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Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks with the help of the first letters:
1. He looks frightening but actually is no f________ than a sheep.
2. Greece is a(n) E________ country.
3. He has a cheerful but quiet c________.
4. The g________ is taking measures to solve the problem of bullying at school.
5. I am afraid you need to buy a new one because this one is damaged beyond r________.
6. There was no entrance f________ to the Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum decades ago.
7. They went on a long train j________ across India.
8. Many people wonder if life e________ on other planets.
9. Long ago, some scientists truly b________ the earth was flat.
10. The audience c________ loudly when the famous singer came on stage.
11. Look, a pigeon is c________ above his head.
12. He felt angry when people treated him like a second-class c________.
13. It is said our c________ experiences make us who we are.
Ⅱ. Complete the sentences with the given words by using the proper form:
think harm creature amuse die real
1. Confucius(孔子)was a great t________ and his t________ had a great influence on the way that Chinese people think.
2. She was ________ by an ________ performance in the ________ park.
3. The ________ of Harry Potter is so ________ to ________ such a wonderful magic world.
4. More and more people ________ what happened in those ________ shows was party planned.
5. Chemicals in many cleaning products can be ________ although they all claim(声称)they are ________.
6. The war caused millions of ________. Women lost their husbands and children lost their fathers.
Ⅲ. Choose the best answer:
1. The poor littler boy made a living by delivering ________.
A. mails B. mail C. a mail D. the mails
2. At breaks, some students like having a rest, ________ like reading books in library.
A. another B. the others C. others D. the other
3. Mary needs to buy ________.
A. a package of apple B. three cartons of yogurt C. some breads D. a teaspoon of sugar
4. She suffered from a heart ________ and died ________ a long illness.
A. disease, of B. illness, from C. disease, after D. illness, of
5. Mike was rather upset about her words, ________ he was still wearing a smile on his face
A. if B. since C. so D. although
6. The result of the poll(投票)shows that the situation there is ________ worse that, we expected.
A. so B. more C. even D. ever
7. If you don’t know these words, you can ________.
A. look up the dictionary B. look up them in the dictionary
C. look them up on the dictionary D. look them up in the dictionary
8. Jack ________ and found nobody in the house.
A. looked for B. looked out C. looked around D. looked at
9. I wondered ________________.
A. Detective Smith was here B. What happened just now
C. who the window was broken D. how long it takes him to solve the problem
10. I believe the way to be smart is to read as ________ books as possible.
A. much B. more C. many D. less
11. After ________ the prize she became famous overnight.
A. winning B. she wins C. she has won D. won
12. ________ Tom’s very good at science, his brother is absolutely hopeless.
A. For B. While C. Because D. Since
13. -- Who do you think is there -- I don’t think there is ________ there.
A. anyone B. someone C. nobody D. none
14. Which of the following phonetic symbol is correct for the word “cause”
A/kɑ z/ B. /k z/ C. /k s/ D. /k s/
Ⅳ. Rewrite the sentences as required:
1. She is also a talented musician.(句意不变)
She is talented musician ________ ________.
2. She is not only beautiful but also smart.(句意不变)
She is beautiful ________ ________ ________ smart.
3. He used to walk to school as often as possible.(句意不变)
He used to walk to school as often as ________ ________ .
4. I did better than her in studies.(句意不变)
She didn’t do ________ ________ ________ me in studies.
She did ________ ________ than me in studies.
5. He was surprisingly as heavy as his younger brother.
He was surprisingly ________ ________ ________ ________ his younger brother.
6. “When and where were you born ” Mary asks me.(变为间接引语)
Mary asks me ________________________________________.
7. we, know, lives, ancient people, from, writings and paintings, left(造句)
________________________________________________________________.
Ⅴ. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can only be used once.
A. importance B. sorry C. in fact D. learn from E. what’s more F. carefully G. necessary
Have you even been in a meeting and suddenly found that your mind was a million miles away while someone was making a speech You probably felt ___1____ and made up your mind to pay attention and never daydream again. Most of us, from the earliest school days, have been told that daydreaming is a waste of time.
“On the contrary(相反的),” says an expert in psychology, “daydreaming is quite ___2____ .Without it, the mind couldn’t do all the thinking it has to do in daily life. You can’t possible do all your thinking with a conscious(清醒的)mind. And _____3____ your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. The unconscious and conscious states of mind have silent dialogue in the way of daydreaming.”
Early experts in psychology paid no attention to the _____4____ of daydreaming, and even considered is harmful. They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s. Eric Klinger, a professor of psychology, is the writer of the book Daydreaming, Klinger says, “Now we know that daydreaming is one of the main ways that we organize our lives, ____5____ our experiences and plan for future.” Daydreams really show the things we fear and the things we desire in life.
Daydreams are usually very simple and direct while sleep dreams may be hard to understand. It’s easier to gain a deep understanding of your life by paying close attention to your daydreams than by studying your sleep dreams ___6____. Daydreams help one recognize the difficult situations in life and find out a possible way for dealing with them.
Ⅵ. Reading:
A. Read the passage and choose the best answer:
I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldn’t bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the ing across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of troubles that used to occur on the way to and from work.
On evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stopped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time. I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.
Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drove away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow(吞咽)my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.
But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop. It seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.
