Bath, 97 miles west of London, is the largest city in Somerset, England. It became a World Heritage Site in 1987.

The city got its name from the Roman Baths, which was a place for public bathing in Roman Britain. The water there is naturally heated under the ground. Today visitors are no longer allowed to enter the water. However, the exhibitions there will tell you the history of the Roman Baths. You can see many ancient Roman objects, including the coins that were thrown into the water to show respect to the goddess.

Looking over the city, you will see many old buildings in the color of honey. Among them, the Royal Crescent and the Circus are the most famous. The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 houses in the shape of crescent. The Circus is about 200 meters to the east of the Royal Crescent. It is a huge circle formed with large townhouses. It is divided into three parts of the same length by three entrances with a lawn in the center. When visiting Bath, you can’t miss these two sites.

The museums in the city are also popular. You can go and appreciate western paintings. If you are interested in the English writer Jane Austen, you can go to Jane Austen Center to know more about her life with her father in Bath, If you come in October, you can even take part in the bath film Festival.

1.The passage is mainly about the ____ in Bath.

A. writers

B. paintings

C. festivals

D. buildings

2.According to the passage, what can visitors do in the Roman Baths?

A. Take a bath.

B. Play in the water.

C. Enjoy ancient coins.

D. Buy ancient Roman objects.

3.Which of the following is correct about the Royal Crescent and the Circus?

A. B. C. D.

4.Bath is a city ______.

A. where Jane Austen once lived

B. that got its name from the heated water

C. where a film festival is held all year round

D. that has been a World Heritage Site for 2l years

Bangladesh (孟加拉) is an agricultural country between India and Burma (緬甸). Storms from the Indian Ocean sweep across the country every year, and large areas of farming land are flooded (沖毀). The people are very poor.

Fewer than half of the country's children complete their primary education. When they are six or seven years old, many children leave school to work in the fields or at home. The rest of their “education” consists of looking after cattle, collecting firewood or doing household jobs.

Not long ago, an experimental school was opened near the capital, Dacca, to help poor children. There are only 120 children in the school, which has three classrooms. In each class, forty pupils are divided into four groups of ten. Each pupil is free to decide which group he or she wants to join.

The most able pupils do a great deal of the teaching. They act as group monitors. Their duty is to ensure that all pupils in their group understand and practise what the teacher has taught.

There are a number of unusual features in the Bangladesh school. Children do not move up a class automatically when they grow older. Each group is promoted (升級) only when EVERY pupil in it has succeeded in getting to the right standard. As a result, all members of a group work hard to help the less able pupils. Nobody is left behind.

Lessons are extremely practical and include work on farming, carpentry, health and running a home, as well as lessons on the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic. At school, pupils prepare for adult life by learning to carry out almost all the tasks which they will face when they grow older.

Children enjoy their lessons and the school is cheap to run. It is so successful that other schools in Bangladesh are beginning to imitate (模仿) its methods. Visitors are even coming from other agricultural countries to see if they can use a similar method.

1.According to the writer, which pupils will most probably become group monitors?

A.The oldest ones. B.The fattest ones.

C.The tallest ones. D.The most able ones.

2.What does the underlined sentence in the passage show?

A.Every member of a group works hard to move to a higher class.

B.At the end of each school year, all the pupils move to a higher class.

C.Children move to a higher class automatically when they grow older.

D.Each group will move to a higher class only if each pupil can get to the right standard.

3.From the passage, we know that ________.

A.Bangladesh is an industrial country

B.many people in Bangladesh work on farms

C.pupils hardly learn anything needed in adult life at school

D.most of the country's children complete their primary education

4.The purpose of the passage is to ________.

A.help people know more about Bangladesh

B.introduce Bangladesh's poor education

C.encourage pupils in Bangladesh to work hard

D.teach other schools in Bangladesh how to imitate the experimental school

任務型閱讀

Although most of Pakistanis live in the countryside, still many Pakistanis live in cities. Karachi has over 5 million people and Lahore has over 3 million people. Islamabad was built to be Pakistan's capital. The rich city people live in large, air conditioned houses.

