When I was fourteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad (Like many English children, I had often been to France). So when I went to America I thought I would have a nice easy holiday without any language problem.

How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to tell my American friend Danny that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked if he could help me.

“Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that’s nice,” he said, “Are you getting married? But aren’t you too young?”

“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied, “I only want to give my friend a ring to tell him I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there is a phone box?”

“Oh,” he said, “there is a phone downstairs.”

When at last we met, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.

“Don’t worry,” he said to me, “I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which Americans use differently in meaning from British people. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. Most of the time, British and American people understand each other.”

1.The writer was from________.

A. Japan B. France C. America D. England

2.The writer thought ________ in America at first.

A. he wouldn’t have any language difficulties

B. he would be lost and he had to call the police for help

C. he wouldn’t understand the Americans

D. he would have a terrible holiday

3.The writer wanted to ________ at the airport.

A. have a meal B. buy a map

C. call his friend D. find an old man

4.According to the friendly old man, “give somebody a ring” means “________”.

A. make a telephone call to somebody

B. be going to get married

C. buy a ring for somebody

D. ask somebody to wear a ring

5.The underlined word “they” refers to ________.

A. the old man and the boy

B. the British

C. the French

D. the Americans

Several days ago, while I got online, my cousin’s QQ head popped out(弹出). We hadn’t seen each other for a few months, so I decided to start a talk with her. My cousin is studying in a college of our city. Her hobby is surfing the Internet. Every time I am on the computer, she is always online, listening to music or decorating her “personal space”. I like visiting her space. It’s creative and modern. I can’t design such a colorful web page as hers.

When I read the sentences she sent to me, I noticed that the Chinese characters had been changed, but I could still guess their meanings. I took a strong interest in this type of new characters. Further watching made me realize that they added some common Chinese radicals(部首) to the original characters, making them more vivid（生动）, a little like Japanese. My cousin said this gives new life to the Chinese language and culture.

It is true that the Internet has reinvented our language, but I still can’t accept this new change. Some Chinese characters have meanings in the shapes; one shouldn’t superficially （浅薄地）change them by adding an additional radical. So I advised my cousin to change her new idea and use standard characters to communicate. And she willingly accepted my advice.

1.The author’s cousin was a(n) ________.

A．engineer B．teacher C．model D．student

2.The author would like to visit his cousin’s space _________.

A．because he wants to design a web page

B．because the music is well worth listening to

C．because it is very creative and modern

D．because it is the best one on the Internet

3.The second paragraph mainly tells us that ________.

A．the Internet may have changed the Chinese characters

B．all the Chinese people have learned a lot from the Internet

C．the QQ message online is very useful to everyone

D．the writer doesn’t like send QQ messages

4.The underlined word “reinvented” in the passage means “_________”.

A．摧毁 B．改良 C．发现 D．生产

5.We can learn from this passage that _________.

A．the writer is a teacher in a college

B．the writer can design a creative webpage

C．the Chinese characters have been changed into Japanese

D．the writer thinks people shouldn’t change our languages.

任务型阅读

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空一词。

Do you want to travel the countries in Asia? You don't have to travel very far. Follow us, you can find these Asian adventures(探险).

Cycling in Guilin, China

Get around the city by cycling through Guilin, in the Guangxi province of China. Mountains rise straight up, creating the only beauty. Bike paths take you past the villages and farms. Enjoy this beautiful views from your bike, or stop and talk with one of the villagers working in his field.

Adventure advice: When your feet are tired, take a boat trip along the beautiful and famous Li River.

White-water rafting in Nepal

In Nepal, you can experience thrilling rapids(湍流) and the beauty of the Himalayas at the same time. Take a white-water rafting trip down the Sun Koki River, world-renowned for its powerful rapids. At night you'll camp beside the river on white water, enjoy the quiet, lonely Nepalese countryside.

Adventure advice: Don’t go rafting in summer. High water levels make it dangerous.

Scuba diving in Malaysia

Go diving(潜水) in the clear waters around Spaded, an island in Malaysia, and discover an underwater world. You'll see large sea animals swimming along. The colorful coral along the reefs hides tiny fish. The wide kind of tropical life found around Spaded makes it famous worldwide for diving.

Adventure advice: You can dive at Spaded, but you can't sleep there. The island is a protected park, but you can stay on one of the nearby islands.

