______ English is ______ useful language.

A. A , an            B. / , a        

C. The , an          D. / , an

What’s the transcription of the underlined part in the word “Sunday”?

A. /i/           B. /e/           C. /i:/          D. /e i/

请你就上述图片中的现象进行简单描述，并提出整改建议，现请你以书信形式给相关决策部门写封信，以作参考。

参考词汇：pour...into;  be short of;  strictly new law;  trash sorts

注意：

1、书信应包括对上述图片中的内容的描述,及你的看法和建议。

2、开头部分已经写好，你只需接着写。

3、词数：80 个左右。

Dear Sir,

How worried I am about the environment! Look！                                      

Good luck!

                                                      Li Hua

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题卷上按题号写出各单词的完全形式 (每空限填一词)。

1.There were many tears in my eyes when I was c___________ the onions. 

2.Which are you better at, spoken English or w____________ English?

3.Hangzhou is a good place for the v ____________to go sightseeing. 

4.－Lucy, could you move your things to your bedroom? The living room is too crowded. I can’t go a       to the kitchen.

－All right, Mum.

5.In J ______ , the first month of the year, it is always very cold in my hometown.

6.A         , please! I have something important to tell you.

7.Every man is a fool s        , and none at all times.

8.The fast food i________ isn’t bad for your health, but eating too much isn’t good for you. 

9.－Wow, long time no see.  －We didn’t e__________ to meet you here.

10.He’s visited many countries and has learnt several f_______ languages.

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯 (每个单词限用一次)。

Did your parents make you take music lessons? Recent research has   1.  that people who studied music as a child are able to remember words much better than people   2.  musical training. One experiment was 3. with sixty female American college students. A similar study was carried out with ninety boys in Hongkong of China. In both cases, students had to 4. words and pictures. 5.  they were asked how many they remembered. Scientists found that students   6. studied music were better at remembering words, but both groups remembered the pictures equally well. Perhaps it is   7.to use your imagination to associate(联想) pictures with things in your life. Also, you can make up stories for pictures.

Scientists explain the   8.  by saying that both musical memory and verbal (written or spoken words) memory are located in the left side of the brain. Visual memory, the kind needed for pictures, is located in   9.  half of the brain. Since verbal memory is very important for success at school, researchers now think that taking music lessons can give you a real academic advantage. In fact, when the students were tested a year   10.  , the students who had stopped taking lessons still did well on verbal memory. Maybe it’s time to give music lessons a try.

请仔细阅读小题，从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E、F)中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。首先，请阅读以下某时尚杂志提供的几条护发建议：阅读下面几种的情况介绍，并为他们匹配合适的建议。

It`s very important to keep your hair healthy. Here are five ways for you.

1.                                     

Good fats are also called necessary fatty acids which the body can`t produce naturally. Eating these types of fats will help improve healthy skins, nails, teeth, and hair. They can be found in the form of oil, or in food such as seeds, nuts.

2.                                       

Hair is nothing more than dead protein(蛋白质).But that doesn`t mean that it is not important. A lack of it can cause slow growth and thinning, where on the contrary, getting enough amounts can help growth. Good choices to include in the diet would be eggs, meats, tofu, fish and beans.

3.                                     

There are a handful of vitamins that have been known to be effective for healthy hair. Some of them include vitamins A,B,Cand E, and iron. Other than in extra form, these nutrients can also be found naturally in fruits, peppers, low-fat diary products, green vegetables and whole grains. A large salad can be made with the inclusion of a lot of these food.

4.                                     

Getting enough exercises can help improve hair growth.. Aim to get at least 20-30 minutes of exercise ever day. It can be walking, jogging, weight training, biking .

5.                                      

Right after you brush your teeth, brush your hair as well. Brushing hair fifty tone hundred strokes before bed can help remove pollutants and dirt while also stimulating circulation. Also, natural oils are released which will add more sheen(光泽) and oxygen to your hair.．

Would you be surprised to learn that your eyes are like an eagle’s eyes in some ways? You and an eagle can see colors. And an eagle’s eyes and yours are about the same size. But therre are a lot more of a special type of cell in an eagle’s eyes than in your eyes. These cells send information to the eagle’s brain. Getting a lot of information helps an eagle see much better than you. In fact, eagle can spot a fish in the sea from a mile away.

  You and an eagle have eyes that make tears. Your eyes make watery tears that clean your eyes. An eagle’s eyes for watery tears and oily tears. Eagles dive into the sea to catch fish. The oily tears guard their eyes from the saltwater.

  Like you, eagles have eyelids. You have two eyelids, and you close your eyes by lowering the top lid. When eagles close their eyes, their bottom lids raise up. Eagles have a third eyelid that moves across the eye every few seconds. It wipes dust away from the eye. An eagle can see through this third eyelid. The eyelid guards the bird’s eyes when it swoops at 100 miles an hour after its prey(捕食).

1.How are your eyes like an eagle’s eyes?

A. You both have three eyelids.       B. You bothe see colors.

C. Your eyes have the same number of special cells as an eagle’s eyes.

2.Your eyes help you learn about the world. An eagle’s eyes help it_______.

