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Mr. White works in an office. One day, when he had lunch, a friend came to visit him . They were very happy and talked a lot. Then they looked at the clock on the wall. It was time to go to office. He had to say goodbye to his friend and left. It was raining hard and the streets were wet. He drove too fast to see the red lights . And he couldn’t stop his car and hit a car in front of his. An old man got off and called out angrily, “ What are you doing? Do you want to hit me to death?”

“I’m sorry , sir,” said Mr. White . “I didn’t find the lights turned red.” Then he brought out a bottle of wine and gave it to the old man .

“ It’s very cold today , sir ,” said Mr. white . “Please drink a little , then you’ll be warmer.” The old man drank some wine and became happy. “I’m feeling much better now. Why don’t you drink any?” he asked.

I can’t drink anything now ,sir,” answered Mr. White.

I’m waiting for the policeman to come. Only drunkards (酒鬼) cause accidents, you know!”

1. The story happened________________.

A．in the morning                         B．in the afternoon

C．in the evening                          D．at night

2.Mr White drove too fast because _______________

A．he was happy that day

B．he was good at drinking

C．there were few cars in the street

D．he was afraid to be late

3.Mr White hit the car because  ________.

A．he didn’t see it

B．it was raining hard

C．he couldn’t stop his in time

D．he couldn’t drive at all.

4. Mr. White gave a bottle of wine to the old man ________.

A．to put the blame onto the old man

B．to make him happy

C．to make him warm

D．to leave there before the policeman

5.At last ___________________.

A．the old man felt much better

B．the old man was friendly to Mr. White

C．Mr. White drank some ,too.

D．Mr. White fooled the old man .

Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.

Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines (标题) of the passage.

Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.

Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.

Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.

1. People read newspapers in order to ________________ .

A．learn the latest news

B．meet their own different needs

C．read the short stories

D．find the morning news

2.From the passage we can see that           when people get newspapers.

A．they read them very carefully

B．they just read the headlines

C．not everyone reads all the pages

D．they have no time to read them

3. Newspapers have so many pages because __________ .

A．more and more people like to read them

B．people enjoy reading something different

C．newspapers become cheaper

D．more pages mean more money

4. Newspapers ______________ are the most popular in the world.

A．in English                             B．in Chinese

C．in other language                       D．with many pages

5.According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from _______.

A．magazines                             B．Advertisements

C．e-mails                               D．Internet

请阅读以下左栏记者对5个人的采访内容，然后与右栏的网页地址相匹配。并将最佳选项的字母编号填写在指定位置上。

Every minute, millions of people around the world are online. What do they do on the Internet? A reporter from “Evening News” is interviewing some people. Here are what they have said.                                 

1. I always watch the flash movies online. Sometimes I play the flash games online.

2. I often check out some book sites. I like to buy some books online , because some of the books can’t be found in bookstores. It’s great.

3. I often go traveling on business. To order train tickets online is much easier and faster. And I can get the tickets in my office or at home.

4.I talk with some friends from school; I can find them on the Internet. There is a cool new website where I can find people. So I put in a friend’s name, and there he is.

5. Every morning I read the news online and catch up on all the sports results. I don’t have to take newspapers to my office.    A．http://www.train.time.cn

A site about train tickets, train time and important things about train stations.

B．http://www.foodnews.com

A site about the delicious foods. It introduces some famous restaurants and hotels. It introduces some famous cooks in the world.

C．http://www.bookline.com/free

A site about books. You can read the books online. You can download them on your computer to read them.

D．http://www.flash8.com.cn

A site about the flash movies and flash games. There are some teaching movies to tell you how to make a flash movie.

E. http://www.friendnctind.com

A site about making friends online. You can find a friend on this site. You can talk with them online, watch them through the screen.

F. http://www.map.com/free

A site about the map of Guangzhou. It gives the newest map in Guangzhou for the GPS of the car.

G. http://www.dailynews.com

A site about the news around China. You can read some daily news, sports matches results and articles in blogs .

看图短文填空（本题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）

阅读下面的短文，并借助上下文和插图补充所缺信息。每个空只能填写一个意义相符、形式正确的单词。并将答案填写在答题卡相应题目的答题位置上。

I have a friend called Kate. She is 1.            fourteen-year-old girl. Her family comes from Canada. They all 2.              English. Today Kate asked me to her birthday party. I was happy because she often helps me 3.           my English. I hope to give her a big surprise. But I didn’t know 4.        to bring for her. My mother knew Kate liked dumplings，5.          my mother and I made some 6.          for her. Kate’s friends were in the room when I 7.           there. She told me she liked the dumplings very 8.          . The party started at five and we all said “Happy birthday!” to her. We played games and danced to the music. She asked us to talk in English. Some of them told some jokes. We had a 9.             time and learned a lot, 10.          .

信息归纳（本题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）

请仔细阅读下面报纸上的一篇书评，根据所提供的信息，完成下列表格。

Information Card

书面表达（本题20分）

假设你是Maria, 你的英语成绩很好。你的朋友Lily在英语学习上遇到了困难，请你写信告诉她告诉她怎样做才能成为一个更好的语言学习者（language learner）。

内容包括：1. 重点谈谈学好英语的重要性；  2. 学习英语的想法；

3. 学好英语的建议(至少4点)；   4. 同时希望她取得进步。

要求：1、60~70词；2、内容完整，语言规范。

Dear Lily,

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Maria

Jimmy is _________one-year-old boy and he has_________8-year-old sister.

A．an, an            B．an, a             C．a, an             D．a, a

What would you do if you had _________ dollars ?

A．two millions                           B．two millions of

C．two million of                          D．millions of

_______should not be allowed to get ears pierced.

A．Twelve-year-old                        B．Twelve-year-olds

C．Twelve years old                        D．Twelve years olds

They were walking ________ a forest after they swam _______ the river .

A．through, cross                          B．across ,through

C．through, across                         D．across, across