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1. —Have yu visited ________ Yancheng Nature Reserve?
—Yes, it’s great. It is ________ ideal hme fr wildlife.
A. /; aB. /; anC. a; anD. the; a
2. —I made s many mistakes in the last exam.
—N ne is ________. The key is t learn frm mistakes and never stp.
A. perfectB. carefulC. activeD. famus
3. In rder t get a better ________ in the exam, yu shuld frm a gd learning habit.
A. exampleB. resultC. answerD. message
4. —I called yu at half past nine this mrning, but there was n answer.
—Oh, srry, I________ with my cusin in the supermarket.
A. shpB. was shppingC. shppedD. will shp
5. Hw beautiful the cranes lk! Wrds can’t ________ their beauty.
A. understandB. describeC. reprtD. write
6. —Mum, I received a bx frm my uncle. What’s in it?
—I’m nt sure. It ________ be sme tls. He knws yu like DIY a lt.
A. needn’tB. shuldn’tC. mustD. may
7. —Hw many peple in yur cmpany were trapped in the burning building?
—Luckily, _________.
A. nB. nneC. n neD. nthing
8. —What a wnderful match! I just can’t stp cheering and screaming.
—But yu’d better ________. Being t excited isn’t gd fr yur health.
A. break dwnB. calm dwnC. fall dwnD. turn dwn
9. He was interested in drawing ________ his sister liked singing.
A. whenB. asC. afterD. while
10. Blue whales are ________. We shuld try t prtect them.
A. in timeB. in publicC. in dangerD. in all
11. ________ the peple lcked inside, the firemen brke dwn the dr.
A. ReachB. T reachC. ReachingD. T reaching
12. Which f the fllwing wrds rhymes with “shadw”?
A. windwB. hwC. shadeD. clur
13. Smetimes we add the suffix “-ly” t a wrd t frm (构成) an adjective(形容词). Which wrd is frmed in this way?
A. happilyB. reallyC. usuallyD. friendly
14. Which f the fllwing has the same sentence structure (句子结构) as “Ice cream tastes nice.”?
A. Children like flying kites in spring.B. He ften swims in summer.
C. Mst leaves turn brwn in autumn.D. We can see peple make snwmen in winter.
15. —I’m srry I can’t g shpping with yu. I have t lk after my little brther.
—________!
A. It’s a great pityB. It’s a pleasureC. Yu’d better ntD. Dn’t wrry
二、完型填空 （15分）阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
阅读短文，从短文后所给选项 (A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The driver ____16____ the back dr f the ambulance (救护车) quickly and ran t the frnt, jumped int his seat, and started the engine (发动机). Inside were the ____17____ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green. Mther was hlding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had sme fd stuck in her thrat (喉) when having lunch and culd hardly breathe (呼吸).
The driver, Mr. White, turned ____18____ his siren (报警器) and flashing light, and started driving twards the _____19_____ hspital. The cars in frnt f him pulled ut f the way when he drve thrugh the ___20___. Frm the back f the ambulance the parents were shuting at him t ____21____ because Ally almst stpped ____22____. In frnt f him he saw the traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had ____23____ time t lse, s he drve straight past the traffic lights.
Cming twards him frm his right was a taxi.The driver had the windws up because the car was air-cnditined (开了空调), and he was playing a radi. He did nt ___24___ the ambulance. The lights were ___25___, s he drve straight nt the path f the ambulance.
Mr. White tried t stp his ambulance but it was t late. It hit the taxi, but n ne was hurt. Mr. White turned t see ____26____ little Ally was. He was surprised t see jy instead f ____27____ n the faces f the parents.
“Lk!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is breathing again. ”
“ It must be the ____28____ .” said her husband. “ It ____29____ the fd ut f her thrat. ” The baby was crying in a lud but healthy ____30____ . They were all happy, and quite frgt abut the accident, the taxi, and the lines f cars all arund them.
16.
A. clsedB. penedC. knckD. pulled
17.
A. bredB. surprisedC. wrriedD. interested
18.
A. nB. ffC. dwnD. ver
19.
A. farthestB. nearestC. mst expensiveD. mst beautiful
20.
A. busy trafficB. empty streetC. pen airD. dark place
21.
A hurryB. stpC. leaveD. drive
22.
A. eatingB. breathingC. cryingD. playing
23.
