Listening

Part 1

1．warming up

Pay attention to the following words and phrases which you will hear while listening.

North Pole北极

celebrate one's birthday 庆祝生日

blow away 吹走

thaw 烘烤

2．Listen to the tape and choose the correct answers.

1)Who traveled to the North Pole with me?

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A．My friends.

B．My family.

C．None.

D．My sisters.

2)What was the weather like on the first day?

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A．Snowy and windy.

B．Windy and sunny.

C．Snowy and rainy.

D．Sunny and windy.

3)What should I do before the wind became strong?

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A．Put up my tent.

B．Sleep in the sleeping bag.

C．Find a hole.

D．Make a fire.

4)When was my birthday?

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A．November 10th.

B．November 1st.

C．November 20th.

D．November 12th.

5)Which one is not true?

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A．I hurt my foot in the accident.

B．I had to thaw my birthday cake over the fire.

C．On the 22nd day, my workday was increased to 12 hours a day.

D．I waited to get better at last.

3．Listen to the tape once more and fill in the blanks.

1)I made a journey to ________ to celebrate my birthday .

2)Luckily, ________ ________ and I weren't blown away by the howling ________.

3)I had fallen into a very deep ________ and was hanging on the ________.

4)With my ________ and ________, I put my tent up.

5)It's an experience I shell never ________ and shall ________ for the rest of my life.

Part 2

Dick and Becky live in England. They have a farm, a shop and a tea-shop. People come to the tea-shop to drink tea and have lunch.

1．Listen to the tape. Tick the words you hear on the tape.

2．Listen to the tape again. Complete the words on the diagram.

3．Answer the following questions.

1)Do their two children work on the farm after they graduated from school?

2)How do they raise their chickens?

3)Do they sell cakes made by themself? Why?

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在正确选项上划勾。

　　Last week I took my five-year-old son, Robert, to the Science Museum. He had always enjoyed going to museums, particularly those where you can press buttons to make things work. He did not much like the sort where there are bones and bits of pots in glass cases; but I told him the Science Museum was not like this.

　　When I mentioned to him that we were going to the Science Museum, he looked puzzled. He asked me what there was to see there, and when I replied that there was a collection of cars, trains and aero-planes, and an imitation coalmine that you could walk into, he looked even more puzzled. But there was nothing he liked better than climbing on old railway engines, so he smiled and said he would come. I told him that we would see models of all the world's most famous ships, and of all the most useful machines that men had invented over the years; I told him that there was a part of a space ship that you could go into, and imagine that you were far away from the Earth; and I said that we would probably see a film showing the development of science from earliest times to the present day.

　　But there was one thing I hadn't prepared my son for. Every afternoon at four o'clock, a man switched on a very powerful electric current and makes it jump between two terminals, like a flash of lightning. There were notices making it clear that there would be a bright flash and a loud bangbut I had no idea just how loud it would be.

　　When four o'clock came, we stood with a large crowd of people near to where this event would take place. I lifted Robert up onto my shoulders so that he would be able to see the flash more clearlyand we waited. We had not waited more than a minute or so, when a very bright flash jumped across the terminals, and at the same time, a very loud bang made everyone in the audience jump. I could feel Robert shaking with the sudden shock of the noise. I lifted him back down onto the floor, and we left the museum.

　　He said nothing until we were outside in the street. Then he looked up at me and said, “Why do they call it the Science Museum? It seems a very funny name to me.”

1．The sort of museum that Robert liked was one where ________.

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A．he could climb on things to make them work

B．there were lots of bones and pots in glass cases

C．there were glass cases full of things that had once worked

D．he could press buttons so as to make things work

2．I told him that the Science Museum contained ________.

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A．transport of all sorts and a life-size model of a coalmine

B．a real coalmine and lots of different types of transport

C．old railway engines that worked at the touch of a button

D．a coalmine in which you feel you are far away from the Earth

3．I said that there would be models of ________.

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A．science from earliest times to the present day

B．the Earth as seen from part of a spaceship

C．all sorts of machines and famous ships

D．machines that you could go into

4．I thought we might see a film about ________.

[　　]

A．the development of transport over the years

B．the history of space-flight from earliest times to the present

C．man's understanding and use of all sorts of machines

D．the history and growth of man's knowledge about the world

I used to walk my dog every morning. Later when we got back home, I would give it some food. This usually caught the 　11 of a mynah bird(八哥). The most 　12 feature of this bird was its brightly-coloured 　13 mouth, so I found it a bit strange.

Later I read a book and found that the colour yellow 　14 “communication, optimism(乐观) and inspiration”. I took the “c” from 　15 , “o” from optimism, and “in” from inspiration to form the word “Coin”. This became the bird’s 　16 .

Every time when my dog finished his 　17 , Coin would look at me and sing , “Raack! Raack!” After singing, she would start picking up the food left by the dog.

When winter came, Coin 　18 . It was the longest winter that we had ever had. When spring 　19 came, it was the time for the birds to fly back and I often 　20 what had happened to Coin.

One day after I had given my 　21 its food , a mynah flew down. It was then that I heard the 　22 　“Raack! Raack!” Coin was back! Sometimes, I wondered how Coin knew to come back to the same 　23 she had left.

Each morning Coin would come with her sweet 　24 . Both I and my dog accepted her as a member of our family. Now, I understand that if we have optimism and inspiration in our life, and if we communicate often with others, we are sure to be 　25 by everyone.

11. A. realization　　　　 B. view　　　　　　　C. sight 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. attention

12. A. special　　　　　　 B. common　　　 C. central　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. possible

13. A. black 　　　　　　 B. white 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. yellow 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. sad

14. A. stands for　　　　 B. achieves　　　　 C. organizes　 　　　　　　　　　 D. changes

15.A. communication　 B. carnival　 　　　　　　　　　　 C.celebration　　　　　　　　　　　 D.custom

16. A. food　　　　　　　　 B. cage　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. name　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. story

17. A. song 　　　　　　 B. communication　　　　　　　 C. meal　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. walk

18. A. died 　　　　　　 B. hid　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. disappeared 　　　　　　　　 D. escaped

19. A. suddenly　 　　 B. finally 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. happily 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. luckily

20. A. complained 　　 B. recorded　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. wondered　　　　　　　　　　　 D. wished

21. A. door　　　　　　　　 B. bird　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. daughter 　　　　　　　　　　 D. dog

22. A. strange　 　　　 B. familiar　 　　　　　　　　　　 C. crazy 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. terrible

23. A. place　　　　　　　 B. cat　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. person　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. sky

24. A.song　　　　　　　　 B. face 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. appearance　　　　　　　　　　 D. voice

25. A.confirmed　 　 B. accepted　　　　　　　C. agreed　　　　　　　　　　　 D. impressed