Tony’s pen pal, Diana, lives in Australia. Last year Diana called Tony and told him that she planned to visit him. Then Tony found some information about two hotels on the Internet. Here’s the information he got.

Sun Hotel Dates       Prices (a night) 1 Oct.—31 Dec. ¥168 1 Jan.—31 Mar.¥148 1 Apr.—30 Apr.       (closed) 1 May.—31 May.       ¥188 1 Jun.—30 Sept.       ¥208 Address: Yongle Street Tel: 4676-4433 E-mail: sunhotel@hotmail.com

Rose Hotel Dates       Prices (a night) 1 Oct.—31 Dec.       ¥198 1 Jan.—31 Mar.       ¥178 1 Apr.—30 Apr.       (closed) 1 May.—31 May.       ¥218 1 Jun.—30 Sept.       ¥248 Take the No. 38 bus from the railway station, and you can get here in half an hour. Tel: 4686-4432 Fax: 4686-4467

1. How did Diana tell Tony that she would visit him?

A．By writing to him.	B．By sending an e-mail to him.
C．By phoning him.	D．By sending messages on the Internet.

2. If Diana visits Tony in June and wants to stay at Sun Hotel for two nights, how much should she pay?

A．¥376.

B．¥416.

C．¥436.

D．¥496.

3. When are the two hotels closed?

A．In April.

B．In March.

C．In May.

D．In October.

One day a big red hen is playing with her chickens in the garden. After some time, she wants to eat something and she takes out her chickens to look for food.

When they are eating, she finds a grain of wheat(小麦). So she asks her chickens to plant it in the back garden. But no one wants to do it. The big red hen has to do it herself.

After a few months, they get a lot of wheat. She says to her chickens, “Who will take the wheat to the store to get some flour?” But they don’t want to do it. So she takes the wheat to the store and brings the flour home.

After she gets home, she says, “Who will make some bread with the flour?” They all say they are too busy to do it.

When she makes the bread, she says to her chickens, “Who wants to eat the bread?”

“I will.” they say. “No, you can’t. You don’t want to do anything before I make the bread. You must know ‘No pains, no gains’.” She doesn’t give any bread to her chickens and she eats the bread herself.

4. Why does the hen want to plant the grain of wheat?

A．Because she has nothing to do.	B．Because she wants her chickens to do everything.
C．Because she wants to get lots of wheat.	D．Because she doesn’t want to play with her chickens.

5. What does the underline word “flour” mean in Chinese?

A．面粉

B．玉米

C．大米

D．水稻

6. Why doesn’t the big hen give any bread to her chickens?

A．Because they aren’t at home.	B．Because she doesn’t like them.
C．Because they don’t do anything.	D．Because they don’t want to eat it.

7. What’s the best title for this passage?

A．The Bread

B．The Wheat

C．The Big Red Hen

D．No Pains, No Gains

A group of people asked this question to a group of children aged four to eight. “What does love mean?” The answers were surprising. The children would answer like they did below.

“When my grandmother hurt her knees, she couldn’t bent(弯) over or paint her toenails(脚趾甲) any more. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands hurt, too. That’s love.”

Rebecca-age 8

“Love is when someone hurts you, and you get so angry but you don’t shout at them because you know it would hurt their feelings.”

Samantha-age 6

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.”

Terri-age 4

“I let my big sister play tricks(捉弄) on me because my mum says she only plays tricks on me because she loves me. So I also play tricks on my baby sister because I love her.”

Bethany-age 4

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new clothes.”

Lauren-age 4

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ if you don’t love. But if you really love someone, you should say it a lot. People forget.”

Jessica-age 8

8. What does the passage mainly tell us about?

A．What “life” means to children.	B．What “family” means to children.
C．What “friends” means to children.	D．What “love” means to children.

9. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Rebecca’s grandmother couldn’t bend over.

B．Bethany likes playing tricks on any other person.

C．Lauren’s sister always gives her all her old clothes.

D．If Samantha becomes angry, she will not shout at others.

10. What does Jessica mean about love?

A．Too much love is no love.	B．Find love if you don't have it.
C．Show love more often if you don’t have it.	D．Say love more often to the person you love.

11. What is love according to Terri?

A．When you get bad grades, your mom is angry.

B．When you are happy, you can buy anything you like.

C．After a long bus ride, your grandma gives you a kiss.

D．After a day’s work, you have to do housework.

Many people might think that if they had more money, then they would be happier in life. For example, people might look at what others have, like expensive clothes or nice cars, and wish they could have the same. But the things that money can buy cannot bring happiness to a person for a long time.

But is that really true? Studies have found that money can, in fact, make people happier. But it’s not having money that brings happiness. Instead (相反地), it’s giving money to others that makes people happy. It could be buying a gift for a friend or a family member. It could be buying a homeless person food to eat. It could be giving money to a person in need. Just think about the last time you used your own money to do something for someone else. How did you feel? Whether it is a small or large amount of money, people feel happier when they give. This is because making someone else happy makes the giver happy, too.

This idea of connecting (关联) your happiness to the happiness of others is called ‘ubuntu’ in an African language. There is even a story about a man visiting Africa. He asked some children to race to a nearby tree. The first child to touch the tree would get sweets. Surprisingly, all the children held hands and ran together. They all touched the tree at the same time. The man asked why they did this. The children simply said they could only enjoy eating the treat if everyone had one.

12. What does the writer say about buying things?

A．Buying things can make people worried.	B．Buying things can make people scared.
C．Buying things may bring sadness for long.	D．Buying things may bring happiness for a short time.

