综合填空：用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空（每词限用一次） 10分
probably, usual, use, way, rain, off, one, man, travel, easy |
The umbrella is a very usual object. It keeps the rain and the sun 1. the people. Most umbrellas can be folded up[折叠] so it is 2. . to carry them.
However, the umbrella has not always been as 3. .as it is now. In the past, it was a symbol of importance. Some African countries still use umbrellas in this 4. . .Someone carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or important person.
Umbrellas are very old. People in different parts of the world began to 5. . umbrellas at different times. The Chinese had them more than 3,000 years ago. From there, umbrellas 6. .to India and Egypt. In Greece and Rome, 7. . wouldn't use them. They believed umbrellas were only for women. England was 8. . the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against rain. The weather there is very 9. . and umbrellas are very useful.
Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you may carry 10. , thinking that for centuries only great men and women used them, you'll feel you are important people, too.
在横线上填入适当的话语，使对话完整正确 8分
A: Jane, would you like to tell me something about China’s dragon?
B: Yes, 1. . The dragon is a symbol of Chinese nation.
A: Do Chinese people regard the dragon as God?
B: Yes, they are proud of dragon culture.
A: 2.
B: And they hold many activities about the dragon.
A: 3.
B: They row dragon boats or play dragons and lions. They believe dragons can bring them fortune.
A: How amazing!
B: Good. Have a good luck in the year of dragon.
A: 4.
词汇 7分
1.Look up all the new words when you read the (课本).
2.It is our duty to help those who are in (麻烦).
3.There are many big shopping centers and huge (市场) in Shenzhen.
4.Liuxiang is regarded as our national (英雄).
5.I wish all of you will have a better (将来).
6.I’ll （邀请） some friends to come to my birthday party.
7. He lives at the ___________ (顶部) floor of the building.
My sister Alli and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette butts(烟蒂) for seven years.
One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made the ground dirty. They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping butts. We called it “No Butts About It!”
At first, we drew pictures with“The Earth Is Not Your Ashtray(烟灰缸)” written on them. We put the pictures around our hometown—in parks, by beaches, and along roads. We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts does harm to the environment. Most smokers don’t think that dropping butts harms the earth. But it does! All rubbish does.
Later, we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us. We used the money to buy ashtrays to give smokers. We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn’t have to drop butts. At the moment, we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some companies would like to do it.
Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other “No Butts About It” groups in America. And there are even groups in England, Australia and India!
Many newspapers have written about my sister and I over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for our good work. But we are not interested in prizes. We just want to make the earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people. One day it will be.
根据短文内容, 完成下列各题。
1.It has _____ Alli and the writer seven years to try to _____ people stop dropping cigarette butts.
2.The cigarette butts made the town look so _____ that they decided to start a group _____ “No Butts About It. ”
3.First, they drew pictures and put them around their hometown. Then they _____ to companies to ask for money. _____ the money they buy ashtrays to give smokers.
4.There are many “ No Butts About It” groups in _____, _____, Australia and India.
5.They hope that one day the earth will be a _____ and _____ place for animals and people.
Thousands of years ago, people didn't live in cold places because they didn't know how to keep themselves warm. Later they learned to make clothes. When an animal was killed, they made use of its skins to cover their bodies. 1. .
2. . It once helped people find fire, when lighting hit a forest and started a fire. 3. The fire kept them warm, and also frightened wild animals. Soon people found the food cooked tasted much better, so they began to use the fire to cook food.
But people still didn't know how to make a fire. When they got a fire from the forest they tried to keep it burning. 4.
But later they found different ways to make fire. For example, they made fire by burning wood or knocking two pieces of stones.
Today it's easy for people to make fire because they have matches, lighters and different kinds of heaters. 5.
根据短文内容，把A-E五个选项填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确。
A. If it went out, they had to wait for years.
B. The skins keep them warm.
C. They can make fire at any time they need.
D. People took some of this fire to their homes.
E. Nature is people's good friend..
American boys and girls love to watch television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Saturday.
Televisions are like books or films. A child can learn bad things and good things from them. Some shows help children to understand the news and places from other countries or other times in history. With television a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a play, a concert or a game at home.
Television brings many places and events into our homes. Some programs show crime and other things that are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.
根据材料内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Children usually spend _______ a day in school in America.
A. six hours B. more than eight hours
C. only a few hours D. four hours
2. Some children spend eight hours more _______ on Sunday.
A. studying B. playing
C. watching TV D. helping their parents
3. On television children can see _____.
A. games B. big animals
C. oceans D. almost everything
4. “Television brings many places and events into our homes” means .
A. television makes things happen on homes
B. we can know places and events without going to see them.
C. we can see houses and buildings on TV.
D. we can find them easily.
5.Parents sometimes help their children find other things to do when there is ____ for children.
A. a bad program B. an animal
C. a game D. an uninteresting film
