The Chinese Spring Festival usually makes two records: the most people who watch the Spring Festival Gala and the busiest telecommunications network(通信网络).
Chinese usually visit families and friends and pass on good wishes in person during the Spring Festival, now the Chinese have been used to sending greetings(问候) through their cell phones.
At the same time, the country now has 671 million Internet users,about 75% of them can use the Internet through their cell phones. For them, staying online tweeting(发微博) about greetings is as important as watching the Spring Festival Gala.
According to Sina , one of the biggest websites in China, Weibo users sent 28977 mails during Chinese new year. “Saying ‘Happy New Year’ on Weibo has become a new custom,” it said.
For the country’s 233 million 3G or 4G users, Weixin is very popular. It can send voice messages and more kinds of new greetings. It’s quite easy and cheap,too. A survey showed that about one fourth of 7,854 respondents(受访者) said before the Spring Festival they would use Weixin to send greetings.
However, paying a visit in person and sending short messages are still the most popular choices for New Year greetings.
1.If you want to use Weibo or Weixin, is NOT necessary.
A. a mobile phone B. a computer
C. the Internet D. a TV set
2. What’s the new custom in the Spring Festival now according to Sina?
A. Watching the Spring Festival Gala.
B. Using the new cell phones.
C. Looking through the news on Sina.
D. Saying “Happy New Year” on Weibo.
3.According to the passage,which of them are the Chinese ways to pass festival greetings now?
①writing letters
② visiting in person
③ using Weixin
④ making a card
⑤ sending short messages
A. ①②④ B. ①③④
C. ②③⑤ D.③④⑤
4.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. The popular New Year greetings ways.
B.The biggest website users.
C. The busiest telecommunications network.
D. Visiting families and friends in person.
A young woman was driving through the lonely countryside. It was dark and rainy. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road, putting up her hand as if she wanted a lift(搭便车).
“ I can’t leave her there in this weather,” the young woman said to herself. She stopped the car and opened the door.
“ Do you want a lift?” she asked. The old woman nodded(点头) and climbed into the car. After a while,she said to the old woman, “Have you been waiting for a long time?”The old woman shook her head. “Strange(奇怪),” thought the woman.She tried again. “Bad weather for the time of the year,” she said. The old woman nodded.
Then the young woman found that the old woman’s hands were large and hairy(多毛的). Suddenly she knew that “she” was a man! She stopped the car. “ I can’t see out of the rear screen(后视镜) ,” she said, “ Would you like to clean it for me?”
“The old woman” nodded and opened the door. As soon as “she” was out of the car, the scared young woman drove off as fast as she could. When she got to the next village, she stopped and opened the handbag of “the old woman”. Inside was a gun(枪).
1.The woman stopped the car because _______
A.the old woman asked her to
B.she recognized the old woman
C.she knew what the woman wanted
D.she wanted to helped the old woman
2.What made the woman feel strange about the old woman?A.That she kept nodding her head
B.That she was unable to speak
C.That she gave no answer to her questions
D.That she had large and hairy hands
3.The young woman asked the hitchhiker to clear the rear screen because _______
A.this is the way she thought of to get rid of him
B.the hitchhiker frightened her
C.the hitchhiker was very helpful
D.she couldn’t see out of the rear screen
4.The hitchhiker left the bag with a gun in it behind because_______
A.he wanted to give her a warning
B.he had not expected the woman would leave him behind in the rain
C.it was his present for her
D.he wanted to kill her with the gun
The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and it’s one of the top universities in the world. There is no clear date when the university started, but teaching began at Oxford in some forms in 1096 and developed quickly from1167.
There are 39 independent colleges at Oxford , attracting students and learned men from across the world. There are over 100 libraries for the students and learned men to use. At the University of Oxford, they also provide a large amount of money for the best students. Of course, if you want to study here, first you have to reach a certain level(级别,水平) of English language.
