We are beautiful red-crowned cranes. We have red caps on top of our heads. You may think the caps are our f【1】. In fact, they are combs (冠). We are one of the l【2】 birds in size in the world. We are the heaviest cranes. An adult red-crowned crane can w【3】 up to 11 kilograms. We are good at dancing. I think we are the most beautiful dancers of all the birds. We are also good s【4】. We sing loudly and beautifully. We are good at flying as well, we fly to warm East Asia when s【5】 comes. We give birth to baby cranes there. We like to live together on wetlands in Southwest China and some other places. We f【6】 on worms and small fish. We like to live in long grasses. Water and grasses are i【7】 for us. But sometimes, life is harder these years. We are one of the most endangered(濒危的) birds in the world now. People k【8】 taking our living areas to make farms and build houses.

Now we don’t have enough s【9】 to live. And we don’t have e【10】 food to feed our babies because people fish and hunt too much.

【1】他既是老师又是作家。

He is______ ______ a teacher______ ______a writer.

【2】盐城自然保护区是世界上最重要的湿地之一。

Yancheng Nature Reserve is one of the______ ______ ______ ______.

【3】这里是许多不同种类植物的家园。

Here is home______ many______ ______ ______ plants.

【4】去观鸟时我们应该带些什么？

What should we______ ______ ______ when we go birdwatching?

【5】你应该把你看到的内容写下来。

You should______ ______ ______ ______ ______.

【1】Boys must keep their______ (头发) short in our school.

【2】So you ______ (记起) the girl？Her name is Helen.

【3】We can't finish the work today.We need ______ (更多的) time.

【4】Steve，your shoes are ______ (脏的)．Brush them now.

【5】It's important to______ (学习) math and Chinese well.

【1】Please speak loudly. I can’t hear you______ (clear) , Lin Tao?

【2】The______ (speak) standing on the playground are all from the USA.

【3】More and more people enjoy the______ (nature) food now.

【4】Here are some_______ (address). But only one of them is right.

【5】Can you understand the______ (important) of learning English well?

　　In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the clapping (拍) of each other's raised right hands together.

　　People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票).If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.

　　This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor to show respect. This also showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.

　　Why not try to give the high five to your friends?

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（5分）

【1】“Give me five” is a gesture to _______.

A. make people laugh B. ask for money

C. celebrate success D. give me five yuan

【2】The gesture “give me five” is the clapping of _______.

A. toes B. hands C. arms D. feet

【3】When you ______, you give your friends high fives.

A. lose your money B. go back home

C. win a football game D. pick up some money

【4】The gesture started in _______ according to the story.

A. Rome B. America C. China D. Britain

【5】Why did the Romans raise the right arm for the emperor? Because ______.

A. they were proud of their emperor

B. they were happy to see the emperor

C. they wanted to show their respect to the emperor.

D. they wanted to show there were no swords in the emperor’s hands

66. 忙碌的初中生活使我们的课余生活越来越单一，所以学校打算开展“after-class clubs”。社团活动可以让我们广交朋友，锻炼身体，增长见识。假如你是七年级三班的李华，今年12岁。根据你的兴趣爱好，在以下几个社团Art Club, Music Club, Basketball Team, English Club,History Club当中选择一个喜欢的，申请加入。

请根据提示，用英文写一份加入社团申请书。

a)Who are you? How old are you?

b)What do you usually do after school?

c)Which club would you like to join? Why?

d)What can you get from it?

要求：(1)申请书包含表格中所提供的要点；(2)词数：60左右(短文开头和结尾已给出，仅供选择使用，不计入总词数)。

参考词汇：make friends, take exercise, open one’s eyes

Dear Sir,

I am

I am waiting for your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

My name is Carol. I live in Shanghai, China. I think it is a very 【1】(美丽的)city. Now I’m thirteen 【2】(岁)old and my birthday is in November. I can 【3】(说)Chinese and a little English. I like going to the movies with my friends and 【4】(演奏；弹奏)the guitar and the 【5】 (钢琴). I often read books on weekends. I usually go to school by bike. PE is my favourite subject in school. It’s fun. I’m the PE 【6】 (班长)in my class.

I have a new friend. She is kind to me. She has short hair and a round face. Her name is Sarah. We are from 【7】(不同的)countries. She is from Australia. She usually listens(听)to music on weekends. She is in the Music 【8】(俱乐部). She wants to be a singer in the future. She also likes 【9】(讲)stories and flying 【10】(风筝).We are good friends.

ride I worry thousand everybody

【1】Mary’s bag is red, _________ is white.

【2】Don’t ________ about me, Mum. I can look after myself well.

【3】Mr Zhang is a good teacher and __________ in his class loves him a lot.

【4】It’s a small but beautiful city. _________ of people visit it every year.

【5】Usually I take the bus to school. But I _________ my bike yesterday.

【1】Our new school c______ an area of 4.5 square kilometres.

【2】We bought a lot of souvenir(纪念品) during the t______ last month.

【3】It was so cold this morning that some ice______(形成)on the window.

【4】Who ______(介绍)one of his best friends to us just now?

【5】The new bike under the tree is the______ (主席) .

Tony: Hello, Dave. Long time no see.

Dave: Hi, Tony. Yes. 【1】

Tony: How long did you stay there?

Dave: For a week.

Tony: 【2】

Dave: It was great. I visited many great places. And the most exciting place was Disneyland.

Tony:【3】

Dave: Yes. It was crowded. I saw many Disney characters walking around the park.

Tony: I guess you must have taken photos with them.

Dave:【4】 I took photos with Vinnie and Goofy, famous Disney characters.

Tony: Wow! Fantastic!【5】

Dave: If you do, you’ll certainly enjoy yourself.

Tony: Really? I can’t wait!

A. Of course.

B. I hope to go there one day.

C. Were there many people in Disneyland?

D. When did you go there?

E. How was your trip?

F. I went to Shanghai on vacation for a few days.