Chi Li is one of the best known Chinese writers in the West. She was born in the west. She was born in the 1950s'.     46     19, Chi entered a medical college in 1976. After she graduated, she     47      as a doctor at a hospital in Wuhan. As she loved  _ 48    much more, she went to Wuhan University to study Chinese language and literature in 1983. She chose   49    as her profession(專業(yè))。

During the 1980s, Chi wrote many works full of love. In the 1990s, her works, such as Apart From Love and The Sun Was Born, were  50   lives of young people and everyday problems. Since 2003, Chi has  51   a higher level in her works. And many of her novels have received a   52   honor. Life Show is one of her representative (代表) works and   53    has been translated into many languages. The   54    shows the real life of a common woman in Wuhan.

Chi says, "Writers don't need to be anyone,   55   they should be able to understand everyone." So she often travels alone to get a feel of how the world is and tries to understand people from all social strata (階層).

1. A. At the age of         B. At the moment        C. In the beginning

2.A. became             B. worked           C. enjoyed

3. A. medicine          B. travelling           C. literature

4. A. teaching          B. writing          C. nursing

5. A. over              B. under                C. about

6. A. reached           B. arrived          C. went

7.A. great              B. nice                 C. bad

8.A. she                B. they                 C. it

9. A. picture               B. story                C. newspaper

10.A. or                B. till                 C. but

Travelling has been popular with people for a long time. Many of today’s travellers are trying to find an unusual experience or adventure. Hiking may be a good choice.

  Instead of spending your vacation on a bus, in a hotel or sitting on the beach, you may want to try hiking. Hiking is a great way to travel. You will get close to nature and take exercise at the same time. Hiking is easy to do and doesn’t have to be very expensive. You can hike close to home or travel to other places. The basic equipment you need for hiking is simple: good shoes, clothes and a backpack. You can hike in the mountain, in a forest or along a river. You can also go for a hike in the city.

  Hiking is fun and exciting, but you shouldn’t forget safety. Here are some basic tips for successful hiking:

  ﹡Don’t hike alone.

  ﹡ bring water, a good map and a cellphone.

﹡Wear a hat to protect yourself from the sun.

1. Hiking is a good way to get close to nature.

2. Good shoes, clothes and a backpack are the basic equipment for hiking.

3. People can only hike in the mountain, in a forest or along a river.

4. Hiking is always fun, exciting and safe

5. You’d better go hiking with others.

Near the village, there is an old famous temple. Some people want to build new house where the temple now stands, because they can find no other area to build them, while others disagree with them. They meet to decide how to solve the problem. Here are their opinions about it.

The expert wants to protect the temple and believes that there are some interesting things buried in the ground. If it is destroyed or moved, people may never learn about how people lived in the past.

The businessman thinks that the houses should be built. History is important, but we must think about the future. The village needs development and building new houses will offer jobs to hundreds of people.

Villager A says, “We should build the new houses because we need houses to live in.”

Villager B says, “We should protect the temple because it can attract many tourists to come for a visit. If the temple is destroyed or moved, we will lose a lot of business.”

The village leader thinks that he has a duty to make life better for the villagers. They need jobs and new houses. He also thinks the cultural site (遺跡) is important and they should be careful with it as well.

1.The expert doesn’t want to _______ the old famous temple.

A. rebuild      B. protect      C. pull down    D. fall down

2.The businessman thinks building houses there can _______.

A. help the village develop 

B. attract many tourists to come for a visit

C. help people learn about how people lived in the past

D. help people learn about the interesting things buried in the ground

3._______ agree that they should build new houses there.

A. The expert and the village leader

B. The businessman and Villager A

C. Villager A and Villager B

D. Villager B and the businessman

4.The village leader thinks _______.

A. they should destroy the temple

B. they needn’t build new houses

C. They should build the temple to make life better

D. they should not only build new houses but also be careful with the temple

5.According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A. It’s difficult to satisfy everyone.

B. The cultural site is not so important.

C. It’s easy to make a decision on the problem.

D. The villagers will lose their jobs with the development of their hometown

For the British, the home is private place in which he or she goes to hide away from the troubles of life. It is very seldom that one would be invited to a British person’s home. It is rude to knock on a person’s door if you are not invited. If you are invited, don’t ask to see more than the downstairs that your British host invites you into. Never ask how much the house or any of the items in if cost.

  To the American, most of them want their home to be a place where they can entertain (款待) and share their lives with their friends. They may be delighted to give you a full tour of their houses. They may also be pleased when you show your interest and pleasure in their houses.

  Both British and American people will engage in quite a bit of chat and a drink or two before the meal is served. After the first mouthful, you should say how delicious the food is and ask something about it. Remember, never eat with your mouth open and make very little noise while eating. It would be nice of you to help your host in any way. Maybe offer to pour some drinks or clear up after the meal.

