【题目】书面表达：

以“My best friend Nancy”为题，根据所给提示要点，用英语写一篇短文，70字左右，要求第5点用1-2句适当展开想象，要点如下：

1. Nancy是一个幽默漂亮的女孩。她有着大而明亮的眼睛和直的长发。

2. 她喜欢画画。她总是在绘画比赛中获得第一。

3. 她慷慨大方并且乐于助人。她经常在作业上帮助我。

4. 她从来不说别人的坏话。

5. 她长大后想当一名社会工作者，这样她可以……

My best friend Nancy

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【题目】Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate （庆祝）their birthdays in different ways. Here are four people from different countries. They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in their countries.

Sandy Morrison comes from Madrid(马德里). He says happily, "My twenty-first birthday is on a Saturday, and I'm going to go out with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to pull（拉，扯）on my ear, once for each year. It is an old custom（风俗）. Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional(传统的)."

Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo. Mr. Sato is going to be sixty tomorrow. In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki---it's the beginning of a new life. The colour red is for a new life, so they always give something red for a sixtieth birthday. Mrs Sato says, "What am I going to give my husband? I can't say. It's a surprise（惊喜）."

Li Xiaomei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us. "Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday. It's a special birthday. So we're going to have a family party. I'm probably going to get some money in 'lucky' envelopes（信封） from my relatives. My mother is going to cook noodles --- noodles are for a long life."

Phillip Evans, from Paris, smiles to us, "I'm going to be thirty next week, so I'm going to invite three very good friends out to dinner. In France, when you have birthday, you often invite people out. In some countries, I know it's the opposite---- people take you out."

【1】How many times do Sandy’s friends pull on his ear this year?

A. Just once. B. twenty-one times.

C. Ten times. D. It’s a secret.

【2】Japanese people think the sixtieth birthday is _________.

A. very old. B. something red.

C. a surprise D. the beginning of a new life.

【3】Which of the following is not true?

A. Li Xiaomei gets some money on her birthday.

B. Mrs. Sato will give something red to her husband tomorrow.

C. People in Madrid celebrate their birthdays by pulling on the ear.

D. In France, when someone has birthday, his friends often ask him to have dinner.

【题目】完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。

【1】我认为游泳不如远足有趣。

I don’t think swimming is hiking.

【1】她总是不把自己的担忧告诉别人。

She always her worries .

【1】婚礼将在何时何地举行？

When and where the wedding ?

【1】Daniel不擅长英语，老师建议他参加一项英语的课程。

Daniel isn’t good at English, so the teacher .

【1】 我迫不及待地想要和家人去度假。

I with my family.

【1】 我每天花半小时练习弹钢琴。

It the piano every day.

【题目】Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 and died in 1790.The philosopher（哲学家）and writer was one of the most important men in the early days of the United States. He believed strongly in the importance（重要性）of hard work, and he himself worked hard all his life, from the time he left school at the age of ten.

"Poor Richard," a character Franklin created, summarized（概括）Franklin's ideas in short sayings（谚语）. Many of Poor Richard's sayings are still remembered today. One of the most famous is "Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise," from the essay（散文）"The Way of Wealth."

In the same essay , Franklin talks about the danger of laziness and the value of ambitiousness（抱负）.He asks what is accomplished by "wishing and hoping for better times". He says that we can make these times better if we try hard enough. People who spend all their time just hoping will die without food. They shouldn't expect everything to be easy, or as Poor Richard says, "there are no gains without pains." Franklin also says that we should work today, not wait until tomorrow. "One today is worth two tomorrows," says Poor Richard." Never leave that till tomorrow, which you can do today."

【1】The main idea of the text is that _______________.

A. one should have a clever mind

B. one should get up early

C. one should work hard all one’s life

D. one should make everything hard to do

【2】 According to the text, Poor Richard is a person who _________________.

A. used to help Franklin

B. appears in Franklin’s books

C. knows a lot of old sayings

D. works very hard all his life

【3】“one today is worth two tomorrows” means that ___________________.

A.if you want to do something valuable（有价值的）, do it at once

B.one shouldn’t hope for better times

C.everyone can have a bright future

D.we have to enjoy ourselves today, not tomorrow

【题目】完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it gets better with . If you want to make friends, you must do for it. Join a club or a group. Talking with those who like the same things as you do is much .

