任務型閱讀（共10小題，每小題1分，共10分）

After 11 years of struggling（拼搏),the Chinese women’s national volleyball team made it to the top. On Sept 6, the team beat Japan 3-1 to win the championship for the women’s volleyball World Cup. This was the team’s biggest success since its gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The players kissed the trophy with excitement and some even cried. This was not an easy victory. Less than two hours before the game , the team lost three key players due to serious injuries(傷病)，including captain Hui Ruoqi .

The coach , “Iron Hammer” Lang Ping, encouraged the young players to bond(團結(jié))together and fight till the end. Lang spent less than four hours sleeping every night during the World Cup in order to analyze the team’s problems.

The team didn’t disappoint(使......失望)Lang. Players with slight injuries all insisted(堅持) on staying on the court. Zhu Ting,21, said, “My legs were in a lot of pain, but I stand it.”

Chinese women volleyball players have the honorable tradition of a fighting spirit .Back in 1981, an older generation of the women’s national team won China its first volleyball world champion-ship. At that time , Lang was still a player on the team. Now she is a coach and passed the fighting spirit onto the young players.

The Chinese women’s national volleyball team made history in the 1980s.They won five world championship in a row(連續(xù)).Now the young players show promise again. We hope they keep winning!

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下面表格，每空一詞。

He likes playing ____violin but dislikes playing _____ football.

A. the the B. the; / C. / the D. /;/

A ______________ is the award given to the winner of a game.

A. gold B. prize C. Present

閱讀理解（30分）

閱讀下列短文，從下面每小題的A、B、C、D四個選項中選擇最佳選項。（共20小題，每小題1.5分）

A

It was a sunny night. Jim was having a drink with his friend. He drank too much, and he had to leave at half past eight because he had a ticket for a music festival, which would start at nine o’clock.

It was half past an hour’s walk from the pub to the theatre. Jim knew a shortcut that would only take ten minutes, but it meant crossing rails(鐵軌), and was dangerous. He took the shorter way, however, and when he reached the rails, he tripped(絆倒) and fell over. Then he fell asleep with his face down. After a while, a train came. When the driver saw a body lying on the track, he tried hard to stop the train. When it finally stopped, it was several meters before the body. The driver quickly got off and checked. Luckily, he found the man was still alive, but sleeping. Though the driver tried hard to wake him, Jim just kept sleeping. The driver took Jim to the hospital, where he woke up at last.

When Jim was told what had happened, he decided to give up drinking. “I’m so lucky that I have a chance to turn my life around,’ he said.

1.Where did Jim and his friends have a drink?

A. In a hospital. B. In a pub.

C. At a theatre. D. In a hotel.

2.Jim wanted to _________ after drinking with his friends.

A. go to bed B. see a movie

C. go to the hospital D. take part in a musical festival

3.The underlined word “shortcut” means__________.

A. a special car to go somewhere

B. a subway to go somewhere

C. a quicker way of getting somewhere

D. a longer way of getting somewhere

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Jim was dead when the train passed him.

B. The train driver didn’t see anything special when the train passed Jim.

C. The train stopped before reaching Jim.

D. The train driver successfully woke Jim up.

5.What did Jim learn from the experience?

A. Not to take shortcuts.

B. Not to go out late at night.

C. To pay attention while crossing rails.

D. To stop drinking.

語法填空（10分）

閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個適當?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空。（共10小題，每小題1分）

Great inventions change the world. They help people live a better life. The following ____1.____(be) three of the most important inventions in history.

The wheel may be the greatest invention in history. Travelling became faster and _____2._____(comfortable) after its invention. Several thousand years ago, people started to use wheels on carriages. In ___3.__ early 19th century, the first trains began to carry passengers. ____4.___ the wheel, we would not have these inventions.

One of the first ___5._____(practice) telephones was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in1876. Since then, people have been able to speak to each other over long distances. Today _____6._____(million) of people across the world own mobile phones. They allow people ___7.______(keep) in touch with each other anytime , anywhere.

Thomas Edison developed the first useful light bulb in 1879. With light bulbs, people can do as many things in the evenings ___8.__ they can in the daytime. Can you imagine ______9._____(live) a life without _____10._____(they)?

—Do you know that China is one of_________countries in the world?

—Yes, I do. It’s much________than the U.S

A.oldest; older B.the oldest; older

C.the oldest; elder D.the older; elder

—_________is the World Cup held? —Every 4 years.

A.How soon B.When C.How often D.How long

—What do you think of your Junior Middle School life?

—I think it is colourful,________I am always busy.

A.if B.though C.while D.until

_______TV shows do you prefer, Young Mao Zedong or Where Are We Going, Dad?

—Neither. I like cartoons because they often make me laugh.

A.What B.Whatever C.Whose D.Which

What_________useful book it is!

Yeah,it is wonderful and it tells you how exciting it is to travel in______sky..

A.an;the B. a;a C. an;a D. a;the