学生姓名：_______________ 上课时间：_______________
一．单选
1.. --- Have you ever been to Shanghai?
--- Yes, I ______ there a few months ago.
A.have been B. went
A.have sold out
A.In abroad
A.true C. have gone D. have gone to D. sell out 2. The shopkeeper said that they _______ the shoes for my size. B. sold out C. had sold out 3. He has lived ____ for many years. B. at abroad C. abroad D. to abroad D. truth 4. The girl’s dream came _____ in the end. B. truly C. truely
5. --- How was your trip?
--- Great. It was the most interesting tour I had ___ had.
A.never B. ever C. hardly D. always
6. --- Have you ever heard of the man called Xing Liyuan?
--- Yes. Recently he gave away ____ yuan to build a new school in Baoting.
A.millions of B. million of C. million D. several million of
7. ---Do you like the material?
---Yes, it _______ very soft.
A is feeling B felt C feels D is felt
8. The cost of living _______ by ten percent before the government took any action.
A was going B went up C had gone up D has gone up
9.It ______ 20 years since they ______ to China.
A. was, came B. was, have come
C. is, have come D. is, came
10. ----Nowadays my hometown has taken a new look. It is so wonderful.
----Really. Great changes _______________during the past 30 years.
A. have taken place B. are taken place C. took place D. take place
11.----We ____how to drive already.
----When ______ you learn?
----Two years ago!
A. learned, does B. learned, did
C. have learned, does D. have learned, did
12.---Have you finished your homework ______?
----No,_________.
A. already, not yet B. yet, not yet
C. already, I haven’t D. ever, not yet
13.. ―What' re we going to do?‖ ―I don't feel __________tonight.‖
A. like to read B. like I'm going to read
C. reading D. like reading
14.______you __________ the film before ? Where _____ you ____ it ?
A. Have seen,did see B. Did see,did watch
C. Have seen,have seen D. Did see,have seen
15.They look _____.behave even______.
A.different differently B.differently differently
C.differently different D.different different
16. He is not feeling. ______now.
A. good B. well C. best D. Nice
17.–These farmers have been to the United States. –Really? When ______ there?
A. will they go B. did they go C. do they go D. have they gone
18. –When _______ you _______ your homework?
--I had finished it before he _______ back.
A. have; finished; came B. have; finished; was coming
C. did; finish; came D. did; finish; was coming
19.It was _______ bad weather that we decided not to go there.
A．so B．such C．very D．quite
20. --- You bought a nice CD.
--- Thank you. It doesn’t ________ me too much.
A. spend B. pay C. cost D. use
二、完形填空
A
It's hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. ____1____ out of the house and do things that will put you in touch with (接触) other people. For example, ____2____ a club or play a sport, attend meetings or ____3____ groups. It's easier to make friends when you have lots of interests.
Learn from people who have friends and watch carefully ____4____ they make and keep friends. Don’t do all the things they do, but ____5____ what they do. Then try some of those things yourself.
Don't be ____6____ to show people what you're really good at. Talk about the things you ____7____. People will be interested in you ____8____ there is something interesting about you.
Be a good ____9____. Let people talk about themselves ____10____ talking about yourself. Ask lots of questions and show an interest in their answers.
( ) 1.A.Work B. Play C. Look D. Get
( ) 2.A.call B. join C. set D. open
( ) 3.A.other B. the others C. others D. the other
( ) 4.A.how B. when C.what D. where
( ) 5.A.record B. notice C. know D. forget
( ) 6.A.polite B. excite C. afraid D. stupid
( ) 7.A.hate B. play C. make D. like
( ) 8.A.Whether B. although C. if D. as
( ) 9.A. thinker
( ) 10.A. before B. listener C. writer D. reader B. after C. during D. until
B
Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as ____1____ as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?
ZhengChenyu says that she would worry
Although Zheng believes that basic life skills, such as cooking and washing clothes, are ____5____ important, she doesn't think teenagers get enough practice.
Most teenagers have only had time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills ____7____ they go to college.
However, SimaYige doesn't think so.