Three 1. Adventures

根据句意和提示写出单词，完成句子。

1.The most important thing for you is to _________ (放松) now.

2.We haven’t seen each other for _________(几个) years.

3.You can get further information on the _________(网站) of our company.

4.There are some icons on the _________(显示屏).

5.He didn’t eat anything _________(除了) an egg.

6.My father has gone to Shanghai now and he will _________(回来) in two days.

7.You can take a ________(直达的) flight to Chengdu. It’s much faster.

8.I had to throw away all the food after I left the fridge open. What a (浪费)！

用括号里所给词的适当形式填空。

1.--I phoned you yesterday morning, but you were not in. --We _________(fish) by the river.

2.Guo Chuan is the first Chinese___________ (realize) the dream of sailing around the world

3.The song “Memory” has been popular since the_________(twenty) century.

4.I am happy that I __________ (learn) to swim.

5.Our classroom is at the _________(south) end of our school.

6.Bob loves water sports, such as swimming and _________(sail).

7.-- Turn off the radio, dear. Baby is sleeping. --There is no need. He _______(wake) up.

8.When the fans saw their favourite pop star, they couldn’t stop ____________(scream).

9.After so many _______ (year)practice, Li Na is a well-known tennis player.

10.Life is much _____________(easy) for us now, but we still have to try our best to study hard.

11.I don’t know what made him laugh so__________ (excite)?

12.—Look at the sign“No smoking”.—Sorry, I _______(not notice) it.

首字母填空

Do you know Sweden(瑞典)？It is in the n 1. of Europe．It is the fourth largest c 2. in Europe with an area of 450, 000 square kilometers and the number of people is about 8.5 million. Over one third(三分之一) of them live in the three largest cities, c 3. Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo. More than half of Sweden is covered with trees. It is one of the richest countries in the world. About 100 years ago Sweden became industrialized(工业化). Most f 4. gave up their farms and went into the cities. But now great c 5. have taken place. Sweden is the country where the famous Nobel Prize(诺贝尔)are awarded. Many people who have visited Stockholm, the c 6. of Sweden, must have b 7. to the places where Nobel Prizes are awarded. The first language of Sweden is Swedish. English is the first foreign language in schools. Many middle-school students can s 8. two to three languages. Most of the Swedish people，men and women, o 9. and young, can speak English. So there is no p 10. to speak with them in English．

阅读表达

New York is one of the most exciting cities in the world.

You might want to do some shopping in New York. Fifth Avenue is probably New York's most famous shopping street, but if you go, be prepared to "window shop" only. This is shopping for the rich. There are other, less expensive shopping areas nearby, and you'll soon come across famous stores(商店) such as Bloomingdales, Macy's and FAO Schwartz.

And if you've brought your rollerblades(滚轴溜冰鞋), then a visit to Central Park is a must. This is a large, open park right in the middle of Manhattan, but if you thought that people came here to relax, sit down for a few minutes and get away from the rush(忙碌) of New York life, then you’d be wrong. Nobody sits in Central Park: they run, jog , and most of all, they rollerblade.

When you leave New York, you might be tired, even poor and overweight, but the one thing you won't be is bored!

根据短文内容，回答问题。

1.Why would you probably only “window shop” in Fifth Avenue ?

2.There is a big park in Manhattan. What is the name of it ?(2 words)

3.What don’t people do in Central Park ?( less than 3 words)

4.Which street is New York’s most famous shopping street ?(2 words)

5.What do people usually do in Central Park ?(less than 5 words.)

书面表达

近几年我们的家乡发生了很大的变化，以‘ changes to my hometown”为题，写一篇100字左右的文章，必须包括以下要点：

要求：1. 字数100左右；

2. 短文必须包括所有内容要点，并适当发挥，使短文连贯通顺；

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单词辨音

1.A. company B. flat C. manager D. lamp

2.A. double B. country C. sound D. enough

3.A. farm B. artist C. large D. warm

4.A. sick B. capital C. notice D. mile

5.A. over B. college C. most D. notice

6.A. lucky B. full C. study D. hundred

7.A. notice B. collect C. cook D. cool

8.A. many B.any C.anything D. area

9.A. football B. neighborhood C. soon D. cook

10.A. eighth B. fifth C. thank D. bath

The blouse doesn’t match my jeans well. Would you please show me _______?

A. another B. one C. another one D. ones