1. My brother bought     a toy as     birthday present.

A．him; my

B．me; my

C．my; me

D．his; him

2. —What are you going to wear________ the show?
—A yellow shirt, blue jeans and trainers.

A．for

B．with

C．as

D．from

3. —     is the Amazon River?
—Some experts say it’s 7,025 kilometers long but others say it’s 6,440 kilometers long.

A．How far

B．How soon

C．How much

D．How long

4. 一Must I come at 6: 30 tomorrow morning?
—No,you needn’t. You come one hour later.

A．can

B．need

C．should

D．must

5. I tried calling you,          your phone was out of service.

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．or

6. Chiang Mai (清迈) has been one of         tourist places for Chinese since the movie Lost in Thailand (《泰囧》) was shown.

A．hot

B．hotter

C．hottest

D．the hottest

7. —Where is your brother?
—He isn’t at home. He     back in three days.

A．will come

B．comes

C．coming

D．come

8. I saw Ken in the meeting room, and he     Joe for the school magazine.

A．interviews

B．interview

C．has interviewed

D．was interviewing

9. —Hello. May I speak to Mary?
—Sorry. She     to museum just now.

A．go

B．went

C．goes

D．will go

10. ----Would you like to watch the three-D film Titanic with me ?
----Certainly. I don’t mind seeing it again although I ______________ it twice.

A．saw

B．was seen

C．have seen

D．had seen

11. A baby's first month birthday is a special event in China and_____with a special party.

A．celebrates

B．is celebrated

C．was celebrated

D．will celebrate

12. –I’m going to buy a car. Any advice, Charlie?
-- Well, it depends on ______. If money isn’t a problem, you can buy a BMW.

A．when will you buy one	B．what color do you like
C．how much you can afford	D．where you are driving

When I was a small boy, something happened to me that made me never put any wild creature in a cage.

We lived near a forest, and every evening the mockingbird would come and______. I decided to catch a young______and keep it in a cage, and in this way, I would have my own private musician. Then I succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird was______, so it fluttered (扑腾) in the cage. But finally it was used to living in its new home. I felt very excited with myself and look forward to some beautiful singing.

On the second day, the little bird’s mother flew to the cage with______in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything. I was______to see this. Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby better than I did.

The following morning when I went to see my bird, I found it______on the floor of the cage. I was terribly surprised and sad! What had happened?

Arthur Wayne, a famous biologist, happened to______my father at that time. After she knew my story, she explained to me, “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose______.”

Since then I have never caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living things have a right to live free.

13.

A．dance

B．fly

C．sing

D．jump

14.

A．bird

B．boy

C．fish

D．thief

15.

A．happy

B．careful

C．active

D．afraid

16.

A．water

B．food

C．songs

D．stones

17.

A．worried

B．pleased

C．bored

D．tired

18.

A．alone

B．alive

C．dead

D．sick

19.

A．invite

B．visit

C．challenge

D．introduce

20.

A．friends

B．parents

C．freedom

D．happiness

Inventions make the world better, smarter and a little more fun.

	The folding bike helmet (头盔) People hate to wear a helmet because it’s thick and heavy. Morpher is a bike helmet made from plastics. It is just as strong as the traditional ones, but flexible (灵活的) enough to fold almost totally flat. Also it is much easier to carry.
	Shoes that tie themselves After we see the movie Back to the Future, almost everyone wants a pair of self-tying shoes. Now, thanks to Nike, the shoes dream comes true. When you press a button, the shoes can tie themselves.
	The smart alarm clock—Hello Sense An alarm clock, called Hello Sense, can improve your sleep. It can control the temperature, light and even air quality in your bedroom to help you have a perfect sleep environment. And it can record your sleep cycles.
	Sweep potatoes that could save lives The lack (缺乏) of vitamin A can cause blindness and many other illnesses. In sub-Saharan Africa, plant experts are helping them grow a kind of new sweet potatoes. These potatoes can help them fight against some illnesses.

