Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.

In 1954, life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.

In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.

In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.

He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, “I do not write for children. I write for people.”

1. Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.

A. some school children could not read

B. many children's books were interesting

C. children wanted to learn to read

D. a writer for children was wanted

2. People like his books because the books ______.

A. are cheap and easy to get

B. were written in different languages

C. are easy and interesting to read

D. were written with invented words

3. He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.

A. 50 B. 53 C. 56 D. 87

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.

B. Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.

C. The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.

D. His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.

5.From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.

A. won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death

B. sold millions of his books himself worldwide

C. changed American children's way of reading

D. wrote the largest number of books in the world

Hawaii is famous for its beaches. Every year water sports, especially surfing and water skiing attract many tourists to the island.

Hawaii has been a magical name to people who like to travel for many years. People on both sides of the Pacific Ocean（太平洋） in Japan and in America, dream of seeing these beautiful islands in the middle of the ocean. In the tropical（热带的） lands, the sun drops like a ball of golden glow(落日余晖) that light the sky in the quiet water.

People often have a quiet, enjoyable time walking along the water. The scenery here is not very different from the exciting beauty that greeted the first tourists to these islands centuries ago. They came in canoes not much bigger than small boats.

They found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees（棕榈树）, but there were no grand hotels like the ones we see today. The first people came to Hawaii nearly two thousand years ago, but skyscraper（摩天大楼） hotels were only built in the last 25 years. Now planes make it possible to fly to Hawaii for a weekend from Tokyo or San Francisco.

No matter where people come from, they really want to see the earliest beauty of Hawaii. They want to see the lovely beaches and the mountains which are almost hidden by the tall hotels.

1. What’s Hawaii famous for?

A. The beautiful beaches. B. the tourists to the island.

C. The waving palm trees. D. Surfing and water skiing.

2.What does the sun drop like in the tropical lands?

A. The sea. B. A ball of golden fire.

C. A glow. D. The quiet water.

3.When did the first people come to Hawaii?

A. In 1987 B. About twenty-five years ago.

C. In 1012. D. About two thousand years ago.

4.The beauty of the islands _______ for centuries.

A. has changed

B. has greeted the first tourists

C. has remained nearly unchanged

D. has been the same

5. Which is true according to the passage?

A. People really want to see the earliest beauty of Hawaii.

B. People often have a quiet, unhappy time walking along the water. C

C. People only in Japan dream of seeing the beautiful islands.

D. People found the beautiful red sand beaches in Hawaii.

Never try to work when you are very hungry. If you decide to do your homework right after school, you may get something to eat before going to work. Always do your homework before you get too tired. Don’t wait until very late in the evening, or your work will seem much harder than it really is.

If you have more than an hour’s work, give yourself a break after an hour. On the other hand don’t break it up so much that you can’t get anything down. You should be able to work at least a half at a time without stopping.

Don’t put it off until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your mind, and you won’t enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until before a test, you will have too much catching up to do. A little bit each night, enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school, will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it all.

Do your homework at the same time every evening. This will help you make it a habit. It will make it easier to do, and it will make your free time more enjoyable as well.

1.If we wait very late in the evening, our work will ______.

A. become a bit hard B. seem much harder

C. look very easy D. go to so much trouble

2.Some students in schools won’t enjoy their free time so much because they ______.

A.have to do their homework each night

B.will have too much catching up to do

C.never finish their homework in time

D.want to keep up with what is happening in school

3. what does the underlined word habit mean in Chinese?

A.制度 B.风格 C.传统 D.习惯

4.How many main things are mentioned(提及) in the passage?

A.Five B. Three C Four D. Two

5.Which is the best title for this passage?

A.Do Your homework at the same time.

B.A Must for your homework in time.

C.Don’t try to work when hungry.

D.Some Don’ts and Dos in Schools

At the beginning of last century, there was a farm near Los Angeles in California. It was called Hollywood Ranch(大牧场). However, from the 1910s to the 1950s, Hollywood became the film centre of the world. Why did people go to Hollywood to make films? The reason was the sun. At first people made films in New York on the east coast of the USA. But then they heard about Los Angeles. There are 350 days of sun every year. As they made all the films by sunlight, the west land by the sea was much better place to work in. In addition(而且), near Hollywood you can also find the mountains, the sea and the forest. They did not have to travel far to make any kind of films.

The first films were just pictures without sound. Today we still watch this kind of plays by Charles Chaplin. In the late 1920s, films started to “talk”. You could hear the people speaking and listen to the music.

Today television become more and more popular, and some busy modern people no longer go to the cinema. However, film producers are still making films in Hollywood and many film lovers all over the world enjoy watching them

1.Hollywood is on the ______ coast of the USA.

