RecyclingBin app ( 应用程序). This app encourages people torecycle. It provides users with a map of local recyclingcenters. And it allows them to save places as favoriteson it. This app also reminds users to recycle.
The team, of nine students in Grade Six, is fromSTEM Center Middle School. They came up with theidea as part of a school project for the VerizonInnovative App Challenge. The competition wasdesigned by the Verizon Foundation to increasestudents' interest in science, technology, engineeringand math, or STEM. It asks students to think of an appthat could solve a problem in their school or city. Thenine students came up with the idea for Recycling Binwhen they saw a need for more recycling.
“We thought that this would really help a lot ofpeople,”said Jaden Hilkemann, 12. “We worked together and it was great,”JacobPfeifer, 12, added that they learned a lot workingtogether. “At first, we all didn't agree on what wewanted it exactly to do, but in the end we all came to anagreement,”he said.
They kept their design easy so that anyone coulduse it. Now the free Recycling Bin app has been putinto use in the Google Play app store for Androidphones.
“I was so excited when it went up at the app store,”said Seralyn Blake, 12.“A lot of my family membersdownloaded the app. It was pretty cool.”
( )61. Which of the following words can be put intothe blank in Paragraph 2? A. Difference. B. Chance. C. Problem. D. Mystery.
( )62. What can we know about the Verizon InnovativeApp Challenge? A. It is held by STEM Center Middle School. B. It is a competition for middle school students. C. It is designed to help solve environmentalproblems. D. It encourages students to develop an interestin STEM. ( )63. Which of the following is TRUE about theRecycling Bin? A. It is useful. B. It sells well.
C. The idea for it came from three 12-year-oldstudents.
D. The idea for it resulted from the badrecycling situation in a school. ( )64. While turning their idea into an app, thestudents ________.
A. divided the work into parts B. learned a lot from each other C. could reach an agreement soon D. got much help from their school
( )65. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. A competition. B. An interview. C. A group. D. An invention.
Ⅸ. 任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2 分，计10分） 阅读短文，并按要求完成71~75 题。
Connor McLeod has a problem with money. The13-year-old from New South Wales, Australia, cannottell the differences between bills ( 钞票). Australianbills come in different colors and sizes and it is clearhow much each bill is worth. But Connor has been__________ since birth. He says the size differencesaren't enough to tell the bills apart.“I have to keepasking my mom how much money I have,”he says.Many other Australians have the same problem. About357,000 Australians are blind or visually impaired (视力受损的). Connor decided to take action.
Last year, he started to advise the Reserve Bank ofAustralia (RBA) to print tactile (能触知的) money. TheRBA is responsible for producing Australian bills.Connor met with RBA officials and asked them to addspecial features to the bills. The features would make iteasier for people with vision problems to know eachbill by touch. Connor also started an online petition (请愿书). More than 57,000 people wrote their names on
it.“I was very happy that people were supporting me,” he says.The RBA got the message. In February, itannounced it would add a tactile feature to its next bills.
Connor is proud of the change he has helped bringto his country.“It's pretty cool,”he says.“You neverknow what you can achieve if you don't give it a go.”
71 题完成句子；72~73 题简略回答问题；74 题将文中横线处空缺的一个单词填写在下面的答题线上；75 题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
71. About ___________________ people in Australiahave the same problem as Connor has. 72. What did Connor do to solve the problem?
__________________________________________ 73. How does Connor feel about his efforts?
__________________________________________
74. __________________________________________ 75. __________________________________________ Ⅹ. 词语运用（共5小题，每小题1 分，计5分）
根据短文内容及所给提示，补全文中单词或用所给单词的正确形式填空。
Do you know men and women have different76. __________(communicate) styles? That’s why theysometimes can’tcommunicate well with each other.Men usually take a direct way to consider a problemand come to a 77. s__________. Men often makedecisions more quickly than women. They also liketo make decisions by themselves. They are less78. __________(comfort) discussing their feelings.They build friendships by doing activities together.While women usually discuss problems and ask otherpeople for their opinions. They like to talk with others79. b__________ they make a decision. They also liketo discuss personal topics and talk about their
feelings.However, keeping their 80. __________(promise) is themost important in friendship for both men and women.
Ⅺ. 基础写作(包括A、B 两部分，A部分5 分，B 部分15 分，共计20分) A) 连词成句（共5 小题，每小题1分，计5 分）
将所给词语连成句子，标点已给出。要求：符合语法，语句通顺，大小写正确，词语不得重复使用。
81. you, with, are, her, satisfy
_________________________________________? 82. is, get along with, easy, Tom
_________________________________________. 83. unit, is, what, interest, it, an
_________________________________________! 84. hang out, don’t, time, waste
_________________________________________. 85. the, yesterday, ahead of time, cancel, they, meeting _________________________________________. B) 书面表达（计15分）
86. 假设你是某少儿杂志的编辑Diana，最近收到了读者Mike 的一封来信，信中Mike 倾诉了他目前的烦恼。请根据Mike 的来信及下表提示内容，给Mike 写 一封回信。
与人交流 : 课上积极参与小组活动，勇于表达自己的想法；课间和同学交流 表达善意 : 主动问候同学；对同学友好；帮助同学 参加活动: 积极参加班级活动（如：运动会、歌咏比赛等） 参考词汇：group work 小组活动, express 表达 要求：(1) 词数：80 左右；
(2) 信的格式及开头已给出，不计入总词数； (3) 要点齐全，行文连贯，可适当发挥。
Dear Diana,
I just came to a new school. And I can’t get on well with my new classmates ... What should I do? Mike Dear Mike,
I’ve learned about your problems. I think___________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Best wishes, Diana
参考答案：
Ⅴ. 26-30 ACCBD 31-35 DABBD 36-40 BCDCA Ⅵ. 41-45 DCABB 46-50 CDBAC
Ⅶ. 51-55 CACCD 56-60 CBCDB 61-65 CDABD Ⅸ. 71. 357,000
72. He advised the RBA to print tactile money andstarted an online petition. 73. Proud. 74. blind
75. 澳大利亚储备银行负责发行澳元。 Ⅹ. 76. communication 77. solution
78. comfortable 79. before 80. promises Ⅺ. A) 81. Are you satisfied with her
82. Tom is easy to get along with
83. What an interesting unit it is 84. Don’t waste time hanging out
85. They cancelled the meeting ahead of timeyesterday B) 86. One possible version: Dear Mike,
I’ve learned about your problems. I think you shouldbe active in group work in class and be brave enoughto express your ideas. Try to talk with your classmates
at break. If you want to get on well with yourclassmates, don’t forget to say hello when you meetthem. Being friendly and helpful is also veryimportant. You need to take part in all kinds of classactivities, such as sports meetings and singingcompetitions. I’m sure you will soon be amongfriends. Best wishes, Diana
Unit 9 Communication (Lessons 52-54)
笔试部分
Ⅴ. 单项选择（共15小题，每小题1 分，计15分） 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
( )26. I think smiling is ______ universal language.Do you think so? A. a B. an C. the D. 不填
( )27. She used to have ______ learning English, butnow she does well in it. A. fun B. trouble C. secret D. moment
( )28. Jack adapted ______ the life in China veryquickly. A. for B. in C. from D. to
( )29. The old woman lives ______, but she neverfeels ______. A. alone; aloneB. lonely; lonely C. alone; lonely D. lonely; alone
( )30. As a stranger, he has to find a way ______. A. accepting B. to accept
C. being acceptedD. to be accepted