单词拼写（共10个空，每空1分；满分10 分）
1.I want to take part in an English singing c__________.
2.My classmate c_________ me to a running race and everybody wanted to see who could run faster.
3.The headmaster gave students some s___________ on how to improve their English.
4.You should c_________ in English with your friends whenever you can.
5.A good m_________ for remembering the spelling of a word is to make a short sentence with each letter of the word.
6.Cindy closed her eyes and _________( 想象) that she was on the beach.
7.He is proud of himself and often speaks ___________(自信地).
8.Ten minutes later, my wife was wearing a hat that looked like a _________(灯塔).
9.Don’t be rude to your grandma! We should r____________ the old.
10.After the earthquake in Ya An, people from the ___________(外国的)country gave their support to those in need.
默写（共7个空，共10分， 每空不限一个词）
NCE Lesson 41.
‘We mustn’t buy things we don’t need.’ I remarked suddenly. I 1. almost at once.
‘You needn’t have said that,’ my wife answered, ‘And I needn’t 2. that terrible tie you bought yesterday.
NCE Lesson 42.
As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which 3. coins and opened one of the baskets. … The snake, however, 4. ‘dance’ slowly. It obviously could not 5. Indian music and jazz!
English: fun for life
On the last day of English Week, the head teacher 6. to the whole school. …. 7. , you should enjoy English.
One of the most famous scientists to study adaptations (适应能力) was Charles Darwin (达尔文). He was born in England in 1809. He wasn't the best student in his school, but when he was 16, his father sent him to a medical school. Charles liked spending time outdoors observing (观察) nature more than attending medical classes and dropped out(辍学) without graduating.
Next, Charles' father sent him to school to become a minister (牧师). This time he made it to graduation. But he didn't want to do the work of a minister. His friends encouraged him to follow his interest in science.
After graduation, Charles was invited to sail on the Beagle as an unpaid scientist. He wasn't the first choice, but he was the lucky one to go. The Beagle was to travel to South America and then around the world. The crew's task was to make maps of the places they visited.
On December 27th, 1831 Charles Darwin sailed from England on the Beagle. The trip was planned to last two years. In fact, it lasted five. During this time, he saw many amazing things. He collected lots of plants and animals and took them back to England to study.
Twenty-three years later, Darwin published a scientific paper with another man named Wallace. Darwin described how some animals have adaptations that help them survive. They are passed on to offspring (后代). Darwin’s ideas about adaptations are still very important to the study of living things.
1.Darwin was very interested in _____.
A. attending medical classes B. the work of a minister
C. sailing around the world D. science
2.The Beagle was a(an) _____.
A. ship B. plane C. plant D. animal
3.When Darwin published the scientific paper, he was _____ years old.
A. twenty-three B. twenty-two C. forty-five D. fifty
4.The underlined word "they" in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) _____.
A. adaptations B. Darwin and Wallace
C. animals D. Darwin's ideas
5.Which of the following is true?
A. Darwin graduated from a medical school.
B. Some animals have adaptations so that they can survive.
C. Darwin published a scientific paper by himself.
D. Darwin was first chosen to sail on the Beagle.
The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both at home and abroad.
United Kingdom Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema. |
United States The Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values. |
Australia The Chinese new year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney’s Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne. They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat and many other traditional activities. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non-Chinese. |
Singapore The family dinner on new year’s eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition. |
1. Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in ___________.
A. 1890 B. 1980 C.2000 D.2002
2. At the Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to _________.
A. say hello to the traditional new year
B. refuse a good chance
C. tell others they are alone
D. share different cultures
3.. Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except _________.
A. fireworks B. lion dances
C. trick or treat D. dragon boat races
4. In Singapore, Chinese families don’t hold the new year dinner at a restaurant but at home because___________.
A. they want to keep Chinese tradition
B. the restaurant is far away
C. they moved there from other places
D. they were born in Singapore
5. After reading the passage above, we might say__________.
A. all parts of the world celebrate the Spring Festival
B. the Chinese new year is celebrated only in China
C. celebrations for the Spring Festival are just held in four foreign countries
D. Chinese across the world have a strong feeling towards the Spring Festival
No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him—water splashing, bees humming, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.
People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life. The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary larger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy language. Your dictionary is your most useful book.
1. What do we mean by language?
A. Sounds made by man.
B. All the words made by man.
C. Different kinds of sound.
D. The way man learns.
2. Form the passage we know that long long ago________.
A. no one learned how to make sounds or words
B. animals taught man to learn the language
C. man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground,and so on
D. man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words
3. What is the number of languages spoken in the world today?
A. 500. B. 5,000. C. 1,500. D. 15,000.
4.In which sentence can the word "contain(s)" be put so that it is a right one?
A. I________ several dictionaries. B. Sea water________ salt.
C. A dog _______ four legs. D. Mr. Smith _____ glasses on his nose.
5. Which of the followings is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger?
A. To read more books.
B. To use the words in everyday life.
C. To use the words in class.
D. To write the words.
Mr. Clark worked in a newspaper, and he did a lot of important and difficult work, but then he began to forget things, and this made his work very difficult. One day he said to himself, “I’m going to go and see Dr. Martin about this.”
He waited in the doctor’s waiting room with the other patients, and then the nurse said to him, “You can go in and see Dr. Martin now”.
“Oh, doctor,” said Mr. Clark, ‘it’s terrible, I can’t remember anything for longer than half a minute, and it’s making my work very difficult. What can I do? Can you help me?”
The doctor said, “When did this start, Mr. Clark?”
“When did what start?” Mr. Clark said.
1._______ made Mr. Clark work very difficult.
A. Important work B. Working for a long time
C. Forgetting things D. Bad condition
2._______ go to see Dr. Martin.
A. Mr. Clark himself decided to
B. Mr. Clark’s friend advised him to
C. The nurse asked Mr. Clark to
D. The other patient told Mr. Clark to
3.A patient is _______ .
A. a person who will die soon B. a person who is ill
C. a doctor’ s helper D. a doctor’s friend
4.Why did Mr. Clark ask Dr. Martin, “When did what start”?Because he forgot__________.
A. the time B. his illness C. the doctor D. the hospital
5.Which statement is TURE?
A. Mr. Clark didn’t know Mr. Martin before.
B. Mr. Clark should not see the doctor.
C. Mr. Clark could remember things as well as before.
D. Mr. Clark’s illness was serious.
