Americans like traveling on vacations. Today more and more travelers in the United States are spending nights at small houses or inns instead of(而不是) hotels. They get a room for the night and breakfast for the next morning.

Rooms for the night in private homes with the breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years.

In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-breakfast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these America’s bed-and-breakfast inns are old historic buildings. Some bed-and-breakfast inns have only a few rooms. Others are much larger. Some inns do not provide（提供） telephones or televisions in the rooms while others do.

Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone’s home. The owners are glad to tell about the area and the interesting places to visit. Many people who take such vocations say they enjoy the chance to meet local families.

1.Americans like _______ on their vacations every year.

2.More and more travelers in the United States are spending nights _______.

3.The bed-and-breakfast places have been popular in the USA _______.

4.American travelers like staying at bed-and- breakfast inns because _______.

There once was an old man aged 50．who had a lazy son aged 30. The son couldn’t earn his own living(谋生), and still lived on his old father for food and clothing.

The old man was very worried about him. So he took him to the fortune teller(算命先生)to have his fortune told．The father and son both believed what the fortune teller said —the father would live to 80 and the son to 62.

After they found out how long they were going to live, the son was very sad. His father comforted(安慰)him, “Don’t be so sad! You are only 30 now, and still have 32 years of good days ahead of you.”

“I'm not worrying about my own age. It’s your age which causes me great worry,” the son said.

The father was greatly moved and said, “Don’t worry about me so much. I've got 30 years ahead of me too．”

“I’m not worried about your age either,” said the son. “I have found out that you’11 die two years earlier than I. So who will I depend on in the two years after your death?”

1.The old man had a son ______.

2.The underlined words “ahead of'” in paragraph 5 mean “______”.

3.The father was moved when ______.

4.The son was worried about his father because______.

句型转换 ( 每空1分,共10 分)

1.I go shopping with my mother every week. ( 对画线部分提问)

_________ _________ do you go shopping with your mother?

2.明天别忘了把字典带来。（完成译句）

Don’t forget ________ _________your dictionary tomorrow.

3.我有一些有趣的事情要跟你说。（完成译句）

I have _________ ________ Jay Zhou’s songs?

4.He is arriving here next weekend. (改为否定句)

He ________ __________ here next weekend..

5.Dick is taller than any other student in our class.

Dick is ________ ________ in our class.

口语运用 (每题1分,共5分)

(J="John" L="Li" Lei)  

J: Hello, Li Lei!    

L: Hi, Jim. Can you come and play football with us on Sunday?

J: Sorry, I can't.1.  

L: Do you like going out in the car?

J: Yes, I do. We sometimes go out in the car on Saturday.

L: Oh, we usually go and see my uncle on Saturday.2.  .

J: I like fishing. What about you?

L: I like fishing, too. 3. He always catches a lot of fish. We often take the fish home for supper.  4..

J:  5. .  

L: My dad. I help him. We like cooking fish!

J: And eating it, too.

短文填词（每题2分,共20分）

About three years old, I felt very lonely. I didn’t like my classmates, my parents or anyone else. My classmates didn’t want to talk   1. me and my parents were always saying that other kids were better than me. I thought I was the   2. unlucky (不幸的) person in the world.

One day I had a big fight with one of my classmates. I was so angry   3. I hit（打） him in the face. Just at that moment, a boy stood up and   4.  the fight. He was the monitor（班长） of our class.

After that, he often helped me and we became good  5. . Whenever I got angry or sad, he would help  6.to cool down. My life began to change because of the boy, my best friend. We spent a lot of interesting days together. As            7. goes by（飞逝）, I have become happier with people and things. And people around me have changed,8.. My parents don’t shout at me and my classmates become  9. to me.

But now I can’t see my best friend because he is seriously   10.and is staying in hospital. How I miss the days when we were together! I hope he will be all right and come back to school soon.

假如你是李华。你家离学校15公里，你每月坐公共汽车回一次家，从学校到家需要20分钟。你有一个非常要好的朋友，他/她比你大三个月，但你却比他/她高，你们两人都擅长英语。你们将去北京度假。你最近交了一位加拿大笔友Jack．现请你写一封E-mail向笔友Jack介绍上述情况，注意：

1 E-mail 应包含上述内容，但不要逐条翻译。

2 词数为80左右。

3 E-mail的开头和结尾已写好。

Dear Jack,

I am very happy to write to you. My name is Li Hua. I am a student.

                                                  Yours,       

                                                   Li Hua

Are you gong to _____the school soccer club?

     A.take part in  B. join in  C. join  D.be in

I see him _____ basketball almost every day.

A. play         B. to play      C. playing D. plays

Jim is good ____soccer,he think it’s good ____health.

       A.at;to   B,for;at   C.at ;for D.to.at

Father is sleeping . You’d better __________ quiet .

A. to keep B. keep C. keeping D.not keep