Many people cannot forget the beautiful thousand hand dance performed by disabled people during the 2005 CCTV Spring Festival Gala(晚会). Many of these dancers cannot hear or speak, but their performances are wonderful.

The leading dancer is a beautiful young woman, Tai Lihua, who was born healthy  but lost her hearing when she was two years old because of a fever. Not long after that, she also became mute and, from then on, her world was silent. She did not realize this at first, but when she was five, she played a game about sounds with her school friends and discovered she was different. She felt very sad. Her father went to many places looking for treatments for her disabilities, but nothing worked.

    When she was seven years old, Tai Lihua went to a school for deaf and mute children, where she did very well in her studies. Her teacher said she used her brain more than other children and was very good at expressing her feelings through movements.

Then when she was fifteen, she started learning to dance. At first, she found it difficult but she didn’t give up. She spent a lot of time practicing and became a brilliant dancer. In the last few years, she has performed in many countries and is much admired by foreign audience. Dancing has changed her life and brought her world wide success and fame.

1.Which of the following is expressed in the passage?

A．Where there is life, there is hope.

B．No one is too old to learn.

C．Where there is a will, there is a way.

D．The early bird catches the worm.

2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “ brilliant”?

A．very gentle        B．very beautiful      C．very talkative       D．very successful

3.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．Tai Lihua was born healthy.

B．Tai Lihua isn't successful now.

C．Tai Lihua’s parents didn’t take good care of her.

D．Tai Lihua had a natural ability to dance very well.

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．A disabled girl.

B．A dancer in a silent world.

C．A beautiful dancer.

D．Dance performance in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

A. Tips on playing tricks on April Fool’s Day

B. How France celebrate April Fool’s Day

C. An example of April Fool’s Day tricks

D. At what time Brits and the Danish celebrate April Fool’s Day

E. How Brits and the Danish celebrste April Fool’s Day

F. How April Fool’s Day began

Just joking around

April Fool’s Day has just gone. Maybe you have played tricks on your family and friends. Read on. You might be able to surprise them with some history and fun facts about the holidays as well.

1.___________

Imagine that a friend of yours calls you or sends a short message to you. “ Did you hear? Scientists have discovered a panda that can talk. I saw it on the news!” If you hear a crazy story like this, make sure to check the date. If it’s April 1, it might be an April Fool’s Day trick!

2.___________

April Fool’s Day is also known in some places as All Fool’s Day. No one knows for sure how it started. Some believe the history of April Fool’s Day goes back to the 16^th century when Europeans made January the start of the new year insead of April. Those who still celebrated the New Year on April 1 became known as “April fools ”. People began playing tricks on them.

3.__________

Today, almost 500 years later, April 1 is still a day when tricks are played on people in a spirit of fun. France calls this day Poisson d’Avril,which means “ April fish”. Children tape a picture of a fish onto their friends’back and shout “ Poisson d’Avril”.

4.___________

The UK only celebrates April Fool’s Day in the morning, as Brits believe it is bad luck to play jokes in the afternoon. In Denmark, people play tricks on April 1 and celebrate again on May 1.

5.___________

Remember, no matter what trick you play, be sure that it’s safe and not mean. April Fool’s Day isn’t fun if someone’s crying.

单词拼写 （共5小题，每题1分，共5分）

根据下列各句句意和空白后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空一词。

1.He was not going to hold his breath for her to _________（ 道歉 ）.

2._________（ 好奇心 ）drove Wang Peng inside the restaurant.

3. Oliver asked Henry to listen to him _________（ 耐心地 ）.

4.The earth became so _________（ 猛烈的 ）that it was not clear whether the shape would last or not.

5.On the way to the station, he _________（ 闲聊 ）about their trip yesterday.

短文改错 （共10处错误，每改对1处1分，共10分）

Once there was boy. His mother was very fat but talked too much to him. He didn’t want his teachers and classmate to see her. Every time the parents’ meeting was held, he would ask a beautiful lady to attend it instead her. In return, she paid her 50 yuan each time. One day, he was serious ill and lost consciousness. So he sent to hospital by his teacher. Three days late he came back to life and got to know his mother had been looking after him all the time. He was so thankful that he cried and had told his mother how sorry he was for that he had done.

假定你是一名中学生，名叫李华。最近, 你班同学就 “Whether real friendship exists between boy students and girl students” 这一话题展开讨论。请你根据下表所提供的信息, 给报社写一封信, 并简单地发表自己的看法。词数100字左右；书信的开头已给出，不计入总字数。

Dear editor,

I am writing to tell you about the discussions we’ve had about ….         

On the other hand, the influence______ eating habits on people’s emotions was also neglected most of the time.

A．to               B．on               C．of               D．at

Personal space means not only an imaginary space around the body, but _____ around all the senses.

A．it                B．one              C．that              D．the one

To our great relief, ______ time going on, more and more of the victims of the earthquake were rescued.

A．as               B．when             C．with              D．while

What impressed the visitors deeply was ______ the workers made with their hands.

A．what             B．that              C．how              D．which

When _____ his view about his job as a teacher, Mike said he found it very interesting and rewarding.

A．asking            B．asked             C．having asked       D．to be asked