Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. So, I really not sure whether there was love between my parents. They didn’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I saw on TV, and it was ______ for them to send flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day(情人节).

One day, my mother was sewing(缝) a quilt. I ______ her if there was love between them. She stopped her work and looked up. I had never asked her such a question before, so her eyes were full of ______ . After thinking for a few minutes, she said, “Look at this thread (线). Sometimes it ______ , but most of the time it disappears in the quilt. If life is a quilt, then love______ a thread. You can ______ see the thread anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there, and makes the quilt long and strong.” I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her ______ the next spring.

My mother suddenly got seriously ill. Every morning and dusk (黄昏) after she went back from the hospital, my father helped my mother walk slowly on the country road. There were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees, and the sunshine gently fell on them ______ the leaves.

All of these made up the most beautiful picture in the world. Reading their eyes, I knew they loved each other and they ______ stay by each other’ s side when necessary.

Love was just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is ______, making life strong and warm.

1.A.possible B.impossible C.successful

2.A.asked B.told C.said

3.A.surprises B.sadness C.anger

4.A.appears B.grows C.mixes

5.A.is different from B.is similar to C.is far from

6.A.hardly B.usually C.always

7.A.after B.in C.until

8.A.across B.through C.under

9.A.were ready to B.happened to C.were up to

10.A.inside B.outside C.beside

Teresa, Madrid, Spain

My 21st birthday was in April. I was really happy to go out with some friends. They pulled my ears 21 times, once for each year. It’s an custom(习俗).

Francisco, Paris, France

I’m going to be 30 next Friday. In France, when you celebrate a birthday, you often invite people out. I know that in some countries it’s the opposite—people take you out.

Lin Xiaohan, Taipei, China

Yesterday was my 16th birthday. It was a special birthday, so we had a family dinner together. I was happy to get some money from my parents, My mother cooked noodles for me, because noodles are for a long life.

1.Who is the oldest of the three?

A.Teresa B.Francisco C.Lin Xiaohan

2.Lin Xiaohan had noodles on his 16th birthday because .

A.noodles are easy to cook B.noodles are delicious C.noodles are for a long life

Alien Books On Sale

7th February—15th February Ding Wangtai Book Market

60% off if you buy more than 10 books

#The BEST GIFT# for children during the Spring Festival Season

1.How much should you pay if you buy 12 Aliens are My Homework?

A.$ 72 B.$ 28.8 C.$ 43.2

2.How long will the book sale last(持续)?

A.7 days B.8 days C.9 days

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.You can buy the books as gifts for children

B.There are less than 20 books by Stephanie Spinner&Jonathan Etra

C.The most expensive book is available

Coco(《寻梦环游记》), Disney’ s latest cartoon movie, did a successful job in showing the afterlife and people’s memories(记忆) of their dead family members.

The movie comes from the Mexican(墨西哥) holiday of Dia de los Muertos(亡灵节). The young boy Miguel loves music so much. However, his family all say NO to his musical dream. That really lets him down, so he runs away from home. On Dia de los Muertos, he goes to the “Land of the Dead” by accident(偶然). There, Miguel meets his dead family members and has an adventure(冒险). Only after the experience does he know how much his family love him.

In the movie, the “Land of Dead” is not a scary place. There are friendly skeletons(骷髅). On Dia de los Muertos, they can cross a bridge of flowers to “visit” their living family members. As long as their family put their photos on a family shrine(神龛), they can do this every year. If not, their spirits(灵魂) will disappear into the air.

The movie sends a clear and warm message about the importance of family. Family is at the center of Mexican culture. On Dia de los Muertos, people in Mexico share food and drinks to remember their ancestors(祖先), just like the people in the movie. The movie teaches kids to keep and respect(尊重) the memory of their elders.

1.How does Miguel feel when his family say NO to him?

A.Happy B.Sad C.Free

2.When does Miguel realize(意识到) his family love him?

A.When his family all say NO to his musical dream

B.Before he meets his dead family members

C.After he has an adventure experience

3.What can we learn about the “Land of the Dead”?

A.Scary skeletons live on the “Land of the Dea”

B.There is a bridge of flowers for skeletons to visit living family members

C.The skeletons can also visit living family members if they don’t have photos on a family shrine

4.What is the most important thing in Mexican culture?

A.Family B.Money C.Food and drinks

5.What does the passage mainly(主要地) want to tell us?

A.The Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos

B.Disney’ s latest cartoon movie Coco

C.A young boy’s musical dream

Inventions makes our life easier and better than before. Time magazine listed the 25 best inventions in the Year 2017. Let’s take a look at some of them.

iPhone X

The iPhone X is a “dream come true”, says Apple. It has some wonderful features(特点). The greatest feature is that the face ID allows users to unlock(解锁) their phone just by looking at their iPhone. Another feature wireless charging(无线充电). A third fun feature allows users to create their own emojis(表情包). Just by looking at the screen, users can see emojis about themselves, such as talking pandas.

Social robot

Can robots talk to us like humans? Jibo can. When you say, “Hey, Jibo,” it will dance and turn round to you. When it talks to you, it will move its round head and big body. Although it has no eyes or mouth, Jibo uses animated icons(动画图标), such as a smile icon, to show how it feels. All of these features make it seem like a real human. Right now, Jibo can only do some easy things, like taking photos or reading the news to you. But it may learn to do new things in the future.

Fidget spinner

The fidget spinner(指尖陀螺) is probably the most popular toy this year. With a ball in the middle, it can twirl(旋转) around on your fingertip(指尖) for a few minutes. After it starts to spin, you can put it on a flat surface, such as on a ruler or even on the nose of a dog. Some people say that this little toy can help them to relax their mind. But it may not be a good thing to spend too much time playing with it.

