Cats are the most popular pets among Americans. So it is not surprising there are many expressions about cats. Do you know any of them? Now let me introduce some to you.
Some cats like to catch small birds, like canaries. If someone looks very proud or satisfied with himself, we say he looks like the cat that ate the canary.
Sometimes, a cat likes to play with a small animal it catches. So if you play cat and mouse with someone, you change between different kinds of behavior when dealing with another person. For example, a child might offer something sweet to her little brother, and then take it away when reaches for it.
A cat will often catch a small animal and present it to its owner. The saying that looks like something the cat dragged in describes something in bad condition.
A fat cat is a person with a lot of money.
There are many other expressions about cats in America. How interesting! Which kind of cat are you, or which kind would you like to be?
【小题1】Americans like ________ best as pets.

任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
阅读短文，完成76-80题。
There are over 800 boarding (寄宿) schools in the UK. Children of 7 to 18 can go to boarding schools.
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In the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, each student has his or her  subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools also have music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres for their students.
    2  
There are some rules for the students at boarding schools to obey. Students study and live together. They can’t go outside if they are not allowed to. Most boarding schools have a “light out” time. So when it’s time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off.
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Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older, the rules become less strict.
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In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen.
从A, B, C, D中选择正确的选项作为文章第2-5段的小标题，并填入76-79四个空格中。
【小题1】 ___________       
【小题2】 ___________      
【小题3】___________  
【小题4】 ___________

If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others？Don’t believe those people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.
Alice, 17
I’m going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be great fun — I’ll spend the whole summer living in a forest and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the moon and stars. It will be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time!
Jason , 18
This summer, I’m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, less expensive houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They’ll teach me what to do, so I’ll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.
Trish , 16
I’m going to teach children who have trouble in reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading for Life. Every day, I’m going to help them choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher, and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.
【小题1】What does Alice plan to work for others in summer？

【小题1】Which of the following pictures could be Bob?
        
A           B           C        D
【小题2】Alice is worrying about ________.
A. her friends    B. her marks    C. her height     D her weight
【小题3】Bob should ________ according to George’s letter.

As Sam slowly woke, he got a funny feeling in his stomach. He knew he would have to do something that he had been afraid to do for a long time.
The school bus came on time, and he sat with his friend, Billy. They chatted about baseball. It was a great way to get his mind off what he had to do later. As they got close to the school, he could feel his heart beating. His hands were starting to sweat. He hated this!
He entered Mrs. Owens’ class. She was smiling, and saying hello to all her students as she did every morning.
“Hi, Sam!” she said as he walked in.
“Hi,” he said and quickly sat in his seat. Then the class began to take their spelling test. He looked at the clock. The time was near. He hoped he was not first! Mrs. Owens said it was time to begin their special day.
“Sam, you’ll be first.” Mrs. Owens said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his report on Hawaii, and I know it is very interesting.”
Sam nervously greeted his class. Then, he thought about the fun things he had read about surfing, volcanoes, and pineapples in Hawaii, and he started to talk. He talked in front of the whole class, and it was fun. The class clapped as he finished and Mrs. Owens was smiling. It wasn’t terrible at all and he knew he would do better the next time.
【小题1】How did Sam feel after he woke?
A. Excited.     B. Nervous.     C. Happy. 
【小题2】What did Sam have to do that day?
A. To have a baseball match.
B. To take a reading test.
C.  To do something special.
【小题3】What does the underlined word “ sweat ” probably mean?
A. 触摸    B. 鼓掌    C. 出汗
【小题4】Which could be inferred(推断) from this passage?
A. Sam hated chatting about baseball.
B. Sam learned about Hawaii by travelling.
C.  The class enjoyed Sam’s talk very much.
【小题5】Which is the best title for this passage?
A. A special day    B. An interesting lesson    C. A nice teacher

阅读下列短文，选择正确的答案。
Hello, dear friends! I’m Jenny. Please look at this photo. The girl in red is me. I’m 13. I have a sister and two brothers. My sister, Linda, is 15. She likes red and green. She has two red rulers and a green pencil case. She also likes sports and she has a great sports collection. She has five baseballs, three basketballs and two volleyballs. The baseballs and basketballs are under her bed. The volleyballs are under her chair. . And she is in the baseball club.
My brothers are Alan and Tom. Alan is 14 and Tom is 8.Alan likes English very much, and he is in the English club. He has many English books and English tapes. But Tom only likes watching TV. He watches it every evening.
【小题1】How old is Jenny? She is       .

