Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife， “I’m going to fly to New York next week because I’ve got some work there.” “Where are you going to stay there?” his wife asked. “I don’t know yet.” Dick answered. “Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报).” His wife said. “All right，” Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn’t have any work， so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o’clock and said， “Now I’m going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner.”

He found a taxi and the driver said， “Where do you want to go?” But Dick didn’t remember the name and address of his hotel.

“Which hotel are my things in?” he said， “And what am I going to do tonight?” But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram， and in it he wrote， “Please send me my address to this post office.”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并将选定答案的字母标号填在题前括号内。

1. Dick flew to New York because ______ .

A. he went there for a holiday

B. he had work there

C. he went there to visit his friends

D. his home was there

2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

A. Because she didn’t know his address yet.

B. Because she wanted to go to New York， too.

C. Because she might send him another telegram.

D. Because she couldn’t leave her husband by himself in New York.

3. Where did Dick stay in New York?

A. In a post office. B. In a hotel.

C. In a restaurant. D. At his friend’s house.

4.Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

A. A clerk of his hotel.

B. The police office.

C. The taxi driver.

D. His wife.

5. Which of the following is Not TRUE?

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.

B. Dick didn’t work on the first night when he arrived at the hotel.

C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

Learning English is just like learning to ride a bicycle. When learning English becomes a kind of habit， everything will become easier.

Please think about how we learned to ride a bicycle. There are four stages (阶段): At the first stage， the child doesn’t know what it is to ride a bicycle， nor can he ride. So look at ourselves， when we learned English at the first time， we were also in this condition.

And then is the second stage. Although the child cannot ride himself， he grows and understands what it is to ride a bicycle. So， at this time， teachers are our navigation (航海) marks.

So according to this， we are just like the child starting to learn and now come to the third stage. He can ride a bicycle but has to think every time how to do it.

At last， the fourth stage comes when the child has practiced consciously (有意识地) riding the bicycle so much that he doesn’t have to think. Riding a bicycle becomes a kind of habit. He can talk to people and wave (招手) to others while riding.

Learning English is just like learning to ride a bicycle. When learning becomes a kind of habit， we’ll find we can be successful not only in English but also in other subjects. When learning becomes a kind of habit， I think， no， I believe， one day we’ll succeed and the success will belong to us forever.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并将选定答案的字母标号填在题前括号内。

1. Learning English is ______ .

A. like riding bikes

B. learning to ride bikes

C. like learning to ride bike s

D. as easy as riding bikes

2. When we learned English for the first time， we didn’t know ______ .

A. we were in this condition

B. we were riding a bike

C. what it was to ride a bicycle

D. what English was

3. At the second stage a child knows what it is to ride a bicycle， but ______ is very important.

A. a navigation mark

B. a teacher

C. learning to ride

D. learning English

4.When English learning becomes a kind of habit， we will find ______ .

A. it is necessary to think

B. it is easy to learn English

C. learning English is like riding a bike

D. we don’t need to learn it anymore

5.The writer is talking about ______ .

A. a kind of learning habit

B. how to ride bikes

C. English learning

D. English learning is the same as riding a bike

The world is not hungry， but it is thirsty. It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water while we say we are short of (短缺) water. Why? Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can’t drink or use for watering plants directly. Man can only drink and use the 3%--- the water that comes from rivers and lakes. And we can’t even use all of that， because some of it has been polluted.

Now more water is needed. The problem is: Can we avoid a serious water shortage (短缺) later on?

First we should all learn how to save water. Secondly， we should find out the ways to reuse it. Scientists have always been making studies in the field. Today， in most large cities water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers. But it can be used again. Even if every large city reused its water， still there would not be enough. What could people turn to next?

The sea seems to have the best answer. There is a lot of water in the sea. All that needs to be done is to get the salt out of the sea water. This is expensive， but it’s already used in many parts of the world. Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way of doing it. So you see， if we can find a way out， we’ll be in no danger of drying up.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并将选定答案的字母标号填在题前括号内。

1. The world is thirsty because _____ .

A. 3/4 of the earth is covered with water

B. we have enough sea water to use directly

C. we haven’t used all the water in rivers and lakes

D. About 97% of water on the earth can’t be drunk or used for watering plants directly

2. What does the underlined word “reuse” mean?

A. 再用 B. 改造 C. 替换 D. 启用

3.From the passage we learn _____.

