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Dear Fang,

How are you these days? I have been in England for two months. It’s not a long time for a newcomer, and there are still a lot of things to do. Sorry for not being able to write to you soon.

London is an old but beautiful city. There are lots of places of interest to visit. Last weekend I went along Thames River with some friends from Japan, Korea and some other countries. The modern skyscrapers(摩天大楼) among the old buildings impressed(给…留下印象) us deeply. The classes started two weeks after I arrived here alone. Besides the language, I’m trying to learn about the culture as well. British people are quite different from the Chinese. Do you know the people here do not shake hands as much as we do in China? And it’s never a good habit to make noise when you eat. They think it’s impolite.

There is so much to say, but I have to stop.

I will write to you soon again.

Love,

Harry

1.Harry came to London from ________.

2. Two months ago Harry came to London _________.

3. Harry has studied in London _______.

4. Last weekend Harry was impressed by _____________.

5. English people _______________.

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A man fell out of his plane and fell back into it again. Two people rowed(划) a small boat from New York to England in 56 days. One person was so big that he wouldn’t fit in any hospital room. Would you believe these stories? Well, they may sound strange, but they did happen. James Cornell has more strange but true stories like these in a book called Very Strange People.

Here is part of the contents(目录) of Very Strange People. The contents lists the names of the chapters(章) or parts of the book. It also tells on what page each chapter begins.

Chapter                                                            Page

One       A Dog’s Life  ..........................................3

Two      A Lucky Pilot(飞机师)  ................... ..............14

Three    High Wire Act(走钢丝)  .................... .............33

Four   Fat Men  ............................................... 41

Five     Over the Falls  .........................................43

Six      A House without an end  ................... .............53

Seven    Row, Row, Row Your Boat  ................. ..............60

Eight  The Tower Builder  ....................... ..............85

1. In 1918, Captain Hedley fell off his plane in the sky, but soon he fell back into it again! You may read about this story in Chapter _____.

2. One morning in New York City, people saw a man walking on a rope between two tall buildings. You may read this story in Chapter _____.

3. The Earl feeds his dogs better than most people do. This story may begin on Page ______.

4. Sarah thought she would die as soon as her house was finished. So she kept on adding more and more rooms. Her story may appear on Page _____.

5. In Chapter 4, Robert could not enter any hospital room because of _____.

语音

选出A, B, C, D四个选项中划线部分读音与其他三个单词不同的选项。

根据所给中文翻译下列短语

1.在地球上 _______________________ 

2.去旅行______________________

3.将……抬起______________________ 

4.野餐________________________

5.让……活着______________________ 

6. 对…有害____________________

7. 放风筝__________________________ 

8. 在中国北方__________________

9.在寒假期间______________________ 

10. 要求搭便车__________________

默写

New Concept English    Lesson 9

It was the last day of the year and      1     of people had gathered under the Town Hall Clock. It would      2     in twenty minutes’ time.

…The big clock      3     welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing. 

New Concept English    Lesson 14

After I had left a small village in the south of France, I      4     to the next town.      5    , a young man waved to me. …I said good morning to him and he      6     in the same language. Apart from a few words, I don’t know any French       7    .

New Concept English    Lesson 17

My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be      8     thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage      9    a young girl. …If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, “Darling, it must be                                               terrible to be      10    !”

单词拼写：根据句意和首字母拼写单词，或者用括号中给的单词的正确形式填空

1. At the e_______ of the fairy tale, the prince and princess lived happily ever after.

2. The advertisement says we’d better take our o________ shopping bag to the supermarket, for it is good for our environment.

3. ---“It seems Tom never gets tired.”

---“Yes, he’s always full of e________.”

4. At the Spring Festival, Chinese people often visit their r_________ and have a get-together.

5. On the Internet, there were plenty of _________(报道) about how the cruel man _______(杀) cats for fun.

6. As the sun was shining b_________, the driver had to wear his sunglasses.

7. He has such a bad temper(脾气) that f_______ people are willing to make friends with him.

8. The little boy tried to _________ (捉住) the butterfly, but failed.

9. A_________ is a country famous for its pleasant environment and special animals, like the kangaroo and the koala bear.

10. Before sleep, the housekeeper(管家) would make sure the door was shut and _________(吹) out the candle.

改写句子

1.There are some footprints on the sand. (改为否定句)

There _______  ______  footprints on the sand.

2.I pay 20 dollars for the books.(同义句转换)

="The" books  ________  me 20 dollars.

3.Lucy does her homework on Saturdays. ( 改为一般疑问句)

_______  Lucy  _______ her homework on Saturdays?

4. Both of them are touched(感动) by the story.（改为完全否定句）

_____ of them is touched by the story.

5. Which is your favorite sport? (同义句转换)

="Which" sport ________  ________  ________  ________?

完成句子：根据所给的中文内容，用英语完成下列句子

1.那两个女孩一见到我就停止了讲话。

The two girls  ______  ________  when they saw me.

2. 春天在泥泞的路上行走很困难。

________  _______ to walk on muddy roads in spring.

3. 我有些有趣的事情告诉你

I have ________  __________ to tell you .

4.地球提供人类空气、水和食物。

The earth ________ us _________ air, water and food.

5. 我们应该保护地球不让地球受污染。

We should _______ the earth ________ pollution.

完形填空

Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably   1__  they go to learn languages, geography, history, science and all the other subjects. That is quite    2  ,but why do they learn these things?

We send our children to school to    3   them for their future work and life. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life, but is that the  __4  reason they go to school?

There is    5  in education than just learning facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn, so when we    6   school we can go on learning. If a man really knows how to learn, he will    7   be successful, because whenever he has to do something new he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other hand, is ___8   unable to do it or does it badly, so the    9   of school is not just to teach languages, geography, science, etc, but to teach pupils the    10   to learn.

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It is said that all dreams serve a purpose（目的）. While there is no agreement among scientists about why we dream, there are many ideas about the different kinds of dreams we have.

One common kind of dream is the repeating dream, in which the same story is repeated again and again, often for many months or even years. Some believe these are a sign people have a problem in their life and once that problem is gone then the dream will stop. Others think they are a way to help people remember something very important.

Another well-known kind of dream is the nightmare. The pictures and stories in such dreams make people very afraid and dreamers usually remember them far more clearly than normal dreams. The cause of such dreams may be seeing something terrifying such as a car accident or some deadly snakes. Others think such dreams may be trying to make a person pay attention to something that is dangerous in their life.

Daydreams happen during wake-time when we forget where we are or what we are doing and find ourselves in a made-up story or unreal world. We often daydream when we are doing something that is not interesting or exciting. They help us think about our future.

Lucid dreams are the most fun. These happen when dreamers suddenly understand that they are dreaming. Instead of waking up, they stay in the dream and are able to control what happens in the dream as if they are making a movie.

1.The underlined word “they” (in paragraph 2) refers to “_________”.

2.The underline word “terrifying” (in paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to _________.

3.When might a person daydream?

4.How do we know if we are lucid dreaming?

5.What is the best title of the passage?