Nowadays, people like to discuss if young couples need ______ second child.

A. /    B. an   C. the   D. a

书面表达（20分）

假如你是Tom, 初中生活即将结束，你的英国朋友Jack也是一名中学生，他希望了解你将如何度过即将到来的暑假。为此，你把你的想法写成email发给他。

内容要点如下：

1. 你的爱好很多，比如……，你特别对旅游感兴趣。

2. 过去暑假很忙，大部分时间用于学习，偶尔在周末去打篮球、下象棋。

3. 近几年来(Over the years/ in recent years)，你和父母仅仅去过中国的几个名胜古迹。

4. 初中生活结束后你想去旅行。西藏（Tibet）以美丽的风景而闻名，你打算去那里。

注意：

1.词数90左右。短文的开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数；

2.短文须包括所有要点，第四要点的内容必须用三四句话作适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺；

3.短文中不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。

Dear Jack,

How time flies! I will finish my middle school. The summer holidays are coming soon.

Yours

Tom

阅读下面短文，根据其内容完成后面各项任务。

When Charlie got up last Sunday morning, he looked out of the window, and saw that the ground was covered with snow. On the side of the house, the snow was higher than Charlie. "We must have a path through this snow, "said his father. "I would make one if I had time. But I must be at the office early this morning. Do you think you could make the path, my son?" he asked little Charlie. "I? Why? The snow is higher than me! How could I ever cut a path through that snow?" "How? You can do it little by little. I hope you will try," said the father. Then his father left for his office.

Later, Charlie set to work. He threw up first one shovelful(一铲), and then another; but it was slow work. "I don’t think I can do it, mother, "he said. "A shovelful is so little, and there is so   much snow." "Little by little, Charlie," said his mother. "That snow fell flake(雪花) by flake, but you see how much it has made." "Yes, mother, I see," said Charlie. "If I throw it away little by little, it will soon be gone." So he worked on.When his father came home for dinner, he was pleased to see the fine path. The next day was Charlie’s birthday, the father gave little Charlie a pen, with yellow letters "Little by Little" on it.

1.What did Charlie find when he got up last Sunday morning? (no more than 10 words)

2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced (替换) by the following one?

I don’t think it’s possible for me to make a path through the snow.

3.Did Charlie make the path through the snow at last?

4.把文中画线处翻译成中文。

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据对话内容，在每个标有题号的空白处填入一个适当的句子，使对话完整，合乎情境。注意大小写和标点符号！

A: Hi, Tina. 1.____________________?

B: I am going to a concert this weekend.

A: A concert? What kind of concert is it?

B: A piano concert. It is held for charity.

A: 2.______________________ _?

B: Yes, there are many famous musicians, such as Li Yundi, a well-known Chinese pianist. 3.___________________?

A: Certainly, I’d like to. Li Yundi is my favourite musician.  4._______ _____?

B: 120 yuan.

A: Oh, it’s too dear, I can’t afford it.

B: I don’t have so much money, either. I plan to sell newspapers to raise money.

A: 5.________. Can I join you?

B: No problem.

Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both the vegetables and the 1._______ made the garden look wonderful.

No one knew that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn't get on well 2.      each other. The vegetables3._______ the tree. They thought the tree did not leave them4.______ light to survive（生存）. On the other hand, the tree hated the5.         . He complained that the vegetables drank nearly all the water 6._____it could get to him.

The situation became worse and 7.        . One day, the vegetables got angry and decided to use up all the8._______ in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by refusing to give the vegetables shade(树荫) from the hot9.        . Soon they both began to dry up. Neither of them thought that the gardener would stop watering his vegetable 10._______ when he saw it becoming worse. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how 11.__   ____ they were. There seemed to be no ways to solve the problem, but one of the vegetables, a small pumpkin 12.__     __what was going on, and decided to deal with it.

13.         there was little water and it was too hot, the little pumpkin did all he could to grow... 14._  _____he grew very big, the gardener noticed that and started watering the field again because he wanted to win the beautiful big pumpkin competition. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables grew better. They realized that it was better to help each other than to 15.____  _。

From then on, they worked together and lived in harmony with these around them.

Is there intelligent (有智力的) life on other planets? For years, scientists said “no.” or “we don’t know.” But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers(天文学家). They believe intelligent life exists (存在) somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact (联系)these beings(人；生物).

Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. “This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life,” Shostak and Barnett said. The second reason is size—the universe is huge. “Tools like the Hubble Telescope(哈勃望远镜) have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies,” says Shostak. “And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth.”

In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes(高倍望远镜) allow scientists to discover smaller planets—the size of Mars or Earth—in other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life.

Have beings from space already visited Earth? “Probably not,” says Shostak. “It’s a long way away. However, intelligent beings may contact us in other ways, such as radio signals(信号). In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we don’t have the right tools to receive their messages. However, this is changing. By 2025, we can communicate with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other.”

