Unit1 Where did you go on vacation? p5 I arrived in Penang in Malaysia this morning with my family. It was 1. (sun) and hot, so we decided 2. (go)the beach near 3. (we)hotel. My sister and I tried paragliding. I 4.________ (feel) like I was a bird. It was so 5.______(excite)! For lunch, we had 6. (anything) very special——Malaysian yellow7. (noodle).They were delicious！In the afternoon, we rode bicycles to Georgetown. There 8._____ (be) a lot of new buildings now, but 9._____ (much) of the old 10._______(build) are still there. In Weld Quay, a really old place in Georgetown, we saw the houses of the 11._______（china）12._______(trade) from 100 13._____(year) ago. I wonder what life was like here in the past. I really enjoyed 14._______(walk) around the town. What a 15. (different) a day makes！My father and I decided to go to Penang Hill today. We wanted 16． （walk）to the top,17. （But） then it started 18. （rain）a little so we decided to take the train. We waited over an hour for the train 19. （because of）there were too 20. （much）people. When we got to the top, it was 21. （rain） really hard. We 22. （do）have an umbrella so we were wet and cold. It was terrible！And because of the bad weather, we couldn’t see 23. (something) below. My father didn’t bring enough money, so we only 24. (have)one bowl of rice and some fish. The food tasted great because I was so hungry！UNIT 2 How often do you exercise? p13 Last month we 1. (ask) our students about their free time 2. (activity). Our questions were about exercise, use of the Internet and 3. ( watch) TV. Here are the results. We found that only fifteen percent of 4. (we) students exercise every day . Forty-five percent exercise four to six 5. ((time) a week. Twenty percent exercise only one to three times a week. And twenty percent 6. (not) exercise at all !We all know that7. (much) students often go online, but we were 8. (surprise) that ninety percent of them use the Internet every day. The other ten percent use it at 9. ( little) three or four times a week.10. (Much)students use it for 11. ( funny) and not for homework.. The answers to our questions about 12. (watch) television were also 13. (interest).Only two percent of the students watch TY one to three times a week. Thirteen percent watch TY four to six times a week. And eighty-five percent watch TV every day! Although many students like to watch spots, game shows are the 14. (many) popular.It is good 15. (relax) by 16. (use) the Internet or watching game shows, 17. (but) we think the 18. (well) way to relax is through exercise. It is 19. (health) for the mind and the body. Exercise such as 19. (play) sports is fun, and you can spend time with your friends and family as you play together. And remember, Old habits die hard. So start 20. (exercise) before it’s too late!3a p15 Jane is a 16-year -old high school student in the United States.1. (America) teenagers magazine asked her about her habits. Jane2. ____( have) a lot of good habits. She always3. ( exercise) and she reads books every day. Also, she 4. _______(usual) drinks juice and she 5._______ (hard )ever stays up late.6._________(however),she has some bad habits, too. She always watches TV for 7._______(much) than two hours a day, and she 8.________(sometime) eats hamburgers.9._________(she) parents are not very happy because she hardly ever helps with housework and she 10.________(ever) goes to the dentist for 11._______(tooth) 12.________ (clean).She says she is afraid!UNIT 3 I’m more outgoing than my sister.p21My mother told me a good friend is like a mirror. I'm 1. (quiet)and more serious than most kids. That's why I like 2. (read) books and I study 3. (hard) in class. My 4. (good) friend Yuan Li is quiet too, so we enjoy5. (study) together. I'm shy so it's not easy for me 6. ( make )friends. But I think friends are like books -- you don't need 7._______(a lot ) them as long as they're good. It's not necessary to be the same. My best friend Larry is quite 8._________(difference) from me. He is taller and 9.___________( outgoing) than me. We both like sports, but he plays tennis 10.________(well),so he always wins.11._______ (however),Larry often helps12. (bring) out the best in me. So I'm 13._______(get) better at tennis. Larry is 14. (more) less working, though. I always get better grades than he does,so maybe I should help him15._______( much).I don't really care if my friends are the same as me or different. My favorite 16._______(say) is, "A true friend reaches for your hand and117.