根据对话内容，在每个空白处填写一个适当的单词。(Fill in the blank with a right word according to the dialogue．)

A：Tom, I have some questions about your country, Canada．

B：Okay．(1)________ do you want to know?

A：What should we do when you(2)________ someone for the first time?

B：You should shake hands for the first time．

A：How about time? For example, when a party is at eight o'clock, do we arrive at eight o'clock?

B：No, you can arrive about fifteen minutes late．

A：OK．Is it the(3)________ for business meetings?

B：Oh, no．For a business meeting make sure you're on(4)________．

A：Mm．I have heard that it's rude to make sounds when you eat．Is that true?

B：Yes, it is．You shouldn't do that．

A：One more question．Are you supposed to take a gift when you visit someone?

B：Yes, it's(5)________ to take a few flowers．

A：Thanks．Now I'm ready．

任务性阅读

(A)

　　Jacques Cousteau, a Frenchman, was very interested in diving deep into the sea, and wanted to be an 　　1　　．But at that time, there was no machine 　　2　　 a person to breathe under water for a long time．Then in 1943, he and his friend made it possible by inventing the scuba machine．So he 　　3　　 a ship and used it to explore under the sea．When he explored the sea, he took pictures and 　　4　　 of many things 　　5　　．He even made a TV show which ran for eight years．It was named The Undersea World of Jacques Coustemt．It was very popular and let many people see what life was like under the sea．

(B)

　　The Great Lakes between the US and Canada are the largest bodies of fresh water in the world．For a long time, people lived happily beside the Lakes until the countries began to build factories along the shores．Pollution was killing the Lakes, Pretty soon, the Lakes’ ecosystem was not right any more．Scientists knew something had to be done．So did the government．They learnt it was important to keep the ecosytem of the Lakes healthy and strong．If the Lakes dried up．the whole world would feel it．Many areas would become deserts and many animals would lose their homes and maybe die out．As a result, they set up a lab called the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory to solve the problem．

任务1：用方框里所给单词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。(每词限用一次，每空一词)

1．________　2．________　3．________　4．________　5．________

任务2：根据英文释义及首字母提示，拼写单词。

6．d________to stop living

7．s________the land along the edge of a large area of water, such as an ocean or lake

任务3：同义句转换，每空一词。

Scientists knew something had to be done．So did the government．

　　8　　 scientists 　　9　　 the government knew something had to be done．

任务4：根据短文内容简答问题。

10．What was killing the Lakes?

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(创新题)阅读理解

　　Mrs Read has two daughters, let’s have a look at what chores they do at home．

　　(A)Alice started doing chores when she was about eight years old．At that time, she did the dishes with me together and(B)she has to sweep the floor．She is ten years old now．She is now doing the dishes herself and has to do the laundry, too．

　　Amy is four and she started doing chores this July．(C)She clean off the table after dinner, puts her own clothes away,and sometimes she likes to help me sweep．I let her help mop, but she fell down too many times．And(D)有时她也帮助她姐姐。Her work is usually not perfect．

　　Last week Alice got her pocket money, but lost it in two days later．Because she didn’t do her chores the following two days．She will get it back if she can keep doing her chores every day until the end of this month．

根据短文内容回答下列问题

1．Did Alice and Amy started doing chores at the same age?

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2．把画线部分(A)处改为同义句

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3．画线部分(B)处有一处错误，请改正

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4．请把(C)处译成汉语

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5．请把(D)处译成英语

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(创新题)阅读理解

　　The meeting lasted three hours．Mr Gould looked at the clock on the wall．It was a quarter to eight．“The last bus started fifteen minutes ago．”thought the man, “it means I’ll have to stay in a hotel tonight．”

　　(A)Mr Gould always drove home after work．He lived outside the city．(B)There was something wrong with his car these days，so he had to take a bus to his office．That afternoon, he had to discuss something important with others,?(C)________ he couldn’t catch the bus．

　　At last the meeting was over．It began to snow after he came out of the warm office．He wanted some warm food and soup first．Most restaurants were full of people and he went into a small one．The waiter came up quickly and(D)showed the menu to him．?

　　“Some hot soup, please．”said Mr Gould．

　　About twenty minutes later, the young man brought the soup to him．When Mr Gould was drinking, he found something in it．“Come here, boy,” he called out．“Look! There’s a grey hair in my soup!”

　　“It’s very strange, sir,” said the waiter．“It’s usually a fly．I remember．”

1．According to the passage, what time did the last bus start?

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2．将画线部分(A)改写

Mr Gould always ________ home ________ car after work．

3．将画线部分(B)译成汉语

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4．在(C)的空白处填入一个适当的词语

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5．将画线部分(D)改写成同义句

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听力部分

(一)听下面10段对话，每段对话读2遍，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。(5％)

(　　)1．What's the weather like?

A．Rainy

B．Windy

C．Cloudy

(　　)2．Where were the twins?

A．In the library

B．In the teachers' office

C．In the reading-room

(　　)3．Where is Lily going this weekend?

A．To Hangzhou

B．To the south

C．To her hometown

(　　)4．What number did the man want?

A．5506327

B．5560327

C．5506237

(　　)5．What's Mike's favourite subject?

A．History

B．Art

C．Music

(　　)6．How often does the No．8 bus come?

A．Every three minutes

B．Every five minutes

C．Every eight minutes

(　　)7．What time will they meet?

A．At 9∶00

B．At 8∶30

C．At 8∶00

(　　)8．How much will the man pay if he buys two kilos each?

A．3 dollars

B．6 dollars

C．One dollar and a half

(　　)9．How old is Miss Zhao?

A．24 years old

B．26 years old

C．28 years old

(　　)10．Who bought the watch?

A．Amy

B．Amy’s aunt

C．Amy’s uncle

(二)听下面几段对话或短文每段对话或短文后有几个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或短文读2遍。(10％)

(　　)11．What did the woman do last Sunday?

A．To go to the cinema

B．To watch the tiger in the zoo

C．To have dinner with her child

(　　)12．What does the woman think of the film?

A．It's not good

B．It's too long

C．It's interesting

(　　)13．What will the girl go back to Canada with her parents for?

A．For a trip

B．For a holiday

C．For a visit

(　　)14．How long will they stay in Canada for the family get-together?

A．About a month

B．About seven days

C．About half a month

(　　)15．Who will help the girl with his Chinese lesson?

A．Sally

B．The boy

C．Her parents

(　　)16．When did Mr．White stop working?

A．At 9∶15

B．Before 9∶15

C．Early next morning

(　　)17．Why was he tried?

A．Because he got home late

B．Because he worked for his mother for quite a few hours

C．Because he had to go home on foot

(　　)18．Which of the following is true?

A．He came to a wrong house

B．He lost his key

C．He was so tired that he couldn’t get into his house

(　　)19．Whose dog was it?

A．It was his own dog

B．The dog is the police's

C．The dog was the neighbour's

(　　)20．He decided to get into his house through ________ so that he wouldn't wake up his wife and children．

A．the back door

B．the front door

C．the window