Self Check

　　Ⅰ.根据句意及首字母提示填写单词。

　　1．Marie Curie was the scientist that first discovered radium(镭)．

　　2．Can you repeat what you said just now? I didn't hear you clearly.

　　3．Do you often make conversations with your partner in English class?

　　4．If you are shy，you can smile before you start a conversation with others.

　　5．Now Lucy pays more attention to her grades instead of her clothes.

　　Ⅱ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

　　6．Almost everyone thinks the girl has a lovely pronunciation (pronounce)．

　　7．He studied his map，trying to memorize(memory) the way to Jack's house.

　　8．Everyone thinks the little boy was born(bear) with the ability to sing.

　　9．"Did I win first prize？" Jim asked with an expression(express) of surprise on his face.

　　10．Do you know the story of how God created(create) the world?

　　Ⅲ.根据汉语意思及括号内所给的英文提示，把下列句子译成英语。

　　11．这座桥把这个小村庄和那个大城市连接起来。(connect...with...)

　　The__bridge__connects__this__small__village__with__that__big__city.

　　12．那个男孩反复地读了这个英语故事。(over and over again)

　　The__boy__read__the__English__story__over__and__over__again.

　　13．我父母对我总是很耐心。(be patient with)

　　My__parents__are__always__patient__with__me.

　　14．当我紧张的时候，我的爱好能帮助我放松。(be stressed out)

　　When__I__am__stressed__out,__my__hobbies__can__help__me__(to)__relax.

　　15．我很高兴我的英语正在一点一点地提高。(bit by bit)

　　I'm__happy__that__my__English__is__improving__bit__by__bit.

　　Ⅳ.完形填空。

　　Chinese are very generous(慷慨的)when it comes to educating their children.Not caring about the__16__，parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad-to England，the USA or Australia. The Chinese __17__ that the more expensive the education is，the better it is.__18__ parents will spend a lot of money on their children's education. Even __19__ parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter. Though they're not rich，they would rather pay for the education.

　　Parents can __20__ that their children's skills are different，skilled(有技能的) in some areas while poor in others.But most __21__ fail to realize that the children today need more self－confidence.

　　The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to __22__ tests and how to study well，but they are not teaching them the most important skills that they need.And these skills are important to help them to be __23__，happy and clever.

　　Parents can achieve this __24__ teaching their children the skills like cooking or doing other housework.

　　Teaching a child to cook will __25__ many of the skills that he will need later in life.Cooking needs patience and time.It is an interesting but difficult experience.A good cook __26__ tries to improve his cooking，so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish __27__ job successfully.His result，a well－cooked dinner，will make him __28__ good and give him a lot of self－confidence.

　　Some old machines，such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play __29__，will make him interested and want to know more.He will spend hours studying them and trying to fix them.Your child might become an engineer when he __30__．These activities are teaching a child not only to study at school，but also to think，to use his mind.And that is more important.

　　(D)16.A.time　　　　　　B．education

　　C．children D．money

　　(B)17.A.compare B．believe

　　C．disagree D．promise

　　(C)18.A.Because B．Although

　　C．So D．But

　　(D)19.A.old B．rich

　　C．young D．poor

　　(A)20.A.see B．hope

　　C．allow D．control

　　(C)21.A.sons B．daughters

C．parents D．teachers