My phone rang this morning. When I picked it up, I heard the sweet voice of a young lady.

“Are your dogs missing?” she asked.

I realized that it was my neighbor. So I went to find my dogs quickly. After I   (1)  that they were all there, I was very happy. Then I answered to my neighbor, “Thank you.  (2)   of them are missing.”

My neighbor is a nice lady. She often makes cookies and shares them with neighbors. She is willing to help anyone   (3)  . Today she found two small dogs walking down the street. She took them in.

“They are good and get along well with my dogs,” she continued.

“You did the right thing. Most people wouldn’t get involved in (卷入) the kind of thing.” I said. “ I wonder how many cars passed them by this morning and didn’t   (4)  stopping.”

Then I walked out of the house to see if someone had come to look for those dogs. But I found nothing.

Then an idea came to me. If I were   (5)   I would hope that someone would look for me. If I were crying, I would hope that someone would stop and speak to me. So, ask yourself today. Would you take in the dog? Would you look for a lost friend? Would you offer a kind word to   (6)   a stranger?

Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future. Nobody knows ____  (1)  ___, but there are many stories about people’s dreams that came true. One of these people was a man called John Chapman, who lived in the small town ofSwaffhamin England. He dreamed that he was standing on London Bridge and that a man told him how to become___  (2)  ___. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed money, so the next day he set out for London. He walked for three days and three nights and at last arrived at London Bridge. There were plenty of ___  (3)  ___ on the bridge, but they were not interested in him. They all ignored(不理睬) him. After three days, he decided to go home, but before he could do this, a shopkeeper came towards him.

“I’ve been watching you,” the shopkeeper said. “Are you ___  (4)  ___ someone?’

“Yes,” said John. “I had a dream about a man on London Bridge. He was going to ___  (5)  ___me a lot of money.”

“Oh,” said the shopkeeper. You shouldn’t believe in dreams. If I believed in dreams, I’d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man from Swaffham. His name was John Chapman and he had gold in his garden near an old apple tree.”

It was really amazing! John immediately ____  (6)  ____ for his house. As soon he arrived, he dug in his garden near the old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold. He was so delighted that he gave some of the gold to his local church. He was a rich man for the rest of his life.

A. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):（7分）

Gilbert joined the Science Club last summer. One day he was given a piece of paper, a block of wood and four wheels; he was told to go home and give them all to “dad”.   (1)  , Gilbert’s mum knew that Gilbert’s dad wasn’t good at making things and decided that she would read the   （2）_  and let Gilbert do the work. A few days later, he and his mother went to a car race with their car. But when they got there, Gilbert found that his car was the only one that had not been made by a “father-son” partnership (合作) and all the fathers joined in the race except his father.

The race began. One by one the cars were knocked out until it came to the final between Gilbert and Jimmy. Just before the race, Gilbert asked   (2)   they could stop for a minute so that he could make a wish. After a long minute, Gilbert said that he was   (3)  .

People cheered as the race began. Jimmy stood with   (4)   and watched their car racing down the road while Gilbert was surprised at the great speed of his car as it rushed over the finishing line less than a second   (5)   Jimmy’s. Gilbert jumped up and down   (6)  .

Soon the club manager came over and asked him, “So, Gilbert, your wish was to win, right?” “Oh no, sir,” he replied. “I just wished that I wouldn’t cry if I lost.”

Do you often think of your parents? You may say, “Of course, I do. I buy a present for my mother on Mother’s Day and on Father’s Day I give my father ___(1)____, too.” But what about the other days of the year? I have a friend whose parents live in another city. One day I went to see her. We had a nice conversation. Then she wanted to ___(2)___. So she dialed(拨号)the number, but then she put down the phone. After about fifteen seconds, she dialed the number again “ Hi, Mon…”.

  Later I asked , “Why did you dial the number twice?” She smiled, “My parents are old and ____(3)___. They can’t get close to the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them ___(4)___ time to answer the call.

  My friend is a good girl. She is ____(5)___ thinking about her parents. You also want to be a good child, right? Please         remember to think of your parents in every situation, not just on some important days.

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文6分)

It was getting dark. Some children and two Canadian women were still ____  (1)  ______on the ice near a big hotel. They were having a good time. Suddenly the ice _____  (2)  _____. One of the boys fell into the water. The children shouted, “Help! Help! They didn’t know what to do. The two Canadian friends heard them and skated over to get the boy out of the water.

The ice was ____  (3)  ______. The two Canadians fell into the water, too. But they tried their best to save the little boy. They knew they must be____  (4)  ______. If they didn’t push him up onto the ice, he would soon die.

Many people ran over to help. Some of them had ropes and poles. A young man jumped into the water to save the_____  (5)  _____people. The boy and two Canadian women were out of water at last. Everyone felt very _____  (6)  _______because the boy was safe.

