I have always been interested in making things. When I was a child, I enjoyed painting, but I also liked malting things out of day. I won a prize for one of my paintings when I was fourteen.

That may be why I went to art school four years later. But I studied painting at first, not pottery. I like being a potter because I like to work with my hands and feel the clay.  I'm happy working by myself and being near my home.  I don't like mass-produced things, for they are made by machines and are all the same. I think crafts(手工艺) are very important and crafts persons(手艺人)make things cleverly with hands. They make our lives colorful. When I left school, I got some money.  I hope to become a full-time craftswoman. This workplace is small, but I wish tot: move to a larger one next year.

1. The writer went to the art school at the age of___________

2. The writer is talking about her workplace_____________

 A. unhappily           B. hopefully

 C. seriously           D. angrily

3. From the passage we know that the writer prefers

A. a long way to work

B. group work

 C. a small workplace

 D. something different

4. What does "mass-produced" mean in Chinese?

5. From the passage we are sure that the writer is a  ________      (man/woman).

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

3.________________________________________________________________

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. ________  

Did you visit the Shanghai World Expo last summer? What impressed (给……留下印象)  you? 21st Century Kids invites four kids to talk about their experiences. They are back from the Expo. What did they bring us? Let’s see what they have to say.

I went to the SAIC-GM Pavilion (上汽集团通用汽车馆). I found my dream car there. It is a green car. Its name is “Leaf”. Chinese engineers made the car. Its roof is in the shape of a leaf. The roof takes in CO₂ and changes it into electricity for the car.

The Japan Pavilion is full of high technology. The “Wonder Camera” is cool. It can find a smiling face in a crowd. When you’re smiling, it takes a photo of you. I want to invent something like that in the future.

My favorite pavilion is the Germany Pavilion. I watched the Energy Source show. Visitors made a ball swing back and forth (来回摇摆) by using only their voices. It’s amazing! Although we had waited for quite a long time before we entered the hall, I think it is well worth seeing with your own eyes.

I like painting, so my parents took me to the France Pavilion to see the famous paintings. But the French cooks caught my eye. I saw them cook. My mom told me that they are some of the best cooks in the world. The dish they cooked looked like a painting. So, being a cook is my second dream job.

1. The 21st Century Kids seems to be _____.

   A. a travel service                                     B. a newspaper 

   C. a group of tourists                D. four children

2. What does the underlined word “electricity” mean in the passage?

   A. 电            B. 汽油             C. 灯光            D. 指示

3. What activity did the writer experience in the France Pavilion?

   A. Using the “Wonder Camera”        B. Driving the green car “Leaf”.

   C. To have delicious French dishes.   D. To see cooks painting.

4. What made the ball in the Germany Pavilion swing?

   A. Visitors’ smiling faces           B. CO₂ from cars

   C. Some secret power                  D. Noise made by visitors

5. The trip to the Shanghai World Expo made the four kids _____.

   A. hardworking and polite             B. amazed and frightened

   C. patient and cheerful  D. excited and curious

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母或提示，在答卷上按题号写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。

1.Can I take a m______ for you?.

2.My little sister is a little h______. Because she wants to eat a hamburger.

3.What bad w______! It’s raining again..

4.A group of boys are p______ soccer over there.

5.There is a new b______ over the river

6.It’s a good p______ to have fun.

7.T______ right and go straight, you can find the hospital on your left.

8.Zhang Ziyi is an a______. I like her movies very much.

9.Is your friend of medium b______?

10.Look at the photo. The girl has long c______ hair.

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。

1.You can find lots of useful （信息）you want on that website.

2.He （躺）on the sofa and did nothing at all the whole day.

3.Taking a deep （呼吸）can help you feel less nervous.

4.My parents promised to give me a mobile phone for my （二十）birthday.

5.All you need is far （超越）my power.

6.I'm sorry to say your group scored the （少）points of the three groups in the game.

7.Keep on trying. Nobody （怀疑）your ability.

8.- What do you think of New York and London?

-I don't like city. I like Sydney.

9.- He fell and crashed his car into a tree while he was driving.

- Bad news. I was told that he often worked far into the night.

10.- Why not buy that expensive skirt? It looks good on you.

-I can't because I am money to buy a big house.