1. At night, there are too many stars in ________ sky to count. But they are very beautiful.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．（不填）

3. Peter’s neighbour is making a lot of ________ at night. He is driving Peter’s family mad.

A．noise

B．praise

C．plans

D．decisions

4. Everyone was seated when the teacher ________ the exam papers from her bag.

A．threw

B．held

C．drew

D．received

5. Zheng He’s travels were ________ important that they are still studied today.

A．very

B．too

C．so

D．quite

6. The dinner ________ good, but tastes strange.

A．sounds

B．smells

C．tastes

D．becomes

7. We talked about the problem and Tim ________ doing some research first.

A．will suggest	B．has suggested
C．suggests	D．suggested

8. Angela kept getting them right ________ the questions were getting more and more difficult.

A．if

B．after

C．since

D．though

9. —Hello! May I speak to Dr Huang, please?
—________, Dr Huang is out at the moment.

A．I’m sorry

B．Speaking

C．Never mind

D．Please

10. —Would you please tell me ________?
—Friends.

A．who do you often have lunch with

B．who you often have lunch with

C．where you will have lunch

D．where will you have lunch

阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

There was a young painter who made a living by painting portraits（肖像）. One day, a rich man asked him to paint a portrait for him. The rich man ________ to pay him 10, 000 dollars.

After a week, the rich man came to take the painting, ________ he was not pleased with it. He told the young painter, “I will ________ pay 3, 000 dollars for this painting.”

The young painter was ________. He spoke to the rich man, hoping the rich man would ________ his word.

The rich man thought. “The man in the painting is ________. If I don’t buy this painting, no one else will buy it.” So he said, “I will ________ you one last time: will you sell it for 3, 000 dollars?”

The young painter said firmly（坚定地）, “No. This is a ________ for me! I would prefer not to sell it, rather than be humiliated（羞辱）by you. Someday, you will pay 20 ________ the cost for breaking your promise.”

After that, the painter ________ hard day and night. At last, he became well-known in the   ________ world.

The rich man forgot about the artist and ________ he had told him. But one day, some friends told him, “There is a painting selling for 200, 000 dollars and the man in the painting ________ exactly like you. It has a name of ‘Thief’.”

Then, the rich man ________ the artist. He quickly went to find the artist and say ________ to him. He had to pay 200, 000 dollars to buy the portrait. The young painter made the rich man lower his head in the end.

11.

A．disagreed

B．promised

C．learned

D．knew

12.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．so

13.

A．still

B．only

C．hardly

D．never

14.

A．happy

B．satisfied

C．angry

D．afraid

15.

A．keep

B．explain

C．say

D．break

16.

A．you

B．us

C．him

D．me

17.

A．ask

B．advise

C．tell

D．help

18.

A．pleasure

B．surprise

C．shame

D．trouble

19.

A．million

B．thousand

C．dollars

D．times

20.

A．sold

B．worked

C．read

D．thought

21.

A．business

B．film

C．art

D．news

22.

A．how

B．where

C．when

D．what

23.

A．wonders

B．doubts

C．sounds

D．looks

24.

A．remembered

B．telephoned

C．heard

D．met

25.

A．hello

B．sorry

C．goodbye

D．wonderful

Fight of the Books Advisor: Jody Phillips Like to read? Come to our club and team up to read the books on the reading list. A competition is held in the end. Each team should answer questions on the reading list books. The team that answers the most questions correctly wins the competition! Science Olympiad Advisor: Stephanie Pacquette If you are a budding Einstein, or just love science, this club is for you. Students meet after school every Friday to work on special experiments and projects.

26. How many clubs are mentioned in the poster? ________

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

27. What will you take part in if you finish reading the books on the list? ________

A．A team.

B．A meeting.

C．A project.

D．A competition.

28. When do the students in Science Olympiad meet each other? ________

A．Before school.

B．After class.

C．Every Friday.

D．Every day.

29. Which of the following advice is given by Jody Phillips? ________

A．Love science.	B．Watch a competition.
C．Team up to read books.	D．Join Science Olympiad.

Would you like to be a sales person when you grow up? What makes you interested in doing the job?

Two friends, Jim and Stew, joined a big sales company together just after graduation. Both of them worked really hard.

Three years passed and Stew rose to be sales executive（销售主管）. Jim did not get any promotion（提拔）.

Jim thought it was not fair, so he asked his boss why he didn’t appreciate the hard-working person. The boss knew that Jim worked hard, and in order to show the difference between him and Stew, he told Jim, “Go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market.”

When Jim returned, the boss asked: “How much a kilogram?” So Jim went back to the market and then returned to say the price—$12 a kg.

