--Would you help me carry the suitcase upstairs? It's too heavy.

-- ________.

A.It's my pleasure. B.With pleasure.

C.Go ahead. D.That's very kind of you.

Rewrite the sentences as required. (按要求改写下列句子,每空一词)

1.Let us go to school. (改为反义疑问句)

Let us go to school, _________ _________?

2.Both of twins are good at foreign languages. (改为否定句)

_________ of the twins _________ good at foreign languages.

3.The weather will be sunny tomorrow. (就划线部分提问)

_________ will the weather be _________ tomorrow?

4.English is a useful language. French is a useful language, too. (保持句意不变)

English is _________ useful a language _________ French.

5.it, difficult, I, the, don't, to, Special English, understand, feel, programme. (连词成句)

________________________________________________________________________

Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)

An island with beautiful beaches and clear blue water full of colorful fish... this is Socotra(索科特拉岛). It sounds nice，but it doesn’t sound very unusual, doesn’t it? Well, there is a lot more to Socotra than that. You can see things there that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.

Socotra is in the Indian Ocean, 250 kilometers east of Africa and 340 kilometers south of Yemen. The island separated (分离) from Africa six million years ago, and over that time it has developed its own special plant life. If you travel away from the beautiful beaches and up into the rocky mountains in the middle of the island, you may feel like you're going back in time.

Perhaps you will see the desert rose with its pretty pink flowers. The desert rose is a “bottle" tree. It stores water in its fat trunk. Like many of Socotra's plants, it has developed to survive in the island' s hot, dry weather.

One of the most unusual plants on Socotra is the "dragons’ blood "tree. It is shaped like an umbrella, with a lot of branches under a green top. The tree gets its name from the red sap(树液)that comes out when it is cut. This sap has been used for centuries as a medicine and to make red dye and paint.

Socotra isn't an easy place for tourists to visit. To get there, you need to fly from Yemen. There are only a few Hotels in its largest town, Hadibo, and the island doesn't have many good roads. The people there live a very simple life. But more and more visitors are coming to Socotra to see its special natural beauty.

1.The underlined word “that” in the first paragraph refers to

A.the beautiful white beaches of Socotra B.all the nice things about an island

C.the clear water with colorful fish in it D.the unusual things about Socotra

2.All the following are mentioned about desert rose EXCEPT

A.its flowering season B.its shape

C.its color D.its growing climate

3.The desert rose stores water in its fat trunk so that it can

A.be turned into a “bottle” tree B.have pink flowers In autumn

C.keep the area cool D.continue to grow in the desert

4.Which sentence is TRUE About the"dragon’s blood"tree?

A.Its name can bring good luck to the locals B.Its branches can be made into medicine and paint

C.The liquid from the tree has many uses. D.The red sap comes out naturally every day

5.People visit Socotra in order to

A.see its special natural beauty B.swim in the ocean

C.stay in the beautiful hotels D.live a simple life

6.The main purpose of the passage is to

A.give advice on how to travel around Socotra B.describe the unusual plant life on Socotra

C.Explain Socotra’s history and geographic formation D.attract people to get close to nature

Choose the best answer and complete the passage. (完形填空):

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome's ___________ filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so moved that decided to write an article about her.

I phoned Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She agreed and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I knew I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn't even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there ___________, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, "Can you tell me..." l soon realized that __________Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The pressure was almost unbearable. I struggled for days with draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn't take long. My manuscript __________. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I compete in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn't face the rejection (拒绝) letter, threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While leaving my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor's letter in disbelief:

Dear Ms Profit.

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some relevant (相关的) materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to publish your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to recover. ___________ of rejection (拒绝) cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of enjoyable writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this experience, I learned a very important lesson: You can't ___________ to have no faith (信任) in yourself.

