1 . 根据首字母提示,完成短文。
I left my hometown twenty years ago. As time w    1     by, great changes took place in my home village. There u    2     to be many old and low houses in the village. A lot of houses w    3     built fifty years ago. And there wasn’t a cinema o    4     any big shops in the village. To my s    5    , now there are many new, tall buildings. The streets were very dirty and narrow (狭窄的) in the past. Now they are wide and c    6    . There was also a polluted (被污染的) pool in front of the village. It has been c    7     into a nice swimming pool. People used to walk or ride for a very long time to get to town. Now they can take a bus or drive a car. And lots of people can use computers. I believe every family will have one in the f    8    . I think in 15 or 20 years there will be even more changes and the changes here are getting more and more people’s a    9    . I take great p    10     in the development of my hometown.

2 . 选词填空 (其中两项多余)
of; long; keep; enough; but; for; call; and; when
The Great Wall of China has a history of over two thousand years. It runs from the east to the west in North China. It is about 6,300 kilometers     1     . Sometimes we also     2     it "Ten-thousand-Li Great Wall". It is one of the “Seven Wonders” of the ancient world.
The Great Wall is wide     3     for ten men to walk side by side. Horses can also run along it, too. The Great Wall was made     4     stones and bricks（砖）. There are huge stones on each side and on the highest part.     5     now some sections of it are worn out(受损).
There are tall watchtowers alone the Great Wall. Once upon a time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies（敌人） in the watch-towers day and night. They made fire on the towers to tell each other     6     the enemies came.
Nowadays we don’t use the Great Wall to     7     away the enemies any more. It is a famous place of interest to all the people in the world. Every year thousands of people come to visit it form all over the world

3 . 选词填空
storms;   lives;   rises;   mountain;   top; freezing;   tourists; dangerous; are

Alaska Range(阿拉斯加山脉)is famous for its valleys and glaciers(冰川). It has many thick forests and big glaciers which are over millions of years old. It has more than a million     1     from all over the world. It is also one of the most    2    places on the earth.

Of all the peaks, Mount McKinley    3    the highest. It’s one of the most popular places to go for mountain climbing. It’s very difficult to climb   because the

    4    of the mountain is covered by thick snow all year round, and there are many other difficulties like the    5    weather conditions, avalanches(雪崩), the heavy     6     and so on.

For these climbers it is an extremely dangerous climbing, many people have lost their     7    on this mountain. However, the mountain climbers have never given up climbing it, and they enjoy the great challenges in climbing the mountain.

4 . 语法填空
(1) One of the world’s     1    (danger) sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous. It’s 8844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous     2    (climb). Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties     3     (include) freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
(2) The first people     4    (reach) the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary     5     May 29, 1953. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to     6    (success) was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975. Why do so many     7    (climb) risk their lives? One of the main reasons is because people want     8     (challenge) themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up     9    (try) to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be     10    (strong) than the forces of nature.

5 . 语法填空

Have you ever been to Singapore? For     1     (thousand) of tourists from China, this small island in Southeast Asia is a wonderful place     2     (take) a holiday. On the one hand, more than three quarters of the population     3    (be) Chinese, so you can simply speak Putonghua a lot of the time. On the other hand, Singapore is     4     English-speaking country, so it’s also a good place     5    (practice) your English!

Have you ever tried Chinese food outside of China? Maybe you fear that you won’t be able     6    (find) anything good to eat when you travel. In Singapore, however, you’ll find a lot of food from China, you won’t have any problem     7    (get) rice, noodles or dumplings. Singapore is also an excellent place to try new food.

Most large     8    (city) have zoos, but have you ever been to a zoo at night? Singapore has a Night Safari. A lot of animals only wake up at night,     9     this is the best time to watch them. At the Night Safari, you     10    (watch) these animals in a more natural environment than in a normal zoo.