1. The girl refused to ask for help because she thought ________.
A. she might be known B. asking for help looked silly
C. she was normal and independent D. being found blind was embarrassing
2. After the girl got off the bus that evening, she ________.
A. began to run B. hit a person as usual
C. hit a lamppost by accident D. was caught by something
3. At the request stop that evening, the girl ________.
A. stopped a big lorry B. stopped the wrong bus
C. did not try to stop the bus D. was not noticed by other people
4. What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus
A. Other vehicles also stopped there. B. It was easy to making wrong judgments.
C. More lorries than buses responded to the girl.
D. It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus.
5. Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping ________.
A. to find people there B. to find more buses there
C. to find the bus by herself there D. to find people more helpful there
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.
Over recent years, letter writing has been replaced by other ways of communicating. Technology has developed so fast that we now expect to be able to talk to people at any time and get response ____1____. Rather than put pen to paper, it feels much more natural for us to send text messages and emails.
It is true that these ___2___ ways of communicating have their own advantages. We can talk to people all over the world within seconds. We can also edit our emails before sending them, ____3____ we have to cross it out or start again if we make a mistake in a letter.
But have you ever thought about what we are ___4___ Yes, we are forgetting about the art of letter writing.
Not a single person would say that reading a hand-written letter from a friend isn’t ____5____. When you know someone has spent the time writing a letter for you, especially a birthday letter, there is something very special in your heart.
On the other hand, not only the person receiving the letter will benefit from a lovely envelope, but also the writer himself. When we know we’re doing something that will make our friends very happy, we feel good about ourselves, too.
____6____, writing a letter can improve your language skills and you can also learn some new expressions.
Letter writing has much fun. Why not begin your writing journey from now on
1. A. clearly B. exactly C. safely D. immediately
2. A. modern B. slow C. safe D. old-fashioned
3. A. although B. therefore C. while D. finally
4. A. choosing B. believing C. searching D. losing
5. A. enjoyable B. acceptable C. awful D. painful
6. A. After all B. In addition C. In fact D. At least
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words:
Can you imagine the world without money It is quite impossible. Money - they say - makes the world go round. W____1____ is that so Well, think of all the situations in which you have to pay for the things you buy - like food clothes, medicine, newspapers or for the services you get, like a new hairstyle or car r____2____ . Think of the entertainment you have to pay for - tickets for concert, sports matches, favourite books, CDs and holidays. You can have it all if you’ve got the money.
Money has played an important role in every civilization. It has taken various f___3___ and has changed many times over the centuries.
The first form of payment was the exchange of goods. People usually exchanged animal skins and meat, fruit and vegetables, cloth and precious stones. In ancient Egypt they used metal bars which were cut into s____4____ parts of necessary. In the seventh century BC the first coins appeared. They were usually made of silver or gold and their value depended on the amount of metal in each coin. With time, coins became very popular and many c____5____ produced their own system of money.
Today, people pay for things in different ways: they pay in cash, by check or by credit card. Many people believe that one day money in the form of coins, banknotes, checks and cards will completely disappear and that all buying and s_____6___ will be done through the Internet.
D. Answer the questions:
Not every parent looks forward to the day when their child goes off to school. In fact some parents are not sending their students to school at all. Instead they are choosing to teach their children at home. This is called homeschooling. Parents educate children individually at home instead of sending them off to be formally educated in public or private schools. In the U. S., only about three percent of children are home-schooled.
There are many reasons why some parents choose to home-school. One reason is that some parents do not feel their children are safe in school because of bullying. Other parents want their child’s education to be based on their religion(宗教)or moral beliefs. Yet other parents feel like the education in school is not good enough. Home-schooling is also seen as a choice for families that live in rural areas, and families that travel, like actors.
There are many different ways to home-school, and home-schooling allows parents to customize(定制)lessons based on their children’s needs. Families can buy textbooks to use or write their own materials. Some parents who follow a philosophy(信条)called unschooling, which allows a child to determine when, and how they want to learn based on their natural curiosity. Some worry that home-schooling means students won’t have opportunities to socialize. To answer this worry, some families have set up cooperatives, where a group of home-schooled students will learn and play together and take part in activities that would normally happen in school like field trips and dance parties.
Being home-schooled doesn’t mean a student cannot go to college. Most colleges accept home-schooled students. It is important, however, for parents and students to create a set of things to prove what has been learned.
1. Does homeschooling mean sending children to public schools or private schools
2. Most American parents educate their children individually at home, don’t they
3. How many reasons for parents to choose homeschooling are mentioned(提及)here
4. Why have some families set up cooperatives
5. What must a home-schooled child do in order to enter a college
6. Do you like home-schooling or not Why
Ⅶ. Writing
Write at least 60 words about the topic ‘My favorite cartoon character’.
参考答案;
KEYS
I. 1. fiercer 2. European 3. character 4. government 5. repair
6. fee 7. journey 8. exists/ed 9. believed 10. cheered 11. circling
12. citizen 13. childhood
II. 1. thinker, thoughts 2. amused, amusing, amusement
3. creator, creative, create 4. realized, reality
5. harmful, harmless 6. deaths
III. 1-5 BCBCD 6-10 CDCBC 11-14 ABAB
IV. 1. as well 2. as well as 3. he could 4. as well as , less well 5. the same weight as
6. when and where I was born
7. We can know about the lives of the ancient people from the writings and paintings they left behind.
V. BGCAD F
V.I
A. 1-5 DCCBA
B. 1-6DACDAB
C. 1. Why 2. repairs 3. forms 4. smaller 5. countries 6. selling
D. 1. Neither.
2. No, they don’t
3. Four
4. Because the student in the cooperatives will learn and take part in activities that would normally happen in school like field trips and dance parties.
5. They must create a set of things to prove what has been learned.