You may have learned English for some years. It’s only natural that all of you want to be able to read some English books or magazines without the teacher’s help. Just think of what fun it will give you to finish reading an English story or a whole book by yourself, and how great you will feel if you read even more.

    But it is common that many people begin hopefully to read in a foreign language, but stop half way in disappointment because of some difficulties.

    It is important to choose books that are suitable（适合）for the reader. Then what books are suitable for you to choose?

    Well, I think you should first choose books neither too difficult nor too easy but suitable for you. Then when you are reading, you should never let new words take too much of your attention from the main idea of the story. Just do the job as you often do in your own language. While you are reading, try to guess the meaning of the new words, and to decide which of the key words you could guess and which you have to look up in your dictionary.

    If you follow the suggestion above, you will be successful in reading any foreign languages.

    What fun it will give you to finish reading an English   1   or a book by yourself.

    You should first choose books neither too difficult nor too   2  but suitable for you.

    In the passage, the writer teaches us   4   by ourselves.

请根据所给的提示，选择方框中的词语，填在下面横线的相应位置上。（只填写字母，其中有两个多余选项。）

 上周末我遇见老朋友Bill。他有哪些变化？我们一起谈了些什么？

  1. Last weekend I met my friend Bill. He has changed a lot. He used to be __________, __________, and __________. Now he’s tall and quiet.

  2. He used to play __________, __________ and __________. Now he prefers swimming.

  3. We talked for a while and both of us agreed that students should be allowed to __________, __________, __________ and __________.

家有家规，校有校纪。父母为你制定了哪些家规？你在学校要遵守哪些校规？请选择其中一个话题，首先描述这些规定；然后阐述你对其中一项规定的看法，并提出改善的建议。

注意：从下面所给的两个题目中任选一个

字数80左右。

Visiting a museum, you can find all of the following signs except______

Where do all the tourists go?

     Where are the most popular places for tourists in Britain? There are some of the top ten tourist attractions (胜地).

Madame Tussand's Waxworks (蜡像馆)

(2.5 million visitors each year ) 

Madame Tussaud was a Frenchwoman who lived in Paris during the French revolution (革命). She had to make death masks (面部模型) of people who had been killed ( many of them were her friends ) by the revolutionaries(革命者).

     Her waxworks were opened in London in 1842. Many of her earliest models are still on show , but models of political leaders, pop and sports stars are changed often.　

The Tower (塔) of London

 (2. I rail/ion visitors each year )

      The tower was built in the eleventh century. It was begun by a man who was not even English, William of Normandy~ the cousin of England's King. Around the year 1240, King Henry Ⅲ made this tower his home. He widened the grounds to include (包括) a church, a great hall, and other buildings. He invited many important visitors and many of them came with animals as gift, so Henry built a zoo near the gate of the tower to keep them. The tower was lived in by English kings, until it was turned into a prison (监狱). Many famous prisoners (囚犯)were killed there.

Alton Towers

 (2.4 million, vsitors each year )

     Alton Towers was opened in 1978. It is Britain's biggest and best known Theme (主题) Park and it has been described as Britain's Disneyland. Everyone who comes to Alton Towers hopes to have adventure( 冒险) and fun and they certainly will be pleased. There is always something new for you to enjoy as new and more exciting rides .are introduced each year

The Roman Baths( 浴场).Bath

(800,000 visitors each year )

     The hot water springs( 温泉) in Bath were first discovered by the Romans in the first century A. D.. The baths were built in that place and then used by the Romaus for bathing and for the good of their health. When the Bomans, left Britain, the baths were forgotten. They were not discovered again until 1878.

     Nowadays, the old buildings left by the Romans are visited by thousands of people. They also drink some of the famous hot water. Over a million litres  (升) a day of this water comes out of the ground at a not changing temperature of 46.5℃.

1. If you want to visit a tourist attraction where both kings and prisoners used to live, you should go to______ 

   A. Madame Tussaud's Waxworks      

B. The Tower of London

   C. Alton Towers                   

D. The Roman Baths

2. If you visit Madame Tussaud's Waxworks. you could see ______.

   A. the wax model of Madame Tussaud

   B. the death masks of some French revolutionaries

   C. the wax models of famous people

   D. the wax models of nil pop and sports stars in British history

3. When the Romans used the baths for bathing, they found______

   A. the water was hot

   B. the water always stayed at the temperature of 46.5℃

   C. the water could be drunk

   D. the water was good for health

4. Alton Towers has a history of______ years.

   A. about a few       B. about 30 

C. hundreds of       D. thousands of

5. Which of the four tourist attractions has the most visitors each year?

   A. The Roman Baths, Bath.         

B. Alton Towers.

   C. The Tower of London.           

D. Madame Tussaud's Waxworks.

根据要求完成大作文。

  国家“发改委”最近向各行各业发出了节约能源的通知．学校号召同学们从自我做起。假设下面提供的图示是你想到应该做的，请你用英语表达出来，向同学们宣传。

注意：只选择三或四幅图作为写作内容．并提出两条关于节约能源的建议。

词数为60一80．短文开头已给出．不计入总词数。

  提示词(仅供参考)：reuse v.再利用

There are many ways for us to reduce(减少) waste. We can do something in our daily life.

