A post-90s girl named Fan Yi published her first novel Swordbird at the age of 13. The_______novel appeared (出现) on the bestseller list for children's novels in the USA.

Fan Yi finished her first grade of________school in Beijing and then moved to the USA with her parents at the age of 7. Two years ________, she started to write her English story. She has been greatly interested in________since she was a little girl.

When Fan Yi was studying________at school, she read many articles________the September 11 Attacks(袭击). She wanted all people to live in peace (和平) with each other. Around that time, she had a________one night. In the dream, some birds fought with each other. Fan got an idea from the dream and turned it into a_______. In the story, she showed her idea of peace in the world.

In order to have her book published in________, Fan translated the whole English version into Chinese._________she didn't know many Chinese idioms (谚语), she had to get help from her parents from time to time. In the future, Fan will write more books for the Swordbird series. We will have to wait and see.

1.A. Chinese B. English C. French D. Japanese

2.A. primary B. middle C. high D. central

3.A. after B. before C. late D. later

4.A. birds B. dogs C. cats D. parrots

5.A. English B. maths C. biology D. history

6.A. about B. of C. with D. for

7.A. theme B. bird C. dream D. peace

8.A. work B. book C. fight D. story

9.A. China B. America C. Japan D. After

10.A. Because B. After C. Because of D. If

Sydney Tower

Address: 100 Market St, Sydney

Phone: 02 9333 9222 Fax: 02 9333 9203

Open time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. (Saturdays to 11:30 p.m.)

Ticket: $ 60 (for an adult) $ 30 (for a child)

Website: www. sydneytower. com. au

How to get there: train to Town Hall Station and a short walk along Market Street

How to book tickets: by phone / fax or through the Web

Attraction: Sydney’s best views are just the beginning! Sydney Tower takes you to the highest point above Sydney for exciting 360° views of our beautiful city.

1.Sydney Tower is ______ in Sydney, Australia.

A. the busiest street B. the biggest station

C. the most beautiful park D. the highest point

2.If you Want to book a ticket to Sydney Tower, you can' t _______ .

A. email sydneytower@ hotmail. corn B. fax 02 9333 9203

C. search www. sydneytower. com. au D. dial 02 9333 9222

3.Frank wants to go to Sydney Tower with his two children, he will pay _________.

A. $60 B. $90 C. $120 D. $150

4.Last Saturday, Johnson went to visit Sydney Tower. He had to get down the tower _ .

A. after 11:30 pm B. before 11:30 pm C. at 10:30 pm D. by 10:30 pm

5.The passage above is probably________ .

A. a piece of news B. a novel C. a story D. an advertisement

“Homestay” is a form of study abroad program. It allows the visitor to rent a room from a local (当地的) family to better understand the local lifestyle. It also helps to improve the visitor’s language ability, ” said a teacher during a school meeting last term. “Students who wish to learn more about foreign cultures or to get foreign experience should join this kind of holiday. I am sure you won’t be disappointed (失望的). ”

After this special meeting, I always thought about this kind of holiday. Last month, I had a chance at last to go on such a holiday with some of my schoolmates and we went to London, a place where I had wanted to go since years ago.

As we were still young, we had a group leader who planned things for us and looked after us. After we got to London, we went to stay with different families. I was lucky that my host family (寄宿家庭) was a white couple who had a daughter about my age. They treated me as a daughter of their family during my stay there. They were interested in me and I learnt a lot of things from them, too.

The holiday was filled with activities every day. After breakfast, a local teacher would come to take us in his car. Then we would have classes or go on a sight-seeing trip to different places of interest like the Big Ben, the London Bridge, and the Buckingham Palace. We would go back to our own homes after the activities.

The holiday was a valuable experience for me. I enjoyed every minute of it. Yet, time really flew fast. Three weeks later, we had to leave “home” for Hong Kong.

1.In the “homestay” program, a visitor can .

A. learn more about holidays

B. understand his culture better

C. improve the language ability

D. take part in foreign meetings

2.The writer had wanted to visit London since .

A. last month B. years ago

C. the special meeting D. her stay abroad

3.The group leader should .

