---It’s raining! When did it start?

---I don’t know exactly. In fact, it ____ all this afternoon.

A．lasts             B．has lasted          C．lasted            D．will last

完形填空

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Miracles will happen if you don't give up trying. Even if you have  1 for one hundred times, you may succeed when you try for the 10lst time.

When I was born, my doctor told my mother that there was something wrong with my 2  . They were too soft to be able to walk. Although the news was bad, my mother didn't become  3  . She didn't believe what the doctor said  4  started to look for other ways.

My mother kept looking for other doctors for me, and finally she  5  . The doctor and his team in the hospital did   6  they could to help me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do some  7  to help me walk. One day when my mother came to pick me  8  . I crawled towards her. She was so surprised and happy that she couldn't believe  9   eyes. Crawling was not walking, but it was a good 10  . Day by day, I could walk by myself.

When I grew up, my mother   11  told me these stories. She said that if I thought of what she said whenever I met  12 , I could do anything successfully. I have been working hard and I have turned out to be a very   13   person. I get best  14  in school and I am a good dancer and swimmer. 15   my mother's strong resolution, I live a happy life now. What the story tells us, as my mother always says, is: Never give up.

1.                A．achieved       B．failed          C．suggested D．told

2.                A．legs           B．hands          C．arms D．eyes

3.                A．patient         B．confident       C．frustrated D．proud

4.                A．or             B．and            C．if    D．because

5.                A．forgot          B．changed        C．succeeded    D．worked

6.                A．nothing         B．somewhere      C．anywhere D．everything

7.                A．time           B．exercise        C．medicine D．shopping

8.                A．away           B．from           C．into  D．up

9.                A．her            B．my            C．his  D．its

10.               A．advice         B．end           C．chance    D．start

11.               A．hardly         B．never          C．always D．nearly

12.               A．dreams         B．experiments     C．jobs  D．difficulties

13.               A．excellent       B．dangerous      C．busy  D．special

14.               A．presents        B．friends         C．books D．grades

15.               A．According to    B．Instead of       C．Thanks to  D．Together with

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain.

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life. . . ”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.The crow met the swan on a ___________

A．beach            B．field              C．lake              D．ground

2.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.

d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.

A．a, d, b, c          B．a, b, d, c           C．d, a, c, b           D．d, c, a, b

3.What does the underlined word “took pity on” in the last paragraph mean?

A．对…… 怜悯       B．对……后悔        C．对……蔑视        D．对……失望

4.The underlined sentence means ____________ .

A．The swan began to fly.

B．It is the turn for the swan to feel proud.

C．The crow began to fly.

D．It is the turn for the crow to feel proud.

5.What do we learn from the passage?

A．Practice makes perfect.

B．The early bird catches the worm.

C．No pains, no gains.

D．Pride goes before a fall.

We all enjoy the beautiful show of colours as leaves change each autumn. But did you ever wonder how and why this happens?

Leaves are nature’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots and take carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into glucose (葡萄糖). Glucose is a kind of sugar, which plants use as food for energy and growing.

The way plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar is called photosynthesis that means “ putting together with light”. A chemical called chlorophyll helps photosynthesis. It gives plants their green colour. As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees “know” to begin getting ready for winter.

During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories.

As the green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves. Small amounts of these colours have been in the leaves all along. We just can’t see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyll.

The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, like maples (枫树), glucose is caught in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into a red colour. The brown colour of trees like oaks (橡树) is made from waste left in the leaves.

It is the mixture of all these things that makes the beautiful colours we enjoy during autumn.

1.The word “chlorophyll” in the third paragraph means _______ in Chinese.

A．叶绿素           B．氧气             C．胡萝卜素         D．蛋白质

2.The leaves of the trees in autumn turn yellow because of the short of _____.

A．water and carbon dioxide

B．glucose and energy

C．sunlight and water

D．sunlight and carbon dioxide

3.The way that _______________________ is called Photosynthesis .

A．plants change water and carbon dioxide into sugar

B．plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar with the help of sunlight

C．plants use glucose as food for energy and growing

D．chlorophyll is a great help

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．When autumn and winter come, the days get shorter and shorter.

B．During winter trees rest and live on the food they store during the summer.

C．During winter small amounts of yellow and orange colours are kept in the leaves all the time.

D．Trees begin to stop making food in summer.

5.This passage tells us __________________.

A．all the plants can grow well with the strong sunlight

B．there are all kinds of plants on the earth

C．all the colours of the leaves aren’t made from chlorophyll

D．maples and oaks have the same reason as other trees for the change of colours

请根据I栏56-60题中的文字信息从II栏中A到E的六个选项中选出与其对应的建议，并将其字母编号填写在题号前的括号内。

I栏                                      II栏

1.When I am going to choose where to go, I feel very confusing（混乱）. There are too many wonderful places for choosing.

2.I usually leave my children with my parents, but they complain all the time for they would like to go with us.

3.I have to pack a lot of luggage every time. My husband loves playing games very much and he can’t stand going without bringing his electronic games.

4.When I am waiting for the bus or the plane, I feel very bored and it’s hard to get over. It reduces the funs of traveling.

5.My wife and I are going on holiday. But we can’t leave our little dog alone.     A．Leave electronic games at home and pack healthy snacks for car rides.

B．While you’re waiting at the airport, walk around to pass the time.

C．Get the kids go with you when planning a traveling.

D．Ask your neighbor or friend to take care of your pet.

E. Ask everyone in your family to go anywhere as they like if you can’t decide where to go finally.

选词填空

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

One evening, it was raining and the wind was    1.hard. An old couple came to an inn and prepared to put up for the night there. A young man received them with open  2., but said “I’m sorry! Our guest rooms here are all full and the inns nearby   3. all full, too, for there will be an important meeting to be held here tomorrow. ”

Hearing the young man’s words, the old couple   4.very disappointed, and turned around to leave.

Just as they were leaving, the young man came up to them and stopped them: “Madam and sir, if you don’t mind, you can sleep in my bedroom5.a night……. ”

The next evening, the old couple took out  6.of money to give it to the young man, but he refused to take it.

“No！You needn’t pay me   7.money, for I only lend my room to you. ” said the young man with a smile on his face.

“You’re great, young man! It’s very 8.of you. Maybe one day, I’ll build a hotel for you!” said the old man    9. .

With   10. words, the old couple left.

单词拼写

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。

1.Have you f______ the dog and cleaned your room yet?

2.Linda and I haven’t met for 10 years, but yesterday I met her by a________ in a crowded bus .

3.The girl was e           when she heard the good result of the final exam.

4.Who helped you to finish the work? We did it all by o__________.

5.Jerry can’t hear anything. She is d___________.

6.In May, the f________ month of the year, we’ll have a long holiday.

7.Thomas Edison was one of the greatest i__________ in the world.

8.He used to be very strong, but now he looks t_____ than before since his illness.

9.Mike likes n_________ of the two books, he thinks they are too boring.

10.We have no kites, so we want to go boating i_______.

书面表达

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The underlined part in the word “oranges” is pronounced as ________.

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