Each year, a huge number of Chinese middle school students go to study in foreign countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and Japan.

“Chinese children hope very much to go ____ to get a wider view of the world,” said Chen Yi, a Chinese writer who has lived in America for 16 years. In a talk Chen told more than 300 parents and their children thought that life in foreign countries can be ____for young people.” They have to deal with a cultural shock and language ____ .

However, these are not the most difficult things. To most children looking after themselves when studying alone in a foreign country is a big _____ .

Zhang Jia, a 16-year-old student, began to study in a high school in Sydney, Australia last October. To his amazement, his teachers there ____ pushed students to study. And usually there wasn’t homework. “With these education systems, we have more ____time and more space for thinking,”said Zhang. “But if you don’t know how to____your time and money to good use, you will not have an easy time,” Some of his friends spent their whole year’s money in the first two months of the term, and they _____ their exams.

“Studying abroad at a young age can help students learn a foreign language____and open up their eyes, but students and parents should know about the challenges,”Chen said.“If you want to study abroad, try to talk to someone with ______ in foreign countries. Make sure that you are ready for it.”

1.A. abroad B. foreign C. home D. school

2.A. easy B. happy C. sad D. hard

3.A. advantages B. problems C. abilities D. questions

4.A. challenge B. thought C. difference D. change

5.A. ever B. always C. just D. never

6.A. safe B. busy C. boring D. spare

7.A. take B. put C. plan D. have

8.A. passed B. created C. accepted D. failed

9.A. carefully B. quickly C. happily D. exactly

10.A. confidence B. knowledge C. information D. experience

第一节：阅读下面一篇短文的内容，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示。

A

How much do you know about Chicago in the United States? You might think it’s a big city. And it is! Chicago is actually the third most populous (人口众多的) city in the US, right after New York City and Los Angeles.

“The Windy City” is Chicago’s most famous nickname. It is for good reason. The city lies right next to Lake Michigan and heavy winds blow through the city.

Chicago is very well known for its art and culture. The Art Institute of Chicago is the No.1 place to visit in the city. It is not only a school, but also a world-class art museum.

If you don’t feel like visiting a museum, your best choice is to visit Millennium Park. This park holds the famous Cloud Gate which looks like a big shining bean. Many people enjoy taking photos there.

Chicago has lots of fun things to do. If you enjoy heights, go visit the famous Willis Tower! You can go up to the top of it and step out onto a glass box. You’ll be standing over the city, but don’t worry ---- it’s completely safe. Doesn’t Chicago sound like a fun city?

1.Chicago has the largest population in the US.

2.Chicago is famous for its heavy winds and rain.

3.The Art Institute of Chicago is both a school and a museum.

4.Millennium Park looks like a big shining bean.

5.You can be standing over Chicago on top of Willis Tower.

One day at work, my American coworker and I decided to go out to lunch together. We saw one restaurant that sold specialty dishes from Xi’an.

We decided to try it out. My coworker said, “Maybe we can have some ‘Roger Moore’ (a famous British actor)!” I felt confused, so I asked her what she meant. She explained that she was talking about roujiamo (肉夹馍), which sounds like the name “Roger Moore”. It’s a type of Chinese snack that comes from Shaanxi province.

My first thought was that the roujiamo was very similar to an American hamburger. The pieces of flatbread were like hamburger buns, with meat in the middle.

Our roujiamo were made fresh, so the bread was still warm. It was soft and fluffy (松软 的) when I bit into it. The meat inside was salty and tender (嫩的). It was quite delicious.

Roujiamo is popular in other countries, too. In the United States, a businessman named Jason Wang opened more than 10 chain restaurants called “Xi’an Famous Foods”. Roujiamo is one of their most popular dishes. The restaurants attract about 140,000 customers every year, according to Forbes magazines.

1.The author first thought that roujiamo was_______ .

A. a kind of American food B. created by the British actor Roger Moore

C. like the American hamburger D. a Chinese snack from Shaanxi province

2.Which is NOT true about roujiamo’s flavor?

A. Soft. B. Sweet. C. Salty. D. Fluffy.

3.According to Forbes magazines, _________ .

A. Jason Wang makes the best roujiamo in China

B. Xi’an Famous Foods sells the world’s best roujiamo

C. Xi’an Famous Foods attracts tens of thousands of customers every year

D. roujiamo is very popular in the UK.

What might life be like if you looked very different from others? Most of us are lucky to be born with “normal” faces. But the movie Wonder (《奇迹男孩》) shows us that there is no such things as being normal and that beauty is more than skin-deep.

Based on a bestselling novel, the movie is about a boy named Auggie. He has a facial deformity (面部畸形). He has spent most of his life being home-schooled. But as he enters middle school, his parents decide to send him to a private school. There, Auggie must deal with some unfriendly classmates and learn to accept himself as he is.

In the United States, most kids are taught that it is OK to be different. People don’t look down upon being special. But some kids have difficulty accepting this. It is easy to play tricks on someone who is different, especially if you have your own problems to deal with. This is another central theme from the movie ---- even the kids who laugh at Auggie have their own personal struggles.

