Ⅱ. 完形填空(每小题1分, 满分10分)

Dear Jenny,

How’s it going? Are you busy with your study these days?

I’ve been back at school 36 nearly four weeks. I’m very glad to tell you that great 37 have taken place in our school this term. First of all, we’re asked to “clear our plates” when having our meals and say 38 to wasting. Some of us used to order more than what we could eat. That was a big waste of food. Now we need to 39 the food we order. We should also stop wasting in some other ways. For example, we should turn off the lights when we 40 the classroom. And our school has opened up some fields for us to learn how to grow vegetables. Each class is given a small garden and our class has decided to grow some tomatoes and beans(豆类) in our 41 time. I think that’ll be very interesting. Maybe I’ll be able to 42 you some beans we’ve grown by ourselves next time! What’s more, we have only two classes in the afternoon 43 we have more time for after-school activities. I’m one of the traffic safety volunteers in our school. After school, we take turns to go to the streets near our school and ask people to 44 the traffic rules.

I think we are having a different school life now!

Please write back soon and tell 45 more about your school.

Yours,

Wang Wei

36. A. in B. for C. on D. at

37. A. changes B. things C. interests D. lessons

38. A. yes B. hello C. no D. thanks

39. A. clean B. pay C. cook D. finish

40. A. leave B. reach C. open D. build

41. A. busy B. free C. happy D. sad

42. A. plant B. buy C. post D. lend

43. A. because B. when C. before D. so

44. A. follow B. make C. break D. think

45. A. him B. her C. you D. me

Ⅲ. 阅读理解(每小题2分, 满分18分)

A

①“I will think of it. ”It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? Though we can not see, or hear, or feel our thoughts, they have great power (力量)!

②Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.

③James Ferguson once saw the inside of his father’s watch, and he wondered, “Why should I not make a watch?”This set him thinking and it led to a wooden clock which kept good time.

④Walt Disney, the famous American film-maker, was often thinking of new ideas. One day, when he was in a meeting, he suddenly stopped talking, deep in thought. He looked and looked at a place high up in the room. This continued for a long time, and then he got an idea for a new cartoon.

⑤Ideas come at any time, and the important thing is to think. When you meet with any difficulty, don’t lose heart. Try to think of it before asking someone to help you. Think and by thinking you will learn how to think creatively.

46. Newton wanted to find out .

A. when the apple hit him B. why the apple fell

C. who made the apple fall D. where the apple fell

47. made a wooden clock.

A. Isaac Newton B. Walt Disney

C. James Ferguson D. James’ father

48. Walt Disney was when he got an idea for a new cartoon.

A. making a film B. telling a story

C. having a meeting D. sitting in a garden

49. From the passage we can learn that .

A. we should always ask others for help

B. every one of us likes thinking

C. it is easy to see and hear our thoughts

D. thinking helps to get new ideas

B

Two children stood outside the door with old coats. “Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.

I was busy. I wanted to say no, but I saw that their shoes had holes in them and they were wet. “Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot tea. ” They came in, saying nothing. Their shoes left prints on the floor.

I gave them tea and bread to protect (保护) them from the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started my housework again.

The silence in the living room surprised me. I looked in.

The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked me in a low voice, “Lady, are you rich?”

Am I rich? Oh, no!I looked at the old things in my room.

The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟) carefully and said, “Your cups match(相配) your saucers. ”

Then they left, holding their papers against the wind. They hadn’t said thank you. They didn’t need to. They had done more than that. They had reminded me that I had so much to thank for. The blue cups and saucers were simple, but they matched. The potatoes and meat before me, a roof over my head, my husband with a job—these things matched, too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The prints of their small shoes were still wet on my floor. I let them be. I wanted them there to remind me how rich I was.

50. The writer let the two children in to .

A. serve them tea and food

B. sell them some old papers

C. show them how rich she was

D. offer them some warm clothes

51. Why did the children think the writer was rich?

A. They liked the saucer.

B. The room was quite large.

C. The cups matched the saucers.

D. She was kind and ready to give.

52. We can learn from the passage that .

A. the writer felt everything matched

B. the writer’s husband was out of work

C. the children talked happily in the living room

D. the children thanked a lot before leaving

53. The underlined sentence “I let them be. ” means “ ”

A. I loved them. B. I left them there.

C. I didn’t like them. D. I didn’t want to see them again.

54. According to the passage, whether you are rich depends on .

A. what job you are doing

B. what you have

C. how much money you have

D. how you feel about your life

IV. 任务型阅读(每小题2分，满分10分)

You may love to see tigers at the zoo. But what if you had to stay with one on a boat on the open sea for over 200 days? Life of Pi (《少年派的奇幻漂流》), the movie from American Chinese director (导演), Li An, tells an amazing story.

Pi is a boy. He lives happily with his family in a beautiful Indian town. His father has a zoo, so Pi knows a lot about animals.

But one day, his father decides to move to Canada. He will sell all his animals there. The family begin to sail on the Pacific with all the zoo animals. But a big storm (暴风雨) hits their ship at night. Finally, Pi finds the only survivors (幸存者) are himself and a large tiger called Parker on an 8-meter boat.

To keep himself alive, Pi has to keep feeding the tiger so that he himself does not get eaten. He tries to get on well with the tiger during a 227-day sail on the sea.

The movie is from a Canadian writer Yann Martel’s book of the same name. The book has sold 7 million copies worldwide. It discusses not only hope but also relationship(关系) between humans and nature.

It took Li An four years to make the movie. He also used 3D for his first time. He hopes the movie will “make the people think”. Life of Pi opened in Chinese theaters on November 22, 2012.

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

55. Where does Pi’s father decide to move?

56. What happens when they sail on the Pacific at night?

57. Why does Pi have to keep feeding the tiger?

58. What does the movie discuss?

59. How long did it take Li An to make the movie?

Ⅴ. 补全对话(每小题2分，满分10分)

通读下面的对话，根据上下文补全对话内容。

A：Hi, Sandy, what are you going to do this weekend?

B：I’m going to see a movie. Can you give me some advice?

A：Sure. 60 ?

B：I like action movies.

A：Have you ever seen the movie Avatar(阿凡达)?

B： 61 . But I heard it is great.

A：Oh，I saw it yesterday.

B： 62 ?

A：I think it is the best movie I have seen.

B： 63 ?

A：It lasts about two and a half hours.

B：Is the ticket price high?

A：Yes. Watching it in 3D costs 120 yuan.

B： 64 .

A：You’re welcome.

60. 61. 62. 63. 64.