Pakistan has 121, 000 miles of roads. Bus services and minibuses are available to the public. The trains are still the most common transport of long?distance travel for Pakistanis. Pakistan also has an airline that operates domestic and international flights.

It is difficult to identify (識別) Pakistani food because the country shares food traditions with its neighbor, India. The main difference between Pakistani and Indian food is that Pakistani food is less spicy (辛辣). Pakistani dishes are often made with yoghurt (酸奶), which reduces the effect of the hot spices used in cooking.

Wheat is the main food for most of the people. It is eaten in the form of bread named chapattis or roti, together with vegetables in season. Sweet tea, milk, or lassi, a drink made from yoghurt, makes the meal perfect. Those who can afford to buy it eat meat, although in the countryside these are usually festival foods. Goat meat is a favorite. Pakistanis will not eat pork by the way.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下面的表格。

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和所給的中文提示，在空白處寫出單詞的正確形式。每空限填一詞。

I'm Mark. I'm from the 1. (東北的) part of China. According to my father, my great-grandfather came from 2. (中心的) Australia. When I told my classmates about that, they were all surprised that I have a close 3. (關(guān)系) with Australia. However, I was so embarrassed (尷尬的) when they asked me some questions about Australia. They asked me whether there were thousands of 4. (羊) in my great?grandfather's home town and whether I had seen kangaroos there. At that time, I 5. (憎恨) myself very much. In fact, I have never been to Australia and we have no 6. (親戚) there now.

Luckily, I am not that 7. (懶惰的) or stupid. I began to 8. (沖浪) on the Internet to learn more about Australia. Little by little, I could easily answer many questions that my classmates asked me. The Australians love eating 9. (火腿) sandwiches very much and so do I. What's more, I am in high 10. (精神) every time we have a geography class.

語法填空

閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空白處填入一個適當?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空。

Some years ago, I went to Australia with my friend, Chris. We decided to drive across the country to Brisbane. The drive was going to take four days and most of 1. was across the desert.

The first day was a lot of fun as we were excited and 2. (laugh) at each other's jokes. By the third day of driving in the seemingly endless desert, we began to get bored. We had been quiet 3. a few hours when Chris found some kangaroos in the distance. We decided to get a closer look. Chris speeded up 4. (catch) up with the kangaroos. We were very close to the kangaroos—too close—when we heard a loud BANG!

Chris 5. (stop) the car and we got out. Behind the car was a large kangaroo lying6. (complete) quiet on the ground. Chris went over to the kangaroo and put his baseball cap on its head. He took off his sunglasses and put them on the kangaroo and did the same with his jacket. Then he put his arm 7. the kangaroo and told me to take a photo of them together. While I was ready to take 8. (photo), the kangaroo suddenly woke up, looked at Chris, and jumped away into the distance before we could do anything.

I started laughing but Chris looked very serious. He said his wallet and passport were in the jacket. I started laughing even 9. (hard). I stopped laughing, however, when he said 10. our car keys were also in the jacket!

書面表達

澳大利亞是一個美麗的國家，旅游資源非常豐富。假如你是李明，想?yún)⒓幽阈＝M織的澳大利亞夏令營。請根據(jù)下面的寫作要點，給學校領(lǐng)導寫一封信。

要點：

1、個人情況介紹：李明，男，15歲，擅長英語和游泳；

2、你想在澳大利亞做的事情；

3、你對這次夏令營的憧憬。

要求：

1、80～100詞(開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計入總詞數(shù))；

2、必須包括所有寫作要點，可適當發(fā)揮。

— the weather?

—Sunny.

A.How’s B.Who’s

C.What D.How

—How’s it ?

—It’s not bad.

A.go B.going

C.goes D.to go

It’s time ______ have dinner.

A.for B.with

C.at D.to