A. muchB. anyC. nD. sme
24.
A. nticeB. driveC. hitD. ride
25.
A. redB. greenC. yellwD. blue
26.
A. hwB. whatC. whereD. wh
27.
A. srryB. fearC. sadD. angry
28.
A. temperatureB. radiC. crashD. lve
29.
A. tkB. pickedC. knckedD. lked
30.
A. sundB. viceC. shutD. nise
三、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。
If wind had clrs, the wrld wuld be mre beautiful and lively.
If it matched with the natural scene, it wuld be the mst beautiful picture.
If wind had clrs, in spring it shuld be green.
Flwers cme ut in spring.
When green wind blew arund, all the flwers seemed t be surrunded by green leaves.
Hw beautiful it is!
The wind in summer shuld be light blue, because it is t ht.
When the light blue wind blew ver, yu wuld seem t be in a swimming pl.
Hw cl!
The wind in autumn shuld be glden because autumn is the harvest time, and glden clr makes us have harvest feelings.
The wind in winter shuld be light yellw. When light yellw wind blew n white snw, it was very warm.
If wind had clrs, the wrld wuld be mre clrful.
31. If wind had clrs, which clr wuld it be in winter?
A. GreenB. GldenC. Light blueD. Light yellw
32. The passage is written in the rder f ________.
A. spaceB. timeC. persnsD. ideas
33. In which part f a newspaper can we read the passage?
A. Culture.B. Travel.C. Science.D. Business.
Tday, yu use mney t buy things. But what abut peple in ld times? They didn’t have mney. They bartered with thers. Fr example, a shemaker wanted sme bread. He gave the baker (the persn wh made bread) a pair f shes. Then, the baker gave him sme bread.
But there was a prblem. The baker had a lt f shes. He didn’t want mre. But the shemaker still wanted mre bread. Bartering didn’t wrk. They needed smething else that they culd trade (交易) fr anything they wanted. It was called “mney”.
Mney came ut
Mney runs all ver the wrld
Peple in China use China Yuan (CNY). Peple in the United States use The United States Dllar (USD). Many peple utside the US als use it. Fr example, peple in Ecuadr use it. Peple in mst f the Eurpean Unin (EU) use Eur (EUR). The EU includes France, Finland and sme ther cuntries. Peple in the UK use Great Britain Pund (GBP). Peple in Japan use Japanese Yen (JPY).
Is cash dying?
In China,paper mney is getting less ppular because f mbile apps. It is similar t Sweden. The cuntry plans t becme the wrld’s first cashless cuntry by March 2030.
34. What can we knw abut the peple in ld times frm the first paragraph?
A. They used paper mney.
B. They nly used bread as mney.
C. They gave things t ther peple fr free.
D. They traded their things fr smething else.
35. Hw many early frms f mney are mentined (提及) in the picture?
A. 4.B. 5.C. 6.D. 7.
36. Which f the fllwing is true abut paper mney?
A. Peple in Ecuadr use GBP.
B. Peple in Finland use USD.
C. China is the first cuntry t use paper mney.
D. Sweden desn’t use paper mney any mre.
“Cme n, Simn,” said Gabe.” Let’s try ut new saucers!” But it seemed that Simn didn’t want t g.
“I’m nt ready,” Simn said.
“What’s t get ready?” Gabe asked.
Simn wanted t say, “What if the ther kids laugh if I mess up?”
But he said nthing.
“Yu’re ging t miss a lt f fun,” Gabe said.
“G with yur brther, Simn,” said Mm.” He will shw yu hw t d it.”
The brthers walked up the hill where kids were taking turns n saucers, shrieking all the way dwn. Simn culdn’t tell if their cries meant they were happy r afraid. He knew which ne he felt. Gabe was taking the steps tw at a time. “Cme n!” He called t Simn.
At the tp,Gabe and Simn jined a grup f kids waiting fr their turns. Simn kept stamping his feet t hide his inner fear. His brther lked at him and asked,” D yu want me t g dwn with yu?”
Seeing his lder brther’s face, Simn calmed dwn. Gabe had helped Simn learn t ride a bike. The first day Simn was at his new schl, Gabe had drawn a map that shwed where t find the lunchrm, the gym, and the bus area.
Simn knew Gabe wanted t fly dwn the hill withut him.
“Are yu ging r nt?” a girl behind him said.
