Cloze Test.

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.

Everyone needs friends. We all like to    __ close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and to do things with.        , sometimes we need to be alone. We don’t always want people      . But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.

No two people are just the same. Friends    __ don’t get on well. It doesn’t mean that they no longer      __ each other. Most of the time they will make up（重归于好） and become friends again.

Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very    . We miss them very much, but we can ________ them and write to them. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out    we like new people when we get to know them.

People who have friends have more good ___ ___. They live longer than people who don’t, why? It    ________be that they are happier. Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could just know that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself.

1.A. watch        B. feel         C. look            D. see

2.A. Nearly        B. hardly     C. Certainly      D. Suddenly

3.A. around       B. alone      C. away            D. above

4.A. always        B. often       C. sometimes     D. usually

5.A. know       B. think        C. hate            D. like

6.A. angry      B. sad         C. happy           D. surprised

7.A. ask         B. call         C. tell          D. order

8.A. how much   B. how long     C. how many       D. how often

9.A. time        B. thought     C. knowledge      D. news

10.A. must      B. will        C. couldn’t      D. need

John was made _______ the car for a week as a punishment.

A. to wash       B. washing

C. wash         D. to be washing

They preferred ______ in bed rather than ___ horses.

A. to lie; to ride      B. lying; riding

C. to lie; ride        D. lying; ride

It was _____ bad weather that we decided not to go there.

A. so      B. such       C. very        D. quite

Uncle Wang gave all his savings to the Hope School ____ he himself was not rich.

A. because      B. as if      C. though  D. or

My father asked me____________.

A. when did it happen      B. where it happens

C. how it happened       D. how did it happen

——Must I answer the question in English?

——No, you  __________.You ________ answer it in Chinese.

A. have to, may     B. be, may

C. needn’t, may    D. have to, must

Our school has more than two ______ teachers and many____ students.

A. hundreds of, thousands of     B. hundred, thousands of

C. hundred of, thousand        D. hundreds, thousand of

________ people can live to be 150, but _______ can live to be 100.

A. Few, a few             B. A few, few

C. A little, a little     D. A little, little

She felt ___________when she sat there __________.

A. alone, lonely         B. lonely, lonely

C. lonely, alone         D. alone, alone

They________ home _________ the night of April 7, 2002.

A. got, in        B. reached, on

C. arrived, in     D. arrived at, on

The boy with_____ unusual face said that he had_____ useful machine at home.

A. a, a      B. a, an     C. an, a     D. an, an

——Why was there no reply when I rang you at ten this morning?

——Because I___ in the supermarket.

A. was shopping       B. had shopped

C. shopped           D. did shopping

We decided not to climb the mountain because it was raining____.

A. heavily     B. strongly     C. hardly     D. badly

——Do you know ____he is going to stay in London?

——Sorry, I don’t.  Maybe a few weeks, but I’m not sure.

A. when        B. how long    C. what time     D. how soon

——Had we better leave right away?——It’s better_____for another five minutes.

A. wait        B. waiting     C. to waiting    D. to wait

书面表达

扬子晚报报社正在组织全市中小学生参加“保护地球”英文征文活动，请以“Save the Earth”为题写一篇短文投稿。内容要点包括：

注意：1. 文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称；

2. 语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；

3. 词数80左右，文章的开头结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Save the Earth

Our earth was healthy and beautiful in the past. However,

I hope our earth will become more and more beautiful.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

One night after I went to bed, I felt very thirsty and I had to get up for some w  1.  . Suddenly I heard a strange noise. I looked o  2. from my back door and saw a big flying saucer(碟)! It had blinking (闪烁的) light on it and it also made a l  3.  noise.

I watched from the back door and saw a strange door on the side of the flying saucer. Then I saw a strange man walk out. He had two bright green eyes and he was moving towards me. Oh, he m  4.  be an alien(外星人)! He was tall. He didn’t look scary(受惊的) but had a smile on his face. He looked so f  5.  . The alien saw my cat and played with it h  6.  . Then he walked to the garden. He picked some flowers and took some with him. He smelt them and made a big noise. That w  7.  up my parents and also my neighbors. Everyone came to see what h  8.  . When they saw the alien, they were a little afraid. The alien was happy, and then he turned around and walked into the flying saucer. Then it f  9.   away and we couldn't see it any more.

Suddenly my mum saw some strange flowers that she had never seen before in the g 10.  . My mum said they must be the alien’s special presents for us.

