As we know, Meizhou Island is a famous place of interest in Putian. My pen pal from Australia, Sam, would like to visit it very much. He is coming here for a holiday next week. He is planning to stay here for seven days. He has never come to Putian before, so he needs to know something about it. The weather is the most important thing that he would like to know. He wants to know what he should get ready for the trip and what kinds of clothes he has to take with him. Here is the seven-day weather report for Putian.

根据短文及表格内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。（10分）

(       ) 58.  How long will Sam stay in Putian?

A. Two days. B. Five days. C. A week. D. A month.

(       ) 59. What information does Sam most want to know?

A. The food in Putian. B. The history of Putian.

C. The traffic in Putian. D. The weather in Putian.

(       ) 60. What will the weather be like on July 5th?

A. Sunny.         B. Cloudy.        C. Windy. D. Rainy.

(       ) 61. On July 3rd, the high temperature is________.

A. 26C. B. 28 C. 32 D. 36C.

(       ) 62. What do you think Sam should wear when he stays in Putian?

 

As prices and building costs keep rising , the “do-it-yourself”(DIY) trend(趋势)in the USA continues to grow .
“We needed furniture for our living rooms ,” says John Ross , “and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it . So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs .” John got married six months ago , and like many young people these days , they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high .The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school .Now they make all their furniture and repairs around the house .
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife has died .He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory .Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420 . “I was deeply upset about it .Now I’ve finished a car repair course .I should be able to fix the car by myself .”
John and Jim are not unusual people .Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourself”, you can go to DIY classes .And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell them how they can do things themselves.
【小题1】We can learn from the passage that many newly married people ______ .

A．take DIY courses run by the government

B．have to learn to make their own furniture

C．find it hard to pay for what they need

D．seldom go to a supermarket to buy things

【小题2】John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to _______ .

A．run a DIY shop	B．save time and money
C．make or repair things	D．improve their life

【小题3】 When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home ,he means Jim___ .

A．makes shoes in his home	B．does extra work at night
C．repairs his own car at home	D．keeps house and looks after his children

【小题4】 Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourself when he found _____ .

A．his car repairs cost too much

B．the car repair class was not helpful

C．he could not possibly do two jobs

D．he had to raise the children all by himself

As we know, Meizhou Island is a famous place of interest in Putian. My pen pal from Australia, Sam, would like to visit it very much. He is coming here for a holiday next week. He is planning to stay here for seven days. He has never come to Putian before, so he needs to know something about it. The weather is the most important thing that he would like to know. He wants to know what he should get ready for the trip and what kinds of clothes he has to take with him. Here is the seven-day weather report for Putian.

根据短文及表格内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。（10分）
【小题1】How long will Sam stay in Putian?

A．Two days.

B．Five days.

C．A week.

D．A month.

【小题2】What information does Sam most want to know?

A．The food in Putian.	B．The history of Putian.
C．The traffic in Putian.	D．The weather in Putian.

【小题3】What will the weather be like on July 5th?

A．Sunny.

B．Cloudy.

C．Windy.

D．Rainy.

【小题4】On July 3rd, the high temperature is________.
A. 26C. B. 28 C. 32 D. 36C.
【小题5】What do you think Sam should wear when he stays in Putian?

As the event of “Sunny Sports” develops in our country, the government has paid more attention to students’ health and raised “Exercise one-hour a day.【小题1】k_________illness away.” So far our school life has 【小题2】c____________a lot. Now we have more time to take part in exercise at school. We play basketball, 【小题3】f__________, badminton and so on. They make our brains relaxed and our school life more colourful. We have become more 【小题4】e__________and our study has improved a lot. It can build up our body and reduce diseases. Let’s【小题5】t__________exercise every day!

As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He's very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other   31  in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked   32 . He was an actor.
Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's  33  his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted  34  part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them   35 : Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful   36 __.Dickens' early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He   37  it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write   38 he died. When he died in 1870, he was  39  a story. But what a pity! We'll never know _40_ it ended.

【小题1】

A．cities B．countries C．towns D．villages

【小题2】

A．reading B．writing C．acting D．playing

【小题3】

A．what B．how C．when D．why

【小题4】

A．the next B．next C．next to D．next time

【小题5】

A．too B．as well C．as well as D．also

【小题6】

A．book B．story C．play D．film

【小题7】

A．hated B．enjoyed C．wanted D．shamed

【小题8】

A．as B．while C．until D．since

【小题9】

A．drawing B．singing C．writing D．making

【小题10】

A．what B．how C．who D．which