短文填空 (共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
根据短文内容及首字母提示写出所缺单词, 并将完整单词写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。
Hello, my friends. It’s easy to plan your trip to Beijing. There are many places of i 1. to visit and you will find them a 2. . If you like shopping, you can go to Wangfujing Street. If you want to feel the b 3. of the lakes, you can go to the Summer Palace. You can see the red maple leaves and hike around the Fragrant Hills. You can drink special Beijing tea and e 4. watching Beijing opera in Laoshe Tea House. You can visit the l 5. square in the world —Tian’anmen Square. You can’t m 6. the Palace Museum. It used to be the palace for the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. As for the traffic, you can t 7. the underground to the city center. It’s m 8. and fast. There are many buses in the town. They go e 9. , from east to west, south to north. If you can’t find a bus, you can take a taxi. You can always find one in the street. You can a 10. ride a bicycle and go cycling around the town. Have a good time.
用所给动词的正确形式填空,词数不限。
1.The girl still kept on (decorate)her room though she was very tired.
2.—What did your teacher advise you to do?
— (borrow) more books from the school library.
3.Not only the twins but also Mary (speak) good Chinese, so they can communicate with these students very well.
4.The firemen put out the fire soon after they (arrive). How lucky!
5.You’d better (not sit) here because Mother is getting ready to clean the furniture.
根据句意及汉语提示,写出各单词的正确形式,每空一词。
1.I don’t know what to do. Could you please (提供) me a little good advice?
2.If your English teacher makes a (错误), what should you do?
3.David Beckham was (疯狂地) about playing football when he was very young.
4.—Are you feeling (口渴) now? —Yes,I have walked a long way.
5.The computer gives the (指示) and the robot follows them.
根据句意,用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空,每空一词。
1.Luckily, the reporters from Zhenjiang didn’t hurt (they) in that traffic accident.
2.My brother doesn’t do well in his lessons and often makes my mother (happy) .
3.Mr. King is the poorest of the three, so he has the (little) money, I think.
4.After the explosion(爆炸) in Tianjin, we are trying to help the (home) people to rebuild(重建) their homes.
5.President Xi Jinping quoted (引用) a Chinese saying, “ Close neighbours are (good) than distant relatives (远亲).”
As prices and building costs keep rising, the "do-it-yourself" trend (趋势) in the U. S. continues to grow.
“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross,“ and we just didn't have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoemaking factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420. “I was deeply upset about it. Now I've finished a car repair course; I should be able to fix the car by myself.”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money, so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a DIYer, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don't have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.

1.We can learn from the text that many newly married people .
A. take DIY courses by the government
B. have to learn to make their own furniture
C. find it hard to pay for what they need
D. seldom go to a department store to buy things
2.John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to .
A. make or repair things
B. run a DIY shop
C. save time and money
D. improve the quality of life
3.When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim .
A. makes shoes at his home
B. does extra work at night
C. does his own car and home repairs
D. keeps house and looks after his children
4.Jim Hatfield decided to become a DIYer when .
A. he could not possibly do two jobs
B. the car repair class was not helpful
C. his car repairs cost too much
D. he had to raise the children all by himself
5.What would be the best title of the text?
A. The Joy of DIY
B. You Can Do It Yourself Too!
C. Welcome to Our DIY Course!
D. Ross and Hatfield: Believers in DIY
We can not live a life without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by air. With a plane one can travel in one day to places which it takes a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.
Travelling by train is slower than by plane, but one can see the country while he is travelling through. Trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible, There are big luxury liners(客轮) or river boats. They are not as fast as trains or planes, but travelling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. They can make their own timetable. They can travel hundreds of miles a day, just as their wish. They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel. That is why people choose travelling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business.
1.According to the passage, the fastest way of travelling is .
A. by car B. by train C. by plane D. by sea
2.If we travel by car, we can .
A. enjoy the longest journey
B. travel only fifty miles a day
C. make our own timetable
D. travel to a very far place in a few minutes
3.When people travel on business, they usually take .
A. a boat or a train B. a car or a train
C. a plane or a car D. a train or a plane
4.What is the meaning of “timetable” in Paragraph 4?
A. 时间表 B. 折叠桌 C. 报时钟 D. 工作餐
5.If possible, people like travelling by sea because .
A. it is as fast as trains and planes
B. it is a pleasant way to spend a holiday
C. it is very cheap
D. it can stop wherever they like