阅读填空

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后1-10小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。

The haze(雾霾) season is back. How much do you know about haze? Haze can also be called “smog”. The word “smog”is from the words “smoke” and “fog”. It first appeared in the early 20th century. It is a kind of air pollution (污染) caused mostly by cars and factories.

Smog will not be good for your health, especially lungs (肺). It can make you cough and cause skin and eye problems. It seems that we can do nothing to stop it, but only wait until the wind blows all the smog away. However, there are some easy ways to prevent it hurting you. Here are some of them.

1. Don’t do exercise in the open air.

Exercising in the open air makes you breathe (呼吸) deeply, and you will take in the particles(颗粒物) deep into your lungs.

2. Stay indoors and keep the air clean.

If you can, just stay in your room and keep the doors and windows closed. Remember to air your room twice a day. You can open the window at noon or at night for half an hour.

3. Wear a mask.

Paper and cotton masks can not help you in the haze weather. Some special masks, such as N95 masks, can keep you from breathing in the particles in the air.

4. Change your diet.

Scientists find that vitamin A, C and E can greatly help protect your eyes, noses and lungs. So eat more green vegetables and fresh fruit every day. What’s more, do not eat food with too much fat. It’s not good for your lungs.

根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为1—5的相应位置上。

Reporter: People say that you’re a very brave young man, Wang Tao. I hear you can do 1.  things.

Wang Tao: Not really.

Reporter: Well, I hear you can speak English and you’re good at   2.  .

Wang Tao: Yes. I can speak English because my mother is an English teacher, and

I   3.  learning to draw at the age of five.

Reporter: And what about sports?

Wang Tao: I can 4.  but I can’t swim.

Reporter: I heard you’re good at music, too.

Wang Tao: Well, I can play the violin, 5.  I can’t sing very well.

Reporter: Thank you for your time, goodbye!

根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.Xi Wang drank her mother’s milk in the       (begin).

2. We need more people       (count) and describe the birds.

3.If you keep       (study) hard, you will catch up with others.

4.Jack’s phone fell into the pool just now. Now it is       (use).

5.Hurry up! The film will start at 7:00. There is little time       (leave) for us now.

根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词,使句子意思完整正确。

1.Because of the heavy traffic, the cars move      (缓慢地).

2.What       (行动) should we take to protect giant pandas?

3.The poor lady      (接受) that shopkeeper’s food and thanked him.

4.He caught a bad cold yesterday, and now he has a high       (发烧).

5.Every year, lots of        (旅行者) go to the small town to watch birds.

Naturally, American schoolchildren love holidays. And they get a lot of them each year. Besides having national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Presidents’ Day off from school, students get longer breaks in the spring and during the summer holidays. In fact, kids in the US only go to school for about 180 days a year. To students, holidays are perfect. However, parents think there are advantages(益处) and disadvantages.

On one hand, school holidays allow families to spend time together. Many American parents take time off from work during June, July or August to travel with their children on vacation either in the US or in a foreign country. On the other hand, schoolchildren get much more time off school than parents get vacation time. This means that parents with young children may have to pay more in babysitting(托婴服务) or daycare costs. As well, the long summer holidays mean that students sometimes get bored.

Besides going on trips with their parents, American students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during the holidays. For example, some kids enjoy summer camps and outdoor adventure (冒险) holidays. Such trips are great for adventurous students. They also have a lot to offer students who aren’t usually interested in traditional PE activities. You can do courses in survival skills, for example, students learn how to make a camp in the forest, which wild food they can eat and how to find their way back to the center.

Students who are not excited about summer camps and outdoor adventure may take part in courses in computer game design, film-making and photography during the holidays. Finally, the traditional school trip to foreign countries is always popular. Students can practice their foreign language skills and experience everyday life in a different culture.

1.How long are kids in the US at school every year?

A. About 180 days.               B. About 200 days.

C. About 280 days.               D. About 300 days.

2.What does the underlined word “They” refer to (指) in Paragraph 3?

A. Parents.

B. Different traditional PE activities.

C. Some kids.

D. Summer camps and outdoor adventures.

3.The underlined word “survival” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 日常          B. 原始          C. 生存          D. 奇特

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Both parents and students think school holidays are perfect.

B. Parents can take care of their young children during all the holidays.

C. Students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during holidays.

D. Students don’t like to have school trips to foreign countries during holidays.

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. School trips in the US.

B. School holidays in the US.

C. School activities in the US.

D. Outdoor adventure in the US.

Almost every Chinese person can recite the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work (谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦).” But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.

