—But Susan is______ than him.
A. the most talented, more talented B. most talented, more talented C. more talented, more talented D. the most talented, talented 26. The girl is ______ to go to school. A. enough old B. enough young 27. He is funny. He often makes us ______. A. laughing B. laugh
C. to laugh
D. laughed
C. old enough
D. young enough
28. —Did you practice ______ English this morning? — Yes, but I forgot ______ the classroom. A. speak, cleaning C. speaking, cleaning
B. speaking, to clean D. to speak, to clean
29. Mary is a ______girl. She always finishes her homework______. A. careful, carefully
B. carefully, careful D. carefully, carefully
C. careful, careful 30. —What do you think of talk shows? —______.
A. No, thanks.
B. Yes, I do.
C. I don’t think so. D. I don’t mind them.
三、阅读理解（共25小题，计25分）
A
In some places of the USA, it is hot and wet in August. People there have different kinds of health problems. In February or March, it's very hot at sometimes and very cold at other times, people have more heart trouble after the weather changes.
Scientists thought IQ（智商）of a group of students was very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% lower. The wind can help people have more intelligence（智力）.Very hot weather, on the other hand, can make it lower. Sometimes in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and August).
Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather.
But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about
18
℃
,
people become stronger. Low air pressure（压力） may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days. People feel best at a temperature of about 18℃. 根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。 31. People have health problems when the weather is hot and wet.
32. Scientists thought people may have more intelligence when a strong wind comes. 33. Fat people may feel bad in cold weather. 34. People feel good on low pressure days.
35. Weather influences（影响） health, intelligence and feelings.
B
You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that.
When she was a child, she was poor. Once, she was invited to her friend's birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her.
“The party is coming soon, but now I have little money.” Tears ran down her face.
Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in.“ What happened? ” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl's story, she said, “Don't worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to…” What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friend at the party.
When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. “How wonderfully you sing! I haven't heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift.” said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America. 36. The song Happy Birthday was written by ________.
A. an American girl C. an American boy
B. an American girl's grandma
D. an American girl's friend
37. The girl was sad because ________.
A. she didn't want to go to the party C. she didn't have enough money to buy a gift 38. What gift did she give her friend?
A. A flower.
B. A toy.
C. An interesting book. D. A song.
B. she would be busy that day D. she wasn't invited to the party
39. What did her friends think of the song? It was ________.
A. boring B. wonderful C. exciting 40. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The girl was still poor after writing the song. . B. The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream. C. The girl's friends had heard the song before. D. The girl became famous because of the song.
C
Hot pot is very popular in China. People put a pot in the middle of the dining table, while the water in the pot is boiling（沸腾）, ingredients are put into it and cooked on the table. Hot pot dishes are
D. interesting
usually thinly sliced beef, pork, chicken, lamb, leaf vegetables, tofu and seafood. Many Chinese people like eating hot pot. Liu Yang is one of them.
Liu Yang went to university in England. Three days ago, he arrived there. He had three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes. Yesterday he was very excited when he heard that there was going to be a meal of hotpot to welcome the new students.
He went into the room and sat next to an American girl. To his surprise, he saw potatoes and bread in front of him. Where was the hot pot?
When she saw Liu Yang was very surprised, the American girl introduced him that hotpot is NOT hot pot. China has hot pot in two words but English hotpot is written in one word.
Hotpot is made from meat, potatoes and onions. People put them in the oven all day in a heavy pot and on a low heat. It is easy to cook.
Hotpot tastes fine. But Liu Yang still misses hot pot, two words! 41. Liu Yang is ______.
A. a Chinese boy B. an English student C. an American girl D. an American 42. Liu Yang was very excited because ______.
A. he wanted to go to the welcome party B. he expected to eat his favorite hot pot C. he hoped to cook a meal for his new friends D. he wanted to see his friends at once 43. Hotpot is made from _______.
A. tofu and seafood
B. meat, potatoes and onions
D. bread, cakes and hamburgers
C. sliced meat and leaf vegetables
44. The underlined word “introduced” might mean________.
A. 烹制
B. 招待
C. 介绍
D. 带领
45. We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. hot pot means differently from hotpot B. hot pot is much more delicious than hotpot C. hot pot is cooked in the same way as hotpot D. Hot pot is often pronounced wrong.
D
根据短文内容，从方框中选出恰当的单词填空，使语意通顺完整。第一个方框供 46-50小题选用，第二个方框供51-55小题选用。每个选项只能使用一次。(E涂AB)
A. herself B. scientist C. found D. foreign E. Do you know Tu first famous Chinese
Youyou? She is a 46 . She shared
the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine(诺贝尔生理学或医学奖) with two other 47 scientists. She is the 48 Chinese woman to win the prize. She 49 artemisinin(青蒿素)with her group . She first tried the medicine on 50 , because she wanted to make sure that it was safe (安全).
Artemisinin is a
A. more B. working C. successful D. traditional E. lives for the world people
gift
from the 51 Chinese medicine. It has saved many 52 . Tu Youyou expects Chinese medicine to help 53 people all over the world.
Two years later after she won the 2015 Nobel Prize, her team had a new discovery（发现）. It may help more sick people.
We can learn a lot from Tu Youyou. We should do something useful for people. If we want to be 54 , we should keep 55 hard with our group and never give up(放弃).
答案：46. ________ 47. ________48. ________49. ________50. ________
51. ________52. ________ 53. ________54. ________55. ________
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共45分）
四、听写(共5小题，计5分)
听短文，根据短文内容，完成下列句子，每空词数不限。短文读三遍。听短文前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读句子内容。
56. What is the invitation for?
It is for the opening of the new _____________________ at No.9 High School. 57. When will the event happen?
It will happen on the morning of _______________________, January 8th at 9:00. 58. What will happen after the opening?
After this, you can enjoy our school _______________________. 59. Where will be lunch?
It will be in the school ______________________. 60. What should parents bring as a gift?
They should bring ________________________________.
五、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答下列问题。（共5小题，计10分）
No.5 Middle School asked the students to take a survey. The question was “What is your dream job?”
There were 500 students taking part in the survey. Here are the results.
The teachers may feel bad to know that only 5% of the students hope to teach in the future. But they will still try their best to help the students make their dreams come true. And here is the teachers’ advice:
☆First, you should understand yourself. What do you like to do?
☆Then, think about what is more important to you, money or joy(快乐)? There’s no right or wrong answer, so be honest with yourself.
☆Finally, before you try to get your dream job, you should study hard and improve yourself better and better.
61. What is the most popular job according to the result of the survey? __________________________________________________________________________ 62. How many students want to be doctors?
_________________________________________________________________________ 63. Why may the teachers feel bad?
_________________________________________________________________________ 64. Is money always more important than joy when choosing jobs?
__________________________________________________________________________ 65. What should you do to get your dream job?
__________________________________________________________________________ 六、词形转换（共8小题，计8分）
根据句意，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空,每空限填一词。
66.Tom is only 7 years old and he can’t go to school ______________(him). 67. Sally likes games shows because they are __________________ (education). 68. I’m glad to help out with any of the party____________________ (prepare). 69. You can buy clothes very _____________（cheap）at Miller’s.
70. We should make resolutions at the ________________(begin) of the year.