1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Yellow Crane Tower is one of the Four Great Towers of China.     1     (seat) at the top of Snake Hill, on the banks of the Yangtze River, this symbolic building is one of the     2     (great) landmarks in Wuhan. There are a number of legends which tell     3     the Yellow Crane Tower came into being. One of them is the story of a wine merchant named Xin. It is believed that one day,     4     immortal being (神仙) pretended he was a poor man and got into Xin’s wine store. Xin, showing no judgement,     5     (offer) the man some free wine. The poor man came back day after day for several years and Xin always welcomed him with the same     6     (warm). One day, as the poor man left the store, he took some orange peel and drew a picture of a crane upon the wall. He said if he clapped his hands, the crane would come down from the wall and dance for him.     7     (surprise), what the poor man said was true. The dancing crane brought     8     much business to Xin that he soon became a very wealthy man. About ten years     9     (late), the immortal being came back to Xin’s store, called out the crane and left with it.     10     (honor) him and the crane, Xin built the Yellow Crane Tower.

2 . In the winter of 1664-65, a bitter cold fell on London in the days before Christmas. Above the city, an unusually bright comet (彗星) shot across the sky, exciting much prediction of a snow storm, Outside the city wall, a woman was announced dead of a disease that was spreading in that area. Her house was locked up and the phrase “Lord Have Mercy On Us” was painted on the door in red.

By the following Christmas, the virus that had killed the woman would go on to kill nearly 100,000 people living in and around London—almost a third of those who did not flee.

In The Great Plague (瘟疫), historian A.Lloyd Moote and microbiologist Dorothy C.Moote provide a deeply informed account of this plague year. Reading the book, readers are taken from the palaces of the city’s wealthiest citizens to the poor areas where the vast majority of Londoners were living, and to the surrounding countryside with those who fled. The Mootes point out that, even at the height of the plague, the city did not fall into chaos. Doctors, nurses and the church staff remained in the city to care for the sick; city officials tried their best to fight the crisis with all the legal tools; commerce continued even as businesses shut down.

To describe life and death in and around London, the authors focus on the experiences of nine individuals. Through their letters and diaries, the Mootes offer fresh descriptions of key issues in the history of the Great Plague: how different communities understood and experienced the disease; how medical, religious, and government bodies reacted; how well the social order held together; the economic and moral dilemmas people faced when debating whether to flee the city; and the nature of the material, social, and spiritual resources supporting those who remained. Based on humanity, the authors offer a masterful portrait of a city and its residents attacked by—and daringly resisting -unimaginable horror.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

A．A comet always follows a storm.	B．London was prepared for the disease.
C．London was under an approaching threat.	D．The woman was the beginning of the disease.

2. What do the Mootes say about London during the Great Plague?

A．The cit remained organized.	B．The people tried a lo in vain.
C．The plague spared the rich areas.	D．The majority fled and thus survived.

3. Why do the Mootes focus on the nine individuals?

A．They were famous people in history.	B．They all managed to survive the plague.
C．They united by thinking and acting as one.	D．They provided vivid stories of humanity in the disaster.

4. What’s the purpose of this text?

A．To record an epidemic.	B．To introduce a book.
C．To report a new survey.	D．To correct a misunderstanding.

3 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误、每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（/\），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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。

An American and a Frenchman decided to cross the sea between France and England in the balloon in 1784. High over the water, they discover a hole in the balloon. The hole became bigger and bigger. The air keeps the balloon up was escaping quickly and the balloon was coming up. The two men threw all their equipments into the water to make the balloon light. It started to rise higher again. So it was still too close to the water. Finally, the men threw away most of his clothes to save themselves. The crowd waiting for to greet them in England were very surprised see this that the balloon landed in front of them.

5 . Over 200 years ago, on July 4, 1817, workers began digging the Erie Canal. It took tireless laborers another eight years to finish it, but when it opened, goods could travel by boat from the vast interior (内陆) of the country. They could go from the Great Lakes, cross a huge stretch of New York State and then travel down the Hudson River to New York City. Thanks largely to the Erie Canal, New York grew into a world-famous metropolis (大都市), doubling in size the next succeeding decades.

