1、12_!”But then the other one said, “Go and play! There will be more fun than translating. Do your work tomorrow.” I stood up and was about to _13_ the computer. But then I remembered _14_ my parents had told me, “Whatever (无论什么) you do, dont stop halfway.” I took a breath and sat down again. Once I s
2、tarted, it wasnt so hard. Later, when I heard that my book was published (出版), I cried. Not because I was sad, _15_ because I felt I had done something great. 1. A. useful something B. something useful C. useful anything D. nothing useful 2. A. information B. message C. chance D. practice 3. A. afra
3、id of B. amazed at C. proud of D. sad at 4. A. it that B. that it C. this that D. that 5. A. Someday B. A day C. One day D. So far 6. A. always B. already C. just D. still 7. A. to turn B. turning C. turn D. turned 8. A. could B. can C. may D. must 9. A. more and more B. more or less C. again and ag
4、ain D. up and down 10. A. base on B. run away C. give up D. rush out 11. A. work B. worked C. working D. to work 12. A. well done B. do well C. go on D. set my mind 13. A. shut down B. turn down C. turn off D. try out 14. A. which B. what C. that D. how 15. A. or B. so C. as D. but 、阅读理解（30分）AAmeric
5、ans think much about time. From children they learn to value（珍惜）time. As children they are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time. Time is money. Ti
6、me is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his spare time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturdays and Sundays he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see
7、 that a man walks slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running. They love time because time can bring them money and a lot of things. But sometimes they also hate time, because they feel that they have become servants（仆人）of the clock. 根据短文内容，判断下列各题正(T)、误(F)。(10分) 1. The Americans think muc
8、h about time because time means everything in America. 2. Americans begin to value time when they grow up. 3. The Americans even value their spare time. 4. Sometimes the Americans hate time. 5. A working American has to work four days a week. BNew York has a larger population than any other American
9、 city. In 1970, its population was about 8,000,000. Chicago（芝加哥）has the second largest population. More than 3,000,000 people lived in Chicago in 1970. The third largest city is Los Angeles（洛杉矶）with the population of 2,810,000. Philadelphia（费城）is the fourth largest city. More than 2,000,000 people l
10、ive in Philadelphia, the first capital of the United States. New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia are all larger than the nations（国家的）capital city, Washington, DC. The population of Washington is more than 700,000, but several cities have a larger population than that. Washington is one o
11、f the most beautiful American cities, but it is only the ninth city in size. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 6. _ has the largest population in the United States. A. Chicago B. Philadelphia C. New York D. Los Angeles 7. There were about _ people living in New York in 1970. A. eighty thousand B. eighty million C. eig
12、ht million D. eighty hundred 8. Los Angeles is the third largest American city in _. A. size B. population C. buildings D. offices 9. _ is the capital of the United States. A. Washington, DC B. Philadelphia C. New York D. Chicago 10. Washington, DC is more beautiful than _ American cities. A. the ot
13、her B. all C. only a few D. most of the (c)Many people begin to use pencils from an early age. There are many kinds of pencils：some have erasers on top; some are colorful. You may have used many kinds of them for many years, but do you know the history of pencils?Many years ago, people in Egypt used
14、 lead(铅)to write. Now, pencils are made from graphite(石墨)instead of lead. In 1564, people found that graphite could leave black marks. In the beginning, the people used it to make marks on their sheep. Later they used the graphite to write. They thought it was lead. Graphite left a blacker mark than
15、 lead, but it was not strong enough so it needed something to hold it. In 1565，Conrad Gesner first put graphite into something to hold it. Later, in the 1600s, German people mixed graphite with some other things and used them for writing. Later, France couldnt get pencils from both the English and t
16、he Germans, so Nicholas Jacques Conte began to make pencils. In France, there was little graphite, so he mixed graphite with clay(粘土). In 1812，William Munroe made the fist American wood pencils. Later, a man put a small eraser on top of a pencil. A new kind of pencil was born. ( ) 11. People began t
17、o write with lead first in_. A. Egypt B. England C. Germany ( ) 12. Graphite is _ than lead. A. blacker and softer B. blacker and harder C. softer and lighter( ) 13. The first people to mix graphite with other materials are _. A. English B. German C. French ( ) 14. Who is first person to put graphit
18、e into something to hold is_. A. William Munroe B. Nicholas Jacques Conte C. Conrad Gesner( ) 15. The passage is mainly about the_ of pencils. A. kinds B. history C. materials、词汇运用。（15分）A根据下列句子及所给汉语注释， 写出空缺处各单词的正确形式，没空只写一词。1. The glass iseasily _( 容易) broken, so you should be careful. 2. It was rain
19、ing heavily when the plane _landed_(着陆) inBeijing. 3. After hard work, the dream of Beijing basketball team finally came _true_(真实)。 4. They saw an_(有教育意义的) film yesterday.5. Mary_(意识到) that she had fallen in love with the young man.B. 根据短文内容和首字母提示，把所缺单词填写在短文后面的横线上。Soccer is a team g 6 of the feet.
20、It is played between two t 7 with 11 players on each side. During the game, the b 8 is kicked or headed on an open field. Only the goalkeeper( 守门员) can use his h 9 When the ball goes into the net, a g 10 is scored. 6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._ V、选词填空。（5分）Wise， below， Africa， invent， express1. The world chan
21、ged faster after the_ of the computer.2. My son is older and _ after eight years in the business.3. In my hometown, the temperature is always_ zero in winter.4. Last month, Premier(总理) Li Keqiang visited several _ countries.5. Now more and more foreigners are _ an interest in learning Chinese.、书面表达（
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