1. — What ______ awful weather it is!
—Yes, but I love ______air after it rains. It smells so fresh.

A．the; an

B．an; the

C．/;the

D．an;/

2. He              like coffee. I see him drink a cup at times.

A．must

B．may

C．can’t

D．mustn’t

3. ---Do you drink much coffee as before?
---No, _______ at all. My sleeping problem is getting worse.

A．none	B．little
C．nothing	D．anything

4. —Sam, do you have the same hobby as your twin brother’s?
—Well, I like fishing ______ he likes playing basketball.

A．so

B．or

C．while

D．for

5. Mrs. Wang brought her three-year-old daughter to the cinema, but the little girl couldn’t sit ______ the whole film.

A．during

B．through

C．with

D．over

6. Don’t stop _______ your dictionary every time you meet a new word while reading.

A．using

B．use

C．used

D．to use

7. Jim has______ friends in his class. He is new here.

A．the most

B．the best

C．the least

D．the fewest

8. —What were you doing ______ your mother came back?
—I was doing my homework, of course.

A．during

B．after

C．while

D．when

9. We won’t visit Yancheng Nature Reserve if it ______ tomorrow.

A．is rainy

B．will rain

C．won’t rain

D．isn’t rain

10. ______ exercise, and you will be healthier.

A．To keep

B．Keep

C．Keeping

D．Kept

11. Tony doesn’t do well in PE. He’d better ______ swimming every week.

A．practise

B．not practise

C．to practise

D．not to practise

12. The flood ______ the old bridge over the small river. You can’t get to the other side now.

A．put away

B．kept away

C．washed away

D．moved away

13. I often watch the sun ______ in the east in the morning.

A．rise

B．rises

C．rising

D．rose

14. —How can I improve my English, Miss Wu?
—It takes time. If you read English every day, you will find it ______.

A．easy

B．more easily

C．easier

D．easily

15. ---- You must hand in your report tomorrow.
----What?        .We can't finish it that quickly.

A．No way

B．No problem

C．That's right

D．That's for sure

Dad had a green comb. He bought it when he married Mum. Every night, he would hand me his   ________and say, "Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?"

I was ________to do it. At age five, this dull task brought me such joy. I would excitedly turn the tap ________ and brush the comb carefully. Satisfied that I'd done a good job, I would happily return the comb to Dad.

He would smile at me and place the comb on his ________.   Two years later, Dad started his own ________, which wasn't doing so well. That was when things started to     ________. Dad didn't come home as early and as much as he used to. Mum and I became with him for placing our

family in trouble. With ________, an uncomfortable silence grew between us.

After my graduation, Dad's business was getting back on track. On my 28th birthday, Dad came home early .

As usual, I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said, "Hey, would you help me   ________ my comb?" I looked at him a while, then ________the comb and headed to the sink.

It hit me then: why, as a child, ________Dad clean his comb was such a pleasure. That routine(习惯) meant Dad was home early to the evening with Mum and me. It ________a happy and loving family.

I passed the clean comb back to Dad. He smiled at me and still ________placed his comb on his wallet. But this time, I noticed something ________. Dad had aged. He had wrinkles(皱纹) next to his eyes when he smiled, ________his smile was still as heartwarming as before, the smile of a father who just wanted a good________ for his family.

16.

A．bag

B．wallet

C．comb

D．brush

17.

A．sad

B．bored

C．afraid

D．happy

18.

A．out

B．over

C．in

D．on

19.

A．wallet

B．table

C．desk

D．bag

20.

A．family

B．business

C．task

D．journey

21.

A．help

B．change

C．improve

D．guide

22.

A．time

B．money

C．speed

D．energy

23.

A．sharpen

B．repair

C．clean

D．keep

24.

A．dropped

B．took

C．handed

D．threw

25.

A．watching

B．letting

C．helping

D．hearing

26.

A．brought

B．broke

C．meant

D．supported

27.

A．excitedly

B．hurriedly

C．noisily

D．carefully

28.

A．different

B．exciting

C．interesting

D．necessary

29.

A．for

B．or

C．so

D．but

30.

A．habit

B．life

C．house

D．education

School holiday activities at the library

	Activity When Cost Who	Cartooning with Eva Leung Tuesday 7 June, 9-11 a.m. ﹩3.00 to. cover the cost of art paper and pencils 5 to 8-year-olds
	Activity When Cost Who	Cartooning with Eva Leung Wednesday 8 June, 9-11 a.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of art paper and pencils 9 to 10-year-olds
	Eva Leung is famous for her cartoons published regularly in KIDStime magazine
	Activity When Cost Who	Kite-making Wednesday 8 June, 2-4 p.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of paper, string and other materials 5 to 10-year-olds
	Activity When Cost Who	Kite-making Thursday 9 June, 2-4 p.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of paper, string and other materials 5 to 10-year-olds

31. Who is this poster for?

A．Cartoonists.