21. Which company makes self-tying shoes?

A．Adidas.

B．Kappa.

C．Nike.

D．Li-Ning.

22. The smart alarm clock can NOT     .

A．improve our sleep	B．record our sleep cycles
C．control our weight	D．control the temperature in the bedroom

23. You can find the passage in a     .

A．newspaper

B．story book

C．guide book

D．cookery book

An elderly carpenter (木匠) was ready to retire (退休). He told his boss that he planned to leave the building business and live a more relaxing life with his wife, enjoying his big family. He would miss the pay check each week, but he needed to retire. He believed they could get by (勉强过活) even on a small amount of money.

The boss was sorry to see his good worker leave and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but soon afterwards he was found to be absent-minded. He used shoddy materials to build the house. How disappointing it was to end his career in this way!

When the carpenter finished all his work, the boss came to inspect (检查) the new house as usual. But after that, he handed the front-door key to the carpenter, saying. “This is your house, my gift to you.”

What a shock! What a shame! If he had known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the worst house he had ever built in his life.

Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or put up a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you ever build. Even if you live it for only one more day, that day deserves (值得) to be lived comfortably. Life is a do-it yourself project. Your life today is the result of your attitudes (态度) and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.

24. According to the article, the carpenter     .

A．was too old to build a fine house	B．had a large family to raise
C．was not in need of money	D．was not welcome

25. The carpenter was     when he learned that the house he had built was for himself.

A．excited

B．delighted

C．worried

D．surprised

26. What does the writer mainly want to tell us in the text?

A．We should build a house wisely.	B．Building a house is like building a life.
C．We should pursue (追求) a comfortable life.	D．We should have the right attitude towards life.

Young sunflowers turn and swing every day. New findings add to evidence that the plants are animal-like.

Harmer, a professor in the University of California at Davis, Department of Plant Biology, carried out a series of experiments on sunflowers in the field, in pots outdoors and in indoor growth chambers.

By staking plants so that they could not move, Harmer showed that he could destroy their ability to track the sun. He also noticed that sunflowers prevented from moving were not as tough and leafy as those that were free to move. When plants were moved indoor with a settled overhead light, they continued to swing back and forth for a few days.

The indoor plants did start tracking the “sun” again when the apparent source of lighting was moved across the room. The plants could reliably tack the movement and return at night when the artificial day was close to a 24-hour cycle, but not when it was closer to 30 hours.

When sunflowers track the sun, the east sides of their stems grew more rapidly than the west sides. At night, the west sides grew faster as the stem swung the other way. The team identified a number of genes that were expressed at higher levels on the sunward side of the plant during the day or on the other side at night. A plant growth-regulating hormone (激素), called auxin, appears to be a key driver.

The “dance” to the sun cycle obviously slows when the sunflower matures (成熟) and its flowers open up. At that point, the plants stop moving during the day and settle down facing the sun in the east.

“Bees like warm flowers.” Harmer said, adding that the bees are cold-blooded, so landing on a warm flower saves them energy and perhaps feels really good.

“The morning warmth changes the flowers in a way to make them more appealing to insects, perhaps causing them to release more attractive scents earlier in the day.” he said “We’re currently testing this idea.”

27. Why did Harmer do the experiment on sunflowers?

A．To see how sunflowers grow up	B．To show what sunflowers’ genes are.
C．To study why sunflowers track the sun.	D．To check if sunflowers swing in cloudy days.

28. What does the underlined word “staking” probably mean in Paragraph 3?

A．breaking

B．controlling

C．growing

D．searching

29. What is the result of sunflowers being stopped from moving?

A．They will produce a number of new genes.	B．They will grow faster than usual.
C．They won’t swing back though set free.	D．They won’t grow well.

If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into an intelligent person.

A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers who were getting better from heart disease following operation. They found that people who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” did much better on language ability tests than without music.

