I. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共28分)
A.. True or False（判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）: (共5分) Time Table 9:00 First period 12:20 Fourth Period 10:00 Second period 13:30-14:10 Lunch 11:00-11:20 Break 14:10 Fifth period 11:20 Third period 15:10 End of school My name is Erik．I am a British boy．I am in Year Eight now, 1 will describe my school day to you．
I leave home at 6:40 and walk 20 minutes to catch a school bus to school．The journey on the bus takes about an hour.
I arrive at school, I get my computer from a center in my school. And then I go to the Tutor(教师) Room for registration(登记) at 8:30.
At about 8:50, I leave the Tutor Room to go to our first period. Every day I have a different lesson for the first period. Each period lasts about an hour. All my lessons are in different rooms in the school.
Every student carries a wipe card(磁卡). We swipe (刷) into every lesson to let the school know that we have had that lesson.
On the swipe card there are two stripes, a black one and a brown one. The brown stripe is used to swipe into lessons and the black stripe is used to get into the toilets(厕所).
Sometimes I stay after school for clubs.
1. Erik arrives at school at about 8:00 in the morning．
2. The students in Erik's school have to have their lunch for forty minutes. 3. Erik leaves the Tutor Room to go to his first period at about 9:00． 4. Each lesson lasts for about half an hour．
5. Erik uses the brown stripe on his swipe card into lessons.
B. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）: (共5分)
Mr. Hill arrives at London Airport, at the end of a three-week holiday in France. Usually he wears a beard ( 蓄胡须 ). Since it has been hot there, he has taken it off ( 剃掉 ). But his passport shows him with his beard.
An officer looks at the photo for a moment, and says, “Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I won’t keep you long.” With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second officer, and says, “I know that face.” The second officer looks at the passport and asks where Mr. Hill has come back from. When he
hears that Mr. Hill has arrived back from Paris, the second officer smiled and says, “An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday. And that man looks just the kind of man…”
Suddenly it comes to the first officer who Mr. Hill is. He returns to him and says, “Did you teach at the No. 2 High School?” When Mr. Hill answers, in surprise, that he did, the first officer smiled and says, “I thought so. I’m Jack Smith. You taught me French. You have changed a bit.” 1. Mr. Hill________.
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A. has just come back from the airport B. is on his way to Paris
C. spent three weeks in London before he went to France D. has been in France for three weeks 2. Mr. Hill________.
A. has a beard on his face but not in his photo B. grew a beard while he was on holiday
C. has a beard in his photo but not on his face now D. took his beard off long before he went on holiday 3. The first officer is sure________.
A. Mr. Hill stole the painting B. He has seen the face in the photo before C. He knows the second officer’s face D. A man without a beard stole the painting 4. The second officer says that________
A. Mr. Hill stole the painting
B. A man with a beard, from France, stole a painting in England C. An Englishman took his beard off and stole a painting
D. A man with a beard, from England, stole a painting in Paris 5. Mr. Hill taught ________.
A. Jack Smith French at No. 2 High School. B. Jack Smith to be a first officer C. At No. 2 High school, in France.
D. French some years ago, and his name was Smith, not Hill
C. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语 完成短文）:（共6分）
Norway(挪威) lies close to the North Pole. It is very cold there in winter. There are only _____1_____hours of sunlight every day.
To most people of Norway, skiing is the best way to have_____2_____in winter. Almost everyone skis. Children learn to ski soon after they learn to walk.
Long, long ago in Norway, there were_____3_____buses or trains or automobiles. The people had to find a way to walk over the deep snow. Skis were the right answer! And Norwegians have been skiing ever since.
_____4_____they love winter, the people of Norway are happy to see summer come. They enjoy the out-of-doors at any time of the year. In summer they swim and sunbathe. Some people go hiking(步行) and mountain climbing. The few short summer months are busy_____5_____for Norwegian farmers, too.
In summer in the northern part of Norway, the sun does not_____6_____at all for many days. That is why Norway is often called the “Land of the Midnight Sun.’’ 1. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little 2. A. lunch B. trouble C. sunlight D. fun 3. A. many B. some C. no D. lots of 4. A. Since B. Because C. But D. Though 5. A. ones B. summer C. month D. one
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6. A. shine B. set(日落) C. go up D. rise
D. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）:（共6分）
After his first wife died, Tom married again. His s_____1_____wife was much younger than he and they often quarreled(争吵). One evening, they had a quarrel a_____2_____. This time his wife was so angry that she pushed him. Tom was old and weak but his wife was y_____3_____and strong. So he fell down the stairs. One of their neighbours heard the n_____4_____. She c_____5_____to the front door and knocked. “What happened?” “My coat fell down the stairs,” Tom said. “But a coat wouldn’t make such a noise!” “Of course it would,” answered Tom, “ as I was i_____6_____it.”
E. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）: (共6分)
A letter Dear Lily, My hometown is very small. Only a few hundred people live here. It has a river with an old bridge across it. There is a church and a school. They are next to each other. On Main Street there is a hotel, a supermarket, a gas station, a bakery, a butcher’s shop and a grocery store. We don’t have a hospital or a police station, but we have a doctor and a police officer. They live on opposite side of the river. We don’t have a movie theater, but we can rent videos at the supermarket. If we want to go to a movie, we have to go to the next town. It is a 30-minute bus drive away. The bus stop is outside my house. I usually go to the movies with my mum every Saturday. Best wishes and please write soon. Alice 1 How many people live in Alice’s town?
Only _________________.
2 Where do the doctor and the police officer live?
They live__________________.
3 Why does Alice rent videos at the supermarket?
Because there ____________________.
4 How far is the next town if they go to a movie theater?
It’s a ___________________.
5 Who does Alice go to the movies with every Saturday?
She usually ______________. 6 Do you like the life in Alice’s hometown？Why? ______________________________________
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