B．Librarians.

C．Writers.

D．Children.

32. On which day are there two different activities?

A．Monday.

B．Tuesday.

C．Wednesday.

D．Thursday.

33. Why are there two cartooning classes on the program?

A．Because the classes are for different age groups.

B．Because more time is needed to learn cartooning

C．Because there is a strict limit on numbers for each class.

D．Because some children might want to do both the classes.

 Artificial intelligence (AI, 人工智能) can help us make phone calls. It can guide us to where we want to go. It can play games. And now, AI can do even more things.

Researchers from Microsoft have created the first machine translation system that can translate news articles from Chinese to English, Business Standard reported.

According to Microsoft's official website, researchers tested the system by asking it to translate hundreds of sentences taken from news stories. Then, language experts compared the results to two translations that were done by humans. The experts concluded that the system's translations were as good as the human translations.

Machine translation is always challenging. This is partly because different words can be used to express the same meaning. It can be hard to say which word is more “correct”.

Experts used several methods to improve the system's translation abilities. “Much of our research is really inspired (得到启发) by how we humans do things,” lead researcher Liu Tieyan said.One method is called dual learning. In this method, the system translates every sentence from Chinese to English, as well as translates the sentences back from English into Chinese. This way, the system can improve itself and learn from its own mistakes. This is similar to what humans do to make sure their translations are accurate (准确的).

Another method makes use of deliberation networks. The researchers taught the system to repeat the process of translating the same sentence over and over. Gradually, the system can improve the quality of its translations. This is similar to how people revise their own writing by going through it again and again.

34. Microsoft created a system that can _____.

A．make phone calls	B．give people directions
C．play games with people	D．translate news articles

35. What did the experts say about the system's translations?

A．They were not accurate.

B．They were as good as human translations.

C．They were better than human translations.

D．It's hard to tell whether the translations were correct.

36. Dual learning trains the system to translate _____.

A．more quickly	B．different sentences
C．more accurately	D．the same sentence repeatedly

37. What is the main idea of the story?

A．What artificial intelligence can do for us.

B．How sentences are translated from Chinese to English.

C．How the machine translation system was developed.

D．Why Microsoft created a machine translation system.

Each year on Feb 21, UNESCO ( 联合国教科文组织) holds an International Mother Language Day (IMLD ). The event is to help people to pay attention to the disappearance of the world's languages; many of them are disappearing each year. UNESCO sees this as a terrible fact.

What happens when a language dies out? Something great is lost-not just sounds and marks but the way that people understand the world and communicate with each other. We keep different cultures and traditions through languages. Kill a language and all these are killed too.

Through IMLD, more and more people come to realize he terrible situation and try to stop it.

Google's 2018 Endangered (濒临灭绝的) Languages Project is a good example. Many speakers and protectors of endangered languages upload (上传) texts, audios and videos to the project website. They want to introduce the way that people communicate and express themselves around the world.

The Myaamia Project is the same kind of effort to revive the language spoken by the Miami tribes (部落) of the United States. Project members work to encourage people to study and communicate with this language , which died out in the 1960s.

These activities give life to those endangered languages. People who work to keep Languages

alive are not limited to the past. Many young people design apps and use social media to support their activities. They "spread the word " to save the world.

So, while the problem of disappearing languages remains a very serious one, there is hope. We all have a special feeling of our mother language. This is why we should remember the wise words of late president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela: "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language，that goes to his heart."

38. UNESCO holds IMLD every year in order to help people to _______________.

A．learn and use endangered languages

B．show their talents in learning languages

C．practice reading skills of mother languages

D．realize the situation of endangered languages

39. What did people do in Google's 2018 Endangered Languages Project?

A．Discuss how to make good use of Google.

B．Offer online courses on endangered languages.

C．Share materials about endangered languages online.

D．Translate endangered languages into mother languages.

40. What does the underlined word "revive" mean in Paragraph ( 段落) 4?

A．创造

B．学习

C．复活

D．清除

41. What can we infer ( 推断) from Paragraph 5?

A．It is more difficult to protect endangered languages.

B．The disappearance of languages has already stopped.

C．Young people don't care about endangered languages.

