先阅读（A）（B）（C）三篇短文，然后根据题目要求及所给语境完成下列五项任务。
（A）
Every person needs friends. They always encourage (鼓励)us to try our ____ to do everything, and they even let us face challenges (挑战) bravely. ____ in touch with our friends is important to us all. In this way, we can know how everything is going on with our friends. Friends communicate with each other in ____ ways. Some make phone calls to their friends regularly. Some send postcards to their friends when they go on holidays. ____ prefer to send interesting stories and ____ along with their letters. Among the ways, there must be your favorite one. Anyway, let’s communicate with our friends as often as possible.
（B）
The famous saying “He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man”. It shows clearly that the Great Wall is really a wonderful place to visit. As the longest wall on the earth, also one of the wonders in the world, the Great Wall runs across North China like a huge dragon. It has a history of over 2,000 years and it has been rebuilt and repaired many times. Many people died while building the wall. The workers didn’t build the wall with machines but finished the work all by hand. As one of the few man—made objects on the Earth that can be seen on the moon, it’s visited by large numbers of people from all parts of the country and the world.
（C）
Juan Antonio Samaranch（萨马兰奇） was born on July 17th, 1920 and died on April 21th, 2010. He was a Spanish sprots official who served as the 7th President of the International Olympic Committee（奥委会） from 1980 to 2001. He loved sports, like shooting, boxing, football, horse—riding and other sports. He was especially fond of collecting stamps. On July 13th, 2001, he announced（宣布） in Moscow Beijing was going to host（举办） the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. He came to China 17 times and he was very friendly to Chinese people. He praied（赞扬） the Beijing Olympic Games is the most successful Olympics ever.
The Chinese people cannot thank Samaranch enough because he helped realize their Olympic dream. Samaranch was loved by sports lovers across the world, and his death is a loss to the world’s sports. He was away from us quietly forever. But we will never forget his words and try to realize his expectations.（期盼）
任务一：用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理.
1.__________2._________3.__________4._________5. __________
任务二：根据英文释义及首字母提示，拼写单词
6.w_______________ really or unusually good
7.r________________ to mend or make something again
任务三：同义句转换，每空一词
The workers didn’t build the wall with machines but finished the work all by hand.
The workers finished the work all by hand8._________9.__________ building the wall with machines.
任务四：根据短文内容简答问题
10.What is really a wonderful place to visit?
___________________________________________________________
阅读短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Have you ever wondered how and why a fall leaf changes color? We first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.
Leaves are the world’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground and take CO2 from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and CO2 into glucose(葡萄糖). Glucose is a kind is a kind of sugar. Using it as food, plants get energy and grow. Plants using sunlight to turn water and CO2 into sugar is called photosynthesis(光合作用). ChlorophyII helps photosynthesis. It gives plants their green color.
As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees “know” to begin getting ready for winter.During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food—making factories.As the green chlorophyII disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves. These colors have been in the leaves all the time. We just can’t see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyII.
The bright reds and purples in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, glucose is caught in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into a red color. The brown color of trees is made from waste left in the leaves. It is mixture(混合物) of all these things. It makes the beautiful leaves during autumn.
1.The underline word “chlorophyII” in the passage means “_________” in Chinese.
A．胡萝卜素
B．叶绿素
C．氯霉素
2.When they rest in winter, trees live on the food they store during the _________.
A．summer
B．autumn
C．winter
3.Picture_______ shows how food—making factories work according to the passage.
A．
B．
C．
4.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
A．Glucose is a kind of sugar and plants use it as food for energy and growing.
B．Leaves turn red because sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn glucose into a red color.
C．We can’t see yellow or orange leaves in summer because the two colors are not in leaves.
5.What’s the main meaning of this passage?
A．What’s photosynthesis?
B．How and why leaves change colors?
C．Different kinds of leaves.
One day in the morning, a little girl made her daily trip to school on foot though there were many dark clouds in the sky. When school was over, the little girl walked home carrying nothing in her hands. On the way home, winds blew hard and rain poured down.
The mother worried that her daughter would be scared because of flashes lightening (闪电) . The mother drove to her daughter’s school in a hurry. On the way home, the mother saw the little girl walking alone in the rain. When a flash of lightning came, the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled. Another followed. The little girl stopped, looked up and smiled. A third came. The little girl stopped, looked up and smiled. With the coming of the following flashes of lightning, the little girl repeated the same thing.
After the little girl got into the car, the mother wondered why she stopped, looked up and smiled when lightening came. Wearing a bright smile, replied the girl, “Mom, when a flash of lightening came, I felt a bit scared. Seeing this, God would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing an interesting game with me to drive away my fear (恐惧). ”
You see, if you look at the world from a different view(视角), the world is really amazing.