1.Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are _____.

A. astronomers    B. farmers

C. singers         D. drivers

2.What is the best title for Paragraph (段落)2?

A. The Age and Size of Earth

B. Our Galaxy: The Milky Way

C. Why Intelligent Life Might Exist

D. Earth: The Only Planet with Intelligent Life

3.Why was it hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe in the past?

A. There were not any smaller planets.

B. There were not any powerful telescopes.

C. The astronomers were not interested in them.

D. The Milky Way didn’t exist at that time.

4.Why haven’t beings from space visited us yet according to Shostak?

A. They’re afraid of us.

B. It’s a long way away.

C. They don’t want to see us.

D. They don’t know how to use radio signals.

5.What does the underlined phrase “life forms” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Messages                  B. Tools

C. Intelligent beings        D. Radio signals

From my father I have learned a lot. And I’m very thankful to him. I remember when I was a child,  my father always got up very early, quietly putting on his clothes and going off to work. To arrive in time to open his tiny store at 8:30, he needed to leave our apartment at 6:30. After all, he had to take a bus and then the subway. The last journey was a long walk through a neighborhood much of which was full of the smell of rubbish. I learned: it is very important to work. No excuse(借口).

When I was 12, I would, on some Saturdays, go to my father’s store to help out. After helping set up the outside clothing display(陈列), for the rest of the day, I’d watch to make sure no one stole anything. When I noticed someone looking unusual or strange, I would look the person in the eye, smile and say, “May I help you?” Usually that worked, but sometimes, someone would run off with something. The first time, I ran after the thief but my father shouted, “Martin, stop! There is no need to do that.” It’s true that safety is more important than money.

After 10 years of hard work, he saved up enough money to buy his first car, a cheap one—he wouldn’t buy one until he could afford to pay for it without borrowing money. I learned: buy only what you can afford. Buying necessary food and clothing won’t make us go in debt(债务). The unnecessary things won’t give us happiness, which comes from achievement only.

1. What shop did the author’s father own?

A. A bookshop.       B. A coffee shop.

C. A clothing shop.  D. A food shop.

2.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The author ran after thieves many times.

B. The author thanked his father a lot.

C. The author’s father worked very hard.

D. The author’s father made some money.

3.All the following are talked about in the passage EXCEPT        .

A. the importance of working

B. the good ways to keep healthy

C. that safety comes before money

D. that it’s bad to spend more than you make

4.According to the author, what usually makes people go in debt?

A. To rent a house for the family.

B. To send their children to school.

C. To enjoy something unnecessary.

D. To buy enough food for the family.

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A. How to live a happy life.

B. What makes a person successful.

C. The help the author got from his father.

D. What the author learned from his father.

Let’s Explore The Nature!

Are you interested in animals and nature? Want to enjoy your summer holiday and learn something interesting and useful?

Here comes your CHANCE! We provide you with a THREE-DAY SUMMER PROGRAM! You can take part in many hands-on activities and meet with live animals-- giraffes, pandas, tigers, and so on! More information about the program in as follows:

Age: Students aged 8~16

Groups: There are 2 programs for you to choose from. Each program needs at most 15 students.

Program cost: $230 for members; $250 for non-members。

How to do: Simply come to our centre to get an application form (申请表). Send your completed form on or before 11th July, 2014(Friday).

Notes:

1. NO FREE LUNCHES ARE PROVIDED because of personal food differences. You may either bring a lunch-box or pay for lunch at our restaurants.

2. Both programs will start ONE DAY later if there is a warning of rainstorms.

COME AND JOIN US NOW!! DON’T MISS THE CHANCE!!

1. ______ can join the three-day summer program.

A. A kid of 7  B. A boy of 14

C. A girl of 17  D. A man of 26

2.If there is a rainstorm on 14th July, program A will start on ______.

A. Sunday   B. Monday   C. Tuesday  D. Wednesday

3. Two members and one non-member should pay ______ for the program.

A. $690    B. $710   C. $730   D. $750

4. Free lunches aren’t provided because ______.

A. the lunches cost too much    B. people have different tastes

C. there are many restaurants D. they may bring lunch-boxes

5. What can we know from the passage?

A. Youth Explorer is the name of the program.

B. More than 15 students are in each program.

C. We can see three kinds of animals in the program.

D. You need to hand in an application for the program.

—I don’t understand_________.

—I’m sorry. But I was doing my homework at that time.

A. why you didn’t watch the football match

B. why didn’t you watch the football match

C. why you don’t watch the football match.

D. why don't you watch the football match

The park is far away from here indeed it’s about_______walk

A. three hour            B. a three hour’s

C.a three-hours          D.a three-hour