“Facts suggest that exercise improve the learning ability of people with heart disease,” said the psychologist(心理学家) Charles Emery, who led the study. “And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding. We just wanted to put the two results together,” he added.

The volunteers said they felt better emotionally after working out with or without the music. But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during exercise. Scientists have proved that music can be good for health, education and well-being. It helps reduce stress, sadness and nervousness; encourages relaxation or sleep; wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.

In medical fields, music is used widely for patients who have had head hurts before and after operation. “The Four Seasons” was used because of its moderate tempo(舒缓的节拍) and positive results in earlier research. “Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nervous system and these changes may have a direct result on learning ability,” Emery said.

Scientists have been studying the results of music on understanding since the early 1950s. By 1990, psychologists were using Mozart’s music, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech disorders. Mozart was chosen because his music is not over-exciting and has clear structures. A study showed students who listened to Mozart went on to score higher marks in an intelligence test. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them.

30. The underlined word enhance can be replaced by     .

A．impress

B．improve

C．provide

D．produce

31. The text is mainly about that     .

A．33 volunteers work on music in medical fields

B．music and exercise lead to relaxation or sleep

C．exercise to music makes people healthy and bright

D．scientists give suggestions on choosing music to exercise

32. It can be learned from the last paragraph that     .

A．you are supposed to follow your parents’ words

B．you have some good reasons to exercise to music

C．music might help you to get higher grades in tests

D．students should not listen to music before exams

33. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．“The Four Seasons” is used to help children with speech disorders.

B．Exercise seems to cause negative changes without music.

C．Exercise reminds people with head hurts of what they've learned.

D．Scientists often use Mozart's music, for it is not too exciting.

Passage 1

What can we do to help protect the environment? It seems useless to just pick up a piece of trash (垃圾), but what will happen if you keep doing it every day? Tommy Kleyn, an ordinary man from the Netherlands, may give you the answer.

Tommy Kleyn walked past a polluted river on his way to work every day. It used to be a beautiful view, but the trash on the bank made it dirty and smelly. So Tommy decided to pick up the trash along the river a little bit at a time after work. “It took me about 30 minutes to fill one garbage(垃圾) bag with trash, but one garbage bag didn't seem helpful in a place as polluted as this. I decided to fill one bag of trash each day as I passed by," Tommy said. Every day, Tommy took pictures of the river and shared them on his Facebook page. To his surprise, in just six days, he had made great progress with his cleanup effort. He felt happy and kept doing it. Gradually, more and more people knew about Tommy's story. Other people in the community began following in his footsteps and cleaning up trash on their way home, too.

“The idea is to encourage people to fill one garbage bag with litter each day. It only takes 30 minutes, but it really makes a difference and you will be amazed at how good you feel afterwards," he said.

People from all over the world have been moved and inspired(激发) by Tommy's story. No effort is useless if we keep doing it every day. Ordinary people like you and me can also make a difference to the world we live in if we take actions right now.

34. Did Tommy Kleyn walk past a polluted river on his way to work every day?
_________________________________________________________________
35. What did Tommy decide to do after work?
_________________________________________________________________
36. Where did Tommy share the pictures of the river that he took?
_________________________________________________________________
37. Who began following in Tommy’s footsteps and cleaning up trash?
_________________________________________________________________
38. What can you learn from the story?
_________________________________________________________________

39. 文段表达。

根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于60词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。

假如你是李华，你们班要去儿童福利院做志愿活动，你打算邀请你的朋友，交换生Peter参加。请你用英语写一封电子邮件，告诉他时间、交通方式、活动内容，以及需要准备什么。

提示词语:        bus, read, play games, songs, stories, gifts, help.

提示问题:        When and how are you going to the Children's Home?

What are you going to do there?

What do you advise Peter to prepare for the volunteer work?

Dear Peter,

How is it going? I'm writing to invite you to join the volunteer work at the Children's Home.

                                                                      I’m looking forward to your early reply. Yours,

Li Hua