A.
True or False(判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示): ( 7分)
You are going to high school, aren’t you? Maybe you don’t know
what to do. Well, here’s
a list of the top six things to do when you are in high school. These things
will give you ideas of what your high school life could be like.
Here you go!
☆ Find your passion(激情)and what kind of person you are: Whether it’s dance, basketball, or
drawing, the important thing is that you’ve found something you are interested
in.
☆ Talk to people you wouldn’t usually talk to: meet new people, find
new friends and even talk to people you don’t like. It will show what a great
person you are. You never know what will happen after high school.
☆ Take part in at least one contest: This will give you tears of
laughter, happiness and memories.
☆ Get a job: This will help you see what it’s like to have responsibility(责任). It can also help you make a little money to spend on yourself.
☆ Take a trip with your friends: It doesn’t matter where you go or
what you do, the memories will happen on the way and go on till the final
place.
☆ Do your best at school: Don’t ever get lazy; working hard now will
help you in the future.
71. The writer tells you
six things you should do before your high school begins.
72. The first thing is
that you should find your interest in high school.
73. You should talk to
people you don’t like because you can show how clever you are.
74. If you take part in a
contest, you can have different feelings.
75. You’d better take a
trip with your friends.
76. You should neither get
lazy nor work hard.
77. The six things are
mainly about the ideas of successful high school life.
B.
Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 7分)
Today was not a good day. Everything went wrong. First, I sleep late
and Mum shout at me to wake up. I tried to wake up but I couldn't. I just went
back to sleep, and she had to come and shout at me again.
When I finally got out of bed, I went to the kitchen for breakfast. There was no cereal. I decided
to have some toast instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because
there was no more bread. There was no juice, either. I just had a glass of
water.
When I was almost at the bus stop, I realized that I had forgotten
my wallet, so I had to go back home and get it. Of course, I missed the bus and
had to wait for the next bus.
I was late for school and the teacher told me to stay in the
classroom at lunchtime to catch up on(弥补) the schoolwork I had missed.
After lunch, it was the time to give the teacher our homework. I
reached into my bag to get it but it wasn’t there. I had left it at home. I was
in trouble again.
When I got home, I went straight to my room to catch up on my
homework. Mum cooked fish for dinner. She knows I don’t like fish, but she
thinks it is good for her son. I am going to bed early so that nothing else can go
wrong. It was a terrible day. I hope tomorrow will be
better.
78. What happened
to the writer on this bad day? ___________
A) The writer argued with his parents. B)
The writer heard some terrible news.
C) Many small things went wrong. D)
Part of the writer’s house was on fire.
79. When did the
writer’s bad day begin? ___________
A) In the morning. B)
At school.
C) At lunchtime. D)
In the afternoon.
80. Why did the
writer returned home when he was almost at the bus stop? ___________
A) Because there was no bus.
B) Because he felt very hungry.
C) Because he had left his wallet at
home. D) Because
he wanted to get his homework.
81. What did the
writer do after he went home? ___________
A) He did some homework.
B) He cooked fish with his mother.
C) He made fun with his friend.
D) He was tired, so he went to bed.
82. When you “burn”
something, you___________.
A) eat it too fast
B) cook it too long
C) give it away
D) make it very well
83. The writer
went to bed early because he___________.
A) he had
finished his homework
B) his mum told him to do so
C) he used to
sleep early D) he hoped tomorrow wouldn't be so bad
84. According to
the passage, we can know___________.
A) the writer fell off from his bike
B) the writer went to school on foot
C) the writer got up early in the
morning D) the writer left his homework at home
C. Choose the words or expressions and complete
the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):(14分)
“Exams will be the death of me,” I can
remember what I thought about exams in school. I was not a good student. Even
when I 85 hard (which was not often
enough), my marks never seemed to improve. The mid-term exams are over and 86 of you may also be thinking, “Exams
will be the death of me.” You worked hard but... You may think that schoolwork
is just too 87 , or even that you just aren’t
smart.