阅读下列对话，选择正确的答案。
Miss Wang: Good morning, boys and girls! I’m Wang Li. And I’m your（你们的）English teacher（教师）.
Boys and girls: Good morning, Miss Wang!
Miss Wang: This is Helen. She is English（ 英国人）.
Helen: I’m Helen. Nice to meet you.
Miss Wang: Are you Dale?
Frank: No. I’m Frank.
Miss Wang: OK. Now, Frank, what’s this in English?
Frank: It’s a ruler, Miss Wang.
Miss Wang: What color is it?
Frank: White.
Miss Wang: Right. And what color is this pen?
Frank: It’s blue. I like（喜欢）blue, because（因为）I like the sky（天空）.
Helen: No. The pen is green. And I like green. Look! My jacket is green.
Miss Wang : Great!
【小题1】     is the English teacher.
A．Helen               B．Frank               C．Miss Wang
【小题2】The boy is         .
A．Frank               B．Dale                C．White
【小题3】The ruler is        .
A．blue                B．green               C．white
【小题4】The jacket is         .
A．white               B．green               C．blue
【小题5】The _______ is blue.
A．ruler               B．sky                 C．pen

阅读短文按要求完成各题
What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.
Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save you life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.
From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average(平均高度的) person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leaked(渗) into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement(水泥) might end in injury. Bushes(灌木丛) and grass can help to break a fall.
【小题1】阅读短文，补全句子，每空一词
The passage mainly tells us how to _____________ ____________ ____________ from the lower floors of the building.
【小题2】阅读短文，补全句子，每空一词
From the passage we know we can’t use _____________ to leave a burning building
【小题3】阅读短文，将划线句子翻译为汉语。
Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leaked(渗) into the room.
_______________________________________________________________________________
【小题4】词组break a fall在文中的汉语意思是______________________________________.
【小题5】回答问题，答案10词以内
What should we do to escape if an earthquake happens ? (One idea is enough)
We should / shouldn’t__________________________________________________________

“What’s the matter, mum?” When I came home yesterday, I found my mother was unhappy. It was unusual—she usually opened the door and welcomed me with a smile. “She’s dying (死),” mum said sadly. I knew what she said. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s favorite, was dying.
A month ago, we moved into our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. Every time she was free, she would sit near the tulip and enjoyed its beautiful color and nice smell. She treated (对待) it like a baby and looked after it carefully. She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to another to give the tulip enough sunshine. Every morning the first thing she did was to water the tulip. Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times. She hoped the tulip would become more and more beautiful and stronger. But the tulip was dying because of too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love can be harmful (伤害的). Love can sometimes kill (杀害) what you love.
【小题1】Yesterday the writer found that __________.
A. his mother was sad
B. his home was as usual as before
C. his mother bought a tulip.
【小题2】The sentence “She’s dying ” means __________ was dying soon.
A. the mother        B. the tulip          C. a baby
【小题3】Which of the following is NOT true about the mother?
A. Every afternoon she watered the tulip.
B. She looked after the tulip carefully.
C. She moved the tulip everywhere to give it enough sunshine.
【小题4】Why was the tulip dying in the end? Because __________.
A. she forgot to water it
B. she never fertilized it
C. she gave it too much sunshine, water and fertilizer
【小题5】What does the writer want to tell us?
A. Love is important to everyone.
B. Everyone should love his mother.
C. Not all of love is good for us.