Simn tk a deep breath. “I’m ging. By myself.”
“Gd fr yu, Simn,” Gabe said.
Simn sat n the saucer, with his heart beating fast. Gabe gave him a push n the back Suddenly, he was rushing dwn the hill wildly. He culdn’t stp. Faster and faster he went. He culdn’t even shut ut.
The grund leveled f Simn’s saucer slwed dwn and then came t a stp. He rlled ut and lay n his back, breathing hard.
“Are yu all right?” Gabe shuted t Simn.
Simn sat up slwly and lked arund.
“Simn, say smething!” Gabe shuted again.
Simn smiled widely, “Again?”
37. Why didn’t Simn want t g with Gabe at first?
A. Because he was busy then.
B. Because he didn’t like the new saucers.
C. Because his mther asked him t stay at hme.
D. Because he wrried that thers wuld laugh at him.
38. What des the underlined wrd “shrieking” mean in the passage?
A. singing
B. laughing
C. screaming
D. talking
39. Which wrds can best describe Gabe?
A. Kind and helpful.
B. Active and clever.
C. Quiet and hnest.
D. Careful and generus.
40. What can we infer frm the last sentence?
A. Simn will help his brther.
B. Simn will miss a lt f fun.
C. Simn wn’t sit n the saucer in the future.
D. Simn wn’t be afraid f sitting n the saucer.
On the side f the rad in the Hh Xil Nature Reserve in Qinghai Prvince, yu might see a fat wlf. It wags its tail in frnt f the passing cars. It hpes t get a meal.
Hwever, the wlf was skin and bnes a few mnths ag. It’s said that the ld hungry wlf was frced t leave the wlf pack because it was nt gd at hunting. But that all changed after a passing driver gave it tw pies and psted a vide f it nline. The vide made the wlf very ppular, and a lt f peple came t the area t prvide it with fd.
Since then, the wlf has given up its hunting instinct and turned t passers﹣by fr snacks. The snacks are high in il, sugar and salt, such as pies, rasted chicken and sausages. Later, mre wlves have jined this behavir. The wlf’s change makes it lk like a pet dg. But the change means that it is lsing its ability t live in nature, and that may cause the wild animal t die.
In fact, it is cmmn fr wild animals like wlves and bears t be fed near the rads in prvince. Peple care abut wild animals, but their feeding smetimes can cause harm t bth animals and themselves.If a wild animal needs help,peple are suggested t reprt it t the gvernment fr prfessinal handling (专业处理).
41. Why des the wlf stand in frnt f the cars?
A. T shw its beautiful tail.
B. T give a perfrmance.
C. T ask fr sme fd.
D. T frce peple t leave.
42. Hw d peple change the ld hungry wlf’s life?
A. By taking it hme and feeding it.
B. By calling the lcal gvernment fr help.
C. By prviding it with living space.
D. By psting a vide and making it ppular.
43 Which is NOT included in the snacks given by peple?
A. Pies.B. Vegetables.C. Sausages.D. Rasted chicken.
44. What des the writer think f peple’s feeding wild animals?
A. It’s harmful.B. It’s difficult.
C. It’s necessary.D. It’s interesting.
45. What’s the best title f the passage?
A. Wild wlves are in danger.
B. A wild wlf is well fed.
C. Wlves are ppular animals.
D. A wlf brings jy t peple.
四、信息还原 （10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项（选项中有一项为多余选项）。
It is many students’ dream jb t be a therapist (心理治疗师). But smetimes yur dream jb can be a little different frm the ne in life. ____46____
Sally Lynn is a 38-year-ld wman frm New Yrk. She wrks as a therapist in a hspital. She lves her jb because she can help thers and meet many different peple. She always tells thers, “____47____”
But everything has its gd side and bad side. ____48____ Sally hears abut many bad things in peple’s life. That smetimes makes her feel bad abut her life. S it’s imprtant fr her t think abut her feelings frm time t time. She als asks ther therapists fr help smetimes.
What are Sally’s wrking days like? ____49____ She spends three days meeting with clients (客户). She has seven clients a day. Then in the rest f the time, she writes things in her ffice. She usually starts her days at 9:00 a.m. and finishes at arund 4 5 p.m.