A. if every city reused its water， we’ll be in no danger of drying up

B. man can only drink and use about 25% of water on the earth

C. today in most large cities water is used only once

D. water can be used only once

4.To avoid the serious water shortage， which of the following is the most important?

A. Save water and try to make good use of the water in rivers and lakes.

B. Don’t pollute water and keep all rivers and lakes clean.

C. Make dirty water clean and then reuse it.

D. Try to find a cheaper way to get the salt out of the sea water.

5.The name of the passage would be ______.

A. The Sea Water

B. How to Save Water

C. The Thirsty World

D. The Polluted Water

情景交际

根据对话内容，从下面方框中选出恰当的句子补全对话，并将选定答案的字母标号填

在题号对应的横线上。

A: Hello， Steve! You must have had an unusual experience living in France.

B: Yeah， Tom， 1.

A: Nervous about what?

B: Well， for one thing， I didn’t know how to behave at the dinner table.

A: 2.

B: For example， you aren’t supposed to put your bread on your plate.

A: Where should you put it?

B: 3.

A: Oh， it’s pretty strange.

B: I thought it was strange， but now I get used to it.

A: 4.

B: It’s rude to put your hands in your lap (腿). 5.

A: Oh， it’s really surprising.

单词拼写

根据括号内所给的中文提示，正确拼写单词，并将答案填写在对应的横线上。

1.Sometimes I hate coming home to an_____________(空的) house.

2.As a student， she (很少)causes any problems.

3.Keep off the ____________ (草地).

4.At the meeting， Mr. Wang began with a short (介绍).

5.How can we ____________(阻止) air pollution?

词形变换

根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在对应的横线上。

1.Monday is the ___________(two) day of a week.

2.China is ( know ) for the Great Wall.

3.When I fell and hurt ( I )， she gave me a hug and lifted me up.

4.I have no ___________ (choose) but to do it.

5.When you visit a foreign country， it is important to know how to ask for help (polite).

选词填空

根据短文内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，请将单词填写在题号对应的横线上。所有单词在填入前不需进行词形转换，每个单词只能用一次，每空一词。

We can’t stop an earthquake， but we can do things to make sure they don’t destroy (毁坏) whole cities. First， it is not a 1. idea to build houses along lines where 2. of the earth’s plates (板块) join together. Second， if you think there 3. be an earthquake， it is better to build houses on rocks， not on 4. . Third， you must make the houses as 5. as possible. Weak buildings will 6. down in an earthquake， but strong ones may stay up.

Scientists are 7. that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around San Francisco. They call it “The Big One”. However， people today are still building more 8. . The population in and around San Francisco is 9. ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that 10. there is another earthquake， a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.

书面表达

“北海是我家，文明靠大家”!良好的公共文明，必须先从个人的文明礼仪做起，从身边的小事做起。在争创全国文明卫生城市活动中，作为中学生，我们青少年也应该尽自己的一份力。请你就如何做个文明的中学生，写一篇小短文，谈一下我们青少年应该怎么做(有些是不允许做的)。

要点提示：(1)诚实善良、礼貌待人；

(2)着装得体、讲究卫生(不准染发)；

(3)学习刻苦、助人为乐；

(4)保护环境、共建家园(不准吸烟、不准乱扔垃圾……)

参考词汇：honest; be polite to; be supposed to dress neatly ; be allowed to; dye hair(染发); protect; litter

写作要求：1．短文应包括所提供的要点，可适当发挥；

2．语句通顺，意思连贯；

3．文中不可出现真实的人名、地名和校名；

4．词数80左右(开头句已给出，不计入总词数)。

To make Beihai a more beautiful city， we teenagers should try our best to do better. Here are my suggestions.

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— What are you going to do this weekend?

—I have no idea. Perhaps I will go to visit my grandparents.

A. Usually B. Maybe C. Finally

—When I ask him a question, usually he doesn’t reply at once.

—He needs to think it over for a time.

A. answer B. agree C. disagree