9. cute __________ I. pretty and attractive

10. not ... any more __________ J. take a trip to

VII. Finish the following sentences according to the given Chinese. (根据所给中文完成下列各句)(10%，每格0.5分)

1. 自从1975年以来，我的家乡发生了很大变化。它现在已经成为一个现代化城市。

My hometown _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ 1975. It has _________ _________ a modern city.

2. ——你去过长城吗? ——是的。我两年前去的。

-- _________ you ever _________ to the Great Wall?

-- Yes, I have. I _________ there two years ago.

3. 当我们到达那儿时，Hello Kitty正从巨大的礼物盒中跳出来。

_________ we got there, Hello Kitty _________ _________ _________ _________ the large gift box.

4. 她的鞋子与她的裙子很相配。

Her shoes _________ _________ _________ her dress.

5. 她是如此漂亮，以至于每个都喜欢她。

She is _________ kind _________ everyone likes her.

VIII. Reading comprehension (阅读理解)(20%)

(A)

Long long ago, there was a king. He liked to draw pictures. He thought his pictures were good, so he liked to show them to people. People were afraid to say that the king’s pictures were bad, so they all said that his pictures were very good.

One day, the king showed some of his best pictures to an artist (画家). He wanted the artist to speak well of these pictures. But the artist said his pictures were so bad that he should put them into the fire. The king got angry with him and put him to prison (监狱).

After some time, the king’s guard (卫兵) brought the artist back to the palace. The king said to the artist. “I will set you free (释放) if you tell me which one of my pictures is good.” Again he showed him some of his new pictures and asked what he thought of them.

After having a look at them, the artist at once turned to the guard and said, “Take me back to prison, please.”

( )1. What did the king like to do? __________.

A. To buy pictures B. To draw pictures

C. To keep pictures D. To watch pictures

( )2. The pictures the king drew were __________.

A. as good as the artist’s B. better than the artist’s

C. very bad D. very good

( )3. Which of the following is right? __________

A. The artist said the king’s pictures were excellent.

B. The king thought his pictures were not good.

C. The artist said the king’s pictures were bad.

D. The people said the king’s pictures were good.

( )4. What did the king do when he heard what the artist said? __________.

A. He learnt to draw pictures from the artist

B. He put the artist into prison

C. He stopped drawing

D. He threw his pictures on fire.

( )5. What’s the meaning of the sentence “Take me back to prison”? __________

A. The artist liked to be in prison.

B. The artist thought the king’s pictures were better.

C. The artist thought the king’s pictures were still bad.

D. The artist was still angry with the king.

(B)

A frog (青蛙) sat in a well. A bird flew down and fell on the wall of the well (井).

The frog asked the bird, “Where are you from?”

“I fly in the sky. I have flown over one hundred Li. I feel thirsty (口渴). So I come down for water,” answered the bird.

The frog said, “My friend, don’t talk big. The sky is just as big as the mouth of the well. Won’t you have to fly so far?”

The bird said, “You are wrong. The sky is boundless (无边无际的). It is much bigger indeed.”

The frog laughed and said, “My dear, I sit in the well every day. When I look up, I will see the sky. I won’t be wrong.”

The bird laughed, too, and said, “My good friend, you make a mistake. If you don’t believe me, you jump out of the well and have a look at it.”

( )6. Where was the frog? __________.

A. In a river B. In a well

C. In the field D. On the wall of the well

( )7. Where was the bird from? __________.

A. From a tree B. From a well

C. From the sky D. The story doesn’t tell us

( )8. The bird came down into the well for __________.

A. food B. seeing the frog

C. swimming D. water

( )9. The frog thought the sky was __________.

A. boundless B. very big

C. very nice D. very small

( )10. Who was right? __________.

A. Both of them B. Neither of them

C. The bird D. The frog

IX. Cloze (完型填空)(10%)

Once Lu Xun spoke to some young people _____1_____ the study of a foreign language. He _____2_____, “You must not give up _____3_____ foreign languages for even a day.” “To master a language, words and grammar rules are not _____4_____. You must do _____5_____ reading. Take a book and read it _____6_____ you finish it. At the same time, look _____7_____ words in a dictionary and study grammar rules. Very often, you will find _____8_____ hard to understand. Never mind, put it away and start another one. _____9_____ a few months or half a year, go over the first book once again, you are sure to understand _____10_____ than before.”

( )1. A. at B. for C. with D. about

( )2. A. said B. spoke C. talked D. answered

( )3. A. to study B. studying C. study D. studied

( )4. A. many B. useful C. enough D. good

( )5. A. a lot of B. many C. little D. a few

( )6. A. after B. when C. before D. until

( )7. A. at B. for C. up D. around

( )8. A. it B. them C. they D. very

( )9. A. For B. At C. After D. During

( )10. A. many more B. much more C. more D. a lot

X. Writing a passage (写短文)(10%)

1. 短文题目：The Trip to ... 《去……地方的旅行》

2. 不少于80个词

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