Oil is so important that it is sometimes called “black gold”. Almost half of our energy comes from oil. We use it to run our cars and factories and to heat our homes, offices and schools. Many everyday things are made from oil. Your shirt may have oil in the material. The soap you wash your hands with might also be made from oil. Your favorite plastic toy is made from oil.     

Oil is hard to find, because it is trapped deep under the earth. Once the only way people knew there was oil someplace if it leaked（滲漏）out of the ground. Today, however, we have many ways of finding oil. One tool measures（測量）the pull of gravity. Places where gravity is weaker are more likely to have oil. Another tool is sound waves（聲波）. Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds. We can use them to find the rocks that have oil in them.     

We need a lot of oil, and we are using up the oil wells we know about. Soon we must find new ways of looking for this “black gold”.

1.Which of the following isn’t the way to help find oil?

A. Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds.

B. People measure the pull of gravity to know if there is oil.

C. Sound waves tell us where the oil has leaked out of the ground.

D. People know there is oil if it leaks out of the ground.

2.Which of the following does the passage lead you to believe?

A. Oil was firstly found by measuring gravity.

B. Many things are made from oil.

C. We will never run out of oil.

D. Our lives would not be different if we didn’t have oil.

3.The main idea of the whole story is that ________________.

A. many things are made from oil               

B. we must find new ways of looking for oil

C. people spend a lot of time looking for oil

D. oil is important for us but hard to find

Long long ago, there lived two girls named Emily and Tina. Both of them had long black hair and blue eyes. One day while they were playing in the back yard (庭院), Emily heard a tinkling (叮當(dāng)) sound. She jumped up. “Listen,” she told her twin. They listened. The noise came again.

This time Tina heard it. She sat up. “It came from over there,” She whispered, looking at the zinnias (魚尾菊) far away. They came near to find it out. Then something flew out, making the same tinkling sound they had heard before. The children looked at one another. “Was it a bee?” asked Tina. “I don’t think so,” replied Emily. “Do bees make a sound like bells?” “Let’s call it the Tinkle Bee anyway,” said Tina. Emily nodded, listening with a little difficulty. What had made that noise?

    The next day, Emily and Tina brought their cookies outside. Tina took her plate by the zinnias. Suddenly she caught something. “Emily!” she called. “I’ve got the Tinkle Bee!” Emily rushed over. They sat down on the grass. Tina opened her hand very carefully. There was that sound! Something was shining in Tina’s hand. They smiled. Then Emily cried, “It’s a fairy (仙女)!” Tina looked down at it in her hand. It looked like a girl. A tiny girl with wings! Tina dropped it before she noticed that a wing was torn (撕裂). The little fairy could not fly away so she took a piece of grass out of the ground and sat on it.

Emily and Tina were surprised at what they saw. The fairy turned to Emily and said, “Hello, I am Marabella.” Then she said again, “Marabella the Fairy.” Emily smiled. “I’m Emily,” she said. Tina said, “I’m Tina. Are you really a fairy?” “Oh, yes!” replied Marabella. “I’ve always been a fairy.”

1.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “tiny” in this passage?

A. Weak.               B. Nice.         C. Little.                    D. Sick.

2.How did the sound come out?

A. A bee behind the zinnias made the sound.        

B. It came out from the fairy’s flying.

C. It came out when the fairy shouted for help.       

D. The bell by the zinnias rang.

3.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Emily and Tina found a tinkling sound when they were playing in the yard.

B. Emily and Tina were very interested in the tinkling sound.

C. How a fairy by the zinnias was saved by the twins.

D. The process of Emily and Tina’s finding a fairy.

Astronauts, people who fly into space, need special training. First they go to Houston, Texas. That is the home of the Johnson Space Centre. There they are tested to see how strong and smart they are.

One of the first tests is for the heart. The people walk or run, then the space doctors see how fast their hearts are beating.

Another important test is performed. In this test the person must curl（蜷曲）his body up in a ball. When he is in that position, he is put into a round cloth bag. The doctors give him no idea how long he will have to stay in the bag. If a spaceship broke down in space, the astronauts would get into bags like this. Then they would have to wait and curl up in darkness, until help could arrive. You can see that an astronaut must not be afraid of tight space or darkness.

After the tests, only the best people are chosen to start astronaut training in a training centre. The astronauts in training learn many other things. They learn how to jump out of a moving airplane. They learn to how to blow up a lifeboat and get into it while they are in the ocean. The astronauts also have to learn how to get lifted out of the ocean by helicopter（直升機(jī)）. That may look fun, but it can be dangerous.

After they finish training, the astronauts continue to work. They stay in good shape by running and doing exercise. They read about their special jobs. In that way they can learn new facts about space travel.

Then the big day comes. The astronaut is told to go to work on a flight into space. The crew members（全體船員）get to know each other first. Then they can learn which job each will do.

1.The astronauts don’t know how long they will stay in the bag in the test because ________________.

A. the doctors need to know how strong they are

B. the astronauts need to show how smart they are

C. good astronauts mustn’t be afraid of darkness or tight space

D. nobody knows when help will come if the spaceship breaks down

2.The astronauts don’t learn how to ________________ in the training centre.

A. walk or run in space                                  B. jump out of the moving plane

C. blow up a lifeboat                             D. get lifted out of water by helicopter

3.Which is the correct order according to the passage?

a. Doctors do tests on the astronauts.

b. The astronauts go to the Space Centre.

c. The astronauts learn new facts about space travel.

d. The best people are chosen for training.

e. The astronauts go to work on a flight into space.