______( touch) your heart." My best friend Carol is really kind and very 18._____(fun).In fact, she's funnier than anyone I know. I 19._______(break) my arm last year 20._____(but) she made me laugh and feel better. We can talk about and share everything. I know she cares about 21.____(my) because she's always there22. ( listen).UNIT4 What’s the best movie theater?p29 Who’s Got Talent?Everyone 1. (be) good at something, but some people are 2. (true)talented. It’s always interesting 3. (watch) other people show 4. (they) talents. Talent 5. (show) are 6. (get)more and more popular.7. (one), there 8. (be)shows like American Idol and America’s Got Talent. Now, there are similar shows around the world, such as 9. (China)Got Talent. All 10. (this) shows have one thing in common: they try 11. (look) for the 12. (good) singers, the most talented 13. (dancer), the most exciting magicians, the funniest actors and so on. All kinds of 14. (people) join these shows. But who can 15. (play) the piano the best or sing the most 16. (beautiful)? That’s up to you to decide. When people watch the show, they usually play a role in 17. (decide) the winner. And the 18. (win) always 19. (get)a very good prize. 20. (however), not everybody enjoys21. (watch) these shows. Some think that the 22. (life) of the performers are made up. For example, some people say they are poor farmers, but in fact they are just actors. However, if you23. (take)these shows too seriously, they are fun to watch. And one great thing about 24. (they) is that they give people a way to make their dreams 25. (come) true. 3a p31Greenwood Park is the 1. (good) place to go to on weekends. I always finish 2. (I) breakfast 3. (fast) on 4. (Saturday) because I want to 5. (get) to Greenwood Park before 10:00 a.m. to meet my friends. The park is the 6. (crowded) place on weekends because almost everyone 7. (go)there to see the street 8. (performer). Some people think they are 9. (bored), but I think they are the 10. (creative) people. 11. (however), the place where you can enjoy your time the most quietly is at one of the small coffee shops near the park. You can read or 12. (relax) there. There 13. (be) something for everyone at Greenwood Park.Unit5 Do you want to watch a game show?P37 When people say “culture”, we think of art and history. 1. (but) one very famous symbol in 2. (America) culture is a cartoon. We all know and love the black mouse with two large round 3. (ear) ―Mickey Mouse. Over 80 years ago, he first appeared in the cartoon Steamboat Willie. When this cartoon 4. (come) out in New York on 5. (november) 18, 1928, it was the 6. (one) cartoon with sound and music. The man behind Mickey 7. (be) Walt Disney. He became very rich and successful. In the 8. (1930), he made 87 9. (cartoon) with Mickey. Some people might 10. (ask) how this cartoon animal became so popular. One of the main 11. (reason) is that Mickey was like a common man, but he always tried 12. (face) any danger. In his early films, Mickey was 13. (lucky) and had many problems such as 14. (lose) his house or girlfriend, Minnie. However, he was always ready 15. (try) 16. (he) best. People went to the cinema to see the “little man” win. Most of 17. (they) wanted to 18. (be) like Mickey. On November 18, 1979, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame（星光大道）. 19. (today) cartoons 20. (be)so simple as little Mickey Mouse, but everyone still 21. (know) and loves 22. (he). Who has a pair of ears 23. (famous) than Mickey’s? 3a p39 Mulan is an 1. (excite) action movie .It 2. (come) from 3. (a) old 4. (China) story.The movie is about a village girl,Mulan.She 5. (dress) up like a boy and takes her 6. (father) place to fight in the army.I think the actress played Mulan's role 7. (good).The other 8. (actor) are also fantastic and they 9. (do) a good job in the movie.I like Mulan very much.The movie shows 10. (she) love for her family,friends and country.If you plan 11. (watch) a movie this weekend and you want 12. (see) something 13. (enjoy),choose Mulan! UNIT6 I’m going to study computer science. P45Do you know what a resolution is? It`s a kind of promise. Most of the time ,we make 1. (promise) to other people. ("Mom, I promise I`m going to 2. (tidy) my room when I get back from school.")3. (however), promises you make to 4. (you) are resolutions, and the 5. (common) kind is New Year`s resolutions. The start of the year is often a time for 