Life is not easy, so I’d like to say, “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”

When I was a young girl, I was too shy（害羞）to talk to anybody, so my classmates  (1)  laughed at me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it changed my life. It was a Chinese speech contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I   (2)   speak before all the teachers and students of my school.

“Come on, girl. Believe in yourself. You are sure to win the contest.” Then mother and I talked many different topics.  (3)  I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech . With the help of my mother, I did well in the contest. I could hardly（几乎不）believe myself when the  (4)  came that I won the first place, I heard the cheers from the teachers and all students. My mother hugged（拥抱）me and cried   (5)  .

Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to   (6)   myself to be sure and I will find myself. This is not only for a person but also for a country.

On 26 December, 2004, more than 270,000 people lost their lives in a tsunami(海啸).As the 2004 Tsunami hit areas with tourists, people from over 50   (1)   were among the dead. This made it a truly world disaster.

The 2004 Tsunami disaster shook the world. Before it happened, most people did not even know what a tsunami was. But after the first killer waves hit the coast of 13 Southeast Asian and African countries,   (2)   began to talk about tsunami.

The 2004 Tsunami was caused by a 9.15 earthquake. The earthquake was so powerful that the ocean floor split into a1,000 kmlong crack (裂缝). The two sides of this crack moved   (3)   about 10 meters. This caused the movement of about30 km³ of water.

270,000 humans lost their lives in the 2004 Tsunami, but   (4) , not a single animal in the Yala National Park was killed. How did the animals know the tsunami was coming? Nobody knows, but they had moved to   (4)   ground or climbed up hills and big trees and were saved. Scientists say that studying animal behaviour could serve as an early warning system for humans in the future.

Natural disasters are unexpected.   (5)   you often hear about them and their terrible effects, you never imagine one happening to you. Neither did any of those 270,000 people. Knowledge is the only way to protect yourself.

John is a famous writer now. But he said he was not a good student when he was young. He was often late for _____  (1)  ____ and didn’t like doing his homework. Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn’t understand much, __  (2)  _____ he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher asked the students a question. “When Jack was ten years old, _____  (3)  _____ brother Bob was twenty. Jack is fifteen now and how old is Bob?” John said, “That’s easy. Bob is ____  (4)  _____ as old as Jack, so he is now thirty.

  Another time, the teacher in a science class asked, “When it thunders(雷电), ____  (5)  ____ do we always see the light before we hear the sound?”

  “But, Miss,” said John____  (6)  ___, “Don’t you know our eyes are in front of our ears?”

  Two brothers worked together on a farm. One was married and had a large family. The other had no wife yet. ___  (1)  __ they lived in different houses, they shared everything they got from their farm.

  One day, the single（单身的）brother said to himself, “It’s not right that we share all the rice. I’m __  (2)  ____ and I need less than my brother.” So, every night he took a bag of rice from his store-room and went across the field____  (3)  ___ their houses, putting it into his brother’s store-room.

  At the same time, the married brother thought, “It’s not fair to share all the rice. I’m married and I have my wife and children to ___  (4)  _____ me when I am old. However, my brother has no one to take care of his future.” So, each night he also took a bag of rice and put it into his brother’s store-room.

  Several months passed by. They found it strange that their rice ___  (5)  _____ became less. Then, one dark night the two brothers ran into each other. Slowly they began to understand ___  (6)  ____was happening. Their bags fell onto the ground and tears filled their eyes at once.

All about Britain’s Teenagers

School British teenagers can leave school at sixteen after taking their GCSEexams. They study for exams in as many as ten subjects, so they have to work very hard! Today’s teens spend more time doing their homework than any other teenagers in the past, studying for 2.5~3 hours every evening.

Free time It’s not all work, of course. What do British teenagers do to have ___  (1)  ___? They love watching TV, going out, meeting friends in Internet cafes and listening to music.

Communications In addition to the Internet, teenagers in Britain use their computers to play games and do their homework. They ___  (2)  ___ love their mobile phones and spend hours texting their friends and chatting. Today, phones are getting smaller and lighter and you can do a lot more with them than just talk. Text message has become the ___  (3)  ___ and most popular way to communicate. More than 90%0f12 to 16-year-olds have a mobile and experts say that this ___  (4)  __ teenagers from spending their money on sweets and cigarettes.

Fashion At school, almost all British teenagers have to wear a school uniform. However, in their free time they can wear whatever they like and what they like is designer names such as Nike, Diesel and Paul Smith. ___  (5)  ___, 40% of British teens say that they think it is important to have the latest fashion. Looking good doesn’t come ___  (6)  ____, but many teenagers think it usual or easy to spend more than 100 pounds on one item of clothing.