词语运用。
根据句意及所给提示，补全单词或用单词、固定短语、固定搭配的正确形式填空。
1.My daughter likes sleeping with the windows o_____________ to keep the air fresh.
2.Tomorrow is my father’s ___________________( forty) birthday.
3.Do you know the __________________(win) telephone number? I want to call him.
4.Don’t be afraid of making mistakes in class. You won’t be _________________(嘲笑).
5.I _______________________(感兴趣) collecting coins when I was four years old.
任务型阅读。
阅读短文，并按要求完成1—5题。
English homes are usually smaller than American homes, but like Americans, old people, young families and unmarried people do not usually live together.
Many English people love old houses, and these are often more expensive than modern ones. They also love gardening. You will see gardens everywhere in towns, villages, and in the countryside. Some are very small, with just one tree and a few flowers. Others are big, with plenty of flowers and enough vegetables and fruit trees to feed a family.
Half of the families in the U.K. own homes. Millions of these houses are the same, with two or three bedrooms and the bathroom upstairs, a sitting room, dinning room and kitchen downstairs, and a small garden at the back or the front of the house. To pay for their houses, home owners borrow money from a “building society” and pay back a little every month.
One third of the English people live in rented government-owned homes. Many of these are flats, but some are houses, each with a small garden. Other people rent their homes from private owners.
There are great many different kinds of homes in the U.K., but there are not enough! It can be difficult for young people to find a home when they get married and start a family.
1题判断正误（正确写 “T”错误写 “F”）, 2题完成句子，3-4题简略回答问题，5题将文中划线句子译成汉语。
1.English homes are as big as the American homes. （ ）
2.Home owners borrow money from a___________________ and pay back a little every month.
3.How many English people live in rented government-owned homes?
_____________________________________________________________________.
4.What do many English people love?
____________________________________________________________________.
5.___________________________________________________________________.
The Games comes to China
China hosted its first Olympic Games from August 8 to 24. More than 10,000 athletes were at the Games. They broke 38 world records. China won the most gold medals with 51.
New man for the USA The man in the picture is 47-year-old Barack Obama. This year he was elected President of America. He will also be the country’s first black president. |
China’s Space Walk Zhai Zhigang and his two partners got a warm welcome after leaving the Shenzhou Ⅶ spacecraft. On September 27, Zhai finished China’s first space walk. China has become the third country to walk in space, after the US and the former Soviet Union. |
Economic Crisis The world now has a big economic crisis. It started with some US housing companies. Then it spread to other businesses in the world. Banks and governments are losing money. The cost of living is rising and many are going through hard times. Some people even lost their jobs. |
1.The passage above mainly tells us ______________________.
A. some very famous people
B. some biggest companies are losing money
C. some of the biggest events
D. some athletes
2.The underlined word in the paragraph means _____________________.
A. 传播 B. 传开 C. 传达 D. 传送
3.A reader who cares much about science and technology may be interested in _________.
A. The Olympic games
B. The American president
C. Spacecraft
D. The economic crisis.
4.According to the passage, we know that ______________________.
A. the economic crisis starts in some American housing companies.
B. the economic crisis only spread to some American companies.
C. only banks and government are losing money.
D. people all lost their jobs and are going through hard times.
5.Which of the following statements is Not true according to the passage？
A. 51 Chinese athletes broke the world records and won the gold medals.
B. China succeeded in the space walk and the Olympic Games.
C. Barack Obama was elected president of America and he is the first black president.
D. The world economy is at a bad time and many people suffered a lot.
If your mother wants to tell you something, she uses words. Birds can not talk as we do. But some birds can make sounds to warn their young of danger. They have their own way to make the young birds know or do certain things.
The jackdaw is a kind of blackbird that lives in Europe. Jackdaws live together in groups. Young jackdaws do not know their enemies. When the older jackdaw sees a dog, it makes a loud rattling sound. The younger birds know this sound means an enemy is nearby. The sound warns them to know their enemies.
