从方框中选择恰当的短语，用其正确形式填空。（共5小题，每小题1分；计5分）

根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
【小题1】Tom is busy preparing for a party to celebrate his sister’s     (twelve) birthday.
【小题2】My cousin is made         (study) with his new friends in USA.
【小题3】—What’s your favorite fruit?
—I like apples __________ (well).
【小题4】On            (child) Day, our classmates sent a lot of stationary to the school in the disaster area.
【小题5】So they ordered Armstrong to cut the __________ (fly) short and he successfully brought the spacecraft down into western Pacific Ocean.
【小题6】Mother is busy __________ (prepare) for the coming big dinner in the kitchen.
【小题7】—How was your day off yesterday?
—Perfect! It was my grandma’s ________(eighty)birthday. We had a big cake.
【小题8】—Will you take part in the Chinese writing competition next week?
—Sure. I consider it as a chance to prove________ (me).
【小题9】If you want to improve your English, you should practice________ (speak) it as much as possible in and out of class.
【小题10】—You will be ________ (welcome) if you speak loudly in the place like this.
— I’ve got it. Thank you.

Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines (标题) of the passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.
【小题1】 People read newspapers in order to ________________ .

任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

The Lily Pad Inn is just a short 5-minute walk away from the center of town. The inn is in a

large private(私人的) home with a nice garden. The rooms are clean and prepared for rent by the month, week or day. Great scenery can be enjoyed from our rooftop (屋顶): Erhai Lake and Cang Mountain.

◆Stay connected with excellent Internet access(接入), printing service included.

◆Enjoy hot water 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

◆Ticket service, laundry service and rental(供出租的) bicycles are offered.

◆Enjoy an interesting garden party and make friends with people from different countries.

Prices for Quiet and Clean Accommodations(住处)

(Short/ Long Term Stay)

Lovely Erin, the English-speaking Chinese owner and hostess, will help make your stay in Dali pleasant.

    Mobile phone number: +86 13988569807

Office number: +86 0872 2677807

Email: Chinaerin@yahoo.cn or Chinaerin@hotmail.com

Website: www.chinaerin.spaces.live.com

根据以上信息，完成下列各题，每空限填一词。

1. If we stay at the Lily Pad Inn, we’d better go to the busy street on           .

2. The hot water is           all the time.

3. Staying in the Deluxe Single Room with Bath and Best View for 3 days, you need to pay                  

           yuan.

4. The visitors may come from            countries. 

5. The hostess of the inn is a           . 

6. We can get more information about this inn by visiting its            and making a phone call.

7. The most expensive single rooms are on the            floor.  

8. Not all the rooms of the inn have a            room. 

9. From the table above, we know we’ll have a           price if we stay at the inn for a month.

10. Living in a single room for a week, we can save ￥         than living in a single room with bath.