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一、单项选择
1 ---Look! There is beautiful rainbow in the sky．
---Wow, it’s so beautiful. I’d like to take a photo of rainbow before it disappears．
A. a; the B. the; a C. the; the D. a; a
2. ---It’s clever _____ you to help me work out this difficult maths problem. Thanks.
--- You are welcome. Now it’s easier ______ you to understand it.
A. of; of B. of; for C. for; of D. for; for
3—______ do you brush your teeth every day —Three times. At least twice suggested by doctors.
A. How soon B. How long C. How often D. How many times
4. —What he says________ great and interesting.—Yes, but it’s hard to believe.
A. sounds B. to sound C. sounding D. is sounded
5. It is selfless________ Doctor Li to devote all the time he had________ for the patients.
A. for; to care B. of; to care C. of; to caring D. for; to caring
6. People usually wear sunglasses to________ their eyes from the sunlight by the seashore.
A. protect B. harm C. keep D. stop
7. ________ visitors have been to the famous________ mountain.
A. Millions of; 2000-meter-high B. Three Millions of; 2000-meters-high
C. Millions of; 2000-meters-high D. Three millions; 2000-meter-high
8. –More and more people come to visit Mount Huang.-That’s true. It has become the ________ of Anhui.
A. pride B.effort C. praise D.courage
二、完形填空
Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China. He wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20th century. In his short life he wrote __1__ 300 songs and an opera.
Xian was born in Panyu, Guangzhou, China in 1905. Because his father died before he was born, Xian moved from place to place with __2__ mother. He began learning to play __3__ violin when he was 20 years old. In the beginning, his violin was __4__ cheap and badly made that he __5__ not play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not stop __6__ and soon showed his talent. In 1934, he was one of the first Chinese students __7__ studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he __8__， Xian became the school's best student __9__ won several prizes for his talents.
In 1935, he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army. Later, he came to Yan'an __10__ music at a college. __11__ there were no pianos in Yan'an at that time, Xian still wrote __12__ of his most important music there, including The Yellow River, his most famous work.
In May 1940, Xian __13__ to the Soviet Union by the Chinese Communist Party to write music for movies. In the Soviet Union, life was very __14__. Xian got sick and later died of a lung illness __15__ 30 October 1945, aged only 40. Xian's music, however, lives on in people's hearts.
( )1.A.near B．nearly C．nearby D．nearer
( )2. A．he B．him C．his D．he's
( )3.A.a B．an C．the D．this
( )4.A.so B．such C．very D．much
( )5.A.need B．may C．should D．could
( )6.A.practise B．practising C．to practise D．practised
( )7.A.what B．which C．whom D．who
( )8.A.leave B．leaves C．left D．was leaving
( )9.A.and B．but C．as D．or
( )10.A.teach B．taught C．teaching D．to teach
( )11.A.If B．Although C．When D．Because
( )12.A.any B．little C．few D．some
( )13.A.sent B．was sent C．has sent D．was sending
( )14.A.hard B．harder C．hardest D．the hardest
( )15.A.at B．in C．on D．by
三、阅读理解：
All over the world, people find giraffes amazing. The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world. Its legs and tail are taller than most people. Its tongue is very long, 18 inches. The front part of its tongue is an unusual color, black. Unlike most other large animals, giraffes do not threaten (威胁) people. Yet to many scientists the most amazing thing about this gentle giant is its heart.
To understand how amazing the giraffe’s heart is, put your head lower than your heart. Keep it there for a few minutes. Then lift your head up very quickly. Do you feel dizzy This is the effect of a change in blood pressure. The heart has to quickly pump blood to your brain to stop you from feeling dizzy or from fainting.
When a giraffe lifts its head up from the ground, it has to lift its 250-kilo neck more than 15 feet in the air. How can it do this without fainting The giraffe’s heart is really large. It is almost two feet long and weighs about 10 kilos. It can pump 60 liters of blood in a minute. The large artery (动脉) that carries blood from the heart up the long neck of the giraffe is also unusual because it has a muscle in it. This muscle helps keep the giraffe’s blood pressure.
In 1988, a writer, Michael Allin, learned that a giraffe arrived in Marseille, a city in the south of France, in 1826. It was a gift to the king of France Charles X. He decided to go to Ethiopia, in East Africa, where the giraffe was born. He traveled to Egypt on the Nile River. This was the same way the giraffe came to Egypt where he discovered the reason for the gift. Muhammad Ali, an important Egyptian leader, did not want the French to enter a war. He sent the giraffe to King Charles X.
However, it was difficult to transport a giraffe in 1826. It traveled from Egypt to France on a ship. The giraffe was so tall that it couldn’t fit in the lower deck of the ship. This was quite a problem until someone decided to cut a hole in the top deck of the ship. The giraffe’s legs were below, and its long neck came up through the hole.
No one knew how to get such a large animal from Marseille to Paris, so the giraffe had to walk the 880 kilometers. All along the way, people came to watch the gentle giant. Six weeks after it left Marseille, the giraffe finally arrived in Paris, where 100,000 people came to see this amazing creature. Today, we still look at the giraffe in amazement. There is no other animal like it on earth.
1．What is unusual about the artery in a giraffe’s neck
A．It has a muscle in it. B．It has an unusual colour.
C．It weighs 10 kilos. D．It carries blood to the legs.
2．The writer explains how amazing the giraffe’s heart is in Paragraph 3 mainly by ________.
A．telling stories B．showing steps
C．giving numbers D．expressing opinions
3．Muhammad Ali gave the giraffe to ________.
A．the French people B．the Egyptian leader
C．the French writer D．the king of France
4．What did they do to transport the giraffe by ship
A．They cut a hole in the deck. B．They added a taller deck to the ship.
C．They built another new ship. D．They cut the taller deck off the ship.
5．What is the best title for the passage
A．The gentle giant from Africa B．The special heart of the giant
C．The amazing journey to France D．The popular writer from France
四、词汇
1. My cousin wants to be a ________(飞行员) when he grows up.
2 By doing so, you can _________(测试) the strength of the steel.
3. The fight________ (反对) financial crisis (金融危机) has lasted for almost ten years.
4 Marco Polo was one of the most famous______________(Europe) who came to China.
5. My sister will go to the USA for __________(far) study with her friend Jane.
6. Although the food is delicious here, the _____________(serve) of the restaurant is bad.
7. It is better _____________(go) there by bus than by bike.
8. No one was chosen ___________(join) in the long jump in our class.
五、根据短文意思及首字母提示补全短文
Alison Lapper, a very unusual painter, paints pictures for a living. She doesn't use her 1. h when she paints. She uses her mouth! Alison was born 2. w any arms. Her physical problem caused her to 3. s the first seventeen years of her life in a hospital. But this didn't stop her from making her dreams in life come true. She realized that even though she was disabled, she could 4. e___________ herself as freely as normal(正常的) people. This was what got her tO start drawing pictures.
Although Alison lives 5. q a different life from others, she never loses her heart. She believes that she can 6 s like others. With great efforts, her painting skills have reached a high 7. 1 and her paintings do not look like that they were drawn by 8 s________who used his or her mouth. Alison has become a symbol of 9 e Many disabled people have been cheered up by her 10. a way of living and become more confident.