6. (make) resolutions. When we make resolutions at the 7. (begin) of the year, we hope that we are going to improve our 8. (life). Some people write down their resolutions and plans for the coming year. This 9. (help) them to remember 10. (they) resolutions. Others tell their family and friends about their11. (wish) and plans.There are different 12. (kind) of resolutions. Some are about physical 13. (healthy). For example, some people promise themselves they are going to start an exercise program or eat 14. (little) fast food. Many resolutions have to do with self-improvement.15. (this) are about making yourself a better person. some 16. (people) might say they are going to take up a hobby like painting or 17. (take) photos, or learn 18. (play) the guitar. Some resolutions have to do with better planning, like making a 19. (week) plan for schoolwork. For example, a student may have to find more time to study.Although there 20. (be) differences, most resolutions have one thing in common. People 21. (hard) ever keep 22. (they). There are good reasons for this. Sometimes the resolutions may be too difficult 23. (keep). Sometimes people just forget about them. For this reason, some people say the 24. (good) resolution is to have no resolutions! How about you —will you make25. (some) next year?3a p471._________(resolution) are promises to 2.________ (your). They may help 3._________(make) you a better person and to make your life 4._________ (easy). I 5.________(be) going to make four resolutions. The 6._________(one) resolution is about my own 7._________(person) improvement. Next year, or maybe 8.________(soon) ,I am going to take up a new hobby. I think 9._________(sing) is a great activity, so I am going to learn to sing. I think this will also make my family happy 10.__________(because of) they love to listen to music and sing together.UNIT7 Will people have robots? P53 When we watch 1. (movie) about the future, we sometimes see robots. They are 2. (usual) like human servants. They help with the housework and do 3. (job) like 4. (work) in dirty or 5. (danger) places. Today there 6. (be) already robots 7. (work) in factories. Some can 8. (help) to build cars, and they do simple jobs over and over again. 9. (few) people will do such jobs in the future because they are 10. (bored), but robots will never get bored. Scientists are now trying 11. (make) robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. Some robots in 12. (japan) can walk and dance. They are fun 13. (watch). 14. (however), some scientists believe that although we can make robots 15. (move) like people, it will 16. (be) difficult 17. (make) them really think like a human. For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. But many scientists 18. (agree) with Mr. White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years. Some scientists believe the there will be 19. (many) robots in the future. However, they agree it may take 20. (hundred) years. 21. (this) new robots will have 22. (much) different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals. In India, for example, scientists made robots that look like snakes. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. This 23. (be) possible 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed 24. (possible) 100 years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!3a p55In 20 years, I think I`ll be a newspaper 1.______( report). I`ll live in Shanghai, because there will be 2._______(much ) jobs in that city. As a reporter, I think I will 3.______(met)lots of 4._______(interest) people, so I`ll have5._____ (few) pets, though, because I`ll have6.______(little) free time. And my apartment will be no good for pets because it`ll be too small. So I`ll probably just keep a bird. During the week, I`ll wear smart clothes. On the weekend, I`ll look less smart but I`ll be 7.__________(comfortable). In the future, people will work more so they`ll probably have fewer vacations,8._____(but) I think I`ll 9.______(take) a holiday in Hong Kong when possible.10._______(first) day I`ll even go to Australia.Unit8 How do you make a banana milk shake? p61 Thanksgiving in the United States In most 1. (country), people usually eat 2. (tradition) food on special holidays. 