Singles Day (光棍節(jié))falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(慶祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.

An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong（麻將）.

One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles Day.

For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart.

1.__________ first called November 11th Singles Day.

A. The Chinese government

B. People who have been married

C. Four people playing Marjong

D. People who don’t want to get married

2.The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

A. 盲人聚會(huì) B.相親會(huì)

C. 化妝舞會(huì) D. 盲人黨派

3. Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles Day.

A. some bread B. noodles

C. 4 youtiao D. nothing

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Singles Day is on November 11th.

B. Singles Day is celebrated by no countries but China.

C. Singles Day is for people who don’t have lovers.

D. To celebrate Singles Day, people play Marjong from from 11 in the morning until 11 at night.

任務(wù)型閱讀。閱讀下文并回答問(wèn)題。

James Cameron's "Titanic" has come back, in 3D this time. It was first shown in 1997. It won 11 Oscars(奧斯卡), including best picture and best director(導(dǎo)演) for Cameron. Fifteen years later, Kate Winslet, the leading lady, who played Rose in the movie is happy to be back for the movie . She said, "It's been a really big part of my life. It's kind of never gone away. People keep saying to me, 'How does it feel to be talking about it after 15 years?' Well, I've always been talking about 'Titanic', it didn't go anywhere. So, it's great that it's coming out again, in 3D, and it's wonderful too, it's still the same wonderful film."

The stars in the movie Titanic got together again. However, the film's leading man Leonardo DiCaprio, who's busy with other work didn’t show up. He played Jack in the movie.

According to the passage, answer the following questions:

1.When was Titanic first shown?

_____________________________________________________

2. Who did Kate Winslet play in the movie Titanic?

_____________________________________________________

3.Did Leonardo Dicaprio get together with other stars in Titanic for the 3D movie?

_____________________________________________________

完成句子。

根據(jù)所給提示，完成句子。每空一詞，含縮略詞。

1.My mother likes red dresses. (改為否定句)

My mother _______ _______ red dresses.

2.The teacher put off the exam.（對(duì)劃線部分提問(wèn)）

________ _______ the teacher do?

3.I will go shopping with Tina. The girl said.（合并成一句）

The girl said ________ ________ go shopping with Tina.

4.別忘了按時(shí)吃藥哦。 (完成譯句)

Don’t forget to take medicine ________ ________.

口語(yǔ)應(yīng)用。

閱讀下面對(duì)話，從方框中7個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇5個(gè)恰當(dāng)?shù)木渥油瓿纱藢?duì)話。

A. The bus ride takes about 6 hours

B. What about the hotels?

C. Good idea.

D. We have two tours each week.

E. What are you going to do?

F. Two days.

G. That sounds good.

A: Is there anything I can do for you, sir?

B: I read in your travel guide (旅游指南) about the tour to Xi’an.

A: Yes. 1. , leaving on Monday and Thursday mornings.

B: How long is the tour？

A: 2. And it costs 360 yuan.

B: Can you give me more information on the tour?

A: Sure. The bus leaves at nine, in front of our office. 3. , with two stops to see some places of interest.

B: 4.

A: You’ll be staying at California Hotel. It’s a three-star hotel. And the meals are free.

B: 5. . We will talk about it and tell you whether we will go or not.

A: All right.

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根據(jù)下列短文內(nèi)容，在短文后的空格處填上一個(gè)恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使短文完整、通順。

Life is a learning process(過(guò)程). Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day, we learn to 1. with different problems.

◆ Happiness and sadness

True happiness comes 2. hard work. Whatever we do, do it well. Putting on a happy face and thinking interesting things are helpful to have happy feelings. Helping others is 3. a good way. When happiness comes, sadness goes away.

◆ Failure and Success

Failure shows 4. the right way, makes us grow up and teaches us how to be successful. As the old saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success”. Don’t be 5. of failure.

◆ Hope and Despair(絕望)

Hope is what keeps life going. Hope makes us dream. Life teaches us not to give up hope even in the darkest hours, because 6. every night there is a new day. Whatever 7. , just keep moving on in life and be hopeful.

Life teaches us not to feel sorry for 8. , for it has passed and can not be called back. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dark. So the only choice is to work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.

書(shū)面表達(dá)。

老人跌倒該不該扶，敢不敢扶，一度成為社會(huì)熱點(diǎn)。針對(duì)這一話題，人們做了一個(gè)調(diào)查。下面是調(diào)查結(jié)果，請(qǐng)你據(jù)此寫(xiě)一篇文章。

內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)：

1. 調(diào)查結(jié)果是什么？

2. 你認(rèn)為是否該去幫助跌倒老人, 請(qǐng)說(shuō)明原因。 如果該幫助，那你會(huì)怎么幫？

3. 號(hào)召大家對(duì)需要幫助的人施以援手。

要求：

不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和校名。

字?jǐn)?shù)80字左右，文章開(kāi)頭已給出。

We did a survey about whether we should help the old when they fall down, and here are the results. ______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

Find out the different sound of the underlined letters.

A. lunch B. teach C. school

—Tony，don’t draw on the wall．It isn’t a good behavior．

—_______________.

A．Never mind．

B．No problem．

C．Sorry，I won’t．

_____ the population of the U.S.A. in 2005?

—It was about 296 million.

A. What is B. What was C. How many was

—Which language ______by the largest number of people in the world now？

—Chinese.

A. is used B. used C. is using