If a young jackdaw is in a dangerous place, a jackdaw parent flies over him from behind. The parent bird flies low over the younger bird’s back. The parent’s tail feathers move quickly from side to side. It is trying to say, “Follow me.” At the same time, the parent calls out, “Key-aw, Key-aw.” The parent means, “Fly home with me.”
Young jackdaws do not have to learn what certain sounds mean. They know the meanings of these sounds from the time they are hatched.
1.When an enemy is nearby, an older jackdaw warns others by __________________.
A. making a loud sound
B. flying high over its back
C. moving from side to side
D. saying “follow me”
2.When the mother jackdaw calls out “Key-aw, Key-aw”, the baby___________.
A. flies for food B. follows her home
C. follows her for water D. flies away
3.In the last paragraph, the underlined word “hatched” means __________.
A. 孵出 B. 出生 C. 小时候 D. 玩耍
4.Which of the following shows the main idea of the passage?
A. Birds cannot talk as we do.
B. Some birds can make sounds to warn their young of danger.
C. Birds have their own way to make the young ones know or do certain things.
D. Young jackdaws do not have to learn what certain sounds mean.
5.A young jackdaw understands its parents __________.
A. after it is taught
B. before it is hatched
C. by practicing sounds
D. as soon as it is hatched
Do you get enough sleep? With so much homework, it’s often difficult to get the rest you need. But you need to try, because sleep keeps you healthy and it stops you getting fat.
Recently, a group of US scientists did a study of kids aged between 8 and 13. The studt found that if kids sleep for just one extra hour each day, the chance of their getting fat is cut by about 30%.
Why? When people don’t get enough sleep, they become tired. When they are tired, they don’t exercise enough. Also, kids like snacks. If they are awake an extra hour or two each day, they have more time to eat snacks or other unhealthy foods.
So, how much sleep should you get? Scientists suggest 10 to 11 hours a night for kids aged 5 to 12. For older kids, eight to nine hours will do.
1.How many reasons are given why people might get fat without enough sleep?
A. 4 B. 3 C.2 D. 1
2.If you are 9, how long do the scientists advice you to sleep?
A. 10 to 11 hours B.8 to 9 hours
C. 8 to 13 hours D. 8 to 11 hours
3.Where was the study done by the scientists?
A. In China. B. In Britain.
C. In Canada. D. In America.
4.What does “eight to nine hours will do” mean?
A. Eight to nine hours’ sleep will be good and enough
B. Eight to nine hours’ sleep will be too long.
C. Eight to nine hours’ sleep will help get fat.
D. Eight to nine hours’ sleep will make you tired.
5.What does the passage talk about?
A. How to get long sleep.
B. How to keep fat.
C. Enough sleep makes people healthy and slim.
D. Sleep more to keep healthy.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Have you ever planted a few trees on Tree Planting Day? Each year, millions of people, _______ old and young, plant a lot of trees. But this may not be the best way ______ your home a greener place.
Last week we visited a park in Hebei. We were ______ to find most of the trees had been burned. The workers told us that the trees ______ soon after they were planted because they weren’t watered ______ . So workers burned them and cleaned the place for new trees to ______ this year. On a card found in one of the dead ______ , a student wrote: “ I hope this tree will grow up with me ______ the backbone(栋梁) of our country.” The workers said that the survival(存活)of the trees was really more important than ______ trees were planted.
Some people in Beijing now have a new idea that they can donate some money and let professionals plant and ______ the trees.
1.A. both B. between C. all D. of
2.A. make B. making C. of making D. to making
3.A. happy B. interesting C. pleased D. surprised
4.A. bought B. died C. grew D. planted
5.A. good enough B. enough good C. enough well D. well enough
6.A. plant B. be planted C. are planted D. will plant
7.A. tree B. trees C. cards D. card
8.A. to be B. be C. become D. to make
9.A. how much B. how soon C. how many D. how long
10.A. take care B. take care of C. take away D. take off