____50____ D yu still want t be a therapist?
A. Nw please think again.
B. She lives a very difficult life.
C. S what is the life f a therapist like?
D. S what is the bad side f being a therapist?
E. She wrks abut three and a half days a week.
F. It’s gd t see peple feel gd abut their life again.
五、阅读与回答问题。（10分）
Jim is n hliday in Australia. There are bushfires in the area where he is staying. He is telling his friend Mark abut the fires.
Mark: We saw the news abut the bushfires Are they clse t yu?
Jim: Yes. They are very clse. The weather is ht and windy. The cnditins are ideal fr bushfires and nce they get started they spread quickly. Yesterday the temperatures hit 44°C and there were reprts f ver 50 fires in the area. It will take days t put them ut.
Mark: Have yu seen any fires?
Jim: Yes, I have. I’m staying with my uncle Ted. He’s a vlunteer firefighter. He says the fires have killed a lt f animals, but n peple. He says that the safest thing is t stay inside unless yur huse catches fire!
Mark: Is it safe where yu are?
Jim: We’re fine. We listen t the radi t keep up t date with the latest news. S we knw if a fire is cming ur way. One gt very clse yesterday. Three huses nearby caught fire. Luckily, the families put the fires ut befre they did t much damage.
Mark: Are yu wrried? D yu think yu will need t mve t a safer place?
Jim: Bushfires are nrmal in Australia.They are a fact f life here. It’s a bit scary, but I am sure I’ll be fine.
Mark: Well, yu lk after yurself! We dn’t want yu t be the first human victim f the year!
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
51. Where is Jim n hliday?
______________________________________________________
52. What’s the weather like tday?
______________________________________________________
53. What prblems have the fires caused?
______________________________________________________
54. Hw d peple get the latest news abut the bushfires?
______________________________________________________
55 Why desn’t Jim think he will need t mve t a safer place?
______________________________________________________
六、词汇（共5小题, 每小题1分）（一） 根据句意和汉语提示写出单词, 完成句子, 每空一词。
56. I dn’t g ut much ________ (主要) because I have t lk after kids.
57. First, let me intrduce ________. I am a student at Sunshine Middle Schl. (我自己)
58. —I left my hmewrk at hme and my teacher gt very angry with me yesterday.
—What an ________ day it was!（糟糕的）
59. The fish was s big that this ________ (渔夫) culdn’t pull it ut f the water.
60. The students ________ the snwballs at each ther and laughed happily. (投掷)
（二） 根据句意用所给单词的适当形式填空。
61. She didn’t listen t me in the ________, but then she changed her mind. (begin)
62. Tm culd wrk ut the Math prblem ________ when he was 9 years ld. (easy)
63. I have drunk sme f the cla. The rest ________ (be) fr yu.
64. We all knw that a pr lifestyle will prbably lead t ________ in the end. (ill)
65. After wrking fr 24 hurs, the dctr fell __________ (sleep) at nce.
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文其意思完整。
The art f blwing sugar is an imprtant part f the intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产). It has a lng h____66____ f mre than 600 years. Xing Chuanfa, 34 years ld, has been wrking n blwing sugar figurines (裙人) fr mre than twenty years. He said it lks easy, b____67____ it’s very difficult t master the skill. D yu knw hw t make sugar figurines? Here are three steps.
First, the artist heats (加热) the syrup t a certain t____68____ t 140°C. Next, he pulls (拉) ff a small piece and m____69____ it int a ball with an pen center, then presses (按压) the pen area tgether and stretches (拉伸) it t frm a tube (管子). F____70____, he blws air int the tube and makes it int different shapes.
Every mrning, Xing gets up early t prepare the mlten syrup and drives t start his “magic shw” arund his city. Many peple are interested in it, especially kids. When he b____71____ a cute puppy ut f mlten maltse (溶化的麦芽糖) in just minutes, kids lked carefully at him with great i____72____, thinking he was a magician (魔术师).
He hpes this special a____73____ can let peple feel its beauty. He als hpes t help them learn mre abut the Chinese c____74____. Xing said, “Sugar paintings and sugar figurines are childhd memries f several generatins f Chinese peple.” He als said, “I will keep wrking and spend the r____75____ f my life helping pass n this cultural heritage.”
七、书面表达（共一题, 满分 20 分）
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注意事项:
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Hi, everyne!_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That’s all fr my vide. Thanks fr yur watching.
1. —Have yu visited ________ Yancheng Nature Reserve?
