選擇恰當的單詞填空。每詞限用一次。（有兩個多余的選項）（

What will our world be like in 2050? We asked a group of experts to make their predictions about our future.

By 2050 we will have “clever” 1. . We won’t have so many accidents, 2. they will be able to communicate with each other. Cars will slow down by themselves or stop in 3. situations. Also, our cars will 4. on electricity or water.

By 2050 our homes will be more eco-friendly (環(huán)保). We will use solar (太陽的) energy, and we

will clean and 5. our water. There will be many more people in the world 6. our houses will be smaller. Many houses will be underground and we will have 7. to help clean, cook and do 8. home shopping.

We won’t die! We will put our brains onto computers and live 9. . The computers of the future won’t look like machines. They’ll look like humans.

By 2050 there will be too many people on the earth and 10. 100 million people will be living on the moon and other planets. We will be able to travel to Mars and back in just three days.

閱讀下面短文，按要求完成各項任務。（共 6 分）

Everywhere in the world there are different ways of behaving. When we meet someone, everything we say and do expresses our cultural background. So if you want to get on with someone from another culture, it helps to understand something about these differences.

Even how we stand depends on our culture. English people talk to each other at an average (平均

的) distance of 130 cm, while Italians chat at an average distance of 80 cm. So Italians can think that

English people are unfriendly because they stand too far away! And English people can think that Italians are too close.

Touching is also cultural. The French touch much more than Americans. A French couple may touch 100 times in half an hour while an American couple may only touch twice! And French teenagers touch each other much more than American teens.

任務一 請將劃線句子 When we meet someone, everything we say and do expresses our cultural

任務二 請根據短文內容回答問題。（2 分）

任務三 請根據短文內容，完成下面的句子。（2 分）

According to the passage, Italians stand 1 than English people. American teens touch 2 than French teenagers.

A survey of young people around the world looked at their ideas of today’s teenagers. It shows how different they are to those of their parents and grandparents. The survey wanted to try and understand the next generation ( 一 代 人 ) of adults better and these are some of the results. They show that there are many more (A) similarities between young people around the world than differences.

1

Gap years ( 間 隔 年 ) between school and university are becoming more and more common. Today’s teenagers want to travel to different countries and experience different cultures. They regard this as an important part of their character development.

2

For most teenagers, family and friends are the most important side of life. According to the survey, 60 percent of British young people said their relationship with their family was of the highest importance to (B) them.

3

75 percent of teenagers in Western Europe expect to have enough money to live when they are adults. They are a happy generation. Eight out of ten believe they will have a good profession with a job they enjoy. They also expect that they will be happy and healthy.

4

Young people now are hungry for all kinds of information on mass media. 57 percent of teenagers in the UK read at least one magazine every week, which is one of the highest totals in the world.

任務一 根據文章內容，把相關的信息匹配。將答案的字母代號填入對應的橫線上。（每小題

1分，共4分）

A. Hope in the future B. Crazy for information

C. Discovering the world D. Family and friends1.

2.

3.

4.

任務二 根據上下文，猜測文中(A)處劃線單詞 similarities 的中文意思。 （1分） 任務三 找出(B)處劃線單詞 them 所指代的內容。 （1分）

任務四 請從文中找出與They have strong interest in learning about all kinds of information from radio, television, Internet and so on. 意思相近的句子。（1分）

閱讀下面短文，按要求完成各項任務。（共 7 分）

Every year animals all around the world take part in some wonderful journeys. Here are the stories of two amazing animal travelers.

Every August a fantastic sight can be seen in the skies above Ontario and

Montreal — millions of amazing Monarch butterflies ( 帝 王 蝶) beginning their 4,000-kilometer journey from Canada to Central Mexico. In fact, the journey,

which takes about 3 months, is longer than the average ( 平 均 的 ) life of the

butterfly. Finally many of the butterflies reaching their final place are the great

grandchildren or even the great great grandchildren of the butterflies who began the journey in Mexico the year before.

任務一1.根據文章內容，完成下列句子。（5分，每空不超過3個單詞）

Humpback whales swim at a speed of 1 an hour from Alaska to 2 . They travel slowly but 3 among all whales. Monarch butterflies spend 4 flying from Canada to Central Mexico. It lasts longer than their average life. The ones which arrive at the final place are 5 or even the great great grandchildren.

任務二2.請用英語簡要概括出本文的主旨大意，不超過10個單詞。（2分）

The passage is mainly about .

某英語雜志社對部分中學生的周末活動做了問卷調查（結果如圖），請你寫一篇英語短文 參加征文活動。

內容包括：1. 簡要描述調查結果。

2. 談一談中學生應該如何度過一個有意義的周末（至少兩條）。

要求： 1. 詞數：80-100。開頭已給出，不計入總詞數。

2. 文中不得出現真實的校名和人名。

We did a survey about middle school students’ weekend activities. Here are the results.

–Do you know ______ girl with long curly hair?

--Yes, she is Mary. She plays ______ tennis very well.

A. a, / B. the, / C. the, the D. a, the

It is five years since we began to enjoy a ______ spring holiday each year.

A. ten-day B. ten day C. ten days’ D. ten days

–What do you think of Wilson’s speaking?

--No one does _______ in our school.

A. good B. well C. better D. best

–I’m a little hungry, Mum!

--There are some apple pies on the table, you may take ______.

A. it B. this C. that D. one

It is accepted by everyone that knowledge is the most valuable _______ for human beings.

A. standard B. treasure C. invention D. instruction