— can you finish the law report?

— Maybe in fifteen minutes, but I’m not sure.

A. How farB. How often

C. How longD. How soon

— I can’t go to the theater with you this evening, because I’ll have to look after my sister at home.

— !

A. I don’t think so B. Oh, what a pity

C. That’s a good idea D. I’m glad to hear that

Terry Fox was born on July 28th,1958 in Canada. When he was a kid, he took a great interest in sports. He was a good basketball player. However, Terry felt a sudden pain in his right　　 at the age of 18. His mother quickly took him to　　 and was told that Terry had got cancer and his right leg had to be cut off. In the hospital, Terry 　　　 many other cancer patients. When Terry left the hospital, he wished to live 　　 life in a way that could help other cancer patients find courage (勇气).

In 1980, Terry planned to raise money for cancer research 　　 running across his country. Running across Canada seemed impossible for Terry 　　 he had one leg. However, he started it. Some people made songs and CBC even made programs for him. Terry became　　 day by day. Unluckily, something bad happened to him in 1980. He had to　　 running because the cancer had spread to his lungs (肺). His hope of running across the country 　　 when he died on June 28th, 1981.

Terry totally ran 5,373 kilometers in 143 days, and raised over 24 million dollars. In honor of (为纪念) Terry, an activity called Terry Fox Run is held every year in many 　　 all over the world, including China.

1.A. arm B. handC. leg D. foot

2.A. home B. museum C. school D. hospital

3.A. met B. cured C. beat D. liked

4.A. his B. her C. your D. my

5.A. in B. by C. for D. with

6.A. andB. but C. so D. because

7.A. worried B. ordinary C. famous D. dangerous

8.A. put up B. give up C. get up D. tidy up

9.A. ended B. grew C. rose D. appeared

10.A. citiesB. villagesC. towns D. countries

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.. Which of the four novels has the largest number of pages?

A. Ivy and Bean Make the Rules.

B. White Fur Flying.

C. Stick Dog.

D. Gingersnap.

2. Gingersnap .

A. is a book about saving dogs

B. is historical fiction

C. tells us about the life of four dogs

D. shows us the camp life

3. If you read Stick Dog, you will .

A. know how the homeless dogs steal food

B. know what rules the two girls have made

C. learn what happened to Jayna

D. know something about rescuing dogs

4. Tom wants to buy a copy of Stick Dog and a copy of Gingersnap. He should pay for the two books.

A. $14.99 B. $15.99

C. $12.99 D. $28.98

5.. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The characters of Stick Dog are creative.

B. White Fur Flying tells us a funny story.

C. The recommender is not interested in Gingersnap.

D. The recommender (推荐人) likes Ivy and Bean Make the Rules best.

At 6:30 in early morning, Chen Liang drives his new yellow school bus through villages, taking children to his kindergartens (幼儿园).

Chen and his wife Pang Qiuxiang ran two kindergartens in Shanqian Village and Lanxi Village in Qingdao. Pang works as the head of two kindergartens, and Chen takes many responsibilities (责任), from driving to fixing desks and chairs and buying food. Everything seems common in the kindergartens. But one thing makes the kindergartens unique and well-known to the locals. They are free.

In 2006, when the couple took over the kinder-garten from Chen’s mother, it was not free. At that time, Pang took on the main tasks because Chen was busy operating his hotel on the seaside.

But a small pitiful (令人同情的) action of one child touched Pang deeply. “The parents could choose to pay if they would like their children to have dessert. Some parents could not afford to pay the extra fees so their children couldn’t enjoy dessert. Once I saw a child pick up an empty biscuit package which was left by another child, and eat the crumbs (食品屑) in it. I was astonished by the scene,” Pang said. Later, after a serious discussion, the couple made a decision to begin a tuition-free kindergarten.

So they began the tuition-free kindergarten on October 1, 2010.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1. What makes the kindergartens special?

A. The green environment.

B. The high-level teachers.

C. The free tuition.

D. The delicious food.

2. Which of the following is NOT the duty of Chen Liang?

A. Driving the kids to the kindergartens.

B. Doing some repairing.

C. Teaching the kids.

D. Buying food.

3.Chen liang used to bea(n)

A. farmer B. worker

C. waiter D. owner of a hotel

4.How did Pang Qiuxiang feel when she saw the kid eating the biscuit crumbs?

A. Angry B. Surprised

C. Excited D. Happy

5.What does the fourth paragraph tell us?

A.It is difficult for them to run the kindergartens.

B. When they began to run the two kindergartens

C. How the couple started their first kindergarten

D. What made Pang decide to run a free kinder-garten.

Luke Dollar has spent many years in Madagascar studying lemurs (狐猴).

Reporter: What were you like as a kid?

