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一、单项选择（15 ）()1. He has been away .A. since a month B. for a month C. for a month ago D. in a month()2.一have you lived here? 一Since 1995.A. How far B. How long C. How often D. How soon()3.He has never been toEuropeancountry.A. a beforeB. an beforeC. a ago D. an ago()4.There great changes in China in the past thirty years.A. are B. haveC. wereD. havebeen()5. His sister* s never been to the SummerPalace, ?A. is he B. has he C. has she D. isn; t she()6. Last night, we back until the teacher left school.A. went B. didn' t go C. haven' t D. wouldn' t ()7.一Can you tell me Kitty' s address?一I don' t know. But F II tell you her address she tome.A. until; is writingB. as soon as ; writesAs we know, Xiao Shenyang and Liu Qian did wonderful jobs in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Now many people are crazy about these two persons. But how much do you know about them?Xiao Shenyang was born in a poor peasant family which is in difficult family conditions. His real name is Shen He. He is an actor. He is good at Er Ren Zhuan. He learned actsz following Zhao Benshan. During the school life, he was very active in many activities. He looks like a simple man, but he never stops pursuing （追求）his artistic aspiration （渴望）. More and more people like his style of performance, and we hope he can make great progress in the future.Liu Qian is a young magician from Taiwan. At the age of 7, Liu saw a cute magic toy in a shop. At that moment he began to love and decided to learn magic. Liu didn' t go to any magic school, he practiced tricks every day to improve his skills, until one day he was able to put on a show for his class. He saw the surprise on everyone' s face, and he felt it was cool. He often does street shows for passers-by, police and farmers. He worked hard at it. Now he is a famous magicianoXiao ShenyangLiu Qian1_An2A young magician fromTaiwan_3_toHe learned acts, _ Zhao Benshan._4He practiced 7every day.succee d m）During the school life, he took an _5_ part in many activities.He looks like a_6_ man. But he never stops pursuing the artistic aspiration.At his 8_ for his class, he found everyone 9_ and he felt it was cool.He often does street showsforpassers-by,10andfarmers. He works hard at it.1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10五、词汇（20 ）l.The（鼠标）are broken ,so I need to get some new ones .2. How many（岛屿）countries are there in the world ?3. Have you heard the interesting news（recent）?4. We decided to have an（采访）with our principal.5. Finally, he（4攵至U） an invitation letter from the international company.6. Kitty got（结女昏）last year. Her husband is a computer programmer.7. Mr Green and Mr Read are running while their（wife） are jogging.my8. I have been away from my hometown for a year. How I mparents and friends!.9. The new drivers shouldn' t drive their cars at high(速度). 10. It is really cold now in most(north) parts of China.B)用所给动词的适当形式填空。1. Where is Jim? He(go) to the library already2. Great changes(take) place in the past ten years.3. Mr Green(not come) back to China yet.4. Where is my pen? How strange! It(be) here just a moment ago.5. Where is Jim? He(do) his homework in the study at present.6. I(know) the boy since 1993.7. We(be) very busy recently.8. I(not eat) breakfast yet. I am so hungry9. Tina(work) in this factory since she(leave) school.六、缺词填空：(10)How can we students keep ourselves safe? Here are some tips. On your way home or to school: Wait for the g 1 traffic light, and look left and right before you cross the road. If you see a car coming, don't cross until it really s 2. Dress in bright colors, so the driverscan see you e 3 At school: When students aroun.d you begin to push, try to hold onto something, or stay in a safer corner. If you f 4 down in a crowded (拥挤的)place, cover your head w 5 both hands. When there7 s a fire: Stay calm and leave quickly. Use a piece of wet cloth to cover your mouth and nose so that (以便)you don' t breathe in(吸进)s 6. If your clothes catch fire, d rop to the groundand roll from side to side (在地上打滚)to p 7 out the fire. For eating: Wash f 8 like apples or pears carefully before you eat them.Check the expiration dates（保质期）and if your food looks or smells b 9, don' t eat it.For riding on the escalator（自动扶梯）：Hold ontothe handrails（扶手）and stand on the. right side of the escalator because right arms are stronger. It is d 10 to run up and down on them. You may fall down because escalator steps are not designed for running. 12345678910七.根据所给的汉语意思，完成下面的句子。（20 ）1 .这条鱼已经死了三个小时了。The fish 1234three hours .2 .我叔叔20岁就离开家乡了，他现在住在另外一个城市。My uncle 567 thehome town since he was 20. Now he lives in 8 city.3他已经在这个胡文校胡文了一年半了。He 910 in the school for one and1112 years.4.你的妈妈回来了吗？不，还没有。13 your mother 14 back yet ? No, not yet.5 .我以前从来没有看过这部电影，但是吉姆已经看过三次了。I 15 1617 the film before,but Jim has seen it three times.6 .你已经看了多长时间电视了？三个小时了。How long have you watched TV ?Since 181920C. if; will writeD. when ; wrote)8. We six days a week, but now we only work five days.A. used workB. are used to workC. used to workingD. used to work)9. Sorry, I haven' t finished the work.A. already B. before C. yet D. ever )10.He came to China 1998.A. after B. in C. for D. since )ll.The child has come to school by bike his own.A. inB. by C. on D. Of()12.The man in 1983. He for 30 years.A. died, was deadB. died, has been deadC. was dead, has diedD. was dead, has been dead()13.Mary to see the film because she it twice.A. won' t go, sawB. won' t go will seeC. won' t goz has seen D. didn' t go, see()14. Nobody except Tom and Millie that park before. Only they can be our guides.A. have been toB. has been toC. has gone toD. have gone to()15. Hurry up I The class for about five minutes.A. have begun B. has begun C. has been on D. began二、完型填空(15)Mr West was born in a small English town. His father had a shopthere. The shop keeper didn't think it was 1 for his son to go to school. So he taught him how to get 2 money. They got much money there and then 3 to the city. Now Old West can't manage （打理）his shop , and his son, Mr West has to do it 4 him. As he has little knowledge （知识），Mr West is often 5 in public（当众，公开 场合）and sometimes he gets into trouble. So he 6 a lot of books and shelves and put them in his sitting room so that （这样）the visitors can see them 7 they go in. He often goes to the parties and carefully 8 what the learned （有胡文问的） men say. He hopes to make friends with them.Once Mr West was told （被告诉，被通知）that it