1 . I smiled at her but she just ________(ignore) me. （所给词的适当形式填空）

2 . 2022 Kids News Short Story competition

Kids News is starting its 2022 Kids News Short Story competition and wants to read all your wonderful stories. Kids News editor(编辑）Kamahl Cogdon encouraged all kids to enter and get all their creative stories down on paper.

"Last year we received almost 2,000 entries and the stories were great," Ms Cogdon said." We have some very creative young minds across Australia and we are looking forward to reading more of their fantastic stories this year."

How to enter

◎Entry to the competition is free for children from Kindergarten to Year 9 studying in an Australian school. One entry per person.

◎All entrants(参赛者）must get permission（许可）from their schools and parents before entering this competition.

◎Entrants can choose any topic they want.

◎Entries must be submitted（提交）through the online competition form located at www.kidsnews.com.au.

◎The competition starts at 9 am on Wednesday, May 11,2022,and ends at 5 pm on Sunday, July 3,2022.

Age categories:

Kindergarten to Year 2:entry must be between 250 and 750 words.

Years 3–4:entry must be between 250 and 750 words.

Years 5–6:entry must be between 500 and 1,000 words.

Years 7–9:entry must be between 500 and 1,000 words.

Prizes

Winners will get the following prizes:

First prize(one for each age category)

10 copies of your winning short story published(出版）into a printed book with a personally designed cover.

Apple iPad—valued at $ 529

Harper Collins Book Pack—valued at $ 100

Second prize (one for each age category)

Harper Collins Book Pack–valued at $ 100

Third prize (three for each age category)

Harper Collins Book Pack-valued at $ 30

1. What can we know about the competition?

A．It is open to kids from around the world

B．It is held for the first time this year.

C．It is free for kids to enter.

D．It requires no permission from the entrants' schools.

2. What must a Year 5 student wanting to enter the competition do?

A．Write no less than 750 words.

B．Finish his or her story by May 11,2022.

C．Choose a topic from a given list.

D．Submit his or her story online.

3. What will one coming second in the competition get?

A．Apple iPad valued at $ 529.

B．Harper Collins Book Pack valued at $ 100.

C．Harper Collins Book Pack valued at $ 30.

D．10 copies of his or her winning short story.

3 . Every year a large amount of coffee is ________ (出口) from Brazil to the USA. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）

5 . Everyone has his most memorable teacher. When I think back to my most memorable teacher, Mary Justice's face_______comes into my mind. She was my journalism teacher in high school.

What I_______most about Mrs. Justice is that she_______me and everyone else in the class with so much_______that she always allowed us to make our own choices. Besides, she was such a(n)_______teacher that she was elected our school's Teacher of the Year for many times and she also helped raise our_______of being a person of action rather than just making plans. Her attitude gradually_______me. I didn't know it then, but she was really a_______for my future.

I wasn't quite a_______person in class. In my second senior year, Mrs, Justice__________me to compete for the editor-in-chief of the yearbook. When she__________the final appointment in the class, I was not only quite nervous, but I also felt delighted that Mrs Justice had chosen me for that position which helped strengthen my__________.

Mary Justice has an important effect on my life and my career choice. I will never__________her reaction when I told her I had__________Nicholls State University and decided to become a teacher after graduation. Her face lit up, and I knew at that moment she was so__________of me. Little did Mrs Justice know that it was because of her that I had chosen the same career as hers.

Twenty years later, my son, Derek, started middle school. That summer. The headmaster of our local middle school had to retire__________his illness, and he would be__________by a new headmaster. To my great__________, the new headmaster was Mary Justice! She had a strong influence on my son's life as well.

Now as a teacher, I teach my students the same life skills as Mrs. Justice taught me—being__________thinkers, and learning from mistakes.__________, these will help them become successful adults in the future.

1.

A．immediately

B．accidentally

C．possible

D．temporarily

2.

A．expect

B．doubt

C．understand

D．remember

3.

A．treated

B．served

C．demanded

D．interviewed

4.

A．indifference

B．respect

C．struggle

D．relief

5.

A．honest

B．active

C．professional

D．strict

6.

A．fears

B．questions

C．popularity

D．awareness

7.

A．challenged

B．inspired

C．confused

D．embarrassed

8.

A．model

B．partner

C．mistake

D．pity

9.

A．considerate

B．responsible

C．patient

D．social

10.

A．warned

B．forbade

C．encouraged

D．forced

11.

A．cancelled

B．changed

C．assessed

D．declared

12.

A．adaptability

B．mind

C．confidence

D．curiosity

13.

A．suspect

B．forget

C．observe

D．imagine

14.

A．applied for

B．dropped out of

C．taken charge of

D．set up

15.

