－You look tired these days. What’s wrong?
－Oh, I couldn’t sleep as __________as before at night.
A. better B. well C. best
－Can you_________ the math problem?
－No, it’s too difficult!
A. look out B. find out C. work out
－I want to go to Mount Tai by plane, but I’m afraid I don’t know the__________.
－It is about 1000 yuan.
A .way B. price C. time
书面表达
某英文报以An Unforgettable Day (《难忘的一天》) 为题，面向中学生开展征文活动，请你写一篇短文参加此次活动。
内容包括：
1、哪一天让你感到难忘；
2、什么事（开心的、伤心的或是有特别意义的）让你感到那天难忘；
3、那一天你经历了什么；
4、那天的经历对你有什么影响或者你有什么感受。
要求： 1、80-100 词；
2、文中不得出现真实姓名及校名。
阅读表达
Fire was discovered many thousands of years ago. The first time humans saw fire was probably when a tree was destroyed by lightning (闪电).
Humans soon learned how to make fire. They probably made the first fire by rubbing (摩擦) two sticks together.
Fire was very important to humans. They needed to keep warm at night. They used fire to cook food. They used fire to keep enemies and wild animals away. In some parts of the world fire was used to send messages. The Indians in America, for example, used fire to make smoke as a message. In some other countries people lit fires to warn their friends of dangerous message. In some other countries people lit fires to warn their friends of danger.
Fire was also used to give light. Before the invention of the oil lamp(灯), humans burned sticks to get light.
One man even used fire to tell the time. He invented a candle clock. He made a candle that took exactly twelve hours to burn. Then he marked this candle in twelve equal(相等的) parts. He lit the candle and could tell the time by counting the number of parts left of the burning candle. But the candle clock did not always work well. If there was a wind blowing on the candle, it burned too quickly.
A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1.How did Indians in America use fire?
_____________________________________________________________________
2.What happened to the candle if there was a wind blowing on it?
_____________________________________________________________________
B. 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
3._________________________________________________________________
4._________________________________________________________________
C. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
5._________________________________________
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
Can you write down a Chinese word being read to you? It can be difficult, e_______1.when the word is not included in most dictionaries.
Lu Jialei, 14, from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, w___________2.the CCTV Chinese Character (汉字) Spelling Contest on Oct 18, 2013.
About 160 people competed. The host read a word to the contestant (参赛选手), explained its meaning and gave sample sentences. The contestant was required to w___________3.down the word.
Winning the contest was a “surprise” to Lu Jialei. “I am not the smartest one,” she said. “But I pay a_____4.to details.”
To prepare for the contest, she and her teammates studied the Modern Chinese Dictionary for 10 days. There are more than 56,000 entries (词条) i__________5.characters, phrases and words in it.
She also has a secret weapon (武器). She studied h___________6.Chinese characters were structured (构成).
In the final, judges gave her the word wanluan and said it means graceful and p_____7..
“I’ve never h_______8.of that word!” said Lu.
But she made a good guess. “Characters meaning pretty often have ‘女’ in it, while many characters pronouncing luan have ‘亦’. So I wrote it down: ‘婉娈’,” she said.
This s ______9. weapon came from her good reading habits.
“L_____10.to write Chinese characters is an important part of inheriting (传承) culture,” said Su Yunsheng, Lu’s Chinese teacher.
Su is happy to see students like Lu find the beauty of Chinese language.
