Do you like Snow White or Mickey Mouse?_______ you have watched them or not, you must have heard about them. They _______to the world-famous Walt Disney Animation Studios. When Cathy was an art student, she always dreamed of working at the Studios. So she was really _________ when the Studios came to her college and looked for the best art students. She asked for the job _______ thinking.

Several months later, Cathy became a member of the Studios. It was _______ for her, but it really happened. Now Cathy has._______ here for about two years."I work _______ passion(热情)and love every day, "Cathy said. "It feels good to work with the most talented artists. With their help, I have made great _______. I believe we will _______ more and more classic films in the future. "

The working environment is great. The Studios ________ Cathy and other workers a lot of free things, such as coffee, fruit and books. How wonderful!

1.

A．Though

B．Wherever

C．Whenever

D．Whether

2.

A．rise

B．belong

C．come

D．need

3.

A．excited

B．nervous

C．special

D．tired

4.

A．as

B．by

C．without

D．before

5.

A．impossible

B．unbelievable

C．interesting

D．important

6.

A．worked

B．gone

C．lived

D．left

7.

A．ever since

B．instead of

C．a bit

D． full of

8.

A．research

B．pressure

C．progress

D．decision

9.

A．collect

B．explain

C．invent

D．create

10.

A．serves

B．introduces

C．keeps

D．provides

My family and I went on a long trip down south last year. It was a three-week vacation which would include Christmas and New Year. We live in Muskegon, Michigan, so the drive to Florida that was really amazing. We stopped in Atlanta, Georgia to visit my aunt. It was fun and it was also a nice break from driving. Then we kept going down to Orlando. We stopped at Disney and had so much fun! We went to Epcot, Magic Kingdom, and Blzzard Beach. After that we also went to see my dad's brother in Tampa Bay. We got to visit him, my aunt and my two cousins. Even though it was December, I played baseball with my two cousins outside.

We spent Christmas in our hotel. We still kept up our habit of reading about some stories about Christmas. It was strange not to have a white Christmas, but it was nice being so warm at Christmas.

And I really liked the gift from my mother a pair of white shoes. One of my favorite holidays is New Year's Eve, because everyone gathers together to celebrate and have a lo of fun. However, this New Year's Eve, we could not have any friends over. Instead, we watched a marathon(马拉松赛跑) Now I still remember my family lying on the hotel' beds and laughing aloud. That will forever be one of my favorite moments with my family.

11. How long was the vacation?

A．One week.

B．Two weeks.

C．Three weeks.

D．Four weeks.

12. Which of the following was the right route(路线)of the trip?

A．Muskegon→Atlanta→Tampa→Orlando.	B．Atlanta→Muskegon→Orlando→Tampa.
C．Muskegon→Atlanta→Orlando-Tampa.	D．Atlanta→Muskegon→Tampa→Orlando.

13. It seems that the writer enjoyed a Christmas without ________________.

A．a gift

B．snow

C．fun

D．his parents

Fame Hotel is a very interesting hotel in California. In this hotel, you can live the same life as a famous person, such as a movie star or a scientist.

When you check into(登记入住)the hotel, you can choose a room first. Each room has a name famous person. Fame Hotel has 32 rooms, most of which are named after movie or music stars.

But there are also famous writers and even some scientists,

When you enter the room, you enter the life of that person. There are pictures everywhere. The hotel has tried to fill the rooms with clothes, and even food that the stars liked. Monroe's wardrobe (梦露的衣橱)is full of beautiful white dresses. "Albert Einstein" doesn't have any socks in the wardrobe because the real Einstein never wore them.

I spoke to one guest staying in Elvis Presley's(猫王的)room. "I love this hotel," he said to me. " I wanted to know what Elvis Presley would eat for breakfast and now I know. " The guest ate pancakes and strawberry ice cream in the morning, just as Elvis liked to do. On the next table, the guest of Einstein's room was drinking cabbage soup.

The company plans to open another Fame Hotel in New York City next year and there are plans to open some in Europe too. I'm looking forward to staying in the Churchill's suite(丘吉尔的套房) in London.

14. Most of the rooms in Fame Hotel are named after _________________.

A．sports stars

B．famous writers

C．famous scientists

D．movie or music stars

15. We know from the passage that _____________________.

A．there are many Fame Hotels in the world

B．there aren't socks in Einstein's wardrobe

C．we can meet famous people in Fame Hotel

D．some famous people have stayed at Fame Hotel

16. The passage is mainly about _____________________________.

A．a special hotel	B．hotels in America
C．famous people's lives	D．things famous people liked

Do you try to save electricity(电)and magazines at home? Do you make your bed every day? Read about the home habits of Americans. Are they the same as yours?

