You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you today wasn't made until the Qing Dynasty(清朝).Three men did most of the important work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is the Oxford English Dictionary. The for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in1857.Twenty -two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor(编者)of its new dictionary.

Murray had never been to . At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank . he become a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o'clock and in the small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was adding（增加)words for the letter"A"! He worked on the dictionary he was very old. Forty-four years later, in1928, other editors finished the dictionary.

1.A.use B.write C.copy D.miss

2.A.easy B.boring C.early D.dangerous

3.A.spell B.invent C.collect D.make

4.A.way B.idea C.use D.prize

5.A.school B.cinema C.village D.college

6.A.Later B.Long before C.So far D.Ever since

7.A.sold B.built C.broken D.drawn

8.A.read B.wrote C.worked D.thought

9.A.already B.still C.usually D.always

10.A.if B.because C.until D.since

Stephen Hawkins was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St. Albans—a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology. As he himself admits, he didn’t work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got good marks.

It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump（碰撞） into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.

At first, Hawking became very sad, after a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “Before my illness was diagnosed（诊断）, I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.” Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, and had three children. He also went on to do some of the most important scientific research.

Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, however bad their situation is, should lose hope. “Life is not fair,” he once said. “You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

1. As a university student, Stephen Hawking ________.

A. worked very hard

B. studied maths and physics

C. was the best student in his class

D. was lazy and did very little work

2.Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when ________.

A. he was sent to hospital for tests

B. his mother made him see a doctor

C. he was twenty

D. he visited his family at Christmas time one year

3.When Hawking was first diagnosed with motor neural disease, he ________.

A. made up his mind to get married

B. began to see his life in a different way

C. thought that nothing in life was worth doing

D. became very sad

4.Today, Hawking ________.

A. works at Oxford University

B. works at Cambridge University

C. carries out research into motor neural disease

D. does not rely on a machine to speak

5.What would be the best title for this passage? ________.

A. Motor Neural Disease B. Life Is Fair

C. Professor Stephen Hawking D.A Lazy Boy

Venice is the"Queen"of the Adriatic Sea (亚得里亚海). Every year thousands of people from all over the world travel to Italy to visit the city. Do you know why they like to go there for a visit?

Venice is a very beautiful city. It is quite different from other cities in the world. There aren't any roads and streets in the city, so there aren't any cars and buses. There are many canals（运河) in the city. There is one big canal and one hundred and seventy-seven small canals. People move up and down the canals in boats to go to work, go shopping or visit their friends.

But Venice is sinking. It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040 Venice will be under water. The Adriatic Sea will cover the city. The Venetians (威尼斯人) love their city and want to stay there. So they want to save Venice from the sea. They do not want to leave. How can they save Venice? They can build some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gates will close to keep too much water out. Thus Venice will not sink.

1. From this short article we know Venice is __ .

A. a very beautiful woman of the Adriatic Sea

B. the most important woman in Italy

C. a very important and beautiful place of the Adriatic Sea

D. the most important city in Italy

2.People from all parts of the world go to visit Venice because .

A. there are 177 canals in the city

B. it is sinking into the Adriatic Sea

C. there are a lot of kinds of boats on the canals

D. it is not only beautiful but also quite different from other cities

3.The Venetians usually go to work or visit their friends _ _.

A. by bus B. by bike

C. in cars D. in boats

4.Year by year the Adriatic Sea and Venice .

A. is rising, is sinking

B. is going down, is going up

C. has risen, has sunk

D. will go up, will go down

5.Because the Adriatic Sea will cover it, the Venetians .

A. have to leave Venice in 2040

B. will try to do something to save their city

C. want to stay there until the water covers the city

D. do not love the city any longer

补全对话: （只填序号，每空1分，共5分，选项中有两项是多余的.）

A: Where did you go last weekend?

B: 1.

A: But you told me you wouldn’t go there. You said it was dirty. 2.

B: Er, you know, I didn’t want to go there first. But most of my friends went, so I went with them.

A: I see. 3.

B: I told the old people something interesting around us.

A: 4.

B: I had fun and felt happy.

A: 5. Next time, I’ll go with you.

请按句意及所给的汉语提示，写出空缺处单词的正确形式。

1.Can you answer the (第三) question and the fourth one in Chinese ?

2.Which is (安全的), traveling by train or by plane ?

3. (吸烟) is bad for your health.

4.Please read the ____________(说明) carefully before you use a new product.

5.Work hard and you will be _______________(成功的) in the future.

用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。

1.These are not her mobile phone, (she) is on the table.

2.Can you tell me how (learn) English well.

3.Bob (do) his homework while his mother was cooking .

4.There are many___________(shelf ) with books.

5.You must do more exercise and keep ___________ (health).

句型转换:（每空填一词，共15分）

1.They were playing computer games from7:00 to 9:00 last night.(变为一般疑问句)

________they _________ computer games from 7:00 to 9:00 last night

2.Lucy will finish writing an E-mail in half an hour.(对划线部分提问)

_______ ______will Lucy finish writing an E-mai

3.The twin needs some bananas. (改为否定句)

The twin need bananas.

4. I’m excited. I can’t say a word . （把两句合为一句）

I’m ______ excited ________ I can’t say a word.

5.Business English is hard to understand.(同义句)

_______ is hard _____________ business English.

6. I wondered what I should do next .(改为简单句)

I wondered what next.

7.Your bedroom is clean and tidy.（改为感叹句）

clean and tidy your bedroom !

选择方框中的动词词组填空。（每小题1分，共5分）

1.It’s a long way. We can ___________ driving.

2.Mary’s hair is ___________ colour _______her sister’s.

3.Don’t use water to ____________ the kitchen fires.

4.___________ the kind-hearted couple, the homeless girl has a new family.

5.My mother is ill. We must ___________ a doctor.

书面表达。(共计10分)

良好的生活习惯对我们的成长是非常重要的。你认为良好的生活习惯应当是怎样的呢？请根据下面的要点提示,写一篇80词左右的短文,首句已给出（不记入总词数），不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥。

要点提示：1. 吃的好，才能有健康的身体；

2．必须吃早餐，给身体提供能量。

3．饮食要健康，多吃水果，蔬菜，少吃垃圾食品 (junk foods)

4．饭前要洗手

5．要早睡早起，熬夜对身体有害

6．参加体育锻炼，强身健体。

I think good habits are important to us.

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--- Shall we take a bus to the library?

--- It’s not far. I think we________ take a bus. Let’s walk there.

A. mustn’t B. couldn’t

C. can’t D. needn’t