Part One
China’s worst drought in fifty years is doing harm to most of the country’s south. Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces have suffered the most because of little rain.35 million people have been affected by the big thirst, according to China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs.4 million of them cannot get safe drinking water.
Dongting Lake in Hunan has now become smaller by two thirds. Gao Yibing, fisherman, said, “No eggs were produced, so there’s no young fish. We would not be able to fish anything in autumn and winter.”
Part Two
Medecims Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, is a group that helps people in need. In 1971,some French doctors and journalists formed MSF. In 1999,MSF won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Doctors of MSF go to different countries to help poor people for free. These people are sick and hurt. They do not have enough money, food or water. MSF work in more than 70 countries including Iraq and Sudan. There are wars, disasters or diseases in these countries.
MSF doctors treat these sick people and speak out for them. They try to tell the world about what they see in the poor countries. This makes the world pay more attention to these places.
Part Three

A．a(chǎn) newspaper

B．a(chǎn) letter

C．a(chǎn)n advertisement

D．a(chǎn) notice

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案，并將其標(biāo)號(hào)填人題前括號(hào)內(nèi)。

Travel Arrangements（安排）

Date: 30 April, 2012                           For: Wang Mei

1.How many days will Wang Mei's holiday last?

       A. 14.     B. 16.      C. 19.       D. 20.

2.At what time does Wang Mei have to be at the airport for her flight from Beijing?

            A. 8: 00 a. m. B. 9: 30 a. m   C.  10: 00 a. m  D.  11: 00 a.m

3.When she arrives in Perth, Wang Mei will travel from the airport _______.

              A. by taxi           B.  in a car

             C. on the travel-bus      D.  with her host family

4.Where will Wang Mei be on May 16?

          A.  In a hotel in Perth.        B.  On her return to Sydney.

              C  On a flight to Singapore.     D.  On a trip to Monkey Mia

5.In which country will Wang Mei stay before she returns to Beijing?            A. Perth.       B. Sydney.       C. Singapore.     D. Monkey Mia.

A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After a few weeks the editor   21  the story to her. The lady was   22 . She wrote back to the editor:
“Dear Sir.
Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. How do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it.   23  I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was a  24  to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were   25  pasted together. Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you?”
The editor wrote back:
“Dear Madam,
At breakfast then I have an egg. I don’t have to eat the whole egg in order to discover(發(fā)現(xiàn)) that it is bad.”

A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After a few weeks the editor   21  the story to her. The lady was   22  . She wrote back to the editor:

 “Dear Sir.

Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. How do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it.   23   I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was a  24   to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were   25   pasted together. Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you?”

The editor wrote back:

 “Dear Madam,

At breakfast then I have an egg. I don’t have to eat the whole egg in order to discover(發(fā)現(xiàn)) that it is bad.”

1.A. gave           B. came back         C. handed          D. returned

2.A. angry          B. happy             C. satisfied       D. glad

3.A. After          B. until             C. Before          D. Since

4.A .lesson         B. test              C. question        D. thing

5.A. already        B. still             C. even            D. yet

閱讀理解

Happy Children’s Palace

MONDAY 19:00—20:30 English learning Prof. G. White Would you like to improve your English? This is for middle school students. (2 weeks) TUESDAY 17:30—19:00 Photography(攝影) Mr. Green Learn to take good pictures. Bring your own camera with you. (4 weeks) WEDNESDAY 18:00—19:00 Office 2000 Prof. Wang Lan Learn how to use the new software. (10 weeks)   FRIDAY 19:00—20:30 Painting Miss Yang Jing Would you like to learn painting? It is for beginners only. (16 weeks) SATURDAY 15:00—16:30 Cambridge Young Learner’s English Prof. J. Brown This course is for the children at primary school(小學(xué)). (20 weeks) SUNDAY 10:00—12:00 Swimming, club Coach: Liu Xin Want to swim as fast as a fish? (9 weeks)

1.You can go to Happy Children’s Palace to learn some skills(技能) exc

ept ________.

2.If you want to improve your English, you’d better learn it from ______.

3.If you are interested in painting and want to be an artist, Miss Yang Jing    can teach you ______.

4.If you don’t have enough time and you want to learn a skill in two months, you’d better learn ____.

5.Which of the following statements(陳述) is TRUE?