1 . Skin-diving (潜泳) is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon. When you are under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks because you are no longer heavy.

Here, under water, everything is blue and green. During the day, there is plenty of light. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands.

When you have tanks (罐) of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.

To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides, there are more uses for skin-diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea.

Now you see that skin -diving is both useful and interesting.

1. Skin- diving is a new sport. It can take you to________.

A．the moon

B．a new world of land

C．the mountains

D．deep water

2. You can climb big rocks under water easily because________.

A．you are very heavy

B．you are as heavy as on the land

C．you are not as heavy as on the land

D．you have no weight at all

3. With tanks of air on your back, you can________.

A．catch fish very easily	B．stay under water for a long time
C．climb big rocks	D．have more fun

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．The only use of skin-diving is to have more fun.

B．Skin-diving is like visiting the moon.

C．Skin-diving is a new sport.

D．Skin-diving is not only interesting but useful.

2 . All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer.     1    They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins.

    2    Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy!     3    Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada.

Some sports or game go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese Kungfu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet.     4    Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.

People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends.     5    One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.

A．And think of people in cold countries.

B．Sports help to train a person’s character.

C．People aren’t inventing new sports or games.

D．Many people like to watch others play games.

E．People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

F．Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them.

G．Not a few people participate in different sports competitions themselves.

3 . The Winter Olympics is also called the White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published to mark the great Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25, 1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.

During the 4th Winter Olympic Games a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of the sportswear. It was the first time that the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics.

In the 1950’s, the stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the White Olympics came, the host countries as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark those Games. China also published four stamps in February 1980, when the Chinese sports men began to take part in the White Olympics.

Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen.

1. The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics ________.

A．are the same thing	B．are different games
C．are not held in winter	D．are held in summer

2. The Winter Olympics is held once ________.

A．every two years

B．every three years

C．every four years

D．every five years

3. What may appear on the stamps of the White Olympics?

A．Basketball.

B．Table tennis.

C．Football.

D．Skating.

4 . 下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该漏字符号下写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（ \ ）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该横线下写上修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last month the Students' Union of our school organize an English Speech Competition. At first I didn't show some interest and wasn't very much confident. Then my English teacher Mr. Smith encouraged me. Inspiring by my teacher, I signed up for the competition and made fully preparations for it. Two weeks later the time I had been looking forward to coming and it was his turn. Glancing at my teacher's smiling face, I built up my confidence. Much to my delight, the result was announced and I was one of the winner.

With my teacher's encouragement, I couldn't have won the first prize. I'm proud of Mr. Smith or the wonderful experience.

7 . 请以 “My Favorite Sport.” 为题写一篇短文。内容要阐述该运动的优点。
注意：1.词数 100 左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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8 . 假如你是李华，你的好友Allen在中学生英语演讲比赛中荣获一等奖，请你根据以下内容给他写一封祝贺信，内容包括：
1.表达你的愉悦心情；
2. 向他表示祝贺；
3. 请他介绍成功的经验。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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10 . In 1997, a group of twenty British women made history. Working in five teams with four women in each team, they walked to the North Pole. Apart from one experienced female guide, the other women were all ordinary people who had never done anything like this in their lives before. They managed to survive in an environment which had defeated several very experienced men during the same period.

Once on the ice, each woman had to ski along while dragging a sledge (雪橇) weighing over 50 kilos. This would not have been too bad on a smooth surface, but for long stretches (一片地域), the Arctic ice is pushed up into huge piles two or three meters high and the sledges had to be pulled up on side and carefully let down the other so that they didn’t crash. The temperature was always below freezing point and sometimes strong winds made walking while pulling so much weight almost impossible. It was also very difficult to put up their tents when they stopped each night.

In such conditions the women were making good progress if they covered fourteen or fifteen kilometers a day. But there was another problem. Part of the journey was across a frozen sea with moving water underneath the ice and at some points the team would drift (漂流) back more than five kilometers during the night. That meant that after walking in these very terrible conditions for ten hours on one day, they had to spend part of the next day covering the same ground again. Furthermore, each day it would take three hours from waking up to setting off and another three hours every evening to set up the camp and prepare the evening meal.

So, how did they manage to succeed? They realized that they were part of a team. If any one of them didn’t pull her sledge or get her job done, she would endanger the success of the whole expedition (远征探险). Any form of selfishness could result in the efforts of everyone else being completely wasted, so personal feelings had to be put to one side. At the end of their journey, the women agreed that it was mental effort far more than physical fitness that got them to the North Pole.

1. What was so extraordinary about the expedition?

A．It was a new experience for most of the women.

B．The women did not have any men with them.

C．The women had not met one another before.

D．There was no one leading it.

2. During the expedition, the women had to be careful to avoid________.

A．being left behind	B．damaging the sledges
C．falling over on the ice	D．breaking the ice

3. It was difficult for the women to cover 15 kilometers a day because________.

A．they got too tired	B．they kept getting lost
C．the ice was moving backwards	D．the temperatures were very low

4. Which of the following can best describe the women in the text?

A．Strict but caring.	B．Proud but patient.
C．Honest and devoted.	D．Determined and strong-willed.

5. What can we infer from the text?

A．Experience must be bought.

B．Facts speak louder than words.

C．He who risks nothing gains nothing.

D．Motivation and teamwork achieve goals.