There’s little important news in the newspaper today, ______?

A. isn’t there     B. is there C. is it        D. are there

－Can I park my car here , sir?

－______. You see, there’s much traffic here.

A. Never mind  B. You’d better not    C. Of course not        D. Yes, please

－Have a nice weekend!

－ ______.

A. You’re so kind                 B. You do ,too

C. The same to you             D. With pleasure

“You speak very good English”

The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English. “You  41  very good English.” But the student answered, “ No, my English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite

  42  at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself  43  or the student had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak it very well.” But the Chinese student still  44  saying  “No”.  45  the foreigner gave up and didn’t know what to say.

What’s wrong with the student’s answer? It is because he didn’t accept a compliment as the American people  46  . He should have said “Thank you” instead of “No”. He actually understood what the American had said. But he thought he should be modest. If someone says to a woman, “ You look  47  beautiful with the new clothes  48  .” she should be very happy and answer, “Thank you.” In our country we think  49  modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior. But in the West, if you are modest and say, “ No,   50  I can’t do it well,” then the others will take it for granted (理所當(dāng)然)that you  51  can not do it. If you often say,“No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by  52  . When  53  for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “ Let me have a try on the job”, he or she can expect to get it. So in the West, one should always be confident.  54  self-confidence, he can’t go anywhere. Confidence is of great  55  to one in a country where competition is quite keen.(激烈)

1.A. say     B. talk        C. speak    D. tell

2.A. surprising  B. surprised       C. laughed         D. laughing

3.A. understood        B. understand   C. to understand        D. understanding

4.A. keep  B. keeping         C. keeps    D. kept

5.A. At first        B. By the way    C. In the end     D. First of all

6.A. did     B. done     C. to do     D. do

7.A. such  B. such a   C. so D. so a

8.A. for     B. on          C. in  D. into

9.A. being B. be          C. having   D. have

10.A. I’m afraid B. I’m not sure  C. I don’t mind  D. I don’t know

11.A. hardly      B. really    C. badly     D. luckily

12.A. another   B. other    C. the other       D. others

13.A. asking       B. ask         C. provide          D. providing

14.A. With         B. Without         C. by D. under

15.A. importantly      B. unimportant C. important      D. importance

A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maiyuwa, a small village. They lived with the man’s big family－h(huán)is parents, his brothers, their wives and husbands and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.

Three months later, having quarreled with her husband, the woman went back to her parents’ home. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heartbroken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.

It went to the woman’s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal .So she went back to her husband’s home.

1.The woman left her new home ______.

A. to visit her own parents in Maiyuwa

B. to see if the elephant would follow her

C. because she was angry with her husband

D. because she was tired of the large family

2.The word “disappeared” in the reading means “______”.

A. ran away                          B. lost                           C. hid                           D. remained

3.After the young woman left her husband’s home, the elephant______.

A. returned to the forest                                        B. was sad because it missed her

C. went to look for a new home                            D. was sick because nobody fed it

4.How did the elephant express its feeling when it saw the young woman?

A. It waved its trunk and smiled.                           B. It touched her with its trunk.

C. It touched her and cried.                                   D. It waved its trunk and ran around her.

5.The writer wrote the story in order to______.

A. show that elephants are very clever

B. tell how a woman trained a wild animal

C. show that women care more for animals than men do

D. tell how an animal got a husband and a wife together again

閱讀短文，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)完成下列各題。（10分）

Paragraph 1: Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus(柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal(谷物), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.

Paragraph 2: People in different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at 11 o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.

Paragraph 3: There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.

1.From the first paragraph we know noodles belong to a kind of ______ food.

A. vegetable                        B. fruit                         C. meat                        D. cereal

2.According to the scientists, which of the following groups is the healthiest for your lunch?

A. chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages                    B. potatoes, rice, bread, carrots

C. oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes                      D. beef, pork, fish, milk

3.People in different places of the world ______.

A. have the right kinds of food to eat                   B. cook their food in the same way

C. have their meals at the same time                   D. eat food in different ways

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People in some places don’t have enough to eat.

B. There are too many people in the world.

C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry.

D. The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.

5.If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?

A. When people eat their meals.

B. What to do with the two problems.

C. How to cook food in different ways.

D. Why people in different places eat different kinds of food.

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任務(wù)型閱讀。閱讀短文，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容，完成下列任務(wù)。（10分）

Andy was still traveling in Spain when he realized he had to confirm(確認(rèn)) his   ①  home with the airline company. He was visiting Spain in order to improve his Spanish. When he was speaking to people face to face, he had no difficulty understanding what they said. However, when he was speaking on the phone, he still had a problem. Andy called the airline. And the clerk confirmed that his plane was leaving at nine o’clock three days from that day. She also told Andy to be at the airport a little earlier in order to check in his luggage and get a seat.

Since he was leaving in three days, Andy didn’t lose any time. He visited as many places as he could. He thought that it would probably be a while before he had enough money again. He wished he could come back and spend a year in Spain.

Too quickly, the final day arrived. Andy left early for the airport before take-off. He hated to rush. When he went to the clerk to show his ticket, the clerk looked at the ticket in surprise , “Why, sir, but your flight was at nine o’clock in the morning, and now it is eight in the evening.” “But I confirmed my flight,”insisted Andy.“Will I have to pay for another ticket?”

“No, Sir. However, the next flight out will be three days from now.”

Andy’s   ②   of shock turned to smile as he realized that now he could go on with his vacation.

任務(wù)一：請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，分別寫出①、②處所缺單詞。（每空限填一詞）

1.①______________    ②______________

任務(wù)二：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容補(bǔ)全句子。（每空限填一詞）

2.(A) He visited as many places as _____________.

(B)From the passage we know Andy could ____________ his holiday.

任務(wù)三：請把上文中畫線的句子翻譯成漢語。

3._________________________________________________________

任務(wù)四：請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問題。

4.Why did the clerk tell Andy to be at the airport a little earlier？

________________________________________________________

5.How long was Andy late for the plane that day?

_________________________________________________________

選擇單詞或詞組，用其適當(dāng)?shù)男问教羁�，使句子意思正確，通順。（每詞限用一次，其中兩詞多余）（5分）

1.I’m no more a child, don’t _______________ about my health.

2.I’ll try my _______________to make progress.

3.They haven’t _______________ so much for a long time.

4.Grace was _______________ you when I came here minutes ago.

5.Remember to put what we have learnt into _______________.

根據(jù)下列句子的漢語意思及英文提示完成句子。每空字?jǐn)?shù)不限。（10分）

1.你介意在我出差時(shí)照顧一下我的園子嗎？

Would you mind _______________________ my garden when I am on business?

2.南茜非常喜歡這首歌，她經(jīng)常隨著它跳舞。

Nancy loves the song very much, she often_______________________ it.

3.昨天直到雨停了學(xué)生們才離開公園。

The students _______________________the rain stopped yesterday.

4.現(xiàn)在他漸漸習(xí)慣了在國外生活。

Now, he is getting _______________________ abroad.

5.中國最大的城市上海是最有活力的地方之一。

Shanghai, the biggest city in China, is one of _______________________.