A bridge ________over the river last year.

A. builds B. built C. was built D. is built

"Can you _____ the lost wallet in detail?” the policeman asked.

A. describe B. described

C. to describe D. describing

One day, I heard an American boy said to a Chinese girl student, "You speak very good English. " But the girl answered, " No, no. My English is very poor. " The foreigner was quite surprised at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, " Yes, indeed, you speak very well. " But the girl still kept saying, "No. " In the end, the American boy could not understand and didn't know what to say.

What's wrong with the girl's answer? She didn't accept a compliment(夸獎(jiǎng)) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, "Thank you" instead of “No". She really understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and confident when they are praised. So if someone says the dishes you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, "Thank you.”

In our country, we think being modest is a virtue（美德）and being proud is a bad thing, but in my opinion, being confident does not mean being proud, so sometimes you should be confident instead of being modest.

If you are modest and say, "No, I'm afraid I can't do it well", while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say, “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by others. When asking for a job, if one says something like‘'Yes,I can certainly do it”instead of “l(fā)et me have a try”，he or she will expect to get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence。

1.Why did the Chinese girl say“No”when she was praised?

A. Because she thought she should be proud.

B. Because she thought she should be confident.

C. Because she thought she should be modest.

D. Because she thought she is a student.

2.If you say,“I can do it well.“when asking for a job in the west，the others may think that __________.

A. You can do it well. B. You can't do it well.

C. You like doing it. D. You don’t like doing it.

3.What does the underlined part“l(fā)ooked down upon”mean in Chinese?

A．瞧不起 B．瞧得起 C．表?yè)P(yáng) D．批評(píng)

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

A. The girl didn’t hear the boy clearly.

B. The American boy understood the girl’s answer.

C. In China, people think being modest is a virtue.

D. The writer thinks being modest means being proud.

5.What does the writer want to tell us?

A. We should be proud and selfish in the west.

B. We should be modest and confident in the West.

C. We should be modest and brave in the West.

D. We should be brave and confident in the West.

閱讀短文，按照短文后的要求答題。請(qǐng)把答案寫在答題卡相應(yīng)位置。（每小題2分，共10分）

On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance （人口）of the subway station. The music was so great that people put some money into his hat.

The next day, the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it:"A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(認(rèn)領(lǐng))if．”After a while a man named George Sang ran here quickly and got back his important thing.

The important thing was a lottery ticket(彩票). Sang bought it and won a prize of $500, 000. But when he gave $50 to the violinist for his wonderful music, he threw the lottery ticket, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning, he was going to Vienna for his education. However, when he found the ticket, he canceled the flight and returned to the entrance.

He said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily. If I lose honesty (誠(chéng)實(shí)），1 won't be happy forever.”

任務(wù)一：寫出短文中與下列句子意思相近的句子。

1.His hat was put into some money because he played quite well,

任務(wù)二：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，用英語(yǔ)回答問(wèn)題。

2.What was the important thing that George Sang put into the hat?

3.What did the violinist do when he found the ticket?

4.The young violinist came to the entrance again in order Io return the lottery ticket to George Sang, didn't he?

住務(wù)三：將短文中的畫線部分翻譯成中文。

5.

假如你是某英文日?qǐng)?bào)社的記者，三年前來(lái)到—個(gè)偏遠(yuǎn)的山村采訪時(shí)看到村民們生活困難，交通不便，孩子們上學(xué)要走很遠(yuǎn)的路。三年后的今天，你再次來(lái)到這個(gè)地方采訪，發(fā)現(xiàn)村莊有了很大的變化，老百姓生活富裕了，有樓房、手機(jī)、電視機(jī)，村里修建了新學(xué)校，孩子們現(xiàn)在都免費(fèi)上學(xué)了，也吃上了免費(fèi)午餐，高速公路(high way)和鐵路也通了：這些變化都是政府實(shí)施新農(nóng)村建設(shè)的成果。請(qǐng)你以A Beautiful Village為題，用英文寫一篇80詞左右的短文，報(bào)道這個(gè)村座這幾年來(lái)的變化（要求：80詞左右，意思連貫，過(guò)渡自然，不要逐字翻譯）。

Three years ago, I went to a very poor village.