HOW AMERICANS LIVE

Single parents living With at least one child

   

Married couples Without children

                                   New York is America’s largest city, however, it may also be the country’s loneliest city. People living alone make up forty-eight percent of all households(家庭) on the island of Manhattan.

   “I think it’s the best way to live,” James Conaboy, a 35-year-old New York musician said, “If you want to make a mess, you can make a mess. If you want to paint the walls a certain color, you can do  it . “

   In the USA, there are more single-person households than classic nuclear families----a married couple and their natural children----according to a latest report. Other cities with high percentages(百分比) of single households are Washington DC, St. Louis, Denver and San Francisco.

   The high number of single households shows today’s values. People living alone, especially unmarried women used to have something to do with sadness. That feeling is no longer true. Self-esteem（自尊）isn’t based on having children and being married any more.

1. New York may be the loneliest city of the USA because_______

A. many people often feel lonely.

B. most of the people there often live alone.

C. there are nearly half of single-person households.

D. people can do what they like by themselves.

2.What does the underlined word it refer to (指的是)？

     A. Painting the walls.     B. Making a mess.

     C. Living alone.         D. Being married.

3. Which of the following can best explain the chart(图表) on the left of the text ?

A.     There are more single-person households than classic unclear families.

B.     The high number of single households shows today’s values,

C.     People living alone make up 48% of all households in the world.

D.     Unmarried women used to have something to do with sadness

Sunshine Middle School

Goes to the final !

Our school basketball team needs support ! It is in the final of the basketball competition !

The match takes place at South Hill School in Moonlight Town on Sunday, 16^th July. Don’t

Forget to bring your friends !

·Cheer for our team !

·Lunch at Star Restaurant

·￥10---Bus fare(车费) and lunch

·9 a.m.----2p.m. (Match starts at 10:30 a.m.)

With your support, we will win !

Buy your tickets now !

1. Does Sunshine Middle School need support ?

2. What time is the match going to start on that day ?

3. Where is lunch going to be ?

4.How much is bus fare and lunch ?

5. What advice does the poster give us ?

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Richmond Film Society. Tonight, we begin a season of Marilyn Monroe films. Before we star the film I’d like to say just a few words about Marilyn Monroe’s life.

Marilyn was born in Los Angeles in 1926, but had quite a sad life as a child. Her father didn’t want to see her from the time she was born and her mother became ill when she was very young and stayed in hospital for a long period of time. Between 1926 and 1935, Marilyn lived with lots of different families.

In 1935, she went to a school for girls with no parents, but didn’t like it and left in 1942 when she married Jim Dougherty. In 1949 she met the famous film director Johnny Hyde, and in 1950 she made her first film, The Asphalt Jungle.

Between 1950 and 1961 she made thirty-one films. She was, however, never very happy. She died in Hollywood in 1962.

Personal Information                           Name: Marilyn Monroe                                   Birth place:  (1 )                                                         Nationality: U.S.A                            Age of the first marriage( 结婚):  (2)                                          Name of her first film:  (3)                                            Achievement( 成就) 1950—1961: (4)                                           Age of death:  (5)

仿写明信片Andy的学生们正在外地度假。假如你是他的学生李红，请参照左侧Peter写给Andy明信片的内容，并根据右侧表格的提示进行仿写，将明信片内容补全。

16 August Dear Andy Hello. We have been here for a week. We came by bus. We are staying at the camp in the picture. It is at the bottom of Mount Andy Wong     Kinabalu. We are going to climb the      Flat H.  20/F   Mountain tomorrow.                  Garden Mansion  Best wishes,                          Beijing  Peter                               China

所乘交通工具	飞  机
住宿地	光明宾馆
宾馆环境与配套设施	花园购物中心
明天活动安排	参观世博园（the EXPO）

16 August Dear Andy Hello, we have been here for three days                                                                           Andy Wong                                                          Flat H. 20/F                                                          Garden Mansion                                                         Beijing                                                          China  Best wishes Li Hong