A. make plans for the family

B. take care of the students

C. stay with different families

D. rent rooms to the students

4.The writer’s host family .

A. was very kind to her

B. went sight-seeing with her

C. had two white daughters

D. was interested in her activities

5.From the passage, we know that the writer in London.

A. wished to stay a little longer

B. spent three weeks in her home

C. had classes in many interesting places

D. helped the teacher take the students in a car

Good morning, boys and girl. Today I’ll talk about going online. We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet can make our lives interesting and enjoyable. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer. We can learn English and read some newspapers and magazines to know more information around us. It can make us clever in playing computer games. Also we can send e-mails to our friends quickly. It can help us contact people from all over the world.

But some students spend too much time in playing computer games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Some girls even get to have boyfriends or some boys get to have girlfriends online. They write too many letters to each other. It takes them too much time to chat online so they do worse in their lessons and they don’t study well any more. I think we mustn’t get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays. I think we should get online with our teachers or parents. At the same time, if we have lots of free time, we can do some activities after class. We usually have activities from 4：50 to 5：50 in the afternoon . You can play basket ball or football. We also have some interest groups in school, such as drawing, singing and dancing. We can go to the English corner on Monday afternoon. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities that we can learn a lot from and less time on the Internet.

阅读短文回答问题。

Mr. King was the owner of a large company. One day, he went into his office early in the morning to get ready to go to the airport and left for another city.

He was leaving his office when Bill, a night watchman, came in. Bill just came off work(下班). After saying "Good morning" to Mr. King, Bill told the owner about his bad dream. Last night he dreamed Mr. King's plane crashed after it took off. Mr. King was surprised to hear this. He decided to go by train.

Bill's dream came true. That morning the plane really crashed just after it took off. Later Mr. King returned to his office and heard the accident. To express (表达) his thanks, Mr. King gave Bill $5,000. He also gave Bill a letter. Mr. King told Bill that a man like him should be sent away. Bill was surprised and asked, "Why?" Mr. King said, "Go home and read the letter, and you will know why."

Bill went home and opened the letter in a hurry. After he read it, he became sad. In the letter there was only one sentence -- "A night watchman can't sleep on his duty(值班), but you did."

(Answer the following questions with no more than 6 words.)

1.Who was Mr. King? ______________________________________________

2.What did Bill do? ______________________________________________

3.How did Mr. King feel after he heard Bill's dream?________________________

4.When did the plane crash that morning?_________________________________

5.Why did Mr. King send Bill away? _________________________________

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。

Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others.It does not have the same meaning as our “No”.If someone wants to visit India,he should know this or it will give him some t1..

One day,a foreign officer went to India on b2..He hired(雇用)a car and an Indian driver.When he told his driver to take him to his office,the driver shook his head at once.The officer r3.his order and the driver shook his head a4..At last,the officer,of course,got a5..

“How dare(敢)you r6. my order?”he shouted,“Drive me to the office at once!”

The driver answered in a very loud v7. too.“Yes,sir.” But to the officer’s surprise ,the driver shook his head at the s8. time.

The car started and the officer was now surprised that he couldn’t s9. a word.He thought about it for a while and nodded with a smile,“ ‘No’ m10. ‘Yes’ here!”

书面表达

安徽黄山被联合国教科文组织定为世界自然文化遗产。假定外国友人到你校参观后，准备去旅游。请根据以下要点向外国友人简单介绍黄山（the Yellow Mountain）。

1.黄山位于安徽南部，是中国著名的旅游胜地，每年有大批中外游客前去旅游观光。

2.乘汽车去大约要花3个小时；也可以乘火车或飞机去。

3.登山便可领略其云海（the sea of clouds）及其秀丽的风景，我们还尝到了许多美食。

4.旅游尽管很疲劳，但我们玩得很开心，希望将来再次去黄山。

My father likes tea nothing in it.

A. of B. have C. with

Eric arrived on time, it was the rush hour.

A. although B. because C. unless

I’ve no idea if they ______ boating if it tomorrow.

A. will go; rains B. will go; will rain C. go; rains