任务型阅读。阅读下文并回答问题。（每小题2分，共8分）
Jack Ma（Ma Yun), 50，is executive chairman（董事局主席）of Alibaba Group, a business-to-business online platform. On Sept. 19, Alibaba went public (上市) on the New York Stock Exchange (纽约证卷交易所). Ma has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.
Ma was born in Hangzhou, he grew up as a happy kid. At the age of 12, he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he woke up at 5 am, cycled 40 minutes to a hotel near the:West Lake where he could chat to foreign tourists. He did it for nine years.
The experience made him a fluent English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wider world.
In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was showed the Internet for the first time. He searched Yahoo using the word “Beer”, and found that there was nothing there about China. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.
Four years later, 18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends founded(成立) Alibaba in Hangzhou. He believed in the Internet business potential(潜力) when few other Chinese did. People called him “Crazy Jack Ma”. But 15 years later, Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e-commerce（电子商务）company, owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall.
No one thinks he's mad now. Ma's favorite line has been printed on Alabama’s souvenir T-shirts. It reads:” Everybody should have a dream. What if that dream comes true?”
1.Did Ma want to learn English at the age of 12?
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2.Where was Jack Ma born?
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3.In what year did Ma, his wife and his friends found Alibaba in Hangzhou?
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4. What did people call Ma Yun?
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口语运用。（每空1分，共5分）
阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。
A. Would you like to watch it? B. What about you, Eric? C. No, I wasn’t. D. The team from No. 2 Middle School. E. When shall we meet? F. Yes, I am. G. How are we going there? |
A: Hi, Peter. We haven’t seen for several days. How’s it going?
B: Not bad. 1.
A: Pretty good! Are you free this Sunday afternoon?
B: 2. What’s up?
A: There is going to be a basketball match in our school. 3.
B: Yes, of course. But which team is our school going to play against?
A: 4.
B: Really? I think our team is very strong. Perhaps we will win the match.
A: But I hear that their team is strong, too.
B: I’m sure it must be a wonderful match.
A: I think so. 5.
B: Let’s meet in the playground at 3:00 p. m..
A: OK. See you then.
B: See you.
The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means (通讯设备). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.
Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to another place. But this is not helpful. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal(煤)in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused(引起)by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. Also, we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.
1.________, our world is becoming much smaller.
A. Because of the rise in pollution
B. Because of modern traffic and modern communication means
C. Because the earth is being polluted day and night
D. Because the earth is blown away by the wind every year
2.Hundreds of years ago, life was ________it is today.
A. much easier than B. as easy as
C. much harder than D. as hard as
3.The writer thinks that pollution makes us angry more easily.
A. air B. noise C. rubbish D. water
4.According to the passage, which statement is true?
A. The more people, the less pollution.
B. Air pollution is the only one kind of pollution.
C. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.
D. We should not use modern traffic and modern communication any more.
What is your favorite holiday? Here are some students’ opinions.
Sandy from Taiwan says:
My favorite holiday is the Mid-Autumn festival. I always visit my grandfather and grandmother, and we always go to the same restaurant on the mountain. At night, we always have a picnic, and watch the moon together. I enjoy it a lot.
Yagna from India says:
My favorite day is Deepavali(屠妖节), which is also called Festival of Lights. People do some cleaning at home and light their oil lamps to thank for the defeat(败仗) of the bad king. To celebrate it, we also eat sweets and delicious food, wear new clothes, and give presents to our friends and relatives.
Pat from Thailand says:
My name is Pat. My favorite holiday is Songkran. It takes place from the 13th to 15th of April. On the holiday people pour water on each other. It is a lot of fun. People also buy new clothes and they have big parties.
1.What is Sandy’s favorite holiday?
A. The Mid-Autumn festival. B. New Year's Day.
C. Deepavali. D. Songkran.
2.What does the underlined word “Songkran” probably mean in Chinese?
A. 音乐会 B. 新年 C. 中秋节 D. 泼水节
3. In order to celebrate Deepavali, we can ________.
A. eat sweets and delicious food
B. wear new clothes
C. give presents to others
D. all of the above
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Pat from Thailand likes Deepavali (屠妖节) best.
B. Sandy can celebrate her favorite festival by pouring water on each other.
C. Songkran takes place from the 13th to 15th of April.
D. Sandy always goes to different restaurants on the mountain to spend the Mid-Autumn festival.
American people like to say “Thank you” whenever others help them. People of many other countries do so, too. It is a very good habit.
You should say “Thank you” when someone passes you the salt on the table. When someone walking ahead of you keeps the door open for you, when someone says you have done your work well, or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives.
“Excuse me” is another short sentence they use. When you hear someone say “Excuse me” behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you without touching you. It’s not polite to interrupt（打断） others while they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you want to cough or make any unpleasant noise before others.
Let’s all learn to say “Thank you” and “Excuse me”.
1.What is the main idea of this passage?
A. American people use “Thank you” widely to show they are polite.
B. American people say “Excuse me” widely to show they are polite.
C. It’s not polite to say “Thank you” and “Excuse me” in America.
D. Both A and B.
2.You should learn to say “Thank you” when ______.
A. you say something kind to others
B. you help others
C. you are helped by others
D. you need others to help
3.“Thank you” is ______.
A. widely used
B. seldom used
C. used only by Americans
D. used only between friends
4.You should say “Excuse me” if you want to _____.
A. cough B. make some noise
C. go first D. all of the above
阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳的答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
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As a parrot. Blu was special for two reasons. First , he had bright blue feathers（羽毛）. He was a rare species（稀有物种）of bird . Second, Blu couldn’t fly. He stayed inside every day and never learned to fly. This bird lived a comfortable life with his owner, Linda, in a small town in Minnesota, US.
Both Blu and Linda thought he was the last one of this kind of bird until one day they got the news – there was another bird of the same kind in Rio de Janeiro（里约热内卢）, a Brazilian city ! It was a girl bird named Jewel.
Blu decided to go to the faraway land to find Jewel. When he arrived there, he fell in love with the beautiful Jewel at first sight.
But soon a group of bad people kidnapped（绑架）the pair , trying to sell them for money . Luckily, with the help of Jewel and some city birds, Blu and Jewel ran away.
Now in a strange country, Blu still had a lot of problems. He had to face his fears and learned to fly to win Jewel’s heart. The bad people were still trying to catch them. How could Blu and Jewel stay safe? And how would he find his way back to Linda? Would Blu be able to get over all these problems?
Let’s find the answers in the movie “ Rio ” on the coming Saturday.
1.Who was Blu?
A. A parrot. B. A rare species of bird.
C. Linda’s pet. D. A , B and C.
2.Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Blu came from the US.
B. Blu was the last one of this kind of bird.
C. Jewel was a parrot, too.
D. Blu had to face his fears and learned to fly to win Jewel’s heart in the strange country.
3.What’s the purpose（目的）of the passage ?
A. To tell people a special bird, Blu
B. To tell people how brave Blu was.
C. To ask people to watch the movie.
D. To ask people to buy a bird like Blu.
