阅读理解。

Jokes are things that we say to make other people laugh. Sometimes a joke is just a short sentence, while other times it can be a story that can take a while to tell. An example of a simple joke is:

People who tell jokes are welcomed everywhere bacause everyone likes hearing a good joke. Here

is another example of a jokes:

We say a joke is “corny” if it is stupid . An example of a corny joke is:

But some people may think a corny joke actually a good joke. Telling a good joke depends not only on the joke itself but also on the way it is told. Some people have a skill for telling jokes. And some people simply do not know how to tell jokes. Every language and culture has its own funny jokes. As a result, many jokes lose their humor if they are translated into a different language.

Some jokes depend on making fun of other people to be funny. However, these jokes may hurt people’s feelings.

Sometimes jokes are told about certain races and religions (宗教). These are called “recial” and “religious” jokes, and they can be burting people, too. Jokes about the supposed special things of the members of one sex are sometimes considered to be “sexist (性别歧视的) rubbish”. Jokes that hurt people’s feelings are not really funny.

Have you heard a good joke lately? Can you tell your classmates one that will make them laugh?

1.People who are good at telling jokes are usually _____ .

A. serious B. crazy

C. famous D. popular

2.A “corny” joke is one that is _____ .

A. very funny B. stupid or not funny

C. very short D. very harmful

3.Some jokes depend on _____ to be funny.

A. how long the sentences are

B. the age of the person who tells the joke

C. where we ate standing when telling the joke

D. the listener’s understanding of the language and culture

4.Which of the following is the writer’s opinion?

A. Jokes that hurt people’s feelings are not really funny.

B. Some people simply do not know how to tell jokes.

C. Every language and culture has its own jokes.

D. Some people may think a corny joke is good.

阅读理解。

I have spent almost a third of my life in China, living and working in this beautiful country. In a sense, China has been and is still my second home But in those past years I had never been to Quzhou.

Some days ago, for the first time in my Chinese life, I stepped into the beautiful city of Quzhou. My impressions of Quzhou city were as I always thought: green countryside, rainy sky, wet air. That was what I imagined for years the south of China would be. When we finally arrived, I was impressed by the elegant (优雅的) city.

Next day we were taken to visit some places not far away from the city. I was not aware of the direction of our short trip, but when we arrived at Lanke Mountain and got out of the car, I thought that we had been taken to a fairyland (仙境) : the light rain over the green and thick plants, the silvery sky like a heavy blanket and the mystery (神秘) of this mountain made me feel like being part of a picture.

Jiulong Lake was our next step. The mystic atmosphere (气氛) of this place was so strong that I decided to watch the view standing at the top when I stepped into the small boat to sail upstream. Sometimes we were so close to the mountain that we could clearly see the red soil under the plants. I was thinking of the joy to be in a place like Jiulong Lake and how it would be to live among those hills for a while.

The final leg of the day’s journey was a primary school. We were welcomed by the smiles on the faces of many young pioneers. The energy of the hundreds of kids made me feel younger for a while, so educated, so polite and so warm that I had no doubt about the future generations of Quzhou people. The people seem to me the best of Quzhou and they will remain in my memories forever.

1.From the passage, we can know the writer _____ .

A. will come to work in Quzhou

B. will leave China soon

C. has lived in China for a long time

D. has just come to China

2.The writer visited _____ places the next day in Quzhou.

A. two B. three

C. four D. five

3.In the writer’s eye, Quzhou is _____ .

A. green, rainy, wet and elegant

B. green, large, modern and mystic

C. small, warm, dry and elegant

D. beautiful, dry, modern and mystic

4.What does the writer mean by saying the underlined sentence in Paragh 4?

A. He disliked Jiulong Lake.

B. He hoped to leave there soon.

C. He would swim in Jiulong Lake.

D. He loved Jiulong Lake very much.

阅读理解。

The Year of the Goat was a main reason for the low newborns in 2015, a report said.

There were 16.55 million babies born in China last year, about 320,000 fewer than 2014, the Year of the Horse, it said.

China began to allow couples where one partner was an only child to have a second child in late 2013, which made 11 million couples eligible (符合条件的).

People expected the policy to result in 1 million more births compared with 2014. However, that did not happen. There is an old Chinese saying that 9 out of 10 people born in the Year of the Goat are unlucky in their lives.

It was reported that the decline (下降) was mainly because of the Year of the Goat. China will likely welcome 17.5 to 21 million newborns yearly in the next five years.

In 2015, the number of wowen aged 15 to 49, considered to be of childbearing age, fell by 5 million from 2014, In addition, the group between 20 and 29 years old, who are main childbearing people, has declined by 1.5 million, the report said.

Among babies born last year, the number of first children dropped by 850,000 from 2014, or 4.1 percent, it said.At the same time, the number of the second children increased by 450,000.

