Kelly Christopher, a student at Lutheran High School in California, US, loves oranges. One day last week, she used a pole(竿子) to pick oranges off trees and collect them in baskets. It's the first time in her 15 years she's picked fruit from trees.

   "This is quite different from buying oranges in the supermarket," said Christopher. "Every time I eat an orange, I'll remember this experience."  

Christopher was one of the 30 student volunteers at Soil Born Farms. She volunteered as part of a project which was set up in 2009 to help homeowners in South Land Park pick oranges and other fruits out of their backyards. Before, the fruit would rot on the ground or get eaten by animals. Now the fruit is donated to those who need it.

    "It is good for many people", said Randy Stannard, who works for the project. "The homeowner gets fruit picked and more people can have healthy food."

    "Two harvests (收成 ) were organized in 2009 and volunteers picked 3,000 pounds (1,360kg) of fruit", Stannard said. In 2010, the number was 20,000. This year, Soil Born Farms hopes to get 40,000 pounds. They will harvest every weekend from January to April.

    Shannon Galloway, Christopher's science teacher, brought her students into the project this year.

 "You're making use of a resource that might be wasted," she said. "I think it's meaningful to everyone."

     Donato Frazier, 15, always climbs up a ladder(梯子) and gets on the top of the tree.

     "Standing on the treetop is pretty cool," Frazier said. "I can see clearly that many baskets are filled up, and even see that many people are eating healthy fruit because of our volunteer work."                                          

71. Christopher and other students went to pick fruits from real trees because they wanted to _____.

A. have some fresh fruit for themselves    B. make some money by selling fruit

C. provide people with more healthy fruit   D. buy some cheap fruit from their neighbors

1. When was the project set up?

A. In 2008.             B. In 2009.     C. In 2010.     D. In 2011.

2.What will happen to the fruit if they don’t help the homeowners pick it?

A. The fruit will rot or be eaten by small animals.

B. People who need the fruit will come to pick it.

C. The fruit will be used as a resource for research.

D. Homeowners will pick the fruit and sell it.

3. What does the underlined word “mean?

A. 资源             B. 调查         C. 对策         D.  娱乐

4.How do the students feel about their work?

A. It’s interesting and easy.              B. It’s meaningless and hard.

C. It’s meaningful and exciting.           D. It’s tiring and boring.

Spring is a good time for kite flying -- a popular activity in China. On a sunny day with a good breeze(微风), you'll see hundreds of colorful kites flying in the sky. They have all kinds of shapes like swallows and peaches. Some of the shapes have special meanings. For example, swallows mean good luck and peaches bring you a long life.

    The city of Weifang in Shandong is the home of the kite. The city holds an international kite festival in April every year. There are competitions for kite-flying skills and new styles of kites. The most famous is the competition for the "Kite King ". Thousands of kite fans from more than 30 countries visit the city to take part in the competitions, or to just enjoy this colorful event(事件).

    The largest kite in the world is a big "octopus (章鱼)". It's about 1,100 square meters, twice as big as a basketball court. Li Jingyang, a kite fan in Jilin, spent eight months making it in 2008.

    The kite was invented by Chinese people over 2,000 years ago. According to historical (历史的) record, kites were first used by soldiers to send news to their friends. In the Tang Dynasty, flying kites became a popular game played by everyone.

    As it was introduced to the West in the ll00s, the kite brought a great influence(影响) on Western life.

    In 1782, the lightning rod (避雷针) was invented with the help of a kite. Modern aircraft came from kites, too. At the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, a board reads: "The earliest man-made aircrafts were the kites and missiles (投射武器) of ancient China."

1. What activity is very popular in spring?

   A. Eating peaches.   B. Feeding swallows.    C. Flying kites.        D. Going to competitions.

2. What do people hope for when flying kites shaped like swallows?

A. Good luck.        B. A long life.         C. A lot of money.      D. Good health.

3.Why do thousands of people visit the city of Weifang in April every year?