It was an amazing creation of engineering, especially at a time when there were no civil engineers in America. But there were people who became engineers. People like Benjamin Wright, my great-great-great-great-grandfather. He was originally just a surveyor in upstate New York and a judge used to settling boundary quarrels. Because of his first-hand knowledge of the region, he became involved in the project.

I can’t begin to imagine the challenges those newly-created engineers faced. The idea of the canal had been ridiculed for years. Thomas Jefferson even said it was “an act of either folly or madness”. But it was commonly called “Clinton’s Folly” because DeWitt Clinton, the NY governor, green-lighted the project. But madness and folly happened and by October 1825, the Canal was opened for boat traffic, cutting down the expense of bringing cargo(货物)from Midwest to the East Coast by 95 percent.

When I look at the yellowish photo of my ancestor Benjamin Wright, I don’t see any family association. And I certainly didn’t get any of his talent for math or engineering (I consider it an achievement to change a light bulb). But the quality I would like to model is his can-do attitude. But you don’t need an ancestor for that. You just need some faith and willingness to step out and take a risk.

1. What can we know about the Erie Canal from Paragraph 1?

A．It contributed to New York’s growth.

B．It aimed to transport goods to the world.

C．I was built for the benefit of environment.

D．I bridged the western culture and the eastern culture.

2. Why did Benjamin Wright turn engineer?

A．He volunteered to offer his help.	B．He did well in solving problems.
C．He knew well about the region.	D．He used to be a good surveyor.

3. The underlined word “green-lighted” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by______.

A．teased	B．delayed
C．challenged	D．approved

4. How can we interpret Benjamin Wright’s “can-do” attitude?

A．Be independent 10 realize one’$ dream.

B．Create something in an unusual way.

C．Try to make the impossible possible.

D．Dare to challenge the authorities.

6 . Once upon a time, there was a man from the State of Chu who loved his sword very much. One day, he was sitting in a boat preparing to cross a river     1     he accidentally dropped his sword into the water.     2      the ship moving fast on and the water running, the people on board reminded that he should go into the water to find his beloved sword back. The man felt in great      3     (anxious) too. However, he turned a deaf ear to that and instead, he     4      (immediate) took out a knife and made a notch (刻痕) on the side of the boat     5      his dear sword fell. The people wondered why he did so. He said proudly the notch could help     6     (get) his sword back. Shortly after the     7      (arrive) at the shore, he entered the water just beneath the notch he made. Though      8      (spend) rather a long time, he returned empty-handed. Without doubt, he was laughed at in public and his story became     9     well-known joke in China.

Today the idiom      10      (relate) to the story is used to describe a person who stick to rigid rules without considering a changing environment or describes an action made pointless by changing circumstances.

7 . Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn’t exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin was a person who liked playing the violin and was full of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.

One day Merlin received an invitation to a fancy dress ball(化妆舞会). He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He came up with an idea. He thought everyone would be attracted by him if he could skate into the room.

Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two, wheels under each shoe. These were the first rolled skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.

　　On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room, playing the violin. Everyone was amazed to see this. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. Suddenly he ran into a huge mirror hanging on the wall. It fell down and broke into pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin’s entrance for a long time.
1. The passage is mainly about_______.

A．a strange man

B．an unusual party

C．how roller skating started

D．how people held parties in the 18th century

2. People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he________.

A．often gave others surprises	B．was a gifted musician
C．invented the roller skates	D．was full of imagination

3. Merlin put wheels under his shoes to_________.

A．impress the party guests	B．arrive at the party sooner
C．test his invention	D．show his skill in walking on wheels

4. What main point the writer is trying to make in the last paragraph?

A．The roller skates needed further improvement.

B．The party guests took Merlin for a fool.

C．Merlin succeeded beyond expectation.

D．Merlin got himself into trouble.