阅读短文完成下列任务

Thank you for watching CCTV’s Around China.  I’m Quan Ling,  a reporter from CCTV.  Now,  we’re in Penghu,  Taiwan.  The beach here is really beautiful and clean.  It’s raining these days,  today is sunny,  but the weather is hot and humid.  But there are lots of people here on vacation.  Some people are taking photos;  some are swimming in the sea,  and others are    4    on the beach.  Look at this group of young men playing beach soccer. 3. They are only wearing sports shorts and sunglasses.  They are running barefoot(光脚).  They really look cool.  I’m    5    that they can play so well in this heat.  This is a very beautiful and interesting place.  It’s also a good place to relax.  I like here so much that I really don’t want to leave.

任务一   选择最佳答案

1.What does Quan Ling do?

A. A soccer player.   B. A reporter.    C. A tourist.           D. An actor.

2.What’s the weather like today?

A. Rainy. B. Sunny.   C. Hot and humid.  D. Sunny, but hot and humid.

任务二   把划线句子翻译成汉语

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任务三   从方框中选择适当的动词并用其适当形式补全短文

4.________ 5. ________  

阅读理解。（每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列材料，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

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People say that George Washington, the first president of the United States, never told a lie. But it seems that the president was not without faults.

A New York library recently found that Washington borrowed two books from the library in 1789. He didn’t return them.

If he were still alive, he would have to pay the library ＄300,000 for being 220 years late.

On October 5, 1789, when the first president borrowed the books form the New York Society Library, he didn’t sign his name in the borrower’s book. He just wrote “president” to show who had taken them out.

The two books should have been brought back a month later but were never returned. Workers at the library realized the books were missing.

The New York Society Library doesn’t expect anyone to pay the fine. But it hopes that someone will return the books.

1.Gorge Washington is__________.

2.Gorge Washington borrowed a book from ________.

3.The library hopes _________.

完型填空。（每小题2分，共20分）
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案。
Every year thousands of people get hurt or die when they are crossing the road. Most of these people are old people and children. Old people often get hurt or die because  1  can’t see or hear very well. Children usually meet with accidents because they are   2 . They forget to look around   3  they cross the road.
How can we lessen (减少) traffic accidents? All of us must   4  the traffic rules. For the drivers, they shouldn’t drive too fast. If they drive too fast, it will be very difficult to stop the  5 in a very short time. For the pedestrians(行人)，it’s very important to be careful while they are   6  on the road. Therefore, when we walk   7  the road, we must try to walk along the pavements(人行道). We must stop and look   8  ways before crossing the road. Look left first, next look right, and then look left again. Only when we are sure that the road is clear, we can cross it. The right way to cross the road is to walk   9 . It’s not safe to walk too slowly or run fast. If people run across the road, they may   10 . As teenagers, we should try to help children, old people or blind people to cross the road. The last one is that we should never play in the street.

Have you ever beard of Iceland? Iceland is a country, one-tenth of which is covered with ice. However, it is said that Iceland is the land of heat. Smoking volcanoes (火山), white steam (蒸汽) and hot springs are more amazing than the other sights including ice there.
It has taken millions of years for volcanoes and lava flows (熔岩流) to build Iceland. When hiking through one of Iceland’s many ancient lava fields, you may notice something strange. White steam is rising from each vent in front of you. Iceland is covered with vents which steam can pass out of. The steam comes from naturally heated rocks and hot water below the Earth’s surface (表面).
Like steam vents, hot springs can be seen here and there in the ancient lava fields. Blue Lake is the most famous hot spring in Iceland. It isn’t far from the capital city of the country. The water and white earth in it can make your skin as soft as a newborn baby’s skin. Enjoy that water, because it has traveled a long way. It starts nearly two kilometers under Blue Lake. There, water from the ocean continues moving up slowly into the spaces between hot rocks below the surface. And then the water is heated by hot rocks. Powerful machines and long pipes (水管) help bring the heated water to the surface. People in Iceland use natural hot water for hot springs. Besides, they use it to create electricity that can be used to heat homes and even greenhouses.
Iceland is one of the few places on the Earth where active volcanoes lie below ice. Heat from the volcanoes creates a strange and wild beauty. Therefore, some people believe that it’s better to call the country “Heatland” instead of Iceland. If you have a chance to travel there, take it.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
【小题1】From the passage,          are the most amazing sights in Iceland.
A. smoking volcanoes and ice
B. smoking volcanoes, white steam and hot springs
C. heated rocks, hot springs and new lava fields
【小题2】The underlined word “vent” in the passage means “      ” in Chinese.
A. 进入口              B. 回流口          C. 排放口
【小题3】Picture         shows how Blue Lake is formed.

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Iceland was built millions of years ago.
B. People in Iceland use natural hot water for hot springs and creating electricity.
C. Iceland is the only country where active volcanoes lie below ice.
【小题5】The best title for this passage should be       .
A. THE HISTORY OF ICELAND
B. THE HOT SPRING OF BLUE LAKE
C. THE HEAT IN ICELAND

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中所给的单词中选出最恰当的10个， 用其适当形式填空，并将答案填到相应位置。