Allen wanted to know ____ after it got out of the UFO.

A．what is the alien doing

B．what the alien would do

C．where would the alien go

D．where the alien is going

A farmer had some little dogs to sell. As he was putting up an advertisement on the fence of his yard, a __1__ happened to pass by.
“I want to __2__ one of your dogs, sir.”
“Well,” said the farmer, “these dogs come from fine parents and cost a lot of __3__.”
The boy __4__ his head for a moment. Then he reached deep into his __5__ and pulled out some change. “I’ve got thirty-nine cents(美分). Is that __6__ to take a look? ”
“­­__7__,”said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle(口哨),“Here, Dolly!”
Dolly ran out of the doghouse ___8___ by four little dogs. The boy’s eyes danced with joy.
As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else moving inside the __9__.Slowly another little dog __10__; this one much smaller. It was doing its best to __11__...
“I want that one,” the little boy said.
The farmer said, “Son, don’t want that dog. He will __12__ be able to run and play with you like the other dogs would.”
The boy rolled up(卷起) one leg of his pants and showed a steel(钢) __13__.Looking back up at the farmer, he said, “You see, sir ,I don’t __14__ too well myself ,and he will need someone who __15__.”

【小题1】

A．boy B．dog C．farmer D．son

【小题2】

A．sell B．see C．buy D．feed

【小题3】

A．time B．money C．work D．study

【小题4】

A．shook B．covered C．knocked D．dropped

【小题5】

A．pocket B．yard C．heart D．mouth

【小题6】

A．enough B．easy C．necessary D．simple

【小题7】

A．No B．Sure C．Sorry D．Thanks

【小题8】

A．sent B．driven C．followed D．taught

【小题9】

A．farm B．fence C．advertisement D．doghouse

【小题10】

A．died B．shouted C．appeared D．watched

【小题11】

A．catch up B．go away C．give up D．look out

【小题12】

A．sometimes B．always C．often D．never

【小题13】

A．hand B．back C．arm D．leg

【小题14】

A．speak B．run C．walk D．swim

【小题15】

A．asks B．understands C．thinks D．succeeds

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day the feelings were told that the island would sink, so all built boats and left, except Love. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out(坚持) until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a big boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?”
Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”
Love decided to ask Vanity(虚荣心) who was also passing by in a beautiful ship.“Vanity, please help me!”
“I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage(破坏) my boat, “Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you.”
“Oh…Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!”
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.”It was an elder. So thankful and happy, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed(欠) the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?”
“It was Time, “Knowledge answered.
“Time?”asked Love.“But why did Time help me?”
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom(智慧) and answered, “Because only Time is able to understand how valuable(珍贵的)Love is.”
【小题1】How did the feelings go away from the island?

A．By water.

B．By swimming.

C．On foot.

D．By flying

【小题2】How many feelings did Love ask for help but failed?

A．2.

B．3

C．4

D．5

【小题3】Which of the following is true?

A．Happiness was blind.

B．Richness had a small boat.

C．Vanity’s ship was damaged.

D．Sadness wanted to stay alone.

【小题4】Who saved Love?

A．Time.

B．Knowledge.

C．Richness.

D．Happiness.

【小题5】Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A．Love and Time	B．An Accident
C．A sinking island	D．Different Feelings

