— _____ is the population of the town?

— About twenty thousand.

A. What B. How much C. How many D. How

Every summer many people take time off from the job, pack up the car and hit the beach for a nice, relaxing family vacation. But no beach comer ever wants to hear-SHARK!

Sharks are _________ the oldest animals in the world. There are over three hundred fifty different kinds of sharks in the world. Most sharks are about two meters _________, and they live in _________ waters, but some in very cold areas. Most sharks live in the oceans.

A shark can _________ a small amount(量) of things in the water, for example, the blood of animals. That helps them find their food. Sharks eat fish, _________ sharks and plants in the ocean. Some sharks can eat just about _________.

Sharks grow slowly. About 40% of the different kinds of sharks lay eggs (产卵). The others give birth to live young. Some sharks carry their _________ inside their bodies.

Most sharks bite people by mistake. They think a person is a large sea animal. When the sun goes down or comes up, sharks are _________ food. So at these times people _________ go swimming in the ocean. Each year bees, snakes and elephants kill more people than sharks _________.

Today people kill sharks for sport, food and their skin. The number of sharks in the world is dropping fast!

1.A. over B. under C. among D. behind

2.A. wide B. tall C. high D. long

3.A. cool B. warm C. sunny D. windy

4.A. listen B. look C. smell D. hear

5.A. else B. others C. other D. another

6.A. anything B. nothing C. something D. things

7.A. small B. big C. old D. young

8.A. looking at B. looking for C. looking over D. looking after

9.A. should B. shouldn't C. can D. needn't

10.A. make B. kill C. do D. take

Tom, 13

I have finished reading Little Women. It is written by an American writer and it is about the life experiences of four sisters. Though the book is a little bit boring, I have still learned to be kind to others and to be brave in the face of difficulties.

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Mary, 14

It took me a week to read Robinson Crusoe. The book is amazing. It is about a man who wanted to sail abroad to learn more about the world. When he was the only one alive on an island, he didn’t give up his hope but tried his best to live. And finally he successfully went back to his home.

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Bob, 14

I have read the Treasure Island many times because it is so exciting. It is written by the English writer Stevenson. The book is full of excitement and imagination. It is about the journey of a boy and a group of people looking for the treasure.

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Peter, 15

I haven’t finished reading Harry Potter because it is too long. But I have watched some of the Harry Potter movies. I think the movies are much more interesting than the books.

1.Who hasn’t finished reading his book.

A. Tom. B. Mary. C. Bob. D. Peter.

2.What does Tom think of his book?

A. It is a little boring. B. He learned nothing from it.

C. It is too long to read. D. The movie is better than the book.

3.What is the book Robinson Crusoe about?

A. Four sisters and their life experiences.

B. A man succeeding in living alone on an island.

C. A boy and a group of people looking for treasure.

D. The students in a magic school.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Mary isn’t the oldest among the four children.

B. The Treasure Island is written by an American.

C. Tom learned a lot from Little Women.

D. Peter prefers watching the Harry Potter movies to reading Harry Potter.

5.What is the passage about?

A. Four children. B. Four lessons. C. Four books. D. Four stories.

The Niagara Falls is between Canada and the United States in North America. It's on a river that connects two of the five Great Lakes. The Niagara Falls has two parts: the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of the river, and the American Falls on the United States' side. They are about 50 meters high, 1,240 meters wide.

The Niagara Falls has three special falls. The tallest are the American and Bridal Veil falls on the American side. The falls are colourful lit up at night, and many people say they're even more beautiful in winter when the grounds are covered with snow and the waters turn to ice.

Most visitors go as close to the falls as possible and watch the waters thundering down.

The Niagara Falls is different from the waterfalls you find in mountains, where a thin stream of water comes down a mountainside, half-flying.

Above in the air, you will understand the real difference between the American and Canadian Falls. The American Falls get only about 10% of the water, while the Canadian Falls get 90%.

1.The Horseshoe Falls is .

A. in the USA B. in Canada

C. in China D. between Canada and America

2.The Niagara Falls is about .

A. 50 metres wide B. 1,240 metres high

C. 1,240 metres long D. 50 metres high

3.It's said that Niagara Falls is even more beautiful in .

A. winter B. summer C. autumn D. spring

4.The word “stream” in the passage means in Chinese.

A. 大海 B. 溪流 C. 湖泊 D. 绿洲

5.Which of the following is WRONG?

A. The Niagara Falls is in North America

B. The Niagara Falls has two parts

C. The American Falls get most water

D. The Niagara Falls is very beautiful

One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before he fell ill he wasn't happy. Happiness was "having the cookie". Only if you had the cookie could things be good.

Unluckily, the cookie kept changing. Some of the time it was money, sometimes power, sometimes fancy things.

A year and a half after his diagnosis(诊断) of cancer, he sits in my office shaking his head. "It's like I stopped learning how to live after I was a kid. When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. But he is 2 years old and I am 43. It has taken me this long to understand that the cookie will never make me happy for long," he says, "The minute you have the cookie, you start to worry about someone trying to take it away from you."