A. a, b, c, d, e              B. d, a, e, b, c              C. b, a, d, c, e              D. c, d, e, b, a

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. After the tests, only the best people are chosen to start astronaut training in a training centre.

B. The crew members get to know each other after the tests.

C. One of the first tests is for the heart.

D. An astronaut must not be afraid of tight space or darkness.

根據(jù)句意和漢語注釋，寫出單詞的正確形式。

1.Heart trouble is one of the most serious causes of _________（死）among old people.

2.Hundreds of students pushed to get into a room _________（擁擠的）with photographers and TV cameramen.       

3.The exercise was too difficult. It was _________（超過）the abilities of most of the class.

4.The earth is only a baby _________（比較）with many other celestial bodies（天體）. 

根據(jù)句意，寫出括號內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式。

1.Many of my friends were invited to the party last Sunday because of my _________ ( twenty ) birthday. 

2.Boys, don’t touch the machines, or you may hurt _________ ( you ). 

3.The International Union Against Cancer says about seven hundred million children _________ ( breath ) smoke-filled air. 

4.I can’t understand his             (silent) on such an important matter.

動詞填空用括號內(nèi)所給動詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。（本大題共8小題，每小題1分，共8分）

1.Jane is such a kind girl that she always             (reply) to anyone with a smile on her face.

2.By the end of the 20th century, the weather             (affect) people’s life a lot.

3.I’m surprised to find that the price of bread             (rise) by 15% recently.

4.Have you ever thought about devoting all your life to             (support) different charities?

5.It’s said that women in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia            (not allow) to drive all the time.

6.Though there’s enough time, I prefer          (complete) the task quickly first to spend more time on my hobbies.

7.— Mary, could you help me?

— Wait a moment. I        (argue) about what colour to wear at tonight’s party with my elder sister.

8.The notice says that anyone who breaks the school rules             (punish) by our principal.

短文填空  先通讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和所給首字母，在空格內(nèi)填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，使短文意思完整。所填單詞必須在答題卷上完整寫出。（本大題共10空，每空0.5分，共5分）

DIY, which means Do It Yourself, is quite popular in the UK. Lots of stores and supermarkets sell DIY things. TV programs show people how to DIY.

English people like DIY. If there is anything that needs fixing around their homes, such as p  1.the walls or putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs themselves. They share DIY e  2.with their friends. More and more people are fond of DIY and have d  3.the joy of DIY. Sometimes people also DIY for saving money. At present, many people can’t a  4.a big house. They are looking at how they can make their houses better without spending a lot of money. It is not surprising that DIY is so popular.

DIY can be difficult. There is a large market for DIY furniture (家具) which needs to be got together by people themselves w  5.a few tools. However, people often find it not easy to build a piece of furniture because they can’t understand the instructions (指令). Sometimes the instructions are simple and clear, but the furniture

i  6.is difficult to build. DIY can also be dangerous if you are not careful enough. It is r  7.that in just one year over 230,000 people were hurt while doing DIY in the UK, including 41,000 who fell off ladders.

DIY can bring us a lot of f  8.and can help us save some money, but it is not always as easy as it is t  9.to be if we do something that is too hard. Maybe factories should make products that are easier and s  10.for us to DIY.

按所給的漢語，用英語完成下列句子。（本大題共6小題，每小題1.5分，共9分）

1.這部科幻電影展示給我們未來世界的樣子。

This science fiction film shows us _________________________ in the future.

2.那天早上，彌漫在整個城市的大霧使得飛機(jī)無法準(zhǔn)時起飛。

That morning, a thick fog which covered the whole city round kept the plane _________________________.

3.這篇文章是以日記的形式寫成的。

The article was _________________________ a diary.

4.媽媽想知道他在學(xué)業(yè)上是否已經(jīng)取得了進(jìn)步。

Mother wondered _________________________ in his studies or not.

5.湯姆已經(jīng)有了如此大的壓力，他不應(yīng)該堅(jiān)持再加壓。

Tom has had so much stress _________________________ adding more.

6.在美國內(nèi)布拉斯加州的奧馬哈市，在某個教堂里打噴嚏是違法的。

It’s _________________________ sneeze in a certain church in Omaha, Nebraska.

假設(shè)TV Guide外文版將刊登文章介紹湖南電視臺熱播的電視節(jié)目“爸爸去哪兒”(Dad, Where Are We Going?)，上周五你看過一期。請據(jù)此寫一篇80詞左右的英文觀后感。內(nèi)容提示如下：

1. 節(jié)目由5個明星爸爸和他們的孩子主演，深受各年齡段的人喜愛；

2. 目的是鼓勵親子雙方重視交流，對于人們有良好的影響；

3. 爸爸們以前沒有時間陪孩子，現(xiàn)在已學(xué)會如何悉心照顧孩子；

4. 觀后感想。

注意：

1. 觀后感須包括所給內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)，要點(diǎn)語句通順、意思連貫；

2. 第4要點(diǎn)的內(nèi)容須用2-3句話展開合理想象，作適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；

3. 觀后感的開頭已在答題卷上給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

The program Dad, Where Are We Going? is one of this year’s hottest TV programs. I saw it last Friday.

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The math problem is _____ difficult that only _____ students can work it out.

A. too; a few              B. so; a few              C. so; a little            D. enough; little