单词拼写，根据英文首字母提示完成单词。（共10小题，计10分）
【小题1】My pen pal can speak two l___________, English and French.
【小题2】Guangzhou is in the s________ of China.
【小题3】I’m not good at English. I have to study hard to i________ it.
【小题4】Sometimes it s________ in winter in Hangzhou.
【小题5】The floor is too d________. Let’s clean it first.
【小题6】There are some r______ in our school library. We can’t talk loudly in it.
【小题7】The l_______ on the trees turn yellow in autumn.
【小题8】Our teacher is f_________ to us, so we like her very much.
【小题9】We are s___________ that the little boy can play the piano so well.
【小题10】Mother t________ me to West Lake last Saturday and we had fun there.

The hippo(河马) is the most dangerous animal in Africa, but that hasn’t stopped a South African animal lover from making friends with one.

   Marius Els is 40 years old. He ______ around 20 different kinds of animals on his ranch(饲养场),in South Africa. He has a real soft spot for Humphrey, a 6-year-old hippo that’s like a son to him. While all of his friends are too ____ to go near the animal, and his wife told him not to get too close, Marius climbs on Humphrey’s back as he swims ______ the lake.

   Marius has kept the hippo_______ he was just five months old. And over the years, the two have________ a special relationship that people just don’t understand. Marius looks on Humphrey as a son, although the 1,200 ton animal could ________ a person with ease. Only sometimes the hippo can throw Marius off his _______ in the water. Humphrey is very friendly to his owner, especially after Marius offers him a dinner of his favorite ________, apples.

Humphrey feels very       in his life. He had another good friend, a goat, but she got eaten by a jackal(豺), so now he’s all by      . Marius says he’s been trying to get a female friend for Humphrey, but there’s no such thing in Africa right now.

1.A. kept       B. swept      C. bought     D. stayed

2.A. worried    B. tired       C. scared      D. excited

3.A. under      B. across      C. along      D. into

4.A. since      B. when        C. after      D. before

5.A. invented    B. found      C. appeared    D. developed

6.A. come up      B. get up     C. eat up       D. look up

7.A. head         B. back      C. front        D. tail

8.A. juice         B. fish       C. bread        D. food

9.A. lonely        B. angry      C. happy       D. funny

10.A. her          B. them       C. himself      D. us

根据对话情景，用括号内所给单词的适当形式或在无提示词的情况下将你认为适当的单词填入对话中，使对话通顺，正确。

Betty: Hey, boys!

Tony：Hi, Betty. Hi, Lingling. Where are you going?

Betty: We’re going to the park to skate. There’s thick ice on the lake. Are you1. ____________ (come）with us?

Tony: Are you joking? It’s really cold today.

Daming: And it’s2.??????????? (cloud) too, so it might snow.

Lingling: What’s the temperature?

Tony: It’s between minus eight3. ___________ minus two degrees! Winter is4. _____________ (cold) here than in England.

Daming: Is it5. ______________ ( snow) in England in December?

Tony: Not usually, although this year it6. _____________ (snow) quite a lot. Most Decembers are wet and7. ______________ ( rain).

Daming: What’s the weather like in America in winter, Betty?

Betty: We have cold winters and8. _____________ summers. It’s snowy in New York in winter.

Tony: Sounds great! I like9. ______________ (sun) weather, and I like snow as well. But I don’t like showers or windy weather.

Betty: Me neither. Rainy weather is terrible! I wish I10. ____________ (be) in Australia now. It’s probably sunny and hot there.

Most American families like to have a vacation in summer. Summer is a good season for vacation. It is often hot in July and August.

   Children do not go to school in those two months. Some people like to stay at home, read books, or watch TV. Many families take their lunch to eat at a place with many trees or a nice lake. Some people have enough time and money to travel to other countries like France, Japan and Australia. They usually fly to these countries. Many families travel by car or train to see interesting places in their own countries. Their favorite cities are New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

   Not everyone likes to go to busy cities. Some families travel to mountains or beautiful valleys（山谷）.

1._____ is a good season for vacation.

A. Spring   B. Summer   C. Autumn   D. Winter

2.Some people like to stay at home during their vacation. They don’t _____.

A. read books   B. visit their friends   C. watch TV   D. go to work

3.Many families like to have their lunch _____ during their vacation.

A. in the office       B. near a cinema 

C. near a big factory   D. near a nice lake

4.If you have _____, you can travel to other countries.

A. money and friends    B. friends and time 

C. money and time      D. food

5.Which of the following is “芝加哥”?

A. Chicago.   B. New York.   C. Miami.   D. Los Angeles.