( ) 1.A.easy B. important C. hard
( ) 2.A.many B. little C. few
( ) 3.A.mustn’t B. shouldn’t C. wouldn’t
( ) 4.A.anything B. something C. everything
( ) 5.A.probably B. nearly C. already
( ) 6.A.cook B. cooking C. to cook
( ) 7.A.after B. until C. when
( ) 8.A.because B. because of C. although
( ) 9.A. idea B. way C. opinion
( ) 10.A. much more B. many more C. too much
三、阅读理解 D. boring D. much D. can’t D. nothing D. especially D. cooked D. since D. and D. advice D. too many
A
When we ask students what they would like to be, they often talk about usual jobs, things like doctors or teachers. But if you think about it, many people don’t plan to do their jobs. They just start doing them by accident. We have talked to two people with unusual jobs.
Charlen is a dentist but she doesn’t work with people. She works with horses. After
university, she took care of animals’medical health for several years, but she noticed that there were few people who could help with horses’teeth. She decided to go back to college and study again. Then she had to buy special tools, but she’s never out of work. She’s always very busy taking care of horses’teeth.―I couldn’t be a dentist for people now,‖Charlene said, because I really enjoy working with horses.‖
As soon as Mike could read, he read books about robots. But the robots he builds today don’t like the strange robots people in his books. He builds robots for science, maths and computers so that he could break into the world of robot engineering. ―Some of the maths is very difficult,‖ says Mike. ―But you must study maths to be an engineer.‖ Fortunately, he got top marks in all his maths exams.
1. In order to become a horse dentist, Charlene ______.
A. worked on farms for several years B. studied in college for several years
C. was out of work D. worked in a hospital
2. Charlene doesn’t want to be a dentist for people because ______.
A. the pays is low B. she has to buy special tools
C. she likes working with horses D. she will be out of work
3. To become a robot engineer, Mike ______.
A. had to study hard B. didn’t have to go to college
C. needed to worry D. bought a lot of robots
4. Mike got top marks in all his maths exams, although ______.
A. he had to study maths to be an engineer
B. he could break into the world of robot engineering
C. he made up his mind to study science, maths and computers
D. maths was not easy to study
5.What is his robot used for?
A. teaching B. doing housework
C.working D. learning
B
We were standing at the top of a church not far from my home. I didn’t know why.
Earlier that day I asked mother to do something about what we had for lunch at school. But she didn’t think the food was as bad as I said. When I turned to father for help, he brought me to the church.
At school the next day, I filled a bottle with the soup for our lunch and took it home. I told the cook to pour the soup in a plate and bring it to mother. She drank it and cried out, ―What’s the matter with the soup today?‖ I at once told her what I had done, and mother said that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day.
Now I really understood why father had taken me to the church. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every way to my goal.
A. play some games B. see the square C. show her the way D. give her a lesson
7. Elsa really wanted her mother to A. cook something better for her lunch B. have lunch with her at school
C. talk the matter over with the teachers D. tell the cook to work harder
8.Why did elsa’s mother agree to do something about the matter?
A. the writer tried a better way to her goal
B. the girl brought something home from school
C. she thought what the cook said was true
D. Elsa’s father stood on her side and talked to her mother
9. Elsa’s father’s words mean A. one can reach the square in many ways
B. never stopping trying to get to your goal
C. it’s difficult to talk anything to Elsa’s mother
D. you can’t get what you want easily when you are young
10.When A. she saw the streets to the square.
B. she had the idea of bringing the soup home.
C. she tried every way to get to her goal at school.
D. she began her own life as a fashion designer.
C
We provide summer English courses and you will enjoy learning about American culture and improve your English. The courses last for 4 weeks. They start at the beginning of July and August. Our teachers are very experienced. They teach English classes for 4 hours a day. You can choose between small groups of 2 or 3, or larger groups of up to 15. We provide weekly tests to see the progress you’re making with your language skills. We also provide books and other materials.
As well as learning English, we want you to experience life in the USA. You live with an American family and take part in American life. You have meals with them and do some activities with them, too. This is the most interesting part of the course. Many families create friendships with the students. Of course, if you prefer, we can arrange hotel accommodation.
Of course, you can do many things in Los Angeles. Every day we have activities after class. You can choose to take trips to Hollywood, Disneyland or the famous beaches around LA. You can also go to various shopping centres, sports centres, movies and concerts. There are also weekend visits organized to San Francisco and other places of interest in California.
