Shopping in the United States changes a lot．About ninety years ago most people shopped in small stores that were owned by one person or a family．Women went from the bakery to the butcher’s to the grocer and on to the fruit and vegetable seller in order to get their food for the week．Then, about sixty years ago, supermarkets were born．In a supermarket, people could get all the different kinds of food they needed without going to different stores．
The next big change in shopping in the United States was the shopping mall．A shopping mall is a group of stores under one roof．Because malls allowed people to shop without worrying about the weather, they soon became very popular．The mall became a place for people to socialize in addition to shopping．If you walk through a mall, you will see older people sitting, chatting and drinking coffee．Malls are places for teenagers to hang out．Many teens will often just “go to the mall” and spend time with their friends．
The recent change in American shopping was the superstore．Large chain stores such as Wal-Mart, Office Depot and Toys“R”Us have been built all across the United States．Because they are so large, they can buy goods at a great discount and sell them much cheaper than smaller stores．Sometimes, when they are built near small towns, many of the small town stores have to close．They just cannot compete with their giant neighbors．
And now, online shopping is becoming more and more popular all over the States．People are too busy to go to the physical stores, so they go shopping over the Internet．Online shopping has lots of advantages．For instance, online stores are usually available 24 hours a day．Searching or browsing online shops can be faster than browsing the physical stores．While, online shopping also has its disadvantages．People are at higher risk of being cheated on the part of the merchant than in a physical store．And privacy of personal information may be let out．
【小题1】Which of the following shows the right order of shopping development in the United States?
①small stores         ②superstores   ③shopping malls
④shopping online     ⑤supermarkets

A．①②③④⑤	B．①⑤②③④
C．②③④①⑤	D．①⑤③②④

【小题2】Which is the place for people to spend time with others according to the passage?

A．Small stores．	B．Shopping malls．
C．Supermarkets．	D．Superstores．

【小题3】Why can the superstores sell products at much lower prices?

A．Because they can buy goods at a reduction in price．

B．Because they are across the United States．

C．Because they sell all kinds of products people need．

D．Because they are built near small towns．

【小题4】What’s the disadvantage of online shopping according to the passage?

A．Wasting time．

B．Fixed prices．

C．Leaking personal information．

D．No chance to do physical activities．

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节，阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。（满分10分）

Jim: What’s wrong, Ann? You don’t look good.

Ann: I’m OK. I’m just (76) t_______. I didn’t sleep well last night            76.  t ________

Jim: That’s too bad. (77) W______ couldn’t you sleep well?                 77.  W_________

Ann: Well, I had a dream. I (78) w_______ up at three in the morning,         78.  w________

and I couldn’t get (79) b_____ to sleep.                               79.  b__________

Jim: Do you (80) r______ the dream?                                   80.  r________

Ann: Yes, I do. (81)F______, a big lion came into my room and               81. F________

jumped on my bed. I thought it was going to eat me. I was really frightened.

Jim: What happened next?

Ann: Well, then I started talking to the lion. I said, “ Please don’t eat me.

Get off  (82) m______ bed, and I will give you some food. Then maybe you   82.________

will be happy and go away.”

Jim: How did the dream end?

Ann: Well, I closed my eyes and counted to one hundred.

Then I (83) o_____ my eyes, and the lion was gone. But…                 83. o_______

Jim: But what?

Ann: My cat, Poco, was sitting (84) o______ my bed. He was watching me.      84 . o_______

Jim: Oh, now I understand. I think you should give Poco a lot of (10) f____ tonight. 85. f_____

 

根据汉语、首字母提示在课文内容语境中写出单词的适当形式

1.Only athletes who have reached the a       standard for their event will be           as competitors

2.After that ,what happened to the Amber Room r       a mystery.

3.After I was p         by an operator who used cards with holes I could “think” logically and p        an answer quicker than any person.

4.Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a b      with him.

5.Do you think Hippomenes d        to win the race ?

6.Make sure that you all get        (同等)turns in talking to the class

7.In this way you will become more          (自信)in speaking English.

8.At that time it was           (认为)a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial         (智能)”.

9.In1936 my real father Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to s       any difficult mathematical problem.

10.I was able to s      my knowledge with others        (通过)the World Wide Web.

11.I developed very slowly and it took       (将近)two hundred years b        I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage.

12.In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they         (庆祝)the 300th birthday of their city.

13.It was also a treasure d       with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best         (艺术家)about ten years to make.

14.The          (设计)of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days.

 

请根据句子逻辑, 从模块四课本所学的词汇中选用恰当的单词并且使用其正确的形式填空。 

1.He will r_______________ our class to take part in the meeting．

2.I won’t trust you until you give me the c__________ evidence to support what you say．

3.We are lucky that all our classrooms are very well e______________．We have computers, fans, air-conditioners etc．

4.This dictionary is for the a_______________ English learners while that one is for the beginners．

5.Jim is so c____________________ that he always gets everything ready for the teacher before each lesson．

6.We are sure to o____________ all difficulties on our way to success if we are mentally strong．

7.Only a m__________ of students are against this plan while most of them support it．

8.Jack and Ben had a quarrel yesterday．But now they have found that the quarrel happened because of a m________________ and they have forgiven(原谅) each other．

9.Your c_________ on him that he is not an honest person really hurts him．

10.What the hero has done will i______________ more people to follow him and offer help to others when necessary．

 

第一节：单词拼写（共10小题; 每小题0.5分，满分5分）

1. In Africa, still quite a number of children die of h______ because of lack of food every day.

2. Nowadays, China can not only feed herself but also e________ some rice to other countries.

3. Now that you have grown up, you should r__________ on yourself.

4. He is afraid of the dog as he has ever been b___________ by a dog.

5. The bad weather a _________ for the long delay（延迟） of the plane.

6. You’d better a____________ to your mother for your rudeness.

7. Your smoking can be h___________ to the health of your children.

8. Vancouver is s_____________ by mountains on the north and east and the Pacific Ocean on the west.

9. He found his English was so l________ that he couldn’t make himself understood by the foreign customers in the shop.

10. The new hospital will be a great b________ to the town.