单句填空（共10个空；每空1分，满分10分）
1.The book is on __________ to work out maths problems easily.
2. He was confident of success, __________, I was not so sure.
3.Flight A773 __________ (arrive) at 9:30. Let’s drive to the airport to meet Mr. Johnson.
4.When I visited Beijing __________ the first time, my uncle showed me around his company.
5.Jack spent his whole holiday __________ (sit) in front of his computer.
6.Peter was __________ (luck) enough to lose his IC card again.
7.Have you ever seen a film __________ makes up Star Wars in space？There are many __________ (amaze) characters in this movie.
8.Their funny __________ (perform) made the audience __________ (excite).
根据句意填入适当形式的词，首字母或中文已给出，请在答卷上写出完整的单词。
1.Public bicycles in Foshan can help p__________ the development and use of public transport.
2.Both the earthquake and the flood are natural d__________.
3.Anything that is dropped falls towards the ground because of the force of g__________.
4.Because of his hard work, he has got b __________ achievements in the field of physics.
5.You’d better not go to Guilin for Golden Week. It is c__________ at that time.
6.I am sorry to tell you that your son c__________ (犯)a terrible fault just now.
7.During the weekend, I usually go __________ (骑自行车) in suburb areas with some friends.
8.Bill stopped__________(挥手) to us and drove away.
9.He chose Germany, but __________ (就自己而言) I would like to go to Spain.
10.I am fond of classical music now, but in the past I __________ (更喜欢) pop music.
阅读以下相关信息，然后按照要求匹配信息。选E同时涂黑A和B，选F同时涂黑C和D。
首先，阅读下面六种舞蹈介绍：
A. Cha-Cha
It is a very famous ballroom dance. Created in Cuba, it includes African and Cuban rhythms (节奏). It is an energetic dance. The cha-cha requires very small steps because of its rhythm.
B. Waltz
It is a romantic ballroom dance in the triple time with a strong accent on the first beat. The dance is smooth and graceful in performance. The waltz was introduced to the United States via (经由) England in the early 19 century.
C. Hip-hop
Hip-hop refers to street dance styles. Hip-hop allows the dance to experience complete freedom while moving across the floor. With no age restriction (限制) to learn this dance form, it remains as one of the most popular styles to everyone, especially for the young.
D. Tango
It is a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin. Some people think it is a bit more difficult than waltz. In the early years of the twentieth century, the first European tango craze (狂热) took place in Paris, soon followed by London, Berlin, and other capitals.
E. Ballet
It is a theatrical presentation of group or solo dancing to a musical accompaniment, usually with costume and scenic effect, conveying a story or theme. The earlier years of ballet training is strict, with regular guidance and practice under the watchful eyes of an experienced teacher.
F. Samba
It is a Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin. The music of Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil. It is widely recognized as Brazil’s national musical style. Samba is a lively, rhythmical dance. The basic movement involves a straight body and a bending of one knee at a time. The feet move very slightly – only a few inches at a time.
阅读以下有关人员的信息，然后为他或她选择合适的舞蹈。
66. Li Ming used to be a shy boy in high school, but since he came to Guangzhou University, he has become an optimistic and energetic boy. This term he wants to learn a dance which is suitable for young people and can give him much freedom.
67. Dancing has always been Wang Gang’s favorite activity since he was five. He has already learned how to dance the waltz, fox, and some other simple styles of dance. Recently he is fascinated by Latin-American dance. This time he wants to learn a kind of ballroom dance with more difficult skills.
68. Huang Qiang likes dancing very much. When he was four years old, his parents paid much to let him learn ballet. He likes the famous play Swan Lake. He wants to go on learning more and to perform at the New Year’s evening party.
69. In the town where Gao Mei lives, dancing is very popular with young people. She intends to invite her classmate Kate to learn some rhythmical dance which can make people full of energy.
70. After watching football matches, Zhang Ning is impressed by Brazilian footballers. To celebrate their victory, they often dance their national dance for a while. Zhang Ning was fascinated by their movements. He made up his mind to learn the dance.
I receive many letters from children and can’t answer them all – there wouldn’t be enough time in a day. I’ll try to answer some of the questions that are commonly asked.
Where did I get the idea for Stuart Little and for Charlotte’s Web? Well, many years ago, I went to bed one night in a railway sleeping car, and during the night I dreamed about a tiny boy who acted rather like a mouse. That’s how the story of Stuart Little got started.
As for Charlotte’s Web, I like animals and my farm is very pleasant place to be – at all hours. One day, when I was on my way to feed the pig, I began feeling sorry for the pig because, like most pigs, he was going to die. This made me sad. So I started thinking of ways to save his life. Three years after I started writing it, it was published. (I am not a fast worker, as you can see.)
Sometimes I’m asked when I started to write, and what made me want to write. I started early – as soon as I could spell. Children often find pleasure through trying to set their thoughts down on paper, either in words or in pictures. I was not good at drawing, so I used words instead. As I grew older, I found that writing could be a way of earning a living.
Well, here is the answer to the last question. No, they are imaginary (虚构的) tales. In real life, a family doesn’t have a child who looks like a mouse and a spider doesn’t write words in her web. Although my stories are imaginary, I like to think that there is some truth in them, too – truth about the way people and animals feel, think and act.
1.E.B. White wrote this passage to ______.
A. introduce his new books
B. introduce two funny stories
C. explain why he enjoys writing
D. answer some readers’ questions
2.We can know from the passage that E.B. White is a writer who ______.
A. writes very fast
B. works on a friends’ farm
C. mainly writes stories for adults
D. writes imaginary tales for children
3.What inspired E.B. White to write Charlotte’s Web?