Well, if you’re interested, please fill in our application form where you will also find our list of prices. The course must be paid for one month before it begins.
11. How long do the English courses last?
A. 4 days. B. 2 weeks. C. 3 weeks. D. 4 weeks.
12. Why do organizers (组织者) advise students to live with American families?
A. Students are not rich enough to live in hotels.
B. Students can have meals with American families.
C. Students can experience life in the USA.
D. Students can teach American how to cook Chinese food
13. What’s the title of Paragraph 3?
A. Teaching B. Accommodation and Food
C. Sightseeing and Other Activities D. The Famous Beaches Around LA
14. What’s the passage about?
A. A description of an English book.
B. A description of an English course.
C. A description of life in Los Angeles.
D. A description of weekend visits to San Francisco.
D
Now, more and more cities are facing problems, such as high housing costs, pollution and crime. Let’s see what people in Hyderabad, India and in Sao Paulo, Brazil do to solve (解决) the problems.
Hyderabad, India
To improve people’s lives, Hyderabad is planting more and more trees. The city is green to a city has a number of advantages. For example, trees make the air cleaner. In Hyderabad, streets were grey and dirty in the past. However, today they are filled with trees and flowers, making the city cleaner and more colourful. Green areas also give people places to relax or exercise. A study in the USA shows an interesting thing: the greener a neighborhood is, the less crime there is.
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Many people work in the centre of Sao Paulo, but they don’t live there. They’ve spread out to neighborhoods outside the city because housing is cheaper. Every day, these people travel into the city, and traffic is very heavy. City planners are using different ways to deal with (处理) the problem. First, they are building better subways. Another goal is to make it cheaper for people to live in the downtown area (中心区). Doing this will reduce traffic and pollution in the city.
15. What does the underlined word ―greener‖ mean?
A. Taller. B. Easier.
C. Better for the environment. D. More brightly coloured.
16. Which advantage of making Hyderabad greener is NOT talked about in the passage?
A. It helps people work better. B. It makes the city cleaner.
C. It reduces crime. D. It makes it easier to exercise.
17. According to the passage, what problem does Sao Paulo have?
A. A lot of people don’t have jobs.
B. Too many people live in the city centre.
C. A lot of people are moving out of the city.
D. Too many people travel into the city every day.四、完成句子 1.将来也许有可能到太阳系外面去旅行。 In future, it may be possible to travel beyond the ________ ________.
2. 你如果吃糖过多，必然会胃痛。
If you eat too much candy, a________ _________ will follow.
3.他感冒了。
He has ________ ________ ________.
4.护士正在给病人量体温。
A nurse is ________ the patient’s ________.
5.已经参加活动的人们都有票。
People who have ________ ________ ________ the activity had tickets. 6. 他就其年龄而言，身体极好。
He's ________ ________ ________ for a man of his age.
7. 我感觉很难受因为牙特别疼。
I________ ________because I had terrible toothache.
8.全世界人民热爱和平
People________ _________ the world love peace.
9.我刚才禁不住想起我幸福的童年。
I ________ ________ ________ ________ my happy childhood just now. 10. 波特系列自进入市场，就赢得了全世界青少年的心。
Potter series_______ ______ _______ _______ _______teenagers all over the world since it came into market.
五、补全对话
The Smiths are going to Haikou for a holiday. Now Mr. Smith is booking rooms in Dalian by telephone.
Woman — W Mr. Smith — S
W: Hello. The Seaside Hotel.1. ______
S: Yes, please. I’d like to book two rooms for the coming weekend.
W: Next weekend,2. ______
S: Oh! Just two nights.
W: OK. Two nights.From Friday or Saturday?
S: Friday.
W: Friday, July 1st ... And do you need single rooms or double rooms?
S: 3. ______
W: Right. Two double rooms for Friday and Saturday, July 1st and 2nd.
S: 4. ______
W: Well, it’s 400 yuan per night, with breakfast.
S: I see. Can I book the rooms now, please?
W: Certainly. 5. ______
S: Rick Smith.
六、任务型阅读
A
More countries have English as the official language than any other language, with around 400 million native speakers around the world. Do you know which English word was the hottest in 2011?
