1、

Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others?

A.The house has been empty for two years.

B.The method seems good, but it needs to be tried out.

C.Do you prefer your steak rare, medium, or well-done?

D.He is worried about her heavy drinking.

2、

Rewrite the following sentences as required. ( 根据所给要求，改写下列句子)

【1】We lay on the grass outside the house last Sunday afternoon. (改写一般疑问句)

____________ you __________ on the grass outside the house last Sunday afternoon?

【2】Fast food is harmful to your body. (改为反义疑问句)

Fast food is harmful to your body, ________________ ?

【3】The US has said sorry to Britain for the accident.

The US _______________ to Britain for the accident.

【4】Don’t throw coins here. (保持句意不变)

_________ coins is not  _________ here.

【5】For these reasons, we often have a nice breakfast every morning. (对划线部分提问)

_________ do we often have a nice breakfast every morning ________ ?

【6】“ Did the children make the display of their work for their parents to see?” Terry asked me. (改为宾语从句)

Terry asked me _____ the children ____ made a display of their work for their parents to see.

【7】the parent volunteers, cookies, prepare, before next Friday, some, for the concert, will (连词成句)

__________________________________________________

3、

Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组的序号填入空格，每空限填一词/词组，每组/词组只能填一次）

A. free B.at their desks   C. break D. similar   E.no

Do German kids wear uniforms? What time does school start in Germany? Find out here!

Just like you, children in Germany have to go to school from Monday to Friday. They have to be【1】from 7:30 a.m to 8:15a.m.

They usually have five or six lessons every day. School subjects are【2】to those you may have. There is five to ten minute【3】between two lessons. German kids can go out and play with classmates.

There isn’t much time, because the school day finishes before lunch. So German children have【4】afternoons. But they get lots of homework.

German school children get 15weeks of holiday each year. The students like the long 6-week summer holidays the best.

4、

  Micheal Scofield has won fans all over the world. The star of the hit show Prison Bread is kind, clever and good looking. But what about the man behind the character?

Wentworh Miller, the 35-year-old actor who plays scofield, is a hard guy to figure out. He doesn’t come from a traditional background and doesn’t_____ a traditional path.

Miller didn’t take a direct road to fame and fortune. He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a degree in English, not a degree in theatre or film. He didn’t even act when he was in college. His only ___experience was in his university’s well-known singing group. Yet, at graduation, Miller still decided to make the move to the Hollywood.

Miller has always been different. Although he is American, he was born in Britain when his father was studying there. His family background is a_____of cultures. “my father is black and my mother is white. That means I have always been caught in the middle. I could be ____ one, which can make you feel out of place.” Miller says.

Following his unusual path, Miller didn’t start trying out for films and TV shoes when he got to Hollywood. Instead, he worked as a production assistant. Not what you would ____ from a Princeton graduate.

However, it all paid off for Miller in the end. Working on Production side, he learned a lot about what makes a good ____.

In 2002, Miller played a role in the drama Dinotopia. He starred as a shy man. The producers remembered his performance when they were making Prison Bread two years later.

With a golden globe nomination(金球奖提名) and another season of Prison Break under his belt. Miller seems ready to take over all of Hollywood.

【1】A.go B.walk C.follow D.step

【2】A.graduation B.performance C.production D.education

【3】A.mixture B.result C.mystery D.miss

【4】A.other B.either C.another D.the other

【5】A.respect B.make C.learn D.expect

【6】A.film B.actor C.drama D.guy

5、

  Psychologists tell us that there are four basic stages that human beings pass through when they enter and live in a new culture. This process, which helps us to deal with culture shock, is the way our brain and our personality react to the strange new things when we move from one culture to another.

Culture begins with the” honeymoon stage. ”This is the period of time when we first arrive in which everything about the new culture is strange and exciting. We may be suffering from”jet lag(时差)”but are thrilled to be in the new environment, seeing new sights, hearing new sounds and language, eating new kings of food. This stage can last for quite a long time because we feel we are involved in some kind of great adventure.

Unfortunately, the second stage can be more difficult. After we have settled down into our new life, we can become very tired and begin to miss our homeland and our family, friends, pets. All the little problems in life seem to be much bigger and more disturbing when your face them in a foreign culture. This period of cultural adjustment(调整) can be very difficult and lead to the new arrival rejecting or pulling away from the new culture.

