Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15, his father asked him 36  on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 37  with his father’s idea.“That isn’t my job. I have  38 school work to do.” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise to give you the best present if you  39  finish one year’s work.” Tom thought for a while and 40  .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked hard until evening, just like  41 farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops(莊稼) grew well. 42  the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year,” said the father. “Now, tell me  43  you want.”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread   44  his wheat. I’ve already got the best present: No pain, no gain. I think this is what you wanted me to know.” His father was  45  to hear that.

A kind of little cars may be seen in the streets in the future. People will like this kind of small cars better than the big ones. The car is as small as a bike. But it can carry two people in it. Everybody can drive it easily, just like riding a bike. Even children and old people can drive them to schools or parks.

If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will be more space for all the cars in cities, and there will also be more space for people to walk in the streets.

The little cars of the future will cost less money to buy and to drive. These little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour, so driving will be safer. The cars of the future will be fine for going around the city, but they will not be useful for a long trip.

This kind of cars can save a lot of gas. They will go 450 kilometers, then they have to stop for more gas.

They are nice cars, aren’t they?

1.If you drive this kind of little cars for four hours, you can probably go      at most.  

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2.Why do these little cars have to stop after going 450 kilometers?

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3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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Paris is the capital of France. Its subway is also very special. You can enjoy its culture when you are in this city. First you can see many people reading books in the subway. Whenever they are in the subway or at the station, there is always a book in the hand.

The subway station in Paris is not big, but each of them has its special facts. Some stations look like ships. Some stations have clothes, caps and shoes. And every station has a big advertisement picture. But many of them are for selling clothes and cosmetics(化妝品).

You can meet some beggars(乞丐) in the subway. But the beggars in the Paris subway are also very special. They often play the violin or guitar in the train. They don’t feel shy at all. Instead they think it is natural. After playing, they will go around the train and ask you to give them some money.

If you want to learn more about Paris, go to the subway and enjoy its culture by yourself.

1. What do many people usually do when they are in the subway?

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2. How do the beggars get money from people in the subway?

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3. What’s the main idea of this passage?

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Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of the city of Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group “The Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television program. They started singing in 1965, and became popular soon. In 1970 the group made their first record with the name of “I Want You Back”. It was very popular. One of their hit records was “Never Say Goodbye”.

Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, and in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight million copies all over the world.

Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint(暈倒) when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raised money for Charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records（吉尼斯世界記錄）in 2006. He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our heart forever.

1. How many people are there in Michael’s group?

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2. What’s the name of their first record？

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3. The underlined word “copies” means           in Chinese.

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4. Michael was good at         according to the passage.

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5.Why did Michael have to stay at home most of time?

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In the United States, parents usually encourage their children to develop their potential (潛能). They pay attention to what their kids can do, not what they can’t. As a result, US boys and girls hope to be actors, athletes and doctors; many even want to become presidents when they grow up.

US parents often encourage their children to take part in all kinds of activities at school. They believe that joining in these activities can make their children mature(成熟). Schoolwork is important, but they think that social skills are important as well.

But things in China are different. Chinese parents often tell their children to study hard and pass exams. They think that, for a student, staying away from schoolbooks means wasting time. This puts a lot of pressure on Chinese students, so leaders in China’s education department have called for less homework at the lower grades. Only healthy kids can become healthy adults.

1.American parents think that           .

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2.Why do many American children have their dream jobs?

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3.Chinese parents think that          .

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4.According to this passage the writer thinks         .

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從對話后的方框中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)倪x項補(bǔ)全對話。

M: I hear there’s going to be a basketball match this Sunday. Tom and I are going to watch it. 1.          

W: Of course. Basketball is my favorite, but I have no ticket to the match. What a pity!

M: You’re lucky. I have some free tickets. 2.      

W: Great!  3.        

M: Let’s meet at the bus stop at half past five.

W: I think there must be a big crowd of people there at that time. 4.           

M: OK. See you at five o’clock.

W: See you.

Failure is what often happens. It is everywhere in our life. Students may fail in exams, scientists may fail in their research work, and players may fail in competitions. (A) Although failure happens to everyone, but different people’s attitudes(態(tài)度) towards failure are different.

Some people don’t think that their failure is an important thing at all. So they pay no attention to it. As a result, they will have the (B)      failure later. Some people think they themselves are fools and lose their hearts in everything after they get a failure. Then they(C)      

their time and energy on useless things. At last, they may really be fools as they have thought.

（D）Other people are quite different from these two kinds of people mentioned above. Instead of being hopeless and lost, they draw a lesson from every failure and become more experienced. (E) they, after, will ,hard, in, work, be , the, successful , end. So we should draw a lesson from every failure and become more experienced.

任務(wù)一: 1. (A)處句中有一處錯誤，請找出并改正。（可用文字?jǐn)⑹觯?/p>

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任務(wù)二: 2. 在( B )、(C )處的橫線上分別填上一個單詞（B）        （C）           

任務(wù)三：3.將(D)處句子譯成漢語：                                              。

任務(wù)四: 4.將(E)處的單詞連成句子：                                           

任務(wù)五: 5.請從下面的選項中給短文選個標(biāo)題，將答案標(biāo)號填在此橫線上：             

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根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和首字母的提示，把所缺單詞填寫在短文后面的橫線上。You have probably never heard of Amy Winterbourne, but she is a most

u70   woman. She lives in a house that she built herself out o 71 trash. Well, the stuff used to be called trash, but now it’s called“recycled”material. The windows and doors came from old buildings around the town that were being pulled down. The walls are made from old glass bottles that are g 72   together. The roof is made from d 73    tiles. And the fence is built out of used soda cans. Amy recently won an a74   from the Help Save Our Planet Society. The president Jackson Smith said, “Amy is an i 75      to us all.”

1. u                   2. o              3. g?          

4.d                    5. a              6. i               

近來由于極端天氣，我國長江中下游發(fā)生了特大旱情，致使小河斷流，湖泊干涸，魚類死亡，湖底成了牧場。請結(jié)合下面的提示詞，以“Let’s Do Something to Save Our Environment”為題寫一篇80字左右的短文。內(nèi)容應(yīng)包括從干旱引出的環(huán)境現(xiàn)狀、環(huán)保意識到節(jié)水，節(jié)能，控制污染等環(huán)保措施方面的描述。首句已給出，不計入字?jǐn)?shù)。

提示詞： bad weather, bottom（底部）, river, lake, grass land, save water, drop, tap（水龍頭）, energy, turn on / off, recycle, control pollution, tears(眼淚).

要求： 1. 條理清楚，有表明自己觀點(diǎn)的句子。

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?    3. 短文中應(yīng)盡量包括提示內(nèi)容，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，但不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)的人名、地名。

Let’s Do Something to Save Our Environment

?It is recently reported that some rivers and lakes have dried up in South China.            ?

—How many      are there in the basket?

    —There’s only one.

     A. tomatoes          B. potatos           C. carrotes