A. Because they enjoy this colorful event.              

B. Because of the beauty of Weifang.

C. Because they have new styles of kites.

D. Because they are the winners of the “Kite King”.

4. When did Chinese people invent the kite?

A. In 2008.      B. In 1782.         C. About 1000 years ago.  D. Over 2000 years ago.

5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. The largest kite is three times as big as a basketball court.

B. In the Qing Dynasty, flying kites became a popular game played by everyone.

C. People invented kites to help swallows fly.

D. People got the idea of inventing the lightning rod from kites.

词汇运用  用所给词的适当形式填空，每空不限一词。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1. This dress is very popular this year. Do you know who the ________(design) is?

2. English Classroom is an _______(education) program on CCTV.

3. We have got a new printer, it_________(print) quickly.

4. If you answer all the questions _________ (correct), you will win.

5. I couldn’t stop _________(clap) when I heard the good news.

6. —How many times ________ you ________（phone） me these days? —Three times.

7. Where is Jim? He ________(do) his homework in the study at present.

8. We will hold a party to celebrate her ________ (twenty) birthday.

9. The boy fell off the tree and ___________(hurt) badly.

10. When the parade marched along the park, the children screamed with _______(excite)

任务型阅读  请根据材料内容，按照要求完成各题。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

In real life, all of us have friends. We can talk to them, play and go to the cinema with them. (1) But we know that not all of them are real good friends, because simply “A friend in need is a friend indeed”.

But why are they still our friends? (2) In every one of us there is a ______ need to have friends and not to live ______ in this world. This need makes us get along with the others. On the other hand, this need keeps us searching everywhere to find new friends. But when we have found one, some time later we realize that he or she is not what we are looking for.

    Everybody knows how to become a friend, but not all of them know how to become a good friend, because they don’t know what a good friend means. Some of us want to have friends just to make themselves happy, or maybe get something from others. He or she is not thinking about the others or what makes them happy. He or she is a selfish person.

    Someone knows the meaning of good friendship. Someone knows how to be loyal(忠诚的) to someone, how to take care of him, and how to love him, as he is a very important person in his life. Unluckily, not everyone on the Internet wants to be a good friend as what is happening in real life. They are looking for friends, just to prove that they have a lot of friends.

    About me, I’m not interested in numbers. Because I learned from the life: “Finding a real good friend is not an easy task”.

1. 将(1)句译成中文：_________________________________________________________

2. 在(2)句的空白处分别填入一个适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺：

_____________________ _____________________

3. 回答问题:What can we do with friends according to this passage?

___________________________________________________________________________

4.在文中找出与We are not alone because of the need of having friends意思相近的句子：

___________________________________________________________________________

5. 写出文中最能表达该短文主题的句子。

___________________________________________________________________________

缺词填空  根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone anywhere in the world without putting a stamp on it? W  1.  e-mails you can do that. Using a c  2.   you can send e-mails quickly and easily. The post is much s  3.   than e-mail. E- mails can send the message to the other s  4.   of the world in seconds.

E-mail is easy to use and it s   5.  time and money. The differences in time in different parts of the world do not matter w 6.  to send e-mails. It is twenty-four-hour service that makes you send your e- mail at any time of the day or n 7. . No one has to stay t   8. to receive e-mails. It d 9.   matter if your friends are in bed when you send an e-mail to them, or you are seeing a f   10.   at the cinema when they send an e-mail back.   

写作（20分）

在日常生活（daily life）中，国际互联网起着越来越重要的作用。请根据以下提示，以On the Internet为题写一段100字左右的短文。  

国际互联网的主要用途

On the Internet

____________________________________________________________________________

—Do you know Xidan Girl?

—Of course. She played _____ guitar and sang     song in the 2010 Spring Festival Gala.

A. the, the        B. the, a            C. a, the          D. /, the

—Why not come and join us in the game?

—__________, but I must meet Mr. Smith at his office now.

A. I'd like to.      B. Let's go         C. Yes, please        D. It's a pleasure

I am waiting for my friend.                , I will go swimming alone.

A. If he doesn't come       B. If he won’t come  

C. If he will come         D. If he is coming

—I eat___   vegetables and ____  _meat than I did last year.

—That’s why you’re getting fatter.

A. many; much      B. more; less    C. less; more      D. fewer; more