根据句意和首字母提示，完成短文。
We usually buy things in a shop, a market or a supermarket. Shopping always takes too much t____1.____ . We have to walk around for a long time to look f_____2.__ the things we want. Sometimes we have to c____3.___ many heavy shopping bags. We’re always very tired(疲劳的) after s_____4.____. Now it’s dif
ferent from that in the past(过去). We can do many things at h____5.____, we don’t need to go to the shop. We can buy many good and c___6.____ things on the Internet, they look nice but don’t cost much. It seems easy and quick, b___7.____ it sometimes brings us some trouble(麻烦). The clothes you buy on the Internet are d____8.____ from what you want, or the size is too s____9.___ or too big. You may see many people wear the same clothes in the street. Do you know why? B_____10.__ they all buy clothes on the Internet. How interesting!
词汇运用。(每小题1分，满分15分)
A)根据句意及汉语提示，拼写单词，使句子完整、正确。
1.These exchange students are from different (国家).
2.My bike is (损坏的), so I have to walk to school these days.
3.These volunteers can help people with all kinds of (问题).
4."Simon, (检查) your homework carefully,” the mother says to the little boy.
5.----Who are you (担心) about, Madam? ----My little son. I can't find him now.
B)根据句意并用括号内所给，单词的适当形式填空，使句子完整、正确。
6.This is my__________(twenty) time to see the singer. He looks very cool.
7.Daniel is a kind and (help) boy, and we all like him.
8.The little girl is always the first (come) to school on weekdays.
9.Thanks for (invite) us to visit your new house.
10.Our teacher says that one of the (visit) will come to our school next week.
11.My father is a (cook) in a big restraint in our town. He is good at cooking.
12.Why not ask a computer engineer (fix) your computer？
13.We are really (luck) to go to the Hong Kong Disneyland.
14.The song Two Butterflies(蝴蝶) (sound) wonderful. I like it very much.
15.My new flat is really different from (they).
Nanjing is the capital city of Jiangsu Province(省). It is about 1,200 kilometres(公里) from Beijing, 300 kilometres from Shanghai. With a population(人口) of about 5,180,000, it covers an area about 6,598 kilometres.
Nanjing has a long history over 2,460 years. It has mountains(山), rivers, lakes, old walls and forests(森林). There are many interesting places to visit. For example, if you want to have a look at the whole city, you can go to the Yuejiang Tower. If you want to know the history of Nanjing, you can go to the Ming tomb, the Zhonghua Gate, the Rain Flower Terrace and so on. If you want to watch maple leaves(红叶) in autumn, please go to the Qixia Mountain. You will enjoy the beauty（美丽）of
Nanjing if you visit Xuanwu Lake. It is very comfortable to walk around the Zhongshan Mausoleum. The Hongshan Zoo is a good place for children because there are many kinds of animals there. Many visitors come to the Confucius Temple to taste the delicious food and walk around the busy street.
If you come to visit Nanjing next time, you are here in the right place. Always welcome you to our city.
1.What’s the capital of Jiangsu Province?（请用1个词回答。）
2.How long is the history of Nanjing? （请用3个词回答。）
3. How many interesting places in Nanjing are mentioned(被提到) in the passage? （请用不超过3个词回答。）
4.Where can we go if you want to have some delicious food? （请用3个词回答。）
5.Why is the Hongshan Zoo a good place for the children? （请用不超过7个词回答。）
Do you know an old city called "Pingyao" in Shanxi? The old city is not far from Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province (省). It's a town with a long history of more than two thousand years.
The old city is not very large. It is only 2.25 square kilometers in size. And there are no tall buildings here. Most of the buildings have only two floors. And most of them are made of stones(石头). There are many Chinese-style shops on each side（边）of the street.
Pingyao is a square（方的）city. The city has a wall around 
it. It's about 6 km long and 12m high. The wall has six gates. And you mustn't miss the nice food in Pingyao. Try Pingyao beef and you are sure to fall in love with it.
Pingyao is a place worth(值得) a visit. You can take buses or trains here. It's less than 2 hours' bus ride from Taiyuan. It costs you only 20 yuan. If you take a train, it will take you less time, only one and a half hours. And if you want to go to Pingyao from Beijing, the train ride takes only about 6 hours.
The City of Pingyao
Location(位置) | In Shanxi, 1. Taiyuan. |
2. | 3. 2000 years. |
4. | 2.25 square kilometers. |
Attractions(吸引人的东西)
| Buildings: Most of them have two 5. . They are made of stones. |
6. : There are shops on both 7. . | |
Wall: There is a 6-km-long wall around the 8. city. | |
Food: Pingyao 9. tastes nice. | |
Transportation(交通) | Visitors can come to Pingyao by bus or 10. . |
Here is some information about homes in the United States and the people who live in them.
In the early 1990s, there were more than 91 million homes, or households(家庭) in the US. About 64% of the people in the US own their homes. The rest(其余的) rent(租) their homes. The rented homes are usually apartments(公寓).
74%of the peop
le in the US make their homes in or around cities. 26% live in the country(乡下). Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US and about half that number have cats.
Families in the US are becoming smaller. On the average(平均), 2.64 people lived in a home in the early 1990s. In 1960, the average was 3.5.
Half of the teenagers (青少年) in the US have their own bedrooms.
An American moves(搬家), on the average, twelve times in his or her life. In Japan a person moves about five times, and in England a person moves eight times.
1.Where do most Americans live?
A. Around the country.B. In or around cities. C. In the country.D. In cities.
2.How many American families own a cat?
A. 40%B. 64% C. 20%D. 74%
3.Families in the US are .
A. becoming bigger .B. becoming smaller
C. becoming happy.D. not sure
4.Which of the following is TURE?
A. Americans move more often than the English.
B. The average number in a family now is getting bigger than that in the 1960s.
C. The Japanese move . more often than the British.
D. Most young people of the US have no bedrooms of their own.
5.The best title for the passage is about .
A. Americans moving homes all the time
B. Pets in American families.
C. City families & country families.
D. Americans families.
I live in a small town near Xing'an in Guilin. You can't see it on the map of China, because it is too small. The air here is fresh(清新的). There are not many tall buildings in our town. The tallest building is in our school. There are four hundred students and twenty-five teachers in our school. In the front of the school, there is a playground. I often play basketball with my classmates on it. There is a little garden behind our school. And we can grow (种植) beautiful flowers and plant trees there. Next to the garden, there is an orange orchard(果园). You can hear birds singing everywhere. There is a river not far from our school. In summer, we usually go swimming with our teachers in it. We study Chinese, English, Maths and other subjects at school. The teachers are very nice. We love our school.
1.The writer lives .
A. in a small town B. in the city of Guilin C. Xing'an D. in a tall building
2.There is in the front of our school.
A. a river B. an orange orchard C. a playground D. a garden
3.How many students are there in the school?
A. 4025. B. 425. C. 245. D. 400.
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. There are many tall buildings in the town.
B. Behind the school there is a garden.
C. There is a river in the school.
D. People can hear students singing everywhere.
5.What's the best title(标题) of the passage(一段)?
A. The Garden B. A Small Town C. Our School D. The Best Building