Then the boss asked Stew the same thing. Stew went to the market, and when he returned he said, “At the moment there is one person selling watermelons, $12 a kg, $100 for 10 kg. Now he has 340 watermelons in stock（有存货）. On the table there are 48 watermelons, and each of them weighs about 15 kg. Watermelons were bought from the south two days ago, so they are fresh.”

Hearing this, Jim realized the difference between him and Stew. He knew that he could learn a lot from his friend.

Successful people are better at watching. They think and see the future, while most people see only tomorrow.

30. How did Jim work in the company? _________

A．Lazily.

B．Slowly.

C．Wisely.

D．Carelessly.

31. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “appreciate”? _________

A．Expect.

B．Encourage.

C．Think highly of.

D．Pay attention to.

32. How much does a watermelon cost a kilogram from the text? _________

A．$10.

B．$12.

C．$15.

D．$100.

33. What is Stew like according to the text? _________

A．He is good at counting.	B．He is poor at watching.
C．He is very smart.	D．He is very lazy.

Today I will tell you two ancient Greek stories.

Archimedes and the golden crown

One day in ancient Greece, King Hiero asked a crown maker to make him a golden crown. At first, he was very happy with it.

Later, however, he began to doubt that it was a real golden crown. He sent it to Archimedes and asked him to find out the truth.

‘‘This problem seems difficult to solve. What should I do?’’ thought Archimedes.

Archimedes was still（A）thinking about this problem as he filled his bath with water. When he got into the bath, some water ran over.

‘‘That’s it!’’ shouted Archimedes.

Archimedes went straight to the palace to see the king.（B）He showed the king how he solved the problem.

‘‘Look at this,” said Archimedes to King Hiero. “A crown made completely of gold displaces less water than a crown made of gold and another metal. This crown displaced more water than gold of the same weight, so I’m（C）certain that it’s not completely made of gold.”

‘‘The crown maker tricked me, didn’t he?（D）________ a bad man he is!” shouted King Hiero. He then sent the crown maker to prison.

Helen at the Olympics

In ancient Greece, women were not allowed to watch the Olympics. However, Helen, a brave woman, wanted to watch her son, Rodus, run.

‘‘I’m going to see you at the Olympics tomorrow,” said Helen.

‘‘But Mum, the king will be angry,” said Rodus.

‘‘（E）别担心. I’ll think of a way,” replied Helen.

The next day, Helen dressed（F）________a soldier to attend the Olympics. She was soon caught.

‘‘Take her to prison,” said the king.

50. 写出文中划线部分（A）和（C）的同义词或近义词。________；________
51. 将文中划线部分（B）改写为：He showed the king how ________the problem.
52. 在文中（D）和（F）的空白处分别填入适当的单词。________； ________
53. 将文中划线部分（E）译成英语。 ________________
54. 从文中找出两个故事共同发生的所在地短语。 ___________________

Once there were many thousands of Gourma Desert（沙漠）elephants in Mali, a country in West Africa.（A）现在有不到四百头大象.

Why did the number of the elephants drop so quickly? On the one hand, the elephants’ main lake, their only water source（来源） dried up. On the other hand, the land which the elephants lived on was overused by humans.   ①

To protect the elephants’ living environment, the Mali Elephant Project（MEP）was started in 2007. MEP met with local people and helped（B）________ make rules of using land and water. As a result, the situation became better and there was more food, forest and grassland. ②

However, from 2012 to 2016; poaching（偷猎）and illegal（非法的）trade in the elephants increased quickly. ③ And another fifty-one elephants were killed in 2016. “If this situation goes on, all the Gourma elephants will be killed soon” said a member of MEP.

Luckily, the voice of MEP was heard. More organizations have joined together to let the local people know that（C） buying and selling elephants breaks the rules. Elephant poaching has dropped to a very low level. The local people have learned to live peacefully（D）________ the elephants, one of the wildlife treasures in the world.

55. 将文中划线部分（A）译成英语。 ____________________
56. 在文中（B）和（D）的空白处分别填入适当的单词。________；________
57. 将文中划线部分（C）改写为：buying and selling elephants ________ the rules.
58. 在文中①②③选出能填入“Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone.”的位置。________
59. 从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的中心短语。 ____________________

65. 假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter来信想了解你的家庭生活情况，请给他写一封回信。

内容包括：
1）家庭情况；
2）日常生活；
3）对家庭感受。
注意：
1）词数80﹣100。开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2）短文须包括所给内容信息。可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,

I have received your letter. In your letter, you wanted to learn about my family life. Let me talk about it.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua