When the Americans are at home， they usually enjoy spending their free time on all kinds of DIYs (do it yourself).Maybe this is a little different from our Chinese people. When we Chinese are at home， we would like to enjoy ourselves by watching TV or receiving our friends. But American people like spending their time in doing some kind of work on their own. They believe it to be helpful and interesting.
In their eyes， DIYs will not only help them to develop their brains but also save them much time. For a very little job， they will need to think twice before carrying it out well. This will certainly do much good to their brains and make them brighter and brighter.
Some Americans live far away from the service centre（服务中心）. When something goes wrong， they will have to wait for a long time before finding the right service. In these cases， they would also love to manage by themselves. So in American， DIYs are very popular. There are a lot of newspapers on them， even books and websites
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Develop their brains and ____ |
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They live far away from the service centre， and have to ____ |
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| Friendship Restaurant We have different kinds of Japanese food here. The food menu is in Japanese and Chinese. All the waiters or waitresses can speak at least one foreign language. Tel: 312 – 9997 Time: 11:30 am – 10:00 pm |
Volunteer Project Maybe you want to help others but don’t know how to do it. Then Volunteer Project will help you. Here you will get the best idea of volunteering. Call 822 – 5566 to join it. E-mail: lisa@hotmail.com |
Dream Corner Do you want to improve your English? Do you want to practice your English with native speakers? If yes, why not join the Dream corner? Come here on Friday afternoon every week. |
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| The Underwater World Here you will find different kinds of fishes and even some kinds of sharks. You will feel you are in the sea but of course this is not true. If you like fishes, I suggest that you pay a visit to it. Time: 9:30 am – 5:30 pm |
Red Bird Club Do you like dancing? Do you want to show off your cool dance at parties? Join us and make your dream come true. Closed on Tuesday. Call 822 – 3331 for more information. |
Sarah wants to do some volunteer work. She can call _____ to get some ideas.
| A．846-3809 | B．312-9997 |
| C．822-3331 | D．822-5566 |
Red Bird Club is closed on _____.
| A．Tuesday | B．Monday |
| C．Saturday | D．Thursday |
If you want to practice English with native speakers, you can join _____.
| A．the Red Bird Club | B．the Volunteer Project |
| C．the Dream Corner | D．the Underwater World |
完形填空（共15分，每小题1.5分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
It’s not easy to be an astronaut’s son. Everybody expects you to be perfect, but I’m just a fourteen-year-old kid, and I’m not a special___, too, when it comes to math, geography, music, and baseball.
Well, to be honest, I often dream about being some kind of or doing something special—like saving a child from a burning building. I was daydreaming at school one morning when my teacher said there would be a Father’s Day writing competition for the whole school. “I we have a winner right here in my class.”
After school I walked home, thinking about the essay I would write. My father is an astronaut, I would start out. No, I decided. I wouldn’t do that. The whole country and maybe even the whole world saw my father as an astronaut, but that wasn’t I saw him.
How did I see my father? Hmm.
I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream. I how he hugged me for hours when my dog Spotty was ____ by a car. Yes, to me, he wasn’t just a world-famous astronaut. He was my dad.
My parents and I went to school Thursday night. There were so many people in the big hall! The third prize was announced and it was not me. I was relieved and disappointed. The second prize was announced. It was me .
I went up to the stage and read what I had written, “My father’s son”. When I finished, the people ____ and cheered. I saw my father blowing his nose. Dad cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son, this is the _____ moment of my life.”
It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was ____ just to be my father’s son.
A．one B．Son C．student D．person
A．astronaut B．Hero C．dad D．man
A．think B．Guess C．know D．hope
A．the way B．the truth C．the father D．the face
A．felt B．thanked C．remembered D．noticed
A．killed B．stopped C．thrown D．carried
A．seriously B．surprisingly C．exactly D．excellently
A．stood up B．sat up C．calmed down D．walked down
A．best B．luckiest C．happiest D．proudest
A．right B．Special C．enough D．Different
It’s a good habit of doing your homework _________ you come home from school.
| A．if | B．when |
| C．as soon as | D．the same as |
Liu Xiang trained so hard ______ he hurt his foot.
| A．when | B．while | C．that | D．What |
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