Many people are nervous（紧张的）when talking to people. After all, meeting means facing the unknown（不认识的）. And it's human nature to feel a bit about the unknown.

Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts（怀疑）about ourselves. We________ other people are judging us, finding us too tall or too short, too thin or too fat. But don't forget that they must be feeling the way. Try to accept yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease. In this way you'll feel comfortable.

Try to be self-confident even if you don't feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers（陌生人）such as a big hall, walk straight in, look at people in the eye and ________ . If you see someone you'd like to say something to, don't wait for the other person to start a conversation. Talk about the things you like and do best. People will be ________ in you if there’s something good about you.

There are many ways to make friends. Just remember, it’s hard to make friends if you stay at home alone. It takes ________ and effort to develop friendship.

【1】A. practice B. money C. girls D. everything

【2】A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything

【3】A. easy B. easier C. easily D. hard

【4】A. teachers B. strangers C. classmates D. relatives（亲戚）

【5】A. dangerous B. hopeless C. unhappy D. uncomfortable

【6】A. believe B. imagine（想象） C. afraid D. find

【7】A. different B. same C. other D. another

【8】A. cry B. laugh C. smile D. speak

【9】A. exciting B. excited C. interesting D. interested

【10】A. time B. hope C. money D. People

【题目】【2015年襄阳市初中毕业生学业水平考试英语试题】阅读下面三篇材料，根据材料内容从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该标号涂黑。

【1】 If you want to be a postman, it’s necessary for you to have _____________.

A. working experience

B. good knowledge of the city

C. a driver’s license

D. a college student’s card

【2】 Sunshine School needs _____________.

A. excellent English teachers

B. a hard-working postman

C. full-time drivers

D. an outgoing tour guide

【3】If you want to be a taxi driver, you should _____________.

A. be over 45 years old

B. know the city very well

C. write to No. 38 Changhong Rd.

D. speak English well

【4】The tour guides wanted should ____________.

A. have no working experience

B. be patient with children

C. be good at driving

D. speak good English

【5】You can not get information by ___________ if you want to get a job above.

A. making a call

B. going to visit the manager

C. sending an e-mail

D. writing a letter

【题目】根据句意和汉语注释写出单词的适当形式。

【1】Don’t you think that Mr Wu is an _____________（极好的）teacher？

【2】Taking more exercise every day will make you _____________（健康）than before.

【3】We should learn English well because it is one of the important ___________（语言） in the world.

【4】My English teacher is always _____________（耐心的）with me. She helps me a lot.

【题目】完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

One day, a rich man takes his son on a trip. He says, “We are going to a and spend a few days there. Then you can get to know about people’s life.”

They come to a farm and with a very poor family. The family has six members but a very small . They need to work hard on the farm every day to enough food.

On their way back home, the father asks his son, “Do you about poor people’s life now?”

The son answers, “Yes. We have one dog, but they have four. We have a swimming pool in the middle of our ,but they have a river. We have expensive lanterns in our garden, but they have the at night. We have a small piece of land to live, but they have a farm. We buy our food, but they grow their own food. And now I know we are poor.”

After hearing his son’s words, the father has nothing to say.

【1】A. park B. farm C. school D. zoo

【2】A. kind B. different C. poor D. nice

【3】A. stay B. work C. play D. help

【4】A. garden B. room C. house D. kitchen

【5】A. want B. ask C. give D. get

【6】A. know B. study C. find D. have

【7】A. hall B. garden C. playground D. wall

【8】A. films B. flowers C. fireworks D. stars

【9】A. large B. round C. beautiful D. clean

【10】A. also B. really C. never D. still

【题目】根据句意写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

【1】At last, Daniel finished the difficult Maths problem _____________ (correct).

【2】Shanghai Oriental Pearl（东方明珠）tower is famous for its _____________ (high).

【3】---Can you tell me the _____________(climb) names? Their mobiles left here.

【4】The poor men can’t buy _____________ (they) anything because they have no money with them.

【题目】—We can have a day out tomorrow. Why don't we go to see a film ?

—________

A. That's OK. B. What a great idea!

C. Yes, you are all right. D. Thanks a lot.