--Would you like a cup of tea?

--______I’d like a glass of water, please.

A. That’s right. B. Bad news

C. Yes, please D. No, thanks.

You should teach him how to do the work well. He doesn’t know too much about it. Because he is a green hand.

Guess the meaning of “a green hand ” here. (You may answer it in English or Chinese.)

Which form the selection below can replace the question mark? (下列選項(xiàng)中的哪幅圖片能代替圖中的問號(hào)？)

Children can discover basic about history in the museum.

A. stories B. facts C. names D. ideas

— Did you enjoy the film last night?

— How do you know I went to see a film? I _______ you anything.

A. won’t tell B. didn’t tell

C. haven’t told D. don’t tell

— What do you think of the house?

— It’s everything we’ve been looking for.

A. Perfect! B. Good idea!

C. Not bad. D. So-so.

— British engineer，Tim Berners-Lee the idea of the World Wide Web in 1989.

— You’re right，and the World Wide Web is 26 years old this year．

A．caught up with B. came up with

C. got along with D. went on with

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They have funny words, pictures, and social opinion（觀點(diǎn)）. Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years, he wrote more than forty children’s books. They were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects.

By the middle 1940s, Dr Seuss had become one of the best-loved and most successful writers of children’s books. He had a strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine gave a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books weren’t interesting. Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read.

In 1957, Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 225 words to write the book. This was about the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read. The story was about a cat who tried to play with two children on a rainy day while their mother was away from home. The cat was very special and it could talk. The book was a great success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults(成年人) say it is still one of the stories they like best.

1.Theodor Seuss Geisel was famous for .

A. his funny words and pictures

B. his social opinion

C. his ideas on serious subjects

D. his books written for children

2.The underlined word desire in the passage probably means “ .”

A. 問題 B. 愿望 C. 感激 D. 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

3.According to the passage we know that .

A. Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children at the age of 33

B. Dr Seuss wrote less than forty children’s books over the years

C. Life magazine gave a report about adults who could not read in 1954

D. And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street was loved by children and parents

4. Why do many adults like reading The Cat in the Hat today?

A. Because Dr Seuss used 225 words to write the book.

B. Because it was about a cat trying to play with two children.

C. Because it was an interesting story and was easy to read.

D. Because the cat was very special and it could talk with children.

書面表達(dá)（共1小題；滿分25分）

近年來，豐富多彩的課外活動(dòng)(After-class activities)在許多學(xué)校受到學(xué)生們的廣泛歡迎。某英文報(bào)社正在舉辦以“After-class activities”為題的英文征文活動(dòng)，請(qǐng)你根據(jù)以下提示寫一篇征文,介紹你們學(xué)校開展課外活動(dòng)的情況。要點(diǎn)如下：

●最受歡迎的課外活動(dòng)：球類運(yùn)動(dòng)、英語角交流等；

●參加課外活動(dòng)的益處：學(xué)到更多知識(shí)、交到更多朋友等；

●你的建議：選擇適合自己的課外活動(dòng)，豐富課余生活。

注意：1.詞數(shù)80-100；

2.文中不得提及人名、校名及地名;

3.征文的開頭已為你寫好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

After-class Activities

Recently, after-class activities are becoming more and more popular in middle schools.

I will finish________the novel this afternoon．Then I will give it back to you．

A．read

B．reading

C．to read

D．reads