I have been reading Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. In this book, Fern lives on a farm. At the start of the book, a piglet (小猪) has recently been born. He is very small. Fern’s father is going to kill him. But Fern saves the piglet. She calls him Wilbur and feeds him. When he is big

enough, Wilbur goes to live in a barn (谷仓) that belongs to Fern’s uncle. In the barn, Wilbur makes a friend called Charlotte. She is a spider (蜘蛛). Wilbur finds out that Fern’s uncle is going to kill him for meat. Wilbur asks Charlotte for help. Charlotte helps by writing words in her web so that people will think Wilbur is a special pig.

My favourite part of the book is when Wilbur has gone to the fair. The family have been at the fair too. They have helped Wilbur to get ready for a competition, but now they have gone home. Wilbur is nervous and Charlotte is working on a new web. This is an exciting part of the book. The best character is Templeton, the rat. He is funny. I also like the geese. I think the writer makes them seem real.

I really enjoyed reading this book. It is a nice story but the ending is a bit sad.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. helpful spider called Charlotte.

B. A book about the friendship between a piglet and a spider.

C. A clever and funny rat called Templeton.

D. A competition that makes Wilbur very nervous.

2.Who is the writer of the book?

A. E. B. White. B. Fern. C. Charlotte. D. Wilbur.

3.Which is the best character according to the passage?

A. Wilbur. B. Charlotte. C. Templeton. D. Fern.

4.Which animal doesn’t the writer mention?

A. A pig. B. A spider. C. A goose. D. A duck.

5.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Fern wants to kill Charlotte for meat.

B. Charlotte helps Wilbur and stops Fern’s uncle from killing him.

C. ilbur writes words in Charlotte’s web to call for help.

D. Charlotte helps Wilbur win the competition.

Coke arrived at a lonely house, but he didn’t go into the room. He listened for a moment but he could not hear anything at all. “Why is it so quiet? Are the police waiting for me in there?” he asked himself. He went to the front door and pushed it. To his surprise, it was open! He went in very quietly. The room was clean, small and very warm.

Suddenly Coke froze. There was someone else in the room. He could feel it! He turned around quickly and, at the same time, put his hand on his pocket. There was a small knife there. He saw an old woman. She had a dish in her hands and there was a sweet smell of meat and vegetables. She did not look afraid. She did not even look surprised.

“I’m sorry,” She said, and put the dish down on the table. Coke could hardly believe his ears. Here he was, a stranger in her house and yet she said she was sorry!

“I’m sorry,” she said again. “I didn’t hear you. People often come to the door and knock, but I don’t hear them. I’m glad you came in.”

1.When Coke reached the house, he didn’t go into it at once because .

A. there must be a woman B. it was dark inside the house

C. there might be some danger D. he could hear nothing

2.What can we know from the underlined sentence?

A. It was very cold in the house. B. Coke was frightened.

C. Coke’s mother was at home. D. Coke found himself in the wrong house.

3.What is true of the old woman?

A. She was Coke’s aunt. B. She was very rich.

C. She was too weak to close the door. D. She couldn’t hear anything.

4.Why did the woman say she was sorry?

A. Because she thought she didn’t hear Coke knock at the door.

B. Because she couldn’t remember what was Coke’s name.

C. Because she hadn’t prepared dinner yet.

D. Because she had so little food for the dinner.

5.Coke must be .

A. wanted by the police B. lost in a mountain

C. a businessman D. a sportsman

Weekday mornings are very busy for US middle school students. People are running into each other, shouting across the house, knocking on the bathroom door and always, always running late. When you’re late for the carpool, though, you also make everyone else late.

When your school doesn’t have a bus, and you live too far away to walk, you need a carpool. A carpool is a group of people sharing the responsibility (责任) of driving their kids to school in the morning. There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns to drive the kids in their cars. Someone’s car smells like wet dogs. Some kids get to eat desserts (甜点) for breakfast and some parents shout so much that all you try to do is to stay

quiet and go unnoticed. When your mum or dad drives the carpool, your classmates get a close- up look at how strange your parents can be. It might be your first sociological (社会学的) study and your first time to work with others.Teamwork is really important in the carpool because nobody wants to make everyone else late. It’s a great lesson in responsibility. Imagine (想象) sitting in the car outside of a classmate’s house, watching the watch and counting the seconds. Then you start to understand how your carpool friends might feel when you are still inside the house at 7:48. You really begin to learn all your real life lessons just moments before the start of school—in the carpool.

