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找出题目中字母所含元音音素不同的选项：（5分）

1.A. Aa   B. Ss   C. Xx   D. Mm

2.A. Uu   B. Qq   C. Ww   D. Yy

3.A. Bb   B. Pp   C. Ll   D. Tt

4.A. Oo   B. Pp   C. Ee   D. Tt

5.A. Uu   B. Xx   C. Mm   D. Nn

书面表达 （共1题，满分15分）

十九世纪七十年代，美国人Martin Cooper发明了手机。你了解手机有多少呢，你觉得学生可以带手机到学校吗？请谈谈你的观点以及你的理由（至少三点理由）

Nowadays, the smart mobile phones have played an important role in our daily life. But do you know who invented（发明） the mobile phones?

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单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子及所给的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的正确、完全形式（每空填一词）。

1.My father isn’t in his office now. He is a_______ on business.

2.A_______  my grandmother has been dead for three years, she has been living in my heart.

3.In western countries, it’s usually impolite to ask p______ questions about others.

4.The answers are e______ the same. There aren’t any differences.

5.M_____ the new words is a great challenge for an English learner.

6.Mercedes-Benz is made in G_______, but it is very popular with the richer in China.

7.The illness s________ through the whole town and everyone got sick.

8.Jack won the first prize in the English speech contest. We are all p______ of him.

9.John s_______ eats breakfast in the morning. I think it’s bad for his health.

10.Don’t drop English! Everyone is born with the a_______ to learn it well.

语法填空

阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

As we all know, there are some differences between American English and British English. How did these differences take place? There is no quick answer _1.__ this question.

Actually at first the language in Britain and America was the same. After America became an independent(独立的) country, the language gradually began to change. For a long time the language in America stayed the __2.__ ,  while the language in England changed.

Over the centuries, a number of words and meanings __3.__ are still in everyday use in the United States have __4.__ (disappear) in British English. For example, American English still use the __5.__ (express) “I guess” (meaning “I think”), just as the British did 300 years ago.

In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. To make American English different from British English, he changed the spelling of many words. That’s __6.__ the words colour, centre and traveller are _7._ (spell) color, center and traveler in American English. Except for these differences in spelling, _8.__ (write) English is nearly the same in both British English and American English.

The differences are much __9.__ (great) in the spoken language. However, most of the time, people from the two countries do not have difficulty in _10._ (understand) each other.

完型填空 （共15小题， 每小题1分，满分15分）

People have been raising pigeons(鸽子) for about 10,000 years. And pigeon keepers use  different kinds of pigeons for different __    . Some people use pigeons for ___    _. For example, in parts of China people cook a special meal with pigeon to celebrate the New Year.

Some people also keep pigeons because they look especially___    _. There are many interesting kinds of these “pretty” pigeons. Different kinds of pigeons have interesting features ___    _ long, soft tail feathers or designs on their heads. The owners of these kinds of pigeons enter them in ___    _ and the best looking pigeons are chosen to win prizes.

But pigeons have many other ___    too. Pigeons can fly long distances without growing ____    _. They also have another ____    _ sense. No matter how far from home they are, pigeons can usually fly back to where they ____    _. This is often called a “homing sense”. This sense makes them good for carrying ___    _.

In many cities around the world, pigeons live in special houses, and pigeon keepers spend a lot of money and time ____    _ their birds. When someone has a very good pigeon, he is very ___    _. He may also have a way to make money.  But this is not usually the main ___    __ people keep pigeons. For some people, they keep pigeons as a hobby.

People love pigeons so much that they even take them ___    when they move to a new country. They ___    _ these birds as their children. “When you are looking at a pigeon in the sky you feel free. It is the best feeling you have in a strange country”, a pigeon lover says.

1.A. ways         B. types          C. purposes         D. decision

2.A. food         B. sport           C. money            D. family

3.A. beautiful    B. clever         C. funny            D. happy

4.A. because of  B. according to    C. except for       D. such as

5.A. shows        B. competitions    C. classes          D. discussions

6.A. skills       B. ideas          C. signs            D. problem

7.A. worried      B. tired          C. hungry           D. cold

8.A. special     B. quick           C. weak            D. sixth

9.A. live         B. eat           C. play             D. fall

10.A. luck       B. peace           C. messages         D. supplies

11.A. winning over B. looking at     C. caring for      D. warming up

12.A. brave       B. proud          C. nervous          D. patient

13.A. duty        B. prize          C. reason           D. power

14.A. along      B. back           C. up               D. out

15.A. wish       B. consider      C. prove            D. choose