According to a study by the Global Language Monitor(全球语言监测机构), the most commonly used English word on the Internet and in print this year was ―occupy‖(占领).
For cultural commentator(评论员)Peter York, the popularity was very understandable. ―There has been a lot of occupying going on in terms of land, cities and countries,‖ he said.
To occupy can mean to live or to be in a place. Sometimes it means to enter a place in a large group and take control of it, especially by military force(军事力量). ―Occupy‖ came out on top largely because of the second meaning.
One of the most famous ―occupy‖ movements is happening now. On September 17, a group of people gathered in Zuccotti Park near Wall Street in New York to show their anger towards unemployment(失业)，social inequality(不公平), US business and other problems. The anger soon became a worldwide movement. Many people joined in the protests because they lost their jobs and feel that society is unfair.
―Deficit(赤字)‖ was the second word on the list. Deficit means the difference between the amount of something that you have and the higher amount that you need. This word is hot because many countries are facing economic problems.
Steve Jobs, the Apple CEO who passed away in October, was the
top name of 2011. Osama bin Laden, who was the leader terrorist
organization al-Qaida, came in second on the name list. The new
princess of the UK, Kate Middleton was number six.
1. Which English word was the hottest in 2011?
2. How many meanings of ―occupy‖ are mentioned in the passage?
3. One of the most famous ―occupy‖ movements happened in the US, didn’t it? , 4. Why was the word ―Deficit‖ hot?
5. Who is Steve Jobs?
6. Can you list one more hot word and tell why it is hot?
B
Louis Braille was born in Coupvray, France. He was a very small child. Unluckily, at the age of four, he became blind by accident. Louis began attending school in his town when he was seven years old.
Three years later, Louis and his father traveled to Paris. There, he went to a school
for blind children. One day a French soldier, Charles Barbier, visited the school. Barbier invented a system of night-reading. This system used small dots for the letters. Soldiers used this system in time of war. Barbier thought this system could help the blind to read.
Soon Braille discovered that there were some shortcoming (缺点) in Barbier’s system, but it gave Louis a brilliant idea. He improved Barbier’s system. By the age of fifteen, his new system was completed! Now he wanted blind schools to try his system. Luck went against him again. The school refused to use his system. Louis died in 1852 in Paris at the age of forty-three.
Two years after he died, the blind schools began to use his system. Today we call this system Braille in honour of Louis Braille. His system is used for all languages, and for
七、首字母填空 A
Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel c_______ to someone. It is nice to have a friend to t_______, laugh, and do things with. Surely, sometimes we need to be alone. We don’t always want people a______. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are just the same. Sometimes friends don’t g_______ on well. It doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up(重归于好) and become friends again.
Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very s______. We miss them very much. But we call them and write to them. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out h______ much we like new people when we get to know them.
There is more good n_______ for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t. Why? It could be that they are happier. B_______ happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone c_______ about you, you take better care of yourself. B
A teenage girl couldn’t stand her parents’ family rules, so she left home. She wanted to be famous. But she had p_______ education and several years later she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has d_______. Her mother is an old woman.
But she is still l_______ for her daughter. She has been to every c_______ of the city. Everywhere she goes, she puts up a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes,―I still love you . . . , come b_______ home!‖
One day, the d_______ saw one of the photos. The face was familiar（熟悉）. ―Is that my mother?‖ she moved closer and read the w_______ ―I still love you ...‖ She cried. When she got home, it was early morning. She knocked on the door. The door o_______ itself. She rushed to her mother’s bedroom. Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up,―It’s me! Your daughter is back home!‖ The mother and daughter held each other, full of h_______ tears. The daughter asked, ―Why is the door not locked? A thief could get in.‖ The mother answered softly, ―The door has never been locked since you left.‖ The door of p_______ love for their children will never be closed.
八、书面表达
六月六日是―全国爱眼日‖。为此，某中学生英文报拟组织一次征文活动。请你结合生活实际写一篇题目为《如何保护眼睛》的征文稿，内容要点包括：
1、眼睛的重要性；
2、保护眼睛的措施：
（1）不要长时间看书报；
（2）不要在太强或者太弱的光线下看书；
（3）坚持做眼保健操；
……
注意：词数：80～100；不要逐条翻译，可适当发挥。
How to Protect Our Eyes
学生姓名：_______________ 上课时间：_______________
一．单选
1.. --- Have you ever been to Shanghai?
