1 . 为了倡导环境保护，你校English Club将以“Going Green Starts with Small Things”为题，组织一次英语演讲比赛。假如你是李涛，请你根据以下所给提示，写一篇英语短文，呼吁大家节约能源，保护环境。

To protect our environment	Reduce pollution	on foot, ride a bike, ...
	Save energy	turn off the light, use air conditioners less, ...
	Reuse things	not use plastic bags, ...

要求：1. 参考提示内容，可适当发挥；

2. 语句通顺，意思连贯，书写工整；

3. 文中不得出现任何真实信息（姓名、校名和地名等）；

4. 词数：不少于70词。（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）

Going Green Starts with Small Things

Hello, everyone! It’s my great honor to make a speech here.

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Let’s act now to protect our environment!

2 . 根据下面对话中的情境，在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。
A: Hi, Li Mei! How is everything going?
B: Good. And I was talking about festivals with my sister just now.
A:     1    ?
B: I like the Spring Festival best. We all like it.
A:     2    ?
B: Because we can get some presents. Of course, we also have something interesting to do, like making paper cutting.
A: Making paper cutting? Do you know how to make paper cutting?
B:     3    . I joined in a paper cutting training center last year.
A: Oh, really? I’m also interested in making it, but I don’t know where I can take lessons about it.     4    ?
B: Of course. It is in the City Museum. You can take subway Line 5 to get there directly.
A: Thanks a lot.
B:     5    . If you join in the center, we can take lessons together next time.
A: Wow, that will be fun.

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

Traveling to another country is exciting and fun. But if you don’t learn about local customs, your trip may get into trouble. Here are some cultural taboos (禁忌) in several countries.

Mexico

In Mexico, bringing an expensive gift to someone’s home is a no-no. For local people, some simple things like flowers are good gifts. But you shouldn’t take along red flowers, because in Mexican culture, they are symbols of death and can be connected with witchcraft (巫术) .

The US

Americans have a custom of tipping (给小费) . You should tip nearly anyone with a service job, such as waiters, taxi drivers, hotel doormen, etc.

Pay attention when you talk with Americans. Questions like “How old are you?” may be common between friends. But as tourists in the US, it is not polite to ask people’s age.

Britain

From the supermarket to the underground station, queuing (排队) is very common in Britain. Usually, it takes a British person six months of his or her life in queues. If you jump the queue there, you may make them angry.

Japan

You should never wear shoes indoors in Japan. When visiting someone’s home, it is rude to enter with shoes on. Shoes should be taken off at the door and replaced with indoor slippers. This is also the same when you try clothes on in a clothes shop. You should take off your shoes before going into the fitting room. There are indoor shoes prepared for customers inside.

1. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
It refers to “___________________________________”.
2. Who should be tipped in the US?
___________________________________ should be tipped in the US.
3. How long does it usually take a British person in queues?
It usually takes a British person ___________________________________ in queues.
4. Which word means “粗鲁的” in the last paragraph?
It’s “___________________________________”.
5. What is the passage mainly about?
It is mainly about ___________________________________.

4 . 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文意思完整正确。（每个单词限用一次。每空限填一个单词。）

create     travel     real       find     he       good       can       be     stand       bird

Qi Baishi is a world-famous art master in China. His paintings     1     so excellent that many people in the world love them so much.

He was born in a poor family from Xiangtan, Hunan province. He was at school for less than a year because of illnesses. One day, he     2     a Chinese painting guide book—Jieziyuan Huapu. The book inspired (激发) his interests in painting pictures. He decided to learn by     3     and later became a master of art through his hard work. In 1902, he started to     4     around China. He visited famous places, met many people and saw different kinds of art pieces. These experiences helped him become one of the     5     artists of all time.

He drew simple pictures from everyday life, such as vegetables, flowers,     6     and insects. His paintings are generally about the small things of the world, such as fish, shrimps (虾) and frogs. “Mouse and Cat with Lamp” is one of them. In the picture, a mouse is     7     on the top of a long pole (杆子) . Under the pole is a cat. They are so lively that it looks like they     8     jump out of the paper to fight.

All the works were     9     by Qi Baishi in a fresh way, which expressed his love for nature and life. His talents and skills amazed the whole world a lot. He is     10     a master of art and the pride of China.

5 . 我们都应该清楚自己的优势，并好好利用它们。
We should know our own ________ and put them to good use.

6 . 他想知道如何处理这个难题。
He wondered how to ________ the difficult problem.

7 . 那个穿着紫色大衣的女孩是我的姐姐。
The girl in a ________ is my sister.

8 . 这个相机太贵了，我买不起。
The camera is so expensive that I can’t ________ it.

9 . Zheng He was a famous Chinese explorer. In 1405, he set off from China on the first of seven great voyages. This was nearly a century before Christopher Columbus first set sail on his journey of discovery to America. His travels were so important that they are still studied today.

Zheng He was born in Yunnan in 1371. He rose to become a trusted official of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor ordered Zheng He to visit and explore the lands outside China. His task was to develop relations and set up trade routes with foreign countries. In a few years, he built a great fleet of ships, the biggest in the world at that time. The ships were known as treasure ships.

From 1405 to 1433, Zheng He went on seven trips and visited South-East Asia, the Middle East and even the east coast of Africa. It seemed that nowhere was too far for him to visit. These voyages allowed China to trade valuable goods like gold, silver and silk. At the end of each voyage, Zheng He returned with many things that were seen in China for the first time, such as a giraffe from Africa.

Besides developing trade, the voyages also encouraged the exchange of cultures and technologies. They helped the development of those countries and regions.

Zheng He died in 1433 during his last voyage. However, his voyages were such a huge achievement that people still remember him as a pioneer in opening up cultural contacts between different peoples around the world.

1. Why did the emperor order Zheng He to set off on the first voyage?

A．To travel around the world with the big fleet of ships.

B．To find out whether he was a trusted official or not.

C．To look for more valuable treasure in foreign countries.

D．To make friends and start business with foreign countries.

2. _______ is not included in Zheng He’s voyages according to the passage.

A．Education

B．Trade

C．Cultural exchange

D．Technology exchange

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Christopher Columbus started the world’s first voyage.

B．The treasure ships were made of gold, silver and silk.

C．Zheng He went on seven trips from 1405 to 1433.

D．Zheng He reached all the lands in the world on his voyages.

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．The Great Scientist Zheng He	B．The Voyages of Zheng He
C．The Trades Around the World	D．The Well-Known Ships

10 .

Dear Jason, Hello! I’m very fat. I want to lose weight. I run five kilometers every day, but it hasn’t worked at all. I feel upset. Now I don’t know how to lose weight. Could you help me? Tina

Dear Tina, In fact, exercise is just one way to lose weight. Even if you exercise every day, you might not lose weight. That’s because eating healthily is much more important. After you exercise, if you take in lots of food, especially food with a lot of protein, you’ll still put on weight. So pay more attention to your eating. This will help you lose weight more easily. But please ask yourself. Do I really need to lose weight? The truth is that everyone has a different body type. Big is beautiful, too. You’ll find happiness when you learn to accept yourself for who you are. Jason

1. The reading materials above are two ________.

A．ads

B．letters

C．notices

D．menus

2. Tina is upset because ________.

A．she isn’t very fat	B．her friends often laugh at her
C．running doesn’t help her lose weight	D．she has no time to exercise

3. What’s Jason’s suggestion at last?

A．Tina should learn to accept herself.	B．Losing weight can make Tina healthy.
C．Tina may ask more friends for help.	D．What other people think is important.