1. British people _______ invite friends to their home.

A. often  B. always  C. seldom  D. never

2.If your British friend invites you to his home, you can ____.

A. see anything you like               B. ask how much his house is

C. ask the cost of any of the items in it    D. only see the downstairs that you are invited into

3.When you show your interest and pleasure in American people’s house, they may be __.

A. angry     B. happy    C. sad      D. worried

4.What does the underlined “engage in” mean in Chinese?

A. 陷入      B. 參與   C. 回避     D. 限制

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Some manners on visiting British and American people’s home.

B. Different table manners between British and American people.

C. Different ideas about the home between British and American people

D. Different ideas about how to get along well with neighbors between British and American people

The word “cartoon” came form Italian. It first referred to the picture before an actual(真實(shí)的）drawing on the wall. __1.__ Since the 1840s, it has also come to mean any drawing that is humorous, satirical（諷刺的）or showing an opinion. It usually appears in a newspaper and magazine, with or without a short test.

_2.___ People of all ages, especially young children enjoy all kinds of cartoons in newspapers and magazines, or television and at the movies. Cartoons not only show their life, but help form it. 3._They have supplied ideas to plays, movies and television series and so on. Names or words form cartoon series have also come into modern languages.

    Many cartoonists (漫畫家）draw with special pens._ 4.__Surely, computers are especially effective for the making of animated cartoons. This helps us to enjoy more lively cartoons.

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5.Form the passage, we know that ______________.

A. few young children like cartoons

B. the word “cartoon” came form English.

C. all cartoonists use pencils to draw cartoons nowadays.

D. people like cartoons because they show and help form the life.

根據(jù)句意，用方框內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。（每小題1分，共5分）

1.I often hear them ____the piano in the room.

2. Teachers’ Day in the _____month of the year .

3.Tom fell ____in the class yesterday because he was very tired.

4.—Excuse me ,what’s the price of these ___?

—Six yuan a kilo .

5. I think Sally will be the ____of the English competition in our school.

根據(jù)中文提示，用詞組的適當(dāng)形式填空，每空一詞。（每小題1分，共5分）

1. Students should get to school__________ __________every day（準(zhǔn)時(shí)）.

2.. ____________ ______________ to some fruit, Bruce.(請隨便吃點(diǎn)…）

3.. Amy has grown up and she is ________ ________a child.(不再）.

4.. Doing eye excises is ______our eyes (對…有利）。

5.—Have you _________ __________the new dress ?

—Yes, it looks nice on me. (試穿）.

用方框內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，使短文正確、通順。每詞限用一次，每空一詞。

  China has the largest number of smokers in the world. _1._year,  about one million Chinese die from smoking-related illness. Official statistics(統(tǒng)計(jì)) in 2007 ___2._China has 300 million smokers, with another 540 million people forced to breathe in.

  China began taking part _3._the world Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control(《煙草控制框架公約》）in 2006. Governments at different levels have paid more _4.__to tobacco control in the last few years. Beijing , Shanghai and Hangzhou have tobacco-control___5.__. Half of China’s public health institutions have been non-smoking spaces since2010. Smoking in some indoor public spaces and special __6.___work spaces has not been allowed since January 2011.

  Selling to tobacco to anyone _7.__than 18 is not allowed. The seller should ask the buyer to show his or her ID card if the seller can not see _8.__old the buyer is .

  Now at least 23 countries use pictures on the packages to warn more people of the dangerous of __9.__. The picture warnings now are __10.___in bigger characters, and the use of colors of makes the warning clearer.

  For others and for yourself, please give up smoking.

根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容，選擇恰當(dāng)?shù)木渥友a(bǔ)全下列對話。（每小題1分，共 5分）

(At the doctor’s)

A: Good morning, doctor!

B:    1.      What’s wrong?

A: I have a sore throat.    2.     

B: How long have you been like this?

A:    3.   

B: Have you taken your temperature?

A: Yes. My temperature is OK.

B:    4.   Say “Ah”… You have a cold.

A: Is it serious?

B: Nothing serious.     5.     You’ll get better soon.

A: Thank you, doctor!

用恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~語填空，完成對話。每空一詞。(每小題1分，共5分)

A: Hello! 68307142.

B: Hi, Judy!    1.      is Tony.

A: Good afternoon, Tony! How is it going?

B: Very    2.    , thanks. I’m calling to ask where you had your family party last week.

A: At Hilton Restaurant. Why?

B: I’m    3.    for a proper restaurant. Some of my friends want to get together for a big dinner.

A: Hilton Restaurant opened last month. It’s a little bit expensive, but it’s     4.     the money.

B: Is the restaurant     5.    from my home?

A: No, it isn’t.

B: Thank you very much.

A: You are welcome.