（三）阅读《放得下，才能拿得起》，完成第20-22题。（共8分）
放得下，才能拿得起
①后汉时，有一个叫孟敏的人。一天，他扛着瓦罐去集市，一不小心，瓦罐摔落在地，他头也没回，径直向前走去，旁观者无不奇怪。有人问他为什么不回头看看，孟敏说：“瓦罐从肩上掉下去肯定会摔碎，我看它又有何用。我前面还有更重要的事要做。”这个故事告诉我们：“放下”，是为了更好地“拿起”。
②前几天去医院看望一位生病的朋友，我让护士拿一支体温计来。护士答应后十多分钟却还不见身影，我不免有些生气，就按了床头的铃。护士来了。见其空着手，我更加恼火，就大声地呵斥护士。而朋友却始终哼着小曲，一副满不在意的样子说：“为了这样的小事生气，你的生活还会快乐吗？你管不住别人的错误，但是你管得住自己是否快乐。”我很佩服他这种心态。[甲]生活中，我们常常因为别人无意中的一个小错而大动肝火，不仅破坏了与他人的关系。也让自己陷入不快乐的境地。所以说放下别人的过错，有利于自己保持快乐。
③工作中，人们经常会出现分歧，我觉得放下一时的分歧，有利于获得最终的双赢。一次，在福特公司技术研究所内部，大家因汽车内燃机是采用“水冷”还是“气冷”而产生了分歧。“气冷”的支持者福特，与支持“水冷”的几位主要技术人员发生了激烈的争论。矛盾越来越深，几名主要技术人员甚至打算退出福特公司。后来，在副总经理的提醒下，福特认识到“水冷”的优势，也意识到[乙]于是同意他们搞“水冷”引擎的设想。最终几名技术人员开发出了更适合市场需求的产品，使公司产品销量大增，他们也因此成为了业界的佼佼者。    
④对于位高权重者来说，放下个人的恩怨与仇恨，有利于国家的发展。蔺相如“完璧归赵”保全了赵国的利益，“渑池相会”维护了赵王的尊严，因而被封为上卿，位居廉颇之上。廉颇居功自傲，屡次挑衅。蔺相如深知将相不和，赵国危矣![丙]因此对廉颇一让再让，终使廉颇幡然悔悟，与相如合力辅佐赵王，让赵国在战乱频仍之际仍能保有一席之地。李世民称帝后，面对曾经强烈反对过他的魏征，不计前嫌重用了他，并一再谅解他因直谏给自己带来的难堪，最终成就了中国历史上“贞观之治”的辉煌。蔺相如和唐太宗“放下”的是个人的面子，“拿起”的则是国家的前途!正是因为他们识大体、顾大局的“放下”，
才换来了朝臣一心、君臣和睦地致力于国事，最终成就了国家的安定与富强。
⑤“放得下”方能“拿得起”，我想告诉那些在做人做事方面“放不下”的人，当放则放，你的人生之路才会走得更远、更精彩!
【小题1】．阅读全文，说出文章是从哪几个方面论证“放得下，才能拿得起”的。（3分）
【小题2】．阅读本文第③段，在段末处的横线上补写几句话，建立论据与论点之间的联系。（2分）
【小题3】．根据文意，将下面三句话分别填人文中[甲][乙][丙]处（只填序号）。（3分）
①一个人快乐，不是因为他拥有的多，而是因为他计较的少。
②忍一时风平浪静，退一步海阔天空。
③如果想要消除意见分歧，就应当抛弃固执己见与意气用事。
[甲]处应填：     [乙]处应填：     [丙]处应填：    

Read the suggestions for making an English speech.
a. Looking at and talking to one person in the audience (观众) helps keep you natural, but it feels foolish talking to only one person. Speak to that person as long as 15 seconds and then change another one.
b. The audience have a hard time understanding what they hear. They need your help. Slow down, pause(停顿) and guide the audience through your talk. Remember that you should help the audience understand what you are saying.
c. Make your voice a little lower than normal. Listeners like to listen to a relatively(相对) deep voice.
d. When you talk, try to be as natural as possible. Don’t try to memorize your words and read or recite(背诵) them to your audience. You can use short notes to help you remember the important points.
e. You should know you and most of the people you talk to are different in many ways. Some of them may not know what you are talking about. Then speak to them on their terms and in their languages.
f. Concentrate on what you want to say. If you are always paying attention to gestures(手势),you will feel uncomfortable.
g. It’s true that there are some differences between American English and British English, but they’ll not cause much difficulty for listeners, so just speak the way you’re used to.
Choose a suggestion for each of the following students according to their problems.
【小题1】Paul: I don’t think I can talk fluently(流利) because it’s difficult for me to remember all the words.

A．a

B．b

C．c

D．d

【小题2】Billy: When I come face to face with the audience, where should my eyes fall upon? Do I have to look front, or look around from time to time?

A．a

B．c

C．e

D．f

【小题3】Amy: When I am talking, I can’t help waving(挥动)my hands, for I think it can help me express what I want to say better. But my classmates say I look funny and foolish by doing this.

A．d

B．e

C．f

D．g

【小题4】Betty: I know that it’s not right to speak fast. But I am afraid that I can’t finish my talk in the given time if I speak slowly.

A．b

B．d

C．f

D．g

【小题5】Tony: Should I talk in American English or British English?

