Hands play an important part in our daily life. But do you know which of your two hands you use more? Very few people use both hands equally well.  Most of us are right-handed.  Only about five people out of a hundred are left-handed.  New-born babies can take hold of things with either of their hands, but in about two years they usually use their right hands.  Scientists don’t know why this happens.

Monkeys are our close relatives in the animal world. Scientists have found that monkeys like to use one of their hands more than the other, but it can be either hand.  There are as many right-handed monkeys as left-handed ones.  Next time you visit a zoo, watch the monkeys carefully, you will see that some of them will use their right hands and others will use their left hands.  But most of the people use their right hands better and this makes life difficult for those left-handed people.  We live in a right-handed world. 

1.How many people among 100 people use their left hands better?

A. 5%.     B. 50%.     C. 95%. 

2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “equally” in Chinese?

A. 公正地    B. 均等地    C. 平凡地

3.New-born babies can use  ____  ____ __. 

A.  both of their hands    B.  neither of their hands    C.  their right hands

4.Which of the following is true?

A.  There are more monkeys using their right hands than left hands. 

B.  There are more monkeys using their left hands than right hands. 

C.  There are as many right-handed monkeys as left-handed ones. 

5.“We live in a right-handed world. ”means ____ ____ __. 

A.  Most people use their right hands better. 

B.  Few people use their right hands better. 

C.  Half of the people use their right hands better. 

根据对话内容， 从方框内所给的选项中选出最佳选项， 将其答案的序号写在方框下面的横线上， 选项中有两项为多余项。

W: Sorry, I can’t.  (1) ____

M: Are you having an exam tomorrow?

W: Yes.  (2) ____

M: I wish you good luck.

W: Thanks.  But I am a little afraid.

M: Afraid? (3) ____

W: But I haven’t worked hard in the past few days.

M :(4) ____

W:Oh, I like my English teacher, Sue, best.  She teaches history and she always makes the lessons interesting.

M: Do all the students like history?

W :(5) ____  My friend Tom hates it, because we have lots of homework every Monday and every Wednesday we have a test.

阅读下面短文，简要回答所给问题。

The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are small and light and you do not need much space for them. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can only buy telephone cards, and some cards cost up to ￡4,000. The first Japanese card has a value of about ￡28,000. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors’ magazine.

1.When were the first Italian telephone cards produced?  _________________________________________________

2.How many countries can produce telephone cards now?  _________________________________________________

3.Where can we find a market to buy telephone cards?

_________________________________________________

4.What is the price of the first Japanese telephone card?

_________________________________________________

5.In which magazine do most people see cards with prices?

_________________________________________________

根据语篇内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、连贯。方框中有两个词为多余项。

Linda and Betty were both nineteen years old. In June, after a school year was over, they   1   to take a vacation in the countryside. They went to several towns and villages, visited some places of interest, saw and heard a lot of interesting things. They enjoyed   2   very much.

One afternoon, they   3   going to stay overnight in a small town. It was too hot to go   4   and they wished they could find a river and swim in the cool water. They were driving the car   5   while they were looking around. Suddenly Linda saw a lake not far away. They drove there   6   and stopped the car by the lake. They looked around and found a woman sitting on a stone and   7   there. After they took off their clothes and were going to jump into the water, the woman came up to them and shouted,

“Sorry, madams.  Swimming is not   8   in the lake!”

“Why didn’t you tell us about it before we took off our clothes?” Betty said   9   .

“But it isn’t forbidden to take off clothes by the lake,”   10  the woman.

假如你叫张霖，暑假后就要进入高中(senior middle school)学习。由于住校(live at school)与住在家里各有利弊，你想通过e-mail征求英国笔友Bill的意见。内容应包括住宿、饮食、交通等几个方面。

注意：1. 字数要控制在100词左右。

2. 不要出现你的真实姓名。

3. 开头和结尾已经给出，不记入总词数。

Dear Bill,

How is everything going? Something is troubling me very much. So I'm writing to ask for your advice.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

It's so hard for me to make a decision. I'll be very glad if you could give me some suggestions.

Please write back soon.

Zhang Lin

根据汉语提示或首字母写单词。（10分）

1. Can you                 (提供) me a room to study?

2. Our teacher always told us everyone should have a                 （梦想）.

3. We must pay a                  to English grammar when we learn English.

4. You won’t catch the early bus u                  you get up quite early tomorrow.

5. His answer is wrong, but yours is c                  .

6. Some kind people gave Hong Zhanhui some money, but he           （拒绝）at last.

7. We should read English        （大声地） in the morning if we want to learn it well.

8. The word has two pronunciations. Can you p                    it?

9. Zhang Yimou is one of the most famous                   ( 主管、导演) in China.

10. He will p                  (可能)come,but I’m not sure.

用所给词的正确形式填空。（10分）

1. Why is cold water                   (help) to treat a small burn?

2. This car can run by                    (it), so it’s very expensive.

3. Something is wrong with him. He looks                   (worry).

4. Some students don’t know the                (important) of learning English well.

5. Brian enjoys                   (sell) cookies. 

6. We won’t play football if it                   (rain).

7. --- I don’t know what to wear to the party?

--- If I                   (be) you, I’d wear a shirt and tie.

8.                    (friend) is more important than money between friends.

9. Children should go to bed before ten every light, or they will be __ ___ (sleep) in class.

10. A good                   (listen) will help you a lot when you study.

Is there going to be a new bridge               the city and the town?

 A. from            B. between     C. among        D. both

Would you please               tomorrow morning?

A. hand it in           B. turn in it       C. hand in it  D. hand over it

-- Did you go to bed early last night?

--- No. I watched a            movie, so I didn't go to bed until 11 o’clock.

A. 3-hours          B. 3-hours’     C. 3-hour’s     D. 3-hour