— Summer vacation is coming! Could you tell me _______?

— Xi’an. I’m really looking forward to visiting Terracotta Army.

A. where are you going B. what are you doing

C. where you are going D. what you are doing

— Are you going to take part in the photo competition, Tony?

— _______ I want to beat Ken this year.

A. You bet! B. No deal. C. That’s a pity. D. Good luck!

One Sunday, I walked to the supermarket. As usual, there I picked all things on the shopping list my mother gave me. As I turned to go out, I saw a beautiful dress in the window. I turned away, feeling sad that I could _______own (拥有) such a dress.

Outside, I couldn’t take my mind off that dress. I worked so hard to help my family but I got _______ in return, just more housework to do. I was so angry that I _______to realize the apples were falling out of the bag onto the road. Suddenly, I saw a pair of hands,_______ me two of the apples. I looked up and saw a homeless old man. His clothes were old. But his eyes were soft and kind.

“Thanks,” I said. No other words were spoken as he_______ to help me. Soon all the apples were back in the bag. I said “thank you” one more time and was ready to leave_______I had many other things to finish. Suddenly, he said, “Have a good day”. And then he gave me the biggest _______ I had ever seen. Right then, he looked years younger — I and I felt such a fool.

Seeing him disappear into the crowd, I couldn’t stop feeling _______for myself. The homeless old man “taught” me so much. Life was never easy for him. He had reminded(提醒) me with his big smile that my life was good enough, and there were worse things than not having a dress.

My mother will give me the list next Sunday. I will make the same _______ to the supermarket and probably see something I want but cannot have, too. But before I start to feel down, I will________the kind stranger with the big smile.

1.A. never B. ever C. even D. only

2.A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing

3.A. seemed B. stopped C. failed D. planned

4.A. selling B. handing C. lending D. drawing

5.A. expected B. continued C. agreed D. refused

6.A. but B. so C. though D. because

7.A. smile B. gift C. apple D. bag

8.A. proud B. safe C. sorry D. nervous

9.A. decision B. journey C. effort D. mistake

10.A. control B. escape C. invent D. remember

Toby was a 13-year-old boy. He studied in a middle school in Paris. He was quite a clever boy and was good at almost everything. However, he had a problem. He had a fear (恐惧) of heights. This problem made him unhappy for a long time. He talked to his father about it one day.

“I’ve had enough, Dad,” he said. “I would love to go rock climbing with my friends. But every time I get too high, I feel afraid.”

His dad paused (停顿) as he thought about his son’s __▲ .

“well, Toby,” he said quietly, “I can help you. But you will need to be brave. Are you ready?”

Toby was quiet for a few minutes.

“I am ready!” he answered bravely.

Toby’s father picked up the keys and walked towards the front door.

“we’re going into the city!” his father said.

Toby knew what was coming. Toby lived in Paris. One of the world’s tallest buildings was there. That was the Eiffel Tower. Nothing was said between them as they drove into the city.

After about an hour, they arrived at the Eiffel Tower. Toby looked up at it.

“Can I really do this?” he asked worriedly.

“Well,” his father said, “I will be with you every step of the way. This is the day that you fight your fear! Come on!”

Toby took a breath. His father held his hand and then they made their way, step by step, towards the top of the Eiffel Tower. At last they got to the top.

“Wow, Dad!” he said excitedly as he looked over Paris.

“I told you there was nothing to worry about,” his father said.

1.The word “it” in Paragraph 1 means the fact that __ .

A. Toby had few friends

B. Toby was afraid of heights

C. Toby planned to visit the Eiffel Tower

D. Toby wanted to join a mountain climbing club

2.The best word for “__▲ ” is “_______”.

A. dream B. plan C. problem D. study

3.Toby went to the Eiffel Tower _______.

A. by bus B. by bike C. by taxi D. by car

4.How might Toby’s father feel about Toby at the end of the story?

A. Hopeless. B. Happy. C. Surprised. D. Worried.

5.This story is mainly about _______.

A. fighting fear B. making friends

C. giving advice D. choosing hobbies

Last summer I went to one of the world’s most famous historical places, the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. It was the home of the emperors (皇帝) of the last two dynasties (朝代) in China, the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The Forbidden City was built in 1,420. The palace has over 10,000 rooms. It was where the emperors dealt with the official business with their ministers (大臣).

