Music is always important in Chinese people's life. People enjoy ________to music at home and in concert halls. As time ______, music changes.

Traditional music is our culture,______it often stays with us for a long time. Many of the traditional Chinese songs are around us for many years. Young musicians learn these songs from older musicians and the music changes only very little. Today's musicians write new songs every year and we hear new songs ______the radio every day.

Before the invention(发明) of radio and TV, people had to go to places where musicians gave performances(表演). The famous musicians usually worked ______and the tickets cost too much, so there were only a few chances for people to hear really good music. For most people, _______chance to hear good music was during a festival. Today, ______is easy for people to hear music all the time. Radio and TV play songs every day and night and sometimes you can even hear people play music on the street.

One thing hasn't changed very much. _______modern and traditional Chinese songs are about love and life. Every song _______something to do with what it means to be a human being. Music changes and styles come and go, but nothing changes ______love for good music.

1.

A．listen

B．listens

C．to listen

D．listening

2.

A．pass

B．passes

C．passed

D．was passing

3.

A．so

B．because

C．though

D．however

4.

A．by

B．in

C．at

D．on

5.

A．busy

B．busier

C．busily

D．more busily

6.

A．good

B．better

C．best

D．the best

7.

A．it

B．this

C．that

D．these

8.

A．All

B．Both

C．Either

D．Neither

9.

A．has

B．have

C．had

D．having

10.

A．we

B．us

C．our

D．ourselves

Once upon a time, there was a very old man called Yu Gong. He lived with his family in a village and there were two big and _______ mountains near his house. They spent a long time _______ to the other side.

One day, Yu Gong told his family that they must move the mountains to the other places. _______ this, everyone in his family were laughing at him. One of his sons said, “Are you kidding?” “No, I’m serious and all of you must do it with me.” Everyone was _______ at that time. They really didn’t want to do it, but they had to do because the oldest man in the family was _______ important person at that time.

The next day everyone in Yu Gong’s family started to dig the mountains. They put the stones and the earth _______ the sea. One day a man saw Yu Gong and his children _______ the mountains. He told Yu Gong he would never do it. But Yu Gong said though he was _______ and would die, his family could continue to move the mountains. Then they kept on digging day after day and year after year.

Finally a god was so moved by Yu Gong _______ he sent two gods to help Yu Gong move the mountains away.

The ________ reminds us that you can never know what’s possible unless you try to make it happen.

11.

A．short

B．thin

C．high

D．long

12.

A．get

B．to get

C．got

D．getting

13.

A．Seeing

B．Doing

C．Hearing

D．Watching

14.

A．in silence

B．tired

C．thirsty

D．excited

15.

A．most

B．the most

C．more

D．much more

16.

A．on

B．to

C．up

D．into

17.

A．dug

B．digging

C．to dig

D．dig

18.

A．healthy

B．well

C．strong

D．weak

19.

A．that

B．who

C．which

D．whether

20.

A．magazine

B．novel

C．story

D．book

The day was like any other day in his life. Tom walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt very happy to see that the pair of shoes he wanted very much was still there. Looking down at his old shoes, he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have them for his birthday.
He sadly walked away and thought how to tell his mother about it. He knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, as he looked sad and his mother would notice it. So he went to the park and sat on the grass. There he saw a boy moving a wheelchair with his hands. Tom looked at him and was surprised to see that he has no feet. He looked at his own feet. “It’s much better to be without shoes than without feet.” he thought. There was no reason for him to feel so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was happier.
21. Tom passed the shop ______.

A．on foot

B．by bike

C．in a wheelchair

D．by bus

22. Tom stopped in front of the shop because he wanted to _____.

A．buy the shoes	B．look at the shoes he liked
C．buy a present for his friend	D．get something for his birthday party

23. That pair of shoes Tom liked was ______.

A．too cheap

B．too large for him

C．not sold yet

D．not there

24. Why did Tom go to the park? Because ______.

A．many nice shoes were sold there.	B．he wanted to play there for a while
C．he wanted to see his disabled friend	D．he didn't want to make his mother worried

25. We can learn from the story that Tom _____

A．liked new shoes very much	B．loved his mother very much
C．didn’t want to stay at home	D．had no feet

配对阅读：下表左栏是五个行业的需求，右栏是对七个人物的描述，请从右栏为各个行业选择合适的选项。        

26    We need a computer typist （打字员）. Your job is to receive emails from and send them to our customers.     27    Do you like children? Can you tell jokes, sing and dance? Here are five kids of 3-5 years old for you to look after.     28    Our tourist company wants two girls to answer telephones. You must be between 18 and 25 years old. And you must speak Chinese well.     29    Do you play basketball well? Are you free on weekends? Our club needs a coach （教练） to teach kids to play basketball.     30    We want a driver. You must be a man of 25﹣35 years old. You don't have any records of traffic accidents.