根据短文内容判断正误。（正确的写A，错误的写B）
1.A little girl went to school though it was not fine that morning.
2.When it rained, the mother ran to school because she was worried about her daughter.
3.The little girl walked home with an umbrella in her hand.
4.On the way home the little girl saw lightning at least three times.
5.There are wonders in life if you see the world in a different way.
PM2.5——Killer in China 10:00 a.m. April 1st,2014
AQI
PM2.5细颗粒物。PM10可吸入颗粒。AQI空气质量指数。
PM2.5（单位：μg/m3）表示每立方米空气中可入肺颗粒物的含量。
根据表格所提供的信息选择最佳答案。
1.The AQI in Beijing is much __________ than that in Sanya.
A．better
B．worse
C．bad
2.The air in ___________ is both heavy pollution.
A．Shanghai and Beijing
B．Beijing and Tangshan
C．Tangshan and Harbin
3.If you are in Tangshan, you had better _________.
A．have outdoor activities
B．breathe fresh air
C．stay at home
4.The amount of _______in the air in Sanya is the same as that in Harbin.
A．SO2
B．O3
C．CO
5.Which of the following is not TRUE according to the information above?
A．The air in Harbin is middle pollution, we’d better not go out to work.
B．We can know the AQI of April 1st from the table.
C．O3 in Shanghai is the most of all the cities.
阅读短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
It was three o’clock. A man was walking down a street in the north of England. He was wearing a dark suit and carrying a suitcase. His name was Terry and lived away from home for twenty years. In fact, he was in prison (监狱) abroad.
Terry was feeling totally depressed because everything in his hometown changed. The park where he used to play was now a car park. The house where he was born disappeared and in its place, ironically (具有讽刺意味地), was a bank. Terry wanted to have a cup of coffee in the old small restaurant where he used to go with his friend after school, but it became a fast food restaurant. He entered it, sat down, and asked for a cup of coffee. Then he felt sadder when he thought of what he saw.
While paying for the coffee, he found an old ticket in his wallet. It was for a pair of shoes he took to be repaired the day before killing someone 20 years ago. The shoe repairer was an old man then, so Terry was sure that he must be dead. But when he turned to the corner of the street, he couldn’t believe his eyes. The shop was still there! And it was the same shoe repairer! He looked about a hundred years old. Terry was so happy! Terry told him that he had lived in Australia for the past twenty years and that he forgot to pick up the shoes before he left England. The shoe repairer disappeared into the back of the shop. After ten minutes he came back.
“Yes!” said Terry, excitedly.
“I haven’t repaired them, ” the shoe repairer said slowly. “________________”
1.The underlined words “totally depressed” in the passage probably means _______.
A．very happy
B．very unhappy
C．very excited
2.Actually, Terry was in _______ before he went back home?
A．America
B．England
C．Australia
3.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A．Terry was in prison because of a stealing.
B．The repairer was about eighty years old 20 years ago.
C．Everything has all changed besides the shoe repairer.
4.Why was Terry sent to prison? Because he .
A．killed a man
B．hit a woman
C．stole a bank
5.“______________” can be the missing sentence in the passage.
A．I have thrown them away.
B．You can take them tomorrow afternoon.
C．I known you have gone abroad.
完形填空（共1小题）
There was a man playing the piano in a bar. He was a good piano player and ________ played in this bar. People ________ come in just to hear him play. But one night, a customer（顾客）told him he didn’t want to hear him just play the piano any more. He wanted him to sing a song. The man said, “I don’t sing.” ________ the customer was persistent（偏执的）. He told the bar owner, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want that man to sing!” The bar owner shouted, “If you want to get paid, sing a song. Our customers are asking you to sing!”
So the piano player sang a song in public ________ the first time. And everyone was surprised by his song—Mona, Mona Lisa. He got lots of applause（掌声）that night. He had ________ a talent（才能）for singing, but he was just sitting on his talent for the ________ years! If without the chance, he would live the ________ of his life as a no—name piano player in a no— name bar. However, now he ________one of the most famous singers in America and he’s the shinging star for his fans.
You, too, have skills and abilities. Maybe your talent isn’t as great as the singer above, but it may be better than you think! So, in your life, you should be ________ to try doing different things and ________ what talents you really have! Living life is all about striving forward（奋勇前进）. So why not do what one can, to become the greatest one can be? Choose, face and truly live!
1.A．never B．hardly C．always
2.A．used to B．are used to C．were used to
3.A．So B．But C．Or
4.A．at B．for C．on
5.A．so B．such C．very
6.A．pass B．past C．passed
7.A．rest B．part C．end
8.A．became B．has become C．will become
9.A．brave enough B．enough brave C．bravely enough
10.A．be sure B．make sure C．be sure of
