It is September first today. A new school year begins. Hu Ming gets up early. He puts on the nicest clothes. After a quick breakfast he says goodbye to his parents and leaves with a new school bag. His mother wants to take him to his school. but he doesn't let her do so.

      "The school is less than a hundred meters from here. I can walk there in two minutes. "There are a lot of people in the school this morning. Hu Ming finds Miss Wang in the teachers' office. She brings out a book and asks. "What's your name?"

      "Hu Ming. madam. "answers the boy.   

      "When were you born (出生) .

      "In 2001."

      "Where's your native place?

       "What does "native place "mean, please?

       "It means the place where you were born."

       "Oh. I see. It's the Beijing Maternity (妇产) Hospital.

  1. What is the date?

  2. How old is Hu Ming now?

  3. Is the school far from his home?

  4. What is Miss Wang?

  5. Does Hu Ming understand (理解) Miss Wang?

选择正确的答案完成下列对话

小明的爸爸带小明到电脑商店去买电脑，下面是小明父子与售货员之间的对话。M=小明，F=小明的爸爸，A=售货员

　　A： 1

　　F：Yes, we'd like to see some computers.

　　A：O. K. 2 We've got the Legend, Great Wall, Founder and also some computers from foreign countries.

　　F： 3

　　A：From 5,000 yuan to 1,000 yuan.

　　F：What kind would you like to have, Xiaoming?

　　M：I learned that the Legend is very good.

　　F：How much is it?

　　A： 4 But I think if your son uses it for his studies, the Gold Great Wall is quite O.K. It is less than 5, 000 yuan.

　　M： 5

　　A：Certainly. If there's anything wrong, you can turn it back.

　　F：All right, we'll take it.

1．

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2．

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3．

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4．

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A．We have twenty of them.

B．About 10,000 yuan.

C．They all like it very much.

D．You can have any of them

5．

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一、听句子，选择正确的答语。(每个句子读一遍)

1．

[　　]

A．OK. See you then.

B．The same to you.

C．It doesn't matter.

2．

[　　]

A．It's about 8:60.

B．It's a nice day.

C．It's windy.

3．

[　　]

A．See you later.

B．A cup of tea.

C．Hurry up, please.

4．

[　　]

A．I'm from Japan.

B．I'm reading in the room.

C．I'm at school.

5．

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A．Well, thank you.

B．Certainly, one moment, please.

C．Right, see you.

二、听对话及对话后的问题，选择正确答案。(每段对话和问题读两遍)

6．

[　　]

A．Jim has a cold.

B．Jim has a cough.

C．Jim has a headache.

7．

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A．At 5:00.

B．At 5:03.

C．At 5:15.

8．

[　　]

A．She'd like to come along.

B．She knows her way to the river.

C．It's hot.

9．

[　　]

A．He was doing his homework.

B．He was playing computer games.

C．He was doing some reading.

10．

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A．To the post office.

B．To the cinema.

C．To the park.

三、根据所听句子，从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个意思与其相同或相近的句子。(每个句子读一遍)

11．

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A．He is more than thirty years old.

B．He is less than thirty years old.

C．He looks older than he really is.

12．

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A．The headmaster asked the boy to go to school.

B．The headmaster asked the boy not to come to school again.

C．The headmaster sent the boy a gift.

13．

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A．This month is August.

B．Next month is October.

C．This month is June.

14．

[　　]

A．Mr. Black has been in the army for many years.

B．Mr. Black wants to join the army.

C．Mr. Black doesn't like the army.

15．

[　　]

A．He started playing football at nine o'clock.

B．He learned to play football when he was a child.

C．He wants to play football.

四、听短文及短文后的问题，选择正确答案。(短文和问题读两遍)

16．

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A．Because he could neither read nor write.

B．Because it was not easy for him to go home.

C．Because he had to work in the daytime.

17．

[　　]

A．He was Ali's friend.

B．He was a farmer.

C．He was a letter-writer.

18．

[　　]

A．He was in bed.

B．He was at Ali's home.

C．He was at work.

19．

[　　]

A．He was surprised.

B．He was interested.

C．He was polite.

20．

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A．He wanted to get a lot of money.

B．He wanted to let Ali go away quickly.

C．He wanted to read the letter to Ali's wife.

Edison often said, “1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it.” It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world. When Edison died in 1931, someone said people should turn off all the lights in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honour of this great man. Of course it was impossible to do so. And this shows what Edison's inventions mean to people's life.
【小题1】All the things Edision invented were _________ people needed at that time.

A．what

B．that

C．then

D．which

【小题2】Edison _________in inventing new things.

A．took all his time	B．paid all his money
C．spent his most time	D．spent his most money

【小题3】Edison had _________ inventions in all his life.

A．thousands of	B．over one thousand
C．only one thousand	D．less than a thousand

【小题4】Edison was dead for nearly _______ years.

A．fifty

B．severity-six

C．sixty

D．eighty

【小题5】It was __________ to turn off all the lights in honour of the greatest inventor.

A．possible

B．not true

C．nice

D．important