins told reporters she was not going to call the police     8    she was no longer angry. She was just thankful that she could go to school on her bike again. She added that she'd probably write another passage to the thief. “I want to thank him     9     returning the bike and tell him I've forgiven(原谅) him,” she explained. “People sometimes make     10    (mistake), but the important thing is that they own up to(承认) what they’ve done,” she said.

6 . Hello, my name is Wang Ping. In our class, I have four good friends. They come from different     1    . Now let me tell you something     2    them. Peter comes from     3    UK. He is a sports star in our sports club. He can play soccer very well. He can also play basketball very well. Jill is an     4     (America) girl.   She is a great musician in our school music club. She is good at     5     (play) the guitar and the violin. She often plays     6     (they) on the school music festival.   Jason is from South Korea (韩国) but   she   can   speak   English   very well. After class he often     7     (tell) English stories to me. I like listening to them, because they are     8     (real) fun. Lisa is from Canada. She is a kind girl. On the weekend, she often asks me     9    to the old people’s house with her. Lisa can sing and dance for the old. I can't sing or     dance,     10     I can draw pictures for them!

7 . I have a good friend.     1     name is Cindy. She is a good girl and she has a     2     lifestyle(生活方式). She gets up early in the morning. After that,   she usually exercises. Sometimes she runs on the playground, and sometimes she plays tennis     3     her mother.

She takes a shower     4     seven ten. She brushes her     5     at seven thirty. What time does she     6     breakfast? She eats breakfast at a quarter to eight. She never eats too quickly,   because she thinks it’s not good     7     her health. Cindy     8     to school at ten past eight. School starts at half past eight. Her favorite subjects are English     9     maths. She also likes music     10     she thinks it’s relaxing. She wants to be a musician when she grows up.

8 . I have five good friends, and their favourite subjects are different. John is a G    1     boy. His favourite subject is Chinese. He loves China very much. Jack likes Art.   He u    2     draws pictures after finishing his homework. Bob’s favourite subject is Maths. His h    3    are doing Maths homework and solving all kinds of Maths problems. David likes PE best because he likes playing sports. He is good at playing basketball. He is always full of e    4    . Anna likes Computer. She thinks she can learn much in computer class. And the Internet can p    5    much useful information for her study.

9 . Who's Got Talent?

Everyone is good at something, but some people are     1     (true) talented. It’s always interesting     2     (watch) other people show their talents. Talent shows are getting more and more popular. First, there     3     (be) shows like American Idol and America’s Got Talent. Now, there are similar shows around the world, such as China’s Got Talent.

All these shows have one thing     4     common: they try to look for the best singers, the most talented     5     (dance), the most exciting magicians, the funniest actors and so on. All kinds of people join these shows. But who can play the piano the best and sing the     6     (beautiful)? That’s up to you to decide. When people watch the show, they usually play a role in     7     (decide) the winner. And the winner always gets a very good prize.

However, not everybody enjoys watching these shows. Some think that the     8     (life) of the performers are made up . For example, some people say they are poor farmers, but in fact they are just     9     (act). However, if you don’t take these shows too seriously, they are fun to watch. And one great thing about them is that they give people     10    way to make their dreams come true so that everyone would like to be famous today!

10 . 根据短文内容，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

Anna wants to become a top musician in the future. She began to play the guitar two years ago when she saw her father play it at home. When her father     1     (find) that she was also interested in it, he began to teach Anna. Soon Anna was good at     2     (play) it. Then she began to take guitar lessons in Band（乐队）School every Saturday to learn more from musicians there.

Anna studied hard in Band School, and soon she could take part in the school's concert（演奏会）. Anna was the youngest player. Most students felt nervous（紧张的）when they took part in the concert for the first time, but Anna didn’t. She     3     (be) very relaxed, and she gave a really fantastic performance. Anna’s father bought her a new guitar last month.

Now Anna     4     (get) more and more famous in her town. Many people see her performance online every week. “Boys usually like playing the guitar, but very few girls choose it. I hope more girls     5     (join) us,” says Anna. Anna     6     (plan) to start a band herself and she expects     7     (give) more performances to her fans.