The students in Shanghai No. 3 Girls’ High School have a flower-arrangement lesson every week. The course is the  41   of its kind among middle schools in Shanghai．It’s a new start. It helps the students to enjoy the  42  of flowers better. That’s  43   the course has become very popular among the students.

The teachers of the course are all  44  trained. They are good at this art and work hard at passing on the skill  45   students. So far, many students in the school  46   a lot of prizes in this field. In order to further   47   the students’ skill, the teachers usually play  48   while students are arranging flowers. Students 49   the music, and then they can  50  more good ideas for flower-arrangement.

Besides, the teachers   51    teach the students other skills at the same time, for example, they ask the students  52  compositions about flowers. In this way, students not only get art education but also improve 53    writing skills.

Several months ago, some foreigners visited the school. When they saw common flowers become more   54  meaningful, they got amazed and interested. They made  55  and would play them for their own students after they returned home.

1.A．first          B．second         C．third           D．last

2.A．color         B．beauty         C．smell           D．shape

3.A．how          B．when          C．why            D．what

4.A．clearly        B．special         C．polite           D．specially

5.A．with          B．for            C．on              D．to

6.A．win           B．won           C．have won        D．had won

7.A．drop           B．decide        C．develop          D．open

8.A．computer       B．games         C．jokes           D. music

9.A．a(chǎn)re angry with    B. are exciting with  C．a(chǎn)re afraid of      D．a(chǎn)re pleased with

10.A．come up with   B．run out of       C．hold on to       D．make a list

11.A．a(chǎn)lmost         B．never          C．hardly          D．a(chǎn)lways

12.A．write          B．writing         C．to write         D．wrote

13.A．their           B．your           C．our            D．theirs

14.A．ugly           B．lively          C．lonely          D．friendly

15.A．plans          B．notes           C．videos          D．gifts

The bell rang loudly.Everybody packed their school bags and got ready 1 home.When the teacher dismissed the children，they lined up in two rows and walked 2 to the school gate.

Usually，George’s 3  would fetch him home from school.But today she was not there.George waited for fifteen minutes 4 he walked home.

When he reached home，he knocked at the door as he did not bring his keys.Surprisingly，no one opened the door.George 5  his mother was in the toilet，so he waited for his mother.After a few minutes there was 6  no answer.Just as he was about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to 7  the keys，he heard the friendly voice of his neighbor，John.

George told John that no one was at home and John?s mother suggested that George could stay in their house till his mother came back.George and John played happily till evening when George’s mother came back.George 8 John and his family before he went back into his house.His mother told him that she had a backache and she had to see a doctor. 9 this experience，George learnt an important 10，“Neighbors are people who help each other.”

1.                A．to go           B．go             C．to go to   D．goes to

2.                A．ordering        B．orderly         C．order    D．orders

3.                A．father          B．neighbor        C．mother   D．doctor

4.                A．before         B．a(chǎn)fter           C．when D．while

5.                A．hoped         B．thought         C．said  D．preferred

6.                A．a(chǎn)lmost         B．a(chǎn)lready         C．a(chǎn)lways    D．still

7.                A．get            B．make           C．find  D．buy

8.                A．called          B．loved           C．thanked  D．visited

9.                A．From          B．About          C．To   D．Of

10.               A．word          B．saying          C．sentence  D．lesson

— Can you work out the maths problem?

— Sorry, I can ______ understand its meaning.

A．a(chǎn)lmost            B．quite             C．hardly            D．nearly

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In America, on school and work days, breakfast in most homes is often a hurried meal. Some people even don’t have it in order to  1  work or school on time. Others just stop at coffee shops for coffee. But on weekends,   2  are quite different. People usually get up late, so they have enough time to have a large breakfast.

Lunch is just a   3  break from the day’s work rather than a large, long meal. It usually lasts  4 half an hour or an hour, so family members do not have time to   5  home. Most people have a sandwich or a hamburger, and fruit or ice-cream for lunch.   6  people either take their lunches to work in the brown paper “l(fā)unch bag”,   7  eat a sandwich at a fast food restaurant. Children   8 to bring the “l(fā)unch box”.

Dinner is the most   9  meal of the day in the USA. At this meal, most American families can sit down together. It is usually a hot, large meal and it is quite different from lunch.   10  usually cooked dinner for their families in the past. Nowadays, however, with more women working and as a result, men are doing more in the kitchen.

—Can you work put the physics problem?

—Sorry, I can _________ understand its mean­ing.