1.What is a carpool?

A. Kids go to school in their parents’ cars.

B. Parents take turns to drive their kids to school.

C. Parents drive their kids to school on their way to work.

D. Kids drive their own cars to school.

2.How many kids are usually in a carpool?

A. Two or three. B. Three or four. C. Four or five. D. Five or six.

3.What can kids learn from a carpool?

A. How to drive a car. B. How to get along with others.

C. The importance of good habits. D. Real teamwork.

4.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Kids living far away are always late for school.

B. Kids enjoy carpooling better than taking a school bus.

C. Kids can learn real life lessons in a carpool.

D. Kids often have enough time to finish their homework in a carpool.

5.When in a carpool at the beginning, kids may feel .

A. worried B. excited C. surprised D. sad

根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。

1.Who does the (烹饪) in your house?

2.We’ve got a (多余的) room. You can stay overnight with us.

3.The blind girl is reading a special book with letters she can (触摸).

4.A boy is standing there with his back (紧靠) the wall.

5.I dream of becoming a (作家) when I grow up.

根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空

1.People speak both English and (France) in Canada.

2.I have only limited (know) of computers. I’m afraid I can’t help you.

3.Clark was (able) to work after the terrible accident.

4.She is very (experience) in managing a small factory.

5.The (library) has been working in the library for over thirty years.

根据句子意思，用括号中所给动词的适当形式填空。

1.These days students in some schools (ask) not to use mobile phones.

2.Li Ping is asking his uncle, an English teacher, (help) him improve English.

3.They caught the thief and (tie) his hands behind his back.

4.Sorry, I didn’t hear you clearly. I (think) about the exam.

5.—Look! Someone (clean) the sofa.

—Well, it wasn’t me. I didn’t do it.

根据汉语意思完成句子（共10分，每小题2分）

1.我工作了一整天，回到家感到筋疲力尽。

I had been working all day and I after I got home.

2.你打算怎么处理你的旧相机？

What are you going to .

3.我也不知道他们能不能准时到。

I wonder .

4.到目前为止，经理仍未做出决定，我们不得不等待。

_____, so we have to wait.

5.孩子们直到晚上七点才回家。

Have you ever wondered what an American high school is real like? Now let me describe a typical (典型的) high school and students in it.

A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan (租借) than buy them. Students have to pay if they lose any of them.

American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass the driver’s exam in their state, they can begin driving themselves to school.

Each day, students take six or seven subjects. They must take Science, Maths, English and Social Studies. They can choose from Art, Homemaking, Fashion Design and other classes.

In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special subjects: Health Education, Physical Education or Foreign Language Studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has his or her own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes to give the students time to hurry to their next class.

The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students are involved in after-school activities. These activities include sports like football, basketball and baseball, different kinds of clubs, such as Yearbook Club, Speech Club, School Newspaper Club, Photography Club and a student government.

When every Apple fan was waiting for the next surprise, Steve Jobs, the founder (创始人)and former CEO of Apple, passed away on 5 October 2011, at the a1.of fifty-six after a seven-year-long fight with cancer. What is Jobs best remembered f2.? Many of us would name some great products: iPod, iTouch, iPhone and iPad. They have c3. the way we enjoy music, films and even books.

Actually, Jobs brought much m4.to the world than these popular products. As a s5.businessman, Jobs’ passion (热情) and energy for work encouraged the world. He told us to do what we really love. He said, “The only thing that keeps me going is that I l6.what I am doing.” He believed that people with passion can change the world for the b7.. Jobs made computers interesting and 8.to use. His iPhone, iPad and iTouch are popular around the world. People say Jobs sold dreams i9.of products. As the US President Barack Obama said, Jobs was “brave enough to think differently, bold (大胆的) enough to believe he could change the w10., and talented enough to do it”.

读书可以明智，读书可以怡情。你喜欢读书吗？请根据以下要点写一篇80词左右的短文，

要求包含所有要点，适当发挥，语句通顺，书写整洁。 要点如下：

1. 读书可以开阔我们的眼界；

2. 我喜欢读报纸和杂志，还喜欢读故事书和小说；

3. 周末我会用一整个下午读书，睡觉前也会用半个小时读书；

4. 这个暑假，我打算读更多的书。

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