(   ) 4. Miss Li       gave us a lot of advice，       helped us to solve

difficulties. She is very kind to us. 

A. either;or 

B. both;and

C.   not only;but

D.   neither;nor

(   ) 3.——How many apples do you want?

    ——_____ apples are enough, I think.

A.   Two dozens

C.   Two dozen of

D.   Two dozens of

(   ) 2.——What do you think is the most       thing in the world？

     —Time.

A. private    B. valuable

C. violent    D. talented

(   ) 1. ―What did he say in the letter?

    ——He asked me to     our next meeting.

A.   prepare a report for

B.   prepare a report

C.   prepare for a report

D.   prepare a report at

first of all，take it easy，set one's mind to，

give speech, dozens of

1. Many people love reading the science fiction. It has been made into      

movies.

2. ——I'm a little nervous when the final exam is coming.

  —      . You have worked hard.I'm sure you'll make it.

3. You can do anything if you      it.

4._______ ，I will tell you the history of the Great Wall before you go there.

5. ―Do you know anything about Nick Vujicic?

  ―Yes. He is disable and he is often invited to many countries to       to

encourage people in trouble with his experience.

假如你是刘梅，你的美国网友Julia在网上看到了一些中国的剪纸（Chinese paper cut)，Julia对中国的剪纸非常感兴趣，给你发电子邮件来询问中国剪纸的一些信息，请你根据下面的信息给她回复邮件。

中国剪纸有两千多年的历史了，在中国的不同地区深受不同年龄段的人所喜爱。人们会剪出不同形态的剪纸以增加节曰的喜庆。

要求：1.题目的开头和结尾给出，不计入总数； 3.词数80左右。

Dear Julia,

You wanted to know something about
Chinese paper cut.      

Best wishes！

Yours， Liu Mei

between, left,hold, one, give, million, buy, 

pass, right, after, with, she

  The Statue of Liberty in New York city is a symbol of American freedom which is known throughout the world.

  The statue is a tall lady 1a torch (火炬).It became a symbol of freedom in the 2            half of the 20th century. That's when 3    of European immigrants(移民)came to the United States by ship，when they4 through the harbor, the Statue of Liberty was a welcoming mark.

  The Statue of Liberty's 5hand holds a gold torch high above her head. Her left arm holds a book of law 6 the date, July 4 th, 1776 on its cover. The date is Americans' National Day. She is 305 feet high. The lady 7 stands 151 feet tall.

  The Statue of Liberty was 8to the United States in 1884 by the people from France. The gift is a symbol of a friendship 9the two countries. During the American Revolution, thousands of Frenchmen donated money to build the statue.

  10it was completed, the statue was on show in France. Later it was taken to the United States and was put at its present place.

1._______  2._______  3._________

4.__________ 5._______  6._________

7._______  8._______  9._________

10._______

 How much do you know about Taiwan, the beautiful island? The island faces Fujian. The shortest distance from Taiwan to Fujian is 130 kilometres across the Taiwan Straits(海峡).1

  As the biggest island, 2Around it,there are also lots of smaller ones, like Penghu Islands and Diaoyu Islands.

  Taiwan is rich in natural resources. 3 and it has many kinds of agricultural products (农产品)，like rice and tea.

  Taiwanese people are mostly the descendants (后代！)of people from Fujian and Guangdong.

  4They also celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. At the Spring Festival, they even eat dumplings！

  Once, communications across the straits were not so good. In 1979, Beijing put forward an idea that Taiwanese people should use better ways of communicating and build better business relationship and transportation with the mainland. There is now more business and tourism across the straits.

As we all know，5like a treasure lying in the southeast of China. It's the biggest island in China,and it is always an important part of our country. We are one big family.

把A- E五个选项填人文中空白处，使短文内容完整、通顺。

A.   Taiwan is an island of China,

B.   Half of the main island is covered with forests，

C.   A ship can cross it in four hours！

D.   Taiwan is only about one sixth the size of Hunan.

E.    They still use the language from their old hometown.

1._________ 2._______  3.    

4.______  5._______

 Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks(积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him！

Instead of books and computer，he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.

  Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up his highly-paid(高薪的)job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像)to Superman！He has more than 1. 5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait ( 自趣像).It took him two days just to build the eyes.

  Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is excellent. Since it began in 2007 ，Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.

  "I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it”，says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing.”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

(   ) 1. How was Nathan Sawaya's childhood?

A. Boring. B. Interesting.

C. Sad. D. Difficult.

(   ) 2. What did Nathan put on his desk at

college?

A.    The Statue of Liberty.

B.    Superman.

C.    His self-portrait.

D.    A Greenwich Village model.

(   ) 3. Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?

A.   Because he made little money out of a lawyer.

B.   Because he wanted to make toys for the children.

C.   Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.

D.   Because he was going to work in the museum instead.

(  ) 4. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A.   Nathan's work.

B.   Nathan's exhibition.

C.   Nathan's art.

D.   Nathan's self-portrait.

(  ) 5. What would be the best title for the passage?

A.   The Brick Artist

B.   The Brick Exhibition

C.   Toy Bricks for Adults

D.   The Artist's Childhood

 Dazhong Temple lies in Haidian, Beijing. It was built in the year 1733 of the Qing Dynasty. It's famous for the Great Bell of Yongle. It was made in 1403 , the first year of Emperor Yongle in the Ming Dynasty ( 1368-1644).

  The Great Bell of Yongle weighs 46. 5 tons (102 ， 514. 95 pounds ) ，with a height of 6. 94 meters ( 22.77 feet ). It is carved with characters all around both the inside and outside of the body,over 227,000 characters in all. Wonderfully designed，it sounds sweet by ringing lightly，while it sends a deep and resounding tone(回声)from a strong strike which can be spread 15 kilometers ( 9.32 miles) away. For these excellent and unique characteristics(特征)，it is called " the King of Ancient Bells" by the people.

  Then how was it hung on the top of the building? After it was made,they waited until the winter came. Then they dug a well every 500 meters ( 1 ， 640. 42 feet) and ditched (挖沟)along the whole way to bring water on the ground，which was able to turn into the ice soon. So they pushed it along the surface to the icy earth piles(堆)in the temple. Finally they started to build the Tower and hung it from the top. When the spring came the following year,the ice turned into water and they began to remove the piles of earth. It showed the people's wisdom completely.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

(   ) 1. What's Dazhong Temple famous for? 

A. The big bell's resounding tone.

B.   Its unique characteristics.

C.   Its position in Beijing.

D.   The King of Ancient Bells.

(   ) 2. Where can we find the characters on the bell?

A.   The inside of its body.

B.   The outside of its body.

C.   The whole body of it.

D.   On its top.

(   ) 3. How long will the sound of the bell from a strong strike spread？

A.   15 kilometers.

B.   9. 32 kilometers.

C.   500 meters.

D.   6. 94 meters.

(   ) 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.    Dazhong Temple was built in the Ming Dynasty.

B.    How the big bell was hung showed people's wisdom.

C.    Emperor Yongle made the Great Bell of Yongle.

D.    The Great Bell of Yongle is outside the Dazhong Temple.

(   ) 5. What's the passage about?

A.   Dazhong Temple.

B.   How people built Dazhong Temple.

C.   The Great Bell of Yongle.

D.   How people hung the big bell.