單詞拼寫 （共8小題，每小題1分；滿分8分）

根據(jù)句意和所給單詞或漢字,填入單詞的適當(dāng)形式。

1.It is obvious that the victim put up a good fight with several ________ (attack) in the murder.

2.I watch a lot of Genius Records have been ________ (break) on TV.

3.--Would you like to put up a drawing of the suspect tomorrow?

--No, I prefer ________(check) some clues to it.

4.The clubs Daniel takes part in __________(include) a swimming club, a reading club, and so on.

5.It is hard to believe that pretty girl was _________(指控) with theft.

6.The thunderstorm ________(持續(xù)) for a long time and caused some traffic accidents on the highway.

7.Some students of our school got good results in the English _________(競(jìng)賽) in December.

8.Before you join the Oxfam Walk, you should organize a __________(支持) team.

Jerry is always so busy that he can hardly _________ a few minutes to talk with his child.

A.spare B.share C.spend D.save

Nowadays, many people prefer ______ to the countryside _______ the fresh air.

A.to move; to breathing B.moving; to breathing

C.to move; to breathe D.moving; to breathe

Would you please tell me________________ ?

A.when did he come home

B.where he would play football

C.if he had seen the film

D.why he didn’t watch the game

—I did badly in my English exam.How unlucky I am!

— .Cheer up! Everything will be OK.

A.Congratulations B.That’s great

C.Sorry to hear that D.Well done

We don’t know how different our future will be in the future.We can only try to imagine it.

At first we think about human relationship.In the year 2050, we will use computers almost every day.We will be making new friends through the Internet—even our husbands or wives will be met in this way.It will be much faster and easier for us.On the other hand, our relationships with people won’t be as important as they are today—we will feel a little lonely.

Computers will also help us in many other activities in 2050.For example, they will be used by the children at school to make their learning easier.In addition, there will be much more other machines which will play a similar role as computers, like robots which will do the homework for us.

Spending holidays will also be completely different.Traveling to other planets or to the moon will be available for everyone.Means(方式) of transport will, of course, change, too.We will be using solar-powered cars, which will be much cleaner.

We could expect that the faster technological progress would lead to a more polluted environment.But it isn’t true.We will pay more attention to protecting the environment.And, scientists will probably find cures for many dangerous diseases, like cancer or AIDS.Therefore, our surroundings as well as health will be in better condition.

Although we can’t predict(預(yù)測(cè)) the exact changes which will be made in the world, we often think about them.We worry about our and our children’s future; we have expectations, hopes as well as fears.But I think we should be rather sanguine(樂(lè)觀的) about our future.We should be happy and believe good things will happen.

1.Why will people probably feel a little lonely in 2050?

A.Because the number of people will become much smaller．

B.Because there will be less face-to-face communication

C.Because people won’t like making friends with each other

D.Because people won’t communicate with each other much often．

2.According to the passage, which of the following will happen in 2050?

A.The relationship between people will be more important than today.

B.The way of spending holidays will be the same as that of today.

C.It won’t be difficult for people to travel to other planets.

D.Our environment will be much more polluted with a growing number of cars.

3.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.How people will communicate in the year 2050.

B.What our life will be like in the year 2050.

C.How people will travel and spend their holidays in the year 2050.

D.What high technology will appear in the year 2050.

任務(wù)型閱讀。（共10小題， 每小題1分，計(jì)10分）

Summer is coming soon.When is the best time for swimming in the day in summer?

If you would like to swim indoors, a good time in the day is the early hours – the body has the most energy to use because the body has woken up and will be ready for all kinds of different activities of the day.The body is going to work with enough energy and therefore a person will feel more comfortable if he swims during the early hours of the day.

Swimming early in the day can also be good for anyone who plans to swim outdoors.The conditions outside will be excellent: the water will not be too cold or too hot, and the air will be just clean and fine.Everything is suitable.

Usually, it is not a good idea to swim later in the day because one’s body is tired after work for a whole day and also the weather conditions can be the worst in the later parts of the day.

However, there are still some exceptions.Different people feel different and one’s body acts differently at different times of the day.When a person is feeling active and is not tired at all after work, it may be a better time to swim for him than for others.If he is alert (警覺(jué)的) that time, he is safe in the water.

In a word, the best time can change for every person.The person’s body condition decides when the best time for swimming is.

He never to the Great Wall.

A.had; gone B.was; going

C.has; gone D.has; been

Why not your teacher for help when you can’t finish it by yourself?

A.ask; write B.to ask; writing

C.ask; writing D.asking; write

New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback.The New York police have 170 horses working on certain parts of the city.The horses are expensive to feed(喂養(yǎng)), but it is even more expensive to look after them.Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horse shoes.In fact, they need more than 8,000 of them each day.Every police horse in New York gets new shoes every month.Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths(鐵匠).There are only about thirty-five blacksmiths in the whole United States.

The cost of shoeing a horse is between twenty dollars and thirty-five dollars and it takes a good blacksmith two or three hours to do the job.

A blacksmith’s job is not an easy one.He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of metal and then fit(安裝) it to the horse foot.The blacksmith must bend over(彎腰) all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight(重量) of the horse’s leg while he works.Clearly, a blacksmith must be very strong.But even more important, he must be able to deal with horses-for before the blacksmith can begin his work, he has to get the horse to lift his leg.

One of the blacksmiths in New York is James Corbin.He came to the country from Ireland in 1948.He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also works for a group of horse owners near the city.Corbin became interested in the job of blacksmiths because his father did it, and, as he puts it, “It’s a good way to make a living.”

1.According to the passage, a blacksmith must be a man.

A.clever B.rich C.strong D.lucky

2.James Corbin became a blacksmith because he .

A.was interested in horses

B.was needed by the policemen

C.drew a picture of the horse shoes

D.had to make a living

3.In the passage “to shape a shoe” is to .

A.fit it on the horse’s foot

B.use it for two or three hours

C.make the form of a horseshoe from a piece of metal

D.draw a picture of the shoe

4.The best title for the passage is “ ”.

A.Policemen on Horseback

B.Blacksmiths and Horseshoeing

C.James Corbin, a Blacksmith

D.Horseshoeing Is a Good Way to Make a Living

5.Which of the following is true?

A.Only a few large American cities have some policemen on horseback.

B.New York is the only city in America to have some policemen on horseback.

C.Policemen on horseback enjoy travelling around the United States.

D.Policemen on horseback are less expensive than those in cars.