1. —It’s reported that many people were hurt in Kunming Terrorist Attacks on March 1^st ,2014.
— _______ bad news!

A．What

B．How

C．What a

D．How a

2. South Africa president Nelson Mandela passed away________December 5th, 2013________the age of 95.

A．on; in

B．in; at

C．on; at

D．at; in

3. I’ll go to visit my aunt in England _______ the summer holiday starts.

A．while

B．since

C．until

D．as soon as

4. — I can’t afford the white dress. Can you show me another one?
— What about the orange one? The price is a little             .

A．cheaper

B．higher

C．lower

D．more expensive

5. - Yesterday I lost my pencil box. I couldn't find _____________.
- Oh, it's a pity. You'd better buy _________________ this afternoon.

A．it, it

B．it, one

C．one, it

D．one, one

6. The teacher told us to write ____ composition in class.

A．a eight-hundred-word	B．a eight hundred words
C．an eight-hundred-word	D．an eight hundred words

7. Her son ________ coke, but now he ________ milk.

A．used to drink; is used to drinking	B．used to drinking; drinks
C．is used to drinking; used to drink	D．is used to drink; is drinking

8. This is my school ________ is near the post office.

A．where

B．which

C．who

D．when

9. —Whose bike is this? —It must belong_____. I have seen him riding it.

A．John

B．John's

C．to John

D．to John’s

10. What would you do if you ________ on the moon?

A．live

B．lived

C．have lives

D．will live

11. — Attention, please. The plane has to be _________ because of the foggy weather.
— Oh, bad luck! We have to wait now.

A．put on

B．put off

C．put up

D．put away

12. —Could you tell me ____?     —It’s twenty minutes by underground.

A．how can I get to your school

B．how much it costs to get to your school

C．how far it is from your home to your school

D．how long does it take me to get to your school

13. – What about going shopping this weekend?
----Sorry. I prefer ___________ rather than ___________.

A．to go out, stay at home	B．to stay at home, go out
C．staying at home, to go out	D．going out, stay at home

14. Although he failed this time, he didn’t give up and ＿＿＿＿＿＿studying hard..

A．stopped

B．continued

C．succeeded

D．finished

15. Guo Degang is a famous crosstalk performer. He always makes people __________.

A．laughs

B．laugh

C．laughing

D．to laugh

Happiness is for everyone, and you don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with ____ and swimming pools or those who have nice cars ____ a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often ____ lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are ____in ____ at school, your friends will help you; when you study at your lessons, your parents are always ____ good care of your life and your health; when you get ____, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to ____ it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel ____, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice those things, you can see that happiness is always ____ you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are ____, you can also say you are very happy because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy because you have more chances to ____ yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor or you have bad luck. As the saying goes: Life is like a revolving(转动的)door. When it     28    , it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.16.

A．trees

B．flowers

C．gardens

D．cars

17.

A．and

B．with

C．but

D．for

18.

A．be

B．feel

C．seem

D．live

19.

A．wrong

B．trouble

C．problem

D．danger

20.

A．making

B．talking

C．feeling

D．taking

21.

A．regret

B．trouble

C．decision

D．success

22.

A．correct

B．forget

C．change

D．know

23.

A．lonely

B．sorry

C．happy

D．beautiful

24.

A．before

B．around

C．follow

D．for

25.

A．poor

B．lucky

C．healthy

D．angry

26.

A．develop

B．progress

C．challenge

D．exercise

27.

A．goes

B．sleeps

C．moves

D．closes

China’s Manned Space Program

Spaceship: Shenzhou V	Time: October 15th, 2003 Main events: Chinese spaceman Yang Liwei was sent up into space. He went around the earth 14 times in his one-day flight. China became the third country to succeed in manned space flight.
Spaceship: ShenzhouⅥ	Time: October 12th, 2005 Main events: Chinese spacemen Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng were both sent up into space. On October 17th, the two Chinese space heroes safely returned to the earth.
Spaceship: ShenzhouⅦ	Time: September 25th, 2008 Main events: Chinese spacemen Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng were sent up into space. Zhai Zhigang made our country's first spacewalk. This spacewalk took 20 minutes.
Spaceship: ShenzhouⅩ	Time: June 11th, 2013 Main events: Chinese spacemen Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and the second spacewoman Wang Yaping were sent up into space and connected with the space station Tiangong I. Wang Yaping gave a space lesson about micro-gravity (微重力) to all Chinese teenagers. This space lesson lasted 40 minutes.

28. According to the article, the Chinese spaceman traveling in space twice is ____________.

A．Yang Liwei

B．Fei Junlong

C．Nie Haisheng

D．Zhai Zhigang

29. Shenzhou V went around the earth in space _____________.

A．Once

B．4 times

C．5 times

D．14 times

30. Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng stayed in space for _____________.

A．1 day

B．4 days

C．5 days

D．14 days

31. Zhai Zhigang made our country’s first spacewalk in _____________.

A．2013

B．2008

C．2005

D．2003

32. The space lesson about micro-gravity to all Chinese teenagers lasted _____________.

A．one day

B．three days

C．15 minutes

D．40 minutes

In ancient times, there was a painter. He was good at painting flowers and birds. But he never stopped practicing until he became very famous.
An emperor(皇帝）of China also loved paintings, especially roosters(公鸡）. So he asked the famous painter to paint a rooster for him. He wanted the rooster to be the best among all his collections.
The painter promised to do so. The emperor waited and waited for one year., but he didn’t get the picture. He couldn’t waited to see the painter. He became angry and wanted to kill him. So the painter hurried into the palace with paper, paint and a brush. In five minutes, a perfect rooster was on the paper.
After seeing this, the emperor became much angrier. “Since you can paint a rooster in five minutes, why did you keep me waiting for over a year?” he asked.
“Your Majesty(陛下），”said the artist. “I will let you know why. But you’ll have to come with me. “ he invited the emperor to his house. There, there were piles and piles of paper. On every piece of paper was a painting of a rooster.
“Your Majesty(陛下），”said the painter. “It took me more than one year to improve my painting skill in order to paint a perfect rooster for you.
33. According to the writer, the emperor_____.