But let me tell you: you are smart
enough and schoolwork is also easy for you! How do I know that? Well, because
you have already had a lot of
88 in school. To be a middle school student you have already
passed many exams. And your English must be good because you are reading this
article!
The Chinese school system 89 that you sit and listen for
long periods of time. But not everyone is good at sitting and listening. The
Chinese system is only one “way” of learning. But there are 90 “ways” which may work better for you.
And, remember many poor
students have done better than good students in the “real world”: hey, Bill
Gates was a university dropout(辍学学生)!
91 don’t feel bad if your
mid-term results were poor. Mid-term exams are just the middle, not the end.
You still have time to improve, and to make changes.
85. A) cared B)
listened C)
read D)
studied
86. A) some B)
any C)
few D) none
87. A) interesting B)
exciting C)
hard D)
easy
88. A) pleasure B) happiness C)
sadness D)
success
89. A) requires B)
expects C)
hopes D) wishes
90. A) another B)
other C)
serious D) happy
91. A) So B)
But C)
Or D)
Though
D. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with
proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当
词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):(14分)
When
Chinese people find out that someone comes from London,
they often say, "London
is a foggy city, isn't it?" British people who visit China often have to say that London is not a foggy city at all! In fact, London u 92 to be a foggy city, but it isn't any
more.
In London, lots of its pollution came from factories, but a lot of
it came from coal (煤) because people burned it in their houses
to keep w 93 during the winter. By the
1950s, London's
air pollution had become so bad that the government decided to do something to
clean up the air. A new rule was made. It said that
n 94 was allowed to burn coal in any British
city. Just a few years later, the air became much cleaner.
Now many Chinese cities meet the same kind of p 95 with air pollution that London met forty or fifty years ago. However,
it is more d 96 for Chinese cities to solve it. First,
more of the pollution comes from big factories than from coal that people use
in their houses. If these factories are suddenly c 97 , lots of people will lose their
jobs. Second, cleaner fuels are quite expensive. However, the air in many
cities is already s 98 becoming cleaner, because the
government and ordinary people are trying to make pollution less.
F. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)(14分)
Ron, the teacher at the skydiving school，was a little surprised when he saw the grey-haired man drive up to
the airfield. He was more surprised when the man said that his name was Walter
and asked if he could take skydiving lessons. Ron asked Walter how old he was
and Walter replied that he was 60. Ron explained to Walter that anyone over 50
had to be checked by a doctor before they could learn to jump from a plane.
“I’m afraid you should have thought about
that before coming here,” Ron said. “I’m sorry，but I
can’t let you start learning without a letter from your doctor.”
Walter smiled. “Here’s a letter from my
doctor. He asked me to take lots of tests and he says that I’m fine.”
So Walter was able to join the skydiving
school. He came to all the lessons and worked very hard, although the other
students were much younger than him, mostly about 30. Soon it was time for him
to make his first jump. Ron asked him if he was feeling OK. Walter replied that
he had never felt better. However, he added that there was something he should
have told Ron earlier. Ron asked what it was and Walter smiled. Then, just
before he jumped, he told Ron that he wasn’t 60. Ron asked how old Walter
really was and Walter told him he was 75 !
Walter’s first jump from a plane was six
years ago and yesterday he made his eighteenth jump. “I should have started
skydiving a long time ago!” he said.
Walter has lots of other hobbies. He enjoys
riding fast motorbikes and climbing mountains. Last year he was saved by a
police helicopter in Wales.
Walter’s daughter Betty worries about him. “I
think he should stop all these activities. But my mother says that as long as
he’s happy, it’s OK.
99. What job does
Ron do?
_____________________________________________________
100. What did
Walter have to show before he started learning skydiving?
_____________________________________________________
101. How did
Walter feel about his first jump?
_____________________________________________________
102. Walter is the
oldest among his classmates, isn’t he?
_____________________________________________________
103. How old was
Walter when he came to the skydiving school?
_____________________________________________________
104. How many
jumps had Walter had by yesterday?
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105. What kind of
person was Walter?
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