If you want to become a better reader, here are four important points to remember about rate or speed(速度)of reading:

First, knowing why you are reading and what you are reading to find out will often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly.

Second, some things should be read slowly. Examples are directions for making or doing something; arithmetic(算術)problems, science and history books. They are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important step and understand each idea.

Third, some things should be read rapidly. Examples are simple stories for enjoyment, news, letters from friends, items or bits of news from local or hometown paper, telling what is happening to friends and neighbors.

Fourth, in some of your readings, you must change your speed from fast to slow, and slow to fast, as you read. You’ll need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas which should be remembered.

1.A tale about fairies(神話) should be read_________.

A．slowly            B．carefully          C．rapidly            D．to change one’s speed fast to slow

2.A book about knowledge of the nature should be read _____________.

A．either rapidly or slowly                   B．rapidly            C．neither rapidly nor slowly  D．slowly

3.__________should be read slowly.

A．Novels                               B．Letters

C．Some things full of important information     D．Newspapers and magazines

4.In this passage the author advises us to ____________.

A．read more books                       B．be better readers

C．fit our speed to our needs                 D．change our speed of reading now and then(不時地)

5.According to this passage, one must pay attention to _______in your reading.

A．why you are reading                     B．what you are reading

C．the speed of reading                     D．careful reading

Peter was getting ready to graduate from the college. He loved a beautiful sports car for many months, and knew his father could well afford it for him. He told his father all that he wanted.

As the graduation day was coming near, Peter had got nothing from his father. On the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his study. He told his son how proud he was to have such a good son, and told how much he loved him. Then he gave his son a beautiful gift box. He opened the box, finding a lovely book, a Bible(圣經(jīng)), with the young man’s name in it. Angrily he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then ran out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years later, Peter was very successful in business. He had a beautiful house and a wonderful family. Realizing his father was old, he thought he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Unfortunately, he was told that his father had died.

When he reached his father’s house, he began to take care of his father’s papers. And then he found the Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened it and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, from the back of the Bible dropped a car key. That was the key to the sports car he wanted so much. Sudden sadness and regret (悔恨)filled his heart.

Sometimes we don’t realize the good luck that we already have because we don’t know the gift box is packed in a different way. The gift box may be the door to happiness. It is just waiting for us to open.

1.The son would like his father to buy him___________.

A．a(chǎn) beautiful house   B．a(chǎn) Bible            C．a(chǎn) beautiful box     D．a(chǎn) sports car

2.The son ran out of the house angrily because ____________.

A．his father said something wrong to him       B．his father gave him nothing

C．he thought his father only gave him a Bible    D．his father didn’t love him

3.Many years later, the son_____________.

A．was told his father was still healthy          B．became a successful man

C．had a hard life                          D．went to see his father quite often

4.How did the son feel when he got the car key?

A．Excited and happy.                      B．Worried and sad.

C．Disappointed and upset.                  D．Sad and regretful.

5.From the story, the writer wants to tell us ___________.

A．we may miss good luck because they are not packed as we expect

B．we should look after our parents carefully

C．our parents will give us everything we ask for

D．we should accept any gift that our parents give us

Co-operation (合作)is always needed when you make a project that the teacher gives you.

First, discuss all you would like to do with your classmates. Choose one of the members to write down what you’re talking about. Then, with the ideas you get, list all you want. Everyone shares the duty for the project. You can collect information not only from books but also on the internet. Making a survey and doing a research are also good ways. After that, all the members put what has been found together. Try to make the project more well-organized. In the end, you can give a report in front of your class to show the results of your hard work.

根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容，從方框中所給的七個選項中選出五個句子補全對話，使對話完整、通順。并將所選標號填寫在答題卡相應的位置上。（共5個小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）

A：Hi, Betty! Did you go on the school trip? I didn’t see you last Sunday.

B：   1.

A：Why?

B：   2.

A：What did you do ?

B：I cleaned my room and did my homework.   3. 

A：Really? Not much fun!

B：4.  I went to a movie with my sister in the afternoon.  5.. Was the school trip interesting?

A：Yes. We went to the Science Museum in the morning and went to the zoo in the afternoon. We really had a good time!

A.Then I studied for the test.

B.No, I stayed at home.

C.Because I had lots of things to do.

D.What about you?

E.Because I went on the school trip.

F.Well, it wasn’t very bad.

G.How did you like it?

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容從方框中選擇正確詞的正確形式填空，每個詞只用一次。將答案寫在答題卡相應的位置上。(共10個小題，每個小題1分，滿分10分）

Not everyone can swim with fish in the ocean. But they can enjoy underwater life in another way-by visiting an aquarium.

There is a very large public aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Aquarium says it is  1.in the world. It has more than one hundred thousand sea animals in thirty million liters of  2.. These include two whale sharks ---the   3. largest fish. And everyone seems to enjoy  4.huge public aquariums. They have opened around the world. Visiting an aquarium is a good way for children    5.about sea animals. They might even want to start an aquarium at home and join   6.of people keeping fish as pets around the world.

We do not really know when people began keeping fish as pets. But people have been interested in fish    7. a long time ago. Some say the Chinese kept and studied carp(鯉魚) and goldfish more than one thousand years ago. The   8.Romans kept eels（鱔魚) as pets . And the Greek philosopher Aristotle(亞里士多德) might be the 9.to study sea life, including sharks and dolphins.

Some people say that keeping fish at home in small water tanks called aquarium is very  10.today.

根據(jù)漢語提示，完成句子，一空一詞，包括縮寫詞和復合詞，將答案寫在答題卡相應的位置上。（共5個小題，20個空，每空0.5分，滿分10分）

1.我受不了學校的伙食。

I                         the food                      .

2.你應該多喝牛奶而不是咖啡。

You                        more milk                        coffee.

3.即使有許多人不同意，他仍會堅持自己的想法。

                      many people don’t agree with him, he will still       

           to his idea.

4.學習英語最好的方法是盡可能的多說。

The     way     learn English is to speak it as          as          .

5.嚴禁酒后駕車。

People shouldn’t                      to          after            .

保護環(huán)境是人類永恒的話題，隨著環(huán)境的日益惡化，自然災害越來越多，使得我們認為人類賴以生存的地球已經(jīng)面臨嚴重的威脅。如何保護環(huán)境就成為人類最重要的任務之一，人人應該有責任保護環(huán)境保護我們這個地球家園。

請以“How to Protect the Environment”為題寫一篇短文，闡述我們應該如何從身邊做起來，保護環(huán)境。將答案寫在答題卡相應的位置上。

內(nèi)容提示：1. 環(huán)境越來越糟糕，自然災害(natural disasters）越來越多。我們面臨嚴重的威脅（threat）。

2. 好的環(huán)境能給人類帶來健康和快樂，改善環(huán)境意味著保護人類自己。

3. 環(huán)境保護的具體建議：要點自己擬定

要求：    1. 語句準確、流暢，內(nèi)容要點完整

2. 可根據(jù)實際情況適當發(fā)揮

3. 字數(shù)：80個左右。

—What about _____ English-Chinese dictionary on the bookshelf?

—In my opinion, it’s _____ useful tool book for my English learning.

A．a(chǎn); an             B．a(chǎn)n; a             C．the; a            D．the; an

—How ____ the medicine tastes!

—Yes. But the medicine will really work soon after you take it.

A．terrible           B．delicious          C．sweet            D．nice

—What time will Mr. Green be back to China?

—Sorry. I don’t know ________.

A．when did he go broad                    B．why he is going abroad

C．how soon will he be back                 D．how long he will stay abroad