1 . 阅读短文，根据短文内容，选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文意思完整。每个选项至多使用一次。请将答案对应题号涂卡。

A. filled with   B. sadly   C. hardly   D. take the risk   E. hold on F. discovered   G. shaking   H. note   I. as long as   J. added

A man walked in the desert for two days. He met a sandstorm (沙尘暴) during the trip. And then, he lost the sense of direction. While he was unable to     1    , he suddenly found a small old house. He pulled his tired body into the house. There was only some wood inside. He walked to the corner hopelessly, but suddenly     2     a water pump (泵).

He went to draw water (抽水), but no water came out no matter how hard he tried. He sat on the ground     3    . Just at that time, he saw a small bottle with a cork (瓶塞). There was a yellow     4     posted on the bottle, which read, “You must put the water into the pump before you can draw water! Don’t forget before you leave, refill it with water!” He pulled the cork and found the bottle was really     5     water! He could     6     believe his luck.

At this moment, he thought, “If I only think about myself,     7     I drink the water in the bottle, I can go out of this desert! If I do as the note told, I might be thirsty (口渴) to death. Will I     8     or not?”

Finally, he made a decision to do what the note told him and began to draw water with his     9     hands. Sure enough, the water really came out.

After he drank enough water, he filled the bottle with water. He enveloped (封住) it with the cork and     10     his words after the note, “Believe me it’s really useful. You should learn to pay before you get it!”

2 . 阅读短文，从每个方框中的11个词汇中选择10个意义相符的词汇，必要时进行词形变化，填入空白处。

rain,   bad,   other,   big,   through,   because,   fast,   thick,   place,   impossible,   slow

London is a beautiful city. It is very large. The Thames River runs     1     the city from west to east. So the city has two parts: the South and the north. In the North, there are important buildings, shops, big parks and interesting     2     . The weather in London is good. In winter it is not very cold and in summer it is not very hot     3     the city is near the sea. People say that London is a foggy (有雾的) city and it is often     4     most of the days. People always take umbrellas when they go out. It is true. Last year when I was in London, I met one of the     5     fogs in years. You could hardly see your hand in front your face. Cars and buses moved very     6     with their lights on. When evening came, the weather got even     7     . The fog was as     8     as milk. All the buses and cars stopped. I had to go to an important meeting on the     9     side of the town, but it was     10     to find a car. I had to get there on foot.

3 . 阅读短文，根据短文内容从方框中选择适当的词填空（每空一词，其中两项多余）。

beautiful        watching        he          danger      scared       losing symbols        made          kill        help        tiger’s        buy

Which animal do you think is “the king of the animals”, the elephant, the lion or the tiger? I think the tiger is “the king of the animals”. Because you can find some black lines (线) on the     1     forehead (前额). The lines look like the Chinese word “WANG”. It’s one of the     2     of the king in Chinese.

Most of the tigers come from China and India. Tigers are dangerous animals. They like eating meat. They have yellow and     3     fur (毛皮) with black lines. They usually weigh about 200 kg to 300 kg. Tigers can run very fast. People like     4     them in the zoo, but they usually feel     5     when tigers walk to them.

Most people think tigers are dangerous, but they don’t know tigers are in     6     now. People cut down many trees so tigers are     7     their homes. There are only 20 to 30 wild South China Tigers in China and less than 300 in the world. Lots of people want to     8     them for their fur. We must save tigers and not buy things     9     of their fur. They really need our     10    .

5 . 阅读下面的短文用方框中所给的单词填空，把短文内容补充完整。每空一词，每个单词只使用一次，必要时进行词形变化。

water   your   fun   clean   worry

In the year 2050, there will be different kinds of materials (材料) for clothes. Special materials will make the clothes     1     forever. They will never get dirty (脏的). We will have less (更少的) work, and we won’t need to wash clothes. So we can save     2     and money.

Children won’t     3     about what to wear to school every day, because they won’t go to school! They’ll stay at home in front of computers to study. They can wear their favourite clothes every day. Someone thinks it will be       4    , but the school life isn’t the one I like. My ideal (理想中的) school is a school with many classmates and teachers together. What about     5    ? What do you think schools will be like in 2050?

7 . 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容，从下面方框内所给 11 个词中选择 10 个意义相符的词，必要时进行词形变化 (可添加助动词或者情态动词)，填入空白处。

late, tradition, early, he, painting, cold, thin, without, four, as, successful

In ancient China, people called a man of great virtue (美德) a gentleman. In the world of flowers, plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums are known     1     the four gentlemen in China because these plants natural characters have something in common with human virtues. They have all long been common subjects in Chinese art, like     2     and poems.

The plum tree is famous for its flowers opening in the dead of winter. Its fine smell fills the air at one of     3     times of a year, making it difficult to go unnoticed. It stands for inner beauty and humble display (谦逊表现) under hard conditions. According to historical records, plum blossoms appeared on drawing paper 1600 years ago.

Grown in deep mountain valleys (山谷), the orchid was named as the     4     of China’s ten famous flowers. With the smell making people’s minds fresh, and the elegant (优雅的) shapes swinging in the wind, orchids stand for elegance in Chinese people’s eyes.

The bamboo is     5     with the inner empty. It stands for tolerance (耐力) and open-mindedness. It was admired by many poets and painters in ancient times. Sushi once wrote down “Rather eat     6     meat than live without bamboo” in his poem to express     7     deep love for bamboo.

Chrysanthemums were planted as     8     as three thousand years ago. When nearly all the flowers fall, the chrysanthemum opens in the cold autumn air and predicts the coming of winter. It stands for the virtue to go through all difficulties     9    . So the chrysanthemum is a     10     flower loved by Chinese people.

8 .

succeed, give out, speak, travel, finish

1. The teacher ________ the new books when I entered the classroom.
2. The meeting usually ________ at 9:00 in the morning.
3. English ________ all over the world and we should try to learn it well.
4. If you try your best,you ________ in passing the exams.
5. Qingdao is such a wonderful city that the Greens ________ here twice.