Do you like traditional Chinese paper-cutting? Ding Xiang, a student at Nongsishi Middle School in Xinjiang, is really good at it. At the eighth National Excellent Talents Competition last month in Beijing, the 15-year-old girl got the gold award（金奖） for her paper-cutting skills.
At the competition, Ding cut a piece: Millennium Dream（千年梦想）. The piece has two papers. One shows an ancient cave painting(壁画) and the other a Chinese-made spaceship. The two papers form a sharp contrast（对比）. Ding said she wanted to show three things with the piece: China’s long history, China’s rapid development, and her hope for the future of paper-cutting. This piece helped Ding walk away with the gold award.
“I was very surprised to get the award.” Ding said in an interview with Yili Daily, a Xingjiang newspaper. “I should thank paper-cutting for bringing me the award.”
All the hard work has paid off. In two years, Ding’s skills have improved a lot, and she has the gold award to prove(证明) it.
Ding said she has learned a lot from paper-cutting. “I have learned to observe things carefully,” Ding told Yili Daily. “I have become more confident, too. It is a great help in my studies. Also, I have learned a lot of history from the art.”
1. Ding Xiang got the gold award because of ________.
A. a wonderful paper-cutting work
B. an ancient cave painting
C. a Chinese-made spaceship
D. a dream for many years
2. Which one is not true according to the passage?
A. Ding does well in paper-cutting.
B. Ding is talented in paper-cutting.
C. Ding is tired of paper-cutting
D. Ding works hard at paper-cutting.
3.The underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph refers to ________.
A. She likes paper-cutting a lot
B. She is very good at paper-cutting.
C. She is very happy to get the gold award
D. Paper-cutting brings him the award.
4.In Ding Xiang’s opinion, the art brought her a lot except ________.
A. joy B. carelessness
C. confidence D. knowledge
The following are four forms about medicine. How to use the medicine is very important. Never take any by mistake.
1）Take the medicine with water, followed by one tablet（药片） every eight hours, as required. For further night - time and early morning, take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in 24 hours. For Children six to twelve years old, go to your doctor for advice. Reduce dosage（剂量） if nervousness, restlessness or sleeplessness takes place.
2）Each pill of the medicine taken three times every day for fourteen years old. As usual, a pill 6∶00 a. m., before breakfast, one before 11∶00 and one before sleep. Not for children under six years old and old persons with heart attack.
3）The medicine for a person with a fever. Once two pills a day before sleep for adult. Not take the medicine without fever. Half for Children under 12 years old. Children with a high fever, go to see a doctor.
4）The medicine taken three times a day, once five pills for adult with a cold. Half of the pills for children 10 years old. Take the medicine before breakfast, lunch, supper or before sleep.
1. Where can we read these forms?
A. In textbooks. B. In dictionaries.
C. In novels. D. In instructions.
2. How often should a twelve-year-old girl having a cold take medicine?
A. Four times or above a day.
B. Three times a day.
C. Only once a day.
D. Not above three times a day.
3. What does the underlined word “reduce” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.减少 B. 减缓 C. 释放 D. 增加
4. What should we do if nervousness, restlessness or sleeplessness takes place?
A. Stop taking medicine.
B. Reduce dosage
C. Take more dosage.
D. Ask doctors for help.
A Bite of China(舌尖上的中国), which has been considered the most successful television documentary in China since the 1990s, attracted more than 100 million viewers after it was shown on CCTV-1 during the 10:30 p.m. time slot.
Nowadays, A Bite of China is on show. There are eight episodes(集) in it. These episodes introduce the stories of ordinary Chinese people and different kinds of their food and cooking ways. Each episode focus on(关注) a food-related topic, including ingredients, main foods, how one ingredient could be used to make many different dishes and so on. Chen Xiaoping, the general director of A Bite of China, said the purpose of this documentary is to let people know more about China through different kinds of foods.
A Bite of China aroused the interest of both people home and abroad in traditional Chinese cooking. Therefore, more and more people want to have a try cooking. They think cooking shows how rich China's cooking history and food culture are.