—Yes, it’s great. It is ________ ideal hme fr wildlife.
A. /; aB. /; anC. a; anD. the; a
2. —I made s many mistakes in the last exam.
—N ne is ________. The key is t learn frm mistakes and never stp.
A. perfectB. carefulC. activeD. famus
3. In rder t get a better ________ in the exam, yu shuld frm a gd learning habit.
A. exampleB. resultC. answerD. message
4. —I called yu at half past nine this mrning, but there was n answer.
—Oh, srry, I________ with my cusin in the supermarket.
A. shpB. was shppingC. shppedD. will shp
5. Hw beautiful the cranes lk! Wrds can’t ________ their beauty.
A. understandB. describeC. reprtD. write
6. —Mum, I received a bx frm my uncle. What’s in it?
—I’m nt sure. It ________ be sme tls. He knws yu like DIY a lt.
A. needn’tB. shuldn’tC. mustD. may
7. —Hw many peple in yur cmpany were trapped in the burning building?
—Luckily, _________.
A. nB. nneC. n neD. nthing
8. —What a wnderful match! I just can’t stp cheering and screaming.
—But yu’d better ________. Being t excited isn’t gd fr yur health.
A. break dwnB. calm dwnC. fall dwnD. turn dwn
9. He was interested in drawing ________ his sister liked singing.
A. whenB. asC. afterD. while
10. Blue whales are ________. We shuld try t prtect them.
A. in timeB. in publicC. in dangerD. in all
11. ________ the peple lcked inside, the firemen brke dwn the dr.
A. ReachB. T reachC. ReachingD. T reaching
12. Which f the fllwing wrds rhymes with “shadw”?
A. windwB. hwC. shadeD. clur
13. Smetimes we add the suffix “-ly” t a wrd t frm (构成) an adjective(形容词). Which wrd is frmed in this way?
A. happilyB. reallyC. usuallyD. friendly
14. Which f the fllwing has the same sentence structure (句子结构) as “Ice cream tastes nice.”?
A. Children like flying kites in spring.B. He ften swims in summer.
C. Mst leaves turn brwn in autumn.D. We can see peple make snwmen in winter.
15. —I’m srry I can’t g shpping with yu. I have t lk after my little brther.
—________!
A. It’s a great pityB. It’s a pleasureC. Yu’d better ntD. Dn’t wrry
二、完型填空 （15分）阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
阅读短文，从短文后所给选项 (A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The driver ____16____ the back dr f the ambulance (救护车) quickly and ran t the frnt, jumped int his seat, and started the engine (发动机). Inside were the ____17____ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green. Mther was hlding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had sme fd stuck in her thrat (喉) when having lunch and culd hardly breathe (呼吸).
The driver, Mr. White, turned ____18____ his siren (报警器) and flashing light, and started driving twards the _____19_____ hspital. The cars in frnt f him pulled ut f the way when he drve thrugh the ___20___. Frm the back f the ambulance the parents were shuting at him t ____21____ because Ally almst stpped ____22____. In frnt f him he saw the traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had ____23____ time t lse, s he drve straight past the traffic lights.
Cming twards him frm his right was a taxi.The driver had the windws up because the car was air-cnditined (开了空调), and he was playing a radi. He did nt ___24___ the ambulance. The lights were ___25___, s he drve straight nt the path f the ambulance.
Mr. White tried t stp his ambulance but it was t late. It hit the taxi, but n ne was hurt. Mr. White turned t see ____26____ little Ally was. He was surprised t see jy instead f ____27____ n the faces f the parents.
“Lk!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is breathing again. ”
“ It must be the ____28____ .” said her husband. “ It ____29____ the fd ut f her thrat. ” The baby was crying in a lud but healthy ____30____ . They were all happy, and quite frgt abut the accident, the taxi, and the lines f cars all arund them.
16.
A. clsedB. penedC. knckD. pulled
17.
A. bredB. surprisedC. wrriedD. interested
18.
A. nB. ffC. dwnD. ver
19.
A. farthestB. nearestC. mst expensiveD. mst beautiful
20.
A. busy trafficB. empty streetC. pen airD. dark place
21.
A hurryB. stpC. leaveD. drive
22.
A. eatingB. breathingC. cryingD. playing
23.
A. muchB. anyC. nD. sme
24.
