(D)

The story is about a young student. She worked very hard at her lessons. She was too busy to have a rest. At last, she became ill and she couldn’t go to sleep. Every night, when she went to bed, she closed her eyes and tried to sleep. But the more she tried, the more she stayed awake.

After a while she went to see a doctor, “I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do?”

“I have a suggestion,” said the doctor. “Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep. I’m sure of it.”

The next day the student returned to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor. “How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?”

The student still looked tired. “Yes,” she said, “I tried counting one, two, three…up to thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some coffee so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”

Fill in each blank according to the passage you read, only one word for each blank.

A student worked very hard. She was so busy that she became sick and couldn’t get to sleep. She tried to sleep, but (1)_______ at last. She had to see a doctor, and the doctor told her to try counting (2)　　　 　from one to one thousand. The next day the student felt still tired and went (3)　　　 _ to the doctor. She said she began to feel (4)　　　 _ when she counted numbers to five hundred and sixty-nine. In order to (5)_______ counting to one thousand, she had to get up and drink some coffee. In the end, she couldn’t fall asleep.

(C)

Mr White was the owner of a small newspaper. He always tried to bring the readers the latest news.

　　 One day he received an excited telephone call from someone who told him that there was a sudden flood in a village up in the mountain somewhere in the north and several people disappeared. The man gave a detailed (详细) description of the disaster (灾难), and Mr White wrote it all down. That evening the story was printed in his newspaper. Mr White was very pleased to see that no other paper reported the news.

　　 Unfortunately, however, angry telephone calls soon came and he learned that he had been tricked (欺骗). So in the next day’s paper he wrote: “We were the first and the only newspaper to report yesterday that the village in the northern mountain was caught in a flood. Today, we are proud to tell you that we are again the first newspaper to bring our readers the news that yesterday’s story was not true.”

Choose the best answer according to the passage.

1. What did Mr White do?

A. He was an editor for a newspaper.　　 B. He was the owner of a newspaper.

C. He worked for a newspaper as a reporter.

2. One day he got a telephone call, what did the man tell Mr White?

A. There was a sudden flood and several people disappeared.

B. Several people died in a terrible traffic accident.

C. A sudden earthquake killed lots of people.

3. How did Mr White deal with the news?

A. He printed it in his newspaper.　 B. He didn’t believe it at all.

C. He wrote a report and sent it to another newspaper.

4. After the news was printed, _______.

A. more and more people like his small newspaper

B. Mr White began to realize that he had been tricked

C. some angry people telephoned to tell him that the report wasn’t the fact

5. Which of the following is true?

A. Mr White was not honest at all.　 B. Mr White was a wise and interesting man.

C. The flood happened in a small village.

　(B)

An English music magazine recently voted for the best song ever written. The winner was a song which was first heard on October 7th, 1971. It was Imagine by John Lennon. Lennon left the band The Beatles two years earlier on September 13th, 1969. However, another Beatle, George Harrison, also plays on the record.

Lennon was born in Liverpool on October 9th, 1940 and 15 years later he met Paul McCartney. They became friends and in 1963, The Beatles had their first big success with the song Please Please Me. The Beatles quickly became the most popular band in the world. But Lennon and McCartney’s friendship began to break down and they did not agree about a lot of things, although they still wrote songs together. Then The Beatles played their final public concert in London on January 13, 1969.　

In imagine, Lennon asked people to think of a world where everyone lives in peace. But December 8th, 1980 was not a peaceful day for John. He was killed by a stranger outside his New York home. One of his friends said that the hardest thing of all was to imagine a world without Lennon.

Judge the following sentences true(T) or false(F) according to the passage.

1. John Lennon didn’t leave the band The Beatles until he died.

2. In 1963 The Beatles had their first big success because of the song Imagine.

3. John and McCartney were good friends and they agreed with each other on everything.

4. In 1969 The Beatles played together in public for the last time.

5. From the passage we can tell that John Lennon was a person who loved peace.　

(A)

1. For many years, Hawaii has been a magic name to people who like to travel. People on both sides of the Pacific Ocean in Japan and in America, dream of seeing these beautiful islands in the middle of the ocean.

