There are a lot of great interesting places in London. It is one of the most visited cities in the world. The problem, of course, is that all of the most popular tourist spots will have large crowds and lengthy lines that you will have to wait in. Therefore, you probably want to check out some of the lesser-known tourist spots just for the chance to get away from all the people. The following four spots are great places to visit where you won’t run into large crowds of people.

	Leighton House Museum The Leighton House Museum once belonged to Frederic Leighton who was not one of the best known painters in history. But he was well respected. In addition, the museum also contains many works by other artists. However, its real attraction is the large quantities of tiles which are not seen very often anywhere else.
	Bethnal Green This museum has one of the best collections of ancient toys worldwide. Some of them date back to the seventeenth century. Obviously it’s a great choice if you have children. There are also activity areas to entertain visitors. However, never imagine that adults won’t appreciate a visit. The collection is quite impressive and well worth taking a look at.
	Sir John Soane’s Museum Sir John Soane was a well-known architect in London famous for designing the building of Bank of England. He collected all kinds of unusual things that are beyond your imagination. There are also many priceless artifacts that he collected from around the world ranging from ancient Egyptian statues to the nineteenth century Asian sculptures.
	Duke Tony Blare Museum There are more than 2000 pairs of various shoes on display. They are made of materials such as cloth, leather, plastic, wood, even silver and gold. The treasure of the museum is a pair of wooden shoes which was believed to have been worn by the 15th. Egypt’s king. Duke bought it for one hundred thousand pounds.

1. What really attracts tourists in Leighton House Museum?

A．Very good paintings.	B．Its famous owner.
C．It’s rare tile collection.	D．Its long history.

2. Where are you supposed to go if you want to pick up your childhood interest?

A．Leighton House Museum.	B．Bethnal Green.
C．Sir John Soane’s Museum.	D．Duke Tony Blare Museum.

3. How do you like Sir John Soane’s collection?

A．Strange.

B．Cheap.

C．Boring.

D．Stupid.

4. The most precious pair of shoes in Duke Tony Blare Museum is made of ________.

A．silver

B．cloth

C．gold

D．wood

5. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To make more money from tourists.	B．To popularize the British culture.
C．To offer some tourist information.	D．To provide a learning opportunity.

Mr. Dong was our science teacher. On the first day of the class, he gave us a lecture about an animal that died out during the Ice Age. He passed around with a skull in his hand as he talked. We all took notes and later had a quiz.

When he returned my paper, I was shocked. There was a big red “X” through each of my answers. I had failed. There had to be some mistakes! I had written down exactly what Mr. Dong said. Then I realized that everyone in the class had failed. Thinking that this achievement would be recorded in our reports, we all got angry. But Mr. Dong refused to make a change. What had happened?

“Very simple,” Mr. Dong explained. There had never been any such animal. All the story was made up by himself. So what we wrote down in our notes was, therefore, incorrect. Did we expect marks for incorrect answers? Hearing his explanation, we realized that he hadn’t given us any useful facts, such as its living habit and particular body characters.

Mr. Dong said teachers and textbooks are not always dependable. In fact, no one is. So we should find out the truth by ourselves instead of accepting what the text or the teacher said blindly. He told us not to let our minds go to sleep, and to speak up if we ever thought he or the textbook was wrong.

Every class was an adventure with Mr. Dong. He never let us off the hook until we had proved not only that we learned what he taught but also that we had the courage to stand up for the truth.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
6. How did Mr. Dong give the first science class?

A．By describing orally.	B．By doing an experiment.
C．By watching closely.	D．By discussing together.

7. The writer was greatly surprised when he got his paper back because ________.

A．one of his answers was wrongly marked	B．some of his classmates passed the test
C．he did as the teachers said yet he failed	D．he didn’t write as he was taught in class

8. Why did all the students fail in the test?

A．Because they didn’t catch the main idea.	B．Because they misunderstood the teacher.
C．Because their notes were not completed.	D．Because they were given the wrong information.

9. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph has the closest meaning to “________”.

A．get interested

B．go to class

C．get away

D．graduate

10. What did Mr. Dong try to teach his students through the test?

A．That they weren’t encouraged to listen carefully.	B．That they should learn to doubt what was taught.
C．That the text books were mistakenly written.	D．That students weren’t as wise as their teachers.

Students who study foreign languages do not need to care whether the grammar is easy or difficult. By changing the order of the words and by adding some auxiliary(助动词) verbs and suffixes(后缀), we can turn a statement into a question, state whether an action has taken place or is soon to take place, and perform many other word skills to express different meanings. However, the question which many language experts can’t understand or explain is “who created grammar?”.

Some recent languages were developed from the Atlantic slave trade. Since the slaves didn’t know each other’s languages, they developed a language called a pidgin. Pidgins are strings(一串) of words copied from the language of the landowners. They have little in the way of grammar, and speakers need to use too many words to make their meaning understood. However, slave children didn’t simply copy the strings of words used by their elders. They adapted their words to create an expressive language. In this way complex grammar systems which come from pidgins were invented.

Further facts can be seen in studying sign languages for the deaf. Sign languages are not simply a group of gestures; they use the same grammatical system that is found in spoken languages. A recent record of the creation of this language was born in Nicaragua. Previously, although deaf children were taught speech and lip reading in the classrooms, on the playgrounds they began to invent their own sign system, using the gestures they used at home. It was basically a pidgin and didn’t meet grammar rules. However, a new system was born when children who joined the school later developed a quite different sign language. It was based on the signs of the older children, but it was shorter and easier to understand, and it had a large range of special use of grammar to explain the meaning. What’s more, they all used the signs in the same way. So the original pidgin was greatly improved.

Most experts believe that many of the languages were pidgins at first. They were used by different groups of people without rules and gradually turned into a widely accepted system.

The English past tense—“ed” ending—may have come from the verb “do”. “It ended” may once have been “It end-did”. It seems that children have grammatical machinery in their brains. Their minds can create different structures, even when there is no grammar present for them to copy.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
11. What can be inferred (推断) about the slaves’ pidgin language?

A．It was difficult to understand.	B．It came from different languages.
C．It was created by the landowners.	D．It contained highly complex grammar.

12. What does the underlined word “They” refer to?

A．Slaves.

B．Pidgins.

C．Slave children.

D．Grammar systems.

13. What can we know about the new Nicaraguan sign language?

A．No same signs were used for communication.	B．Most of the gestures were made for everyday activities.
C．The hand movements were smoother and more attractive.	D．The meaning was clearer than the previous sign language.

14. Which idea does the author present in the last paragraph?

A．English grammar of the past tense system is incorrect.	B．Children say English past tense differently from adults.
C．The thought that English was once a pidgin is acceptable.	D．Experts have proven that English was created by children.

15. What is the best title for the passage?

A．The Creators of Grammar	B．The History of Languages
C．Why Pidgins Came into Being	D．How Grammar Systems Are Used

The debate on “textbooks or computers” has been going on for years. How much technology is enough in the classroom? Should notebook computers take the place of textbooks?

    16     Computer-based lesson plans are updated in real time. New information can be added as soon as changes take place. Students can find the latest information for the subjects they are studying.

With computers, students can learn how to use them for the rest of their lives. Today, computers are used in almost all areas. Students can prepare themselves better for the future if they have computers. However, despite (尽管) these advantages, I think textbooks must remain.     17     All the facts have been checked. They are put together in the best way. Each part builds on what a student has learned before. On the Internet, however, not all the information is true or organized.

In my opinion, with textbooks, it is much easier for students to take notes.     18     At the same time, you can practice your handwriting, too.

Textbooks are also less expensive than computers. While most families can afford textbooks, not all of them can afford a computer.     19     It’s wrong to take away a student’s right to learn just because he can’t afford the material.

Computers are playing an important role in education. They allow students to learn more. However, I don’t think they can take textbooks’ place.     20    

Do you agree with me?

