八、阅读填空
Do you know an old city called “Pingyao” in Shanxi? The old city is not far from Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province (省). It’s a town with a long history of more than two thousand years.
The old city is not very large. It is only 2.25 square kilometers in size. And there are no tall buildings here. Most of the buildings have only two floors. And most of them are made of stones (石头). There are many Chinese-style shops on each side of the street.
Pingyao is a square city. The city has a wall around it. It’s about 6 km long and 12 m high. The wall has six gates. And you mustn’t miss the nice food in Pingyao. Try Pingyao beef and you are sure to fall in love with it.
Pingyao is a place worth (值得) a visit. You can take buses or trains here. It’s less than 2 hours’ bus ride from Taiyuan. It costs you only 20 yuan. If you take a train, it will take you less time, only one and a half hours. And if you want to go to Pingyao from Beijing, the train ride takes only about 6 hours.
The City of Pingyao
Location (位置) | In Shanxi, 1. Taiyuan. |
History | 2. 2000 years. |
3. | 2.25 square kilometers. |
Attractions (吸引人的东西)
| Buildings: Most of them have only two floors. They are made of stones. |
Streets: There are shops on4. sides. | |
Wall: There is a 6-km-long wall around the square city. | |
Food: Pingyao beef tastes nice. | |
Transportation (交通) | Visitors can come to Pingyao by bus or 5.. |
七、完成句子
1.他转过身, 试图向我们求救，但没有成功。
He turned around and __________________________________, but failed.
2.她再也不想周游世界了。
She ______________________________________________.
3.你最好能关着灯睡觉。
You’d better _______________________________________.
4.前几天在暴雨中李明把车开得像往常一样快。
Li Ming ___________________________________ in the heavy rain the other day.
5.中国比日本大30倍。
China is ____________________________________________ Japan.
6.我曾想知道你为什么这么怕蛇，现在我知道了。
I ___________________________________________ snakes. Now I know it.
六、动词填空
1.—How was your day off during the Qingming Festival?
—Pretty good! We _______________ (visit) Xu Xiaoxuan’s former home.
2.Can the little boy in a blue shirt over there _______________ (stay) at home alone?
3.There is an interesting place _______________ (call) the Great Wall in China.
4.Look! What _______________ (happen) over there?
5.He _______________ (read) the new book and told me about it later.
6.Last year the teacher told us that the Earth _______________ (go) around the Sun.
7.—_______________ Mary _______________ (buy) any music videos for her friend Kitty the day after tomorrow?
—I’m afraid she isn’t, because Kitty doesn’t like music at all.
8.The music from next door _______________ (sound) beautiful. Who is playing it?
9.The teacher asked the students to stop talking and _______________ (listen) to her.
10.—Thank you for the delicious food last night!
—I’m glad you _______________ (enjoy) it.
五、词形变化
1.Five days _______________ (late), he came to my home again and took away that computer.
2.“Where is my homework? I can’t find it.” The boy said to _______________ (he).
3.Do you know the engineer _______________ (lie) under the tree?
4.When he heard the news about his friend, he was so _______________ (surprise).
5.We listened _______________ (careful) to him, but heard nothing important.
四、单词拼写
1.I had a _______________ (奇怪的) feeling when I saw him for the first time.
2._______________ (不迟于) 2017, the population (人口) of the town will be up to 70,000.
3.The book is full of interesting _______________ (事实) about plant life.
4.He never _______________ (回复) to any of my emails, and I didn’t know why.
5.We can’t be good at our lessons _______________ (没有) our teachers’ hard work.
6.We took the _______________ (虚弱的) dog to the animal centre.
7._______________ (突然), a car stopped in front of me and came out two people.
8.The boy’s _______________ (出生) made the whole family very excited.
9._______________ (蚂蚁) can smell things as well as dogs.
10.The police _______________ (搜查) the hotel, but couldn’t find anything.
It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were happy. After all, their forefathers (祖先) had lived in the same way for centuries (世纪).
Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people who liked to eat frogs’ legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was to catch them. They reached an agreement and people sent their children into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck (卡车) arrived to collect the frogs and give them the money. For the first time, the people could dream of a better future, but the dream didn’t last (持续) long.
It was not easy to notice (觉察到) the change at first, but it seemed like the crops (庄稼) were not doing so well. It was more worrying that the children fell ill more often, and there seemed to be more insects (虫) around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money got to buy pesticides (杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people found out the problem. It was the frog. They were not useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing (增加) more quickly. They were eating the crops and spreading diseases (传播疾病).
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
1.From Paragraph 1, we learn that the villagers .
A. worked very hard for centuries
B. dreamed of having a better life
C. were poor but somewhat content (满足的)
D. lived a different life from their forefathers
2.Why did the villagers agree (同意) to sell frogs?
A. It was easy to make money by selling frogs.
B. They needed money to buy medicine.
C. They wanted to please the visitors.
D. The frogs made too much noise.
3.The underlined word “agreement” means “ ” in Chinese.
A. 判决 B. 纠纷 C. 关心 D. 协定
4.What might be the cause (起因) of the children’s sickness (生病)?
A. The crops didn’t grow well.
B. There were too many insects.
C. The visitors brought in diseases.
D. They didn’t use the pesticides carefully.
5.What can we infer (推断) from the last sentence of the passage?
A. Happiness comes from peaceful (平静的) life in the country.
B. Health is more important than money.
C. The harmony (和谐) between man and nature (大自然) is important.
D. Good old days will never be forgotten.