was a 9 writer' s birthday that day. He hurried there with his wife. He gave the writer some 10 presents and the old man thanked him. After 11 they began to talk about the literary works （文胡文作品）.He could hardly （几乎不）answer any questions. The writer had to ask him 12 one, "What was Shakespeare （莎士比亚）"It was a kind of drink/' answered Mr West. "But people do not like it now."The writer had a smile and soon he stopped 13 .On their way home, his wife said, "You made a mistake just now, Shakespeare is a 14 cake, 15 the Chinese moon cake."）1. A. possible）1. A. possibleB. usefulC. easyD. difficult）2. A. muchB. moreC. littleD. less三、阅读理解（30）()3. A. wentB. gotC. movedD. ran()4. A. withB. afterC. beforeD. instead of()5. A. beatenB. helpedC. hurtD. laughedat()6. A. borrowsB. madeC. boughtD. wrote()7. A. becauseB. thatC. as soon asD. where()8. A. listens toB. hearsC. looks atD. sees()9. A. strangeB. famousC. kindD.foreign()10. A. cheapB. expensiveC. uselessD. small()11. A. dinnerB. schoolC. discussionD. class()12. A. more difficult B. easyC. the easiestD. themost difficult()13. A. talkingB.to talkC. to answerD.answering()14. A. thinB. thickC. deliciousD. lorge()15. A. likesB. likeC. likingD. is likeAComputers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can't do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century, except the old people.Today more and more families own (拥有)computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. Yet, many of their children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today's students themselves!()1. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? BecauseA. our country asks us to learn it B. we can use it to play gamesC. it can help us a lotD. it can help us to find jobs)2. What do many teachers and parents complain (抱怨)about?They complain that.A. computers make their students and children fall behindcomputers let them lose their jobsB. their students and children use computers to play gamescomputers bring people a lot of trouble)3. In this passage we know computers.A. are bad for people's health B. bring us happiness onlyC. are hated by people D. also bring us trouble （）4. Can computers really help children to study?A. It's hard to say.B. Yes, they can.C. No, they can't.D. Of course not（）5. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? Ithink it means.A. computers are used by people B. one must decide how to use computersC. people can live well without computers D. computers are strange machinesBIt is easy that we see advertisements （广告）in English all around us every day. Look at your own bags and clothes, and at the bags and clothes of your classmates. How many different advertisements can you see which use English words?Often bags and clothes show the name of the company（公司）that made them. This is a popular form （形式）.A special picture or symbol （标志）called a logo（标识）is sometimes used. Logos appear （.出现）on many different products （产品）.They are popular because when you see a logo, it is hard to forget that product or company.It is common （普遍的）to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio. Most advertisements are very short. Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence, which is easy for people to say and remember. Nike, for example, has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world: Just do it. Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is simple to remember it.All advertisements are designed （被设计）to make people buy a product（产品）.An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of young people who are having fun. The young people are all drinking the soft drink. Advertisers are saying to you, "Why don't you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern.You might think that advertisements are not after you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself this question : Why am I buying this particular（特别的）product?（）1. From the passage, we know that.A. all the advertisements around us are written in EnglishB. many bags have the name of the company that made them C. having soft drinks makes a person young and modern D. advertisements are only after young people（）2. A good logo is.A. easy to remember B. a useful productdifficult to understand D. easy to buy()3. People are most likely to remember an advertisement that is.A. in English B. long C. funny D. famous ()4. All advertisements are designed to.A. sell you something you don't want B. make you buy the productC. make you young and modemD. show you what you need to buy()5. The best title ofthis passage may be.A. Advertisements for Bags and Clothes B. Advertisements on TV and RadioC. Advertisements About SportsD. Advertisements Around UscNew York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. there are many interesting things to see and to do, you can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also buy things all over the world.But there are serious problems in big cities, too. Itz s expensive to live there, and there are many people in some places of big cities. Every year many people move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools and receive good medical care. But sometim.es these people cannot find work or good places to live in. Also it is hard to keep the cities safe and clean.Some people enjoy living in big cities; others do not. Before they move to a big city, they should think about the problems of living there. ()1. In big cities people can.A. go to different kinds of museumsB. see all kinds ofplays and filmsD. A, B and CC. buy things all over the world()2. Which of the following is true?A. Big cities are not clean and safe enough.B. People can easily find good places to live in big cities.C. People can always have many chances to find work to do.D. All people like to live in big cities.()3. In this passage the writer thinks it is right for people.A. to move to big cities.B. not to move to big cities.C. to move to big cities without thinking of any problems.D. not to move to big cities before they think over the problems of living there.()4. This passage doesnz t tell us that.A. Paris is an exciting place for people to live in.B. big cities have a lot of serious problems.C. big cities are all very dirty.D. usually people can get very dirty.()5. Which is the best title for this passage?A. Big CitiesB. Interesting Thingsin Big CitiesC. GoodSchool in Big CitiesD. New York, London and Paris四、任务型阅读阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。(每空一词)(10)