Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how languages first began, but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. However, we do know a lot about languages, the languages of today and also the languages of earlier times. There are probably about 3,000 languages in the world today. Chinese is the language with the most speakers. English, Russian and Spanish are also spoken by many millions of people. On the other hand, some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.

There are several important families of languages in the world. For example, most of the languages of Europe are in one large family called Indo-European. The original (最初的) language of this family was spoken about 4,500 years ago. Many of the present day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4,500 yeas ago.

Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time some even died out completely. About 1,000 years ago, English was a little-known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe.

If a language has a large number of speakers or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of speakers. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China can’t understand speakers from other parts.

The first paragraph mainly tells us that ____ .

       A. most people in the world speak Chinese

       B. there are thousands of languages in the world today

       C. man has much knowledge about languages

       D. some people know several languages

According to the passage, most European and Indian languages ____ .

       A. will soon die out completely    B. were once a relative of English

       C. are no longer spoken        D. come from the same family

According to the passage, ____ has the most speakers.

       A. Chinese      B. English      C. Spanish      D. German

According to the passage, ____ seems to have changed a lot.

       A. German     B. English      C. Spanish     D. Chinese

The underlined word dialect in the last paragraph probably means ____ .

       A. a special language spoken by Chinese

       B. the sign used by the Chinese people in a special area

       C. the difference between the old and today’s Chinese

      D. the form of a language used in one part of the country

假設(shè)你是李華，你新買的某外國品牌MP3出了故障，現(xiàn)你寫信到其公司反映問題。

[寫作內(nèi)容]

1. 購買日期：上個月；2. 故障：一周前屏幕 (screen) 壞了，看不見顯示內(nèi)容；

3. 已跟當(dāng)?shù)劁N售商家投訴，但其不能解決；

4. 要求：更換一臺新的，如不行則要求退貨、拿回貨款。

[寫作要求]

1．必須使用5個規(guī)范的英語句子表達全部的內(nèi)容。2．將5個句子組織成連貫的短文。

3．開頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫好（不算入要求的5句話里）。

Dear Sir or Madam,

Thanks for your attention. I’m writing to complain about your product.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    I am looking forward to your early reply.

                                                         Li Hua

----- Hey, Look where you’re going?

  ------ oh, I’m terribly sorry. ______.

A. I’m not noticing     B. I wasn’t noticing

C. I haven’t noticing    D. I don’t noticing

The thought of summer suggests _____.

   A. swimming     B. to swim       C. we swim     D. that he swims

Every possible means ________ to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.

A. is used     B. are used     C. has been used     D. have been used

I tried hard to get some information about the new technology from him, but he remained ______.

A.peaceful   B. skilful     C.silent      D.calm

  She is only 12 years old but lives only with her younger sister. Her parents are far away from home, and she has to take care of her younger sister. She is He Can, a student at Anqing Jiangzhen Middle School in Anhui, one of the “stay-at-home children” in her town. To make money, these kids’ parents go to big cities to find jobs. Their children have to stay at home because they have to go to school.    

       He Can’s parents left home when she was only four. They only come back for the Spring Festival every year. Because she had to live with different relatives at different times, He Can went to eight different primary schools.    

       “I used to complain,” she said. “But later I understood my parents. They have to go away to make a better life for us.” He Can said her frequently (頻繁地) changing life also has a good side.    

       “When I went to a new school, I had to try to make friends,” said He Can. “I became outgoing. Now I’m not afraid of talking to people.”    

       He Can said her relatives were kind to her. They taught her how to cook and wash clothes.     

       When He Can was going to start junior high school, her parents agreed to let her live out with her younger sister. She rents a house near the school. Sometimes their grandmother comes over and helps them.    

       Every day, He Can gets up at 6:00 am and cooks breakfast. Then the two girls go to school. They have supper at 6:00 pm. Then He Can does chores and helps her sister take a shower. She usually goes to bed at 9:30 pm.    

       Though busy, He Can is still a top student in her class. She said the secret is never to put things off until tomorrow.    

       “I think my life is OK,” she said. “But if possible, I would like my parents to settle down (安頓下來) and live with us.”

Why does He Can live only with her younger sister?

A. Because their parents don’t like them.       

B. Because their parents have to work in a big city.

C. Because they enjoy living by themselves.   

D. Because their schools are too far away from their home.

Where did He Can live before she started junior high school?

A. In her relatives’ houses.                   B. In her own house.

C. In a house she rented.                    D. In her school.

What does He Can think of changing schools so often?

A. She hates it and complains a lot about it.  

B. She thinks it good for her growth.

C. She enjoys it because she can make more friends.

D. She thinks it bad for her studies.

What is He Can’s secret of being top at studies though busy?

A. She often asks her relatives for help.  

B. She exercises a lot to make herself stronger.

C. She gives her sister some work to do. 

D. She tries to finish everything before going to bed.

You have no idea how she finished the relay race ______her foot wounded so much.

A. for                B. when                C. with                  D. while

第二節(jié)  書面表達（滿分20分）

目前，有些中學(xué)聘用外教承擔(dān)英語口語課教學(xué)。對此，你們班里的同學(xué)展開了討論。請根據(jù)以下要點寫一篇短文介紹討論的情況。

1．有人認為聘請外教的目的只是為了提高學(xué)校的知名度，并沒有什么實際意義；

2．有人認為外教可以幫助學(xué)生提高學(xué)習(xí)興趣，鍛煉口語；

3．你的看法。

注意：1．詞數(shù)120左右。

2．可以適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

3．開頭已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

There was a heated discussion in our class yesterday on the topic “Is it necessary to employ foreign teachers in middle schools?”.                                                   

 He had a lot of friends, only a few of ______ invited to his wedding.

    A. whom          B. them             C. which                   D. who