Lights out	Saving magazines
Are you careful about saving electricity? 25% of people turn off the lights when they leave a room. 8% never do. 80% leave the lights on When they go out in the evening.	How long do you save magazines? About half the population throws away old ones after six months. But 20% keep them for years and years.
Clean and tidy	Making beds and doing dishes
Are you an organized person?13% of people like to keep the rooms clean and tidy. The common home has fourteen cleaning products around the house.	74% of people make their beds every morning. 5% never do. And 3% actually change their sheets(床单)every day. Do you wash the dishes right after eating? 58% of Americans do, but 5%let theirs sit for several days.

17. 80% of Americans go out in the evening with the lights on.______
18. One fifth of Americans keep magazines for years and years. ______
19. Most Americans like to keep the rooms clean and tidy. _______
20. The people who make the beds are as many as those who wash the dishes every day. ______

A young poor couple bought a big house from two elderly sisters.     21     The house was quite nice and the couple bought it at a low price. So they were very happy.

    22     The couple were a little worried how they could keep the old house warm. The house didn't have any fireplaces(壁炉) or heaters.

At first, they planned to buy some heaters for the long cold winter. But later, they thought that if the elderly sisters could stay warm and comfortable in the old house during the winter in the past years, so could they.     23    

Winter arrived and temperatures soon dropped below zero.     24     Frost(霜)covered the insides of its walls. Life inside the house became so hard.

    25     He called the elderly sisters to ask them how they managed to keep the house warm during the winter.

After speaking to them on the phone, the husband told his wife, "For the last 30 years, the sisters have spent every winter on vacation in Thailand. "

A．However, winter was not far away at the time.

B．Finally, the husband couldn't stand it anymore.

C．They lived there for 30 years.

D．But they couldn't afford those expensive machines.

E．The large house became very cold.

F．So they just decided to wait for winter to come and did not make any preparations.

G．The wife managed to make the house warm.

During the summer vacation,     26     exchange student named Wang Ying       27    (get)to Washington, the capital of America. Before that she had learned the basic customs of the USA. For example, Americans greet each other by shaking hands instead of bowing     28     kissing.

It's good manners to knock     29    the door before entering others' homes. Table manners are important, for example, putting elbows on the table is     30    (polite). She realized that good manners and customs are of value and worth learning.

When she got there, her host family went out of their way       31    (make) her feel at home. After all she is Chinese, and she had trouble communicating with them. She got upset.       32     their help, she made a good effort to practice spoken English. Gradually, she was used to       33    (talk) with them in English. Now she     34    (feel) relaxed communicating with       35    (foreigner).

Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people's wishes to the families they love and miss.

There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang'e is the most touching. Chang'e was Hou Yi's beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever took this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to take it with Chang'e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not at home. Chang'e refused to give it to him and took it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang'e could come back.

After this, people started the traditional of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.

36. The food people usually enjoy on Mid-Autumn night:__________________
37. The most touching story about the Mid-Autumn Festival:_________________
38. Adjective that describes Hou Yi's feeling when he didn't see his wife:____________
39. The activities to celebrate this festival:__________________
40. Please find the sentence in the passage that has the same meaning as "He put the fruits and desserts that she likes best in the garden quickly"（请在本文中找与划线句子意思相同的句子)__________________________________________________

41. 我有得出来她极力躲避我的目光。
I can see she's trying hard to __________ ___________my eyes.

42. 罗斯四月份就要返回学校了。
Rose is ________ __________come back to school in April.

43. 我们只完成了一半的工作。
We're still only _________ __________ finishing the job.

44. 汤是如此的好喝,于是他喝了个精光。
The soup was so ___________ that he _________ it up.

45. 你的成绩取决于你的学习习惯。
Your grades ____________ ____________ your learning habits.

46. Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world(after water), was invented by accident? Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fill into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world's favorite drinks was invented,

A few thousand years later, Lu Yu, "the saint of tea", mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha jing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.

It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea didn't appear until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.

提示：1. How was tea invented?

2. Who was the first to discover tea as a drink?

3. Which book describes how to grow tea and how to make tea?

4. When was tea brought to other countries?

5. Who are the best ones understand the nature of tea?

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47. Your teacher asks you to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping. Please make a speech(about 80 words)according to the form:

Advantages	Disadvantages
1. convenient 2. open 24 hours a day 3. no queuing	1. can't see the products 2. can't enjoy shopping with your friends

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