A CCTV program, News One Plus One, reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is much enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

Do we have too much food? Of course not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2013, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.

Chinese people are famous for being hospitable(好客的) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table.

Luckily, a number of people have got to know the importance of saving food. Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing, got fired(解雇) because she took some leftover(剩余的) food home for her son. Many people stood by her and criticized(批评) the waste of food.

What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food? Here are some tips:

1. Do not order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.

2. Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it.

3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.

1.How many people were hungry around the world in 2013 according to the UN World Food Program?

A. 200 million.      B. 6 million.

C. 925 million.     D. 952 million.

2.What does the writer want to show us through Li Hong’s story?

A. Many Chinese restaurants waste a lot of food.

B. Many Chinese people are kind and ready to help the weak.

C. Chinese people feel that they lose face if their guests eat all the food.

D. Many Chinese people don’t agree with the behavior(行为) of wasting food.

3. According to the article, we shouldn’t waste food because         .

A. food comes from hard work

B. Chinese are hospitable and generous

C. there is enough food to feed all the people

D. six million children die of hunger every day

4.Which of the following is a good way to save food?

A. Taking restaurant leftover food home.

B. Not eating the healthy food you don’t like.

C.Ordering more than you need at a restaurant.

D. Not knowing what you already have at home when shopping.

Once upon a time there was a man in a small town. He had two children, a

boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not.

One day they found a mirror (镜子) for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!”

The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push(推). “Go away!” she said. Their father saw what was taking place. He went up to them and said to the boy, “You must always BE good as well as LOOK good.” Then to the girl he said, “my dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.”

1.The boy was happy because he _______.

A. found a mirror

B. was handsome

C. had a pretty sister

D. knew he looked as nice as his sister

2.The girl gave the boy a hard push because ________.

A. she played a trick on him

B. what her brother said was wrong

C. she was not happy with her brother

D. her father loved her brother more than her

3. What can we learn from this story?

A. If you are good-looking, everyone will love you.

B. If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful.

C. If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be kind to people.

D. If you want people to love you, you can help them and make them happy.

Bob is 17 years old. He has many friends. They look different and they have different personalities, but they are all kind and helpful. He’d like to introduce some of them to us.

1.________ is the youngest one among these people.

A. Bob         B. Ann    C.  Lily          D. Jim

2.Ann likes ________.

A. playing basketball

B. reading

C. playing computer games

D. listening to pop songs

3.People say Jim is a “sunshine boy” because he ________.

A. likes reading             B. is a skier

C. is always smiling         D. likes playing computer games

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw a boy in front of him. The boy   ________ all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat and a glove. Mark________  the boy pick the things up and they walked home together. As they walked, Mark learned that the boy’s name was Bill. Bill loved video games, baseball and history, ________ he was having trouble with some of his subjects in school.

They arrived at Bill’s home first. Bill________ Mark in for a drink and to watch some television. The afternoon passed ________  with some laughs and small talk. Then Mark went home.

They went on to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated(毕业) from high school. Three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could have a talk. Bill talked about the day years ago when they had________ met. “Did you ever want to know ________ I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker(储物柜) because I was going home to kill ________ . But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I got to know that if I had died, I would have missed out on (失去) many good ________  . So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, in fact, you ________ my life. I want to say ‘thank you’ to you, my dear friend.”

1.A. lost         B. dropped       C. gave           D. took

2.A. asked        B. taught        C. helped         D. wanted

3.A. but          B. instead      C. otherwise      D. because

4.A. chose       B. offered       C. caught          D. invited

5.A. easily     B. happily     C. sadly         D. clearly

6.A. first        B. almost     C. never           D. already

7.A. what        B. how          C. why             D. when

8.A. us           B. you           C. me             D. myself

9.A. times        B. games         C. books           D. lunches

10.A. colored     B. saved         C. cared         D. decorated

— I am sorry that I can’t go with you to watch the football match.

— Really? ______

A. What a pity!            B. No problem.

C. That’s wonderful.      D. That sounds great.

— It’s important for us to learn about keeping ourselves from danger.

— ______.

A. I don’t think so      B. No way

C. You are welcome        D. I agree with you

— Simon, I called you at about 7:00 p.m. yesterday, but you didn’t answer it.

— Sorry. I ______ with my cousin in the supermarket and it was really noisy.

A. am shopping B. was shopping

C. shopped      D. will shop