A. nticeB. driveC. hitD. ride
25.
A. redB. greenC. yellwD. blue
26.
A. hwB. whatC. whereD. wh
27.
A. srryB. fearC. sadD. angry
28.
A. temperatureB. radiC. crashD. lve
29.
A. tkB. pickedC. knckedD. lked
30.
A. sundB. viceC. shutD. nise
三、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。
If wind had clrs, the wrld wuld be mre beautiful and lively.
If it matched with the natural scene, it wuld be the mst beautiful picture.
If wind had clrs, in spring it shuld be green.
Flwers cme ut in spring.
When green wind blew arund, all the flwers seemed t be surrunded by green leaves.
Hw beautiful it is!
The wind in summer shuld be light blue, because it is t ht.
When the light blue wind blew ver, yu wuld seem t be in a swimming pl.
Hw cl!
The wind in autumn shuld be glden because autumn is the harvest time, and glden clr makes us have harvest feelings.
The wind in winter shuld be light yellw. When light yellw wind blew n white snw, it was very warm.
If wind had clrs, the wrld wuld be mre clrful.
31. If wind had clrs, which clr wuld it be in winter?
A. GreenB. GldenC. Light blueD. Light yellw
32. The passage is written in the rder f ________.
A. spaceB. timeC. persnsD. ideas
33. In which part f a newspaper can we read the passage?
A. Culture.B. Travel.C. Science.D. Business.
Tday, yu use mney t buy things. But what abut peple in ld times? They didn’t have mney. They bartered with thers. Fr example, a shemaker wanted sme bread. He gave the baker (the persn wh made bread) a pair f shes. Then, the baker gave him sme bread.
But there was a prblem. The baker had a lt f shes. He didn’t want mre. But the shemaker still wanted mre bread. Bartering didn’t wrk. They needed smething else that they culd trade (交易) fr anything they wanted. It was called “mney”.
Mney came ut
Mney runs all ver the wrld
Peple in China use China Yuan (CNY). Peple in the United States use The United States Dllar (USD). Many peple utside the US als use it. Fr example, peple in Ecuadr use it. Peple in mst f the Eurpean Unin (EU) use Eur (EUR). The EU includes France, Finland and sme ther cuntries. Peple in the UK use Great Britain Pund (GBP). Peple in Japan use Japanese Yen (JPY).
Is cash dying?
In China,paper mney is getting less ppular because f mbile apps. It is similar t Sweden. The cuntry plans t becme the wrld’s first cashless cuntry by March 2030.
34. What can we knw abut the peple in ld times frm the first paragraph?
A. They used paper mney.
B. They nly used bread as mney.
C. They gave things t ther peple fr free.
D. They traded their things fr smething else.
35. Hw many early frms f mney are mentined (提及) in the picture?
A. 4.B. 5.C. 6.D. 7.
36. Which f the fllwing is true abut paper mney?
A. Peple in Ecuadr use GBP.
B. Peple in Finland use USD.
C. China is the first cuntry t use paper mney.
D. Sweden desn’t use paper mney any mre.
“Cme n, Simn,” said Gabe.” Let’s try ut new saucers!” But it seemed that Simn didn’t want t g.
“I’m nt ready,” Simn said.
“What’s t get ready?” Gabe asked.
Simn wanted t say, “What if the ther kids laugh if I mess up?”
But he said nthing.
“Yu’re ging t miss a lt f fun,” Gabe said.
“G with yur brther, Simn,” said Mm.” He will shw yu hw t d it.”
The brthers walked up the hill where kids were taking turns n saucers, shrieking all the way dwn. Simn culdn’t tell if their cries meant they were happy r afraid. He knew which ne he felt. Gabe was taking the steps tw at a time. “Cme n!” He called t Simn.
At the tp,Gabe and Simn jined a grup f kids waiting fr their turns. Simn kept stamping his feet t hide his inner fear. His brther lked at him and asked,” D yu want me t g dwn with yu?”
Seeing his lder brther’s face, Simn calmed dwn. Gabe had helped Simn learn t ride a bike. The first day Simn was at his new schl, Gabe had drawn a map that shwed where t find the lunchrm, the gym, and the bus area.
Simn knew Gabe wanted t fly dwn the hill withut him.
“Are yu ging r nt?” a girl behind him said.
Simn tk a deep breath. “I’m ging. By myself.”
