Imagine one day the water taps (水龙头) in your house stop running. You have to pay a lot of money to buy water from shops. And still there isn’t enough water for everyone. Your mother has to save the family’s shower water to use for washing clothes. Would you be able to stand that kind of life?

Probably not. But that is what kids in Yemen (也门) are experiencing (经历). According to a report, the capital, Sana, will run out of drinking water as early as 2025.

Because of the water shortage, the Yemen government often cuts the water supply (供应). Hannan, an 18-year-girl, tells the Teens, “In a good week we’ll have a water supply all week. But then the next week there will be water only for a day or two.”

Hannan says only rich people have enough water to use. They can buy water from the shops or from the water trucks. Private (私人的) companies own the trucks, They travel around the city every day to sell water--- at very high prices.

“ A lot of people can’t pay for it,” she says.

The government is thinking of making use of seawater. But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen.

1.______ is the name of the capital city of Yemen.

A. Sana          B. Lahej        C. Hannan         D. Time

2.A report shows that Sana will have _______ as early as 2025.

A. enough drinking water to use

B. no drinking water to use

C. no private companies

D. more water pollution

3.What does the underlined word “shortage” in the third paragraph mean in Chinese?

A.充足           B. 短缺        C. 干旱           D. 需求

4.We can infer(推断) from the passage that _________.

A. the poor don’t have to worry about the water supply

B. the 18-year-old boy is from a poor family

C. private companies make a lot of money

D. Lahej is a beautiful place

5.The writer wants to tell us ______.

A. not to use seawater

B. not to waste water

C. to drink less water

D. to sell water to Yemen

Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus(马戏). Finally, there was only one family between the ticket counter and us. This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn’t have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. They were excitedly talking about the clowns, elephants, and other acts they would see that night.

The father and mother were at the head of the pack, standing proud as they could be. When the ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted, he proudly answered, “Please let me buy eight children’s tickets and two adults tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.”

The ticket lady told him the price. The man’s wife lowered her head. The father`s lip began to quiver and he leaned a little closer and asked, “How much did you say?”  The ticket lady again quoted(报价) the price. The man didn`t have enough money.

How was he supposed to turn and tell his eight kids that he didn`t have enough money to take them to the circus? Seeing what was going on, my dad put his hand in his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. My father reached down, picked up the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said ,“Excuse me, sir. This fell out of your pocket.”

The man knew what was going on. He wasn`t begging for a handout but certainly appreciated(感激) the help in a heartbreaking and embarrassing situation. He looked straight into my dad`s eyes, took my dad`s hand in both of his, holding the $20 bill, and with a tear running down his cheek, he replied, “Thank you, sir. This really means a lot to me and my family .”

My father and I went back to our car and drove home. We didn`t go to the circus that night, but we didn`t go without.

1.If eight children`s father couldn`t afford the tickets to the circus, ____________.

A. he would lose his children`s love

B. the children wouldn`t forgive their father

C. he would feel sad and sorry for them

D. nothing would happen

2.The writer`s father didn`t give the money to the man directly, because__________.

A. he didn`t want to let the man feel embarrassed

B. the money wasn`t his

C. he wanted to show what a kind man he was

D. he son would stop him

3.What do you think of the writer`s father?

A. brave and rich                     B. funny and patient

C. kind and wise                      D. loving and strict

4.From the underlined sentence, we can infer that________.

A. they didn`t have more money to see the circus and felt upset

B. though they failed to see the circus, they got something meaningful

C. they didn`t want to go to the circus at all

D. the writer didn`t understand his father`s behavior

5.What is the best title for this passage？

A. Father`s love              B. Money is important

C. A happy family             D. The $20 bill on the ground.

完形填空：

Last night Molly watched a basketball game. Her little brother, Sam, played in it. Sam did his best in the game, but his team       the game. Sam was very sad. Molly tried to make him    , but he was still unhappy with the result.

Molly thought for a long time and finally she came up with a good       . She decided to make his favorite cake for him though she was not good at it. She just wanted him to know that every loss has its own         and we can improve our performances next time. She thought it was enough if we had tried our best.