A．a

B．b

C．c

D．g

Is the world too crowded? Well, that’s a hard question to answer. It’s all a matter of perspective(视角).In Montana, you might drive for a mile in any direction and not see another human being. In Macao, 60,000 people live in every square mile!
What is true is that the world’s population doesn’t stay the same. It has been increasing at a very fast rate(比例).That’s in part because in each generation(代) these are more people who then have children than in the last generation.
Five hundred years ago, the population of the world was about 460 million. In 1900,the world’s population was under 2 billion(十亿).Right now it is doubling every 40 years. That means, if this rate of growth continues, when you are a parent, there will be twice as many people on earth as there are now. Wow! Now that’s a whole lot of people! Soon the world’s population will probably reach 7 billion. Some people worry about that! But there is a lot of disagreement about just how many people on earth equals(相当于) too many people. But everyone agrees that the more people there are, the more resources(资源) the world needs to feed, house and take care of all of them, and the more need there is to think carefully about how we live and use the earth’s resources.
【小题1】From the first paragraph we can know that ­________.

A．Montana is too crowded

B．Macao is too crowded

C．the world is too crowded

D．the world is not too crowded

【小题2】The population is increasing fast partly because ________.

A．people live longer than before

B．there are less wars than before

C．medicine is developing faster than before

D．more couples now would like to have children than before

【小题3】What was the world’s population 100 years ago?

A．450 million.	B．about 2 billion.
C．40 billion.	D．7 billion.

【小题4】The writer thinks that with the population increasing, we should ________.

A．find more resources

B．use more resources

C．think about our ways of living

D．move to other places

【小题5】From the passage we can learn that the writer ________.

A．thinks the world already has too many people

B．thinks the world can feed no more than 7 billion people

C．is not sure when the world’s population will reach 7 billion

D．is not sure what the largest population that the world can feed is

阅读下面的文字，完成(1)-(4)题。   (9分)
　　伫立旷野，苍qiǒng弥漫着难言的静穆;枕石溪畔，水月传达着无尽的幽思;听雨危楼，深巷漂散着淡淡的花香。繁星满天，层林尽染，江水东逝，天地间yùn含的灵气默默不语。仰首星空，独步林蹊，行吟岸侧，人的性情完全可以尽情挥洒。灵气与性情，穿越了时空，亘古以来，二者就是人们歌咏的永恒主题。
(1)给划线的字注音，根据拼音写出相应的汉字。（4分）
伫(       )立   苍qiǒng（     )      yùn (       )含     亘(       )古
(2)文中“________”一词中有错别字，这个词的正确写法是“___________”。（2分）
(3)“听雨危楼”中，“危”的意思是____，“独步林蹊”中，“步”的意思是___(2分)
（4）将“二者就是人们歌咏的永恒主题。”改成反问句：
_______________________________________________________________(1分)

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，补全表格中所缺的信息。每空最多填写三个单词。
The idea of Mother’s Day is a very old idea. It was started by the ancient Egyptians (埃及人),who celebrated(庆祝) a day to honor (向……表示敬意) Isis, the mother of the pharaohs. The early Christians(基督教徒) celebrated a day to honor Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Later, English Christians celebrated to honor all mothers. This English holiday was called “Mothering Sunday”. When the English came to America, they did not have time for Mothering Sunday, so the holiday was not celebrated in America. In 1914,the U.S passed a law which designated(规定) the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day to honor the mothers who had lost sons in war.
Today, Mother’s Day is celebrated in many other countries for all mothers. In Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the same day as in the United States—the second Sunday in May. Children give their mothers cards, gifts, and flowers. Schools plan Mother’s Day’s special activities.
In China, the holiday is celebrated to show the respect(尊重) the Chinese have for the old people, and the love they have for their parents. Ten top mothers are chosen by the government. People all over the country try different ways to help mothers who are poor.
【小题1】_______________________

	People/County	Who to Honor	Activities
in ancient times	Egyptians	Isis
	early Christians	Mary
later	the English	all mothers
	the U.S	mothers who had lost sons in war	【小题2】_______________
now	Canada, Australia, etc	all mothers	give mothers cards, gifts, and flowers; 【小题3】____________
	China	【小题4】_____________; parents	choose ten top mothers; 【小题5】_______________

假如你叫李华，是资阳某中学初三学生。你计划于毕业考试后去英格兰旅行。请根据下列提示给你的英格兰笔友写一封信，告诉他你的安排并就相关问题向他询问。
1.考试结束后和父母一起去英格兰旅行；
2.计划在英格兰停留十天；
3.向他询问英格兰的风俗习惯；
4.请他建议去英格兰哪些地方旅行。
注意：
1.信的开头和结尾已替你写好，不计入总词数；
2.词数60左右。
Dear Ben,
How is everything? ___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
I am looking forward to your reply.
Yours truly,
Li Hua

— Who’s that lovely girl?
— You mean ______ girl with long hair? That’s Kate.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．不填