13. The policeman caught the thief yesterday.(改为反意疑问句）
The policeman caught the thief yesterday, ? 14. Let’s talk to Dad when he comes home.(改为反意疑问句）
Let’s talk to Dad when he comes home, ? 15. Mr. Ma gets up very early every morning.(改为感叹句） Mr. Ma gets up every morning!
16. Would you like to drink sprite? Would you like to drink orange juice?(两句合并成一句）
____________ would you like to drink, sprite orange juice? 17. This pencil is very short. You can’t use it.(把两句合并成一句）
This pencil is short you to use.
18. Jessie doesn’t like the film. Jack doesn’t like the film, either.(两句合并成一句）
Jessie nor Jack the film. 19. Tom was very kind. He showed me the way to the hotel.(合并为一句）
It was Tom to show me the way to the hotel. 20. He goes to school on foot in the morning.(保持原句意思基本不变）
He school in the morning.
21. They decided to go by plane to Ningbo for a holiday.(保持原句意思基本不变）
They decided to a to Ningbo for a holiday. 22. Teddy spent an hour fixing the broken machine.(保持原句意思基本不变） It Teddy an hour fix the broken machine. 23. Mr. Wang is a postman.(保持原句意思基本不变）
Mr. Wang’s job is letters and parcels.
24. I met a group of soldiers when I was going to school this morning.(保持原句意思基本不变） way to school this morning, I met a group of soldiers. 25. Lily lives in Shanghai. Her brother lives in Shanghai, too.(保持原句意思基本不变） Lily her brother live in Shanghai. 26. This room is too small for us.(保持原句意思基本不变） This room is for us. 27. He’d like to have a bigger room.(保持原句意思基本不变） He have a bigger room.
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28. They must pass the driving test before driving the car in the street.(保持原句意思基本不变）
for them to pass the driving test before driving the car in the street. 29. Shall we go and watch the lantern display?(保持原句意思基本不变） going and watching the lantern display?
III. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）
Different people have different ideas about time. People in the USA think it is important to know the time. In cities of America, there are clocks in stations, factories and other buildings. Radio announcers give you the correct time during the day. Most Americans also have watches with them wherever they go. They want to do certain things at certain time. They don’t like to be late.
But time is not so important to everybody in the world. When you visit a country in South America, you will find that people there don’t like to rush. If you had an appointment with somebody, he could probably be late, because he may not want to arrive on time.
In South America, even the radio programs may not begin on time. The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time. People in South America think that clocks or watches are just machines. They think that you let a clock or a watch control your life if you do everything on time.
1. You can see clocks in stations, factories and other buildings in the USA because .
A. Americans want to make these places beautiful B. Americans want to sell these clocks
C. Americans think that it is important to know the time D. Americans don’t think that it is important to know the time 2. Americans don’t want to be late when ____________________ .
A. they go to stations, factories and other buildings B. they do certain things at certain time C. they are free
D. their children go to school
3. The underlined word “rush” most probably means . A. jump
B. hurry
C. run
D. have a watch
4. If you have an appointment with someone in South America, he may not arrive on time, and this is
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because . A. he doesn’t have a watch
B. he forgets to have a watch with him
C. he doesn’t think it is necessary to arrive on time D. he doesn’t like to meet you
5. In this passage, we can see that time is very important to _________________ . A. people in the USA C. everybody in the world
IV. Choose and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）
Where do you want to buy the house
My friends, where do you want to live, in the city, suburbs or countryside?
Before the reform and open policy, 1 people lived in the countryside. Now, half the population live a comfortable and convenient life in the city.
If you live in the city, you can enjoy the rich and colorful life. 2 you may be affected by the water and air pollution. Second, living in the countryside you can enjoy the natural scenery and a great environment but the 3 conditions are not so convenient. Third, if you enjoy the life and convenience of the city, but dislike the limited conditions and inconvenience in the countryside, you can 4 to live in the suburbs. You can not only have a better condition but also enjoy the simple and peaceful life.
However, there are some more details. For example, if you want to live in the city, do you want to live in the center of the city or 5 the center of the city? Maybe it is decided by your workplace. If you live in the countryside, will you choose the plain or the 6 closer to nature? Or, live with nature, near the sea?
After all, my friends, I hope you will choose the place that suits you best. 1. A. no 2. A. However 3. A. working 4. A. have
B. most B. Instead B. studying B. prefer
C. all C. Luckily C. living C. come
D. an amount of D. moreover D. limited D. choose
B. people in South America
D. children in school
5. A. near B. far from C. in D. out 6. A. mountain B. river C. farm D. Forest
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V. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. The first letters are given (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It can s 1 your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook.
One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from a table, and s 2 a snake appeared and bit him on the hand. A few days earlier, the snake came to the restaurant from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and hid u 3 the dish. “I tried to pick it up and it bit me. I threw it away, but it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door.” Jackson said. Anyway, Jackson was cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to h 4 . Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn’t say what was wrong b 5 they didn’t know what kind of snake it was.
Then Jackson r 6 the photo in his mobile phone. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Jackson the r 7 medicine, and he was much better the next day.
“So my advice is this： If a snake bits you, pick up your phone. Take its photo f 8 and then send the photo to the doctors,” suggests Mr. Jackson. “Oh, and if the snake doesn’t smile for its photo, don’t worry!”
VI. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题）
One day, many years ago, when I was working as a psychologist in England, David was brought into my office. His face was pale and he looked at his own feet.
David lost his father when he was two years old and then he lived with his mother and grandfather. But the year before he turned 13, his grandfather died and his mother was killed in a car accident. His teacher told me that he refused to talk to others from then on. How could I help him?
David didn’t say a word. As he was leaving, I put my hand on his shoulder. “Come back next week if you like,” I said.
He came and I suggested playing a game of chess. He agreed. After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon -- in complete silence. Usually, he arrived earlier than he agreed. It seemed as if he liked to be with me. But why didn’t he ever look at me?
“Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain,” I thought.
Months later, when I was looking at his head, he suddenly looked up at me. “It’s your turn, he said. After that day, David started talking. He finally had friends in school and he even joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a
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few times. Now he had really started to live his life.
Maybe I gave David something. But I learned a lot from him. I learned how time makes it possible to get over what seems to be painful. David showed me how to help people like him. All they need is a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch and an ear that listens.
1. What did the writer do in England many years ago?
2. When did David begin to refuse to talk to others?
3. How did they play chess?
4. When did David start talking?
5. David didn’t like to be with the writer, did he?
6. What club did David join?
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