In Japan’s capital city of Tokyo, earthquake danger limits（限制）the height of buildings. The city has spread out so far and the traffic has become so heavy that it is very difficult to go from one place to another. The price of the land, too, has skyrocketed. All these explains why a group of Japanese land developers came to the conclusion（结论）that there was nowhere to go but down. So far they have dug out space underground for fifteen shopping centres.

    What are some of the advantages（优势）of shopping and eating underground? Clean air is one of them. The city of Tokyo has one of the most serious smog problems in the world.                Another advantage is that you escape the ever-present threat（威胁）of traffic accidents on the city’s busy streets. Still another is the convenience（便利）of getting around: you are usually right next to, or even in, a subway station. And you can even spend the night underground if you like. The Kibosh station, for example, in downtown Tokyo, has a hotel with a bar, restaurant, and barbershop.

1.The reason why buildings can not be very high in Tokyo is ____.

  A. that the information about high buildings is limited in Tokyo

  B. that the workers haven’t mastered enough modern science and technology

  C. the earthquake            

D. the heavy traffic

2.What’s the meaning of “skyrocket”? It means “____”.

  A. go up sharply              B. be as high as that of a rocket

  C. fall rapidly                 D. be as low as that of a rocket

3.So far how many shopping centers underground have there been?

  A.15       B.50       C. More than 15      D. More than 50

4.What are the advantages of shopping and eating underground

  A. Less air pollution, the convenience of shopping.

  B. Less air pollution, the convenience of shopping, and less traffic accidents.

  C. Clean air and the convenience of getting around.

  D. Clean air, less accidents’ threat, and the convenience of getting around.

5.The passage mainly tells us______.

  A. the capital of Japan                            B. the land and its limits

  C. the use of space underground in Tokyo    D. how to make full use of the land

 Have you ever wanted to travel back through time and see what life was like at the dawn（起始） of man? Well, museums can make history come alive. And one museum in particular can take you on an exciting journey from the beginning of human culture to the present day.

    It is the British Museum. Being one of the largest museums in the world, it is home to over 7 million objects from all the world’s continents. While most of us may not have the opportunity to visit London, we can catch a glimpse of the treasures it holds in Beijing. More than 100 cultural relics will be on display in the Palace Museum. Named “Britain and the World”, a range of pencil sketches (素描), watercolor paintings, sculptures and many other objects have traveled to China.

    There will be several Chinese objects on show. But “they were obtained by the British Museum before 1830 mainly by trade,” said Ma Jige, deputy director of the Exhibition Department of the Palace Museum.

    In fact, there are more than 23,000 Chinese relics in the British Museum, including national treasures like gems (宝石), artwork and ancient bronze ware objects.

    The museum is famed for its exquisite Chinese paintings. Picture of Lady Officials (《女史箴图》) by Gu Kaizhi, a top painter of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 317-420), is there. The British Museum also holds 13,700 Buddhist records from the Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu Province.

1. From the passage we can learn that ________.

A. the British Museum will be moved to Beijing

B. pictures of some objects belonging to the British Museum will be taken to Beijing

C. pictures of the British Museum will be on show in Beijing

D. some objects of the British Museum will be on show in Beijing

2. The Chinese objects on show were mainly _______ by the British Museum.

A. stolen          B. bought       C. borrowed           D. robbed

3. How many Chinese relics are there in the British Museum?

A. About 100.  B. About 1,830.  C. About 13,700.    D. Over 23,000.

单词拼写：根据句义及汉语提示， 写出正确的单词。（满分10分）

1.The foreigners from America were surrounded by ________（好奇的） children.

2.He was found to be a thief, which __________ (使失望) his wife.

3.It was __________ (慷慨大方的) of you to share your room with me.

4. Students should take a correct ____________(态度) towards criticism from the head teacher.

5. It is c________________(方便) for us to live here.

6.The article consists of five p____________.(段落)

7.The new airport is still under c____________.(建造)

8.She p____________(漆) the door a bright color.

9.There are some g____________(语法) mistakes in your composition.

10.The fire started in the basement and quickly spread to the first floor where it destroyed all the ________(家具) and equipment in the language lab.

课文填空（每空填一个词，满分15分）

1.Imagine this: You are twenty-one years old and a __________ graduate student at one top of the top universities in the world.

2.One day, your doctor tells you that you have an __________ disease and may not have more than twelve months to live.

3. Nor______ he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of.

4. Finally, the scientists test the theory to see if it matches what they have seen and if it can _________ future events.

5.If what they are observing can be tested in a __________ way, scientists will use experiments.

6.____________ editors and reporters make informed decisions about what events to report and how to report them.

7.The editor’s job is to keep the newspaper ____________ and interesting to the readers.

8.A reporter begins by __________ the people to be interviewed and then prepares questions.

9.The media can often help solve problems and draw attention to situations _________ help is needed.

10.The result is a better understanding of the world on all sides, leading to a future world where people from all countries are respected and different views and opinions are __________.

11. When you look around at buildings, streets, squares and parks, you will find them __________, planned and built in different styles.

12.Modernism was invented in the 1920s by a group of architects who wanted to change society with buildings that went ________ people’s feeling of ________.

13. _________ the fact that he used traditional materials, Gaudi was a modern architect.

14.Seen from the top, it looks as if the stadium is covered by a gray net of steel, and it looks just like a bird’s nest made of tree _________.

短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

By mid-day the sun was very strong, Jim was so tired                          1.            

to walk. There was not any trees near the road, so he rested                          2.            

under a big rock. After drinking some water, he took his                          3.             

shirt, lying down on the ground and fell asleep at once.                                     4.              

He was very tired that he didn’t wake up until the evening.                     5.________________        

He was just about to jump when it felt something moving                       6.________________

near his feet. He looked down but saw a long black snake.                      7.________________

Jim was so frightening that he didn’t dare to move. The                         8.________________

snake began to crawl across his legs. It crawled on and                                     9.________________

on until it was disappeared under the rocks, Jim jumped                         10.________________

to his feet, picked up his shirt and ran down the road.    

假设你是一名记者，要写一篇文章。内容为：

 1.每个人都想快乐生活，讲笑话是最好让人发笑和快乐的方法。这就是为什么喜剧和喜剧演员很受欢迎的原因。

2．我们喜欢喜剧演员，他们通过讲开心故事和拿日常生活开玩笑来让我们发笑。3．笑有助于保持身体健康，甚至帮助你战胜疼痛，所以笑对你的健康有好处。

语音辨析(2.5’)

1.homeland

2.     southern

3.     agent

4.     national

5.     hear

Which is ____ country, America ____ Canada?

 Which class are you going to ____ after school?

 He attends the evening class ________ , that is, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.