He is __________ unusual inventor and he invented _________ useful invention.
A. a; an B. a; a C. an; an D, an; a
书面表达（共1小题，满分20分）
假设你是Li Dan，你的英国网友Sally目前正在上海学习中文。请根据表格中所给的信息给她提出一些学好中文的建议。（80词左右，开头与结尾已给出，不计入词数。）
要求：所给的建议必须包括表中的信息，并适当发挥。
Sally’s problems | Your advice |
forget new words easily. | remember 4 or 5 words a day, …… |
Chinese grammar is too difficult. | write down the correct answers next to the mistakes ,…… |
can’t speak Chinese well. | try to speak Chinese as much as possible, …… |
don’t know how to improve listening. | watch Chinese films and listening to songs, …… |
Dear Sally,
Glad to hear you are learning Chinese in Shanghai. Don’t worry about your problems. Here is some advice for you. ________________________________________________________________
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____________. I really hope my advice helps you a lot. Welcome to Jinhua!
Li Dan
下面是某校八年级本学期在进行小组活动时所讨论的英语话题内容。请将话题的字母编号填写到相应的横线上。（有一个话题多余）
1.________. The WWF is working hard to save pandas---the symbol of animals in danger.
2._________. A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach, but it costs more money.
3._________. It was a small village 30 years ago, but now it has more and more tall buildings.
4._________. You need to listen for key words and main ideas, just the same as reading.
5._______. The match was difficult and no one could score at all. It was really boring.
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
There are many ways for students to go to school. Some students walk to school because they live 1._______ to their school. Some students live far 2.______ their schools, so they may go by car or bus. In big3.________(city), students can take the underground to go to school.
Now many people drive cars and the fresh4.______ is less and less(更少). I think going to school on foot is good for us.
First of all, walking to school is a wonderful way 5._______(exercise) and it’s good for health. 6._______, it’s fun to walk together with friends every day. We can talk about something interesting and know7.________ other. Then, if we walk, our parents won’t have to drive 8._______ (we) to school. There will be fewer cars on the road. More walking and less9._____(drive ) helps to make our city cleaner.
I hope more and more students will walk to school. 10.______ everyone can do so, we will have a better life and a green world.
My family is 1.______(计划) a journey to China in the winter. Our first 2.______(选择) is to visit Beijing, one of the3.________(大) places in the world. So we need to 4._______(预订) the plane tickets. To tell you the truth, we like going by train 5._______ (好) . But we think it is too slow and it 6.________(花费) much time. Though going by plane is more 7.________(昂贵的)，it goes 8.________(快) and saves time. Some people may think it’s not9._____(安全) , but our family all 10. ________(赞同)it’s our favorite way to travel.
词汇运用（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
A) 用方框内所给词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。
1.Which city is _________, Beijing or Shanghai?
2.Let’s do what we can ________ those homeless children.
3.Of all the ways to travel, I think going by train is the_________.
4.It’s a good idea to practise _________ English in and out of class.
5.Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for literature _________ and becomes famous around the world.
