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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31－40的相应位置上。
Rivers are one of our most important natural resources. Many of the world’s great ____1.____ are located on rivers, and almost ___2.____ country has at least one river flowing through it that plays ____3.____ important part in the lives of its people.
Since the beginning of history, people _____4._____ (use) rivers for transportation. The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi, and the lifeline of Egypt is the Nile. _____5._____ transportation, rivers give water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun and recreation for the people ___6.___ live along their banks.
However, large cities and industries that are located on rivers often make problems. As the cities grow __7.____ size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes ____8._____ (pollute) with chemicals and other materials. People are learning the ___9._____ (important) of doing more to keep their rivers clean ___10._____ they want to enjoy the benefits of this natural resource.
【写作情景】假若你是某高中学生李华，进入高中后， 你觉得学英语的方式与初中有很大的不同。 你给自己的英语老师写了一封信，讲述自己的英语学习情况。请你根据下面的提示补全此信。
【写作内容】
开始学习高中英语时，觉得英语比以前要难得多，几乎丧失信心；
后来逐渐意识到英语的重要性；
每天努力学习英语，例如多读书，多背诵等；
向老师和同学请教更好的学习英语的方法；
他们的帮助和您的鼓励使我取得了很大的进步，现在对英语越来越感兴趣。
【写作要求】字数在100字左右。
参考词汇：背诵：recite 高级的: senior
Dear Mr. Li,
I’m glad to tell you that I have made great progress in my English study since I became a senior high student.
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Thank you so much for your great help in your class.
Wish you all the best.
Yours,
Li Hua
句型转换与完成句子(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分)
1. “Did you write your diary?” Tom asked Mary.
Tom asked Mary ___________ she ___________ ___________ her diary.
2. The boy was punished because he was late for school. His bicycle was broken.
The boy ___________ bicycle was broken was punished ___________ ___________being late for school.
3. 就是他坚决要求她去劝说玛丽努力学习吗？
Was it he ___________ insisted ___________ ___________Mary to study hard?
4. 这是他第一次嘲笑别人，所以我们都感到很震惊。
It was the first time that he ___________ ___________at others, so we felt ___________.
5. 即使我不喜欢他对我说话的方式，但为了提高英语口语，我还是充分利用时间与他交流。
___________ ___________I don’t like the way___________ he speaks, I make full use of time to ___________ ___________ him in English.
选词组填空（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）。
1.While ____________ a knife to cut something, you need to be very careful.
2. After the earthquake, the whole city ____________.
3. Has she _____________ to improve her terrible handwriting?
4. _____________ get the first prize in the sport meeting, he insists on practicing every day.
5. Ever since he was put into prison, he _____________ a lot of sufferings.
单词拼写（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）。
1. I knew they ____________(不理睬) each other after showing disagreement.
2. I hardly ____________(认出) her after 10 years, because she had changed a lot.
3. We can enrich our English ____________(词汇) by reading.
4. It is said that ____________(青少年) are like the sun in the morning.
5. You should make your spoken English as ____________(流利)as possible.
6. Words and ____________(词语) are the base of language learning.
7. Keep going ____________(直地) for two blocks, and you’ll see the store on your left.
8. After the earthquake everything was completely ____________(破坏).
9. When did you ____________(毕业) from the middle school?
10.Peter’s ____________(态度) towards this problem really surprised me.
11. In our opinion, Tom is a ____________(可信赖的) man.
12. Your speech will be heard by a group of five ____________(裁判).
13. About two thirds of the passengers got ____________(伤害) in the car accident.
14. When he was young, he ____________(更喜欢) singing to dancing.
15. He is ____________(感激的) to his wife for her support.
语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）。
I felt upset when I 1__________ (tell) that I would have to leave the company. In order to find 2__________ new job to support the family, I read almost all the newspapers 3__________ set down almost all the telephone numbers in ads 4__________ my notebook and tried to call almost all the companies that needed new clerks. Not until I 5__________ (find) a job in a small town near Townsville did I calm down. My new boss, Mr. Brown, was one of my schoolmates 6__________ I was getting along well with at school. Both of us were 7__________(excite) to see each other and we spent the whole afternoon 8__________(talk) about things and persons that we remembered at school. He asked me to give 9__________ some advice on how to enlarge his present business and he was 10_________(entire) happy about my advice.
