The Great Wall of China has a history of over two thousand years. It runs from the east to the west in North China. It is about 6,300 kilometers___36_ . It is often  37  “Ten- -thousand-Li Great Wall”. It is one of the “Seven Wonders” of the ancient world.

The Great Wall is wide enough for ten men to walk  38 . Horses can also run along it, too. The Great Wall  39  stones and bricks（砖）. There are huge stones on  40  side and on the highest part. But now some sections of it are worn out.

There are tall watch-towers alone the Great Wall. Once upon  41  time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies（敌人）in the watch-towers day and night. They made  42  on the towers to  43  each other when the enemies came.

Nowadays we don’t use the Great Wall to keep away the enemies any more. It is a famous place of interest to all the people in  44 . Every year  45  people come to visit it form all over the world.

1.A. wide                   B. tall                 C. long

2.A. calling                B. call                 C. called

3.A. side by side           B. one by one           C. one after another

4.A. was made of            B. was made from        C. was made in

5.A. both                   B. all                  C. each

6.A. an                     B. a                    C. the

7.A. fire                   B. a kite               C. a face

8.A. tell                   B. talk                 C. speak

9.A. Asia                   B. the world            C. Europe

10.A. thousand              B. a few thousand       C. thousands of

口语运用(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

A：从方框中选出最佳选项完成下面的对话。

A: Hi, Mum, can you hear me?

B: Yes, I can.     1.     

A: I’m standing on the Great Wall of China

and talking to you.

B: Really?

A:     2.  

B: That’s great, Betty.     3.   

A: Well, Tony is eating an ice cream, Wang Hui

is taking lots of pictures and Lingling is buying some presents and postcards.   4.  

B: Can you send me a postcard too?

A: Yes.    5.   We’re enjoying the school trip a lot. Anyway, we’re going home now. Bye!

B: Bye-bye, Betty!

任务型阅读，根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（10分）

The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world. It is about 5500 miles long. The ancient Chinese began to build some walls around 600B.C. Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of China, joined the old walls together. From then on, people regarded the Great Wall as a symbol of the Chinese nation. Every year, many people find great pleasure in visiting the Great Wall But some sections of it are falling down. So people recently began to protect and repair the Great Wall.

1.How long is the Great Wall?

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2.When did the ancient Chinese begin to build the walls?

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3.Who joined the old walls together?

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4.Do many people visit the Great Wall every year?

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5.Why did people begin to protect and repair the Great Wall recently?

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I am an American student. My name is Vicky King. I have a big family. I have two brothers. They and I are in the same school. My grandma and grandpa live with us. They are my father’s parents.
My father is from England, but my mother’s hometown is at the foot of the Great Wall of China. My brothers and I were all born in New York. Because my father works in a school in New York. He teaches English.
People often ask us, “What do you like eating?” It is not easy to answer this question! Well, let me tell you.
My grandpa has been to India, so he likes Indian food. My father likes hot dogs, potato chips and hamburgers. My mother likes rice, noodles and dumplings. She often does very nice Chinese food for us. So my brothers and I like Chinese food a lot but English food a little. We don’t like Indian food at all.
【小题1】This is a family of_________