College life at Oxford is very exciting and busy. The groups of college provide a friendly and welcoming home for students and the college is strict with students about their studies. Many Chinese students are studying here. The number of Chinese students at the university has grown quickly over the past 10 years.
1.What do you have to do first if you want to ask fir studying at Oxford? You have to________.
A．be independent
B．pass a certain level test of English language
C．study English hard
D．be the best students
2.How’s the college life at Oxford? It’s full of ________ and has __________.
A．excitement; much school work to do
B．excitement; no school work to do
C．attraction; no school work to do
D．attraction; a little school work to do
3.What’s the best title for the passage?
A．The College Life
B．The Famous Learners at Oxford
C．The Chinese Students at Oxford
D．The University of Oxford
“What can you do when you have done nothing but make your whole life in a mess?” These were the words I heard when I the TV the other day.They were coming from one of the talk that are very popular on TV these days. I started to turn the channel but the words made me for a moment. I the speaker. He was even not more than 18 years old, he was already writing off(摒弃)his life as a useless waste.
It is sad that many people are like him.There are so many people who like that talk show. There are people their teens thinking that their lives are over. There are people in their twenties thinking that they have missed the boat to success and happiness.There are people in their thirties and forties that their life has passed them by. I want to shout to them, “Wake up! You are not dead!What have you done today?” If you want a happy life ,you can’t only think about your before. If you want joys and love in your life,you have to start to get today.God gives us a new life every day we wake up in the morning. It is for you to get it.
Today must be the of a new life for each of us. We can get joys right now. We can share love today. We can live in happy moment right now.It doesn’t matter hard your life has ever been.Our life today can be full of joys and our future can be full of . It doesn’t matter if we are eight eighty--we can still make our life . Life is not over until your last heartbeat. Start today, then,to make your heart beat with joys, love and light.
1.A.turned up B. turned off C.turned on D.turned down
2.A.show B. shows C.showing D.showings
3.A.stop B.to stop C.stopping D.stopped
4.A.looked up B.looked at C.looked into D.looked for
5.A.because B.if C. but D.why
6.A.so B.so a C.such D.such a
7.A.at B.until C.in D.on
8.A.complain B.complaining C.complained D.are complaining
9.A.wrong B. mistakes C.kindness D.sad
10.A.it B.this C.that D.them
11.A.end B.ending C.begin D.beginning
12.A.how B. what C. when D.why
13.A.happiness B.sorry C.anger D. worries
14.A. and B.or C.but D.to
15.A.wonder B.wondering C.wonderful D.less wonderful
书面表达（15分）
（1）Ann 和Anna 一样高，Anna比Ann外向，但是Ann的成绩比Anna好。
（2）Ann 和Anna都很健康，因为她们每天都锻炼，一星期要吃四至五次的蔬菜，而且从不吃垃圾食品。
（3）上个周六，她们和同学们一起骑车去人民公园（the People’s Park）玩了，上午做游戏，下午拍很多照，玩得很开心。
Ann and Anna are my classmates. They are twin sisters.
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任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
A栏是现在中学生常出现的5种问题，右栏是对这些问题的建议，请你为每一个问题选出相应的最佳选项，选项中有一项是多余选项
A
1.Feeling stressed(压力): Too much homework; Don’t have enough time for their hobbies.
2.Getting short-sighted（近视）: Too much homework; Bad reading and writing habits.
3.Fighting with each other: Don’t know how to get on well with classmates.
4. Feeling tired of study: Computer game’s bad influence（影响）.
5.Getting fat: Having more pocket（口袋） money to buy snacks; Dislike doing exercise.
B
A. Don’t be crazy （疯狂的）about computer games. Put them just for a short time when you are tired.
B. Make a plan for study and hobbies. Find time to relax as possible as you can.
C. Use your pocket money to do something meaningful. Spend some time doing exercise every day.
D. Make more friends and understand each other. Share（分享） your problems with them.
E. Do homework or reading in a correct（正确的） way.
F. Let your parents know what you are thinking about. You can tell them by leaving a short message on the table or on their bed.
