1.Jackson’s is a _______________.

A．cloth store                            B．restaurant

C．department store                       D．used goods market

2.If a bookcase is ￥150, you can spend ___________ on it at Apple.

A．￥130            B．￥100            C．￥120            D．￥90

3.Smile’s sale is for ____________ only.

A．two days          B．seven days         C．five days          D．two weeks

What is your zodiac（生肖） animal? According to the Chinese lunar calendar（農(nóng)歷）, 12 animals mark 12 different years. It is the basis of the Chinese zodiac. Nowadays, Chinese zodiac animals have worldwide fame and are increasingly popular among western people.

The zodiac is an important part of Chinese culture. People believe that the characteristics of a zodiac animal influence the personality of every person born in that year. For example, people born in the Year of the Tiger are considered powerful and brave.

Zodiac animals also have some social functions. When people think it is not proper to ask: “How old are you”, they may change their question to “What is your zodiac animal?” With this question, you can figure out roughly which year someone was born and the person’s age.

Zodiac animals are not special to China. Many countries share a similar zodiac culture with China. For example, in the Japanese Zodiac, a wild boar（野豬）takes the place of a pig and the Vietnamese（越南的）zodiac has a cat instead of a rabbit.

But have you ever wondered how these 12 animals were chosen to represent each year? According to legend, the Jade Emperor（玉皇大帝）invited all the animals to join him for Chinese New Year. Only 12 animals went to see him. As a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived. The ox would have been the first to arrive, but the rat sat on his back and jumped off just before they arrived to come in first place.

1.The characteristics of a zodiac animal may influence the _____ of every person born in that year.

A．a(chǎn)ppearance        B．personality        C．hobby            D．education

2.“What is your zodiac animal?” is a question used to find out a person’s______.

A．a(chǎn)ge              B．name             C．job              D．weight

3.In the Japanese zodiac, we don’t see the zodiac animal：_______

A．wild boar          B．rabbit            C．dragon           D．pig

4.According to the last paragraph, we know that ____ was the first animal to arrive.

A．ox               B．rat               C．pig               D．cat

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends: It is opposite in America, Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes ,the welcome will be full, warm and real.

For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!

1.Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality?

A．Treating friends at home.

B．Taking days off to be with friends.

C．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.

D．Sharing everything they have.

2.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A．Americans are always generous with their time.

B．Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D．Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

3.This passage is most probably written for          .

A．American students                      B．Chinese students

C．Chinese visitors to America                D．American visitors to China

Look at the centre circles of Diagram (圖)A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger? In fact, they are exactly the same size.

Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.

“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:

When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解讀）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “visual illusion(視覺錯誤)”.

Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visual illusions.

1.Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?

A．something is wrong with our eyes

B．the two circles are not the same size

C．our brains interpret the information in a wrong way

D．the two pictures change quickly from one to the other

2.What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?

A．To help the actors look better

B．To make the actors much braver

C．To help the actors become stronger

D．To make the actors seem different in size

3.In the picture below, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as  Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?

A. The second one.               B. The third one.

C. The fourth one.                D. The sixth one.

4.What’s the right order according to the passage?

a. We look at things with our eyes.

b. Our brains interpret the messages.

c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.

d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.

A．a(chǎn) d b c            B．c a b d            C．a(chǎn) c d b            D．b c a d

5.Where may this passage be from?

A．A letter                               B．An English newspaper

C．A science book                         D．An advertisement

As we know, weather and climate can affect people in a number of ways.

Farming and climate   Farming is directly linked (聯(lián)系) to weather and climate. For example, wheat needs dry, warm and sunny weather to grow while rice needs wet, hot and rainy weather. Farmers have to decide what to grow according to the weather in their area. When there is a sudden change in the climate, it will affect farming and food production around the world.

Climate and people’s health   A change in weather will also cause changes in food, air and water qualities. So it will have a deep effect on people in the future. Changes in weather and climate can cause infectious (傳染的) illnesses to spread among people because germs (細(xì)菌) can be easily spread through air and water. 

Climate and water resources   A climate change would influence the water system across the world. For example, in North America there is so much rain that towns and cities are often flooded. However, in North Africa, people can die of thirst because of being short of water.

In recent years, as a result of global warming (全球變暖), we suffer a lot from extreme (極端的) weather each year and it is the duty of the whole world to control the climate change and save our own planet – the earth.

根據(jù)句意和漢語提示寫出單詞，完成句子。

1.My father’s ___________birthday is coming ,I will buy him a present . (四十九)

2.There is a long river _______________ our city. (穿過)

3.He is a teacher and his sister is a _________. (警察)

4.When I heard the bad news, I felt even _________. (傷心)

5.During the Spring Festival ,all of us have good __________. (心情)

根據(jù)句意，用所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。

1.Is the cup used to __________ water? (drink)

2.Don’t keep the room _________(close) when you stay in it.

3.The old man looked _________ (happy) at his lovely grandson.

4.The audience were excited because of the film star’s ___________. (arrive)

5.Of all the fruits, I like mangoes        (little), so I seldom buy them.

根據(jù)句意，用括號內(nèi)所給動詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。

1.—Why are you walking so quickly?  —________ (catch) the early bus.

2.—Have you been abroad? –Yes, I ________ (stay) in London for two years.

3.If you don’t like the drink you _________(order) ,just leave it and try a different one.

4.—What are you doing?  --I’m watching a match. It started at 7pm and ________(be) on for another half an hour.

5.—Who are you waiting for?-- Andy, he ________(expect) to come here at 3 o’clock. But he has’t come yet.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和首字母提示，在下文空格處填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~使短文完整。 (每空一詞)

We all need a healthy environment, but we p 1.waste every day and it does harm to our environment. Though we are young, we can still do something to help. In fact, even the s 2.everyday activities can make a real d 3.to the environment. Here are some ideas for you to live a green life.

Remember these three words: reduce, reuse and recycle.

Reduce means “don't waste things” .This s 4. money and reduces pollution and waste going into the environment. Before we buy something new, think if it is really n 5. or maybe the old one will be just as good! When we do buy things, choose local products if possible, and try not to buy too many things from a 6..

Reuse means “use again”. Use things for as long as possible. When we buy things, make sure that they last a long time. We should take care of them so that they will last, and we should r 7. them if we can instead of throwing them away and buying new ones. Don't use a paper cup or a paper bag. It’s better to use a china cup and a lunch box b 8.you can use them again.

Recycle means “change things into something else”. A 9. it takes energy to change something into something else, it’s better than throwing things away or b 10.them. Find out what can be recycled in your neighbourhood and take part in recycling programmes. We should also buy products made from recycled materials, such as recycled paper, to help save trees.

根據(jù)所給漢語完成下列句子。 (共 5 小題；每小題2分，計 10 分)

1.你最好把精力放到功課上去。

You ____________ _______ your ____________ _______ your lessons.

2.這個孩子應(yīng)該去上學(xué)，而不是在工廠上班。

The child _________ __________ school ________ ___________ at a factory.

3.目擊者證明那個嫌犯似乎三十五六歲的樣子。

The witness proved that the suspect _______________ ____________________.

4.不僅學(xué)生們，而且他們的老師也喜歡這部李安(Ang Lee)導(dǎo)演的電影。

____________ _______  likes the film____ ________ Ang Lee..

5.如果明天不下雨，我們?nèi)ス珗@吧！

__________ ______ the park if it _____ ________ tomorrow.