Three  21  ago, my family got our first computer.  22  the beginning of this summer, I found it was too old and I wanted to get a  23   one. After my father. and I talked for a long time, he  24  . We went to many shops and read many ads.   25   we bought an HP computer.

During the first week, I noticed  26   our computer had some problems. I spent many hours   27   to fix it, but it   28   work. So I   29   to phone the HP compa­ny and ask them   30   to work out my problem. They told me to wait until the next morning because all their workers were 31 that day.

The next morning two workers came. It took them many hours to mend it, but the computer    32 did not work. My dad had no other way but to return the whole thing.

A few days later, we decided that I should go on the Internet and order some parts to build a new computer by  33  .

It was not an easy job for me to build a new computer. I tried many times, and in the end I was successful. From these setbacks(挫折), I have learned a lot. Now I be­lieve that if the HP computer hadn't had any problems,   34   I would not have learned how to build the new one. Even though I spent lots of time on it, I know it wasn't     35    .

1. A.  days       B.  weeks        C.  months        D.  years

2.A.  At         B. On            C. To             D. For

3.A.  big         B. new          C. cheap           D. small

4. A.  won        B.  paid         C.  agreed         D.  received

5.A.  At first      B. At last         C. At once         D.  At times

6.A.  if           B.  that         C. what            D.  how

7.A.  try          B. tried          C.  to try         D. trying

8.A.  do           B.  did         C.  don't          D.  didn't

9.A.  hoped        B.  have        C. had             D. liked

10.A.  how         B.  what         C.  why          D.  where

11. A. free           B. sad           C.  busy          D. exciting

12.A. already         B. always        C.  still          D.  usually

13.A. themselves      B.  himself      C.  itself         D.  myself

14.A.  or            B.  then         C.  so           D. and

15.A. a waste of time    B. a successful job C.  a good computer   D.  a bad company

Years ago, many zoos kept all kinds of animals in small cages(笼子). Small cages made it easy for people to see the animals, but a small cage is not a good place for an animal to live in.

     Today zoos keep animals in different kinds of cages. The cages are very big and open. They usually have plants and a little lake. The cages look like the animals' habitats

     Zoos help to protect all kinds of animals. They protect animals in the zoo and they protect animals in the wild. How do they do this? Zoos teach people how animals live in the wild. Zoos want people to help protect the animals' wild habitats.

     Many plants and animals are going extinct. Mammoths, which are related (有关联的) with Asia elephants, are now extinct. There are no mammoths in the world today, Scientists say that seventy- four different kinds of living things go extinct every day!

     Zoos are working together to stop animals from going extinct.

1.Zoos kept animals in small cages so that people can              

   A. protect them    B. see them better    C. feed them      D. save them

2.Today, zoos keep animals              

   A. in bigger cages    B. in the wild    C. in smaller cages    D. in the field

3. To protect animals, zoos              

   A. are trying to keep all kinds of animals   B. are trying to free the animals

   C. teach people more about animals       D. want people to feed the animals

4.A mammoth is a kind of_   _ that has gone extinct.

    A. plant      B. bird     C. animal     D. tree

5. An animal or a plant that is going extinct __            

  A. no longer exists(存在) in the world   B. comes into this world soon

  C. becomes very dangerous            D. has fewer and fewer living members

Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.

  Enough laws have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers' exhibition (展览).There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves.

Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.

     Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

1.Australia is                       

A. the largest country in the world    B. larger than China 

C. as large as Shanghai             D. not so large as China

2.Enough laws have been made to__

A．increase the population   B. grow more plants  

C. fight against pollution     D. show wild flowers

3.Perth is_       

A. the capital of Australia        B. in the west of Australia

C. in the east of Australia        D. the biggest city in Australia

4.In Perth you may visit a wild flowers' exhibition in        

   A. October        B. January     C. May     D. July

5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. All the big cities in Australia are seriously polluted.

B. Australia .is famous for its sheep, kangaroos and large population.

    C. We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of the white sheep..

    D. If you go to the countryside in Australia, you will see a large number of White sheep.

Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed . We couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience (耐力).

   Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing . I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing, but as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that mountain, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life.”

    At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got knew hope and confidence. I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶).

1. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was _____for Father and Son.

   A. hard      B. enjoyable       C. painful      D. comfortable

2. The word “quit” in the passage means “______”.

   A. carry on    B. put off      C. give up      D. pick up

3.Which of the following is the closest (最接近的) in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph?

A. You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.  

B. The sky is always as clear as crystal.

C. You can find life is full of nice things.             

D. Never give up half-way.

4.We can infer (推断) from the last paragraph that ______.

A. the writer was very successful in his life.   

B. the writer reached the top of the mountain.

C. thought the writer was young, he could understand his father.

D. the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain.

5.The best title (题目) for the passage is “______”.

   A. Reaching the Top of the Mountain       B. Standing at the Top of the Mountain

   C. Conversations between Father and Son   D. How to Get to the Top of the Mountain

1.It wasn’t very  _____  (有礼貌的)of you to serve yourself without asking．

2.Smoking is not  _____  (允许)in this restaurant．

3.Is the fire still  _____  (燃烧)?

4. Thanks to the policy, which the government is sending home-electric machines to farmers, they can pay much            (少的) money.

5.What was the most important            (发明) in the 20^th century.

6.After Jim answered the phone, he rushed out of the house   _____    (立即).

7.English dictionaries are very    ___    (use) to you when you study English.

8.I want to have the bike very much. But I can’t a           it.

9.The dresses_________ (本身) are made of common materials, but they sell well because of the famous designer.

10.He seldom__________ (回复) to the e-mails his friends send him.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出修改的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。

Dear friends,

It is real a good chance to have met all of you here. We have spent several precious weekend in learning in the English Club. Although we have been members for a short period of times, we have made a great progress. That is because we are all very much active and the activities are not only enjoyable and also helpful. Besides, the foreign teachers here work hard and try his best to make the activities lively and interested. I am very pleased to say that all of us greatly improved our spoken English so far. I am looking forward to see all of you again in the near future!

进入高中生活，每位同学都面临结交新朋友。以“How to make friends”为题，写一篇短文，要点如下：

1.交流你的爱好，交谈中目光真诚，注视他人；

2.做一个很好的倾听者；

3.对他人友好，助人为乐。

结合以上要点，适当发挥。字数80-100。

---_______.

    ---OK. I’ll speak a little more slowly.

   A. Sorry, I don’t understand you.          B. Sorry, I can’t follow you

   C. You can’t speak so quickly             D. Oh, you speak too fast

The engine of the ship was out of order and the bad weather ________ the helplessness of the crew at sea.

   A. added to        B. set down       C. played a part in         D. led to

Dick isn’t feeling ______ well this morning because he had _______ breakfast.

   A. much too; much too                  B. too much; too much

   C. much too; too much                  D. too much; much too