--- Yes, I ______ there a few months ago.
A.have been B. went
A.have sold out
A.In abroad
A.true C. have gone D. have gone to D. sell out 2. The shopkeeper said that they _______ the shoes for my size. B. sold out C. had sold out 3. He has lived ____ for many years. B. at abroad C. abroad D. to abroad D. truth 4. The girl’s dream came _____ in the end. B. truly C. truely
5. --- How was your trip?
--- Great. It was the most interesting tour I had ___ had.
A.never B. ever C. hardly D. always
6. --- Have you ever heard of the man called Xing Liyuan?
--- Yes. Recently he gave away ____ yuan to build a new school in Baoting.
A.millions of B. million of C. million D. several million of
7. ---Do you like the material?
---Yes, it _______ very soft.
A is feeling B felt C feels D is felt
8. The cost of living _______ by ten percent before the government took any action.
A was going B went up C had gone up D has gone up
9.It ______ 20 years since they ______ to China.
A. was, came B. was, have come
C. is, have come D. is, came
10. ----Nowadays my hometown has taken a new look. It is so wonderful.
----Really. Great changes _______________during the past 30 years.
A. have taken place B. are taken place C. took place D. take place
11.----We ____how to drive already.
----When ______ you learn?
----Two years ago!
A. learned, does B. learned, did
C. have learned, does D. have learned, did
12.---Have you finished your homework ______?
----No,_________.
A. already, not yet B. yet, not yet
C. already, I haven’t D. ever, not yet
13.. ―What' re we going to do?‖ ―I don't feel __________tonight.‖
A. like to read B. like I'm going to read
C. reading D. like reading
14.______you __________ the film before ? Where _____ you ____ it ?
A. Have seen,did see B. Did see,did watch
C. Have seen,have seen D. Did see,have seen
15.They look _____.behave even______.
A.different differently B.differently differently
C.differently different D.different different
16. He is not feeling. ______now.
A. good B. well C. best D. Nice
17.–These farmers have been to the United States. –Really? When ______ there?
A. will they go B. did they go C. do they go D. have they gone
18. –When _______ you _______ your homework?
--I had finished it before he _______ back.
A. have; finished; came B. have; finished; was coming
C. did; finish; came D. did; finish; was coming
19.It was _______ bad weather that we decided not to go there.
A．so B．such C．very D．quite
20. --- You bought a nice CD.
--- Thank you. It doesn’t ________ me too much.
A. spend B. pay C. cost D. use
二、完形填空
A
It's hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. ____1____ out of the house and do things that will put you in touch with (接触) other people. For example, ____2____ a club or play a sport, attend meetings or ____3____ groups. It's easier to make friends when you have lots of interests.
Learn from people who have friends and watch carefully ____4____ they make and keep friends. Don’t do all the things they do, but ____5____ what they do. Then try some of those things yourself.
Don't be ____6____ to show people what you're really good at. Talk about the things you ____7____. People will be interested in you ____8____ there is something interesting about you.
Be a good ____9____. Let people talk about themselves ____10____ talking about yourself. Ask lots of questions and show an interest in their answers.
( ) 1.A.Work B. Play C. Look D. Get
( ) 2.A.call B. join C. set D. open
( ) 3.A.other B. the others C. others D. the other
( ) 4.A.how B. when C.what D. where
( ) 5.A.record B. notice C. know D. forget
( ) 6.A.polite B. excite C. afraid D. stupid
( ) 7.A.hate B. play C. make D. like
( ) 8.A.Whether B. although C. if D. as
( ) 9.A. thinker
( ) 10.A. before B. listener C. writer D. reader B. after C. during D. until
B
Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as ____1____ as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?
ZhengChenyu says that she would worry
Although Zheng believes that basic life skills, such as cooking and washing clothes, are ____5____ important, she doesn't think teenagers get enough practice.
Most teenagers have only had time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills ____7____ they go to college.
However, SimaYige doesn't think so.
