—Amazing! You        wear slippers at work.

   —Don’t you know it’s a fashion?

A. must            B. should           C. can             D. may

Today, almost everyone has heard of Harry Potter. The books detailing his experiences at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry have aroused passion, creativity, and interest in reading throughout the world.

But have you ever considered why you are a fan of the Harry Potter series?

JK Rowling has created a list of characters and an environment for them to inhabit that appeals to both adults and children. 

The fantasy aspect of the wizarding world expands the imagination, and takes the mind to new and exciting places. Anything could happen there. Her stories contain parts of the believable and unbelievable, changing the predictability that readers commonly come across and bear in fiction. 

The main theme of the series, including good versus evil, prejudice, love, death, sacrifice, friendship and loyalty, in actuality contributes to the ever-lasting nature of the stories. At the same time, these themes remind us of classic literature, offering mature readers tales that wear like a comfortable pair of shoes, while introducing younger readers to concepts they will meet throughout their lives. 

Much of the appeal also comes from the characters. In each book, JK Rowling introduces and describes the characters in such a way that we wonder not only about their futures, but also about their pasts. Even supporting characters are suddenly more than just extras in the background. And what of Harry Potter himself? We care about Harry, because we watch him grow from an innocent boy to a powerful wizard. We see him as both Hero and Victim. He experiences endless love and extreme pain, and as readers, we experience them with him.

This perfect combination of emotion, suspense and fantasy, together with the fact that JK Rowling is a superb storyteller is the reason why we are Harry potter fans. People are fond of Harry Potter series. With books like these, it’s hard not to be.

Harry Potter series become popular partly because ____________.

A. they remind us of the childhood and environment we had in the past

B. they take us to a world beyond our imagination and expectation

C. they offer us ever-lasting nature of the stories

D. they set an example of hero for us to follow

What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 mean?

A. The supporting characters are not necessary in the story.

B. Readers care only about Harry but not those supporting characters.

C. Even the supporting characters are attractive in the story.

D. Those supporting characters only appear all of a sudden.

The themes of the Harry Potter series do not contain ____________.

A. prejudice and love               B. good and evil

C. death and sacrifice              D. safety and peace

People care for Harry Potter because ____________.

A. they think of classic literature when reading the story

B. they find different experiences from theirs on Harry

C. they share the experiences with Harry

D. they like JK Rowling’s description very much

書面表達(dá)（滿分30分）

請根據(jù)下面的文字提示寫一篇英語小短文以便放在你的博客中。

1．上周五放學(xué)路上和Tony 同行，忽聽有人呼救；

2．看見一婦女倒在血泊中，一輛小車正急駛而過

3．欲上前施救但被一男子阻攔；

4．該男子示意你倆回頭看，不遠(yuǎn)處有人在用攝像機(jī)拍攝。

注意：

1．詞數(shù)100左右，開頭與結(jié)尾已為你寫好。

2．可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

3．生詞：攝像機(jī)- video camera 拍電影 – shoot a film

My friend Tony and I always walk home together after school．

—Could you do me a favor to hand out these papers?

    —            ．

    A．Yes, I could B．It’s my pleasure    C．With pleasure    D．Great

The weather turned out to be fine yesterday. I             the trouble to carry my umbrella with me.

A should have taken     B could have taken      C needn’t have taken    D mustn’t have taken

In all kinds of competitions, Jackie         a most excellent athlete. He has won so many gold medals.

    A．practises        B．conducts

    C．behaves      D．proves

情景作文（滿分20分）

在學(xué)習(xí)、生活和工作中，學(xué)會與人合作是非常重要的。請你根據(jù)下表中所提供的信息，寫一篇題為”Being a Good Partner”的英文演講稿。詞數(shù)不少于100.

— You look tired.

— Yes. I ___ non-stop until 8 o’clock.

A. had worked         B. work           C. have worked       D. was working

--- I merely made a joke with her, but she got angry.

   --- She _______ didn’t get it.

A. apparently    B. deliberately    C. accidentally    D. eventually

．--- I’ll buy you a ten – speed bicycle as a birthday present.

    --- Is that a        ? I wish you would not disappoint me.

    A．decision B．presentation C．preference   D．promise