选择恰当的单词填空。每词限用一次。（有两个多余的选项）（

What will our world be like in 2050? We asked a group of experts to make their predictions about our future.

By 2050 we will have “clever” 1. . We won’t have so many accidents, 2. they will be able to communicate with each other. Cars will slow down by themselves or stop in 3. situations. Also, our cars will 4. on electricity or water.

By 2050 our homes will be more eco-friendly (环保). We will use solar (太阳的) energy, and we

will clean and 5. our water. There will be many more people in the world 6. our houses will be smaller. Many houses will be underground and we will have 7. to help clean, cook and do 8. home shopping.

We won’t die! We will put our brains onto computers and live 9. . The computers of the future won’t look like machines. They’ll look like humans.

By 2050 there will be too many people on the earth and 10. 100 million people will be living on the moon and other planets. We will be able to travel to Mars and back in just three days.

阅读下面短文，按要求完成各项任务。（共 6 分）

Everywhere in the world there are different ways of behaving. When we meet someone, everything we say and do expresses our cultural background. So if you want to get on with someone from another culture, it helps to understand something about these differences.

Even how we stand depends on our culture. English people talk to each other at an average (平均

的) distance of 130 cm, while Italians chat at an average distance of 80 cm. So Italians can think that

English people are unfriendly because they stand too far away! And English people can think that Italians are too close.

Touching is also cultural. The French touch much more than Americans. A French couple may touch 100 times in half an hour while an American couple may only touch twice! And French teenagers touch each other much more than American teens.

任务一 请将划线句子 When we meet someone, everything we say and do expresses our cultural

任务二 请根据短文内容回答问题。（2 分）

任务三 请根据短文内容，完成下面的句子。（2 分）

According to the passage, Italians stand 1 than English people. American teens touch 2 than French teenagers.

A survey of young people around the world looked at their ideas of today’s teenagers. It shows how different they are to those of their parents and grandparents. The survey wanted to try and understand the next generation ( 一 代 人 ) of adults better and these are some of the results. They show that there are many more (A) similarities between young people around the world than differences.

1

Gap years ( 间 隔 年 ) between school and university are becoming more and more common. Today’s teenagers want to travel to different countries and experience different cultures. They regard this as an important part of their character development.

2

For most teenagers, family and friends are the most important side of life. According to the survey, 60 percent of British young people said their relationship with their family was of the highest importance to (B) them.

3

75 percent of teenagers in Western Europe expect to have enough money to live when they are adults. They are a happy generation. Eight out of ten believe they will have a good profession with a job they enjoy. They also expect that they will be happy and healthy.

4

Young people now are hungry for all kinds of information on mass media. 57 percent of teenagers in the UK read at least one magazine every week, which is one of the highest totals in the world.

任务一 根据文章内容，把相关的信息匹配。将答案的字母代号填入对应的横线上。（每小题

1分，共4分）

A. Hope in the future B. Crazy for information

C. Discovering the world D. Family and friends1.

2.

3.

4.

任务二 根据上下文，猜测文中(A)处划线单词 similarities 的中文意思。 （1分） 任务三 找出(B)处划线单词 them 所指代的内容。 （1分）

任务四 请从文中找出与They have strong interest in learning about all kinds of information from radio, television, Internet and so on. 意思相近的句子。（1分）

阅读下面短文，按要求完成各项任务。（共 7 分）

Every year animals all around the world take part in some wonderful journeys. Here are the stories of two amazing animal travelers.

Every August a fantastic sight can be seen in the skies above Ontario and

Montreal — millions of amazing Monarch butterflies ( 帝 王 蝶) beginning their 4,000-kilometer journey from Canada to Central Mexico. In fact, the journey,

which takes about 3 months, is longer than the average ( 平 均 的 ) life of the

butterfly. Finally many of the butterflies reaching their final place are the great

grandchildren or even the great great grandchildren of the butterflies who began the journey in Mexico the year before.

任务一1.根据文章内容，完成下列句子。（5分，每空不超过3个单词）

Humpback whales swim at a speed of 1 an hour from Alaska to 2 . They travel slowly but 3 among all whales. Monarch butterflies spend 4 flying from Canada to Central Mexico. It lasts longer than their average life. The ones which arrive at the final place are 5 or even the great great grandchildren.

任务二2.请用英语简要概括出本文的主旨大意，不超过10个单词。（2分）

The passage is mainly about .

某英语杂志社对部分中学生的周末活动做了问卷调查（结果如图），请你写一篇英语短文 参加征文活动。

内容包括：1. 简要描述调查结果。

2. 谈一谈中学生应该如何度过一个有意义的周末（至少两条）。

要求： 1. 词数：80-100。开头已给出，不计入总词数。

2. 文中不得出现真实的校名和人名。

We did a survey about middle school students’ weekend activities. Here are the results.

–Do you know ______ girl with long curly hair?

--Yes, she is Mary. She plays ______ tennis very well.

A. a, / B. the, / C. the, the D. a, the

It is five years since we began to enjoy a ______ spring holiday each year.

A. ten-day B. ten day C. ten days’ D. ten days

–What do you think of Wilson’s speaking?

--No one does _______ in our school.

A. good B. well C. better D. best

–I’m a little hungry, Mum!

--There are some apple pies on the table, you may take ______.

A. it B. this C. that D. one

It is accepted by everyone that knowledge is the most valuable _______ for human beings.

A. standard B. treasure C. invention D. instruction