默写（共40小题，每小题0.5分，满分20分）

1.: Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who 1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________ the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only 4.__________ 5.__________ 6.__________, but is extremely accurate as well.

Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it 7.__________ 8.__________ give the correct time.

2.: It was over 30 feet 1.__________ 2.__________ and had a 2,500-horsepower engine. Although Campbell 3.__________ 4.__________5.__________ 6.__________ over 304 miles per hour, he had great difficulty in controlling the car because a tyre burst during the first run.

3.: They have all 1.__________ 2.__________3.__________ 4.__________ by a boy who, while playing truant, traveled 1,600 miles.

He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who 5.__________ 6.__________ evading school.

4.:   He 1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________ 4.__________ Paris

until he built his home on the island.

British theatre is especially 5.__________ 6.__________ 7.__________  8.__________ William Shakespeare and his plays.

Also, it is still common to throw things onto the stage after a performance in a British theatre, but it is more usual fore people to throw flowers

9.__________ 10.__________ money or vegetables today.

5.: Han often said, “1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________ 4.__________ drive a genius like you, Dr Einstein.”

After looking through the concerto, Mozart’s father was 5.__________6.__________ 7.__________ speak.

For example, when he was travelling, he often 8.__________ 9.__________ 10.__________ where he had placed his tickets.

In the US, the most popular way to welcome the new year is with a big party. Some parties are at private homes. But in recent years, it has become more and more common for Americans to go to a hotel or eating-place on the night of December 31st. There, they can eat a big dinner, drink champagne, and dance to orchestra music.

Most New Year’s parties are usually noisy. People shout and sing. And often, guests blow on small noisemakers when the new year arrives at midnight. This tradition of noise making is believed to start centuries ago. People thought that loud sounds would drive away the bad spirits of the old year.

The biggest, noisiest New Year’s party in the US takes place in Times Square in New York. Thousands of people gather(聚集) there. Some of them ring bells and set fireworks. Others blow whistles of car horns(喇叭). And at twelve o’clock, they begin to cheer as an electric sign in the shape of a red apple lights up on top of a tall building.

The Times Square celebration includes another well-known American tradition. Since 1929, the band of musician Guy Lombardo has given a concert on New Year’s Eve. Guy Lombardo died in 1977. But, Bill Lombardo, has kept the tradition alive with a band concert at a New York city hotel. When the crowds in Times Square start cheering the arrival of the new year, television cameras show the band playing the song Auld Lang Syne.

1. The most usual way to welcome the new year in the US is ________.

A. to go shopping      B. to meet friends    C. to travel abroad     D. to hold a big party

2. The biggest New Year’s party in the US is __________.

A. in Central Park     B. in Hollywood       C. in Times Square    D. in Disneyland

3. In the past, some American people made big noise when the new year arrived ________

A. to express their friendship         B. to drive away the bad spirits

C. to make others more excited       D. to give best wishes to each other

4.In 1929 a concert on New Year’s Eve was given by _________.

A. the band of Guy Lombardo        B. the band of Bill Lombardo

C. the band of Johann Strauss         D. the band of Elvis Aaron Presley

Who wants to carry a bulky bag to school? No children. Nobody wants one shoulder to be lower than the other, and paining(疼痛) too. In India, most of us would look at the reduction(减少) of textbooks as a way out. But in a country like America, there are always more choices. A company called Goreader has created a “school bag” which is the size of a laptop computer, weighing about 2.5kg. The Goreader has a colour screen and can “hold” all the textbooks that a student may need, says a report in “The Asian Age” newspaper.

The company plans to work closely with the publishers of test books so that these books can be supplied on the Internet. All the students will have to download their textbooks. Making notes and marking important parts of a lesson can be done just as lots of students have done on their textbooks before.

At present, the plan is being tested out in a university. Richard Katzmann, the owner of the company is having his creation tested at Chicago’s DePaul University, where he studied. Does that mean it is goodbye to the newspaper, and the smell of the black ink?

1.What does the underlined word “bulky” in the first line mean?

A. light       B. small      C. big and heavy      D. old

2.What would Indians do to solve this problem?

A. They would reduce the textbooks.

B. They would tell the parents to help students.

C. They would tell the teachers to help students.

D. They would take students to school by bus.

3.The writer may think that Americans have a ______ way to solve the problem.

A. more stupid   B. worse    C. better      D. quicker

4.The Goreader may be a machine ________.

A. that can work as a teacher

B. that can be used as textbooks

C. that can cheat(欺骗) students.

D. that can hurt students

5. When the new machine is used, it is possible that ________.

A. students might study harder 

B. students might study at home

C. students might not need teachers 

D. students might study without paper textbooks

Some years ago, Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbags , new clothes or new pens to their classmates when the new term started . Today, however , all have      . If you still come back to school      only these things , you are falling out-of-date(过时的) . Students in big cities like to bring the latest high-tech things to school, and feel happy and      to show off these things to      . Mobile phones, MP3 players , CD players , electronic dictionaries , the list is endless .
Young people think that , living in the 21^st century , they must keep up with the      . They don't want to fall      . Besides, they think      they need to keep in touch with their classmates , so they need mobile phones . They also like to      the pop music , so they need CD players . They explain that,      like electronic dictionaries , these can be      in their study ,      . They think that their parents should understand      they want these things .
Foreign students will also bring some latest high-tech things when they      to school at the beginning of a new term.      , they often use the money which they made by themselves during the holiday to      these high-tech things that they want .