If you want to become a better reader, here are four important points to remember about rate or speed(速度)of reading:

First, knowing why you are reading and what you are reading to find out will often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly.

Second, some things should be read slowly. Examples are directions for making or doing something; arithmetic(算术)problems, science and history books. They are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important step and understand each idea.

Third, some things should be read rapidly. Examples are simple stories for enjoyment, news, letters from friends, items or bits of news from local or hometown paper, telling what is happening to friends and neighbors.

Fourth, in some of your readings, you must change your speed from fast to slow, and slow to fast, as you read. You’ll need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas which should be remembered.

1.A tale about fairies(神话) should be read_________.

A．slowly            B．carefully          C．rapidly            D．to change one’s speed fast to slow

2.A book about knowledge of the nature should be read _____________.

A．either rapidly or slowly                   B．rapidly            C．neither rapidly nor slowly  D．slowly

3.__________should be read slowly.

A．Novels                               B．Letters

C．Some things full of important information     D．Newspapers and magazines

4.In this passage the author advises us to ____________.

A．read more books                       B．be better readers

C．fit our speed to our needs                 D．change our speed of reading now and then(不时地)

5.According to this passage, one must pay attention to _______in your reading.

A．why you are reading                     B．what you are reading

C．the speed of reading                     D．careful reading

Peter was getting ready to graduate from the college. He loved a beautiful sports car for many months, and knew his father could well afford it for him. He told his father all that he wanted.

As the graduation day was coming near, Peter had got nothing from his father. On the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his study. He told his son how proud he was to have such a good son, and told how much he loved him. Then he gave his son a beautiful gift box. He opened the box, finding a lovely book, a Bible(圣经), with the young man’s name in it. Angrily he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then ran out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years later, Peter was very successful in business. He had a beautiful house and a wonderful family. Realizing his father was old, he thought he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Unfortunately, he was told that his father had died.

When he reached his father’s house, he began to take care of his father’s papers. And then he found the Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened it and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, from the back of the Bible dropped a car key. That was the key to the sports car he wanted so much. Sudden sadness and regret (悔恨)filled his heart.

Sometimes we don’t realize the good luck that we already have because we don’t know the gift box is packed in a different way. The gift box may be the door to happiness. It is just waiting for us to open.

1.The son would like his father to buy him___________.

A．a beautiful house   B．a Bible            C．a beautiful box     D．a sports car

2.The son ran out of the house angrily because ____________.

A．his father said something wrong to him       B．his father gave him nothing

C．he thought his father only gave him a Bible    D．his father didn’t love him

3.Many years later, the son_____________.

A．was told his father was still healthy          B．became a successful man

C．had a hard life                          D．went to see his father quite often

4.How did the son feel when he got the car key?

A．Excited and happy.                      B．Worried and sad.

C．Disappointed and upset.                  D．Sad and regretful.

5.From the story, the writer wants to tell us ___________.

A．we may miss good luck because they are not packed as we expect

B．we should look after our parents carefully

C．our parents will give us everything we ask for

D．we should accept any gift that our parents give us

Co-operation (合作)is always needed when you make a project that the teacher gives you.

First, discuss all you would like to do with your classmates. Choose one of the members to write down what you’re talking about. Then, with the ideas you get, list all you want. Everyone shares the duty for the project. You can collect information not only from books but also on the internet. Making a survey and doing a research are also good ways. After that, all the members put what has been found together. Try to make the project more well-organized. In the end, you can give a report in front of your class to show the results of your hard work.

根据对话内容，从方框中所给的七个选项中选出五个句子补全对话，使对话完整、通顺。并将所选标号填写在答题卡相应的位置上。（共5个小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

A：Hi, Betty! Did you go on the school trip? I didn’t see you last Sunday.

B：   1.

A：Why?

B：   2.

A：What did you do ?

B：I cleaned my room and did my homework.   3. 

A：Really? Not much fun!

B：4.  I went to a movie with my sister in the afternoon.  5.. Was the school trip interesting?

A：Yes. We went to the Science Museum in the morning and went to the zoo in the afternoon. We really had a good time!

A.Then I studied for the test.

B.No, I stayed at home.

C.Because I had lots of things to do.

D.What about you?

E.Because I went on the school trip.

F.Well, it wasn’t very bad.

G.How did you like it?

根据短文内容从方框中选择正确词的正确形式填空，每个词只用一次。将答案写在答题卡相应的位置上。(共10个小题，每个小题1分，满分10分）

Not everyone can swim with fish in the ocean. But they can enjoy underwater life in another way-by visiting an aquarium.

There is a very large public aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Aquarium says it is  1.in the world. It has more than one hundred thousand sea animals in thirty million liters of  2.. These include two whale sharks ---the   3. largest fish. And everyone seems to enjoy  4.huge public aquariums. They have opened around the world. Visiting an aquarium is a good way for children    5.about sea animals. They might even want to start an aquarium at home and join   6.of people keeping fish as pets around the world.

We do not really know when people began keeping fish as pets. But people have been interested in fish    7. a long time ago. Some say the Chinese kept and studied carp(鲤鱼) and goldfish more than one thousand years ago. The   8.Romans kept eels（鳝鱼) as pets . And the Greek philosopher Aristotle(亚里士多德) might be the 9.to study sea life, including sharks and dolphins.

Some people say that keeping fish at home in small water tanks called aquarium is very  10.today.

根据汉语提示，完成句子，一空一词，包括缩写词和复合词，将答案写在答题卡相应的位置上。（共5个小题，20个空，每空0.5分，满分10分）

1.我受不了学校的伙食。

I                         the food                      .

2.你应该多喝牛奶而不是咖啡。

You                        more milk                        coffee.

3.即使有许多人不同意，他仍会坚持自己的想法。

                      many people don’t agree with him, he will still       

           to his idea.

4.学习英语最好的方法是尽可能的多说。

The     way     learn English is to speak it as          as          .

5.严禁酒后驾车。

People shouldn’t                      to          after            .

保护环境是人类永恒的话题，随着环境的日益恶化，自然灾害越来越多，使得我们认为人类赖以生存的地球已经面临严重的威胁。如何保护环境就成为人类最重要的任务之一，人人应该有责任保护环境保护我们这个地球家园。

请以“How to Protect the Environment”为题写一篇短文，阐述我们应该如何从身边做起来，保护环境。将答案写在答题卡相应的位置上。

内容提示：1. 环境越来越糟糕，自然灾害(natural disasters）越来越多。我们面临严重的威胁（threat）。

2. 好的环境能给人类带来健康和快乐，改善环境意味着保护人类自己。

3. 环境保护的具体建议：要点自己拟定

要求：    1. 语句准确、流畅，内容要点完整

2. 可根据实际情况适当发挥

3. 字数：80个左右。

—What about _____ English-Chinese dictionary on the bookshelf?

—In my opinion, it’s _____ useful tool book for my English learning.

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

—How ____ the medicine tastes!

—Yes. But the medicine will really work soon after you take it.

A．terrible           B．delicious          C．sweet            D．nice

—What time will Mr. Green be back to China?

—Sorry. I don’t know ________.

A．when did he go broad                    B．why he is going abroad

C．how soon will he be back                 D．how long he will stay abroad