A. That he wanted children to love animals.
B. That he was deeply impressed by a clever pig.
C. That he wanted to use his own way to save a pig.
D. That he wanted to save the animals on a farm.
4. E.B. White started to write because he wanted to ______.
A. improve his spelling
B. express his thoughts
C. show his sadness
D. make a good living
5.What is probably the last question?
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A．Are your stories true? |
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B．What is the truth in your stories? |
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C．Will you write more imaginary tales? |
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D．Do you know a child looking like a mouse? |
The clock rules our lives. The more we try to save time, the less time we seem to have. In every area of our lives we are doing things faster. And many of us live in towns and cities which are getting noisier and more stressful as each day passes. But now a worldwide movement, whose aim is to slow life down, has started. Its supporters are people who believe that a happier and healthier way of life is possible.
The Slow Food movement was founded the day that an Italian journalist, Carlo Petrini, saw that McDonald’s had opened a restaurant in a beautiful square in Rome. He thought it was sad that many people today live too quickly to sit down for a proper meal and only eat much fast food. He decided that he had to try to do something about it and so he started the Slow Food movement. Slow Food has become a global organization ever since and now has more than 80,000 members in 100 countries.
Slow Food also encourages people to eat local and regional food, to use local shops and markets, to eat out in small family restaurants, and to cook with traditional recipes.
The idea of Slow Cities was inspired by the Slow Food movement. The aim of Slow Cities is to improve people’s quality of life. Towns which want to become a Slow City have to reduce traffic and noise, increase the number of green areas, plant trees, build pedestrian zones, and promote local businesses and traditions. Now it has spread to other countries all over the world, from the UK to Japan and Australia. There are now 135 Slow Cities in 24 countries across the world that have been named since founding of the organization in 1999. Gao Chun County, in east China’s Jiangsu Province, is expected to be named the first “Slow City” in China next year.
“Slow Cities are about having a community life in the town,” said a local resident. “It is not ‘slow’ as in ‘stupid’. It is ‘slow’ as in the opposite of ‘worried’ and ‘stressful’.”
But not everybody is happy. For teenagers, who have to go 25km to Norwich, the nearest city, to buy CDs, living in a Slow City is not very attractive. “It’s all right here,” says Lewis Cook, 16. “But if you want excitement, you have to go to Norwich. We need more things here for young people.”
1.What’s the aim of the Slow Food movement?
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A．To call on people to eat out. |
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B．To make people enjoy cooking. |
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C．To drive McDonald’s out of Rome |
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D．To encourage people to slow down. |
2.All the following are necessary to be a Slow City EXCEPT ______.
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A．reducing traffic and noise |
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B．increasing the number of green areas |
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C．building more department stores |
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D．promoting local businesses and traditions |
3.From the fourth paragraph, we know that ______.
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A．the Slow Food was founded in 1999 |
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B．there is no Slow City in China now |
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C．Slow Cities are mainly in the UK |
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D．there are about 24 Slow Cities in the world |
4.What’s Lewis Cook’s attitude to living in a Slow City?
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A．Positive |
B．Neutral |
C．Negative |
D．Indifferent |
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
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A．Slow down and you’ll move fast |
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B．Time flies never to be recalled. |
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C．Eat slowly and you’ll be healthy. |
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D．Pay attention to the quality of life. |
Not all vegetables need lots of sunshine. Mark Hoffman and his wife own a bed-and-breakfast guesthouse in rural Kempton, Illinois. They often serve their guests fresh products from the garden.
The Hoffmans have been growing food and flowers for twenty-five years. For almost ten of those years, Mr. Hoffman has been experimenting and working with shade (阴凉) plantings. He says, “The bottom line here is that most plants will produce more in full sun. But if you do not have full sun, there are other choices.”
For example, he grows tomatoes near oak trees. Oak trees can produce a lot of shade. But Mr. Hoffman says his tomato plants grow as long as they get five hours’ direct sunshine a day, especially morning sun. Not only does this go against the traditional advice that tomatoes need six, eight, even twelve hours’ full sun a day. It also shows how plants and tree roots can share nutrients and water.
Mr. Hoffman says plants with wider leaves seem to do better in shady environments. He also found that his potatoes did better partly in shade than in full sun.
Moving them out of the sun helped control an insect problem. Mr. Hoffman does not use pesticide (农药). Instead, he planted the potatoes in the shade, especially on the east side of the tree. The potatoes get morning sun, but they are shaded during the hottest part of the day. Some insects dislike shade, and the hottest part day is when they do the worst of their damage.
Time of day, sun intensity (强度), shadows from trees, walls and buildings all influence how much sunlight falls on plants. And people interested in shade planting should also remember something else. The term “shade” can describe different amounts of darkness. It can even mean different things in different parts of the world.
1.How many hours of sunshine are enough to keep tomato plants growing in Hoffman’s garden?
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A．five hours a day |
B．Six hours a day |
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C．Eight hours a day |
D．Twelve hours a day |
2.From the passage we can know that ______ .
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A．plants with wider leaves produce more in full sun. |
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B．as a matter of fact, plants don’t need to grow in full sun. |
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C．the more sunshine plants get, the more they will produce |
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D．plants with wider leaves grow better in shadows |
3.All of the following can influence how much sunlight falls on plants EXCEPT ______.
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A．length of day time |
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B．brightness of the sun |
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C．changes of the season |
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D．shadows |
4. Which of the following can best describe Mr. Hoffman?
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A．Curious |
B．Experienced |
C．Easy-going |
D．Funny |
5.We may read the passage on a website in the section of ______.
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A．environment |
B．travelling |
C．agriculture |
D．lifestyle |