A. catch its prey                   B. fly fast

C. blink its eyelids                 D. send information

3.Unlike your eyes, an eagle’s eyes __________.

A. have cells                      B. can see colors

C. have an extra eyelid              D. form tears

4.How is the way an eagle blinks(眨眼) different from the way you blink?

A. An eagle moves both its top and bottom eyelids.  

B. An eagle moves its bottom eyelid.

C. An eagle moves its top eyelid.       

D. An eagle uses three eyelids to blink.

5.The word “swoop” is closed in meaning to _________.

A. 俯冲           B. 飞翔          C. 展翅            D. 冒险

Kara likes getting e-mail from Fumi. Kara is a third-grader in Arizona(亚利桑那), and Fumi is in third grade in Japan.They are e-pals who send e-mails every week. Fumi sent Kars photos and descriptions of her home.

  The first room in Fumi’s house is a small entryway. People who enter the home remove their shoes. They put on different shoes with soft soles. That seemed odd ot Kara. She wears her street shoes in the house.

  Kara likes the photo of Fumi and her family eating. They gather around a table, just like Kara and her family, Kara’s family sits on chairs, but Fumi’s family sits on cushions on a strau mat on the floor. The table is low to the ground. What seems to be a wall behind Fumi’s family is actually a door without knobs. Fumi explained that the door slides open. It is made from strong paper glued to thin strips of wood. “I could never play ball in that house!” thought Kara.

1. Why did the author write the passage?

A. to explain how to have an e-pal

B. to tell the history of e-mail

C. to compare homes in Japan and in Ameria   

D. to show that homes in Arizona are better than homes in Japan

2.What does Fumi usually do before getting into the house?

A. Take off the shoes.                     

B. Put on her street shoes

C. Wear her different shoes with high heels.   

D. Have slippers on.

3.How is Fumi different from Kara?

A. Fumi lives in the United States.        

B. Fumi’s family sits on the floor to eat.

C. Fumi’s family eats around a table.      

D. Fumi is in the third grade.

4.What is the same about Fumi’s and Kara’s homes?

A. Families sit around a table to eat.       

B. People wear soft-soled shoes inside.

C. The floors are covered with straw mats.  

D. They are in the same country.

5.Kara and Fumi both__________.

A. take their shoes on when they get home.  

B. live in houses with doors made from paper

C. learn about a new place from their e-pal  

D. sit on chairs during dinner

My crippled（瘸腿的）grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway, looking at her beautiful movements, completely       . Do you know she'd had her accident. I had read that in an old newspaper article．

    ‘‘So．．．Your leg? I mean,       did your leg heal(治愈)?"

    “To tell you the truth my legs have been well all my life,” she said．

    “But I don't understand!” I said, “Your dancing career．．．You       all these years?”

    ‘‘Very much so, and for a very good       .”

    She thought for a while and then continued. “Your grandfather and I were talking about engagement（订婚）       he had to go to war. I was so afraid of losing him that the only way I could stay normal was to dance. I put all my heart         practicing and I became very good. The public loved me, but all I could feel worried about not knowing whether the love of my life would         return. One day a letter came, There were only three sentences: “I have lost my leg. I am no longer a       man and now give you back your freedom. It is best you forget about me.”

    “I made my decision there and then. I traveled away from the city. When I returned I had bought       a stick. I told everyone I had been in a car crash and that my leg would never completely heal again. No one doubted the story l had learned to limp（一瘸一拐地走）. And I made sure the first person to hear of my accident was a       I knew well. Then I went to the hospital. The nurses pushed your grandfather outside in his         ．I took a deep breath, leaned on my stick and limped to him.”

    I showed him newspaper articles of my accident. “There is a whole life waiting for us out there! But I am not going to       you. You are going to walk yourself.”

    I limped a few steps toward him and showed him what I'd taken out of my pocket. “Now show me you are         a man.” I said．He bent to take his stick from the ground and struggled(挣扎) out of that wheelchair．He managed it on his own and walked to me and never sat in a wheelchair         in his life.”

    “What did you show him?” I had to know. Grandma looked at me and smiled. “Two engagement rings, of course. I had bought them the day         he left for the war and I was not going to waste them on any other man.”

1.A. dropped      B. defeated C. shockedD. pleased

2.A. HowB. WhatC. WhyD. Who

3.A. predicted     B. pretendedC. prepairedD. preferred

4.A. reasonB. excuseC. effectD. result

5.A. whereB. whileC. whenD. since

6.A. withB. intoC. forD. from

7.A. justB. almostC. everD. even

8.A. sadB. halfC. richD. whole

9.A. myselfB. himselfC. ourselvesD. youself

10.A. doctorB. reporterC. visitorD.leader

11.A. wayB. sunglassC. carD.wheelchair

12.A. takeB. fetchC. carryD. bring

13.A. hardlyB. stillC. alsoD. never

14.A. again     B. aboutC. aboveD. along

15.A.though    B. unlessC. untilD. after

–I lost the watch that my uncle gave me as the birthday gift. 

–Oh, _________.

A. that’s right         B. really        C. no worry  D. sorry to hear that.