My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. For the first time he is happy. No matter if his business is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. "Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'What is really important?' Well, life is important—life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness doesn't have anything to do with the cookie; it has something to do with being alive," he pauses thoughtfully, "I guess life is the cookie."

根据短文内容，完成下列小题。每题不多于5个词。

1.What was "the cookie" for the businessman before he fell ill?

______________

2.How does the patient's 2-year-old son feel when he gets a cookie?

_______________

3.What makes the patient change his mind to be happy?

______________

4.What question did the patient start to think about after he got cancer?

_______________

5.What does the patient think happiness is at present?

_______________

根据括号内的要求完成下列各题，每空一词（含缩略形式）。

1.Have you decided which house to buy？（补全肯定答语）

________，I ________.

2.Would you like something to eat now？（作否定回答）

________,________.

3.Mary has already written ten articles for the newspaper．（改为一般疑问句）

________ Mary written ten articles for the newspaper________?

4.Sally has done her history homework．（改为否定句）

Sally ________ ________her history homework.

5.They have helped the old man clean his room．（对划线部分提问）

________ have they ________ ?

6.I've read since two hours ago.（就画线部分提问)

________ ________ have you read?

7.He came to China five years ago．（改为同义句）

He________ ________ in China for five years.

8.Would you mind cleaning your room？（作否定回答）

No,________ ________ ________.

9.She needs some help．（改为否定句）

She ________ ________ ________ help.

10.Do you need any help？ He asks．（合并为一个复合句）

He asks ________ ________ need some help.

根据对话内容，从方框中选择恰当的选项补全对话，其中有两项多余。

A: Hi, Megan. How are you today?

B: I'm fine1.

A: You ‘re right. But it's not just cold. Everything is frozen!

B: It snowed a lot last night.

A:2.

B: That's a good idea. We can ask our friends to come.

A: What activity do you think we should do?

B:3. Skiing is a lot of fun!

A: OK. I can learn to ski from you. Where can we go skiing?4.

B: That's true. What about Eagle Mountain?

A: Oh, yeah. Mark went skiing there last year.

B: Right. And he had a really good time.

A:5. Do you think it's OK for beginners?

B: I think so.

A: OK. let's meet at the store on our way to Eagle Mountain

A. What hot weather it is!

B I think we should go skiing.

C. I am good at skiing

D. But the weather is really cold outside

E Eagle Mountain sounds pretty scary.

F. There aren't too many hills around here.

G. Maybe we can plan an outside activity to enjoy the snow.

书面表达

假设你是李华，你的好朋友艾伦(Allen)下周要来北京旅游，他向你询问关于北京的一些信息，请你根据下面的要点提示给他写一封信，介绍一下北京著名的旅游景点。

提示：

1. the capital city of China;

2. north of China;

3. the Great Wall

要求：

1. 句子通顺、语意连贯；

2. 70词左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Allen,

Beijing is the capital city of China with a long history. ____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

I’m sure you will have a great time in Beijing.

Yours,

Li Hua

Yesterday was Monday. I attended a very important 1.(面试). I was trying to get accepted by a local university and I just had to 2. (通过) it. I was terribly nervous. My mouth felt 3. (干燥的) and my hands were shaking as I walked into the room.

At first, the interviewer didn’t look up, which made me even more nervous. I sat there quietly, 4. (几乎没) looking at him. Suddenly, he began to ask me questions about school, my5. (业余爱好), and books I had read, in a strange voice.

Next, he wanted to know why I 6. (选择) to study archaeology (考古学). Then he asked about my experience in the field. I took a deep breath (呼吸) and 7.(解释)him about my summer in Egypt where I helped at a dig (考古发掘地) in the Desert of Sinai. At that moment, he began to laugh. “Is he 8. (发疯的)? Or did I make a mistake?” I thought.

I looked at him carefully and then I felt relaxed. Now I knew I had nothing to fear—I was 9. (确定的) I would be accepted. The interviewer was my teacher at the dig. He was the one who praised (表扬) me for my work that summer and 10. (鼓励) me to follow my dream.

In many African cultures,the elephant is a 1. (象征) of strength, power and good luck. But will there be still good luck if there are no elephants in the world?

At the beginning of the 2. (第二十) century, there were about 10 3. (百万)

African elephants, but now there are about 500,000. Last year about 20,000 elephants were killed.

So African elephants are in4. (危险). In the next ten years, the elephant 5.(数量)will reduce by more than a quarter.

Luckily, some countries’6. (政府) in Africa are taking steps to stop people killing

elephants.People kill elephants for their ivory(象牙). Female (雌性的) elephants are at a7. (较高的) risk because they have very large ivory.

The demand (需求) for elephant ivory in China is 8. (尤其) great. It has become even more valuable than gold. Although the international ivory trade has been banned (禁止) since 1989 in order to9. (保护) African elephants, many people are trying to kill elephants in some African countries.

At the end of the 1990s, the ivory ban was not so strict that it allowed some countries to sell ivory again. Some people say this is a great 10. (错误).