“Gd fr yu, Simn,” Gabe said.
Simn sat n the saucer, with his heart beating fast. Gabe gave him a push n the back Suddenly, he was rushing dwn the hill wildly. He culdn’t stp. Faster and faster he went. He culdn’t even shut ut.
The grund leveled f Simn’s saucer slwed dwn and then came t a stp. He rlled ut and lay n his back, breathing hard.
“Are yu all right?” Gabe shuted t Simn.
Simn sat up slwly and lked arund.
“Simn, say smething!” Gabe shuted again.
Simn smiled widely, “Again?”
37. Why didn’t Simn want t g with Gabe at first?
A. Because he was busy then.
B. Because he didn’t like the new saucers.
C. Because his mther asked him t stay at hme.
D. Because he wrried that thers wuld laugh at him.
38. What des the underlined wrd “shrieking” mean in the passage?
A. singing
B. laughing
C. screaming
D. talking
39. Which wrds can best describe Gabe?
A. Kind and helpful.
B. Active and clever.
C. Quiet and hnest.
D. Careful and generus.
40. What can we infer frm the last sentence?
A. Simn will help his brther.
B. Simn will miss a lt f fun.
C. Simn wn’t sit n the saucer in the future.
D. Simn wn’t be afraid f sitting n the saucer.
On the side f the rad in the Hh Xil Nature Reserve in Qinghai Prvince, yu might see a fat wlf. It wags its tail in frnt f the passing cars. It hpes t get a meal.
Hwever, the wlf was skin and bnes a few mnths ag. It’s said that the ld hungry wlf was frced t leave the wlf pack because it was nt gd at hunting. But that all changed after a passing driver gave it tw pies and psted a vide f it nline. The vide made the wlf very ppular, and a lt f peple came t the area t prvide it with fd.
Since then, the wlf has given up its hunting instinct and turned t passers﹣by fr snacks. The snacks are high in il, sugar and salt, such as pies, rasted chicken and sausages. Later, mre wlves have jined this behavir. The wlf’s change makes it lk like a pet dg. But the change means that it is lsing its ability t live in nature, and that may cause the wild animal t die.
In fact, it is cmmn fr wild animals like wlves and bears t be fed near the rads in prvince. Peple care abut wild animals, but their feeding smetimes can cause harm t bth animals and themselves.If a wild animal needs help,peple are suggested t reprt it t the gvernment fr prfessinal handling (专业处理).
41. Why des the wlf stand in frnt f the cars?
A. T shw its beautiful tail.
B. T give a perfrmance.
C. T ask fr sme fd.
D. T frce peple t leave.
42. Hw d peple change the ld hungry wlf’s life?
A. By taking it hme and feeding it.
B. By calling the lcal gvernment fr help.
C. By prviding it with living space.
D. By psting a vide and making it ppular.
43 Which is NOT included in the snacks given by peple?
A. Pies.B. Vegetables.C. Sausages.D. Rasted chicken.
44. What des the writer think f peple’s feeding wild animals?
A. It’s harmful.B. It’s difficult.
C. It’s necessary.D. It’s interesting.
45. What’s the best title f the passage?
A. Wild wlves are in danger.
B. A wild wlf is well fed.
C. Wlves are ppular animals.
D. A wlf brings jy t peple.
四、信息还原 （10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项（选项中有一项为多余选项）。
It is many students’ dream jb t be a therapist (心理治疗师). But smetimes yur dream jb can be a little different frm the ne in life. ____46____
Sally Lynn is a 38-year-ld wman frm New Yrk. She wrks as a therapist in a hspital. She lves her jb because she can help thers and meet many different peple. She always tells thers, “____47____”
But everything has its gd side and bad side. ____48____ Sally hears abut many bad things in peple’s life. That smetimes makes her feel bad abut her life. S it’s imprtant fr her t think abut her feelings frm time t time. She als asks ther therapists fr help smetimes.
What are Sally’s wrking days like? ____49____ She spends three days meeting with clients (客户). She has seven clients a day. Then in the rest f the time, she writes things in her ffice. She usually starts her days at 9:00 a.m. and finishes at arund 4 5 p.m.
