on a 20-mile flight across Tampa Bay. It operated for only four months from January 1914.
The first European airline flew every day from Berlin to Weimar. Called Deutsche Lutt-Reederei (DLR), it started to operate on 6 February 1919. At first it carried only mail and newspapers, but before long it took passengers as well. The planes were open to the air so passengers had to wear special clothing and shoes to protect them from the wind, rain and cold.
In March 1919 the first international airline began to operate. Lignes Aeriennes Farman flew once a week between Paris and Brussels. The journey took two hours and 50 minutes. Later that year, an English airline, Air Transport and Travel, flew every day from London to Paris.
Although the first passenger flights took place in the USA, the development of air travel in America was strangely slow; it was not until 1926 that there were any regular passenger services there. It was not until 1939 that the first service across the North Atlantic began to operate. This was a service by the Pan American Boeing 314 flying boat, Yankee Clipper, which took 18 hours and 42 minutes to cover the journey between Newfoundland in North America and Southampton in England. The journey now takes about four hours by Boeing 777 and half that by Concorde.
Today for many people air travel is as much part of their lives as traveling by boat, car or train. Although it has not seriously affected travel by car or train, it has caused many shipping lines to stop carrying passengers, as most people now prefer to make long journeys by air rather than by sea.
48. The first passenger airline ___________.
A. traveled across land to Tampa B. operated in Russia C. operated only for a short time D. started in a famous city 49. DLR carried ___________.
A. mail and newspapers only B. passengers only
C. shoes and clothing D. mail at first, then passengers later 50. The flight across the Atlantic by Concorde takes ____________. A. two hours B. two hours and 50 minutes C. four hours D. 18 hours and 42 minutes 51. The story is about __________.
A. the history of flight B the development of passenger air travel
C. the invention of the first plane D. the development of the first airline
D
Luo Dongdong is one of the students in Class 7b. He joined our middle school at the beginning of the second term. By then we all knew each other well and we each had our own small group of friends. None of the students welcomed Luo Dongdong into any of the groups.
Luo Dongdong looked out of place. He was
different from us and, anyway, he did not try to join any of the groups. First of all his clothes were different from ours. They were old and too big for his small body. They were always clean but he looked funny in them.
He brought his schoolbooks to class every day in a large plastic bag. One day one of the handles broke. I lent him my old sports bag to carry his books home. The next day he came to school with a new plastic bag and returned my old sports bag to me.
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\ou didn't have to,\.\
From that day I began talking to Luo Dongdong during the lunch breaks. I got to know him well. He is a very kind and thoughtful person. His family is quite hard up. His father lost his job two years ago and now earns a living cleaning shoes. His mother helps to make ends meet by working in a shirt factory. Luo Dongdong has a younger sister at home and he looks after her every evening until seven. His parents get back home at that time and his mum cooks the evening meal for them all. Luo Dongdong's mum and dad told him to study hard at school. One day his dad came home with a bright new light bulb so Luo Dongdong could study at night. He wanted his son to do well at school, and perhaps one day go to university.
Luo Dongdong is very clever. He often gives us a hand with our homework. We are pleased to have him as our classmate. He still isn't a member of any special group, but everybody in the class likes him.
52. When did Luo Dongdong join Class 7b?
A. At the beginning of the year. B. In the middle of the term. C. At the beginning of the second term. D. At the end of the second
term.
53. How were Luo Dongdong's clothes different from those of the other students? A. They were clean. B. They were too big for him. C. They were a different color. D. They were too small for him.
54. Why did I lend him my old sports bag?
A. Because one of the handles of his bag broke. B. Because his bag was too small.
C. Because the books in his bag were too heavy. D. Because he asked me to lend it to him.
55. What does Luo Dongdong's father do?
A. He's a teacher. B. He works in a shirt factory. C. He doesn't work. D. He cleans shoes. 五、词汇运用（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分） A. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。
round avoid bee boss strong 56. You can see some ▲ over there.
57. You must ▲ driving through large cities on your trip. 58. -- Who is ▲ , Alan or Paul? -- Alan is. 59. Sometimes I have to go and ask the ▲ for a rise. 60. We all know the earth goes ▲ the sun.
B. 根据短文内容和所给中文提示，写出空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
My dream job is to be a singer. I really want my dream to come true.
When I was a 61 ▲ (小的) girl, my parents played music for me 62 ▲ (差不多) every day, so I like listening to music and singing songs.
In the school, my teacher asked us to write an article about our dream jobs. I thought for a while and decided that my dream is to be a 63 ▲ (街道) singer. I have
no hobbies 64 ▲ (除……外) singing songs and listening to music.
Once my teacher told me that he would like to 65 ▲ (举办) a party. He asked me 66 ▲ (是否) I could sing songs at the party. I was very happy to hear that. It was a 67 ▲ (重大的) chance for me to show off.
I was the 68 ▲ (第五) to perform. After it, my teacher told me that I had a very 69 ▲ (甜甜的) voice, and he was 70 ▲(感动) by my performance. Success takes time and effort. Now I am still a student. I need to study hard. I believe that my dream will come true in the future.
六、任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
下栏是一些电视节目频道介绍，请根据上栏人物的相关信息，在下栏中找出与他们匹配的节目频道，其中一项为多余选项。
(▲) 71. Gina enjoys watching English news on TV every day. (▲) 72. Mike is very interested in law and he enjoys law programs on TV. (▲) 73. Helen is very good at singing and performing. She often watches art and music shows on TV. (▲) 74. David is a football fan and he enjoys watching football matches and sports news on TV. (▲) 75. Xia Lulu is from Wenzhou but she works in Shanghai. She enjoys watching news about Wenzhou every day. A. CCTV- 5 offers sports news and matches home and abroad. It is a very good channel for sports lovers. B. CCTV- 9 offers different kinds of English programs all day. News in English and English speech competitions are shown on this channel. C. On Channel CCTV -3, you can enjoy different kinds of art and music shows. D. CCTV -6 is a movie channel. You can enjoy movies home and abroad 24 hours a day on this channel. E. Wenzhou TV mainly offers news about Wenzhou City. People from Wenzhou would like to watch it to know what has happened in their home town. F. At 12:35 every day, you can watch reports about law on CCTV-1. Law experts are invited to join the program to give their ideas on law problems.
七、书面表达（本题有1小题，共20分）
76.某英文报纸提出“我为父母做件事”的倡议，请你就这一话题写一篇约100词的英语文章, 内容可包括：你想为父母做什么事、你为什么想做这件事、你打算如何做这件事等等，可适当发挥。注意:文中不得出现真实人名、校名等其他相关信息。
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小 词 典 affect channel diet expert journey regular v. n. n. n. n. 影响 频道 日常饮食 专家 行程 bulb conductor earn handle pretend nn电灯泡 列车员 . v. 挣得 n手柄 . v. 假装 把它当做理所当然 adj. 合格的 take it for granted 英语参考答案
一、听力 1-5 ABCCA 6-10 BAACB 11-15 ABBCA 二、语言知识运用16-20 ABDCB 21-25 CDACB
三、完形填空 26-30 ABDCA 31-35 BACDB 36-40 CDABC 四、阅读理解 41-43 DAC 44-47 DCBA 48-51 CDAB 52-55 CBAD 五、词汇运用
A. 56-60 bees avoid stronger boss(es) round B. 61-65 little/small almost street except hold/have 66-70 if/whether great/big fifth sweet moved 六、任务型阅读71-75 BFCAE 七、书面表达 71(略)