D．Young people have creative ways to protect languages.

42. The writer mentions Nelson Mandela's words in order to __________________.

A．tell the importance of one's mother language

B．show his contributions to language protection

C．tell the trouble in learning endangered languages

D．show the possibility of protecting mother languages

“Will you come with us，Susan？”cried several girls．“We are going to the woods，do come，too．”
“I should like to go with you，”replied Susan，“but I can't finish the task Grandmother set me to do．”
“How boring it must be to stay at home to work on a holiday！”said one of them，shaking her head．“Susan's grandmother is too strict．”
At this，Susan lowered her head，wiped away a tear，and thought of the pleasant afternoon the girls would spend gathering wild flowers．
Soon she said to herself，“What harm can there be in moving the mark Grandmother put？The woods must be beautiful today，and how I should like to be there！”
“Grandmother，”said she，a few minutes afterwards，“I'm ready now．”
“What，so soon，Susan？”Her grandmother took the work，and looked at it very closely．
“True，Susan，”said she，“true，I have counted it，and，as you’ve never deceived（欺骗）me，you may go and enjoy yourself．”
Susan's face turned red，and she did not say“thank you”．As she left，she walked slowly away，not singing as usual．
“Why，here is Susan！”the girls cried．“But what is the matter? Why have you left your dear grandmother？”they jokingly added．
“it's nothing．”As Susan replied，she felt she was trying to deceive herself．
When the girl had reached an open space，they ran about enjoying themselves except Susan．Sitting on the grass，how she wished she were at home confessing（承认） her fault．
After a while Rose cried out，“Let’s make a crown of violets，and put it on the head of the best girl here．”
“It will be easy enough to make the crown．but not so easy to decide who is to wear it，”said Julia．
“Why，Susan is to wear it，of course，”said Rose，“is she not said to be the best girl in school and the most obedient（顺从的） at home？”
“Yes，yes，the crown shall be for Susan，”cried the other girls．
“Now，Susan，”said Rose，“put it on in a very careful way，for you are to be our queen．
The crown was placed on Susan’s head．But in a moment，she snatched it off，threw it on the ground and said，“No crown for me；I do not deserve（值得）it．”
The girls looked at her with surprise．“I have deceived my grandmother，”said she，while tears flowed down her cheeks．
“Do you think that bad？”asked one of the girls．
“I’m sure it is and I have been miserable all the time I have been here．”
Susan ran home，as soon as she saw Grandmother，she cried，“Grandmother！I should be punished，for I moved the mark．Do forgive me；I am very sorry and unhappy．”
“Susan，”said her grandmother，“I knew it all the time，but I let you go ou，hoping that you can realize your fault．I am so glad that you have confessed your fault．”
“Now！”was the quick reply，and Susan's grandmother kissed her forehead．
43. Which is the correct order of the things below？
a．The girls made a crown of violets in the woods．
b．Susan said sorry to Grandmother for her fault．
c．Susan's grandmother set her to do the work．
d．The girls invited Susan to play in the woods．
e．Susan threw the violet crown on the ground．

A．c-d-a-e-b

B．c-b-d-a-e

C．d-b-a-e-c

D．a-e-c-d-b

44. According to the passage，we can see Susan's grandmother        ．

A．was always very strict with Susan

B．didn't know Susan was lying at first

C．could think about Susan’s feelings

D．still didn't forgive Susan the end

45. The meaning of the underlined word“miserable”is close to        ．

A．surprised

B．excited

C．regretful

D．cheerful

46. Which can be the best title for this passage？

A．A pleasant afternoon trip	B．No crown for me
C．A kind-hearted grandmother	D．A deserving crown for me

根据句意及中文或者英文提示写出句中单词，使句子通顺。
47. The heavy rain has caused __________（洪水）in many parts of the country.
48. Her eyes shows no _________（fear). She is such a brave girl.
49. Write down your email__________（the place where you live）here if you want to join the club, my guys.
50. Last year, the poor harvest _________（make sth happen）food prices to become higher and higher.
51. There is a saying,“_______speak louder than words.”

请根据句意从方框里选用合适的词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。

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52. __________, with the help of the government, red-crowned cranes have more and more living space.
53. After a close look, the zookeeper is sure these footprints are not _________.
54. Which one is ________ from the Moon, the Earth or the Sun?
55. Our school football team didn’t win the match, and at last came _________ in it.
56. I felt ________ all day in class after going to bed late.