3. (a) special day in the United States is 4. (thanksgiving). It is always on the 5. (four) Thursday in November, and is a time 6. (give) thanks for food in the autumn. At this time, 7. (people) also remember the 8. (one) travelers from 9. (england) who 10. (come) to live in America about 400 years ago. 11. (this) travelers had a long, hard winner, and many of 12. (they) died. In the next autumn, they gave thanks for life and food in 13 (they) new home. These days, most 14. (american) still celebrate this idea of 15. (give) thanks by having a big meal at home with their family. The man dish of this meal is almost always turkey, a large bird.Yunnan Rice Noodles p63In Yunnan, many people eat rice 1. (noodle) for breakfast, and even for lunch and dinner. 2. (make) this 3. (specially) food, you need 4. (have) rice noodles, chicken soup, 5. (chicken), lettuce and eggs. (Of course, you can also have other things like fish and different vegetables.) 6. (one) , wash the lettuce and 7. (cut) it up. 8. (next) , cut the chicken into pieces. Then, make the chicken soup very hot, over 100℃. Then , cook the eggs, meat and lettuce in the pot of hot soup, one by one. 9. (final) , put the rice noodles into the soup. Now, it’s time 10. (enjoy) the rice noodles!Unit9 Can you come to my party? p65Hi David,1. (how) a great idea! I 2. (real) like Ms. Steen a lot. She 3. (help) me to improve 4. (I) English so much. I’m sad 5. (see) 6. (she) go, and this party is the 7. (good) way to say “Thank you and goodbye.” I can help to buy some of the food and 8. (drink). I can also help to bring Ms. Steen to the party. I already have a great idea about how 9. (do) that.He WeiHi David,Thanks so much for 10. (plan) this. I’d love to 11. (come) to the party, but I 12. (be) available. My family is 13. (take) a trip to Wuhan at the end of this month to visit my aunt and uncle. 14. (however), I’d still be glad to help out with 15. (any) of the party preparations, like planning the games. Let me 16. (know) if you need my help.JackDear classmates,As I’m sure you know by now, 17. (we) favorite teacher, Ms Steen ,is leaving soon to go back to the 18. (us). We’re very sad that she’s 19. (leave) because she is a fun teacher. 20. (show) how much we’re going to miss 21. (she), let’s have a surprise party for her next Friday the 22. (28)!Can you 23. (come) to the party? If so, can you help with 24. (some) of 25. (this) things?Please tell me by this 26. (friday). 3a p71I would like 1. (invite) you to the 2. (open) of 3. (we) new library at No.9 High School. The opening will 4. (be) on the morning of Wednesday, January 5. (8) at 9:00. After this ,you can 6. (enjoy) our school concert .Then lunch will be in the school hall at 12:00. I would also like to invite each 7. (parent) 8. (bring) one book as a gift for the new library. Please 9. (reply) in 10. (write) to this invitation by Friday, December 20th.Unit10 If you go to the party, you’ll have a great time! p77 Students 1. (this) days often have a lot of 2. (worry). Sometimes they have problems with their 3. (schoolwork), and sometimes with their friends. What can they do about this? Some people believe the 4. (bad) thing is to do 5. (something). Laura Mills, a teenager from 6. (london), 7. (agree). “Problems and worries 8. (be) normal in life,” says Laura. “But I think 9. (talk) to someone 10. (help) a lot. Unless we talk to someone, we’ll 11. (certain) feel worse.” Laura once 12. (lose) her wallet, and worried for days. She was afraid 13. (tell) her parents about it. She ever walked three 14. (mile) to school each day because she 15. (have) any money. She just kept 16. (think), “If I tell my parents, they 17. (be) angry! In the end, she talked to 18. (she) parents and they were 19. (real) 20. (understand). Her dad said he sometimes made 21. (care) mistakes 22. (he). They got her a new wallet and asked her 23. (be) more careful.. “I will always remember 24. (share) my problems in the future!” Laura says.Robert Hunt advises students about common problems. He feels the same way as Laura. “It is25. (good) 26. (run) away from our problems. We should always try to solve 27. (they).” He thinks the 28. (one) step is 29. (find) someone you trust to talk to. This person 30. (need) to be 31. (a) expert like himself. Students often forget that their parents have 32. (much) experience, and are always there to help them. In English, we say that sharing a problem is like 33. (cut) it in half. So you’re halfway to 34. (solve) a problem just by talking to someone about it.!3a p75Dear Su Mei,I 1. (know) what to do about 2. (go) to Mike birthday party tomorrow night. My parents think I should study for 3. (I) English exam。