Runners in a relay race pass a stick in one direction. However, merchants（商人） passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road.
The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of cities and towns. It started from eastern China, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 B.C. to about 1300 A.D., when sea travel offered new routes. It was sometimes called the world’s longest highway. However, the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe.
The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia. Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods. Chinese merchants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from central Asia to Rome. The Chinese had learned to graft(嫁接) different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used grafting to grow the apple. Trading along the Silk Road led to world-wide business 2,000 years before the World Wide Web.The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. The Silk Road provided pathways for learning, diplomacy(外交), and religion (宗教).
1. It’s probable that traders along the Silk Road needed ____________.
A. to remember the entire trade route
B. to deal with a lot of difficulties
C. to receive certain special training
D. to know the making of products
2.The Silk Road became less important because ____________.
A. it was made up of different routes
B. silk trading became less popular
C. people needed fewer foreign goods
D. sea travel provided easier routes
3.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. Silk was the most prized product.
B. The Silk Road led to world-wide business.
C. People traded many goods along the route.
D. The Silk Road used to be the world’s longest highway.
4.New technologies could travel along the Silk Road because people ___________.
A. traded goods along the route
B. shared each other’s beliefs
C. learned from one another
D. earned their living by traveling
5.What is the best title for the passage?
A. The Silk Road: East Meets West
B. The Silk Road: Past and Present
C. The Silk Road: Routes Full of Dangers
D. The Silk Road: Pathways for Learning
The mobile phone rule is just common polite behavior. Most people today have a mobile phone. In fact, many people can’t imagine how they ever get along without them. However, many people also complain(抱怨) about mobile phone users. People complain about other people loudly discussing personal matters in public places. They complain when mobile phones ring in movie theaters and concert halls. They complain about people driving too slow, and paying no attention to where they are going because they are talking on a mobile phone. And they complain about people walking around talking to people who aren’t there.
Whenever a new communication technology becomes popular, it changes the way in which society is organized. Society has to invent rules for the polite way to use the new devices（装置）. Our rules of politeness for mobile phones are still evolving（发展；使逐渐形成）.
The mobile phone rule applies to most public places. Always try to have your phone ring as low as possible or put your mobile phone on the vibration（振动） mode, so it does not distract the people around you. The basic mobile phone rule includes:
1. Switch it off: Turn it off when you have meetings, worship, and so on.
2. Be brief: When you get a call and you’re with friends, keep the call short.
3. Permission: Often, it is correct and polite behavior to inform others at the beginning of the meeting that you are expecting an important call and get their permission.
4. Be polite: Don’t scream — speak in a lower-than-normal voice.
5. Don’t distract: Avoid talking where you may be distracting to others.
6. Driving: It is not only very dangerous, but also unlawful in most countries to drive and talk on your mobile phone.
1.What is the best title for this passage?
A. How to use a mobile phone.
B. Mobile phone rule.
C. The disadvantages of mobile phones.
D. Mobile phones — making them work for us.
2.According to this passage, we can know that the rules for mobile phones are______.
A. far from our satisfaction
B. getting worse
C. making people disappointed
D. developing gradually
3.Which of the tips on using mobile phones properly is mentioned in this passage?
A. Concentrate on what others say.
B. Speak at the top of your voice in order to make yourself heard.
C. Always turn off your mobile phones.
D. Had better not distract others.
4.What is the main purpose of writing the first paragraph?
A. To attract readers to the topic of the passage.
B. To give examples about people’s improper behaviors with mobile phones.
C. To criticize people’s improper behaviors.
D. To show mobile phones have brought people a lot of trouble.
5.What does the word underlined“it” refer to in Paragraph 3?
A. A mobile phone.
B. The ring of the phone.
C. The mobile phone rule.
D. The conversation on the phone.
语法填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1.We are ________________ (delight) you’re coming to work with us.
2.First we’ll put you as an ________________ (assist) to an experienced journalist. Later you can cover a story and submit the article yourself.
3.They must use research to inform themselves _____________ the missing part of the story.
4.Unfortunately he was bitten by a ___________ snake while working in the field. (poison)
5.Wow! It’s so messy. Please make everything ___________ place.
6.If I ________________ (be) ten years younger, I would accept the offer and do the job.
7.If I _____________ (leave) a little earlier, I would have caught the train. Now, I have to take a taxi.
8.Only then ___________ I begin my work on designing a new bridge.
【小题】9Not only ____________ she good at English, but also she is good at maths.
9.The woman felt that her life was ______________ (aim) after her children left home.
10.Please take all your personal _________________ (possess) with you when leaving the bus.
11.The rain was very heavy and ____________________ (consequent) the land was flooded.
12.But it was ________________ (evidence) that ideas were changing in the 13th century when painters like Giotto di Bondone began to paint religious scenes in a more realistic way.
13.Frick has a __________________ (prefer) for pre-twentieth century Western paintings, and these are well-represented in this excellent collection.
14.Although the future may be difficult for you, whenever you need ______________ (warm) and love, remember I’ll give it to you.
Someone who deeply impressed you may have appeared in your life for just a few minutes.
To celebrate my 10th birthday, I invited some friends to a fast food restaurant. We hamburgers and Coca Cola at the counter. When our came, I started walking towards a(n) table. By bad luck, my purse strap（带子）got on a chair and the tray(托盘) that I was holding slipped from my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents, on a man who was just about to a bite of his sandwich. I stared, greatly , as the drinks wet his white shirt badly.
Then I closed my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of . Instead, he said, “ It’s OK” to comfort me before he disappeared into the washroom.
Still shaky and what to do next, my friends and I went to a table and sat there, trying our best to look . A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and our table. My heart almost stopped beating. I thought he was going to ask for my father’s and call him.
To my surprise, he smiled at us, handed us some cash and said, “Buy yourself new hamburgers.” He then walked away without even finishing his food.
He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse, but he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still in this world. I’ll never forget his actions.
1.A. made B. ordered C. required D. demanded
2.A. food B. turn C. bill D. menu
3.A. tidy B. full C. empty D. crowded
4.A. fixed B. caught C. cut D. tied
5.A. knocked B. hung C. threw D. fell
6.A. taste B. take C. swallow D. chew
7.A. discouraged B. disappointed C. shocked D. annoyed
8.A. bitterness B. anxiety C. anger D. sorrow
9.A. unsure B. unrest C. frightened D. puzzled
10.A. mild B. honest C. modest D. calm
11.A. drew B. approached C. pushed D. laid
12.A. help B. position C. number D. job
13.A. suddenly B. strangely C. excitedly D. merely
14.A. hurriedly B. gradually C. finally D. slowly
15. A. kindness B. happiness C. politeness D. brightness
英国哲学家培根曾说过Reading makes a full man（阅读使人充实）。请你以I Like Reading为题写一篇短文。
写作要点:
1.你为什么喜欢读书;
2.你喜欢读哪一类书(如:历史、科学、文学literature等)?
3.词数120左右。
短文改错（共10小题， 每小题1分， 满分10分）
下面短文中有10处错误。请在有错误的地方增加，删除或修改某个单词
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(﹨)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I have a good friend who's name is Han Meimei. She is our monitor and one of the excellent students in our class. Although she is clever, but she works very hard. We have a lot on common and have a lot to talk about. One evening she told me that something happened when her parents was out. She was doing her homeworks when she smelt something burning. She stopped look out of the window and find a cloud of smoke coming out of her neighbor's house. She called 119 immediate. Ten minutes later, the firemen came and put out fire. His neighbor was very thankful for her help.