In Mandarin (普通话), the Forbidden City is called the Purple Forbidden City. However, the color of the palace itself is not purple. The color purple stands for power of the great emperors of China. It was so sacred (神圣的) that the common people could not even dream of ever going in.

The emperor also had some of the largest festival celebrations at the Forbidden City. During Chinese New Year, the emperor would invite all the members of his family and his officials to a banquet. The banquet had a hundred and eight Chinese dishes. It was such an expensive banquet that it could feed a common family for three generations (三代人).

Right now the Forbidden City is known as a historical site for tourists from all over the world. Everyone can go in there. It is a museum with priceless Chinese antiques (古董) and treasures in it.

I really learned a lot about the Chinese culture and its history from this trip to the Forbidden City. It was like a dream which has come true. And I was excited to go on the trip and see the things that I had always wanted to see.

1.How long is the history of the Forbidden City?

A. About 600 years. B. More than 600 years.

C. 1,420 years. D. Over 10,000 years.

2.We call the palace the Purple Forbidden City because the color purple is the symbol for _______ of the emperor.

A. power B. beauty C. interest D. health

3.What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “banquet” in Paragraph 4?

A. performance B. competition C. exhibition D. dinner party

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Forbidden City in the passage?

A. The emperor lived there.

B. The wall of the Forbidden City was purple.

C. It is a historical place for visiting.

D. The emperor had festival celebrations there.

5.In the passage, the writer wants to show us _______ of the Forbidden City by comparing its past with present.

A. the beauty B. the treasures

C. the changes in use D. the building process

Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The program works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.

The eye-recognition (眼睛识别) program has already been tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain, Spain, Italy and Turkey. Soon this technology will take the place of all other ways of finding out who people are.

Eye-recognition is a course of recognizing iris (虹膜), which includes the following steps. First, a kind of machine needs to collect different examples of one’s iris from his eyes and store them. Second, when this person goes to the bank to take out money, this machine will have iris feature extraction (采集). Then, this machine will compare the examples kept in it with iris feature extraction. Once the examples and the feature extraction are the same, this person will be identified (识别), and he will take out the money from the bank successfully.

However, scientists are also working on other systems. Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! We have already had machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger. Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, and don’t get dirty like hands or fingers, and even twins have different eyes. So the eye-recognition program can be up to 94% correct, depending on how good the technology is. However, some other programs may only be 51% correct now. In Britain, it was found that 91% of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.

In the future your computer will be looking at you in the eye. So smile!

1.How does the eye-recognition program work?

A. You look at the machine. B. You say your name.

C. You type in your number. D. You show your ID card.

2.Which recognition program has been already tested in shops and banks according to the passage?

A. Remembering smells. B. Remembering fingerprints.

C. Remembering the shape of faces. D. Remembering eyes.

3.Put the sentences in the right order according to the passage.

a. The man will take out the money from the bank successfully.

b. This machine will compare the examples kept in it with iris feature extraction.

c. A kind of machine needs to collect different examples of one’s iris from his eyes and store them.

d. Once the examples and the feature extraction are the same, this person will be identified.

e. When this person goes to the bank to take out money, this machine will have iris feature extraction.

A. c-d-b-a-e B. b-d-c-a-e C. c-e-b-d-a D. b-e-d-c-a

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The eye-recognition program can be up to 51% correct.

B. In Britain, 91% of people said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.

C. Everyone’s eyes are different, and even twins have different eyes.

D. The eye-recognition program is widely used now.

5.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Tell people how the eye-recognition program works and what advantages it has.

B. We have already had machines that can tell who you are from your voice.

C. You won’t have to remember a number when you take money out of a bank.

D. Scientists are working on the voice-recognition system.

根据对话内容，从方框内选择恰当的句子将对话补充完整。(选项中有两项是多余的)

A. What interesting things did you do there?

B. How was your summer vacation?

C. What was the weather like there?

D. What activities do you plan to do?

E. I’ll share you much about it next time.

F. I’ll bring them to school tomorrow.

G. I went to Qinghai Lake with my parents.

A. What interesting things did you do there?

B. How was your summer vacation?

C. What was the weather like there?

D. What activities do you plan to do?

E. I’ll share you much about it next time.

F. I’ll bring them to school tomorrow.

G. I went to Qinghai Lake with my parents.

A: Hi, Johnny! 1.

