Some people have a very poor sense(感觉) of direction. Unluckily， I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.

When I was a little girl， I never dared ask strangers the way. So I used to walk round in circles and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.

Now， I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions， but I often receive help-less or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If any-one ever asks me the way somewhere， I always say， “Sorry， I am a stranger here.”

Once on my way to work， I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps， I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However， I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.

When I just got to my office， the secretary (秘书) showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight!

1.The writer always refuses to give people directions because _________.

A. she’s a stranger to the city

B. she doesn’t know the people

C. she has no time to help others

D. she’s afraid of giving wrong direction

2.A man stopped the writer on the way to _________.

A. sell her something B. ask for the time

C. make friends with her D. ask for the direction

3.The Friendship Building is the place where the writer _________.

A. lives B. studies C. works D. teaches

4.The word “embarrassed” in the last paragraph means “_________”.

A. 尴尬 B. 困惑 C. 激动 D. 拮据

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

A. The writer is too shy to help others.

B. The writer has a very poor sense of direction.

C. The writer never got lost when she was young.

D. The man was quite nervous.

In China， more and more villagers have left home to make a living in big cities. As a result， their children have become leftover (留守) children and they need more care. The survey below is from some villages in Central China. Three hundred children were chosen to answer the questions.

1. Of all the four things， the leftover children need _________ most.

A. love B. money C. control D. freedom

2. _________ of the children think it good to live with their parents.

A. 14% B. 28% C. 44% D. 58%

3. How many children think their happiest place is their school?

A. 48. B. 102. C. 144. D. 156.

4.During the survey， the children were asked about many things EXCEPT _________.

A. food

B. places they like

C. their needs

D. their parents’ working in cities

5.We can learn that _________ from the survey.

A. most leftover children want more freedom without parents

B. over 40% of the children have difficulty talking to parents freely

C. all the leftover children dream of making money in big cities

D. most villagers prefer living a life in the countryside

When we think of paper， we think of newspapers and books. But there are many other uses. Only half of the world’s paper is used for books and newspapers.

Paper is very good for keeping you warm. You have perhaps seen homeless men asleep on a large number of newspapers. In Finland(芬兰)， it is sometimes －40℃ in winter. The farmers wear paper boots(靴子) in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.

Each year， more and more things are made of paper. We have had paper cups and plates for a long time. But now we hear that chairs， tables， and even beds can be made of paper. You can wear paper hats， paper dresses， and paper raincoats. When you have used them once， you may throw them away and buy new ones.

The latest use of paper seems to be paper houses. These are not small houses for children to play in， but real， big houses for people to live in. You can buy a house with three rooms for about 500 dollars. It’s cheap. You can put it up by yourself in a few hours， and you can use it for about five years.

1. Only half of the world’s paper is used to _________.

A. build houses

B. help the homeless people

C. make chairs， tables and beds

D. print(印刷) newspapers and books

2.The farmers in Finland wear paper boots in winter _________.

A. to be cool

B. to feel cool

C. to keep their feet warm

D. to save a lot of money

3. Long before we began to use paper to make chairs， tables and beds， _________.

A. we had already had paper cups and plates

B. we could wear paper hats and paper dresses

C. we could buy paper boots and shoes in paper shops

D. we had no paper cups or paper plates

4.The latest use of paper seems to be paper houses. These houses are _________.

A. big and strong enough to live for seventy years

B. made for children to play in

C. made only for the rich people

D. not expensive and easy to build up

5.After you use a paper raincoat， you may _________.

A. use it for a long time B. throw it away

C. lend it to others D. sell it to others

单词拼写

根据句意、首字母、汉语提示或音标，完成单词。

1. Taian is f_________ for Mount Tai.

2.The girl gave her seat to an old woman very _________(礼貌地).

3. Don’t talk or laugh loudly. We should keep s_________ in the library.

4.Americans can hardly _________(避免) buying products made in China.

5. Food safety _________(影响) our everyday life.

6.There are too many t_________ accidents on the road these days.

7.I often visit my r_________ and friends during the Spring Festival.

8. France， German， Italy are E_________ countries.

9. I used to be afraid of giving a speech in _________ .

10.The Internet is _________ used in most families in our country today.

根据短文内容，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整。（每词限用一次）

Now students’ English handwriting (书法) gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel 1.________. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not， here are four steps that really work!

