【题目】阅读理解
If you want to become a fluent English speaker, you should take some advice: there are four skills in learning English. They are listening, speaking, reading and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening.
Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentences, the meaning of the unfamiliar words, etc.
There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammar—or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.
As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs(输入) in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening.
For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening, you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably(更好地) taking some notes.
If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically(自动地)，and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.
（1）According to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills?
A.Reading and listening.
B.Reading and writing.
C.Writing and speaking.
D.Speaking and listening.
（2）To improve your reading, when you read you should ________.
A.look up all the new words in the dictionary
B.think about what you are reading actively
C.spend more time studying grammar
D.copy as many words and sentences as possible
（3）The underlined words “come across” in paragraph 3 probably be replaced by ________.
A.meet by accident
B.discover
C.find on purpose
D.look for
（4）The author seems to agree with the view that ________.
A.everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programs every day
B.you needn't practice listening if you keep in reading every day
C.being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening
D.you should take notes of whatever you are hearing

【题目】单句改错。认真阅读下列句子，每句话有一处错，错误涉及句中单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的内容。
（1）The naughty boy was punished because what he did.
（2）It was the first time in a year and a half that I saw the night face to face.
（3）Ever since he graduated from college, he worked in a big company
（4）It was her who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River.
（5）I told her that the air would be hard to be breathed, but she still kept on.
（6）He told the boys don't make so much noise.
（7）The captain said that they will arrive in two days' time.
（8）She insisted that the patient was sent to the hospital at once.
（9）Today the number of people learning English in China are increasing rapidly.
（10）There is no such a thing as standard English in the world.

【题目】假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文。请你根据下列要点写回信。要点：⑴ 参加中文学习班；⑵ 看中文书刊、电视； ⑶ 学唱中文歌曲； ⑷ 交中国朋友。
注意：可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；开头语已给出。
字数：120左右。信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
I'm glad to receive your letter asking for my advice on how to learn Chinese well.
Best wishes,
Li Hua

（1）The problem at the meeting yesterday.
（2）This film an old love story.
（3）My father many hardships in the past few years.
（4）She loneliness, but she had to learn to like it.
（5）Look! They are busy picnic things.
（6）I gave him some good advice, but he it.
（7）They have to study hard.
（8）How are you your new classmates?
（9）After college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.
（10） , all the people present have agreed to the plan.

【题目】单词拼写（用单词的正确形式填空）
（1）She was even less (热情的) about going to see the film.
（2）Only because of the color he disliked, the boy r(抛弃) his new shoes.
（3）He c his speech with an interesting story.
（4）I know he s me of my honesty.
（5）She opened the door (谨慎) so as not to wake the baby.
（6）The football team, c of 22 players and three coaches, was set up about 3 years ago.
（7）D into three groups, the students began cleaning the classroom.
（8）These gates are always open for the (方便) of visitors.
（9）The (辉煌的) image of Lei Feng will forever live in the heart of the people.
（10）Her parents gave her so much money that she's got no (动机) to get a job.
（11）I recognized her the (立刻) I saw her.
（12）They argued that the plan would damage the island's (生态).
（13）So a was he in his work that he didn't notice that it was raining hard.
（14）The beauty of the scenery here is beyond d, that is, the beauty of the scenery is hard to describe.
（15）(缺乏) in confidence, he didn't accomplish his speech.

【题目】假定你是李华，你所在的学校将在暑假期间举办“英国文化展”。请你根据以下要点给英国朋友Peterson写一封信，邀请他前来给你们做一次讲座。
1). 讲座目的及内容。
2). 讲座的时间及地点。
3). 邀请对方参加的原因及对方的意向。
注意：可增加细节,使结构完整,词数不少于100。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Peterson,
Our school is planning to hold
I am looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua

【题目】改错题
（1）I have some difficulty in speaking and write in English.
（2）It was in 1949 when the war ended.
（3）Great changes have taken place in our school since you leave.
（4）Our geography teacher told us the earth went around the sun.
（5）He didn't go to school because his illness.
（6）We could make the full use of our resources.
（7）The number of guests invited are more than 500.
（8）I prefer to study English rather than to study maths.
（9）They insisted that he could be present at the ceremony..
（10）The chair is comfortable to sit.

1. Guatmala: Burning devils

In order to make houses free from bad spirits for the New Year, Guatemalans do a full house clean in December. The dirt and dust is gathered from every home and each neighborhood creates a large amount of garbage. A devil statue is built and placed on top of the dirt, and burned. The bad luck is said to burn up with the devil.

2. South Africa: Don’t eat Santa’s cookies

To keep kids from stealing on Santa’s cookies, parents tell children a story about a boy named Danny who ate all of Santa’s cookies and really angered his grandmother. She killed him and now his ghosts visits houses during Christmas time.

3. Iceland: Fear the Yule Cat

Children who don’t receive new clothes by Christmas Eve will be eaten by the Yule Cat, a large and angry cat, which is said to hide in the snow. The strange tradition comes from farmers who used the myth to encourage their workers to finish making the autumn wool before Christmas.

4. Ukraine: A spooky tree

If you find yourself in Ukraine around the holidays, you may be wondering: Is it Christmas or Halloween? Trees here are decorated with artificial(人工的) spider weds and decorative spiders. The unusual tradition comes from a story where a spider wove a web around the tree of a poor family. When morning came, the white strands(线) turned to precious metals and the family became rich. The webs today show good fortune for the next year.

【1】To celebrate the New Year, what will people do in Guatemala?

A. Clean their houses.

B. Show their respects to the devil statue.

C. Buy a devil statue.

D. Move to new houses.

【2】Which country has a tradition that might cause kids’ fear of eating Santa’s cookies?

A. Guatemala. B. South Africa.

C. Iceland. D. Ukraine.

【3】What can we infer about Christmas in Iceland?

A. The Yule Cat usually hides in the grass before Christmas.

B. All the children will receive new clothes on Christmas.

C. New clothes are popular Christmas presents for children in Iceland.

D. The Yule Cat would eat the farmers who don’t finish their work on time.

【4】Why do Ukrainians like spiders on Christmas?

A. Spiders are pretty insects.

B. Spiders are believed to bring good fortune.

C. Spiders always help poor families out of pity.

D. Webs of spiders are suitable for decoration.

【题目】补全短文
①The porter, however, could not understand me. I my question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. 'I am a ,' I said. he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him.
②Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you a picture is 'about'. Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain . I think that young children often modern pictures better than anyone else.
③Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelled good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept . In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!

【题目】阅读理解
Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in the 16th century when English ruler tried to conquer(征服) Ireland. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought against the English. Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give independence to the south of Ireland. The result in that today there are two “Irelands”. Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, in the south is an independent country.
In the 1840s the main crop, was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. This, and a shortage(短缺) of work, forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851.
For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, many people will work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace.
The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and friendly. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were “the greatest talkers since the Creeks”. Since independence, Ireland has revived(复兴) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish songs which are sung without instruments. Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc.
（1）What does the author tell us in Paragraph 1?
A.How the Irish fought against the English.
B.How Ireland gained independence.
C.How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland.
D.How two “Irelands” came into being.
（2）We learn from the text that in Ireland ________.
A.food shortages in the 1840s led to a decrease in population
B.people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countryside
C.it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory worker
D.different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instruments
（3）The last paragraph is mainly about_________.
A.the Irish character
B.Irish culture
C.Irish musical instruments
D.a famous Irish writer
（4）What can be the best title for the text?
A.Life in Ireland
B.A Very Difficult History
C.Ireland, past and present
D.The independence of Ireland