( ) 1.A.easy B. important C. hard
( ) 2.A.many B. little C. few
( ) 3.A.mustn’t B. shouldn’t C. wouldn’t
( ) 4.A.anything B. something C. everything
( ) 5.A.probably B. nearly C. already
( ) 6.A.cook B. cooking C. to cook
( ) 7.A.after B. until C. when
( ) 8.A.because B. because of C. although
( ) 9.A. idea B. way C. opinion
( ) 10.A. much more B. many more C. too much
三、阅读理解 D. boring D. much D. can’t D. nothing D. especially D. cooked D. since D. and D. advice D. too many
A
When we ask students what they would like to be, they often talk about usual jobs, things like doctors or teachers. But if you think about it, many people don’t plan to do their jobs. They just start doing them by accident. We have talked to two people with unusual jobs.
Charlen is a dentist but she doesn’t work with people. She works with horses. After
university, she took care of animals’medical health for several years, but she noticed that there were few people who could help with horses’teeth. She decided to go back to college and study again. Then she had to buy special tools, but she’s never out of work. She’s always very busy taking care of horses’teeth.―I couldn’t be a dentist for people now,‖Charlene said, because I really enjoy working with horses.‖
As soon as Mike could read, he read books about robots. But the robots he builds today don’t like the strange robots people in his books. He builds robots for science, maths and computers so that he could break into the world of robot engineering. ―Some of the maths is very difficult,‖ says Mike. ―But you must study maths to be an engineer.‖ Fortunately, he got top marks in all his maths exams.
1. In order to become a horse dentist, Charlene ______.
A. worked on farms for several years B. studied in college for several years
C. was out of work D. worked in a hospital
2. Charlene doesn’t want to be a dentist for people because ______.
A. the pays is low B. she has to buy special tools
C. she likes working with horses D. she will be out of work
3. To become a robot engineer, Mike ______.
A. had to study hard B. didn’t have to go to college
C. needed to worry D. bought a lot of robots
4. Mike got top marks in all his maths exams, although ______.
A. he had to study maths to be an engineer
B. he could break into the world of robot engineering
C. he made up his mind to study science, maths and computers
D. maths was not easy to study
5.What is his robot used for?
A. teaching B. doing housework
C.working D. learning
B
We were standing at the top of a church not far from my home. I didn’t know why.
Earlier that day I asked mother to do something about what we had for lunch at school. But she didn’t think the food was as bad as I said. When I turned to father for help, he brought me to the church.
At school the next day, I filled a bottle with the soup for our lunch and took it home. I told the cook to pour the soup in a plate and bring it to mother. She drank it and cried out, ―What’s the matter with the soup today?‖ I at once told her what I had done, and mother said that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day.
Now I really understood why father had taken me to the church. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every way to my goal.
A. play some games B. see the square C. show her the way D. give her a lesson
7. Elsa really wanted her mother to A. cook something better for her lunch B. have lunch with her at school
C. talk the matter over with the teachers D. tell the cook to work harder
8.Why did elsa’s mother agree to do something about the matter?
A. the writer tried a better way to her goal
B. the girl brought something home from school
C. she thought what the cook said was true
D. Elsa’s father stood on her side and talked to her mother
9. Elsa’s father’s words mean A. one can reach the square in many ways
B. never stopping trying to get to your goal
C. it’s difficult to talk anything to Elsa’s mother
D. you can’t get what you want easily when you are young
10.When A. she saw the streets to the square.
B. she had the idea of bringing the soup home.
C. she tried every way to get to her goal at school.
D. she began her own life as a fashion designer.
C
We provide summer English courses and you will enjoy learning about American culture and improve your English. The courses last for 4 weeks. They start at the beginning of July and August. Our teachers are very experienced. They teach English classes for 4 hours a day. You can choose between small groups of 2 or 3, or larger groups of up to 15. We provide weekly tests to see the progress you’re making with your language skills. We also provide books and other materials.
As well as learning English, we want you to experience life in the USA. You live with an American family and take part in American life. You have meals with them and do some activities with them, too. This is the most interesting part of the course. Many families create friendships with the students. Of course, if you prefer, we can arrange hotel accommodation.
Of course, you can do many things in Los Angeles. Every day we have activities after class. You can choose to take trips to Hollywood, Disneyland or the famous beaches around LA. You can also go to various shopping centres, sports centres, movies and concerts. There are also weekend visits organized to San Francisco and other places of interest in California.
