--- ______, is there a famous place I can travel in your hometown?
--- Certainly. You can visit Mount Huang.
A. On the way B. In the way
C. To the way D. By the way
---What happened to you this morning?
---The teacher wanted to know the _______ why I was late for the meeting.
A. information B. conversation
C. reason D. purpose
--- I hear ______ new building appears in our school.
--- Yeah, it’s_____ good place for teachers and students to do exercise.
A. the; a B. a; a
C. a; the D. the; the
书面表达(15分)
“餐桌手机控”是指那些在餐桌上先拍照后用餐、并在用餐过程中扔只关注手机的群体。然而,最近发表的一篇科学研究表明:分享或关注食物的照片会使人们对食物的满意程度下降。此外,“餐桌手机控”的现象也疏远了人与人之间的距离。
请根据上述内容,以Not taking photos of food makes us happier为题写一篇80词左右的英语短文。
Not taking photos of food makes us happier
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
补全对话(5小题,每小题2分,共10分)
根据下面的对话情景,在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子,使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: Long time no see. ___________1.__________?
B: I’ve been to England for a training course.
A: Oh, really? Sounds great. ___________2.___________?
B: About 4 months.
A: Where did you stay during the time?
B: I stayed at an English couple’s house. ____________3.__________.
A: How cool! Did you often have parties?
B: Not very often. But we are very good friends now. __________4.___________?
A: I’m going to the mall.
B: The greatest mall? _________5.___________. I want to buy some gifts for the English couple. Shall we go there together?
A: Of course. Let’s go!
词语运用(10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案写在下面题号后的横线上。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。
Jasmine(《茉莉花》) is a popular song in China. Many of_____1.____ are quite familiar with it, and have learned it in primary school. At the CCTV Spring Festival Gala (央视春节联欢晚会)of 2013, Song Zuying sang the song ___2._______Celine Dion. This time, however, another foreign singer named Christine Guldbrandsen is going to bring her version of Jasmine to us all.
Christine is a Norwegian (挪威的)____3.______. She began to sing at the age of three. When she was 15, she signed a contract(合同) with Sony. One year___4._____, her first album (专辑)came out. Many people were amazed by her pure voice. In 2011, her ____5.______album, Colors, became one of the best-sellers in Europe. Since then, Western media have ____6.____her as a female singer with the most beautiful voice in Europe, _____7.____often compare her with the popular American singer Taylor Swift.
Christine has a great love ____8.______traditional music. That is the reason why she ____9.______to sing Jasmine. In order to sing the song well, she has invited a professional Chinese teacher to teach her Chinese. To be ___10._____, Christine will combine Chinese folk music with Nordic(北欧的) music.
Such a unique Jasmine is certainly worth our expectation. Let’s look forward to it.