13. Why does the writer quote (引用) a story in Paragraph 3?

A．To explain (解释) Africans like sweets.	B．To show examples are not enough.
C．To make the writer’s idea clearer.	D．To tell that happiness is from children.

14. What does the underlined word “they” refer to (指代) in the last paragraph?

A．The trees.

B．The sweets.

C．The children.

D．The others.

15. What does the writer try to tell us?

A．Buying new things can make people happy.	B．The key to happiness is to make others happy.
C．If you want to be happy, you can visit Africa.	D．People who have a lot of money might not be happy.

下面文章中有五处（第1~5题）需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A-F）中选出符合各段意思的小标题。其中一项为多余选项。

Making money isn’t just for adults(成人). Kids can do it, too. It’s necessary and important to almost everyone.

    16     When you’re free, clean your house, do the dishes or wash your parents’ car. They usually pay you for your work.

    17     If you are good at drawing, try making special cards. You can sell your cards to someone who needs them. It can show your talent and help you make money.

    18     You may have some old books. You have already read them and don’t want to keep them. Don’t throw them away. When you try to sell them, they become useful and help you to make money.

    19     If you become one of the top students in your school, you might win a scholarship(奖学金). The meaningful money encourages you to go on being hard-working.

    20     Write what you like and how you feel about one person or one thing. If you do that for a long time, you will find you are more talented in writing. Maybe you can publish(出版) your writing one day, the money is also meaningful.

A．You can sell your old books to make money.

B．You can sell your model planes.

C．You can make money by making cards.

D．You can keep on writing.

E．Helping to do housework is a good way to make money.

F．You can work hard and get good grades.

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出一个最佳选项。

Before I was in Grade Six, I was always the worst student in my class. Then it ________. That’s all because a new teacher, Miss Sadia, came to my school.

One day after ________, she found that I was alone during the lunch break. ________ she came to me and began to talk to me. After that day, she gave me particular(特别的) ________. I started to work hard because she gave me the feeling that someone believed me. Her encouragement(鼓励) ________ me a lot. At the ________ of my first term in Grade Six, I came second in my class.

But later we seemed to get less ________. Every time I came to talk with her, she just put on a cold, stony face. I didn’t know ________. When I was in Grade Seven, we hardly ever talked with each other. When I ________ middle school. I was out of touch with her. She ________ answered the phone when I called her.

Several years later, I went to a good university. One day, I ________ her at a party. I couldn’t help asking her, “Why did you stop talking to me?”

“You are a ________ boy. I want you to be able to stand on your own two feet and not to ________ others. Now here you are and I feel proud(骄傲的) of ________,” She said. I could not say ________, but I smiled. I’ll always thank her.

21.

A．lost

B．changed

C．got

D．moved

22.

A．work

B．practice

C．trouble

D．class

23.

A．So

B．Or

C．Although

D．Because

24.

A．care

B．gift

C．problem

D．exam

25.

A．beat

B．thanked

C．hurt

D．helped

26.

A．time

B．top

C．end

D．part

27.

A．close

B．brave

C．successful

D．hard

28.

A．what

B．when

C．how

D．why

29.

A．opened

B．missed

C．left

D．stayed

30.

A．only

B．never

C．just

D．even

31.

A．minded

B．chose

C．missed

D．met

32.

A．strange

B．clever

C．careless

D．humorous

33.

A．talk about

B．play with

C．depend on

D．look after

34.

A．me

B．you

C．her

D．him

35.

A．anything

B．something

C．everything

D．nothing

阅读下面材料，根据短文内容在空白处填入适当单词或用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

Nowadays WeChat(微信) is more and more popular. I often talk to my English friends on WeChat. It helps me speak English     36     (good) than before. And I can read much information     37     WeChat that can make me know more around. Some also makes me become more careful. Sometimes I feel WeChat is like     38     mirror that helps me see something clearly.     39    , WeChat brings me some trouble as well. Some friends put photos of the real things on WeChat to tell what they sell is really good. I am angry about     40     (that) advertisements(广告).     41     some of them may be not true. As a     42     (say) goes, “Seeing is believing.” I know people are cheated(被欺骗) by some messages     43     (easy). What’s worse, some news always asks us     44     (send) it to others. This often     45     (make) me uncomfortable, so I am thinking about using WeChat wisely on my phone again.

46. She got surprised when she heard the n________.

47. It is going to rain. You’d better take an u________ with you.

48. T________ he is very young, he plays the piano very well.

49. I like to sit on the sofa c________ enjoying music or watching TV.

50. The math problem is difficult for all the students. N________ of them in the class can get the right answer.

51. I went out to answer a phone call just now. Can you tell me what h______ in the room?

52. Yesterday he w________ the first prize, and all the students in his class were excited.

53. Lisa helps with housework at l________ twice a week.

55. After w________ for a long time, he bought two tickets.

56. 假设你是Li Peng，最近你收到了你的英国笔友Tom的电子邮件。请阅读这份邮件，根据邮件中提到的问题给Tom回信。要求：

（1）包含要点，适当发挥，语句通顺；

（2）词数不少于80个词；

（3）文中不能出现真实的学校名称以及本人的姓名。

Dear Li Peng, How’s everything going? I heard that you visited Beijing last week. How was your trip there? Would you please tell me what you did in Beijing? My friend and I are going there for a trip, so could you tell me which you think is the best place(s) or thing(s)? Why? Looking forward to your reply. Yours, Tom

Dear Tom, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Peng