1 . —Lucy, I’ve signed for a big box by Express. What’s in it?
—I’m not sure. It ______ be a present from my brother.

A．might

B．must

C．should

D．will

2 . 根据对话的内容，选择恰当的句子将对话补充完整（选项中有两项是多余的）。
A: Hello!
B: Hi, John.     1     You weren’t at the party last Saturday.
A: I’m on vacation right now.
B: Great.     2    
A: I’m afraid not. It’s an unusual beach. In my opinion, the fewer people, the better.
B:     3    
A: That’s true. The sun is shining brightly and the sea is so beautiful.
B:     4    
A: Nothing much. I just read and rest every day. In fact, I was asleep before you call.
B: Oh, I’m sorry.     5    
A: Thanks. See you next week.

A．Where are you?

B．That sounds nice.

C．Is it a place I know?

D．Have a nice vacation.

E．Are there many people at the party?

F．What’s the weather like there?

G．Did you do anything special there?

3 . — Bad luck! I forgot to take my homework. How can I tell my teacher?
— Come on, a bad ______ is better than none.

A．apology

B．excuse

C．promise

D．trust

4 . 上个月，我回到家乡，看望了我的亲朋好友。
I ______ ______ to my hometown and visited my relatives and friends last month.

5 . 尽管工作辛苦，但我乐在其中。
______ ______ the job is very hard, I enjoy it.

6 . I really don’t know ______ and ______.

A．what to do; how to do	B．what to do it; how to do it
C．what to do it; how to do	D．what to do; how to do it

7 . 小心！别从椅子上摔下来。
Look out! Don’t ______ ______ the chair.

8 . The famous writer wrote many stories of love. But she ________ single all her life.

A．repeated

B．remained

C．realized

D．required

9 . 假如你是光华中学初三2班的学生李华，你经常用英语给你的笔友Tony写信，请根据以下要点，给Tony写一封信介绍上周班里发生的一些情况，并表达自己的看法。

（1）上周一，班里来了一名叫王明的新同学，个子很高，戴着眼镜。
（2）课上回答老师问题时，他的口音让一些同学哄堂大笑；他很紧张，没能回答出问题，感到害羞；老师鼓励了他。
（3）下课后很多同学对他微笑，并主动提供帮助，与他交朋友。
（4）你认为……
参考词汇：口音 accent
要求：
（1）词数：80～100个；
（2）信的格式和开头已给出，不计入总词数；
（3）要点齐全，行文连贯，可适当发挥。
Dear Tony,

How are you! I am writing to tell you something in my class. Last Monday, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I am looking forward to your letter.

Yours,

Li Hua

10 . How can you do calculations (计算) quickly? These days, you are a    1     to use a calculator (计算器). But how about people in ancient times? In the very beginning, the cleverest among them thought of using stones. Then, around the 2nd century B. C. Chinese b    2     to use the abacuses (算盘). Now some researchers c    3     it to be the world’s oldest calculator. In China, people used abacuses to do calculations for thousands of years b    4     electronic calculators became popular.

The abacus is usually made of wood. It has many beads (珠子). Each bead above the horizontal divider (水平分隔器) s    5     for five, and each bead below the divider means one. By moving the beads with fingers up or down, one can do all kinds of calculations.

It is great to watch a skilled hand use an abacus. You can watch f    6     move and beads knock. And after a few seconds, the result comes out. Through lots of p    7    , you can use the abacus well. In the past, the abacus was used in all schools. It was considered to be a b    8     skill that everybody needed to pick up.

Today, p    9     you can hardly see abacuses because they are no longer widely used. However, we can still feel the important role they once played. Abacuses have become a symbol of much money. Some have come to b    10     that abacuses can bring their owners wealth. People often give a new baby a golden abacus-shaped amulet (护身符) as a present. It is thought that the amulet will help the kid grow up and become a rich person.