Could you please tell me __________ some stamps?

A. where can I buy B. what I can buy

C. where I can buy D. what can I buy

We are supposed to talk with the old _________.

A. polite B. impolite C. impolitely D. politely

Don’t forget _________ the light before you leave a room

A. to turn off B. to close

C. turning off D. closing

完形填空

阅读下面一篇文章，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

Working in Africa, one day we went to an orphanage (孤儿院). There we met a lovely little girl named Tanzile. I gave her a sweet I brought. “She ________ one more, doctor,” said the nurse. I said “Of course.” and gave her ________ .

Before we left, we went to say ________ to Tanzile. She was holding the sweets I had given her.

I said to the nurse, “This little girl is clever. She has taken two sweets for herself.” ________ after the nurse asked her some questions, we learned the ________ about Tanzile.

Tanzile was 7 then. Two years before, her mom and dad had both died of AIDS. Her baby sister was taken away from her. From then on, whenever she ________ anything from people, including food, she refused to accept unless they gave her two — one for her and one for her ________ .

In fact, in her room, we found quite a few old things which she ________ to give her sister one day.

Later that day, I was ________ to find that this was not an isolated (个别的) story. There were many orphans just like Tanzile. With a lot of things in their rooms, they ________ for their brothers and sisters who they hadn’t seen for so long.

People sometimes think African children are different from our kids. They think that the children there don’t feel pain or sadness or love. But that is not true. Their pain is deep. And so is their love.

1.A. gives B. wants C. eats D. keeps

2.A. another B. the other C. others D. other

3.A. thanks B. sorry C. goodbye D. hello

4.A. Because B. Since C. But D. So

5.A. duty B. story C. idea D. study

6.A. received B. bought C. sold D. made

7.A. because B. friends C. nurse D. sister

8.A. threw B. wasted C. used D. collected

9.A. interested B. pleased C. surprised D. tired

10.A. made B. got C. left D. waited

Are you interested in country music? I like it very much! It will take me away for a while after I am tired. The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields.

Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. It’s the spirit of America, easy to understand, slow and simple.

Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of songs told about the lives of farmers. They talked about love, crops or death.

The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the nineteen twenties, people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.

When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.

John Denver was one of America’s most famous country singers in the 1970s. His song “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is well-known and people still play it today.

1.Country music was usually about everyday life and feelings.

2.Country music developed in the Northern United States.

3.People began to make country song records in 1970s.

4.Country music was easy to understand, slow and full of happiness.

5.John Denver is famous for the song “Take Me Home, Country Roads”.

People are different. So are friends. Some friends are patient and helpful while some friends are cheerful and caring. The following are some kinds of friends. You can read it and find out what kinds of friends you have. This will help you to improve your relationships with them and help you to find new friends.

Animal Friends

Many people keep animals as pets at home. It is right to say that animals are wonderful creatures (生物). They can be with you whenever you need them. Some people say they will feel lonely without their pets. Dogs are considered as people’s best friends.

Internet Friends

The Internet has become a very important part of our lives. It is not only helpful for people to work, but also a good way to make friends. Internet friendship has become more and more popular recently. More and more people begin to make online friends. Online friends are those who know each other through the Internet. They can talk about everything with each other online. Making Internet friends is similar to making pen pals.

Pen Friends

Pen friends, also known as pen pals, are quite popular with people who like writing. Pen friendship is mainly developed by writing to each other. It was a popular way of making friends in different parts of the world before the Internet came into being. Mostly, pen friends aim to share different cultures with each other.

1.According to the passage, the Internet is a good way for people to ______.

A. keep healthy B. make friends

C. travel D. play games

2.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Animal friends can be with you whenever you need them.

B. Internet friends can talk about everything online.

C. Nowadays nearly no one likes to make pen friends.

D. Pen friends can talk about different cultures with each other.

3.The passage mainly tells us ______.

A. how to make friends B. different people

C. some kinds of friends D. the importance of friends

“I can’t see clearly, because I don’t wear my glasses today.” We always hear people saying something like this. Glasses are very important to many people. Do you know how they were invented and developed?

Glasses took a long time to develop into what you can find in the glasses store today. The Chinese first used colored glasses as fashion. They thought that those glasses had magic, but they didn’t think that glasses could help eyes to see clearly.