1.A.sound B.voice C.speech D.smile

2.A.seriously B.patiently C.nervously D.quietly

3.A.talking B.having C.inviting D.fooling

4.A.disappeared B.returned C.spread D.appeared

5.A.Fear B.Joy C.Danger D.Sadness

6.A.allow B.pretend C.expect D.afford

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (首字母填空):

An arctic fox walked 2,700 miles from Norway to Canada. Yes, that’s p1..

At first, the scientists w2. whether it was a mistake.

Just 21 days after leaving the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, an arctic fox had arrived in Greenland. And in less than three months, it made it to Canada. The fox averaged (平均) nearly 30 miles a day t3. it walked almost 100 miles some days.

"When it started h4., we thought ‘is this really true?' "said Arnaud Tarroux, one of the scientists who tracked (追踪)the female fox. Was there "an error (错误) in the data?"

The data was real, the scientists decided as the fox kept going. The foxes 'travels last year, recorded in a recent paper, surprised Tarroux, even though the animal is known for its a5.to live in extremely cold areas.

Scientists already knew that some of the foxes, native to Arctic areas all around the Northern Hemisphere(北半球), made long j6.. But the fox these scientists followed got more attention for just how fast it travelled more than 2,700 miles.

"We didn't really know how the fox would do that and how long it would take for it to do this kind of trip," Tarroux said.

The scientists think the fox may have taken off because there was not enough food for it, but they're not sure. The tracker (追踪器) stopped working in February, so the scientists no l7. know the place where the fox is.

Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答问题):

Alice's mother died when she was five. The year was 1925, and life was hard. Alice, who grew up to be my mother, told me that her family couldn't afford to buy her even a doll as a Christmas gift.

In December 1982, I had a job at a local bank. One afternoon, we were getting ready for the Christmas season. One of my customers came to me with her beautiful handmade dolls. I decided to get one for my daughter, Kate, who was almost five years old. Then I had an idea, I asked my customer if she could make me a special doll for my mother--one with gray hair and glasses: a grandmother doll. And she said yes.

Things really started to fall into place when a friend had told me that his dad who played Santa Claus in my area would be willing to make a visit on Christmas morning to our home to deliver my Katie her present.

Christmas Day arrived at the planned time, so did Santa Claus. I had prepared the presents for Santa to deliver, along with the one for my mother.

My daughter was surprised and happy to get the gift from Santa. As Santa turned to leave, he looked once more into his bag and brought out one more gift. Then he asked who Alice was. My mother was surprised to hear her name. Then Santa handed her the gift, and also a message card that read:

_________________________________________. She held tightly in her arms the doll she had waited fifty-seven years to receive. That doll made my mother the happiest "child".

1.Why didn't Alice's parents buy her a doll as a Christmas gift?

______________________________________________________.

2.What Christmas present did the writer prepare for her daughter?

______________________________________________________.

3.When did the writer's mother receive the Christmas gift?

______________________________________________________.

4.The doll for the writer’s mother was made many years ago, wasn't it?

______________________________________________________.

5.What can be filled in the blank?

______________________________________________________.

6.What can be the best title to the passage? (In less than six words)

______________________________________________________.

Write at least 60 words on the topic “At that moment, I realized the importance of (something/being…)” （以“那一刻我意识到…有多重要”为题，写一篇不少于60词的短文，标点符号不占格）

提示：无论是生活还是学习，一定有一些事情让你感到特别有意义，它们往往会让你意识到一些东西的重要性。请就其中一次经历，谈谈发生了什么以及你从中获得的感悟。

(注意：短文中不得出现任何人名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。)

你希望了解更多相关信息，请根据以下提示向 Ann 提两个问题。

1.你想知道为什么 Ann 要帮助一个陌生人(stranger)。

问：___________________________________________________________________________

2.Ann 因此晚回家了，你想知道她将如何告诉她妈妈这件事。

问：___________________________________________________________________________

He didn’t realize his mistake until it was too late.

A.make B.know C.think

While we are sweeping the floor, the rest of our classmates are watering plants.

A.some of us B.all of us C.the others