I am afraid I am getting fatter—the food here is so delicious! Love, Amy Hi, John, I can’t believe you went to school in York! Why did you leave? I spend each morning on the beach and in the water. The sand is so soft and beaches seem so long. The water is just the right temperature. Every afternoon, I left the beach to walk in mountains near Miami. I enjoyed myself very much there. How I miss you! Love, Marry Dear John, Maybe I’m strange but I love the desert (沙漠)! Last week we spent five days in the desert. At times, it felt like moon. I always thought deserts were all the same! They are not. Some parts look like mountains, and others are really different. And when we find something green—a few palm trees, a little water, we feel good and great. See you in September. Love, Jimmy ( )51. ________seems to have eaten too much.
A. Mary
B. Amy
C. Jimmy
D. John
( )52. ________ went to school in York.
A. Mary
B. Amy
C. Jimmy
D. John
( )53. _______ spent five days on the moon.
A. Nobody
B. Jimmy
C. John
D. Amy
( )54. John lives in ________.
A. Toronto
Vancouver
B. York C. Laguna Beach D.
( )55. Which of the sentence is true?
A. Amy arrived in Toronto two weeks ago.
B. Mary spends every morning and afternoon on the beach. C. Jimmy thinks that deserts are all the same. D. Mary likes walking in mountains near Miami.
B
Shenzhen is a city in South China. It is not very big, but it has attracted people of the whole country and the whole world as well.
Just about thirty years ago, it was only a small fishing village. There were not many people there. Most of them lived on fishing. Things have greatly changed since the 1980s. It became the first special economic zone (经济特区) in China.
Because of the opening policy (政策), economic changes between China and the outside world have increased greatly. People can come and go easily between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Both foreigners and Chinese have built a lot of factories, companies and tourist attractions there. People all over the country have come to find jobs. Many of them have settled down in this new booming (兴起的) city.
Shenzhen is developing so fast that it has become a well-known metropolis (大都市) in China.
( )56. Shenzhen is ________ China.
A. in the south of
south of
( )57. About twenty years ago most of the people in Shenzhen ________. A. worked in the factories C. caught fish for a living
B. did housework D. lived a happy life
B. to the south of
C. in the north of
D. on the
( )58. When did Shenzhen become a special economic zone? A. At the end of the 1880s.
B. In the 1980s. D. In the 1790s.
C. At the beginning of the 1880s.
( )59. What have foreigners done in Shenzhen?
A. They have come to visit their friends.
B. They have built a lot of factories and companies. C. They have got plenty of money from China.
D. They have come to buy things.
( )60. “Many of them have settled down in this new booming city.” In this sentence, “settled
down” means ________.
A. made down there
B. sat down
C. began to work D.
stayed
C
Travelling for holidays is very popular now, Making a good travel plan is very important. Let's make a travel plan.
Choose the best travel package (包价旅游): Many companies offer travel packages to travelers, for example, Thomas Cook. Sometimes, they offer travel packages at low prices. Book (预订) your ticket earlier. Many airplane companies will offer cheap tickets to last minutes travelers. However, if you want to travel by air, you'd better book your ticket earlier, and then you can also book hotel rooms earlier.
Choose what you want to take. Be sure to take all necessary (必需) things. However, don't make your bag too heavy. You'd better take clothes. It's also important to take some medicine (药) and all important papers for travel.
Buy a guide book. You may know little about the interesting places there. The guide book must be new and have some helpful words on it. This will help you when you want to talk with the local people.
( )61. How many tips are there in the passage? A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five
D. Six.
( )62. Which of following is NOT in the passage? A. Delicious food. B. Travel bags. Guidebooks.
( )63. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Many companies provide travel packages now. B. Thomas Cook is a very famous place to travel.
C. Travel papers.
D.
C. It is not important to book tickets earlier. D. Travellers should take as many things as they can. ( )64. If we book tickets earlier, we will _______. A. get there earlier C. give less money
B get many things we like D. book hotel rooms earlier
( )65. A guide book can help us_______.
A. get some information about the interesting places B. talk with the local people
C. save time to get to the destinations (目的地)
D. A, B and C
第二部分 非选择题（共70分）
五、阅读表达 阅读短文，按要求回答短文后的五个问题。（10分）
“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?\ Taobao, China’s largest online shopping website, has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.
A large number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joy of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students and young workers. More women shop online than men. Clothes and household products (家用产品) are the most popular online.
It was reported that about 250 billion (十亿) yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80% through Taobao.
Taobao means “1ooking for treasure (珍宝)” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from candies to DVD players.
“You may question the security (安全) of online shopping.” Wang Lin said. “It’s very safe and convenient (便利的). Unless you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owners will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the products.”
回答下面五个问题，每题答案不超过10个词。
1. What does Wang Lin do?
____________________________________________________________________________________
2. What kind of people are most online shoppers?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_____
3. What are the most popular online?
____________________________________________________________________________________
4. How much was spent on Taobao last year?
____________________________________________________________________________________
5. When should online shoppers pay the money?
____________________________________________________________________________________
六、任务型阅读（10分）
Hi! My name is Mark. I live in a town in the west of Shanghai. Over the past twenty years, great changes have taken place here.
In the past, my hometown was only a small village. There were no tall buildings. But now more and more tall buildings appear and the roads get wider. My father used to work in a small post office. We contacted each other mainly by sending letters. Now we can get in touch by using telephones, mobile phone, the Internet and so on. The world becomes smaller and smaller.
We can find our life more comfortable. We live in big flats. We can enjoy milk, vegetables, fruit and meat for meals. We can also enjoy wonderful films and listen to music with MP5. In the past, we couldn’t enjoy life like this.
On the other hand, pollution has become a serious problem in our daily life. In the past, there were not many factories. So the water was clean and the air was fresh. However, the water and the air aren’t clean any more, because too many factories have polluted them. The government has taken action to reduce the pollution. Now things have been better.
I am sure my hometown will be more and more beautiful.
1 in Mark’s life Mark lives in a town in the 2 part of Shanghai. The town was a small 3 twenty years ago. There were no tall 4
In the past then. People 5 letters to contact each other. The water and the air were clean because of fewer 6 .