Using paper with lines can keep you 2._________ straight instead of up or down when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. Be 3.________ to fill the lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters(大写字母) are written properly(恰当地).

If your writing is hard to read， try slowing down a little. For some kids， going slower makes the handwriting clear. If you write too 4.________， it’s hard for you to stop where you should， and even worse， you may make more5.________.

When you hold your pen the 6.________ way， writing is much easier. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to be relaxed and don’t hold the pen so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so， people will guess you are a student7._______ a good habit.

Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to control your pencil better 8.________ you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school， you can practice by yourself at home.

Handwriting is very9._______. Imagine you are a world—famous movie star or a well—known sports player， what do you do when your 10._______ run up to you? Give them your autographs (亲笔签名)， of course!

阅读表达

阅读下面的短文，并根据文章后的要求答题（请注意问题后的词数要求）。

〔1〕The Dragon Boat Festival， also called the Duanwu Festival， is celebrated on lunar(农历) May 5th. For thousands of years， the festival has been marked by eating zongzi and racing dragon(龙) boats. (88) In order to remember Qu Yuan， one of the greatest poets in China， people hold the dragon boat races every year. That is the origins(起源) of this festival.

〔2〕Qu Yuan was born in Zigui of Hubei Province over 2，200 years ago. Qu Yuan was an honest offieial(官员) of the state of Chu， during the Warring States Period (战国时期) (475—221 BC). He was upright(正直的) and wise. He wanted to bring his country peace and make the state stronger， (89)____________ the country was in the hands of bad officials. So he failed. At last， he was very disappointed(失望的). He ended his life by throwing himself into the Miluo River. It was said that people jumped from boats into the river and tried to save him. But it was too late. Also， they were very sad. They threw zongzi into the water to feed the fish in the river. They hoped that the fish would eat zongzi instead of the poet’s body.

〔3〕Now we often read his poem Li Sao which is filled with deep love for his country. We can see the dragon boat races and have a kind of Chinese food named zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival.

根据短文内容，完成下列小题。

1.Why did people throw zongzi into the water after Qu Yuan died? (no more than 15 words)

__________________________________________________________________________

2. What was Qu Yuan like? (no more than 7 words)

__________________________________________________________________________

3. Translate the underlined sentences in Paragraph 1 into Chinese.

__________________________________________________________________________

4.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with a proper word.

__________________________________________________________________________

5.给短文拟一个恰当的英文标题。

__________________________________________________________________________

完成句子

根据汉语完成句子，每空词数不限。

1.我认为打扮成卡通人物有趣。

I think it’s fun to ___________________________ as cartoon characters.

2.他决定改变自己的生活并且保证做一个更好的人。

He decided to change his life and _________________________ a better person.

3.不管发生什么情况他都要继续这项工作。

He will continue the work ________________________ happens.

4.我想知道在其他星球上是否有生物。

I wonder __________________________ living things on other planets.

5. 对我们来说安全最重要。

_________________________ for us to be safe.

6.孔明灯是由竹子制成并用纸糊起来。

Sky lanterns ____________________________ bamboo and covered with paper.

7.他们过去常常通过听收音机来了解新闻。

They used to learn the news ____________________ the radio.

8.现在我以学校为荣，将来学校以我为荣。

Now I’m __________________________ my school and in the future my school will take pride in me.

9.我们的英语老师真耐心啊！

______________________ our English teacher is!

10.我们应该靠自己去创造未来。

We should ________________________ to create the future.

写作

还记得你刚上初中时同学们的样子吗?三年的时间过去了，同学们肯定在外貌、性格、爱好、学习等方面改变了很多。假如你叫Jim，是第66中学的学生，你的好朋友Mike变化很大，请根据提示，以Mike has changed a lot为题，写一篇英语短文。

要求：1. 词数：80—100词；开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2. 包含上述提示要点，可适当发挥，以使行文连贯；

3. 文中不要出现真实校名和人名。

Mike has changed a lot

My name is Jim. I’m a student of No. 66 Middle School. I have a good friend named Mike. ____________________________________________________________________________________________

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I don’t like ____________ of the dresses. Could you please show me a third one?

A. both B. all C. either D. neither

—How can you be excused for such a ____________ reason?

—I don’t care whether you accept it or not.

A. special B. silly C. serious D. shy