A．envious

B．proud

C．frightened

D．fond

16.

A．in case of

B．apart from

C．on account of

D．in terms of

17.

A．represented

B．selected

C．replaced

D．supported

18.

A．surprise

B．disappointment

C．amusement

D．relief

19.

A．deep

B．independent

C．important

D．quick

20.

A．Additionally

B．Certainly

C．Basically

D．Hopefully

6 . The Turners consider ________a computer, which is commonly considered ________ a great help in our work and study.

A．to buy; to be	B．buying ; to be
C．to buy; being	D．buying; being

7 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When you hear the word “panda", you probably imagine big, black and white bears that feed on bamboo. But there is a much     1     (small) one, called red panda. To picture what a red panda looks like, imagine a panda mixed with a raccoon(浣熊). It's about the size of a house cat and has     2     long, bushy(浓密的) tail,     3     (live) in rainy and high-altitude forests.

Red pandas are common to the mountains of Nepal, Myanmar, and China. At Present you can also visit     4     (they) in zoos around the world. Apart from bamboo,     5     is the favorite food of their larger relatives, red pandas also eat other foods, like fruit, roots, and eggs.

Red pandas are normally silent. If you walk past a red panda in the wild, you may not notice it. If you're ever hiking through the mountains, you may also meet a red panda face to face, but you should keep your     6     (distant). They may look cute and     7     (love), but don't forget they’re wild animals as well.

Like many other forest animals, red pandas are     8     danger of dying out. So far, the number of red pandas     9     (fall) sharply. There may be as few as 2 ,500 red pandas     10     (leave) in the wild.

8 . 假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Tom近日发来邮件询问你校上周举行的“环保周”活动情况，请你给他回复邮件。
内容包括：
1.活动内容；
2.活动效果；
注意：
1.字数100字左右；
2.开头结尾已给出，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
环保周Environmental Protection Week
Dear Tom，
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

9 . Essay

Epic Fails: The Wright Brothers: Nose-Diving into History By Erik Slader and Ben Thompson. Ages 6 to 12. The first book in the Epic Fails series deals with one of the most ambitious goals humans have pursued: the quests to fly. Authors Slader and Thompson focus on life-or-death scenes, such as when the Wright brothers crashed their glider over and over on the sandy coast of North Carolina; it took them two more years to get it right.

Epic Fails: The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff By Erik Slader and Ben Thompson. Ages 6 to 12 Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong’s famous words as he first set foot on the moon, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” He made it look easy, but America’s journey to the moon was anything but simple. Our first attempt was a failure. Still, we didn’t give up. We tried again. And again. And each time we failed, we failed a little bit better.

Fantastic Failures: True Stories of People Who Changed the World by Falling Down First By Luke Reynolds. Ages 6 to 12. Teacher Luke Reynolds opens each chapter with a quick, impossibly perfect version of one person’s life and then says how that person actually had to face huge challenges to accomplish goals. In this book, Reynolds writes about various common men, women and children.

Cyrus Field’s Big dream：The Daring Effort to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable By Mary Morton Cowan. Ages 6 to 12. In 1853，it took at least a week to relay a message between the United States and Europe because people had to be transported on ships over the Atlantic Ocean. Cyrus Field tried to reduce that transmission（传送）time to just minutes by laying a long undersea cable. In this book，Cowan describes many failures Field suffered before he achieved this major breakthrough.

1. Who are the four books intended for?

A．Children.

B．Teenagers.

C．Adults.

D．Old people.

2. What do we know about Fantastic Failures?

A．It was written by a famous actor.	B．It tells stories of ordinary people.
C．It is about science fiction stories.	D．It is a picture book by a teacher.

3. What lesson can we learn from the four books?

A．All roads lead to Rome.	B．Failure is the mother of success.
C．An early bird catches worms	D．Actions speak louder than words.

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$ 24.00

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2019 Festival Holiday Ornament

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PRODUCT ID: 2271405

The National Cherry Blossom Festival, the nation’s greatest springtime celebration, entertains more than one million people each year, commemorating the gift of trees and the enduring friendship between the people of the United States and Japan.

2019 National Cherry Blossom Festival Glass Ornament design was created by famous Hawaiian artist, Jing Jing Tsong. Hand painted, comes in a very pretty box.

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PRODUCT ID: 1218138

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1. If a customer is interested in gardening, which product ID will he choose?

A．9813108	B．2271405
C．1218138	D．9813020

2. What do we know about Cherry Blossom Glass Balls?

A．Each glass ball is unique.

B．They are presented on a car.

C．They come in a set of four.

D．They are simply designed.

3. Where does the advertisement probably appear?

A．In a newspaper.	B．Over the radio.
C．On the television.	D．On the Internet.