A. Sally is 22 and graduated from a tourist university. She likes talking to people and speaks Chinese well. B. Mary is a 28-year-old girl. She is good-looking and has rich experience in selling clothes. C. Mr. Hand is 32. He has a ten-year history of driving and has never had any accident. He always drives carefully. D. Danny is looking for a job. He studied computer science in college. And he can type（打字） both in English and Chinese very fast. E. David is a college student and good at ball games like baseball, basketball and tennis. He is free on weekends. F. Nancy is good at singing and dancing. She can also tell funny stories. She likes kids. G. Mr. Green writes good music but he can't sing well. He wants to work as a professional composer （作曲家）.

Kumblh Mela is an important festival in India. It means a festival of the pot(锅，罐)     31    English. There is a story about how Indian people started celebrating the festival.

A long time ago, there was     32    fight between the gods of India and some devils(魔鬼). They fought for a pot,     33    there were some magic pills in it. If you ate the pills, you would live forever. The gods didn't want the devils to live forever. During the fight, the pot fell onto the earth and the pills dropped at four different     34     in India. To remember this thing, people in India     35     Kumblh Mela every three years, each time in one of the four cities. That means each city holds the festival every     36     years.

The festival of Kumblh Mela is    37     big that it starts on January 9, and lasts for 41 days. Many people from around the     38     come to the city and celebrate the festival each time. They wash their bodies in the Ganges River, hoping to wash off bad things.     39    , there are always accidents happening because there are too many people there. So if you want to attend the festival, be     40    .

41. Sara的父母在1958年结婚。
Sara’s parents_________ _________in 1958.

42. Kelly一见到他John就喜欢上了他。
Kelly_________ _________ _________ _________John the moment she saw him.

43. 这些旧照片让我想起了我亲爱的父亲。
These old photos_________me _________my dear dad.

44. 学生们一到长城就拍照。
________ ________ ________the students reached the Great Wall, they took photos.

45. 为保持健康，他们骑自行车来代替开车。
They ride bikes _________ _________driving to keep healthy.

46. She did her homework at school.（改为否定句）
She_________ _________her homework at school.

47. He had dinner at a restaurant yesterday.（改为一般疑问句）
_________he _________dinner at a restaurant yesterday?

48. My brother read the book last week.（对画线部分提问）
_________ _________ your brother_________the book?

49. If we don’t work hard, we won’t succeed in the end.(变为同义句)   
_________we _________ _________, we won’t succeed in the end.

50. The little bird ________(lead) us to a wonderful house. (用所给单词的适当形式填空)

Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature(文学). He is the first Chinese to win the prize.
Mo Yan was born into a farmer’s family in Shandong in 1955. He left school to work at the age of twelve, first on the farm, later in a factory. In 1976, he joined the PLA and during this time he began to study writing. His first short story was published in 1981. He has written many famous books about his childhood and his hometown. Many of his books have been translated into English, French and many other languages.
Mo Yan’s winning of the Nobel Literature Prize, widely regarded as a great encouragement for China’s literature, is bringing more confidence to the nation’s young authors.
51. How old is Mo Yan?
_________________________________________________
52. When did he win the Nobel Literature Prize?
_________________________________________________
53. Is Mo Yan a Chinese writer?
_________________________________________________
54. Where was he born?
_________________________________________________
55. Mo Yan left school to work at the age of 14, didn’t he?
_________________________________________________

56.    假设你准备参加学校“英语角”开展的“用英语讲故事”活动，你选取了“曹冲称象”这个大家熟悉的故事。请你根据下面图片中的内容，以“How Cao Chong Weighed the Elephant” 为题写一篇80词以上的英语短文。
注意：标题、开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：weigh称重；scale秤；sink下沉；drew a line划一条线

How Cao Chong Weighed the Elephant

Cao Cao was very glad to have received an elephant as a present._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Add up(加起来) all the numbers and we will know the weight of the elephant,” Cao Chong said to his father in pride.