A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦)was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).

"You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that's what you can’t do. Let's have a flying competition. I'll show you what real flying is ! "

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge(挑战). The crow flew up and began to show off his skills. He flew in circles, did other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan's turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价)about his flying. They flew on and on until they couldn't see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so tired that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to try to stop himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended(假装) not to notice and said, "Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?"

"No," said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. "I'm in trouble because of my pride! If you don't help me, I'll lose my life... "

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his back and flew back to the beach.

1.How did the crow feel about his flying skills at the beginning of the story?

A. Bored B. Afraid C. Proud D. Excited

2.What's the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow showed off his flying skills.

b. The swan took pity on the crow and saved him.

c. The crow laughed at the swans' flying.

d. The crow followed swan and got into trouble.

e. The crow challenged swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A. e，c，d，a，b B. a，e， c，d，b

C. c，e，a，d， b D. e，a，d，c，b

3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A. Because he was showing another flying skill.

B. Because he was trying to stop himself from falling into the water.

C. Because he was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D. Because he was enjoying himself by doing so.

4.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A. The crow didn't know flying.

B. Flying skills were useless.

C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D. The swan was better at long-way flying than the crow.

5.________ won the flying competition in the end.

A. The crow B. The swan C. Nobody D. We don’t know

五、阅读表达 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。(10分)

Mr. King was the owner of a large company. One day, he went into his office early in the morning to get ready to go to the airport and left for another city.

He was leaving his office when Bill, a night watchman, came in. Bill just came off work(下班). After saying "Good morning" to Mr. King, Bill told the owner about his bad dream. Last night he dreamed Mr. King's plane crashed after it took off. Mr. King was surprised to hear this. He decided to go by train.

Bill's dream came true. That morning the plane really crashed just after it took off. Later Mr. King returned to his office and heard the accident. To express (表达) his thanks, Mr. King gave Bill $5,000. He also gave Bill a letter. Mr. King told Bill that a man like him should be sent away. Bill was surprised and asked, "Why?" Mr. King said, "Go home and read the letter, and you will know why."

Bill went home and opened the letter in a hurry. After he read it, he became sad. In the letter there was only one sentence -- "A night watchman can't sleep on his duty(值班), but you did."

(Answer the following questions with no more than 6 words.)

1.Who was Mr. King? ___________________________________________________________

2.What did Bill do?

___________________________________________________________

3.How did Mr. King feel after he heard Bill's dream?

___________________________________________________________

4.When did the plane crash that morning?

___________________________________________________________

5.Why did Mr. King send Bill away?

___________________________________________________________

六、任务型阅读 阅读下列短文，并根据所读短文内容在文章后的表格里填入一个最恰当的单词，每个空格只填一个单词。(10分)

 Have you ever asked your relatives or friends if there is Wi-Fi in their houses? Have you ever searched for Wi-Fi when you are at restaurants or hotels? The answers will probably be "Yes". Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. But we can only use free Wi-Fi in some public places. We still have to spend some money accessing(连接)the Internet at most time. Here comes a piece of good news.

A rich, powerful organization(组织) in the USA called the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has decided to change the age of online computing (计算) completely by giving free Wi-Fi to every person on Earth. They will send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit(轨道).

This is because they have made a survey(调查) and found that only 60% of the world's population have been able to get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries are unable to offer people the necessary infrastructure(基础设施)to access the web.

We can hope to use free Wi-Fi everywhere in the near future.

阅读以上信息，用恰当的词完成下面的表格，每空一词。

A．根据句意和汉语提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词(每空限一词)。(5分)

1.You must write down the _______(要点) because they are very important.

2.Our English teacher has 20 years of teaching ________(经验).

3.Have you had a __________(讨论) about the problem?

4.There are many big companies and __________(国际的) banks in this street.

5.The city has been famous for its beauty since the _______________(第二十) century.

B. 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空(每空不限一词)。(5分)

1.—Why are you so worried? —Because I __________(lose) the match.

2.—The Internet makes the world become smaller． —________. (Exact)

3.In her free time, she writes _________ (play) for the local TV Station.

4.The boy is afraid of his father and he always avoids ________(meet) him in face.

5.The students felt even __________(tired) after their trip to Xiaonanhu.

八、缺词填空 根据短文内容和首字母提示，补全空格内的单词，使短文完整，通顺。

(10分)

I am Jackie Lee, an American Chinese. Let me tell you about my grandfather’s life story.

My grandfather was b1. in 1932 and grew up in a poor village in Fujian, China. At the age of 14, he first heard of America. It was said to be the land of gold and poor people could easily become r2. there.

So, my grandfather came to America. “I thought it was easy to m3. money in America,” he told me, “But when I a4. in Los Angeles, I realized it was not true. I couldn’t find a good job because I spoke little English. I wanted to go to a language school to learn English, b5. I couldn’t pay for it. Later, I worked in a small r6., serving the guests, cleaning up the tables, washing the dishes and sweeping the floors. I was s7.a helpful and honest worker that my boss（老板）was happy with me. I was popular with my workmates, t8.. Life became easier and in the end I entered an evening school to learn English.”

My grandfather kept working hard, and finally made h9. dream come true. Things do not come easily in life. That is what I have learned f10. my grandfather.

You can go to London, the capital of , to see Big Ben.

A. the UK B. the USA C. France D. Japan

Would you like to live a house a flat?

A. between; and B. from; to C. on; and D. in; or

Our school library spent about yuan on new books this year.

A. five thousand eight hundred and thirty-five

B. five thousand and eight hundred thirty-five

C. five thousand eight hundred and thirty-fifth

D. five thousands and eight hundreds and thirty-five