--- I have worked harder than before, but I still didn't get good grades in math.

--- Don't worry. .

A. No problem B. It takes time

C. Pardon me D. Never mind

What is your favorite holiday? Here are some students’ opinions.

Sandy from Taiwan says:

My favorite holiday is the Mid-Autumn festival. I always visit my grandfather and grandmother, and we always go to the same restaurant on the mountain. At night, we always have a picnic, and watch the moon together. I enjoy it a lot.

Yagna from India says:

My favorite day is Deepavali(屠妖节), which is also called Festival of Lights. People do some cleaning at home and light their oil lamps to thank for the defeat(败仗) of the bad king. To celebrate it, we also eat sweets and delicious food, wear new clothes, and give presents to our friends and relatives.

Pat from Thailand says:

My name is Pat. My favorite holiday is Songkran. It takes place from the 13th to 15th of April. On the holiday people pour water on each other. It is a lot of fun. People also buy new clothes and they have big parties.

1.What is Sandy’s favorite holiday?

A. The Mid-Autumn festival. B. New Year's Day.

C. Deepavali. D. Songkran.

2.What does the underlined word “Songkran” probably mean in Chinese?

A. 音乐会 B. 新年 C. 中秋节 D. 泼水节

3. In order to celebrate Deepavali, we can ________.

A. eat sweets and delicious food

B. wear new clothes

C. give presents to others

D. all of the above

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Pat from Thailand likes Deepavali (屠妖节) best.

B. Sandy can celebrate her favorite festival by pouring water on each other.

C. Songkran takes place from the 13th to 15th of April.

D. Sandy always goes to different restaurants on the mountain to spend the Mid-Autumn festival.

任务型阅读。阅读下文并回答问题。（每小题2分，共8分）

Jack Ma（Ma Yun), 50，is executive chairman（董事局主席）of Alibaba Group, a business-to-business online platform. On Sept. 19, Alibaba went public (上市) on the New York Stock Exchange (纽约证卷交易所). Ma has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.

Ma was born in Hangzhou, he grew up as a happy kid. At the age of 12, he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he woke up at 5 am, cycled 40 minutes to a hotel near the:West Lake where he could chat to foreign tourists. He did it for nine years.

The experience made him a fluent English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wider world.

In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was showed the Internet for the first time. He searched Yahoo using the word “Beer”, and found that there was nothing there about China. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.

Four years later, 18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends founded(成立) Alibaba in Hangzhou. He believed in the Internet business potential(潜力) when few other Chinese did. People called him “Crazy Jack Ma”. But 15 years later, Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e-commerce（电子商务）company, owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall.

No one thinks he's mad now. Ma's favorite line has been printed on Alabama’s souvenir T-shirts. It reads:” Everybody should have a dream. What if that dream comes true?”

1.Did Ma want to learn English at the age of 12?

_____________________________________________________.

2.Where was Jack Ma born?

_____________________________________________________.

3.In what year did Ma, his wife and his friends found Alibaba in Hangzhou?

______________________________________________________.

4. What did people call Ma Yun?

_____________________________________________________.

单词辨音 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出划线部分读音与其余三个不同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）

1.A. grade B. wake C. practise D. gate

2.A. music B. club C. usually D. cute

3.A. tennis B. question C. seldom D. e-dog

4.A. picnic B. twice C. kind D. inside

5.A. knock B. front C. borrow D. volleyball

6.A. dream B. team C. ready D. treat

7.A. around B. out C. shout D. would

8.A. Maths B. together C. their D. other

9.A. thank B. uncle C. English D. orange

10.A. glasses B. houses C. buses D. classes

The book makes me ________. I think it is one of ________ books.

A. bored; boring B. boring; bored

C. boring; the most boring D. bored; the most boring

Daniel had one month_____last summer and he took a course _____DIY.

A. away; on B. for; about

C. off; in D. off; for

Put it down,Tom. You mustn’t read______letter.

A. else anyone’s B. anyone’s else

C. anyone else’s D. anyone else

With the development of science and technology, our life is becoming more colorful and more convenient.

An Underwater Hotel

It looks like a spaceship but it is actually a picture of an underwater hotel. A company plans to build the hotel in the sea which is about 15 metres below the surface(表面).The whole building is underwater and you can get to it by swimming and diving.

Google Glass

Google Glass is a pair of glasses with a battery(电池) hidden inside the frame(边框). It can perform many of the same tasks as smart phones. The glass has hidden camera and a tiny screen. It is designed to take hands-free photos or videos of anything people are doing.

A New Kind of shirt

Hate washing clothes? You’re going to love this kind of shirt made by an American clothing company, Wool Prince. This shirt can be worn for 100 straight days without washing! The Wool Prince shirt never needs ironing(熨烫).

The Digital(数字) Library

Can you imagine walking into a library and finding all books have turned into companies? The first bookless public library is planned to open in San Antonio, Texas, America. Computers will take the place of books soon.

1.The underwater hotel is about _______meters below the surface.

A. 10 B. 15 C. 100 D. 150

2.You needn’t use ______ when you take photos or video with Google Glass.

A. camera B. a screen

C. a battery D. your hand

3.You can wear the Wool Prince shirt for about ______ without washing.

A. a month B. two months C. three months D. a year

4.The digital Library tells us something about a library without ______.

A. books B. computers C. bookshelves D. reader

5.Which one of the following can reduce(减少)our housework in daily life?

A. The underwater hotel B. Google Glass

C. The Wool Prince shirt D. The Digital Library

根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

1.Her mother seemed even_______ after she heard the bad news. (sad)

2.I think we should learn from Comrade Lei Feng and think less of______ than others. (we)

3.He plans to go abroad for ________ study after he finishes his college.（far）

4.The ticket is_________(use) now. However, I’ll keep it.

书面表达：（10分）

假如你叫Simon,学校Buddy Club在招募新成员，你想加入该俱乐部。根据下列信息，写一封自荐信。

要点：

1. 我，圆脸，大眼睛，黑色的短发，班里最高的男生。

2. 大方，乐于助人，乐意在任何时候帮助需要帮助的人，经常倾听同学们的烦恼，并提供帮助。

3. 喜欢旅游。上个月参加了学校去世界公园的旅行。在那里看到了全世界100多处名胜的模型和精彩的歌舞表演。了解到了许多不同的文化。

4. 对DIY很着迷。曾经选修了DIY的课程，在房间安装了电灯，搭建了书架。现在对DIY懂得更多了。

注意：

1. 表达清楚，语句通顺，意思连贯。

2. 要点必须包括所有信息，可以适当发挥。

3. 词数80左右(信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数)

Dear Sir or Madam,

My name is Simon.______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Simon