There was once a young man called Paul in a village in the USA. Paul was very lazy because his father was a rich farmer and he didn’t have to work. Mr Smith, a neighbour of his, was a blacksmith (铁匠). He used to work in his shop all day. Paul spent hours and hours watching how the blacksmith worked every day. “Young man, why don’t you try your hand to make a shoe tack (铁钉), even it is only to pass the time?” said the blacksmith one day, “ Maybe it will be useful to you some day.” Finally, the lazy boy began to have a try. After practicing some times, he became skilled and could make very nice tacks.

Years later, Paul’s father died and he lost all the things because of a war (战争). He had to move to another country and live by himself. It happened that there were many shoemakers paying high prices to buy tacks for the shoes, because in that part of the country there was a great need of tacks for soldiers’ shoes. Paul went to talk with them. He told them that he would make the tacks if they could help him find a workshop in the village. The shoemakers agreed. Then Paul made a lot of money by making tacks. “How funny it is!” he said to himself, “Even by making shoe tacks, one can become rich.”

1.What’s the Chinese meaning of skilled?

A. 熟练的. B. 适应的.

C.自信的. D. 巧妙的.

2.How many kinds of people appeared in the story except Paul ?

A. Five. B. Four. C. Three. D. Two.

3.What can we learn from the story?

A. Making tacks is important.

B. Wars can make people hard-working.

C. Nothing is difficult to learn.

D. Everything you learned may be useful.

With the development of economics (经济), the problem of left-behind children (留守儿童) has become a serious social problem. More and more people have realized we should do something to help them.

One of the biggest problems is that the children are all hungry for the love from their parents. Many of them can just get a call or a letter from their parents half a year, a year or even several years, which makes some children lost their parents’ faces. When they meet their own troubles, they have no one to talk with. Nobody gives them enough care.

Because of being too far away from their parents, the left-behind children’s study is the second biggest problem. From a survey (调查) about their study, only two per cent of the children get good results, while ten per cent of them are common and eighty-eight per cent of them are poor. What a pity!

There are also many other problems of the left-behind children, such as having no ability to protect themselves, unhealthy lifestyles, spending too much pocket money and being crazy about Internet and so on.

In a word, to solve all the problems of the left-behind children needs the government, families and schools to try their best together.

1.Which problem is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Having no place to live.

B. Being crazy about the Internet.

C. Unhealthy lifestyles.

D. Not study well.

2.What’s the meaning of “some children lost their parents’ faces”?

A. Some children lost their parents.

B. Some children couldn’t find their parents.

C. Some children can’t remember what their parents look like.

D. Some children can’t get any information about their parents.

3.Which of the following sentences is RIGHT?

A. All of the left-behind children aren’t good at study.

B. The left-behind children can see their parents often.

C. The left-behind children have much money.

D. The left-behind children problem is a social problem.

4.What is the best title of the article?

A. The Left-behind Children

B. What is Left-behind Children

C. The Problems of the Left-behind Children

D. How to help Left-behind Children

词汇应用（共8小题；每小题1分，计8分）

（A)根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

1.If you go to Italy, you will find old (Europe) buildings are kept quite well.

2.It’s not a good idea to travel in (north) cities in winter because it is too cold.

3. (music) were very popular in Broadway last century.

4.Don’t you see those________(mouse) tails? They are terrible!

（B)根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

5.It may take (数个) hours to work out the cost of the trip.

6.She’s (意识到) she is wrong at this matter, so she feels very sorry.

7.We watched a (极好的) play yesterday evening and enjoyed ourselves.

8.Boys, don’t forget your (护照). We are going to the airport.

动词填空 用所给动词的适当形式填空。（共8小题；每小题1分，计8分）

1.I’m sure I (write) down his telephone number. But where is it?

2.The couple (chat) on the Internet the whole afternoon that day.

3.The old computer (break) down easily, so I had to restart it.

4.What way can you think of (improve) the situation?

5.She says she (cook) her daughter’s favourite food when she comes back.

6. (not have) enough sleep has become the biggest problem among the teenagers.

7.If it (not be) rainy tomorrow, we can go hiking.

8.-- you still (work) in your office?

-- No, I have come back home.

完成句子 按所给的汉语,用英语完成下列句子。(本大题共9分,每题1.5分)

1.他离开中国已经有两年半了。

He’s .

2.我过去常常通过电子邮件和他保持联系。

I emails.

3.对他来说，像以前那样经常搜寻信息是不可能了。

It’s impossible for him

4.继续往下，你可以在这一页的底部点击它。

, you can the page.

5.当他听到那个坏消息，他忍不住哭了。

He he heard the bad news.

6.每年除夕成千上万的人聚集在这里。

Every year, New Year’s Eve.

任务型阅读 根据短文内容，完成表格，每空填一词（5分）

We all need a healthy environment, but we produce(生产) waste every day and it does harm to our environment. Though we are young, we can still do something to help. In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference to the environment. Here are some ideas for you to live a green life.

Remember these three words; reduce, reuse and recycle.

Reduce means “use less”. Don't waste things. This saves money and reduces pollution and waste going into the environment. Before we buy something new, think if it is really necessary or maybe the old one will be just as good! When we do buy thing, choose local products if possible, and try not to buy too many things from abroad.

Reuse mean “ use again”. Use things for as long as possible. When we buy things, make sure that they last a long time. We should take care of them so that they will last, and we should repair them if we can instead of throwing them away and buying new ones. Don't use a paper cup or a paper bag. It's better to use a china cup and a lunch box because you can use them again.

Recycle means “ change things into something else”. Although it takes energy to change something into something else, it's better than throwing things away or burning them. Find out what ca n be recycled in your neighbourhood and take part in recycling programmes. We should also buy products made from recycled materials, such as recycled paper, to help save trees.

1. to Live a Green Life

书面表达（5分）

请根据所给中文提示，以“My hometown Wuxi”为名用英语写一篇短文，向大家介绍你自己。内容要点如下：

1. 无锡在江苏的南面，由市区、江阴和宜兴组成。

2. 无锡有悠久的历史，是著名的鱼米之乡。

3. 太湖广场(the Taihu Square)是人们工作一天后放松的好地方；

4. 如果你来无锡旅游，你可以在南禅寺(Nanchan Temple)品尝到各种当地的风味小吃；

5. 最佳的旅游时间是春天和秋天，因为天气既不太热也不太冷；

6. 我认为我们的家乡……

注意：

1. 文章须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；

2. 词数在90个左右。最后一点用一至两句发挥。

---How about ______________ Christmas party?

---I should say it was ______________ success.

A. a; a B. the; / C. the; / D. the; a

There ______________ great changes in our hometown in the past fifteen years.

A. were B. have had

C. has been D. have been

We haven’t heard from Bill ______________ he left here.

A. when B. before C. since D. while