My Chinese teacher told me that it was ___known that China is a big country.

A. widely B. quietly

C. happily D. quickly

—Can you play volleyball? —Yes, ________.

A. That’s OK B. It serves you right

C. It’s a piece of cake D. All right.

___students will take part in the sports meeting and _____them is over three hundred.

A. A number of; the number of B. A number; the number

C. The number of; a number of D. The number; a number

_____the old lady is seventy years old ,_____is still lively.

A. No matter; she B. Even though; she

C. No matter; but she D. Even though; but she

补全对话（共5分，每小题1分）

从方框内所给句子中选择恰当的句子完成下面对话。有两个多余选项。

Jim: Hey, Peter! Nice to see you .

Peter: I’m sorry I don’t know you . Who are you?

Jim: I’m Jim! Your classmate. 1. .

Peter: Oh, you’re Jim, aren’t you?

Jim: Yeah.

Peter: 2. .

Jim: Yes, but I’m 1.8 metres tall.

Peter: 3. .

Jim: Yeah, I still wear glasses.

Peter:_ 4._.

Jim: I’m in Jinzhou now.

Peter: Let’s go to the restaurant for dinner, and we can have a chat.

Jim: 5._ .

完形填空（共10分，每小题1分）

根据短文内容，从各题的四个选项中选择一个最佳答案

What do you think of your Chinese? Is it good or bad? If you think you are good at Chinese, you can_____the competition named the Chinese Characters Dictation Competition(汉字听写大赛). The competition became popular_____the teenagers. Let’s know something about it.

More and more computers and smart phones ____by teenagers. They spend_ _time on the Internet in playing or chatting. They are used to____messages by computers and smart phones. Some of them forget how to write Chinese Characters_____.The teachers and parents are very_ __it.What can they do?

Not long ago, they found an interesting game called the Chinese Characters Dictation. The program modeled（成形于）_8_after the American show National Spelling Bee, where middle school students stand on the stage to write down Chinese via(通过) dictation. Over two hundred competitors are from forty-six schools. The audience(观众) are interested in this new kind of competition ,too. They would like to write down the characters________the competitors were writing them. But they found it was also difficult for them to write down all the characters.Is it an interesting competition? Can you be the____?

1.A.take part in B. join up C. take part D. join

2.A.between B. in C. on D. among

3.A.use B. are use C. are used D. used

4.A. too many B. too much C. much too D. many too

5.A.sending B. send C. sent D. sends

6.A.at hand B. by hand C. in hand D. with hand

7.A.crazy about B. worried about C. serious about D. care about

8.A.it B. itself C. its D. this

9.A.as for B. while C. as though D. what

10.A.worker B. teacher C. winner D. writer

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..From the passage, we can know the product details except_______.

A. product dimensions B. shipping weight

C. item model number D.materials

2.How many Red Angry Bird Costumes can you buy if you have ＄100？

A．One B. Two C. Three D. Four

3.What do we know about the product?

A. It is made in England

B. It is designed in different sizes and patterns.

C. It is shipped to all the countries in the world .

D. It is safe enough for all kinds of people.

4.According to the passage, what cannot we buy?

A.Red Bird costumes. B. Yellow Bird costumes.

C.Green Bird costumes. D. Black Bird costumes.

5.Where can we find the passage?

A. In a shopping ad. B. In a news report

C. In a short story D. In a movie poster

Doing homework not only can help children master the knowledge they have learned, but also can train their abilities of finishing the work alone, planning the time and doing the duties. But some children don’t like to complete the work. Why? There are some reasons.

Some children feel it is very difficult to do their homework, because they can’t understand their teacher clearly, and can’t follow their teacher’s teaching process. Maybe there is something wrong with their intelligence.

But some children’s intelligence is normal. They are even cleverer, but they don’t listen to the teacher carefully. It is hard for them to sit well and pay attention to anything. It needs to carry on the attention centralized（集中注意力） training to help the children.

Some children love their teacher and then they like the subject. Their interest depends on the teacher who teaches them. So every teacher should be helpful and kind. It can make children love you and the subject you teach. So they can do their homework happily.

1. Doing homework can help children ___________.

A. master the knowledge B. train their abilities

C. lean new lessons D. Both A and B

2.Some children find the homework difficult. Which reason is NOT right?

A. They can’t understand their teacher clearly.

B. They can’t follow their teacher’s teaching process.

C. The intelligence of all the students isn’t normal.

D. They don’t listen to the teacher carefully.

3. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “intelligence”?

A. 作业 B. 智商 C. 思想 D. 方式

4. According to the last paragraph, the writer thinks ________ is very important.

A. a teacher B. a subject

C. attention D. homework

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Some children don’t like their teacher.

B. Children’s homework is very difficult

C. Why don’t some children like to do homework?

D. Why can’t some children study the subjects well?

Imagine the situation. You are driving along in a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device（装置） which uses satellites to find the user’s position. It can find your position to within 20 meters. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are.

GPS, which means Global Positioning System（系统）, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put in you pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone. We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these devices have electronic （电子的）maps, so you know where you are. For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the street.

There are three parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the receiver. You can hold it in your hand, or have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. the second part is a group of satellites（卫星） orbiting the Earth. The receiver contacts（联系） at least four of the satellites and calculates（计算） its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They control (控制)the satellites and make sure they are working well.

Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile. They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate（精确的）. There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.

1..According to the passage, with the help of the GPS, people _________.

A. can’t be lost in a new city

B. can’t find their way in different counties

C. can learn about the culture of an unknown place

D. can spend the least time getting to another place

2.We can learn from the passage that ___________.

A. there are three parts to the GPS

B. a GPS can’t be put into a watch

C. a GPS can help you start your car

D. the GPS are becoming more and more expensive

3.The underlined word “They” in paragraph 3 means “__________”.

A. Receivers B. GPS devices

C. Satellites D. Ground stations

4.The passage is mainly about ____________.

A. the history of the GPS

B. the introduction of GPS

C. the shape of the GPS

D. the three parts of the GPS

5.What can we infer（推断）from the passage?

A. All GPS devices have electronic maps.

B. People in many countries will use the GPS for free.

C. The receiver of the GPS contacts at least five of the satellites.

D. The GPS will become more and more common in everyday life.

Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑师). He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington. His parents came from Japan. Minoru went to college to study architecture. Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college. Often he worked from four o'clock in the morning until midnight. He slept in a room with 100 other men. Later in life, Yamasaki remembered these times and was always good to his workers.

Yamasaki sometimes dreamed about his work. Once he woke up at three o’clock in the morning. He remembered a building that was in his dream. He got up and started to draw. Yamasaki used a new design(设计) for the buildings. These buildings are now the Century Plaza Hotel, and Tower in Los Angeles, California.

Yamasaki was different from other architects. His buildings give people a feeling of peace（和平） and happiness. Many of his designs have pools of water, flowers, and windows on the roof to let in light. He always designed buildings to please people. He wanted to give them a place away from the busy ways of modern life.

Yamasaki worked for several companies. But his success began when he started his own company. In 1956, he won the Architect’s First Honor Award for his design of an airport in St. Louis, Missouri. He won two more awards (奖)over the next five years. In 1962, he designed the World Trade Center in New York. It is very famous.

In 1993, a bomb exploded (炸弹爆炸) in the World Trade Center. But the buildings did not fall down because they had a good design.

Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings. They had to be built his way. He refused to change the design of his buildings, even if he lost a job.

Minoru Yamasaki died in 1986. He designed more than 300 buildings. People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very long time.