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If you go to England, you may want to visit Big Ben. Big Ben is not the name of a man but a name of the clock in London. It has a long history of about 150 years. It is at the north end of the Palace of Westminster. The big clock has four faces (面). So you can read the face of the clock everywhere. The hands of it are about four meters (米) long each. When the new year comes, it chimes (报时) to welcome the start of the new year. There are also many fireworks (焰火) over the clock tower.

The big clock makes a very loud sound “Ding dong. Ding dong”--the clock gives the sound every 15 minutes of an hour.

1.What is Big Ben?

A. A man.

B. A house.

C. A clock.

D. A river.

2. How long is a hand of Big Ben?

A. 2 meters.   B. 4 meters.

C. 15 meters.   D. 16 meters.

3.Which of the following is TRUE about Big Ben?

A. It’s in the UK.

C. It gives the sound every 30 minutes.

B. It has three faces.

D. It is about 200 years old.

4.When the new year comes, what can you see over the clock tower?

A. Many birds. B. Many clock hands.

C. Many clocks.  D. Many fireworks.

5.What’s the best title (标题) of the passage?

A. The clock tower            C. Clock hands

B. The Palace of Westminster  D. Big Ben

Hi, Peter. Thank you for your telephone call. I’m happy to tell you that we have a double room for you now. It’s on the fifth floor. It faces the West Lake, so you can see it well. The price for each room is $150 per night. Every morning from 7:00 to 9:30, there is a free breakfast, but you have to pay if you have lunch and supper in the hotel. Remember to bring your ID card with you. If you have any more questions, please let us know and we will be pleased to help you. We expect you to come to the hotel on August 16. We hope you will enjoy your stay with us. Thanks again for choosing our hotel.

1.What room does Peter want?

A. A single room.

B. A double room.

C. A clean room.

D. A tidy room.

2.Where is the room?

A. on the fifth floor

B. on the first floor

C. on the fifveth floor

D. on the five floor.

3. Peter wants to stay for 2 nights. How much does peter have to pay?

A . $ 150    B. $200   C. $300    D. $250

4.What is the meaning of the underlined(划线的) word?

A. 愿意    B. 期盼   C. 等待    D. 预测

5.Which meal is free according to the passage?

A. The breakfast.  B. The lunch.

C. The dinner.     D. The supper.

John is a very strong man. He gets a job cutting trees. His boss gives him an axe. The first day, John cuts down eighteen trees. “Good!” the boss says. Happily, John tries harder the next day, but he only cuts down fifteen trees. The third day he even tried harder, but can only cut down ten trees. Day after day, he cuts down fewer trees.

“ I must be losing my strength ( 力气 ),” John thinks. He goes to the boss to say sorry and says that he does not know what is going on.” “When is the last time you sharpen ( 使锋利 ) your axe?” the boss asks. “I’m busy cutting trees, so I have no time to do it.”

When John is working hard, he doesn’t work “smart”. He doesn’t think about the best way to do this job.

1.How many trees does John cut down on the second day?

A. 18.    B. 15.   C. 14.   D. 10.

2.What does the writer think of John on the first day?

A. He thinks John works hard.

B. He thinks John works in a wrong way.

C. He thinks John is very smart.

D. He thinks John cuts down too many trees

3.Why does John cut down fewer and fewer trees day after day?

A. Because he is losing his strength.

B. Because he is busy doing something.

C. Because he doesn’t sharpen his axe.

D. Because his boss lets him do so.

4. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “it”?

A. The work to sharpen the axe.

B. The job to cut down trees.

C. The way to do the job.

D. The time to have a rest.

5. What does the story tell us?

A. It’s really good to work hard.

B. It’s very bad to cut down trees.

C. It’s better to think of the best way

D. It’s so hard to sharpen the axe.

书面表达

请根据以下三个方面的提示，以“Let's do something to protect our environment.”为题写一篇80--100字的短文。1 重要性：只有一个地球。  2 主要问题： 各种污染。    3  措施：做些什么减少污染，保护大自然。

在下面的空白处填入适当的话语（话语可以是句子、短语或词）

A： Hi, Frank! I have a question to ask you .1.____________________________?

B： My hobby is playing football.

A： It’s good for you. 2._____________________________________?

B： Four times a month. I play football with my classmates on weekends.

What about you?

A： I like reading. I’m very happy every time I sit down to read books.

B： By the way, 3.________________________________?

A： I prefer books that are humorous（诙谐的，幽默的） and exciting. I’m reading a book called The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer（汤姆·索亚历险记）. It’s written by Mark Twain. 4.________________________________?

B： No, I haven’t. Can I borrow it from you?

A：5._________________.  After I finish reading it , I’ll lend it to you.

B： Thank you.

Australia is the greatest island in the world.1.澳大利亚比中国小一点.

Australia is big, but there are fewer people there. The population(人口) of Australia is smaller than that of Shanghai, a city of China.2.Australia is in the south of the earth. So when it is hot summer in our country, Australia will be cold winter. The seasons in Australia and in China are just opposite(相反的). Summer in Australia is from December to February, and winter is from July to August.3.When it’s spring in China, it will be autumn in Australia.

4.澳大利亚因绵羊和袋鼠而著名. They are both popular in Australia.

5.You can see kangaroos(袋鼠) not only in zoos but also outside the cities and towns. There are ten sheep for everyone in the country. So people call Australia “The country on the backs of sheep”. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep are everywhere.

Have you seen a kangaroo? It has a “bag” on its body. The mother kangaroo keeps its baby kangaroos in the “bag”. It’s very strange, isn’t it?

根据首字母提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意通顺。

Every minute , about 261 babies are  b1.in the world. The world's population _g2.faster  and  faster. It has become one of the biggest social p3.today. China has the largest population in the world .There are about  1.3  b4.people in China .China has carried out some policies to c5.the population,and these policies have worked well.

We spend money everyday. But, do you know how to design them? David, a 15-year-old boy from the UK, just became the designer of the new one-pound(一英镑) coin.

To fight against fake(假的) coins, the UK government(政府) had a design competition（竞赛） in September last year. Among about 6000 works, David’s design was the best one and won the competition.

The new coin has 12 edges. On one side is the picture of the queen. And on the other side,he designed a crown(皇冠) and four plants. And the government will use the coins in 2017.

1.Whose design was the best in the design competition?

__________________________________________________________________

2.Why did the UK government have the design competition?

__________________________________________________________________

3.How many works were there in the competition?

___________________________________________________________________

4.What is on the other side of the coin?

__________________________________________________________________

5.When will the coins be in use?

__________________________________________________________________

In the world today, all of the people need leisure activities. We can not work all the time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life. Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form is to take part in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and football. There are also individual（个人的） sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular leisure activities.for people who like to be outdoor. Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to take part in them. Many people like watching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like some forms of indoor leisure  activities, such watching TV, singing and dancing. It doesn’t matter whether we like indoor leisure  activities or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of leisure  activities.

1.Which is the most popular form of leisure  activities?

A. Sports   B. Watching TV   C.  Singing and dancing

2.People want to take part in sports in order to .

A. keep healthy and enjoy life B. make more money C. find a good job

3.Outdoor sports include（包括）.

A. watching TV B. singing and dancing C. skating and mountain climbing

4.Why do many people like watching sports on TV or listening to them on the radio?

A. Because they like sports, but they don’t like to take part in them.

B. Because they don’t enjoy life.

C． Because they don’t  need leisure  activities.

5.The passage tells us that

A. basketball is a kind of team sports

B. everyone who enjoys sports should take part in them

C. different people have different ways of relaxing