After Molly finished making the cake, she gave Sam a piece. When Sam tried it, he smiled, “ No matter what others         the cake, I like it very much. ”  Sam continued, “ Because I know you have made it with your      and you have tried your best.” Hearing this, Molly said, “ This is just       I want to say to you.       your team didn’t win the game , you had tried your best. You are the greatest in my heart all the time!”

From then on, every time Sam        to do something , he thinks of Molly’s words. He is no longer ___   failing. Instead he becomes stronger to face all his troubles in his life.

1.A.won  B. beat    C. lost  D. missed

2.A. play B. smile C. come D. cry

3.A. idea B. manner C. game D. ball

4.A. lesson B. school C. time D. term

5.A. point at B. think ofC. stick to D. take away

6.A. money B. love C. material D. time

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

8.A. Since B. So C. Though D. Because

9.A. helps B. wants C. forgets D. fails

10.A. crazy abouB. good at C. afraid of D. interested in

Haze weather has become common in some major cities in China. We all wonder ________.

A. how is the air polluted

B. what can we do with the bad weather

C. why the air is polluted seriously

D. what are the real reasons

---Bob, when can we watch TV?

---Not until it _______ next week.

A. repairs         B. will be repaired

C. is repaired     D. will repair

Time is the thing _____ never comes back. We should make full use of it.

A. who B. that C. what D. when

_______role she played in the movie! That’s why she has a lot of fans.

A. How interesting  B. How an interesting

C. What interesting D. What an interesting

This work needs close teamwork.____will be achieved unless we work well together.

A.Nothing             B.Anything

C.Something           D.Everything

Father _____ goes to the cinema with us although he dislikes going there.

A. hardly            B. seldom

C. sometimes          D. Never

Liu Huan, a famous male singer ,has long hair ,but he ______ short hair

A. used to have                 B. is used to having

C. is used for having          D. is used to have

They _______ arrive at the station before 12 o’clock, but they don’t appear now.

A. were supposing to             B. were supposed to

C. are supposing to             D. are supposed to

The meeting ______ by the time I got there yesterday.

A. was on      B. has been on

C. had begun   D. has begun

Joe, my close friend, moved to Beijing years ago, and I ____ him since then.

A. haven’t seen  B. didn’t see

C. won’t see       D. don’t see

______ the problem, Tom has tried many different ways.

A. Deal with          B. To deal with

C. Dealing with       D. Dealt with

She enjoys listening to music rather than _______.

A. singing        B. sing          C. to sing           D. sings

--- Do you like listening to rock music?

--- Not really. I prefer light music because it sounds much _______.

A. noisy     B. noisier     C. quiet     D. quieter

---George, how can you prove the earth is round ?

--- I can’t, sir. ______ , I never said it was.

A. Then     B. However    C. Besides    D. Instead

---Is Huang Qishan the winner of _____ singing contest this time?

---Yes. And she is quite ______ unusual woman.

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

书面表达

请以“My friend” 为题，根据所给信息完成下面的小短文。 要求：要点齐全，书写工整。省略号部分适当补充. 词数80词左右。

My  friend

_________________________________________________                              .

_________________________________________________                              .

_________________________________________________                              .

根据短文内容回答问题。

Do you think that French fries are really French? French fries are called "pommes frites" in France and they are not from France. French fries come from Belgium(比利时) originally. French fries are made of potatoes, and they are cut and fried. The fried potatoes are called French fries because they were first seen by Americans in Belgium, but they were fried in the French way. The French way is to fry potatoes twice with a small pause in the middle.

During World War I, there were a lot of hungry American soldiers in Northern France and Belgium. They ate French fries in Belgium. After the war was over, the soldiers(士兵) went back home to America. However, they missed French fries so much that they made French fries at home. That's how French fries were fist introduced to America.

French fries were called Belgian fries once, but the name was finally changed to French fries. Sometimes French fries are just called fries.

French fries are one of the most popular potato foods in America. American fast food restaurants such as McDonald's and Burger King have French fries on their menus. French fries are freshly fried, and usually served with hamburgers.

If you visit any fast food restaurant in America and order a hamburger, you will probably hear "You want fries with that?" Why don't you think about the history of French fries a little while, and say "Yes, please. Thank you."

