12.玩电脑游戏浪费时间。Playing computer games is ____ time. 13.国家给学生提供课本。The country ______ students _____ textbooks. 14.我不介意打开窗户。I don’ the window. 15.我做完家庭作业了。I finished my homework. 五、完形填空 （10分，每小题1分）

Last summer I was a volunteer at a shelter(避难所、住处) for the homeless, a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn't working that summer and was___1___only acting lessons in summer school, so I had some ___2___time.

Three nights a week, I helped in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and___3___for 45 people hot meals with vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit. The homeless people needed this good food because many of them usually didn't eat well.

I enjoyed this volunteer work, making ___4___with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One ___5___a very nice elderly housewife, one a movie maker, another a young teacher and the other a college student, besides me.

I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories filled me with sympathy (同情心). Some of them had___6___with alcohol (酒) or drugs, while others only had bad luck. One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and then she lost her job. She looked for a new job, but couldn't find one, for she was too ___7___. She could do nothing but sell her furniture-sofas, chairs, and tables ___8__she could pay for her food. The woman went on job hunting, but she still couldn't find one. She had no money for her ___9___and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone, afraid, and ___10___ ,she finally came to the shelter.

( )1.A.studying B.planning C.holding D.taking ( ) 2.A.full B.free C.part D.long ( ) 3.A.cooked B.bought C.ordered D.finished ( ) 4.A.decisions B.wished C.friends D.changes ( ) 5.A.is B.was C.are D.were

( ) 6.A.habits B.worries C.difficulties D.problems ( ) 7.A.old B.poor C.sick D.dull ( ) 8.A.though B.because C.so that D.but ( ) 9.A.block B.family C.building D.apartment ( ) 10.A.shy B.happy C.outgoing D.homeless 六．阅读理解 A

Mr. Gao lives in a town. When he was twenty-five, his son was born. He calls him Gao Xiaobao. The little boy is clever. He and his wife love him very much. It’s September 1st today. A new school year begins. Gao Xiaobao is happy and wears his most beautiful clothes. He’s going to school with his new bag. ―Let me take you to school, dear.‖ said Mrs. Gao. ―Thank you, Mummy,‖ said the boy. ―The school is not far from here. I can walk there myself.‖

At school a teacher met the little boy and asked, ―What’s your name, my little friend?‖ ―Gao Xiaobao, sir.‖ answered the boy. ―How old are you?‖ ―Six, sir.‖ ―What’s your father’s name?‖ ―Gao Dabao, sir.‖ ―How old is he?‖ ―He is six, too, sir.‖ ―Oh,‖ the teacher said in surprise. ―Is he as old as you?‖―Yes, sir,‖ said the boy. ―He became a father only on the day when I was born.‖ ( )1. How old is Mr. Gao now ?

A. Six. B. Twenty-five. C. Thirty. D. Thirty –one. ( )2. Mr. and Mrs. Gao love their son because _______________.

A. he likes to go to school C. he can go to school himself B. the boy is clever D.he can answer the teacher ’s questions

( )3. Gao Xiaobao didn’t let his mother take him to school because_______________. A. she was too busy B. his friends could took him together

C. the policeman could help him D. the school is near and he could take care of himself

( )4. How did Gao Xiaobao go to school ?

A. By car . B. On foot . C. By bus . D. By bike. ( )5. Gao Xiaobao thought_______________.

A. Gao Dabao became a father only for six years B. his father was younger than him

C. his father and he were born on the same day

D. his father was named Gao Dabao when he was born . B

One of the most popular items (项目) in the class newspaper is the advice column(专栏). Here are some of them and their answers:

Question1: I’m always late for school. I try not to be late, but I can’t help it. Please advise me what to do. —Tommy. Answer: You are probably late for school because you don’t really like school. My advice