1 . It was raining when I saw a lot of people ________ an early bus.

A．wait for

B．wait

C．waiting for

D．waiting

2 . If you pay a visit to Liu Haisheng’s restaurant in Harbin, you will f    1     18 robots there. They are ready to serve you and make sure that your dining experience is perfect. After the visit you can tell others that the robots serving customers isn’t a dream any more.

It’s wonderful to see h    2     the 18 robots work in the restaurant. The wonder s    3     when you walk in. You’ll see a robot come up and say, “Earth person, hello! Welcome to the Robot Restaurant” When you have ordered your m    4    , the robots in the kitchen begin to do the cooking. A    5     the food is prepared, a robot waiter will glide （滑行）out of the kitchen to serve you with the meal you’ve ordered. And as customers enjoy their d    6     food, a robot sings lovely songs for them.

You may ask, “Where did all these robots come from?” Liu said they were designed （设计）and m    7     by the Harbin Haohai Robot Company. Liu said he invested（投资）5 million yuan in the restaurant, with each robot costing 200, 000 yuan to 300, 000 yuan. And the w    8     robot team is managed by the workers in the computer room.

After a busy day, all the robots will go for a “meal”, which is e    9    . After 5 hours, the robots can continue their work for a day. The restaurant now provides a menu with more than 30 dishes（菜肴）, and the average（平均）cost for a dinner is b    10     40 and 50 yuan. Do you want to go and have a try in this restaurant?

3 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A French writer tell a story ________ a cat and a parrot (鹦鹉).

A friend of his came to visit ________ one day. The friend said, “I’m going away for a short time. Will you please look ________ my parrot for me? “The writer said he would do so, and his friend ________ the parrot to the house.

The cat saw the parrot and wanted to know ________ it was a bird. If so, it would be nice to eat. Very slowly it came nearer and nearer. The cat was thinking ________ nice it would be to have this animal for its meal.

The poor parrot was very ________. It didn’t know what to do at first. It kept quiet ________ the cat was near enough to jump on it. Then suddenly, the parrot asked, “Haven’t you had your breakfast?”

The cat was afraid. It ran ________ as fast as it could. Maybe it was saying to ________, “That thing can speak. It can’t be a bird. It must be a man.”

1.

A．for

B．with

C．about

D．at

2.

A．she

B．he

C．her

D．him

3.

A．at

B．after

C．around

D．like

4.

A．bought

B．brought

C．went

D．came

5.

A．if

B．what

C．when

D．where

6.

A．why

B．which

C．what

D．how

7.

A．afraid

B．happy

C．pleased

D．pleasure

8.

A．if

B．so

C．till

D．because

9.

A．down

B．up

C．away

D．round

10.

A．herself

B．yourself

C．myself

D．itself

4 . It is believed that Huck Finn is based on (基于) a childhood friend of Mark Twain’s. In fact, Twain was not alone in basing a fictional character (虚构的角色) on a real-life person.

Severus Snape/John Nettleship

Severus Snape is a skillful wizard (巫师) teaching magic in Harry Potter. The writer, J.K. Rowling, once said that the character was based on a teacher of hers.

The teacher turned out to be John Nettleship, who taught Rowling chemistry. At first, Nettleship felt surprised. “I know I am a strict teacher,” he said. “But I don’t think I am as bad as Snape!” On second thoughts, however, he said that he was so ill-tempered that most of his students avoided making him mad. Also, he used to wear long hair and have an untidy lab. That sounds familiar to Harry Potter fans.

Alice/Alice Liddell

Famously, Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is based on Alice Liddell.

Carroll was close to the Liddell family. One day, ten-year-old Alice asked Carroll to tell her a new story. Carroll began to create his famous tale of Alice and what happened after she fell through the rabbit hole. The little girl liked the story so much that she asked him to write it down. And the rest is history.

Dill/Truman Capote

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee based Dill on her childhood friend, Truman Capote. Capote once said, “Lee was my best friend. Have you ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? I’m a character in that story! The story takes place just in the town where we lived!”

1. Snape and Nettleship have something in common EXCEPT _______.

A．their jobs

B．their looks

C．their hobbies

D．their character

2. What does the underlined word “ill-tempered” mean in Paragraph 3?

A．沉着冷静的

B．优柔寡断的

C．脾气暴躁的

D．生气的

3. What made Carroll decide to create Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?

A．Alice Liddell’s requirement.	B．His great interest in rabbits.
C．His experience of travelling.	D．His love for children.

4. Being a character of To Kill a Mockingbird, Truman Capote felt ________.

A．proud

B．unsatisfied

C．surprised

D．excited

5. The text is mainly about ________.

A．purposes of writing fictional stories

B．introductions to famous writers’ childhood friends

C．characters of fictional stories from real-life persons

D．introductions of characters in famous stories

5 . Hans Christian Andersen, a great Danish(丹麦的) writer, is very famous for his fairy tales(童话). He wrote a lot of best-known stories such as The Emperor’s New Clothes and The Ugly Duckling. His fairy tales have brought happiness to children across the world. The tales have versions(版本) of over a hundred languages.

