This book is full of interesting pieces of information. It would be perfect for middle school students.
根据材料内容简要回答下列问题。
61. What does the book 24 Hours in the Desert describe first? ___________________________________________ 62. Why does the book mainly talk about the Sahara Desert? ___________________________________________ 63. Does the book talk about plants relative to the desert? ___________________________________________ 64. What is the “find out more” part about?
___________________________________________ 65. Who would the book be perfect for?
___________________________________________ Ⅸ. 词汇运用（每小题1分，共5分）
根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
66. Jim has collected two hundred ________ (stamp) since three years ago. 67. I looked around to see who was the ________ (speak). 68. He has to make a ________ (choose) between the two shirts. 69. Mr. Liu, did I spell the word ________ (correct)? 70. Don?t forget ________ (mail) the letter to your sister. Ⅹ. 完成句子（每小题1分，共5分）
根据各题后括号内的要求完成下列各题，每空词数不限。 71. Is there a bank near your school? (补全否定答语) No, _______________.
72. When does the park close? Do you know? (改为含宾语从句的复合句) Do you know when _______________?
73. Mona doesn?t know what to do next. (改为同义句) Mona doesn?t know what _______________ next.
74. The restrooms are behind the teaching building. (对划线部分提问) _______________ the restrooms?
75. The girl felt scared at first. (对划线部分提问)
_______________ the girl feel at first? Ⅺ. 综合填空（每小题1分，共10分） 根据材料内容及首字母提示补全文中所缺单词。
Wanda and Tina studied at the same school and they were best friends. They a (76) ate together, played together and studied together. That?s w (77) Wanda was so surprised one day when Tina wouldn?t talk to her. She saved (保留) Tina a seat in the dining hall, b (78) when Tina came in she went off and sat by herself.
Wanda didn?t know what was w (79). Could Tina be angry with her? She thought about what she did and said recently. Was Tina upset because Wanda did b (80) on the history test than her? No, Tina didn?t c (81) about that kind of thing. She was happy that Wanda did well in school.
Wanda d (82) to find out what was the matter. She walked over to Tina. “Tina,” she said softly, “is something wrong?”
Tina l (83) up and was surprised to see Wanda standing next to her. “Oh, hi, Wanda,” she said. “Yes, something is wrong. My cat Zorro d (84) today. I feel really sad. Thanks for asking. You?re a true f (85).” Then she smiled. Wanda sat down next to her friend and gave her a big hug (拥抱). Ⅻ. 书面表达（15分）
外籍教师Mrs. Green应邀将在本周五下午来你们学校作报告。假如你是学生会主席张勤，请你根据以下提示用英语给Mrs. Green写一封电子邮件，告诉她如何到你们学校。 提示：1. 乘坐12路公共汽车到和平路下车，沿着和平路直走； 2. 在第二个十字路口向左拐，会看到一个超市； 3. 你们学校就在超市后面。
要求：1. 根据提示内容进行写作，可适当发挥； 2. 80词左右。电子邮件的格式已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Mrs. Green,
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Yours faithfully, Zhang Qin
参考答案
Ⅰ. 1-5 ABCAB Ⅱ. 6-10 ABCBC Ⅲ. 11-15 BCACB Ⅳ. 16-20 CACAC
Ⅴ. 21-25 DCDBA 26-30 CCDAB 31-35 DAABC Ⅵ. 36-40 BADCB 41-45 DBACA Ⅶ. 46-50 DGAFB
Ⅷ. 51-55 BCCDD 56-60 BADBC 61. What a desert is.
62. Because it?s the world?s largest desert. 63. Yes, it does.
64. Books and websites to find out more information about the Sahara Desert. 65. Middle school students.
Ⅸ. 66. stamps 67. speaker 68. choice 69. correctly 70. to mail
Ⅹ. 71. there isn?t 72. the park closes 73. she should do 74. Where are 75. How did Ⅺ. 76. always 77. why 78. but 79. wrong 80. better 81. care 82. decided 83. looked 84. died 85. friend Ⅻ. One possible version: Dear Mrs. Green, We are glad to hear that you have accepted our invitation. Now let me tell you how to get to our school. Take the No. 12 bus and get off at Heping Road. Then go along the road. When you come to the second crossing, turn left and you will see a supermarket. Our school is just behind the supermarket. I will wait for you at the school gate at 3:30 p.m. We are looking forward to seeing you. Yours faithfully, Zhang Qin