Well, if you’re interested, please fill in our application form where you will also find our list of prices. The course must be paid for one month before it begins.
11. How long do the English courses last?
A. 4 days. B. 2 weeks. C. 3 weeks. D. 4 weeks.
12. Why do organizers (组织者) advise students to live with American families?
A. Students are not rich enough to live in hotels.
B. Students can have meals with American families.
C. Students can experience life in the USA.
D. Students can teach American how to cook Chinese food
13. What’s the title of Paragraph 3?
A. Teaching B. Accommodation and Food
C. Sightseeing and Other Activities D. The Famous Beaches Around LA
14. What’s the passage about?
A. A description of an English book.
B. A description of an English course.
C. A description of life in Los Angeles.
D. A description of weekend visits to San Francisco.
D
Now, more and more cities are facing problems, such as high housing costs, pollution and crime. Let’s see what people in Hyderabad, India and in Sao Paulo, Brazil do to solve (解决) the problems.
Hyderabad, India
To improve people’s lives, Hyderabad is planting more and more trees. The city is green to a city has a number of advantages. For example, trees make the air cleaner. In Hyderabad, streets were grey and dirty in the past. However, today they are filled with trees and flowers, making the city cleaner and more colourful. Green areas also give people places to relax or exercise. A study in the USA shows an interesting thing: the greener a neighborhood is, the less crime there is.
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Many people work in the centre of Sao Paulo, but they don’t live there. They’ve spread out to neighborhoods outside the city because housing is cheaper. Every day, these people travel into the city, and traffic is very heavy. City planners are using different ways to deal with (处理) the problem. First, they are building better subways. Another goal is to make it cheaper for people to live in the downtown area (中心区). Doing this will reduce traffic and pollution in the city.
15. What does the underlined word ―greener‖ mean?
A. Taller. B. Easier.
C. Better for the environment. D. More brightly coloured.
16. Which advantage of making Hyderabad greener is NOT talked about in the passage?
A. It helps people work better. B. It makes the city cleaner.
C. It reduces crime. D. It makes it easier to exercise.
17. According to the passage, what problem does Sao Paulo have?
A. A lot of people don’t have jobs.
B. Too many people live in the city centre.
C. A lot of people are moving out of the city.
D. Too many people travel into the city every day.四、完成句子 1.将来也许有可能到太阳系外面去旅行。 In future, it may be possible to travel beyond the ________ ________.
2. 你如果吃糖过多，必然会胃痛。
If you eat too much candy, a________ _________ will follow.
3.他感冒了。
He has ________ ________ ________.
4.护士正在给病人量体温。
A nurse is ________ the patient’s ________.
5.已经参加活动的人们都有票。
People who have ________ ________ ________ the activity had tickets. 6. 他就其年龄而言，身体极好。
He's ________ ________ ________ for a man of his age.
7. 我感觉很难受因为牙特别疼。
I________ ________because I had terrible toothache.
8.全世界人民热爱和平
People________ _________ the world love peace.
9.我刚才禁不住想起我幸福的童年。
I ________ ________ ________ ________ my happy childhood just now. 10. 波特系列自进入市场，就赢得了全世界青少年的心。
Potter series_______ ______ _______ _______ _______teenagers all over the world since it came into market.
五、补全对话
The Smiths are going to Haikou for a holiday. Now Mr. Smith is booking rooms in Dalian by telephone.
Woman — W Mr. Smith — S
W: Hello. The Seaside Hotel.1. ______
S: Yes, please. I’d like to book two rooms for the coming weekend.
W: Next weekend,2. ______
S: Oh! Just two nights.
W: OK. Two nights.From Friday or Saturday?
S: Friday.
W: Friday, July 1st ... And do you need single rooms or double rooms?
S: 3. ______
W: Right. Two double rooms for Friday and Saturday, July 1st and 2nd.
S: 4. ______
W: Well, it’s 400 yuan per night, with breakfast.
S: I see. Can I book the rooms now, please?
W: Certainly. 5. ______
S: Rick Smith.
六、任务型阅读
A
More countries have English as the official language than any other language, with around 400 million native speakers around the world. Do you know which English word was the hottest in 2011?