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

A．Textbooks are professionally organized.

B．There is no doubt that computers are powerful tools.

C．Every student should be allowed to learn what he needs to learn.

D．If students want to learn effectively (有效的), they must use textbooks.

E．Scientists have found that taking notes by hand helps students learn more.

Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably ________ they go to learn languages, geography, history, science and all ________ subjects. That is quite ________, but ________ do they learn these things?

We send our children to school to ________ them for their future work and life. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use ________ their life, but is that the ________ reason they go to school?

There is ________ in education than just learning facts. We go to school above all ________ how to learn, so that when we leave school we can go on learning. If a man really knows ________, he will always be successful, because whenever he has to do ________ he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other ________, is ________ unable to do it, or does it badly, so the purpose of school is not just ________ languages, geography, science, etc, but to teach pupils the ________ to learn.

21.

A．speak

B．say

C．talk

D．tell

22.

A．the

B．others

C．the other

D．other the

23.

A．true

B．real

C．fact

D．wrong

24.

A．how

B．where

C．why

D．what

25.

A．stop

B．ask

C．ready

D．prepare

26.

A．at

B．in

C．on

D．with

27.

A．best

B．only

C．just

D．first

28.

A．many

B．much

C．more

D．most

29.

A．learn

B．to learn

C．learning

D．learned

30.

A．how to learn

B．why to learn

C．how does he learn

D．why does he learn

31.

A．anything new

B．something new

C．new anything

D．new something

32.

A．way

B．word

C．foot

D．hand

33.

A．both

B．either

C．neither

D．not

34.

A．learn

B．to learn

C．teach

D．to teach

35.

A．subjects

B．reasons

C．way

D．knowledge

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次，方框中有两个词是多余的。

before   she   while   real   money   in   watch   easy   by   recent   take   hard

Do you have any online classes? It is possible to take classes at home     36     yourself. All you need is a computer and a headset.

However, most students don’t seem to like online classes. According to a     37     survey, only 33 percent of students would take such classes. Over 1500 students from 10 cities     38     the survey.

Many students said it was hard to focus on studying     39     taking online classes. This was true for Lian Ruohan, 15, at the Affiliated(附属的) High School of Peking University. “There are no classmates, no real teachers     40       me. I can surf the Internet or do other things if I want to. It’s much     41     to always stay focused,” she said.

Lian prepares a lot     42     taking her classes to make sure she will pay attention. She also pushes     43     to communicate with teachers. Students can come up with or answer questions while taking online classes.

But Wen Jiayi, 14, at Yuying Middle School Attached to Chengdu No. 7 High School, thinks online interaction isn’t enough. “The online teachers don’t     44     get to know me. When I don’t hand in homework, all I get is a short message instead of real concern(关心),” she said.

However, online classes still have other advantages. “It saves time and     45     compared to taking offline classes. Also, if I don’t understand some parts of a lesson, I can watch it over again,” Lian said.

根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: Morning, Lin Ping.     51    ?       
B: Oh, I climbed Mount Erlang with my friends on the weekend.
A: How did you go there?
B:     52    .
A: How long did it take you to get there?
B:     53    . When we got there, we climbed the mountain and ate delicious food. When we walked in the countryside, we talked with some villagers. We knew about some crops and other things, too.
A: Sounds great.     54    ?
B: Yes, I did. I will show the photos on my WeChat Moments soon.
A: Wonderful! I can’t wait to see them.
B: By the way, what did you do on the weekend?
A:     55    .
B: Wow, pretty cool. I think you enjoyed yourself, too.

56. 书面表达

中国唐诗中写道：春蚕到死丝方尽，蜡炬成灰泪始干。请结合自己的亲身经历，描述一件发生在你和你老师间的事情，并谈谈自己的感受。

要点：
(1) What is your teacher like?
(2) What happened to you and your teacher?
(3) What do you want to say to your teacher?
提示：(1) 文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；(2) 词数80词左右。
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