下列各组字母中含有相同读音的一组是 ____.
A. I, Y B. A, I C.H, L D. J, P
根据提示写一封70—80词的信。Tom邀请Simon参加他这周日的生日宴会，但Simon的父母去香港看望朋友了，要到下周三才回来。奶奶又卧病在床，需要人照顾，再说英语考试即将来临，因此，无法前去参加生日宴会。Simon感到很抱歉，只好写信辞谢。
Dear Tom，
Thank you very much for inviting me to your birthday party._____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
单词拼写，用适当的形式填写（本题有10小题，每小题0.5分，共5分）
1. ---What are your favorite （节目）?
---Animal World and Chinese Cooking.
2.Can you come to my house ______(讨论) the science report?
3.Her lifestyle is much better than ______ ( 我的 ).
4.Are you ______(担心) about your Chinese? We can help you.
5. Here’s an article about means of ______ ( 交通 ) in Xi’an.
6. It’s _______( 必要的) to learn English well.
7. Thanks a lot for ______ ( 邀请 ) me to the party.
8.Don’t get ______(使紧张) out. You should listen to some music.
9.Tina is_______（擅长运动的）than Mary.
10.I think _______(去观光旅行)in Thailand is a good activity.
根据要求进行句型转换，每空一词。（本题有10空格, 每空0.5分，共5分）
1.It takes about half an hour to reach Beijing by plane. ( 对划线部分提问 )
does it to reach Beijing by plane?
2.I believe they are visiting us this Sunday．( 改为否定句 )
I believe they visiting us this Sunday．
3.--Can you go to the mall with me this week? ( 作肯定回答 )
---Sure， ．
4.It took me two hours to finish the project yesterday.( 改同义句)
I two hours the project yesterday.
阅读下列短文，完成任务A和B。
Introduction to invitations（邀请活动简介）
Invitations are important. In the west, people often give invitations to their friends. Most invitations are for dinner or a birthday party.
When people accept（接受）an invitation to a dinner or party, they usually ask what they can bring. They often take flowers, chocolates, or other presents. People usually take a birthday present to a birthday party.
After a dinner or birthday party , most people telephone the host（主人）to say “thank you”. Some people write a short thank-you note or send an e-mail to the host.
任务A：Mary想邀请James参加生日晚会，请将以下各项活动按正确的顺序排列，把序号填入相应的横线上。
A. Mary and James enjoy the party together.
B. James accepts the invitation.
C. James writes a thank-you note.
D. James brings a birthday present.
E. Mary invites her friend James to her birthday party.
. E 1.____ 2. ____ 3.____ 4 .____
任务B：请你帮James 给Mary 写一句表示感谢的话。
5. .
A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said,“How strict should parents be with their children?”
The old man pointed to（指着）a string (细绳) between a big strong tree and a thin young one.
“Please untie (解开) that string.” said the old man. “But first pull the string tight so that（以便于）the young tree is straight again.” The young man did so. He untied the string and only found that the young tree bent（弯）over to one side.
Then the old man said,“There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them. But sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”
1.The story is about ____________.
A. how to take care of young trees
B. how strict parents should be with their children
C. how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
2. The young man untied the string ________________.
A. in order to throw it away
B. so that both of the trees wouldn’t grow straight
C. and found that the young tree bent over to one side
3.When could the string be taken away?
A. When the old man left.
B. When the young man untied it next time.
C. When the young tree grew strong enough.
4. At last the old man told the young man ________________.
A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not
stand alone
B. that he should always be strict with his children
C. that he should be hard on his children
5.We learn that the big strong tree and the thin young one are like _________.
A. the young father and the old neighbor
B. parents and their children
C. the old neighbor and the children of young father
