We have been good friends for many years. We often______each other on the Internet.

A. pick up

B. are angry at

C. keep in touch with

(Bill and Ann are talking on the phone.)

A: Hello! Bill, I have been in Beijing.

B: Hello! Ann, how long have you been here?

A: ______1.______ Could you tell me some interesting places?

B: Of course. _______2.__ There are all kinds of clothes and foods in it.

A: Oh, I have been there. Because there are too many people, I hate going there again.

B: ______【小题3_】 Why not go to watch a movie?

A: Well, I have already watched two movices.

B: Have you been to the Central Park?

A: No, _______3.______.

B: Well, I think you can go there for a walk. ______4.____.

A: That’s great! Thank you.

I often see some homeless people on the corner of the street. It used to make me uncomfortable to see them, and I had to ask myself, “_____?”

Then, one day I saw a homeless person. I parked my car and got out. I went up to him and asked him what would make him happy.

“A hot cup of ______,” he told me.

So we walked across the street to a little dinner and I bought him a cup of coffee, and some bread and eggs. He talked, and I _____. I told him now I used to look through (视而不见)people like him, but that day, I had decided to open my eyes and to really see the world. I told him he was the ________ homeless person I had ever spoken to.

After our meal together, I asked him if there was anything else that would make his life a bit ________. He said the only other thing he wanted was just a new pair of socks.

Socks, really?

He said he’d been wearing the same pair ____ a few weeks. There are always clean socks in my dresser drawer. I actually happened to be wearing a nice and new pair of socks at that very moment. I told him that I wanted to give him the pair I was wearing________ he wouldn’t mind. I had only been wearing them for a few _________.

At first, my new friend______. I told him it would make me happy if he would take _____.

Finally, he agreed. He was very happy to wear my socks.

Now, I always have an extra(额外的) pair with me in my car. They are always my best pair, just waiting to be given away…

1.A. How B.Who C.Why D. Where

2.A.milk B.juice C. teaD. coffee

3.A. smiledB.listened C.laughed D. cried

4.A.firstB.secondC.third D. last

5.A. simpler B.safer C.easier D.harder

6.A.ofB.duringC.with D. for

7.A.even B.if C.though D .because

8.A.hoursB.minutes C.days D. weeks

9.A.offeredB.satisfied C.acceptedD. refused

10.A.itB. this C.them D. that

Robert is nine years old and Joanna （乔安娜）is seven. They live at Mount Ebenezer. 埃比尼泽山 Their father has a big property. In Australia they call a farm a property.

Robert and Joanna like school very much. At school they can talk to their friends but Robert and Joanna cannot see their friends. They live 100, perhaps 300, miles away and like Robert and Joanna, they all go to school by radio.

Mount Ebenezer is in the centre of Australia. Not many people live in “The Centre”. There are no schools with desks and blackboards and no teachers in “The Centre”. School is a room at home with a two-way radio. The teacher also has a two-way radio. Every morning she calls each student on the radio. When all students answer, lessons begin… Think of your teacher 300 miles away!

1. The children in “The Centre” do not go to a school because ______.

A. they live too far away from one another.

B. they do not like school.

C. they are not old enough to go to school.

D. their families are too poor.

2. In order to send their children to school, parents in “The Centre” of Australia must have ______.

A. a property. B. a car.

C. a school room at home. D. a special radio.

3. Teachers in “The Centre” of Australia teach ______.

A. not in a classroom but at the homes of the students.

B. by speaking only and not showing anything in writing.

C. without using any textbooks or pictures.

D. without knowing whether the students are attending(出席) .

4. When children are having a lesson, they can hear their teacher.

A. but their teacher cannot hear them.

B. and their teacher can hear them too.

C. but cannot hear their schoolmates.

D. and see him or her at the same time.

5. A “Property” in Australia is a

A. house. B. school.

C. farm D. radio.

Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail（航行） around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy，it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable.

We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南针). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing（划独木舟） and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”

1. The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ____ .

A. bright B. dirty

C. comfortable D. dark

2. When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ____

A. Of course , it loves me , since I love it .

B. If I love it , it should love me.

C. I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it .

D. I hope it will save my life when I am in time of danger .

3. The reason why she would like to have the sail is that ____.

A. she thinks it will be very exciting

B. she likes sports and enjoys canoeing

C. she has decided to realize a childhood dream

D. she wants to be still active when she gets old

4. What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?

A. She does not show what she is feeling .

B. She is very proud and sure of her success .

C. She doesn’t use her head much .

D. She is open , honest and brave .

5. The best title for this passage is ____ .

A. Life Begins at Sixty B. A Round Coast Sail

C. An Old Woman Sailor D. An Unusual Hobby(爱好)

The population problem may be the greatest one of the world today. The world’s population is growing faster and faster. Two thousand years ago, there were only 250 million people on the earth. Four hundred years ago, the number was over 500 million. But at the beginning of the 20th century, the world’s population was about 1,700 million. In 1970, the number was3,600 million. In 1990, the number was five billion. A UN report said that the world population had passed six billion by the end of the 20th century. This was just ten years after it reached five billion. By October 31, 2011, with a new baby’s birth, the world’s population has reached 7 billion. But another billion is coming by 2025, and the total will reach 10 billion before the end of the century.

根据短文内容，完成下列各题。每空填一词。

短文填词 根据短文内容和以下提示：1）首字母提示， 2）语境提示， 3）汉语提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词。所填单词要求意义正确，拼写准确。（

In 2010, the world’s population was about 6.8 billion. 1.. __________ than three billion people live in Asia now. That’s almost half of the world’s population.

China has the largest population in the world, and about one 2.. _f_________ of the people in the world live in China. Because of the large population, there is less living3.._s_________ for each family. And it is difficult for lots of people to find jobs. At the same time, the large population has cause many 4.__________(其他的) difficulties for the whole nation. For example, it is hard for China to supply energy and water to satisfy people’s daily 5.__________. Most cities are more crowed than before, and the traffic is much 6._h_________. Natural environments are becoming worse and worse. The large population has been a serious problem.

So far, our government has 7.__________ many measures to control the population. One is known as th one-child policy. It has worked well in8. __________（控制） China’s population. Thanks 9.__________ the policy, China is developing quickly and people’s living conditions are improving rapidly. 10.H__________, the population problem is still serious in China. We still have a long way to go.

1.这辆自行车我已经买了一个月了。

I have _________ the bike ________ a month.

2.自从新的学期起，珍妮在英语学习上取得了很大的进步。

Jenny has __________ great ___________ in learning English since the new term began.

3.您别生迪克的气，这会议他不是故意迟到的。

Don’t be angry with Dick, he wasn’t late for the meeting ___________ ___________.

4.每个人都应当为保护环境做出贡献。

Everyone should make a _____________ _____________ protecting the environment.

5.最后，我们成功地到达了山顶。

Finally, we ___________ _______________ getting to the top of the mountain.

假设你是林涛，请你给澳大利亚的笔友Sam写一封信。告诉他你的家乡近几年来发生了哪些可喜的变化。

要求：1.意思连贯，条理清楚。

2.所给的提示词必须都用上。90词左右, 信的开头和结尾已为你写好(字数不计入总数)。

提示词：buildings, living conditions, improve,kinds of, medical care

Dear Sam,___________________________________________________

Yours,

Lin Tao

Some soccer fans arrived Shanghai last month .

A. at B. in C. /