It’s difficult to live in a foreign country, if you can’t speak foreign languages.

A. mainly B. really

C. luckily D. especially

— Where is your father now?

— I’m not sure. He be in the kitchen.

A. must B. may C. can D. need

You will have a better chance _____ passing your exams if you work harder.

A. of B. at C.in D. To

下面哪个短语用于讲故事的开头比较合适？

A. Once or twice B. From time to time

C. Once upon a time D. For the first time

下面哪个单词与众不同？

A. vocabulary B. grammar

C. pronunciation D. dictionary

补全对话（将方框中正确的选项填入题下面的横线上（5分）

Jim: Tony, Lin Tao invited us to have dinner with his family.

Tony: Really? I’d love to. 1.

Jim: Sure. In China people put all the dishes on the table and everyone shares the food together.

Tony: That’s interesting. I hear they usually use chopsticks. Do they use spoons (勺子)?

Jim: Yes. 2.

Tony: Anything else about the table manners?

Jim: Er ... sometimes the Chinese will use their own chopsticks to put food in your bowl to show their politeness. Don’t refuse (拒绝) it.

Tony: 3.

Jim: Just say “thank you” and leave the food there.

Tony: 4.

Jim: Put them on the table or on your bowl. 5. It’s impolite（不礼貌的）

Tony: I got it. Thank you.

完形填空（10分）

All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep , happy and to live . People play different games in winter and summer. is good for swimming. And in winter people often go skating. Some sports are very and people everywhere like them. For example, football is very popular. In China, most people, men, ,boys and girls, like to watch football games. They often talk about them. and jumping began long, long ago. But basketball and volleyball are rather . People began to play them not long ago. And people are new sports or games all the time. Water skiing is one of . People different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become friends.

1.A. health B. busy C. healthy D. lazy

2.A. long B. longer C. happy D. happily

3.A. Winter B. Summer C. Autumn D. Spring

4.A. boring B. difficult C. expensive D. interesting

5.A. woman B. women C. old D. young

6.A. Run B. Runs C. Running D. To run

7.A. new B. interesting C. popular D. old

8.A. start B. play C. playing D. starting

9.A. oldest B. newest C. the oldest D. the newest

10.A. on B. of C. for D. at

英汉互译（15分）

1.汤姆告诉我不要碰任何东西。

Tom _____ me ____ ____ touch _________.

2.让我们尽可能多地说英语。

Let’s try to speak English as _______ as _______.

3.同学们将讨论学习英语的好方法。

The classmates____ _______ _____ talk about good ways to learn English

4.昨晚八点，你们正在开茶会吗？

_______ you ______ a tea party at eight last night?

5.他的话让大家哄堂大笑了。

His words _____ everyone laugh.

6.上学期我不得不把这个报告写了两遍。

I had to write the report ________ last term.

7.他的错误不是很严重。

His mistake is not very _______.

8.You’d better not waste any more of your time.

9.You must pay attention to you r spelling.

10.年轻人应该照顾老年人。

11.你的自行车怎么了？它坏了。

If you have no special plans for your free time, why not spend your time helping others? Don't listen to people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It is not true at all. More and more young people in the United States volunteer(志愿,自愿) to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice Hamiton, 17

I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths (徒步小道) in the mountains. It sounds terrible. I'll spend the whole summer living in a tent(帐篷) and breathing the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars. It will be nice, and I'll be able to do something good at the same time!

Jason Moore 18

This summer, I'm going to volunteer with Special House Program.They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They'll teach me what to do, so I'll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

Trish Anderson, 16

I'm going to teach kids who have trouble in reading. I'll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every day, I'm going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher, and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.Young people in the USA volunteer to help others .

A. on school holidays B. on weekdays

C. every morning D. every afternoon

2.From this passage, we know that Alice will volunteer in summer.

A. to sleep under the stars

B. to breathe the clean mountain air

C. to live in a tent

D. to help build new hiking paths in the mountain

3.From the passage we know Jason Moore .

A. likes reading B. is 18 years old now

C. isn't very rich D. is good at sports

4. wants to work as a teacher in the program called Reading For Life.

A. Alice Hamiton B. Jason Moore

C. Trish Anderson D. Nobody

5.Which of the following is the most possible title of this passage?

A. Reading for Life B. A Special House Program

C. The Forest Center D. Young American Volunteers

Air is all around us. At the time we are born, air is around us everywhere .We live in air.

All living things need air. Living things cannot live without air. We can go without food or water for a few days, but we can't live a few minutes without air. We take in air. When we are working, we need more air. When we are sleeping, we need less (少量的）air.

We live in air but we cannot see it. We can only feel it. We can feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can you make air move? Here is one way. Take an open book in your hands in front of your face. Close it quickly. What can you feel? It is air.

根据短文内容，回答下列各题。

1.Where is air?

2.What do all living things need?

3.What is moving air called?

4.When do we need more air?

5.Can we see air?