阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
In my family, there 1. (be) three people. My father is a 2. (farm) and goes to work in the field every day. He isn’t good at 3. (talk) but he gets on well with other people. My mother is very kind and is 4. (friend) to everybody. So when I have 5. problem I will turn 6. her for help. My friends say I am clever, because when the teacher asks 7. (we) very difficult questions, I can come up with the answers 8. (quick). But my father thinks I am not patient. He says once I have difficulty in 9. (solve) problems, I will 10. (easy) give up. This is what I need to improve in the future.
Our school club ‘Poets of the Next Generation’ is a literary club that was started by our English teacher Mr. Owen. We ____ on the last Friday of every month to ____ about poem and poets that we like. In the club meetings, we ____ select poems that we love, and then read ____ aloud. We also discuss poems in our meetings.
___ I attended the first meeting, I ____ to write a poem and I had to read it to the club. I was a little ____ at first, but everyone was so nice and friendly that I soon stopped worrying. I once read a ____ about nature in the school courtyard. I chose an old tree and gathered everyone under it before I ____. The club ____ said it was one of the best compositions they had heard.
1.A. get B. go C. meet D. decide
2.A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk
3.A. first B. just C. last D. then
4.A. it B. that C. them D. one
5.A. After B. before C. though D. when
6.A. require B. required C. was required D. have been required
7.A. surprised B. nervous C. frightened D. excited
8.A. poem B. report C. news D. story
9.A. opened B. behaved C. read D. handled
10.A. members B. teachers C. students D. persons
下面文章中有3处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C和D）中选出符合各段意思的小标题，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。
Man has been interested in robots for quite some time. Scientists are always inventing new and good robots, which will play an important role in our future lives.
1.
They will take over jobs such as preparing meals, washing dishes, and sweeping the floor, so that we will have more free time to have fun.
2.
They will do all the heave and dangerous work, and be put in hospitals, schools and offices.
3.
Whenever we feel sad, lonely or upset, we can have a chat with a robot. Robots will not only be good friends but they will also offer us good advice.
In conclusion, robots will be more and more intelligent and will benefit us in many ways.
A. Robots will be our friends.
B. Robots will help us with our work.
C. Robots will be of help in doing housework.
D. Robots will replace humans in many ways.
Mr. Jackson was tired of living in his old house in the countryside and wanted to sell it and buy a better one. He tried to sell it for a long time, but was not successful, so at last he decided to go to an estate agent（房产经纪人）.
The agent advertised the house straight away, and a few days later, the owner saw a very beautiful photograph of his house, with a wonderful description of his garden in an expensive magazine.
Having read the advertisement through, the house owner hurried to phone the estate agent, saying, “I’m sorry, Mr. Jones, but I’ve decided not to sell my house after all.” “Why?” the agent asked in a surprised voice. “Because from the advertisement in that magazine I can see it’s just the kind of house I’ve wanted to live in all my life.”
1.The reason why Mr. Jackson went to the estate agent was .
A. he had failed in selling his house by himself
B. he wanted the estate agent to help him to get a good price
C. he was sure that the estate agent could help him
D. he wanted the estate to advertise his house in the magazine
2.Mr. Jackson wanted to sell his house because .
A. he needed some money to support his family
B. his house was too old to live in
C. he wanted some money to buy a new one
D. he didn’t want to live in the house any longer
3.What do you think of the advertisement in magazines?
A. They are worth reading.
B. They usually make things far better than they really are.
C. They are a great help to those who want to buy something.
D. They describe things as they really are.
4.At last Mr. Jones .
A. was successful in selling the house
B. felt sorry to have lost a sale by his doing too good
C. was satisfied with what he had done in the advertisement
D. didn’t understand why Mr. Jackson had changed his mind
News Review
APEC Blue People in Beijing got the saying after the APEC meeting in Beijing. It refers to(指) the clear blue sky during the meeting. To get such a blue sky, many factories in Beijing and nearby cities stopped work, and the number of cars on the road was cut.
A Warning Ticket A 24-year-old woman in Nanjing was given a warning ticket for eating food on the subway. Eating is not allowed on Nanjing subway. Up to now, 2,698 people have been punished (惩罚) because of their eating, smoking or selling goods on the subway.
A Teacher-free Exam Recently, students at Ningbo Huamao Foreign Language School in Zhejiang took their mid-term exam –a teacher-free exam. After handing out the exam papers, the teachers left the classroom, leaving the students to take the exam without being watched. They only came back to collect the papers at the end.
A Tomato Fight Do you want a tomato shower? Come to the “tomato fight” in Spain! Once every year, people in the town of Bunol throw tomatoes at each other. Don’t worry. It’s not a real fight. People do this only for fun.
1.What did APEC Blue refers to in Beijing during the APEC meeting.
A. the people B. the factories
C. the clear blue sky D. the cars on the road
2.A 24-year-old woman in Nanjing was given a warning ticket for _____ on the subway.
A. eating food B. smoking
C. selling goods D. drinking
3.In a teacher-free exam, students take their exam _____.
A. at the end of the term B. without being watched
C. outside the classroom D. without giving answers
4.Why did people throw tomatoes at each other in the town of Bunol, Spain?
A. to have fun B. to enjoy dinner
C. to take a shower D. to start a fight
Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games | |
Badminton | This sport was invented by British soldiers in India who called it Poono, the same name as the town in which they lived. It was first played at the Olympics in 1992 at Barcelona. Although the rules of the modern sport were developed in England, Asian countries are now the best. |
Football | There are two medal competitions for Olympic football, one for men’s teams and one for women’s. Football was first played at the 1908 Olympic Games and it has been played at every Olympic Games ever since, except for Los Angeles 1932. |
Archery | Archery has a 10,000-year history, when bows and arrows were first used in hunting and war. Archery first appeared at the Paris Olympics of 1990. |
Taekwondo | This Taekwondo sport’s name means “the way of the hand and foot”. The players get points by hitting each other with these two parts of the body only. The players mustn’t lie on the floor and no equipment can be used taekwondo first appeared at the 2000 Sydney Games. |
1.Who invented the sport of badminton?
A. Indians. B. Chinese.
C. British. D. Koreans.
2.Which sport was first named after a town?
A. Badminton. B. Football.
C. Archery. D. Taekwondo.
3.Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?
A. Taekwondo. B. Archery.
C. Badminton. D. Football.
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Asian countries have a lead in badminton.
B. Football was not played in the Los Angles Games 1932.
C. Archery was first invented to help hunt and battle.
D. The players in Taekwondo hit each other, using only the hands.
