Five years ago, I was sent to a better middle school. For me, everything there was new and strange. After I had been there for two months, there was an important test in the middle of the term. It covered all my courses. In that test, I didn’t get a good grade, but most of my classmates got an A or A’.

   It made me upset for a long time. I felt everything in the world was changing. I thought my classmates were all better than me. During those days I was very unhappy.

   One day, my aunt, after talking with my teachers, talked to me. She told me to think about what I had done in the past and what I should do in the future. I was shocked by her words. I thought about what I had done during the past months, and I found I had done nothing to improve my grades. I thought I should work harder.

    After that, I paid more attention to the teachers’ talking in the classes, and I asked my teachers or my classmates when I didn’t understand something. I studied very late at night when I met with difficult problems. Most of all, I came to understand the importance of taking notes in class. As a result, I did better in some tests.

    About three months later, the most important test came at the end of the term. This time, I stood out not only in my class but also in the grade. From then on, I have tried to do my best when I do something because I know if I want something, I should work hard for it.

1.Why did the writer fall behind in the new middle school?

A. Because the teachers didn’t treat him well enough.

  B. Because the subjects were becoming more difficult.

C. Because he hated the life in the new school.       

D. Because he didn’t put his heart into study.

2.What did the writer’s aunt do to help him out?

A. She punished him for not working hard.

B. She helped him find out the reasons for his poor performance.

C. She forced him to work harder.

D. She asked his teachers to talk with him about his problems.

3. Which of the following studying methods helped the writer most?

A. Asking teachers for help when in difficulty.       B. Working deep into the night every day.

C. Making notes in class.                        D. Listening to every word his teachers said.

4.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?

A. The writer failed again in the exam.              B. The writer did very well in the exam.

C. The writer became the cleverest in the class.       D. The writer was very proud of his progress.

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

一Hello.Gerry speaking．

一Hdlo．Gerry．It’s me John here． 1

一Well．I’m terribly sorry．bat I’m not feeling very well．

一Is that all? 2

一No．I’m sony．I was sick all night．I think it must be the fish I ate last night．

一Well．I think you should have at least phoned Kate and told her you weren’t coming to the meeting．

----3  I’m sorry about that．Anyway，I think I’ll be able to get in to work tomorrow．

一4

一I won’t．Thanks for calling．

一5

A．Why didn’t you phone?

B．OK．Take care and don’t eat any more fish．

C．Why aren’t you here at the meeting?

D．That’s all right．

E．We thought you might have had an accident or forgotten the day or something.

F．I’ll be glad tosee you again.

G．Yes．I suppose I should have done so.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分 10分）

根据下列句子及汉语注释，在答题卡相应的位置写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

1.______________(包围) by the police, the thief had no choice but to surrender(投降).

2. There are seven ____________(大洲) in the world.

3. He is a man full of ________________(冒险).

4. I lose __________(耐心) with my family.

5.The ship sank in the __________(猛烈的，激烈的)storm.

6. It’s ______________(有害的) to your eyes to read in the bus.

7. If you want to get the job, you should make an __________ (印象)on the interviewers.

8. It’s bad ___________(礼貌) to interrupt.

9. It was not our __________(错) that we were late.

10.I’d like to ___________(确认) my flight.

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的第一行作出判断：如无错误，在答题卡相应的的位置上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词在答题卡相应的位置上用斜线（\）划掉。

此行缺一个词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该加的词，

此行错一个词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

It’s a story happened five years ago. Li Hua, who lived in the           1.                   

city, came to visit her uncle in our village. She and I became          2.                 

good friend. One day, I went to her uncle’s to do homework               3.                 

with her. But she wasn’t in. I found beautiful clock on her bed. 4.                   

I became very curiously and took it to have a look. Since I          5.                    

have never seen a clock before, I touched it here and there.              6.                      

But suddenly, I found the clock wasn’t working. I felt worrying 7.                   

and wanted to run. But I didn’t. Later that day, I told Li Hua        8.                 

I had broken her clock. She smiled, said her little cousin had         9.                

dropped it onto the ground this morning and it had stopped working since then.10.                

书面表达（满分30分）

   假如你是Peter，你的美国朋友Serena对学中文很感兴趣，她写信向你请教如何写好中文，请你根据以下要点给他回信。1. 要有信心，做好吃苦的准备；2. 要学以致用，多说，多练

3. 要了解语言背后的文化

要求：1 可适当拓展，以使行文连贯     2词数：120词左右

Dear Serena,

I’m so happy to her that you’re interested in learning Chinese.

                                                           Yours,

                                                           Peter

下列句子中都有一处错误请改正过来

1 What is even more important is as the earth cooled down, water began to apear on its surface.

 2 Many scientists believe the earth may become too hot to live.

3 So whether life will continue on the earth for millions of years to come will depend on if this problem can be solved.

4 It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some measure over 90 metres.

5 Sher told an amusing joke to us ,wearing on her face an amusing look after dinner.

6.As matter of fact, I landed in Britain by accident.

7 The reason why he didn’t come here was because he was ill.

8 John swims very well, but I don’t like the way with which he always shows off in public.

9 He is the only one of the students who were praised by the teacher

10 I went ther to search my missing watch.

从A、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. respect        A. refer      B. scene            C. nest         D. homeless

2. focus      A. lose        B. comedy     C. production    D. overcome

3. rather       A. thank        B. northern     C. through      D. author

4. phrase     A. manners        B. statistic        C. system       D. soil

5. treasure      A. wealthy     B. steak         C. cheap        D. reasonable

In order to save money，the poor man gets up at ____ dawn every day and walks to the factory in ____ distance．

A．the：／    B．／；the   C．a：a       D．a；the

My interests include football, bowling and surfing the web ____ studying my favorite subjects.

A. as well as   B. instead of      C. less than       D. rather than

-— How far apart do they live?

 ---- _______ I know，they live in the same neighbourhood．

A. As long as    B．As well as    C．As far as    D．As often as