在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分）

1. Hey, Julie. I’ve had a problem recently. ________ you help me?

A. Can 

B. Must 

C. Should 

D. May

2. I get up very early in the morning, so I often feel ________ in the afternoon.

A. bored 

B. boring 

C. tired 

D. tiring

3. Sometimes I drink a lot of coffee to stay ________ in class.

A. wake 

B. awake 

C. sleep 

D. asleep

4. But it only gets ________. I can hardly get any sleep in the night now.

A good 

B. better 

C. bad 

D. worse

5. I’ve made ________ drink less coffee, but it doesn’t work. What shall I do?

A. ourselves 

B. us 

C. myself 

D. me

6. Why not give up coffee ________? Or at least stop drinking it after 2:00 p.m.

A. sudden 

B. suddenly 

C. complete 

D. completely

7. And I ________ you should try the colour therapy. Colours have amazing power.

A. support 

B. suggest 

C. imagine 

D. introduce

8. ________ it may not work on everyone, it may work on you.

A. Though 

B. But 

C. Because 

D. Since

9. But I can’t promise you ________. You’ll have to try it yourself.

A. something 

B. anything 

C. everything 

D. nothing

10. The therapy centre is on High Street and it ________ service for over 10 years.

A. has started 

B. has been in 

C. has stopped 

D. has been out of

11. —That sounds interesting! May I ask ________ to see the changes?

—Well, it depends. Some people take a while, and some others take forever.

A. how much will it cost 

B. how long will it take

C. how much it will cost 

D. how long it will take

12. Thanks a million, Julie! If it ________, you will be my angel!

A. works 

B. will work 

C. fails 

D. will fail

13. You’re welcome! ________ you good luck!

A. Give 

B. Make 

C. Hope 

D. Wish

14. —Is that your phone ringing, Julie?

—Yes. ________. Tell me about your sleeping problem. Is it getting better?

A. It is important 

B. I promise 

C. It can wait 

D. I agree

阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

It was a hot afternoon, and the hour-long bus journey had only just begun. There were only five people on the bus—two young girls and their brother, sitting with their aunt, and a young man, who was sitting alone in the ____15____. The young man had already begun to think he’d chosen the wrong bus to take.

The children were hot, tired, and bored, and behaving ____16____. The youngest girl was singing the first line of a song, over and over again. Everything the aunt said began with ‘Don’t’ and everything the children said began with ‘____17____’.

“Don’t put your feet on the seat, Cyril!”

“Why not?”

“Because you’ll make it dirty. And don’t always look at the man. That’s not ____18____. Oh, look at those sheep in that field”

Nearly every field the bus had travelled past had sheep in it, so the aunt’s ____19____ was difficult to explain. “Why is that man taking the sheep into the other field?” asked the younger girl.

“Perhaps there’s more grass in that field,” ____20____ the aunt.

“But there’s lots of grass in both fields.”

“Well, perhaps the grass is better in the other field.”

“That doesn’t make any ____21____. Why is it better?” came the immediate question from Cyril.

The young man was looking angry. “I imagine he doesn’t like ____22____.” the aunt thought.

“Come and sit over here, all of you, and I’ll tell you a story,” she said.

The children did not look at all ____23____ by the aunt’s offer. They’d obviously heard her stories before, and this one was very boring indeed.

“Oh, it’s definitely the most ____24____ story I’ve ever heard,” said Cyril.

“Yes. I didn’t even care to listen to it,” the younger girl said, and began singing the first line of her song again.

“You’re not a great success as a storyteller,” said the young man suddenly from the corner.

15. A. back B. corner C. middle D. front

16. A. sadly B. wisely 

      C. badly D. proudly

17. A. Why B. What C. When D. Where

18. A. common B. natural 

      C. polite D. funny

19. A. discovery B. doubt 

      C. praise D. surprise

20. A. replied B. shouted 

      C. repeated D. laughed

21. A. excuse B. trouble 

      C. sense D. difference

22. A. stories B. sheep 

      C. strangers D. children

23. A. excited B. satisfied 

      C. worried D. bored

24. A. humorous B. stupid 

      C. unusual D. serious

阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分）

A

25. What is the text above?

A. A diary. 

B. A letter. 

C. A report. 

D. A survey.

26. Who wrote it?

A. Zhao Min. 

B. Shirley. 

C. Chen Dan. 

D. Zhang Ke.

27. What can we learn about Shirley?

A. She is a new student of this school. 

B. She is a Chinese student in London.

C. She can speak very good Chinese. 

D. She can use chopsticks very well.

B

Short texts can be seen everywhere. They are short but provide useful information. Read the short texts below and answer questions.