"The food reminds me of my hometown, my mum's cooking, and my childhood," said 28-year-old Wang Xin, one of the hundreds of thousands of viewers moved by the documentary.
1.Where was A Bite of China shown?
On CCTV-1. B. On CCTV-2.
C. On CCTV-4. D. On CCTV-3.
2.Which may not be included in A Bite of China?
A. Food ingredients B. Cooking ways
C. People’s stories D. Terrible illnesses
3.Which of the following about A Bite of China is not true?
A. It attracted more than 100 million viewers.
B. The purpose is to let people know more about China through foods.
C. Wang Xin isn’t moved by A Bite of China.
D. Chen Xiaoping is the general director of A Bite of China.
完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分；共计15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When I was a naughty boy, maybe because of the influence of the film "Xiao Bing Zhang Ga", my dream was to be a just like Zhang Ga. I thought if I was a soldier, I should be able to swim, dive and climb trees he did. It seemed to be very . So I began to learn swimming, diving and climbing trees. I practiced every day and finally I do them well. But when I entered junior high school and had the military training(军训), I suddenly found that a soldier was very difficult and I wasn't strong enough to stand it. I had to my dream.
But I wasn't , and I had a new aim, which was to be a postman, or rather to be a newspaper boy. As a newspaper boy, I could along streets on a bike and throw newspapers onto every porch. That's also very cool. So I started learning to ride a bicycle. After the everyday , I could go very fast by bicycle. But my disappointment, the job which I wanted only existed in western countries not in China, because there was no porch in China. And Chinese postmen had to put very thick newspapers into very small mailboxes from very narrow entrances. The job was far from I had expected. So once again my dream fell through.
Perhaps you have had the same experience as I and most of your dreams haven't come true . But I think it doesn't matter, because if you have a dream, you'll make many efforts to realize it. This course is really important. I hadn’t dreamt of being a soldier or a newspaper boy, I wouldn't have learned to swim, to dive, to climb trees or to ride a bicycle. Even if we can't our dream, we'll learn much from the efforts we have made. So what I want to tell us is that dream helps us grow up and teaches us how our lives. It is dream that gives us power and makes our lives colorful.
1.A. teacher B. soldier C. postman D. writer
2.A.as B. like C. such as D. for example
3.A. wonderful B. bad C. wonderfully D. badly
4.A. can B. could C. be able to D. should
5.A. be B. to be C. being D. /
6.A. give in B. give out C. give back D. give up
7.A. discouraged B. pleased C. angry D. nervous
8.A. speed B. ride C. take D. run
9.A. ride B. train C. practice D. coach
10.A. in B. on C. to D. at
11.A. how B. what C. that D. where
12.A. too B. yet C. either D. also
13.A. If B. Because C. Unless D. Though
14.A. achieve B. realize C. come true D. come out
15.A. control B. controls C. to control D. controlling
书面表达（共1小题，计15分）
随着车辆的增加，城市交通越来越拥挤。假如你叫李敏，前不久和同学们一起讨论了the advantages and disadvantages of using bikes。现在请你根据他们的观点和你自己的观点，给你的外籍老师Susan 写一篇关于这次讨论的汇报材料。
Advantages | Disadvantages | My opinion |
Protect the environment | It’s slower than buses and cars |
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Be good for our health | It’s not suitable for a long trip |
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It’s cheap |
|
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单词拼写（共10小题，计10分）
根据下列句意及所给单词的首字母，在答题卷上按题号写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）
1.We should practice our s________ English.
2.The teacher’s p________ is very poor, it’s difficult to catch her words.
3.I sleep with my window open u________ it’s really cold outside.
4.We all know C________ is on December 25th.
5.There was a child l________ on the ground.
6.I feel n________ talking in front of many people.
7.It was very p________ of him to give his seat to the old on the bus.
8.During the Spring Festival, people often visit their r________ and friends.
9.He took my umbrella by m________ and returned it to me as soon as he realized.
10.In summer, we have two m________ holiday. It is in July and August.
