Two hundred years ago，people in the west did not know coffee or tea．They were   1   to drink them because they thought coffee or tea could kill a person．Once the king of England wanted to find out   2   it is true or not．

    At that time there were two brothers in prison(監(jiān)獄)．The king would kill them in a few days because they did wrong．The king said，“I shall let them live but they must   3   coffee or tea to the end of their   4  ．One brother must drink coffee and   5   must drink tea every day．”And they  6  the king’s words．

    They   7   1ived many years．At last，the elder brother  8  when he was eighty-three years old．The younger one died a few years   9  ．After that，people   10   that coffee and tea were not bad for man．

1．A．happy         B．a(chǎn)fraid            C．rich              D．glad

2．A．when          B．what          C．whether        D．if

3．A．eat                 B．drink        C．drank                  D．a(chǎn)te

4．A．life                 B．live            C．lives             D．living

5．A．one                B．other        C．a(chǎn)nother         D．the other

6．A．heard             B．followed          C．listened         D．listened to

7．A．both               B．each             C．a(chǎn)lso              D．a(chǎn)ll

8．A．killed              B．lived             C．died              D．dead

9．A．a(chǎn)go                B．later              C．old               D．before

10．A．shouted        B．spoke           C．kept             D．knew

Many people like travelling for their holiday. They go to ___1___, seaside or forests. Some people like ___2___, so they like to visit some old interesting places. In many countries, the travel agency(旅行社) can help you ___3___ your holiday. You can tell the travel agency what kind of __4__ you like, how much __5__ you want to spend, and the travel agency will give you a lot of information about where to go, how __6__ there, where to stay, and what kind of activities you can do there. __7__ the holidays is __8__ “Package” holiday. __9__ is, you just pay the money, and the travel agency will plan __10__ for you, the ticket for the plane or train, the hotel, the activities, and so on.

1.                A．schools         B．shops          C．hills  D．the Great Wall

2.                A．history         B．music          C．country   D．city

3.                A．plan           B．planned        C．plans D．planning

4.                A．weather        B．holiday         C．train D．city

5.                A．water          B．day            C．time D．money

6.                A．get            B．to get          C．getting   D．got

7.                A．Both           B．All             C．One of   D．Every one of

8.                A．call            B．calling          C．calls D．called

9.                A．That           B．What           C．How D．This

10.               A．everything      B．nothing         C．a(chǎn)nything   D．something

I’m taking my family to Europe to have a trip. My wife (妻子) and our two children are  1 going along. My brother is  2 to go with us for vacation. Because he  3  went to other countries, he is even more  4 than the children. He can’t wait to go. My father would like to stay at home, but we’ll send him postcards  5 Europe.

We’re  6 next Friday. We’re going to New York by train,  7 taking a ship to Europe. When we  8 in Europe, we are going to  9 countries for sightseeing. We’re going to those places by train or by bus and we’re  10 a week there. Then we are flying home.

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I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one ___1__ was the most important.   It happened last term just after I had got a __2__ result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be __3___.   The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking __4_ a teacher. Instead, he held up a twenty yuan note(鈔票)!

“Who wants this?” he asked. Unsurprisingly, __5__ of us in the class held up our hands.   The speaker smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but __6_ nothing. Suddenly, he threw the note onto the floor! Then he asked the same __7_ a third time.   I didn’t __8__ what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didn’t know what to do. I wanted the note, __9_ I put my hand up again. After a while, he __10__ the note and started to laugh. “you have all just told me how to become successful,” __11_ said to us with the note in his hand.   “The note is worth twenty yuan. It is __12__ worth twenty yuan, even though I throw it on the floor. You are like the note. No matter __13__ happens to you, you still have your worth.”   When I heard those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I _14_ I was worth a lot. I may have done badly in an exam, but it doesn’t __15__ I can’t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful!

1.                A．classroom       B．subject         C．class D．school

2.                A．same          B．good           C．lucky D．bad

3.                A．comfortable     B．successful       C．famous   D．rich

4.                A．like            B．for            C．a(chǎn)bout    D．by

5.                A．both           B．neither         C．a(chǎn)ll   D．none

6.                A．said           B．bought         C．saw  D．wanted

7.                A．student         B．teacher         C．question  D．way

8.                A．remember      B．understand      C．notice    D．find

9.                A．so             B．though         C．if    D．or

10.               A．took out        B．threw away      C．picked up  D．put down

11.               A．you           B．he            C．she   D．they

12.               A．never          B．sometimes      C．hardly D．a(chǎn)lways

13.               A．when          B．who           C．what  D．how

14.               A．realized        B．forgot          C．dreamed  D．decided

15.               A．know          B．mean          C．think D．complain

China is a country that is changing very quickly over the past fifty years and   1  you look closely(仔細(xì)地) you can see it   2  in front of your eyes. Fifty years ago, everybody travelled around by bike. Today lots of people in China still ride their bikes  3  school or work, but many people also take the bus or travel   4   underground. There are some people who even drive their own cars. Shops   5  small businesses but now the centre of China’s cities are full of   6   department stores. In these department stores, you can buy  7  you want in one trip. You can buy food, toys, bikes and even televisions. Television is    8   change that China has seen. Many children would say that they can not imagine life   9  TV set , but years ago they had to live without them. The Internet and the computer have only recently become regular items in our lives. Without the Internet, people would not  10  to get information as quickly as they can now and the Internet helps to make people   11  friends all over the world. Computers help   12  children and adults in their   13  lives Many students are lucky enough   14 able to use them to do their homework or   15  with their friends and sometimes play games.