Andersen was born in Denmark in 1805. When he was still a young boy, he was already very clever and imaginative(富于想象力的). He created a small toy theatre and made clothes for his puppets(木偶). He also loved reading.

In 1816, his father died and he learned to be a tailor(裁缝). Later he worked in a factory. At the age of fourteen, Andersen moved to the capital of Denmark to become an actor and gave performances in the Royal Danish Theatre. However, his voice changed when he grew older, so the job had to stop. Then he began to write poems and fairy tales.

In the spring of 1872, Andersen fell out of bed and didn’t get well again. He lived until 1875 and died peacefully at the home of his close friends.

1. Hans Christian Andersen is very famous for __________.
2. Andersen created a small toy theatre and __________ for his puppets.
3. Andersen moved to __________ to become an actor.
4. Andersen couldn’t give performance because __________.
5. In 1872, Andersen __________ and didn’t get well again.

6 . 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

Have you ever been to Singapore? For thousands of tourists from China, this small island in Southeast Asia is a wonderful and safe place to take a h    1    . On the one hand, more than three quarters of the population are Chinese, so you can simply speak Putonghua a lot of the time. On the other hand, Singapore is an English-speaking c    2    , so it’s also a good place to p    3     your English!

Have you ever t    4     Chinese food outside of China? Maybe you fear that you won’t be able to 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 p    5     getting rice, noodles or dumplings. Singapore is also an excellent place to try new food. Whether you like Indian food, Western food or Japanese food, you’ll f    6     it all in Singapore!

Most large cities have zoos, but have you ever been to a zoo at night? Singapore has a Night Safari(旅行). It might seem s    7     to go to a zoo when it’s dark. However, if you go to see lions, tigers or foxes d    8     the daytime, they’ll probably be asleep! A lot of animals only wake up at night, so this is the best time to watch them. At the Night Safari, you can watch these animals in a more natural e    9     than in a normal zoo. One great thing about Singapore is that the temperature is almost the same all year r    10    . This is because the island is so close to the equator(赤道). So you can choose to go whenever you like—spring, summer, autumn or winter. And, of course, it’s not too far from China!

7 . —My sister can speak five foreign languages.
—________

A．Good idea!

B．That’s amazing!

C．I don’t think so.

D．That’s too bad!

8 . 阅读以下材料，判断句子正误，正确的涂A，错误的涂B。

The growth of the world’s population influences the environment strongly. According to the UN, the world’s population reaches eight billion on November 15th of this year. Here is the world population by continent in 2016. Let’s see the change.

World population by continent(2016)

Continent	Population(millions)	Most populous country
Asia	4,436	1,382,300,000—China
Africa	1,216	186,987,000—Nigeria
Europe	738	145,939,000—Russia
North America	579	324,991,600—United States
South America	422	209,567,000—Brazil
Oceania	39.9	24,458,800—Australia

Population density(人口密度)

1. The population of Europe is 738 million in 2016.
2. Asia has a population of less than four billion back then.
3. The biggest country in South America is Brazil according to the form.
4. Africa has more people and a higher population density than Europe.
5. The world’s population has increased over 500 million since 2016.

9 . 根据对话的内容，选择恰当的句子，将对话补充完整。(选项中有两个多余的)
A: Where are you going, Tony?
B: The library. I want to borrow some books.
A:     1    
B: About inventions. You know I have to prepare for the science lesson.
A:     2     And we humans are really great.
B: That’s true. People have created lots of inventions.
A:     3    
B: I’m not sure.     4    
A: I don’t agree. In my opinion, cars are the most useful.
B:     5    
A: Because I can go anywhere quickly and comfortably in my car.

A．Maybe telephones are the most useful inventions.

B．What kind of books do you want to borrow?

C．Can you help me?

D．Great inventions have changed the world a lot.

E．Why do you think so?

F．Do you agree with me?

G．What do you think the most useful invention is?

10 . It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went out. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong! My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the _______ quickly.

A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and asked politely if our parents were at home.

Without thinking, my brother said, “No.” Then the man asked if we would like _______ some story books. I refused him. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very hard and came into our house. He took out a _______ and ordered me to tie up my brother’s hands with a rope(绳子). I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie(解开) himself easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked _______ of us in the kitchen.

Soon, he went upstairs to _______ money. I taught my brother to untie the rope on his hands. He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police, _______ the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man _______ to lock the kitchen window. We got out of the house through the kitchen window and to the _______ pay phone to call the police.

Soon _______ came to our house and the man was caught. By that time, my parents had come home. We told them the whole story. My parents were __________ that we were not hurt. They told me that I should stop my brother from opening the door to strangers I learnt a lesson on safety.

1.

A．window

B．door

C．book

D．fridge

2.

A．buy

B．buying

C．bought

D．to buy

3.

A．book

B．knife

C．gift

D．pen

4.

A．none

B．neither

C．both

D．all

5.

A．look at

B．look after

C．look like

D．look for

6.

A．and

B．so

C．or

D．but

7.

A．wanted

B．remembered

C．forgot

D．tried

8.

A．farthest

B．nearest

C．largest

D．smallest

9.

A．my friends

B．the neighbors

C．the police

D．my parents

10.

A．glad

B．angry

C．sad

D．sorry