You should trust the boy because he _______ lies.
A. seldom says B. often speaks
C. sometimes talks D. never tells
What a pity! I missed _______ speech(演讲) by President Xi Jinping yesterday.
A. a one-hour B. an one-hour
C. the one-hour D. the one hour
Sally’s cousin hates a long wait. I think he’s just not very _______.
A. patient B. generous
C. popular D. active
书面表达 (本大题共10分)
你校要评选“德才双馨”的好少年 “ Excellent Teens with both Ability and Moral Integrity”，你打算推选王辉，请你用英语写一封推荐信。内容提示如下：
1. 痴迷于画画，对自己很严格; 不断搜寻更好的东西来提高自己；
2. 擅长用色彩来表达自己的想法；最喜欢红色，因为红色能使他迅速作出决定；
3. 尽管学习很忙，也从不放弃自己的爱好；
4. 自去年来，已几次在美术大赛中获奖；
5. 经常为大家出力, 如：……
注意：1. 推荐信须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
2. 要点5须用2-3句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥；
3. 词数在90个左右，信的首尾已在答题卷上给出，不计入总词数；
4. 信件内容请写在答题卷指定位置上。
任务型阅读 阅读下面的短文，根据文中信息完成文后表格。每个空格只能填一个单词。(本大题共5分，每空0.5分)
When we think of chocolate, many of us think of candy bars and sweet. But this is not how chocolate comes to us. In fact, it comes from the cacao tree that is found in the tropical(热带的) forests of Central and South America, because cacao beans need to grow in a hot and humid climate (湿热的气候) . The Mayas knew that they could get food and drink from the tree. The Aztecs often took the cacao beans and broke them into pieces in hot water, making a drink that was delicious and energy-producing for the body.
When Columbus and Cortez came to America, they shipped cacao beans back to Spain. However, at first few people accepted the drink because the taste was strange. When Columbus gave the information back to the Spanish Queen and King that one cup of chocolate from the cacao beans could provide a whole day’s energy for a man without the need for other food, attitudes(态度) quickly changed.
The need and the cost for chocolate produced by the cacao beans rose sharply. Soon all Europeans had fallen in love with chocolate. But chocolate was so expensive at that time that only the riches could afford this confection (甜食). At first, too much chocolate made people sick because more than half of the cacao bean is formed from fat, and few people knew how to remove the too much fat content(脂肪含量). Perhaps that is how we arrived at the expression, “Too much of a good thing can be bad for you.”
Places | 1. of chocolate | Function |
Central and South America | It comes from the cacao tree that is found in the tropical forests of Central and South America, because a hot and humid climate is2. for the growth of cacao beans. | ①The 3. got food and drink from the tree. ②The Aztecs often took the cacao beans and broke them into pieces in hot water, making a drink that was 4. and energy-producing for the body. |
Spain | When Columbus and Cortez came to America, they sent cacao beans back to Spain by 5. . ②Chocolate wasn’t widely 6. before Columbus reported to the Queen and King. | One cup of chocolate from the cacao beans could provide a whole day’s energy for a man with 7. need of other food.
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8. | Because of the high 9. , only the riches could afford this confection. | Too much chocolate did harm to people’s10. because more than half of the cacao bean is formed from fat. |
短文填空 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在题后横线上必须完整写出。(本大题共5分，每空0.5分)
Parents often believe that they have a good r 1. with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son: suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always c 2. ,” Joanna noted.
Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She u 3. to cuddle up(蜷伏) with on the sofa and talk,” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated(看待) like a little girl and sometimes like a young l 4. . The problem is figuring out(弄清楚) which time is which.”
Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what’s on their m 5. . “In fact, parents are first on the l 6. ,” said Michael Riera, author(作者) of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. “This completely changes during the ten years,” Riera e 7. . “They talk to their friends first, then maybe the teachers, and their parents l 8. .”
Parents who know what’s going in their teenagers’ lives are in the best position to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create c 9. to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental break, for children also need freedom(自由), though young. A 10. thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.