Dollar: As a kid, I was an explorer. I lived with my grandparents on a farm in Alabama. It wasn’t unusual for me to go to the woods. And I enjoyed that. From the time I was 6 to 16 years old I was an actor. My mom asked me to audition

(试演) for a show in Birmingham. I asked my mom to buy me some video games and she promised (答应), so I got the part. Later, I became a professional actor. So for several years I went everywhere from the Alabama farm to many other cities — all over the USA doing stage productions.

Reporter: How did you get into your field of work?

Dollar: I grew up on a farm and I was really a wild child and came to love wild things. I did a lot of photography in high school. I became a photographer and did photography for the local paper. Then I became a student of Duke University. Duke has a primate (灵长类动物的) centre — Lemur Centre. I got a job there as a work study student and met lemurs there for the first time.

Later I had a chance to go to Madagascar and decided to study lemurs.

Reporter: What’s the one thing you can’t travel without?

Dollar: A sense of humour (幽默感) or a can-do attitude is necessary, but my first response (反应) was soy sauce. If we run out of soy sauce, the journey is over.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.What was Luke’s childhood like?

A. Boring. B. Enjoyable.

C. Peaceful. D. Unhappy.

2.Luke decided to audition for the show because .

A. he was really interested in it

B. he wanted to help his friend

C. his mother allowed him to go to the farm

D. his mother promised to buy him some video games

3. What was Luke interested in doing in high school?

A. Learning music.

B. Taking photos.

C. Travelling all over the USA.

D. Writing for the newspaper.

4.Where did Luke meet lemurs for the first time?

A. At Duke University.

B. In Birmingham.

C. On his grandparent’s farm.

D. In Madagascar.

5.What do we know from the dialogue(对话)？

A.Luke’s mother is a good photographer.

B. Luke come to love wild animals because of his mother .

C. Luke had been to Madagascar before he went to Duke University.

D.Luck doesn’t think he can travel without soy sauce.

Jane comes from Mexico. She is a good student. She likes to keep notes of the new words and expressions she learns in English. 1. She usually writes them in a notebook.

One day, she asked her teacher about them. “ 2.

There are some expressions I don’t understand.”

“Sure. What questions do you have?”

“She’s blue today. What’s the matter? You’re yellow? A little white lie (谎言). White lie? She has a green thumb (拇指). 3. ”

After looking at the notebook, the teacher says, “In English, Jane, blue sometimes means sad. For example, she is blue today; it does not mean that she is wearing a blue coat. 4. Yellow means afraid. She has a green thumb. It means that she is good at growing plants. And a white lie is not a bad lie.”

“ 5. ”

“For example, I give you some cake. You don’t like the cake, but you don’t say that. Instead, you say, ‘No, thanks. I’m not hungry!’ That is a white lie.”

“I see. Thanks a lot.”

根据材料内容，将A-E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。

A. It means that she is sad.

B. May I ask you some questions?

C. I don’t understand the last one.

D. It is really helpful for her in her study of English.

E. Blue and yellow people with green thumbs?

It was my first day at Grade 6. And the first lesson was boring English. When I was doing nothing, Mr Gough, our new English teacher, 1. into the classroom.

To my 2. , he held up a book, The Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe, and asked if anyone had read it. I put my 3. up, because Poe was my favorite writer. Mr Gough asked 4. I really understood what the author tried to say in his book. My reply made him smile, and he asked me to 5. an essay on that subject.

After that, English classes became a new 6. for me. Mr Gough thought that students had to act out a play to understand it. “Don’t just 7. it,” he said.

As time passed, we 8. a real friendship. He encouraged me to be a writer in the future. When I left school, he said to me, “You have a gift, Tony, and one day you’ll come to 9. how useful it is. Make use of it if you want your life to be complete.”。

Years have passed. Now, every time I sit down to write something new, I think of Mr Gough. He was

10. than just an English teacher, because he also taught me useful lessons in life.

补全对话（5小题，每小题2分，共10分）

根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。

A: Hi, Mei. 1.　　　　　　　　.

B: Yes. I have just heard that I had got the chance to go to Switzerland on my student exchange program.

A: Really? How lucky you are!

B: 2.　　　　　　　　. You know I have to live with my host family. I have never been there before, so I don’t really know what I am supposed to do.

A: 3.　　　　　　　　. I know something about that. First, don’t be late. In Switzerland, it’s very important to be on time.

B: 4.　　　　　. I think I’ll have to buy a watch.

A: And you can’t visit other people’s homes without calling them first. If you want to visit your friends, you must call them first.

B: Oh, that’s pretty different from the customs in Colombia where I am from. 5.　　　　　　　　.

A: Yes, that’s the difference. Good luck!

B: Thank you!

假如你是张玉，是一名九年级学生，即将面临中考，可是你在英语作文方面有困难。请给某英语报社的编辑写一封电子邮件，请教如何提高英语写作技能。80词左右。信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear editor,

I’m a middle school student of Grade Nine. And I’m working hard for the coming senior high school entrance examination.

Best wishes!

Yours,

Zhang Yu