B: Hi, Alex! My summer vacation was wonderful!

A: Where did you go?

B: 2.

A: Qinghai Lake? Could you please tell me something about it?

B: Sure. It is a popular tourist area in the summer. It is the largest saltwater lake in China. And it is one of the most beautiful lakes in China.

A: That sounds great! 3.

B: Nice and cool.

A: 4.

B: Lots of interesting things, such as boating, fishing, bike riding and bird watching.

A: Wow! Did you take any photos there?

B: Yes. The scenery (风景) there was really beautiful.

A: May I have a look at them?

B: Of course. 5.

A: OK. Thanks a lot.

根据所给中文意思完成句子，每空限填一词。

1.我到达时，他们正在吃早餐。

They were _______ _______ when I arrived at their house.

2.去查看一下是谁在按门铃，问他要什么。

_______ ______ who is ringing the doorbell and what he wants.

3.我看也不看就删掉了垃圾邮件。

I _______ _______ junk mail without reading it.

4.至少我们没有损失时间，这就算是幸运的了。

_______ _______ we didn’t lose time. That’s something lucky for us.

5.时间一分一秒地过去，艺术家坐着沉默不语。

The artist sat _______ _______ while the minutes passed.

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子。

Have you ever thought about making a bicycle that you dream of? Some creative people have invented some special bicycles. Here are three of them.

Bambikes

Bambikes are produced in a company in Philippines. They are made of an unusual kind of bamboo and other materials like metal and a local plant. They are very strong. And they are a perfect combination (结合) of the greenest building material and common bicycles. By making bambikes, the company offers jobs to the local people. Besides, it provides money for some students in its community to pay for their study. To continue the production, the company plants more bamboo than it cuts.

The heaviest bicycle

A German cycling lover, Frank Dose, has recently made the world’s heaviest bicycle with big old wheels and lots of other waste materials. He created it just because he made a bet (打赌) with his friend. The bicycle weighed 1.08 tones. It broke the world record of its kind in weight. Frank said his bicycle was surprisingly easy to ride although it had a huge size and weighed a lot. He rode it in front of 5,000 people for over 100 meters to prove it.

Twisted (变形的) bicycles

Two brothers in France created a bike that looks strange to ride and twists in the middle. Riders can make tight turns (急转弯). The brothers say the bicycle is hard to ride so it can stop people from stealing it. In fact, it isn’t as hard to control as you think. It takes a day or two to get used to the crazy way of riding. It’s amazing. So far, there have been 30 of the bicycles, but they are not for sale yet.

1.Some creative people _______some special bicycles.

2.Bambikes are made of an unusual kind of bamboo and other materials, such as ______.

3.The company plants more bamboo than it cuts in order ______.

4.Frank Dose created the world’s heaviest bicycle just because of _____.

5.Two brothers in France created ______and twists in the middle.

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。每空限填一词。

The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People r1. these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel along the Silk Road about 3,000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade b2.important in the world. The Silk Road covered a 3. 6,500 kilometers. It went from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Businessmen travelled along the Silk Road to c4.silk and trade it, of course, many other things like spices (香料), cloth, jewels (珠宝) and gold.

Along and around these ancient roads, have come many wonderful and magical stories.

It is said that Roman soldiers who lost a war travelled through central Asia. They d5. to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese villages. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the legend (传说) of the fair-haired, blue-eyed tribes (部落) of China was started.

Some historians believe that the people of Kashmir (克什米尔) were taken away from their country Israel (以色列). They were prisoners (俘虏) of war 2,800 years ago. People say that these people travelled along the Silk Road. They kept their Jewish (犹太人的) way of life for a long time.

D6.its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of v7.things and new ideas. It included people and trading goods (货物) from different a8.. All these people travelled along the Silk Road. And they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.

In modem times, the old Silk Road routes (路线) are still u9., but now they are crossed by trains instead of c10.and horses. There is even silk route museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000 cultural objects (文物) from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.