--This is between you and me.

--- I promise. I won’t tell others ______you say I can.

A. unless B. or C. since D. and

--You look worried. What’s wrong?

--- I went for a job interview yesterday and I ______the result.

A. waited for B. was waiting for

C. am waiting for D. will wait for

--You look pretty in green, Kate.

---Thank you. I like green. Green ______give me energy.

A. can B. must C. should D. has to

Jane Austen(1775-1817),an English novelist, started writing young and completed six novels in her life. Today Austen’s books are more popular than ever. In the last 10 years, five of her six novels have been made into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be best-sellers.

Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English at Oxford University, says that her novels are about marriage, friendships and the family, which are still with us today. “The stories are timeless,”Jenkyns said.

Pride and Prejudice(偏見)(1813) is Austen’s most famous work. It is a love story about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. At first, these two dislike each other. Elizabeth is pretty ,smart and lively. She is proud because Darcy doesn’t know about her family. Mr. Darcy is handsome, rich and has a better family background. So, he is proud as well. At the same time, Darcy holds a prejudice against the Bennet family. He has no understanding of why the family, especially its mother and daughters should try so hard to find wealthy and powerful husbands. He thinks they are vulgar. Anyway, Elizabeth and Darcy finally fall in love and become a romantic couple but their families don’t want them to.

In Pride and Prejudice, some of the main things that Jane Austen wants to teach people are as follows. Opposites can attract each other. Lovers should not ony make each other feel relaxed or comfortable, but also educate and improve each other.

Austen is often called the greatest romanti writer, so it is surprising she remained unmarried. ‘Maybe she was too romantic, waiting for the perfect man,” Jenkyns says.

1.From Paragraph 1and Paragraph 2,we can know .

A. Jane Austen passed away in her fifties

B. Austen’s works remain popular today

C. all of Austen’s works have been made into Hollywood films.

D. Austen’s works are mostly about war and the family.

2.Which of the following sentences is True?

A. Elizabeth and Darcy fall in love at first sight.

B. Elizabeth has a better family background than Darcy.

C.Darcy has a first good impression of Elizabeth’s family.

D. Elizabeth and Darcy become a romantic couple in the end.

3.What does the underlined word”vulgar” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A.粗俗的 B.魯莽的 C.吝嗇的 D.偽善的

4.From what Jenkyns says,we can learn __________.

A. opposites can attract each other

B. lovers should improve each other.

C. Austen’s works go beyond her times

D.Austen married a perfect man at last

閱讀下列短文，根據(jù)短文中的信息完成文后表格。在答題卡標(biāo)有題號(hào)的橫線上，寫出空缺處所填單詞的正確形式（每空一詞）

For me, living in Canda for 25 years, China is a new world that I have longed to explore. This spring, I chose Yangzhou to be my first stop on a 16-month trip around China. It was like love at first sight. At 15, I bought a book of collection of poems about Tang Dynasty. Through it, I heard of Yangzhou for the first time. I was deeply attracted by a poem written by Li Bai-“Sailing to Yangzhou in March”.

Yangzhou,sitting 2,500 years at the crossing of the Yangtze River and the 2,400-year-old Grand Canal(大運(yùn)河),is one of the first 24 historic and cultural cities in China. In the old town,there are many streets and houses. It’s best to visit the city in spring. Spring oaints the city in brigth colors.

Yangzhou has always been famous for its gardens. Among them ,the Slender West Lake, one of the biggest attractions in the city,was my first stop. The park with its fantastic landscape and lots of history has enough to keep a tourist busy for the whole day. What a shame I simply could afford half a day!

My next stop was He Garden,one of the best prottected gardens in Yangzhou. It was once owned by the family of He Zhidao in Qing Dynasty. He Zhidao successfully brought Chinese and Western architectural(建筑的) features together.

Yangzhou is also the starting point of the Grand Canal tour. Taking a boat along the part of the canal in Yangzhou, I was amazed at the liveliness of this ancient waterway and the city’s history and culture.

Luckily, my two-day trip to Yangzhou was filled with pleasure and wonder. It made me hungry for more China.