28. What does Jim want to do?

A. To take Tom home for dinner.

B. To practice volleyball with Tom.

C. To ask Tom to help with his homework.

D. To play volleyball with Tom after dinner.

29. What can we learn from the notice?

A. The club will not be open this Friday.

B. Students can borrow cameras by Friday.

C. The club will start the project this Friday.

D. Students must finish the project by Friday.

30. What can we learn about the school café?

A. It will be closed for two days next week.

B. It will start to repair the kitchen on Monday.

C. It will allow students to bring sandwiches only.

D. It will not provide hot food for part of next week.

C

“Did you even hear my question, Lucho?” asked Mr Parra.

The students at the front of the class turned round to watch the show. They were all smiling. Eva Villa had turned to watch too, but she wasn’t smiling. For a moment Eva looked straight into Lucho’s dark sad eyes and he could feel his face turning bright red. Then she turned back to the front and said something to the girl sitting next to her. The girl laughed.

Mr Parra walked towards Lucho’s desk. Lucho liked Mr Parra, although he didn’t like history class. There was too much information to remember.

“Maybe you could tell us what I have been talking about for the last twenty minutes, Lucho, while you were looking out of the window,” said Mr Parra.

Lucho’s heart felt heavy. He had no idea what to say. He looked down at his history textbook. The page was about “The stolen past” and there was a photograph of a gold object that looked very old. Next, he looked quickly at the board and saw one of Mr Parra’s favourite things: a mind map. Every time they had to write about something for homework, Mr Parra asked them to make a mind map.

The mind map had four empty circles joined by four lines to a bigger circle in the centre. In the centre circle Mr Parra had written the word “guaca”. Lucho tried to remember where he had heard the word before.

They were all waiting. Lucho looked out of the window for a second and saw a little yellow bird. Yes, that was it! Guaca was a word that his grandmother had used, but what did it mean? The class was still waiting for him to speak. Suddenly he heard the little yellow bird singing in the tree outside and he opened his mouth.

“We were talking about guaca, sir,” he answered.

“And what is guaca, Lucho?” Mr Parra asked.

“Guaca means ‘special object’. An antique object that was made by South American tribes, usually from gold, sir.”

Mr Parra looked surprised. He hadn’t expected Lucho to know the answer.

The girl next to Eva turned to look at Lucho again. The rest of Lucho’s classmates had lost interest. Lucho felt better, but Mr Parra hadn’t finished with him yet.

“That’s correct, Lucho,” said Mr Parra. “And what is today’s homework?”

Homework? Lucho hadn’t heard Mr Parra talk about homework. He looked at the mind map on the blackboard again. Outside, the bird had stopped singing.

31. What did Mr Parra draw on the blackboard?

32. When Lucho’s heart felt heavy, he probably felt a sense of ________.

A. peace 

B. pity 

C. hope 

D. shame

33. What is the best title for this story?

A. A Strict Teacher 

B. The Yellow Bird 

C. A Special Object 

D. The Mind Map

D

Brazilian artist Vik Muniz uses everyday objects in unusual ways. Through his art, Muniz makes people think differently about their everyday lives-even their own rubbish.

In 2007, Muniz worked on a two-year project at one of the world’s largest landfills. Until its closure in 2012, Jardim Gramacho received about 70 percent of the rubbish from Rio de Janeiro. About 3,000 rubbish pickers, known as catadores, worked there. Their job was to hunt through the rubbish for recyclable cans, bottles, and other materials. They then made money by selling the objects to recycling companies.

The catadores’ work was dirty and dangerous, and most of them only received between $20 and $25 a day. Despite the hard conditions, many catadores were proud of their work. Valter Dos Santos, a worker at Jardim Gramacho for more than 25 years, told Muniz, “I am proud to be a picker. I try to explain to people that recycling prevents great harm to nature and the environment. People sometimes say, ‘But one single soda can?’ One single can is of great importance! That single can will make the difference.”

Muniz became friends with Dos Santos and other catadores. They allowed him to take their photographs at the landfill, where they posed for artistic portraits. For example, Muniz photographed a landfill worker in the style of a famous French painting. The workers then helped Muniz create huge images of these photos on the floor of his workshop. They used materials from the landfill to add color and depth to the images.

