1. — Excuse me! Could you please tell me how to get my ticket from this machine?
— ________.

A．No problem

B．That’s cool

C．Have a try

D．Not usually

2. Everyone knows that paper is an important ________.

A．invitation

B．instrument

C．introduction

D．invention

4. — ________ is the population of your city?
— About 2.5 million.

A．Where

B．When

C．What

D．How many

5. Sam has been driving all day, he ________ be tired.

A．shall

B．can

C．need

D．must

6. —Are you ________ for your final exams?
—Yes. I have reviewed all of my notes.

A．lazy

B．patient

C．ready

D．serious

7. There ________ two bowls of soup on the table.

A．is

B．has

C．are

D．have

8. As we know, the Communist Party of China ________ in 1921.

A．found

B．is founding

C．is founded

D．was founded

9. Her mother warns her ________ loudly in public, for it’s impolite.

A．to speak

B．speaking

C．not speak

D．not to speak

10. She asked ________.

A．that she was at the office	B．whether she could sit here
C．how can it be possible	D．why was I good at English

A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first parent−teacher meeting. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his ____. She had a large scar (疤痕) that ____ nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy felt ashamed (羞愧的) and never asked why or how she got the ____.

At the meeting, everyone was happy to meet his mother, but the little boy was still embarrassed and hid ____ from everyone. He did, however, overhear a conversation ____ his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked ____, “Is it okay to ask how you got the scar?”

The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught ____. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of control, but I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood falling from the ceiling (天花板), so I stood over him to ____ him. I was knocked senseless, but fortunately (幸运地), a ____ came and saved both of us.” She touched the burned side of her face. “This scar will last, but to this day, I have never regretted what I did.”

The little boy had never ____ the story of his mother’s scar. He ran toward his mother in tears and held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.

11.

A．father

B．friend

C．mother

D．cousin

12.

A．covered

B．caught

C．spread

D．appeared

13.

A．score

B．sign

C．accident

D．scar

14.

A．herself

B．himself

C．themselves

D．itself

15.

A．between

B．with

C．in

D．among

16.

A．quickly

B．carefully

C．silently

D．noisily

17.

A．water

B．electricity

C．fire

D．earthquake

18.

A．refuse

B．protect

C．produce

D．throw

19.

A．businessman

B．relative

C．teacher

D．firefighter

20.

A．heard about

B．remembered

C．heard from

D．forgotten

Chinese is a language with tens of thousands of characters (字符). When you don’t know a Chinese character, you might look it up in a dictionary and find its pinyin.

Pinyin tells us how to read Chinese characters. In 1958, Chinese expert Zhou Youguang and his team designed Pinyin. They created it to help illiterate (不识字的) Chinese learn how to read. The number of the illiteracy in China dropped from 80 percent in 1950 to 52 percent in 1964.

Pinyin is also used to help improve the use of Mandarin (普通话), so people who speak different local languages can still understand each other. It also makes it much easier to type Chinese characters on computers and cellphones.

Pinyin finds its place in other languages. The Oxford English Dictionary now includes more than 100 pinyin words, such as zhongguomeng for “China dream”.

Foreign media sometimes use Pinyin in their reports about China. Pinyin is not only a language tool, but also a cultural bridge that connects China with the world.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
21. When we don’t know an English word, we can find its pinyin in the dictionary.
22. Zhou Youguang and his team designed Pinyin to help illiterate Chinese learn how to read in 1958.
23. Pinyin makes it easier to type Chinese characters on computers and cellphones.
24. There are less than 100 pinyin words in The Oxford English Dictionary now.
25. Pinyin is a language tool and a cultural bridge that connects China with the world.

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根据材料内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上将选定答案的字母标号涂黑。
26. Carol is interested in reading and she can call ________ for more information.

A．204 888 4302

B．204 942 6302

C．204 986 7681

D．204 945 5831

27. What’s special about Music Dream?

A．It requires sportswear.	B．It has excellent coaches.
C．It offers music shows.	D．It’s free for children over 12.

28. If Mrs. Green wants to have a painting class with her 10-year-old daughter, she should pay ________.

A．$20.

B．$40.

C．$18.

D．$28.

29. Which is the proper time to play basketball?

A．8:00 a.m. on Saturday.	B．3:00 p.m. on Monday.
C．6:00 a.m. on Thursday.	D．5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

30. We can probably see the passage in ________.

A．a textbook

B．a guidebook

C．a storybook

D．a newspaper

Joe had to drive across the Sahara. It was a journey across hundreds of miles of an empty and dry area. After he had been driving for a few hours, there was a sandstorm came. Then his car left the road and broke down.

Joe began walking across the hot sand under the sun. He hoped he would soon reach the road again. Soon, his tongue was thick with thirst. He needed water, but everywhere he looked there was nothing except sand.

Joe kept walking. Then, about an hour later, a man riding a camel came into sight. Joe waved to him. The man on the camel rode up to him and stopped.

“Please,” Joe said, “I am dying of thirst. Let me have some of your water.”

The man slowly shook his head. “You can’t have any water,” he said, “but I’ll sell you a beautiful tie.”

“I don’t want a tie.” Joe shouted at him furiously. “I need water.”

But the man turned away quickly and rode off.

Joe continued walking. Two hours later, he met another man riding a camel. This time he asked if he could buy some water, but the man refused, saying, “No, but I’ll sell you a tie.”

Angrily, Joe turned away from him and continued walking.

Three hours later, by which time he was near death, Joe saw a large hotel in the distance. It stood alone in the middle of the desert, surrounded by palm trees. Joe managed to reach the main entrance. He was about to enter the hotel when the doorman stopped him.

“Hey!” he said. “This is a first-class hotel. You can’t come in here without a tie.”

根据短文内容, 选择最佳答案, 并在答题卡上将选定答案的字母标号涂黑。
31. Picture ________ shows the right place where the story happened.

A．

B．

C．

D．

32. The man on the camel offered Joe ________.

A．some water to drink	B．a ride on his camel
C．the name of a hotel	D．a beautiful tie

33. The underlined word “furiously” in the passage probably means “________”.

A．angrily

B．worriedly

C．nervously

D．sadly

34. Joe met ________ person (s) in the story.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

35. According to the passage, Joe will be allowed to enter the hotel if ________.

A．he drives a car	B．he tips the doorman
C．he has enough water	D．he wears a tie