The number of Chinese wowen of childbearing age reached the highest point in 2011 and then began to decline.

1.You can probably read this passage in a(n) _____ .

A. advertisement B. newspaper

C. guidebook D. novel

2.According to the report, the number of newborns declined in 2015 compared with 2014 mainly because of _____ .

A. the Year of the Horse B. the Year of the Goat

C. the working conditions D. the living conditions

3.The number of Chinese wowen of childbearing age reached the highest poilt in _____ .

A.2011 B.2012

C.2013 D.2014

4.From 2010 to 2014, the newborn numbers in China _____.

A. declined every year B. kept the same

C. increased every year D. doubled

阅读下面短文，然后从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确选项填入1.2.3.三个空格中，，并在题的空白处填入适当内容，完成文后图表。

There are world records at the Olympic Games. But what are the word records in animal kingdom?

The largest and heaviest animal on earth is the blue whale. It weighs between 110 and 120 tons. Its heart is the size of a Mini Cooper, It’s got the biggest mouth in the world as well. About 100 people can fit inside it. But it doesn’t eat people! In fact, the biggest thing it can eat is the size of an apple.

The giraffe is smaller than the blue whale but it is also a record breaker. It’s the tallest living land animal. It’s got the longest neck-about 2 metres long, and it’s got the longest legs-about 1.8 metres long. Drinking is difficult, but eating from the top of trees is easy! And its tongue is 50 cm long!

The most dangerous animal in the world isn’t a lion or a bear. It’s an insect! The mosquit-oes (蚊子) that carry malaria kill over 1 million people a year. After that, the most dangerous animal is the venomous snake. They kill 50,000 to 125,000 people a year.

A. the mosquito

B. the giraffe

C. the blue whale

4.________

5._________

6._________

7.______________

8._________________

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每题仅用一次，每空限填一词。

1.Schools should do something to help students protect _______ .

2.If a river is _____ , farmers can’t use the water for their crops.

3.The Internet is more _____ than books. It is influencing our lives a lot.

4.The students who are good at writing can always use words ______ .

5.Children usually attend a primary school at the age of _____ in China.

根据短文内容和所给中文提示，写出空白处各单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。

Charles Darwin was a scientist. And he changed our understanding of the 1. (自然的) world.

Darwin was born in 1809 in England. At school he didn’t do well and got poor marks. He was a good athlete though and loved studying nature. He also kept doing chemistry 2. （实验）.

His father was a doctor and expected Charles to become one too. Charles started studying 3. (医药) at Edinburgh University, but soon gave up his studies there. He went on to study religion at Cambridge University 4. (代替).

In1831, Darwin went on a five-year journey to South America, Australia and South Africa by ship. He was often seasick, but the things he saw on this trip changed his life. He 5. (收集) many animal and plant specimens. He spent the 6. (剩余) of his life studying what he had seen and he wrote many books.

In 1839, Darwin 7. (结婚) his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, with whom he had ten children! He was a loving father and enjoyed family life, which was always more 8. (重要的) to him than his research. In spite of having many health 9. (问题) throughout his life, Darwin lived until he was 73.

Darwin’s most famous book‎“On the Origin of Species” came out in 1859 and sold out in a day. It said that all living things were related. His ideas were not popular at first, but now most people 10. (同意) with them and admire Darwin as great scientist.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法结构和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入适当的词或用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，每空不超过两词。

Danny has a hobby--playing games online. He is interested 1. solving puzzles. He particularly enjoys chatting to other gamers.

Now Danny 2. (sit) quietly in front of his computer. His mother thinks he is doing his homework, 3. she is wrong. Danny is actually surfing the Internet, solving puzzles and “chatting” to other gamers around the world. 4. funny it is! Danny thinks.

Why are game online so interesting?“5. I can pretend to be a different person. There also many different 6. (kind) of games for me to play,” says Danny. “Other people love to play these games because they can play at any time. They do not need to organize a group. Someone in the world always wants 7. (play).”

Starting a game online is not easy. Some gamers 8. (not) welcome new gamers. They will become angry when new gamers ask them questions, Other gamers are helpful. They want to make new friends. When Danny has 9. question, he always says, “Excuse me, are you busy? I am new at this game and I need some help.” Sometimes this 10. (work). At other times, however, the gamer at the other end makes you feel like fool.

书面表达.

假设你是Li Ming, 以下是你的美国笔友Tina发给你的一封电子邮件，请你根据该邮件内容给Tina回一封邮件。

要求:1.考生需按电子邮件格式来完成整个邮件；

2.邮件中不能出现真实姓名、校名等相关信息；

3.字数90~110。

Autumn is the best season ______ Beijing.

A. at B. in C. on D. near

Sheila often goes to school ______ bus. She lives a little far from school.

A. for B. from C. by D. with