1.What does the underlined word “inventions” in Para1 mean?

A.娱乐 B.沟通 C.发明

2.What is the biggest feature of iPhone X?

A.The face ID B.Wireless charging C.The emojis

3.What does Jibo use to show its feeling?

A.Its round head B.Body language C.Animated icons

4.To let a fidget spinner keep spinning, you should put it .

A.on a dog’s finger B.on a flat surface C.under a ruler

5.What is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The writer thinks inventions are helpful in our life

B.Four features about iPhone X are mentioned(被提到)

C.It’s good to play with a fidget spinner for a long time

The way we spend our time can be divided into three “bottles”. These are the necessary tasks(任务) bottle, the voluntary(自愿的) tasks bottle and the happiness bottle.

Every day, we spend time filling the necessary tasks bottle with useful things, like making money, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another bottle with voluntary tasks. These are things that we do for others, but we may not enjoy them. This bottle gets filled with tasks like taking children to activities, cooking family meals, and washing your husband’s socks. Those bottles are very important. If we don’t fill them each day, our family won’t run well.

However, we often forget to fill the third bottle—the happiness bottle that we fill with enjoyable activities. Is your happiness bottle sometimes empty at the end of the day? Between doing all the necessary and voluntary tasks, time flies fast, and before we know it, it is time for bed. We all have days like that.

This is why each day we must try to fill our happiness bottle. I usually fill mine by going to the dancing class. But this week, I had the happiness of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood. We showed our musical talent and practiced music for charity. It was a time of fun, friendship and music making. At the end of the evening, my happiness bottle was filled to top.

.Will your activities bring joy to your life? Are the other two tasks eating up all your time? Try to find ways to achieve a balance(平衡) between how you fill your three bottles.

1.Which activity is NOT a necessary task?

A.Making money B.Paying bills C.Sending your son to a piano lesson Sunday

2.What does the underlined word “it” mean in Paragraph 3?

A.Doing the necessary task B.Doing the voluntary task C.Time flies fast

3.How did the writer fill the happiness “bottle” this week?

A.By cooking meals for family

B.By going to the dancing class

C.By taking part in a guitar practice

4.Which of the following is the best for “ “ in the last paragraph?

A.Make sure to fill the necessary task bottles

B.So think about how you should spend your time

C.People will be happier by playing music.

5.What is the main idea of this passage?

A.We shouldn’t fill the task bottles with happiness

B.We should balance the three task bottles in life

C.We should always be happy

第三节 阅读表达

Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood(洪水), and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth’s house was high enough to escape(避开) it.

One of the families lost everything. Elizabeth helped it by sharing her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth’s friends could not understand her, because she already had so many children to look after.

“Well,” Elizabeth explained to her friends, “at the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town in England. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now. On Christmas Eve, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas. I’m going to get just one present for us all. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who had no parents. The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sister. I was that Christmas present.”

1.Did the flood wash away Elizabeth’s house?

______________________________________________________________________

2.How did Elizabeth help one of the families?

_________________________________________________________________________

3.Why didn’t her friends understand her?

_______________________________________________________________________

4.When did the poor woman get a present for her children?

______________________________________________________________________

5.What was the Christmas present?

__________________________________________________________________

第一节 语篇翻译

Big Ben(大本钟), will fall quiet for four years. 66.它是伦敦最受欢迎的地方之一。 But now it needs repairs. It has worked for 157 years. It sounded for the last time at noon on August 21 this year.

Four years would be a long time for London people. 67.Although they felt a little upset, they were still understanding. “It will be very sad, but it needs to be done,’ said Kirsten Hurrel. “68.I already prepared myself for the days without the rings for Big Ben.” About 2,5700 people went to hear Big Ben’s last rings. However, 69.如果有重要的事件，大本钟又会开始工作。 For example, it will spend the New Year’s Eve with its people and the speech of the Queen.

Well, this is not the first time in history that the bell has stopped. It stopped for repairs between 1983 and 1985, and again in 2007.

The bell is the largest bell in the country. It is about 13 tons, as heavy as two elephants. The repairs may cost about £ 29 million. By the year 2021 when it reappears, Big Ben will look totally newly-dressed. 70.“I believe most people in London are looking forward to that day,” said the chief engineer Adams White.

1.____________________________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________________________

4.____________________________________________________________________________

5.____________________________________________________________________________

书面表达

你的好朋友刘阳最近很不开心，请你给他写一封信，针对他面临的问题，给出合理建议，并希望他尽快解决问题，快乐学习和生活。

刘阳面临的问题：

1. 父母没有询问他的意见，就私自翻阅(look through) 他的个人物件。

2. 性格比较羞涩，和朋友相处的时间不多。

要求：1.内容包括以上要点

2.词数80词左右，开头、结尾已给出，不计入词数

3.短文中不得出现真实的姓名、学校名和地名。

Dear Liu Yang,

I am sorry to know that you have been upset for some reasons these days. I would like to share my opinions and advice with you.

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语法填空

阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 在空白处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Cindy, Jerry and Mary are 1.(give)their ideas about 2. a good friend should be like.

Cindy: I think a good friend should be honest(诚实的). That's 3.(important)than any other thing, and is where a real friendship starts. If a friend isn't honest, he may 4.(lose)his friends' trust.

Jerry: I think a good friend has to be generous(慷慨的). Here 5.(be)generous doesn't mean he has to give his friends his lunch money 6. his clothes. It means 7. should share his ideas and feelings with his friends. In fact, his friends can know him better 8. this way.

Mary: In my opinion, a good friend should understand his friends. When there's 9.(anything)wrong between him and his friends, he must put himself in his 10.(friends)place and think more for his friends.