24、一杯水举一分钟很轻松，举一小时手臂要酸痛，举一天你就会……面对长时间的压力（pressure）；是走出户外，呼吸新鲜空气?还是捧读书卷，感悟文字书香?是促膝交流，体会友谊温暖?还是请你围绕面对学习压力如何放松自己这一话题，展开思路谈谈你的感想。

    要求：，

    1．请根据所提供的信息材料和话题（不要逐句翻译），写出结构严谨、条理清晰、语言丰富优美、语法准确、可读性强的短文。

    2．至少80词。

    3．不得使用真实姓名、地名和学校名。

    4．题目自拟。

23、Scientists think that a weather pattern（形式）called El Nino（厄尔尼诺现象）caused the

drought（干旱）in Australia．El Nino causes different weather in different parts of the world．It

causes a lot of rain and floods in some places．It causes droughts in other places．Droughts can badly affect people and the land．El Nino lasts about a year．

  In normal weather conditions, warm winds from South America blow from east to west across

the Pacific Ocean．The winds early storms to Australia．These storms bring rain to Australia．

    During an El Nino weather pattern．the winds change direction．They blow from west to east

across the Pacific Ocean．The storms no longer move across Australia．So Australia gets very little  rain during El Nino．

  The drought began in January，1982．E1 Nino often occurs at this time of year．But that year，

E1Nino was stronger than usual．There Was very little rainfall（降雨量）in eastern Australia．There  was also very little water in the rivers．The drought was at its worst in February，1983．At that time，the weather was very hot．The forests and fields were very dry．Cotton growers wouldn’t plant their cotton．Sheep farmers had no grass for their animals to eat．So many of them died．Because the forests were dry．forest fires started quickly．Some of the fires burned for a month．Many forests were  destroyed．Over 2,000 people lost their houses in the fires and 75 people died．

    The Australian drought of 1982-1983 affected thousands of people and animals．The drought

cost the country over$3,000，000，000．It was a reminder（提示）to Australians of how the weather

could change their lives．

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

（    ）1．From the passage we know El Nino is_______．

       A．a powerful storm    B．a place in Australia     C．a weather pattern

（    ）2．The undefined word “occurs ”in the passage means“ _______”in Chinese．

       A．发生                     B．发展                           C．消失

（    ）3．Picture  ________shows how E1 Nin6 causes a drought in Australia．

（    ）4．W1lich of the following is not true according to the passage?

       A．There Was very little rainfall in eastern Australia in 1982．

       B．Many forests will destroyed in the Australian drought．

       C．the Australian government paid over￥3，000，000，000 for this drought．

（    ）5．What’s the main idea of the passage?

       A．A drought happened in South America．

       B．E1 Nino caused a great drought in Australia．

       C．Australia got much rain during E1 Nino．

22、Travel Information

根据表格所提供的信息选择最佳答案。

（    ）1．It is said that the love story about Xu Xian and the Snake happened on____．

        A．Dragon Tower      B．West Lake            C．Water Cube

（    ）2．If a person in Hang zhou feels like visiting Water Cube，he should call _____to get

        information．

        A．0451—82187899  B．0571—68345576    C．0l0一28135589

（    ）3．Disneyland，which attracts a lot of tourists from home and abroad every year，is in

       ________________according to the travel information．

       A．Beijing            B．Harbin                 C．Hong Kong

（    ）4．Two travelers plan to have a bird’s—eye view（俯视）of Harbin，and they need to pay _________________from the information above．

        A．￥150                  B．￥300                  C．￥450

（    ）5．Which of the following is TRUE according to the Ravel information?

        A．Water Cube is special in design．

        B．The price of a ticket for West Lake is the highest．

        C．In Disneyland, you can’t see any cartoon characters．

21、

根据图示所提供的信息选择最佳答案。

（    ）1．the number of the students who took part in English competitions in _______ grew

    faster from 2008 to 2009．

    A．School A              B．School B              C．neither school

（    ）2．In the English competition in_____，School B had 100 more students than School A．

    A．2007                 B．2008                 C．2009

（    ）3．According to the information above，these two schools had the sane percentage of the   students who won prizes in___________．

    A．1istening              B．speaking              C．reading

（    ）4．__________students in School A were given prizes for their speaking skill in 2009．

    A．100                     B．200                     C．300

（    ）5．Which of the following is TRUE from the information above?

    A．，11le students from School A and School B won prizes in five skills．

    B．The students from School B did wont in listening of all skills．

    C．The students from School A need to improve their writing skim．

20、On my first day of wish schoo1．I saw a boy from my class walking back home after schoo1．His name was David．He was carrying his books．As 1 was walking。I saw a group of kids running toward him．knocking all his books out of his arms．And then they ran away．David fell down and his glasses went flying．He looked up and I saw sadness in his eyes．1 helped him to look for his glasses and said．“The kids with bad manners should be punished．”There was a big smile that showed real gratitude（感激）on his face．

    From then on。we became friends．The more I got to know David，the more I liked him．Over

 the next four years，we always studied，played together and had a happy time．

    On graduation（毕业）day，I could see that he was nervous about his speech．So I said，“Hey，

you will be the best!” Then he began，“Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you succeed through those difficult years．Our parents，also teachers，but mostly our friends．Being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them．I’U tell you a story…”I just looked at the handsome popular boy in amazement as he told the story of the first day we met．

    Everyone Was surprised to hear all about his hardest moment．I saw his Mom and Dad looking at me and smiling that same thankful smile．Not until that moment did I realize its deep meaning．Never underestimate（低估）the power of your actions．With one small action，you can change a person’s  life．As you can see，“Friends are angels（天使）to make us rise when our wings（翅膀） have problems flying．”

根据短文内容判断正、误。

注意：正确的填“A”，错误的填“B” 。

（    ）1．The writer and David were classmates．

（    ）2．The kids with bad manners were punished by the writer when they knocked David down．

（    ）3．Everyone was surprised to hear all about David’s hardest moment．

（    ）4．the writer realized that one small action could change a person’s life before hearing

            David’s speech．

（    ）5．The underlined sentence at the end of the passage means“ a friend in need is a friend

            indeed（真正地）．”

17、从A—G选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。（选项中有两项是多余的）

A：Hi，Kate，you look so worried．What’s the matter?

B：1 I’ve got a headache，a runny nose and a sore throat．

You know the A-H1N1 virus（病毒）is so scary．I fear．．．

A： 2

B：No，I don’t．I took my temperature just now．

A：Don’t worry．A fever is the common symptom（症状）of

  the disease．  3

B：I hope so．

A：  4  You can get some advice．

B：That’s a good idea  5

A：Sure．Let’s go．

16、填入一个适当的词补全对话，每空一词。

A：Come in．please．

B：Glad to see you at home．I’m here to give back the 1  you lent me．

A：Did you enjoy it?

B：I’m 2  not．I only read a few pages and then gave up．

A：Why? Isn’t it interesting?

B：Maybe，but I had to stop to look up new words in a dictionary frequently（频繁地）．

A：Why   3   guess their meanings?

B：Sounds good．May I borrow another one and have a try?

A：Certainly．What   4 this book ? It’s easier and I think you’ll be interested in it．

B：It’s very kind of you．Thank you very much．

A：  5  welcome．