2. Butterflies are common all over the world, but the ones in western countries are usually bigger and more brightly colored than those in cooler countries, and there are more different kinds. Some butterflies have a bright pattern (图案) of colors on their wings, and some butterflies have round marks (斑纹) on their wings.

3. The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses (挤压) the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.

4. Nearly everybody regards failure as a bad thing. But failure is not merely a bad thing. It can benefit us. It teaches us a good lesson and makes us experienced. By analyzing the causes of failure, we can realize our own shortcomings and get a better knowledge of ourselves. So, when we start again, we may succeed more easily.

5. You probably know the food pyramid well enough. Carbohydrates (碳水化合物), such as bread, rice and potatoes, are on the base of the pyramid. They are most of our everyday food. The fats and oils (脂油) are at the top of the pyramid. We should eat the least of them.

Choose the best topic from A to F according to the meaning of the passage.

(A) Choose the best answer from A to F to complete the dialogue.

A: Hi, Maria. Tomorrow is Sunday. (1) __________

B: (2) __________ Why?

A: Just now I passed the cinema and I saw a poster. It said the famous singer Jay Chow would

give a concert tomorrow evening. (3) __________ Would you like to go with me?

B: (4) __________ Jay Chow is a singer who writes his own music and sings in a special way. I like him very much. (5) __________

A: It will start at half past seven. Let’s meet outside the cinema gate tomorrow evening.

B: OK. Bye-bye.

　(B) Complete the dialogue with proper words or sentences.

A: Who is this girl in the picture, Julie?

B: She’s my E-pal. Her name is Maggie.

A: (1) _________________________________________?

B: She’s from Canada.

A: (2) ______________________________________ ___?

B: She lives in Ottawa, the capital of Canada.

A: (3) _________________________________________?

B: She speaks English and French.

A: (4) _________________________________________?

B: She’s 14 years old.

A: Oh, you’re the same age. (5) _________________________________________?

B: Her favorite subject is Geography. She likes traveling. She says she will come to China one

day.

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.

In 1999, a man called Simon Fuller decided to make a new pop group. Pop music is the kind of music 　1　 　people usually like. Simon saw 　2　 　young singers and dancers. He 　3　 　7 of them and called his pop group S Club 7.

First, S Club 7 went to Miami, Florida, in the USA and 　4　 　in 13 television programmes called “Miami 7”. The programmes included lots of sunshine, fun, singing and dancing. Each programme had a very good 　5　 　so S Club 7 became very popular in many countries.

　 6　 　3 months, 　7　 　all the television programmes were made, S Club 7 returned to England. Then they made many 　8　 . They sang on a famous English television show called “Top of the Pops”. This is a pop music programme 　9　 　most young English people like to see on Friday evenings.

S Club 7 also sang and danced in a pop music concert in a park in London and Prince Charles went to see 　10　 !

1. A. middle-aged　 B. young　 C. old

2. A. thousand　 B. thousands　 C. thousands of

3. A. met　 B. chose　 C. knew

4. A. were　 B. was　 C. show

5. A. time　 B. experience　 C. story

6. A. After　 B. Later　 C. In

7. A. while　 B. when　 C. until

8. A. books　 B. records　 C. money

9. A. who　 B. whom　 C. that

10. A. them　 B. it　 C. that 　　　　　　　 　

15. -What do you think of the book about Harry Potter? 　 -I like it very much.　It’s _______ interesting _______　exciting. 　A. neither,　nor　　　　 B. either,　or　　　 C. both, and 　　　　　

14. -But where are the books? -Don’t worry.　They _______ here very soon.

A. have sent　　　　　 B. will be sent　　 C. have been sent

13. Jenny went into the room,　took off his coat and _______ down on a sofa. A. would sit　　　　　 B. had sat　　　　 C. sat　　　　　

12. The foreigners _______ visited our factory are from Australia.

A. /　　　　　　 B. who　　　　　 C. which