1.What are French fries made of?

__________________________________________________

2.Where do French fries come from?

__________________________________________________

3.Why are the fried potatoes called French fries?

__________________________________________________

4.Who first introduced French fries to America?

__________________________________________________

5.What does the underlined "that" in the last paragraph stand for?

__________________________________________________

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所给首字母提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。

It is winter. At 7 a.m., it’s still1. d_____. There is a frost(霜冻) and Fred is blue with cold. He wears a thin coat and pants, but has no socks.

Fride rides his old bike along Smith Street. He throws a newspaper on the path of each house. The last newspaper is for old Mrs Grant. As she is too sick to 2. p______ it up, he has to take it to the door. But Mrs Grant has a dog, it always jumps out and bites him on the leg.

Mrs Grant comes to the door.

“Hello,Fred. I have something for you,”she says with a 3.s______.

“What is it?” Fred thinks.

“I made this for you,”says Mrs Grant, “It will4.k_____ you warm on the way. Try it on and see if it fits.”

Mrs Grant holds out a sweater made by herself. It’s thick and warm, and it is green. It’s Fred’s favourite colour! He puts the sweater on very 5.h________.

“Thanks, Mrs Grant. It’s great. See you tomorrow,”he says, and rides home.

根据课文内容填空。

It was an amazing day because we saw the main __1.___ of the world in just one day. The song and dance shows were also wonderful. We learnt a lot about different____2._.

Last month, he thought the living room in his house was ___3._, so he painted it blue. His mum said, “stop it”. But he kept on ____4._____. Now the living room has not only blue walls but also a blue _5.___ and floor.

句型转换。

1.He didn’t play football. He watched TV instead. (保持句意基本不变)

He watched TV _______  _______playing football.

2.He draws best in his class. (保持句意基本不变)

He draws _______ than ______ other student in his class.

3.There is little juice in the bottle, ______ _______? (补全反义疑问句)

4.Both my brother and I are engineers. (保持句意基本不变)

Not only my brother but also I _____ ______ engineer.

5.Jackie stuck the notice on the wall just now. (改为一般疑问句)

_______ Jackie _________ the notice on the wall just now?

根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当形式填空。

1.Linda, ________ us a talk on goldfish, will you?

2.His father once __________ in a middle school in England.

3.----- ______ your parents________ you to the World Park tomorrow?

----- Yes, they are.

4.Look! He with his parents ______ the birthday cake.

5.It’s raining heavily outside. She’d better_______ at home watching TV.

根据句意从方框中选择合适的词，并用其适当形式填空。

1.___________, I didn’t catch the last bus. So I had to walk home.

2.—How are you feeling today?

— I’m feeling even ________.

3.— What are the _______ made of ?

— They are made of wood.

4.Boys and girls, help ___________ to some fruit.

5.The girl is ________, she often makes some mistakes in the exam.

请根据句意、首字母或中英文提示写出句中所缺单词。

1.My brother always takes an ___________ (积极的) part in different activities.

2.We are amazed at the h______ of Mount Tai. It is about 1532 metres.

3.---How do you like your ___________ (a long trip) to Guangzhou? ---Wonderful.

4.He         (go to ) an important meeting last week.

5.She is very         ,she can wait for a long time without getting angry.

Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But, before 1750, the idea of skating didn’t exist(存在). That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making musical instruments.

One day Merlin was invited to a music party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance (隆重出场) at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates in the world. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of getting to the party on wheels while playing the violin.

On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on, suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking into pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin’s entrance!

1.The idea of roller skating didn’t exist _______.

A. until 1750      B. after 1750

C. since 1750      D. from 1750

2.What was the job of Joseph Merlin?

A. Making shoes         B. Making toys

C. Making mirrors       D. Making musical instruments

3.Merlin didn’t ______ at the party.

A. play the violin

B. have any ways to stop his roller skates

C. roll into the room

D. get a lot of attention

4.Merlin stopped rolling when ______.

A. he wanted to stop                 B. he ran to the window

C. he ran into the mirror            D. he knocked someone

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A. How to use the roller skates

B. Merlin and the first roller skates

C. How to make musical instruments

D. Merlin and the first violin.

The children in the village wear dirty, cheap clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in small houses. They have no school. But they can write 26 English letters, and some know a few English words.

