Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers when they have free time during the day ,because they can learn what is happening in the world. Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines(标题) of the passages.

We can find newspapers in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers. Some newspapers come out once a week, but most of the papers come out once a day with many pages, some even twice a day. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others like short stories better. They just choose what they are interested in.

Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.

1.People read newspapers in order to _____________.

A. only learn the latest news

B. meet their own different needs

C. read the short stories

D. find the morning news

2.From the passage we can see that __________ when people get newspapers.

A. they read them very carefully

B. they just read the headlines

C. not everyone reads all the pages

D. they have no time to read them

3.Newspapers have so many pages because _______________.

A. more and more people like to read them

B. people enjoy reading something different

C. newspaper become cheaper

D. more pages mean more money

4.The most popular in the world are newspaper ____________.

A. in English B. in Chinese

C. in other language D. with many pages

5.From the passage, we know people can also get more information from _______.

A. magazines B. advertisements

C. e-mail D. Internet

词汇运用（本大题共10分， 每小题1分）

(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

1.The sweet drinks will make you much (口渴).

2.It’s of great help to speak more than one (语言) when you travel abroad.

3.He always takes an ___________ (主动的) part in class activities.

4.He studies in a (英国)school, but I study in an American school

5.Don’t feel (无助). All of us will help you when you have problems.

(B) 根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

6.Almost all the schools in China are _______(mix) schools.

7.Do you think the bag is one of those__________ (climb)?

8.What’s DIY _______(exact)，Suzy? --It stands for “do-it-yourself”..

9.If you want to lose__________ (weigh), you’d better do more exercise and eat less meat.

10.Before you take the medicine, please read these__________ (instruct) first.

动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）

1.We’ll see a film if it ____________ (not rain) next Sunday.

2.______ (not be) shy, Lily, you can sing the song very well.

3.Stop__________ (have) a rest, all of you look so tired now.

4.--- How do you like our city? --- Wonderful. I _ ___ (stay) here for another two days.

5.Millie with her family__________ (plan) a trip to Beijing at the moment.

6.--- Don’t smoke here. Can’t you see the sign? --- Oh, sorry. I ___________ (not see) it.

7.You’d better ____________ (not fill) the bottle with hot water..

8.The wonderful film made the little boy________________ (laugh) happily.

9.We had a great time at the party ________( sing) beautiful songs

10.It rained heavily yesterday, so my father _______(drive) me to school.

完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。（本大题共9分，每题1.5分）

1.今天早上他等不及想要妈妈给他做的礼物。

He ___________________________________ the present mum made for him this morning.

2.我们不会感到无聊,因为他有很好的幽默感去使得我们大笑。

We don’t feel bored because he has _________________________________.

3.Jimmy在兴趣爱好上花的时间比我少。

Jimmy________________________________________ than I do.

4.爸爸乐意自学如何使用电脑。

Father ____________________________computers.

5.我觉得游泳不及攀岩刺激。

I ______________________________________ the rocks.

6.老师建议我们制作DIY时不要放弃尝试。

The teacher __________________________________________when we do DIY.

缺词填空 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词，使短文意思完整。 所填单词必须在答题卷的横线上完整写出。（本大题共6分， 每空0.5分）

A man once made some tests with d 1. animals to find out which was the cleverest. He found that the monkey was c 2. than any o 3. animal.

In one test, the man put a monkey in a room w 4. some boxes in it. There was some food in one of the boxes. The man wanted to watch the monkey c 5. , because he wanted to find out how l 6. it would take the monkey to get the food. The man c 7. the door and left the room. He waited for a few m 8._ outside the door. Then he got d 9. _ on his knees (膝盖) and put his eye to the keyhole (钥匙孔).What did he s 10. ? He was surprised to find that he was looking into the e 11. of the monkey. The monkey was on the o 12. side of the door and looked through the keyhole.

书面表达 （本大题共5分）

根据所给提示请用英文写一篇短文，介绍你的朋友Mary，要点如下：

1. 我最好的朋友是Mary。我们就读于同一所学校。

2. 她留着长发，微笑的眼睛使她看上去很美丽。

3. 她很有耐心，经常倾听我的问题并给我提供帮助。

4. 她非常喜欢干“自己动手”的活。上周，她还自己动手给我制作了一张生日贺卡。

5. 她的未来打算是……

要求：

1. 文章须包含所有要点，语句通顺、意思连贯；

词数70个左右；

对第5要点做1-2句的发挥，使文章意思完整。

— Andy is really honest boy.

— Yes. That’s why he is most popular student in his class.

A. an; a B. an; the

C. a; the D. the; /

—You see, “Food Safety” receives thousands of Internet hits a day.

—Yes, it becomes one of the _________ topics(话题) these days.

A. uninteresting B. hot

C. most uninteresting D. hottest

—Linda, how is your classmate, Lisa?

—She never says a bad word ___ her friends. She’s the kindest girl I’ve ever met.

A. for B. in C. with D. about

If there is time, I’ll do my homework _______ better.

A. less; more B. much; less

C. more; much D. little; much