61. Don’t you think that the powerful red can balance the calm white?

56. hadn’t fallen　　　　　　 57. found　　　　　　　　　　 58. be done　　 59. are preparing　　 60. rains

51. have been operated　 52. was writing　　　 53. chatting　　 54. to travel　　　　　 55. would leave

46. collecting　 47. cruel　　　　　　　　 48. against　　　　　　 49. heat　　　　　　　　 50.immediately

41. treatment　 42. valuable　　　　　 43. further　　　　　　 44. heavily　　　　　　 45.six-ninth

　 16-25 ABCDC　 ABDCD

　 1-5 DCDCD　　　　　　　　　 6-10 CBADB　　　　　　　　 11-15 BBCDB

假设你叫陈军，昨天收到了笔友David的e-mail，得知他不久要作为交流生到无锡来学习中文。他想了解如何学好中文。请你用英文给他回复一封e-mail，介绍学习中文的体会和方法，提出你的建议，以及表达你帮助他学好中文的愿望。

要点提示：

1．　 汉语非常有用，现在许多外国朋友都在学习。

2．　 汉语较难，因为它跟英语很不一样。

3．　 必须尽量多记词，读和写也很重要。

4．　 可以通过看电视和听广播锻炼听力。

5．　 其他的方法……

注意：

1. 语法正确，意思连贯，书写规范，要点齐全；

2. 第五要点须用1至2句话作适当的发挥；

3. 词数80字左右。信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear David

I'm glad to hear that you'll be an exchange student and come to Wuxi to learn Chinese. _______

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If you have any questions please ask me. I'm sure you'll learn Chinese well.

Hope to see you soon in Wuxi.

Yours

Chen Jun

　　　 2008-2009学年度　 江南中学中考模拟考试(二)

第I卷(选择题， 共55分)

If there is a building which symbolizes(象征) a c____67____--- such as the Eiffel Tower for France and Sydney Opera House for Australia, then it has to be the Taj Mahal for India.

It was b____68_____ by the king, Shah Jahan, in 1653 in memory of his w____69___, Mumtaz Mahal. From the time they got m___70_____, they wouldn’t be separated(分开). She f___71_____ him to wars, a____72______him on wars, and was loved by his people for her good w____73____.　 But she died in 1631 d____74_____ childbirth. The king was heartbroken and h___75___the Taj Mahal built as a sign of his l__76______.

It took more than 20 years for the Taj Mahal to be built. Workers were b____77______ in, not only from all over India, b___78___ from Central Asia, too. A total of 20,000 people worked on the building.