In 1262, the inventor, Roger Bacon, discovered the amazing function(功能) of lenses(镜片), and he thought that glasses could be used to help people to see. Twenty years later, in Florence, Italy, the inventor, Alessandro di Spina, made the first pair of glasses that could help people to see.

Although these glasses worked, scientists didn’t understand how glasses helped eyes to see. They thought that eyes sent out light onto whatever a person was looking at, and then the light came back to the eyes. Johannes Kepler finally found out how glasses worked.

Inventors continued to improve glasses. In 1784, Ben Franklin created glasses that had bifocal(双焦的) lenses. Many years later, in 1827, George Airy made circle-shaped glasses to correct astigmatism, an eye problem that stops the eyes from seeing things clearly.

1.When the Chinese first used colored glasses, they thought ______.

A. glasses could help eyes to see clearly

B. glasses were in style

C. eyes could send our light onto glasses

D. glasses could help with eye problem

2.______ made the first pair of glasses that could help people to see.

A. Alessandro di Spina

B. Johannes Kepler

C. Roger Bacon

D. George Airy

3.From the passage we can know the underlined word “astigmatism” in the last paragraph is ______.

A. a special function of glasses

B. a special lens

C. a kind of glasses

D. an eye problem

I used to live in a small town with trees all around. It is about thirty years since I left my hometown. But I still remember what it was exactly like. And I often “see” it in many of my dreams. My hometown is a beautiful place. It stands beside a wide river and is rich in fish and rice.

But in the old days it was a poor and backward little town. Many people had no work. They lived a hard life. There was no tall building and the only street was narrow. But trees and flowers made the town beautiful. Just outside the town, there was a river. You could see different kinds of fish swimming in the clear water. People here lived a simple life.

Since a new policy(政策) was taken by the government, great changes have taken place there. The streets have been widened. Factories, schools, hospitals, cinemas and theatres have been built one after another. People’s life is greatly improved. You can see tall buildings, big department stores and factories everywhere. Different kinds of cars and buses are running in the wide streets.

But with the development of the industry(工业), we have fewer trees. Air and water pollution is becoming more and more serious. And there are also other problems. We should try our best to make it richer. At the same time, we must do something to stop pollution and make our town even more beautiful.

1.When did the writer leave his hometown?

A. About ten years ago.

B. About twenty years ago.

C. About thirty years ago.

D. About forty years ago.

2.How was the writer’s hometown in the old days?

A. poor but beautiful B. rich and beautiful

C. poor but big D. rich and developed

3.What is outside the town?

A. a lake B. a river C. a forest D. a grassland

4.As for the changes of the town, which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. The streets have been widened.

B. More factories, schools, hospitals, cinemas and airports have been built.

C. There are more and more cars and buses in the streets.

D. Tall buildings, big department stores and factories have been built.

完成句子: 根据所给汉语意思，用单词或短语完成下列英文句子

1.我的妈妈总是成功地应对生活中的各种问题。

My mother always all kinds of problems successfully in her life.

2.上周，当我获得了演讲比赛第一名时，我的老师和同学都为我而骄傲。

My teacher and classmates me when I got the first place of the speech contest last week.

3.昨天回家的路上，我偶然遇见了一个老朋友。

On the way home, I met an old friend yesterday.

4.这本书里记载了许多民族英雄的故事。

There are many stories of national in this book.

5.快点儿！飞机五分钟后就要起飞了！

Hurry up! The plane is in five minutes.

短文填空：用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次）

I’m Cathy Brown. I am now working for the Sunshine Travel Service in Jinan, Shandong. I have just come back from Taiwan, the 1._______ island in China.

Last week, I took a group of officials for a week’s trip to Taiwan. We2. _______ all around the island. There are lots of fascinating 3._______ on the island. My favorite is the Sun Moon Lake. You may ask why people call it so. If you 4._______ high up over the lake and look down from your plane, you’ll find the answer 5._______. In the middle of this lake, there’s a small island that is 6._______ Lalu. On one side of Lalu, the lake 7.______ like the sun, and on the other side it looks like the moon. That is why people call it the Sun Moon Lake.

There are many8._______ around this lake. One of the nearest is Mount Ali. We stayed there for three days. We also 9. _______ a dancing party with Gaoshan people there.

Why not consider 10._______ Taiwan for your next vacation? It’s a wonderful place to visit.