6 . 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在短文空白处填上一个适当的词，使短文完整、通顺，语法正确。
Big Ben lies in the tower in London. It is very famous around the world, but few people really know why it was built and c    1    Big Ben .
Long ago, the queen of England knew that many clocks had different times. People were
e    2    early or late. she had it built so that people would have the s    3     time.
How did Big Ben get its name? Some people say that it was named after Benjamin Caunt, a boxer. People called him Big Ben. But more people believe it was named after Sir Benjamin Hall. He was in c    4     of this work in 1859. A story was told that during the discussion about what the bell should be called, Sir Benjamin was going to give his ideas when an officer behind him shouted suddenly, "Let' s call it Big Ben! " From t    5    on, it was named Big Ben .

7 . 五、短文填空
Moscow is the capital of Russia, the b     1     country in the world. I went there w    2     my parents when I was eight years old. I lived and studied there for one year. I had some happy memories.
One of the m     3     interesting things of that city was that there were many dogs. Perhaps Russians liked dogs very much. You could see dogs here and t    4    . Almost each of the families had a dog. I made f    5     with many Russian children when I was living and studying there. They were all very nice. They had fair hair and fair skin. I played with them h     6     though I could only speak a 1    7    Russian at first. They were f     8     to me. The w    9     in Moscow was very cold. It snowed almost everyday in winter. The ground was always covered with snow.
Now I am b     10     in China, but I miss them so much. I will never forget my happy memories in Moscow.

8 . I’m glad to be your guide. Let me tell you something about our trip. From the square you can begin your short    1    （旅行） of London    2    （穿过） the square, and you will get to the National Gallery. There are lots of    3     （著名的） paintings in it. Walk along the red street to Buckingham Palace. Turn left and reach the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben.     4    （在……对面） you can see the Lon-don Eye. It can take you 135 metres     5    （在……上） the River Thames. On a clear day you can see     6    （大部分） of London. Take the boat near Big Ben. Get off the boat at Tower Bridge. Next to it is the Tower of London. It’s     7    （超过） 900 years old. Take the boat back to the railway station. Go     8    （经过） the station and go on. Turn left     9    （进入） King’s Street and you can see a     10    （教堂）. This is where you’ll finish your tour.

9 . 短文填空：
Welcome to the World Park!
Everyone can go into the park without buying t    1    . In the World Park, there are over 100 places of i    2    from all the parts in the world. They are   m    3    , but they look like the real ones. You can see the Golden Gate Bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge is the symbol ( 象征) of San Francisco, the USA. The real Golden Gate Bridge was built in1937. It is 18meters w    4     and 2,737 meters long. You can either drive or walk across the bridge y    5     . Driving under the bridge ’s towers is very exciting, and walking can give you time to e    6     the wonderful view of the city. You can also look at the pyramids ( 金字塔). About 4,500 year s ago, Egyptians( 埃及人) built the pyramids w    7    stones. Egyptians used these pyramids to k    8     the dead bodies of their kings and queens (王后). Then you can visit the Sydney Opera House. The Opera House o    9    to the public (公众) in 1973. It is near the Sydney Harbor Bridge. It is one of the busiest art centers in the world. Visitors from all over the world are s    10    to see so many theaters and halls inside the Opera House.

10 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空(每空不多于3个单词)。

My hometown is Jinan. It is really    1    beautiful city. There are four    2    (season) in Jinan.

In spring, the weather is warm. It is the    3    (good) time to have fun here. We can go out and look for the wild(野生的) vegetables to eat. They are good for    4    (we) health. In summer, the weather is hot, so people often swim in the pool. It's very    5    (interest). In autumn, the weather is cool. In this season, people    6    (have) the Mid­Autumn Festival(中秋节). And we can eat all kinds of fruit in this season,    7    . Winter is from December    8    February. It is very cold in winter. Sometimes it    9    (snow). And if you come to Jinan, you can see lots of snow on the streets. The children like    10    (play) the snow. They often make snowmen with their friends or parents.