____50____ D yu still want t be a therapist?
A. Nw please think again.
B. She lives a very difficult life.
C. S what is the life f a therapist like?
D. S what is the bad side f being a therapist?
E. She wrks abut three and a half days a week.
F. It’s gd t see peple feel gd abut their life again.
五、阅读与回答问题。（10分）
Jim is n hliday in Australia. There are bushfires in the area where he is staying. He is telling his friend Mark abut the fires.
Mark: We saw the news abut the bushfires Are they clse t yu?
Jim: Yes. They are very clse. The weather is ht and windy. The cnditins are ideal fr bushfires and nce they get started they spread quickly. Yesterday the temperatures hit 44°C and there were reprts f ver 50 fires in the area. It will take days t put them ut.
Mark: Have yu seen any fires?
Jim: Yes, I have. I’m staying with my uncle Ted. He’s a vlunteer firefighter. He says the fires have killed a lt f animals, but n peple. He says that the safest thing is t stay inside unless yur huse catches fire!
Mark: Is it safe where yu are?
Jim: We’re fine. We listen t the radi t keep up t date with the latest news. S we knw if a fire is cming ur way. One gt very clse yesterday. Three huses nearby caught fire. Luckily, the families put the fires ut befre they did t much damage.
Mark: Are yu wrried? D yu think yu will need t mve t a safer place?
Jim: Bushfires are nrmal in Australia.They are a fact f life here. It’s a bit scary, but I am sure I’ll be fine.
Mark: Well, yu lk after yurself! We dn’t want yu t be the first human victim f the year!
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
51. Where is Jim n hliday?
______________________________________________________
52. What’s the weather like tday?
______________________________________________________
53. What prblems have the fires caused?
______________________________________________________
54. Hw d peple get the latest news abut the bushfires?
______________________________________________________
55 Why desn’t Jim think he will need t mve t a safer place?
______________________________________________________
六、词汇（共5小题, 每小题1分）（一） 根据句意和汉语提示写出单词, 完成句子, 每空一词。
56. I dn’t g ut much ________ (主要) because I have t lk after kids.
57. First, let me intrduce ________. I am a student at Sunshine Middle Schl. (我自己)
58. —I left my hmewrk at hme and my teacher gt very angry with me yesterday.
—What an ________ day it was!（糟糕的）
59. The fish was s big that this ________ (渔夫) culdn’t pull it ut f the water.
60. The students ________ the snwballs at each ther and laughed happily. (投掷)
（二） 根据句意用所给单词的适当形式填空。
61. She didn’t listen t me in the ________, but then she changed her mind. (begin)
62. Tm culd wrk ut the Math prblem ________ when he was 9 years ld. (easy)
63. I have drunk sme f the cla. The rest ________ (be) fr yu.
64. We all knw that a pr lifestyle will prbably lead t ________ in the end. (ill)
65. After wrking fr 24 hurs, the dctr fell __________ (sleep) at nce.
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文其意思完整。
The art f blwing sugar is an imprtant part f the intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产). It has a lng h____66____ f mre than 600 years. Xing Chuanfa, 34 years ld, has been wrking n blwing sugar figurines (裙人) fr mre than twenty years. He said it lks easy, b____67____ it’s very difficult t master the skill. D yu knw hw t make sugar figurines? Here are three steps.
First, the artist heats (加热) the syrup t a certain t____68____ t 140°C. Next, he pulls (拉) ff a small piece and m____69____ it int a ball with an pen center, then presses (按压) the pen area tgether and stretches (拉伸) it t frm a tube (管子). F____70____, he blws air int the tube and makes it int different shapes.
Every mrning, Xing gets up early t prepare the mlten syrup and drives t start his “magic shw” arund his city. Many peple are interested in it, especially kids. When he b____71____ a cute puppy ut f mlten maltse (溶化的麦芽糖) in just minutes, kids lked carefully at him with great i____72____, thinking he was a magician (魔术师).
He hpes this special a____73____ can let peple feel its beauty. He als hpes t help them learn mre abut the Chinese c____74____. Xing said, “Sugar paintings and sugar figurines are childhd memries f several generatins f Chinese peple.” He als said, “I will keep wrking and spend the r____75____ f my life helping pass n this cultural heritage.”
七、书面表达（共一题, 满分 20 分）
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（1）文中不得出现真实姓名、校名等信息；
（2）文章须包含所有要点，可适当发挥，是短文连贯通顺；
（3）词数在90 词左右（开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数）。
Hi, everyne!_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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