The third stage is called the “adjustment stage”. This is when you begin to realize that things are not so bad in the host culture. Your sense of humor usually becomes stronger and you realize that you are becoming stronger by learning to take care of yourself in the new place .Things are still difficult ,but are now a survivor.

The fourth stage can be called ”at ease at last”. Now you feel quite comfortable in your new surroundings. You can cope with most problems that occur .You may still have problems with the language, but you know you are strong enough to deal with them.

There is a fifth stage of culture shock which many people don’t know about. This is called ”reverse(反转)” culture shock. Surprisingly, this occurs when you go back to your native culture and find that you have changed and that things have changed while you have been away. Now you feel a little uncomfortable back home. Life is a struggle.

【1】When does culture shock happen?

A.when you reach your teens, culture shock happens.

B.When you move to a big city, culture shock happens.

C.When you meet foreign people for the first time, culture shock happens.

D.When you go to live in a foreign culture, culture shock happens.

【2】How do you feel during the first stage of culture shock?

A.Bored B.Satisfied C.Excited D.Disappointed

【3】How could the third stage be described?

A.Adjustment B.Joy C.Energy D.Anger

【4】What may still be a problem during the fourth stage?

A.Friends B.Language C.Food D.Transportation

【5】Which stage are you in when life is still tough but you are positive to live?

A.The first stage. B.The second stage

C.The third stage. D.The fourth stage.

【6】Why might reverse culture shock be a problem?

A.It hardly ever happens. B.It is extremely stressful.

C.Most people do not expect it. D.It only happens to young people.

6、

  Two waste bottles for a pencil, 500 grams of unrecyclable waste for a notebook, and 15 kilograms of waste paper for a soccer ball or basketball－the equations（等式）are kept in mind by Nyima and all other students at a Second Middle School in Qinghai province.

Every weekend, Nyima holds a plastic bag of garbage, such as used water bottles, as she returns from home.

The garbage collected by the 14-year-old will be turned into stationary（文具）, items like pencils and notebooks, she says. "It is a habit for us to pick up the garbage in the ground." said Nyima. "It is hard to find enough garbage for exchange now"

"It took me about one month to save up enough waste bottles to get something like a notebook," said Nyima. The boy students sometimes work together and wait for a long time in order to get larger items, such as soccer balls and basketballs.

Since 2015, a program called "Garbage for Stationery" has improved the school environment and made students care about the environment around them in six middle schools in the area along with ecology（生态学） and environment classes.Students have welcomed the program since it started.There are about 40 stationary items available for exchange. The school has spent about 20,000 yuan on the program, and some of the money has come from donations from society.

According to Nyiga, headmaster of the school, fighting poverty through education requires not only knowledge but also a sense of responsibility among future generations to protect the environment the local people rely on.

【1】Did the program “Garbage for Stationary” start in 2015?

【2】What stationary item can Nyima get for two waste bottles?

【3】What is the purpose of the program?

【4】Why is it hard for Nyima to find garbage now?

【5】What is the attitude of Nyiga the school’s headmaster towards the program?

【6】Would you donate money to the program? Give at least two reasons.

7、

Writing ( 作文 )

Writing a passage of at least 60 words about the topic “ One Thing I Can Do Better”. （以“我可以做得更好的一件事”写不少于60个词，标点符号不占格。）

（提示：结合自身情况，谈谈在哪件事上可以改进；打算如何做。）

8、

Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空限填一词）

【1】Thousands of people were left _____________ after the earthquake. (home)

【2】They go there mainly because of the _____________ of the Thai people. (friend)

【3】A big fire was so ____________ that it burned down the whole city. (destroy)

【4】Women wore ____________ qipao dresses and walked down stairs in front of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower during the Shanghai Citizens Cultural Festival. (tradition)

【5】We can learn about life and ____________ from keeping a pet dog. (die)

【6】Some students have the ability of _____________ thinking and they can solve most of the problems on their own. (depend)

【7】I got interested in _____________ because of a movie about science. (physical)

【8】Red Cross is an international _____________ in the world. (organize)