A.east B. west C. north D. south

2.Hollywood became very famous in the film industry______.

A.in the early 19th century

B. in the late 19th century

C. in the early 20th century

D. in the late 20th century

3.Why did people decide to make films in Hollywood?

A.Because they don’t need to travel far

B. Because there was a big ranch

C. Because of its nice weather and beautiful scenes.

D. Because there were lots of film producers.

4. What were the first films like ?

A. They were just pictures with music.

B. You could watch nobody but hear the voice.

C. You could hear the people speaking and listen to the music.

D. You could see the pictures but couldn’t hear them talk.

5.Which of the following is true?

A.People don’t go to Hollywood any more.

B.Many film producers still make films in Hollywood.

C.Many film lovers all over the world go to the cinema in Hollywood.

D.People don’t like the Hollywood films any more.

根据首字母，英文提示以及句意完成句子。（5分）

1.The result will be ________ (to tell the public about decisions,plans, etc.)during the programmes.

2.Dad is trying to get his work ___________ (finish) in time. He’s always too busy to have a good rest.

3.Hepburn had four more Oscar n___________ during her lifetime.

4.A w_________ businessman was found dead in his own house last week.

5.China is trying her best to develop its agriculture and i_________.

根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空。（5分）

1.The __________ you have made don’t seem so good. You need to be more thoughtful.

2.He is an office worker of __________ height.

3.It is also ___________ with different experiences and interests.

4.The victim __________ to death as a result.

5.She was considered by many people to be __________ actresses of all.

用方框中所给动词的适当形式填空 （5分）

1.You never know how much difficulty we had _________ out the problem.

2.I’ll go to the concert with you if all my homework ________ tomorrow afternoon.

3.The girl devoted all her time she had to _________ others.

4.He insists she ____________ to our party tomorrow.

5.The students ___________ 2000 English words by the end of last term.

句型转换 （5分）

1.Kitty was very patient. She waited for us for a long time. (合并为一句)

Kitty was ________ _________ to wait for us for a long time.

2.David was so careless that he didn’t find the mistakes in his test paper. (改为简单句)

David was _______ careless ________ find the mistakes in his paper.

3.I prefer to be a teacher in the future. (改为同义句)

I ________ ________ be a teacher in the future.

4.The new building will be finished in one year.(对划线部分提问)

__________ __________ will the new building be finished?

5.Both Simon and Sandy have passed the maths test.（改为否定句）

________ Simon nor Sandy _________ passed the maths test.

短文填空 （共10小题，每小题1分）

What is your favorite cartoon? It may be d__1._____ for you to decide. But for pianist Lang Lang, Tom and Jerry is the best one.

When Lang was two years old, he saw Tom playing the piano. This was his first time to e_____2.__ western music and this experience e______3.____ him to learn to play the piano.

His talent at the keyboard has taken him f______4.___ Shenyang to the world. Lang b____5.____ a good piano student at three. Ever since, the boy h___6.____been doing better and better. In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a f_______7.__ American music college.

As we know, Lang’s p______8.______ are energetic. He is well-known for making facial （面部的）expressions and m___9._____around while playing the piano.

The road to success has never been easy. But Lang c_______10.____ himself lucky and believes he should give something back. He has helped the children in poor areas a lot.

任务型阅读 （共5小题，每题2分）

It's Really a Miracle(奇迹)

Mr. Clarke works in New York and brought his family to China. They visited many places of interest and had a good time here. Before they left for Shanghai, the Clarkes climbed up the Great Wall. It was the greatest project about three thousand years ago. They took a lot of photos there and then they had a picnic under a big tree. Suddenly it began to rain and they hurried to the car. And when they returned to the hotel, they couldn't find the bag in which their expensive camera was. They were all sorry for it. They could buy another camera but had no time to go to the Great Wall again. They could not miss the plane!

That evening they didn't have supper. Mr. Clarke hoped to make them happy and said, “Well. Let me tell you a story. An old man lived in a sixty-storey building. One day he fell down from it when he was cleaning the window. But he didn't hurt himself. ”

“It was a miracle!” called out his children. “Why?”

“Because he lived on the first floor!”

They all began to laugh while two policemen with a bag came in. They said a Chinese boy found it under the big tree and he asked them to find out who lost it.“It's really a miracle!” the Clarkes said happily.

根据短文内容回答问题：

1.Where did the Clarkes enjoy themselves, New York, Beijing or Shanghai?

2.Where did the Clarkes left their bag?

3.Why didn’t they have anything that evening?

4.What did Mr. Clarke tell a story to his family for?

5.Why did the Clarkes say it was really a miracle?