书面表达（15分）
Jackson是澳大利亚的一名游客，春节期间来中国进行乡村游。他在观赏乡村美景的同时，发现人们在街道或店铺前后随意丢垃圾，严重影响周围的环境。于是他给当地的Overseas Chinese newspaper（华侨报）写了一封倡议书，呼吁当地人们能够保持卫生干净整洁。假设你是Jackson，请你写一篇80词左右的倡议书。倡议书的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear my friends,
I’m a tourist from Australia. ________________________________________________
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补全对话（5小题，每小题2分，共10分）
根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意义连贯、完整。
A: Hi, Bob! 1.___________?
B: Go swimming this afternoon? That sounds interesting. But I have to spend the rest of the day in the library. I have some homework to be finished by new team starting.
A: Oh, 2._____________?
B: Yes, I have to finish writing a composition.
A: 3._____________?
B: It’s about the Spring Festival. It’s a little difficult. And besides, we are asked to read it in the first Chinese class.
A: You know, I have been doing well in composition. 4.____________.
B: Oh, great! Thank you!
A: If you like, we can start writing after we come back from swimming.
B: OK. 5.________________?
A: Let’s meet in the front of the library at 2:00 this afternoon.
B: Great. See you!
词语运用。阅读短文，用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。每个词只能用一词，每空限用一词，有些词需要做相应的变化。其中有两个是多余选项。（10分）
or, end, provide, deep, safe, form, thick, small, complete, talk, rubbish, however |
At the edge of a forest stood a big tree. It protected people from the sun and ___1.___ shelters(庇护处) for birds and other small animals. At the foot of the tree grew a little plant. She was so ___2.___ that nobody ever noticed her. One day, the two neighbors were having a __3.__.
“Well, little one,” said the tree. “Why don’t you plant your feet 4.__ in the ground and raise your head up high in the air as I do?”
“Well, I think I may be __5.___ this way,” answered the plant with a smile.
“Safer?” said the tree. “Do you think that you’re safer than I am? Do you know how deep my roots are buried, and how __6.__ my trunk is? Even if two men hold hands, they will not be able to surround my trunk. Who can possibly pluck(拔起) me by the roots ___7.__ bow my head to the ground?” And then the tree turned away from the plant quickly.
But the tree felt regret very soon.
One evening a great hurricane(飓风) hit the forest. It almost __8.___ destroyed the forest. And the tree that had once almost touched the sky was now uprooted(连根拔起).
___9._, when the hurricane came, the little plant bent over and lay down on the ground. When the hurricane ___10.___, it stood upright again.
People may have many different types of hobbies during their lifetime. When we are very young, most of our time is spent playing with toys. ___1._ Some kids go out for a sport like football or skating. Some might get interested in quiet activities like reading, painting, or stamp collecting. __2.___
As we get older, our hobbies might change or not. Some people who collected stamps as a child might still be collecting stamps when they are 80. _3.__ Some people are lucky that they have found jobs that are close to their hobbies, like the kid who loves computers and becomes a programmer.
What are the most popular hobbies in the world? Some of the most popular hobbies include watching TV or videos, reading books, magazines and newspapers, playing a musical instrument, singing or listening to music. _4.__ There are also many people who like to join sports clubs where they practice basketball, volleyball or swimming.
___5._ A hobby is mainly to give yourself an enjoyable break from your everyday work or school. It is something you should do for yourself.
根据材料内容，从方框中选择所缺句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确。
A. Why do people have hobbies? B. When we get older, we start to pursue (追求) our first hobbies. C. Traveling is also a popular hobby. D. Other people might change their interests every year depending on fashion. E. While some others might enjoy playing an instrument like the piano or the guitar. |
Name | Palace Museum
| British Museum
| Hermitage Museum
| Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Location | Beijing, China | London, the UK | Saint Petersburg, Russia | New York, the USA |
Information | The largest ancient palace with many kinds of collections in China | One of the largest museums with collections of any time and any area in the world | One of the largest and oldest museums with a large number of collections in the world | The largest art museum in the USA with large collections of art from the USA and other countries |
Ticket | 60 yuan (April 1st — October 31st); 40 yuan (November 1st — March 31st ) | Free | Foreign tourist: about 70 yuan; Russian tourist: about 20 yuan | About 200 yuan |
1.Jack wants to visit the Hermitage Museum. He should go to ______.
A. Beijing B. London
C. Saint Petersburg D. New York
2.How many museums have the collections of different countries?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
3.Mary wants to visit the Palace Museum with her parents on January 1st. They should pay ______ yuan.
A. 60 B. 100 C. 120 D. 140
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the materials?
A. Chinese tourists pay more than Russian tourists when they visit the Hermitage Museum.
B. Tourists don’t have to pay when they visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
C. The British Museum has the world’s largest art collection.
D. The Palace Museum isn’t open on Mondays.
5.We may read the material from a ______ magazine.
A. food B. travel C. sports D. science
Without flowers, many plants would not be able to reproduce (繁殖) and many insects would not be able to get enough food to live. Here are some interesting facts about flowers plants.
● Most plants grow flowers each year, but some take much longer. The century plant (龙舌兰) grows only one flower and then it dies! Even more amazing is a plant from South America called Puya raimondii. It doesn’t grow a flower until it is 150 years old, and after that it dies, too.
● The smallest flowering plant in the world is thought to be the common watermeal (无根萍). Its leaves are only 1mm across!
● Bamboo has amazing flowering habits. There are many different kinds of bamboo in the world. And they have different flowering habits. A few flower each year, but most wait much longer. What is amazing is that all bamboo of the same kind will flower almost at the same time, where it is 6 growing! Nobody knows why.
● The white flower of the Amazon water lily (睡莲)is the size of a football, and the flower turns purple after it has been pollinated (授粉).
● The Caucasian lime can grow in Britain. Its flowers are poisonous to bees. If they touch the flowers, they will die.
1.Which of the following plants needs the longest time to grow flowers?
A. The bamboo. B. The watermeal.
C. The Puya raimondii. D. The Caucasian lime.
2.From the fourth paragraph we know that ________.
A. bamboo is the most amazing plant in the world
B. all kinds of bamboo grow beautiful flowers every year
C. the flowers of a bamboo is as large as the size of a football
D. the same kind of bamboo will grow flowers at the same time
3.The Amazon water lily’s white flowers can ________.
A. change color B. grow long
C. kill bees D. attract insects
4.The underlined word “poisonous” in the last paragraph means “________” in Chinese.
A. 有香味的 B. 有毒的
C. 有吸引力的 D. 有营养的
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Many insects get their food from flowers.
B. After growing a flower, the century plant will grow better.
C. The common watermeal has the smallest leaves in the world.
D. Bees will die if they touch the leaves of the Caucasian lime.