How did it happen? It was because a U.S. group called One Computer Every Child offered them 20 computers.

Can children teach themselves to read when they have no schools or teachers but have the help of today’s new technology(技术)? The goal of the group is to find out the answer. And the results are exciting.

“The children are learning more than they would in one year of school,” said Matt Keller, who organized the programme.

The fastest learner was an eight-year-old boy called Kelbesa Negusse. He said that he himself was like a lion.

Keller said, “Seven months ago he didn’t know any English. But now he has known many words. I think if you give them food and water they will never leave the computer room. They will spend day and night there.”

Kelbesa said, “I like the computer because I can learn things with it.” He added, “I know many English words, like dog, monkey, horse, sheep, cow, pig and cat.”

Keller said that One Computer Every Child was planning a programme for children who couldn’t go to school.

1.From the first paragraph, we can learn that the people in the village are _____________.

A. easy           B. poor       C. rich      D. bored

2.How can the children in the village learn English words?

A. They go to school every day.

B. They have good teachers.

C. One Computer Every Child gave them computers.

D. They can learn from books.

53.3.What is the goal of One Computer Every Child?

A. To teach children how to use today’s new technology.

B. To help children to spend their free time.

C. To help children out of their hard life.

D. To help children teach themselves to read through new technology.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Kelbesa is in Grade 2 now.

B. The computers help the children a lot.

C. Keller is the teacher of those children.

D. Kelbesa doesn’t like the computer.

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Computers are better than teachers

B. What does One Computer Every Child mean?

C. Learning with the help of computers

D. How to learn English words

In a New York street, a small truck hit a big tree. The truck was full of glasses and they were all broken now. The driver came out of the truck and looked at the broken glasses. He was very sad and people in the street felt sorry for him. Then an old man walked over to the driver. He looked at him for a few minutes and said, "My poor boy, I think you must pay a lot for it." "Yes," was the sad answer.

"Well, well," said the old man, "hold out your hat— here's some money for you, and I can say that some of these people will give you a helping hand, too." With these words, he walked away.

The driver held out his hat and over a hundred people came and put their money in it. At last the  driver took  a bag and put all the money in it. Then he looked at the people and said, "Well, thank you very much. But you didn’t know that the old man is the owner of the truck. I'm driving and making money for him.”

1.What did the truck hit?

A. An old man        B. A big tree

C. Some glasses.      D. A big hat

2.How did the driver feel when he looked at the broken glasses?

A. Afraid and excited.         B. Pleased and frightened.

C. Unhappy and worried.        D. Surprised and happy.

3.Why did people give the driver money?

A. Because they felt sorry for him.

B. Because they knew the old man.

C. Because they wanted to help the old man.

D. Because they were the drivers’ friends.

4.From the passage, we know that______________.

A. The old gave the young man a hat.

B. The old man was the driver’s father.

C. The driver became rich.

D. The driver had to give the money to the old man.

5.What do you think of the old man?

A. generous           B. humorous

C. clever           D. Helpful

完形填空。

A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After  ________ weeks the editor________ the story to her. The lady was   ________  . She wrote back to the editor: “Dear Sir. Yesterday

you sent back a story of mine.  ________  do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it.

________  I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18,19 and 20. This was a  ________to see if you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were________  pasted together. Is this the  ________ you read all the stories that are sent to you?”

The editor wrote back: “Dear Madam, when I have an egg ________breakfast, I  ________ eat the whole egg to discover that it is bad.”

1.A. few        B. a few         C. little        D. a little

2.A. gave      B. came back    C. handed        D. returned

3.A. unhappy   B. happy         C. pleased       D. Glad

4.A. How      B. Why         C. What          D. Where

5.A. After      B. until         C. Before        D. Since

6.A.lesson    B. test           C. question      D. thing

7.A. already   B. still         C. even          D. yet

8.A. work     B. check         C. road          D. way

9.A. on         B. for           C. at            D. in

10.A. must not B. have not to   C. need not to   D. don’t have to