________ Muniz says he wanted to “change the lives of people with the same materials they deal with every day.” A photograph of his recreation of the French painting sold for £28,000 ($50,000) at a London art auction. Muniz gave the money to the catadores workers’ organization.

In 2010, a movie called Waste Land was made about Muniz’s project. The film received many awards and helped make people aware of the rubbish collectors’ lives. The catadores also began to see themselves differently. “Sometimes we see ourselves as so small,” says Irma, a cook at Gramacho, “but people out there see us as so big, so beautiful.”

34. Why did the writer mention Valter Dos Santos?

A. To tell the story of a catador’s life. 

B. To describe the catadores’ hard conditions.

C. To show the value of a catador’s work. 

D. To give an example of successful catadores.

35. What can we learn about Muniz’s photographs?

A. They were all taken at the landfill. 

B. He spent a long time on each of them.

C. They were only part of his unusual creation. 

D. He took them in the style of famous paintings.

36. Which of the following is the most suitable for ________?

A. Why take such photos of these catadores? 

B. Why create such huge images using rubbish?

C. How to help these people in a creative way? 

D. How to turn everyday objects into art pieces?

37. Which of the following shows the right order of the things that happened?

a. A movie was made about Muniz’s project. 

b. Gramacho stopped receiving rubbish.

c. Dos Santos started working at Gramacho. 

d. Muniz made friends with some catadores.

A. d-c-b-a. 

B. c-d-b-a. 

C. d-c-a-b. 

D. c-d-a-b.

（A）根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

38. There is a new movie on show in the cinema ________ (今晚).

39 Your favourite actor David plays two different ________ (角色) in it.

40. Many young people think it’s well ________ (值得) watching.

41. I like David very much too and I think he is a ________ (天生的) actor.

42. I’m wondering ________ (是否) we can go and watch it together.

（B）根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

43. Ne Zha 2 has been the biggest ________ (win) on the film market this year.

44. It’s about a boy named Ne Zha, who is a bit ________ (patient) sometimes but very brave.

45. He makes a ________ (decide) to fight against enemies to protect his family and home.

46 The film has been a huge success and the ________ (late) news says it will keep on showing until the end of June.

47. If you haven’t watched it yet, ________ (simple) pick up your phone and book a ticket.

根据句意，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

48. Simon and I ________ (work) on a history project now.

49. We both agreed ________ (write) about the changes in Taihu New City.

50. Mr. Chen ________ (live) there for over 50 years, so we went to interview him.

51. He ________ (drink) tea with a few old friends in a park when we arrived.

52. Here is the information we got from him. The city ________ (have) a short history.

53. It ________ (make) up of a few old towns and villages.

54. It’s clean and beautiful now, but in the past there ________ (be) a lot of pollution.

55. The government decided to take action ________ (solve) this problem.

56. Hundreds of factories ________ (encourage) to move away or close between 2005 and 2015.

57. The environment is much better now, and it ________ (get) even better in the future.

阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题，每小题答案不超过8个单词。

Today, there are countless exciting ways to have fun. Every day, there seems to be something new and interesting to do. A lot of entertainment today depends heavily on modern technology. Can you imagine how people in ancient times had fun? In fact, many ancient forms of entertainment survive to this day. People have given new life to these activities, so that people of all ages can still enjoy them. Among them, flying kites is one of the most popular ones.

Kites have a long history in China. According to one legend (传说), the famous Chinese thinker Mozi created a flying “wooden bird”. Later, people used bamboo to take the place of wood, and covered the bamboo frame (框架) with paper. This was the birth of “paper kite”. At first, kites were mostly used by the army. They were used to send messages and test the wind. Slowly, people used them more and more for fun. By the time of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE), kites became a popular toy all around China.

Flying kites not only links us to our ancestors, but also gives people a way to express creativity. Every year, kite fliers from all over the world come to the Weifang International Kite Festival in Shandong Province’s Weifang City. The city has been known as the “kite capital of the world”. During the festival, thousands of kites fill the sky. There are both traditional kites like birds and fish, and modern ones like TV and comic characters. Some kites can be over 200 metres long. They fly into the sky in the shape of dragons, spaceships and even high-speed trains.

58. Who made the first kite according to one legend?

______________________________

59. What were paper kites made of?

______________________________

60. What did people use kites to do at first?

______________________________

61. What is Weifang City known as?

______________________________

62. What do you think has brought the changes to the kites’ shape?

______________________________

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