1. His hair is long. He should c      it.

3. You’d better not go out in the evening. I’m worried about your s      .

 假设你叫刘霞，你的英国笔友Tom打算今年 寒假到中国来旅行，他对闻名遐迩的长城特别感兴 趣，希望你能向他介绍一下有关长城的知识。请你 根据以下提示,写一封不少于80词的信。信的开 头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数。可适当发挥。

提示:1.长城是中国的象征和骄傲； 2.它始建于秦朝，由砖石组成，用于抵御（resist)敌人;

3.开始很短，历代王朝不断建造，现在 有20,000多千米;

4.现在是著名的旅游景点。 Dear Tom,

It’s nice to receive your letter.      

Best wishes! Liu Xia

 Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa inItaly lean? 1.        It    has    leaned almost since the day of the tower was built. In 1173，the people of Pisa, Italy, wanted to build a bell tower. They wanted the tower to be the most beautiful bell tower in all ofItaly.

2.      

However, there was a problem. As soon as the first floor of the building was finished, the tower started to lean. Builders tried to make the building straight again as they added more floors,

3.      

It took almost 180 years to finish the tower. Since then, the tower has leaned by another millimeter every year. Today, the Leaning  Tower has eight floors and 54. 5 meters tall. By 1990, it was leaning by about 4 meters to one side. It was also slowly sinking into the ground. 4.      

In 1998, repair works began on the tower, and by the end of 2001, it had been moved back by 45

centimeters. 5     . It will need to be repaired again—in another 200 years.

B)阅读短文，选出与下列单词或词组相匹配的选项。

(   ) 1. lean              A. solve ; come    up    with

(   ) 2. straight          B. not bending

(  ) 3. figure out         C. go down slowly; 

                              go into the ground or underwater 

(   ) 4. sink              D. fix; mend

(   ) 5. fall apart        E. not be straight;  bend to one side

(   ) 6. repair            F.    break down

Some popular places to visit are built by people. Other famous places are created by nature. For example, in the northeast of theUnited States, there was a famous rock on a high mountain that looked just like an old man. He had lots of hair, a big nose, and a beard. People called him “ The Old Man of the Mountain” and every year more than a million people came to look at him. Scientists think that the stone face had been there for about 17，000 years.

In    May 2003 ,  there was  very bad weather near the Old    Man of the  Mountain. There was very strong wind and the temperature was very low. The sky was so cloudy that people couldn’t see the stone face for many days. As soon as the storm was over, people looked for the Old Man and they couldn’t see him. They discovered that he had fallen apart. The stones made his face sank down the mountain. A number of scientists climbed up to see if they could repair the stone face, but they had to give up. They figured out that the damage from the weather was just too bad.

1. The Old Man of the Mountain was built

2. The stone looked__an old man.

3. The stone may be there for about           ,    scientists    think.

4. During the storm and after it was over, people __the stone face .

5. Many people wanted to        the stone face, but they      .

6. Scientists think strong    and

     temperature    caused the Old Man to fall apart.

6. —What are you going to do this weekend?

—I’m not sure. I      visit my aunt.

5. Children        play ball games on the street. It’s dangerous.

4. The boy is clever. He        tell many stories when he was young.

3. I       find my pencil case. I think I’ve lost it.

2. That hair band        be    Bob’s    because  he is a boy.