请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。

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57. —Do you know Helen will drive to Beijing this Sunday?
—Helen? Impossible! She _________ driving so much.
58. As Nancy ________about her old school, a loud noise woke her up.
59. —________the teacher ________ the question?
—Yes, she is. So we should listen carefully this time.
60. —Congratulations! You got the first place.
—Thanks. My sister Linda ________ me lots of valuable advice.
61. My grandpa is in hospital. I ________ about him these days.

句型转换
62. I don’t think hiking is as interesting as jogging.（保持句意基本不变）
I think hiking is _______ interesting ________jogging.
63. The neighbours saw and heard something strange last night.（改为否定句）
The neighbours ________ see _________ hear anything strange last night.
64. The girl gave a rather exciting speech last Friday. （改为感叹句）
___________ __________exciting speech the girl gave last Friday!
65. The box weighs 60 kilos. (对画线部分提问）
___________ __________ does the box weigh?
66. Because of the bad weather, he took a bus to work. He didn’t drive his car.（保持句意基本不变）
Because of the bad weather, he went to work by bus ___________ __________driving his car.

请认真阅读下面短文,并根据各题所给首字母的提示,写出一个合适的英语单词完整正确的形式,使短文通顺。

March 22nd is World Water Day. It started in 1993. It not only makes us think about the loss of water, but also tells us to save and p    67     water. Today, we're facing terrible water problems. Among them, waste water problem is especially s    68    . So this year's subject of World Water Day is “Waste water”.

What is waste water? It is used water. Usually, waste water c    69     from homes, factories, hospitals and so on. It is produced in different activities, l    70     washing the machines, taking showers and using the kitchen. The rain also changes into waste water when it is running down the street during a s    71    .

Wherever it is from, there is something harmful in it.

W    72     must we treat waste water? Waste water has a big influence on our life. It causes both illness for us and p    73     for the environment. We must care for our environment and our own h    74    .

How can we treat waste water? Different kinds of waste water can be treated in different ways. We can reuse waste water from homes. Then there will be l    75     waste water. Also, factory waste water needs cleaning b    76     it goes back to nature.

The way we spend our time can be divided into three groups or jars (罐子). These would be the necessary tasks jar, the voluntary tasks jar and the happiness jar.

Every day, we spend time filling the necessary tasks jar. We fill this jar with useful things, like making money, doing housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another jar with voluntary tasks. These are things that we do for others, but we may not enjoy them. This jar is filled with tasks like taking children to activities and cooking family meals. Those jars are very important. If we don’t fill them each day, our family won’t run properly.

However, we often forget to fill the third jar− the happiness jar. This is the jar that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your happiness jar sometimes empty at the end of the day? We all have days like that. Between doing all the necessary and voluntary tasks, time flies by on some days, and before we know it, it is time for bed.

That is why each day we try to fill our happiness jar. Most days, I fill mine by going to the ballroom dance (社交舞) class. Between the music, the dancing and the friendship among the students, I always leave classes happier than when I entered. Playing music is another way that I fill my happiness jar. This week, I was happy to take part in an orchestra (管弦乐队) practice at my church (教堂). A small group of us met to practice Christmas music for a church service. It was a time of fun, friendship and music making. At the end of the evening, my happiness jar was full.

Consider how your time is spent. Try to find ways to achieve a balance. At the end of the day, hopefully we’ve done all we can to make sure that our happiness jar is filled.

77. How many kinds of jars are mentioned in this passage?
______________________________________________
78. What will happen if we don’t fill the necessary tasks jar and the voluntary tasks jar?
______________________________________________
79. Why do we often forget to fill the third jar?
______________________________________________
80. How does the writer fill her happiness jar?
______________________________________________
81. Do you think it important to fill the happiness jar? Why or why not?
______________________________________________

82. 书面表达

假 设 你 是 Daniel， 上 星 期 你 从 网 络 上 看 到 中 国 环 境 保 护 协 会 China Environmental Protection Association(CEPA)正在招募志愿者。请你根据下表所给的提示的要点写封申请信，简述自己的基本情况及加入后的打算。

个人信息	阳光中学八年级学生	友善、诚实
	学校观鸟协会成员	擅长DIY
申请原因	1.热爱环境和野生动物； 2.发现自然灾害频发、野生动物濒危；
打算计划	……（请考生自拟两点内容）
联系方式	Daniel@163.com

注意:
1. 表达中必须包含所给要点，可以适当发挥，不要简单翻译。
2.字数 90 左右。开头和结尾己写好，不计入总词数。
3.表达中请勿提及真实姓名。
Dear Chairperson，

I would like to join CEPA._____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Daniel