According to a study by the Global Language Monitor(全球语言监测机构), the most commonly used English word on the Internet and in print this year was ―occupy‖(占领).
For cultural commentator(评论员)Peter York, the popularity was very understandable. ―There has been a lot of occupying going on in terms of land, cities and countries,‖ he said.
To occupy can mean to live or to be in a place. Sometimes it means to enter a place in a large group and take control of it, especially by military force(军事力量). ―Occupy‖ came out on top largely because of the second meaning.
One of the most famous ―occupy‖ movements is happening now. On September 17, a group of people gathered in Zuccotti Park near Wall Street in New York to show their anger towards unemployment(失业)，social inequality(不公平), US business and other problems. The anger soon became a worldwide movement. Many people joined in the protests because they lost their jobs and feel that society is unfair.
―Deficit(赤字)‖ was the second word on the list. Deficit means the difference between the amount of something that you have and the higher amount that you need. This word is hot because many countries are facing economic problems.
Steve Jobs, the Apple CEO who passed away in October, was the
top name of 2011. Osama bin Laden, who was the leader terrorist
organization al-Qaida, came in second on the name list. The new
princess of the UK, Kate Middleton was number six.
1. Which English word was the hottest in 2011?
2. How many meanings of ―occupy‖ are mentioned in the passage?
3. One of the most famous ―occupy‖ movements happened in the US, didn’t it? , 4. Why was the word ―Deficit‖ hot?
5. Who is Steve Jobs?
6. Can you list one more hot word and tell why it is hot?
B
Louis Braille was born in Coupvray, France. He was a very small child. Unluckily, at the age of four, he became blind by accident. Louis began attending school in his town when he was seven years old.
Three years later, Louis and his father traveled to Paris. There, he went to a school
for blind children. One day a French soldier, Charles Barbier, visited the school. Barbier invented a system of night-reading. This system used small dots for the letters. Soldiers used this system in time of war. Barbier thought this system could help the blind to read.
Soon Braille discovered that there were some shortcoming (缺点) in Barbier’s system, but it gave Louis a brilliant idea. He improved Barbier’s system. By the age of fifteen, his new system was completed! Now he wanted blind schools to try his system. Luck went against him again. The school refused to use his system. Louis died in 1852 in Paris at the age of forty-three.
Two years after he died, the blind schools began to use his system. Today we call this system Braille in honour of Louis Braille. His system is used for all languages, and for
七、首字母填空 A
Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel c_______ to someone. It is nice to have a friend to t_______, laugh, and do things with. Surely, sometimes we need to be alone. We don’t always want people a______. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are just the same. Sometimes friends don’t g_______ on well. It doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up(重归于好) and become friends again.
Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very s______. We miss them very much. But we call them and write to them. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out h______ much we like new people when we get to know them.
There is more good n_______ for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t. Why? It could be that they are happier. B_______ happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone c_______ about you, you take better care of yourself. B
A teenage girl couldn’t stand her parents’ family rules, so she left home. She wanted to be famous. But she had p_______ education and several years later she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has d_______. Her mother is an old woman.
But she is still l_______ for her daughter. She has been to every c_______ of the city. Everywhere she goes, she puts up a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes,―I still love you . . . , come b_______ home!‖
One day, the d_______ saw one of the photos. The face was familiar（熟悉）. ―Is that my mother?‖ she moved closer and read the w_______ ―I still love you ...‖ She cried. When she got home, it was early morning. She knocked on the door. The door o_______ itself. She rushed to her mother’s bedroom. Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up,―It’s me! Your daughter is back home!‖ The mother and daughter held each other, full of h_______ tears. The daughter asked, ―Why is the door not locked? A thief could get in.‖ The mother answered softly, ―The door has never been locked since you left.‖ The door of p_______ love for their children will never be closed.
八、书面表达
六月六日是―全国爱眼日‖。为此，某中学生英文报拟组织一次征文活动。请你结合生活实际写一篇题目为《如何保护眼睛》的征文稿，内容要点包括：
1、眼睛的重要性；
2、保护眼睛的措施：
（1）不要长时间看书报；
（2）不要在太强或者太弱的光线下看书；
（3）坚持做眼保健操；
……
注意：词数：80～100；不要逐条翻译，可适当发挥。
How to Protect Our Eyes