Dear_____68_____

People like you make the world brighter with the special things you do.

Love from

To_____69____

Hoping that good health will soon be yours

With very best wishes from everyone at Better Books

To my dear____70_____

Life is not the same without you. Hurry back.

Love Poula A. Mary is in hospital.

B. Simon is working in another city for

four weeks.

C. John has just started a new job.

D. Karen will start her final exams

next week.

E. Ann cleaned her friend’s house when

her friend was on holiday.

五、看图短文填空(本题有10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分)

阅读下面短文，并借助上下文和插图补充所缺信息。每个空格只能填写一个形式正确、与短文内容意义相符的单词。

Carlos and Ming are good friends and 71 of them study in Class Four Grade One of No. 3 Middle School. Ming is good at 72 but Carlos is a little weak .

One day they had an English test. Ming go a full mark 73 Carlos did not pass it. Ming was so happy 74 he began to play all day.

Carlos felt a little sad, but he did not want to 75 up. He made a decision to catch up with his best friend, Ming, and the 76 classmates in his class. He corrected all the 77 in his paper with the help of the teacher. He also studied hard at home at the weekends. In the evening, Carlos was working hard at English while Ming was 78 the computer games.

A month later, they had another English exam. They were surprised that Carlos got a 79 mark but Ming failed the exam.

Do you know the 80 ?

There is a saying: “Modestly of progress, proud of backward!”

71、____________72、____________73、____________74、____________75、____________

76、____________77、____________78、____________79、____________80、____________

六、读写综合(本大题分A、B两部分，共20分)

Depending on yourself

Growing up is not always easy.When we face difficulties，a spirit of depending on yourself is more useful than crying for help.That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man with family hardship tells us.

Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县)，Henan Province.When he was only 11，his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby girl.A year later，Hong’s mother left home.She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband.So everything hard fell onto the young boy’s shoulders：to take care of his father and the sister Chenchen，and to go on to study.

Although his life was hard，Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister.He worked in part—time jobs to feed his family.He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister. He walked two hours at weekends to the market to buy different things to sell around his school.A few years later，he studied at a college.To take care of Chenchen，he worked hard to rent(租)a room near his college for her，and send her to school.

After Hong’s story went public，he became a hero in people’s eyes.But Hong refused offers

from others.He said he felt encouraged by kind offers，but he could depend on his own work.

Through his hard life，he has grown up from boy to man.

From：Shanghai Middle School English Online

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81 Hong’s spirit(精神)