A．loved beautiful paintings

B．did very well in painting

C．was good at painting roosters

D．Was very kind to the painter.

34. The painter spent ______practicing painting roosters for the emperor.

A．only a few months

B．only five minutes

C．more than a year

D．five minutes every day

35. The emperor wanted to kill the painter because______.

A．the painter refused to draw rooster

B．the painter couldn’t draw rooster well

C．he couldn’t find the painter anywhere

D．he couldn’t wait to see his painting

36. In fact, during the whole year the painter______

A．escaped from the emperor to live quietly

B．worked hard at practice drawing roosters

C．was invited to other places to draw roosters

D．drew piles and piles of paper to make a living

37. From the passage we can learn that_______.

A．it’s hard for painter to success

B．it’s easy to paint in a short time.

C．hard work causes perfect result

D．emperor was hard to deal with

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But did you know there is such a thing as a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth” ? No. They are just Chinese people like you and me.
ABC means American-born-Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside---hinting like a Westerner(西方人) and yellow outside --- looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics(政治), But if ABCs can’t speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are oversea Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese ____Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C.N. Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.
38. “ABC” in this passage stands for “_______”.

A．a kind of banana

B．three English letters

C．American-born-Chinese D Chinese-born-American

39. Chinese in Westerner countries are called “banana persons” because _________

A．their bodies are white inside but yellow outside.

B．they think like Westerners but look like Chinese

C．they were born in China but go to study in America

D．they were born in China but work in America

40. The underlined word “blood” may probably mean _________

A．血统

B．洪水

C．身份

D．流血

41. C. N. Yang is mentioned here to show that _________
A. American Chinese are great.
B. Chinese people can win Nobel Prize.
C. American Chinese are not Chinese citizen.
D. We don’t like him.
42. This passage mainly talks about________
A. Chinese                                B. the Nobel Prize     
C. the life story of C.N. Yang       D. What the ABC stands for.

阅读下面短文，完成有关任务。
Reading is a good habit, but the problem is, there's too much to read these days, and too little time to read every word of it. (83) ________________________________Here are two skills that I think are especially good.
Preview--if it's long and hard. Previewing is especially useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine articles and business reports.
Here's how to preview.
●Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully.
●Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.
Previewing doesn't give you all the details. (84) _________________________________________.
Skim--if it's short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get a general idea of light reading --like popular magazines or the sports and entertainment of your daily paper.
Here's how to skim.
●Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep them across each line.
●Pick up only a few key words in each line.
Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we'll get a similar idea of what it's all about.
A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。
43. How many skills are recommended in this passage?
____________________________________________
44. What should we do when we read sports news in a daily paper according to the passage?
____________________________________________
B．将短文中划线的两个句子译成汉语。
45. _________________________________________
46. ________________________________________
C． 请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
47. _________________________________________

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容用方框内所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文语义完整。(请你一定要注意词语的形式变化！)

good, come, dress, parent, hold, something, how, necessary, feed, they

Now lots of parents will buy everything that their children want to have. If they go on with the habit, their children won't know the money     48    from hard work.
Some parents like     49    birthday parties for their children. If they keep on doing this, their children will think it     50    for them to enjoy birthday parties every year. Year after year, maybe they will forget their     51    birthdays and only remember their own. It is against traditional habits.
Many parents don't let the children do housework. They think children have only one thing to do. They should study hard and do     52    in their lessons. If parents go on doing this, the children will only learn to open their mouths to be     53    and stretch out (伸出) their arms to be     54    every day. When the children grow up, they will be able to do     55    , and they won't even find a job. Parents should teach the children     56    to do housework because it can help them start good habits of working by     57    .

根据对话内容，从方框内选择恰当的句子,并将其字母标号填入对话相应的空白处，使对话完整，合乎情景。（有两个多余选项)
Jack: Was the concert good?
Sadie:    58    
Jack: Why are you angry then?    59    
Sadie: Well, after the concert I waited outside the theatre—in the rain. I wanted their autographs.
Jack: Did you see them?
Sadie:    60    
Jack: Did they talk to you?
Sadie: No, they didn’t. They didn’t wave. They didn’t smile. They didn’t say hello.
    61    They just jumped into a big, black car and then disappeared.
Jack:    62    
Sadie: Yes. But that was yesterday.

A．They didn’t even look at us.

B．No. You love them as before.

C．Yes, it was great!

D．What’s the matter?

E．Were they friendly to you?

F．You once loved them so much.

G．Yes, I did.

63. 三年的初中生活即将结束，静坐在考场中的你，一定会思绪万千。三年来，你在学习、生活等方面取得了优异的成绩，这些成绩的背后有老师的辛勤教诲、家长的次次鼓励，还有......现在想来他们让你感谢。请以“Thank you, my…”为题写一篇英语短文。
要求如下：1. 短文内容应包括人物的外貌、性格、爱好和使你难忘之处等；
短文中不得出现真实的校名和人名.
3.词数80左右。
Thank you, my