As Auggie’s classmates get know him better, they come to find that he’s a nice kid with a great sense of humor. They start to change their attitude to him. In real life, it may take longer to see such changes happen. But if we give people a chance, their hearts and minds may change in the end.

1.Which is NOT true about Auggie according to the writer?

A. He has a facial deformity.

B. He has been home-schooled for many years.

C. His family sends him to a private school.

D. He always becomes sad because of others’ attitude.

2.We can tell that Auggie’s school life is ________at the very beginning.

A. happy B. hard C. exciting D. normal

3.Some kids laugh at Auggie because they________.

A. have a sense of humor B. accept his difference

C. have difficulty accepting different people D. want to be home-schooled as well

V. 完成句子。 根据所给汉语意思，用单词或短语完成下列英文句子。

1.如果孩子们在交通繁忙的马路上玩耍，他们就会非常危险。

Children will _________________________ if they play on the busy street.

2.我们一致认为，没有了健康的人生是无意义的。

All of us are in agreement that life is _______________________ without health.

3.郭明义总是乐于帮助有困难的人。

Guo Mingyi is always______________help the people in trouble.

4.结果是他跟这个案件无关。

It turned out that he ___________________the case.

5.人们应立刻采取行动去阻止环境进一步恶化。

People should _______________ at once to prevent the environment from getting worse and worse.

Have you ever counted the number of digits (数字) in your mobile phone number? Your number has 11 digits. You may sometimes find it hard to remember your number. That’s because China has the longest mobile phone numbers in the world. Why is that?

The 11 digits can be divided into three parts. Each pare has a different meaning. The first three numbers tell you which mobile phone service provider you are using. For example,135 is for the China Mobile Communications Corporation ( 中 国 移 动 ) and 188 is for China Unicom ( 中 国 联 通 ). The fourth to the seventh digits tell you which region the number is registered (注册) in. And the last four digits are random (随机的).

The main reason for using 11 digits is that we have the largest population in the world. We once had 10 numbers. But as our population grew, there were not enough numbers for us to use. So we began to use 11 digits starting from 1999.

Eleven digits can be used to make tens of billions of mobile phone numbers, according to the Xinhua News Agency. That’s enough for each person to have seven or eight phone numbers to use in China.

Plus, mobile phone numbers can be recycled. Usually, the service provider will reuse a canceled number after three to six months. If you call a number that you haven’t contacted for a long time, you may find that its owner has changed.

Besides China, Britain and Japan also use 11-digit mobile phone numbers. But their numbers always start with 0. So they cannot create as many numbers as we can. Countries like the United States, Australia and India use phone numbers with 10 digits. Canada’s mobile phone numbers are perhaps the world’s shortest: they use seven digits.

1.Which country has the longest mobile phone numbers in the world?

____________________________does.

2.What can we know from the first three digits of a phone number?

The first three digits stand for_____________________.

3.Why does China use 11 digits for phone numbers?

Because___________________________.

4.When can a phone number be recycled?

The service provider will ___________________________.

5.Do Canadians have the world’s shortest mobile phone numbers?

___________________________________________.

A) 根据对话内容，将方框内符合对话情境的句子抄写在对话空白处，使对话恢复完整。选 项中有两项是多余的。

Linda: Helen, it’s time for supper. Let’s go to the dining hall together.

Helen:Yes, it’s supper time, 1.

Linda: Then, what shall we do now?

Helen: I want to go to the library and return these books first. 2.

Linda: Of course. 3.

Helen: Yes, I think so.

Linda: Let’s go there first, then we’ll go to the dining hall to have supper, OK?

Helen: No problem. Look! Linda! What’s that on the ground?

Linda: Let me see. Oh, it’s a backpack. 4.

Helen: Er, it’s brown. It might be Jane’s and hers is brown.

Linda: Oh, no. Look at the notebook. Tim’s name is on it, 5.

Helen: Let’s go and find Tim first.

I think it’s closed now.

so it must belong to him.

Do you think the library is open at this time of day?

but I think it must be crowded now.

Whose backpack is it?

Would you please go with me?

Who is he?

I think it’s closed now.

so it must belong to him.

Do you think the library is open at this time of day?

but I think it must be crowded now.

Whose backpack is it?

Would you please go with me?

Who is he?

当代雷锋郭明义，在《幸福就这么简单》一书中，用自己的点滴平凡小事诠释出幸福的 真谛。幸福就围绕在我们身边，简单得触手可得，平凡得召之即来。那你的幸福观又是什么 呢？请以 My Happiness 为题写一篇短文。

内容包括以下方面：

1. 你认为幸福是什么？

2. 描述一件令你感到幸福的事（需交代时间、地点、过程与感受）。

3. 以自己的感悟揭示：应该如何创造幸福。

写作要求：

1. 短文结构完整，意思连贯，语言流畅，语法准确，符合逻辑；

2. 卷面干净整洁；

3. 词数 80 左右；

4. 开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

My Happiness

After reading Guo Mingyi’s “Happiness Is So Simple”, I am deeply moved by his view on happiness. As for me,_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dear boys and girls, you will face the most important examination in less than 100 days. ________________ and go out of your way, and you will get a satisfying result.

A. Have confidence in yourself B. Being confident of yourself

C. Have confidence in yourselves