my age to party with; I needed a actual role models to show me what I should really be doing with my life.

Months later, when I looked around the department, there would be times when I was the most experienced person, and that was a good feeling. I helped train several people and shared what I had learned from those above me.

I don’t regret the 10 months spent with drapes, blinds（遮帘） and curtains. Just think, how many 17-year-olds can install（安装） window fixtures（装饰）?

(一)回答下列问题

71 Why did I want to get a job?

72 What does the job involve according to the message?

73 In what way was the story organized? For example, in the sequence（顺序） of space, logic or time?

（二）There were some gradual changes in the writer’s attitude to the job. Read the passage again and fill in the following table: Stages Feelings Reasons 75 The interview ________________________________ ________________________________ 79 hearing back from a _____________ _______________ 80 even made friends with ______________. When receiving a 74______________ call for an interview While being trained tired and 76___________ While beginning to a little _77____________ work While working After letting go of Began to like it; my prejudices about the job hoping to learn from them 78 was _____________ _____________. After working many 1 Sometimes I was the most experienced person. months 2 Because I had learnt things and a sense of achievement. 9 / 13

F (每题２分)

Visit the Edinburgh Festival

Every year, thousands of people come to Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, to be part of the Edinburgh Festival. For three weeks every August and September (A) the city is filled with actors and artists from all over the world. They come to Edinburgh for the biggest arts festival in Britain. During this time the streets

of the city are alive with music and dance from early morning (B)

at night. (C)你可以看见很多画家在街上画画。One of the best parts of the Festival is the “Fringe”, where students do comedy

shows in small halls and cafés.

Tens of thousands of tourists come to the Festival to see new films and plays and hear music played by famous musicians. This year, (D)you can see over five hundred shows with actors from more than forty countries. The tickets for these shows are quite cheap and (E)it is usually easier to see your favourite star in Edinburgh than it is in London. So come to Edinburgh next summer, but remember it can be difficult to find a room, so why not book your hotel now?

81. 将(A)改写为：the city _______ _____ ______ actors and artists from all over the world.

82. 在(B)上填上适当的词语： _________ _______

83. 将(C)译成英语： 84. 将(D)译成汉语： 85. 将(E)译成汉语：

G (每题２分)

阅读短文，根据其内容用文章中出现的单词的适当形式完成下列各句，每空一词。

Outside it was snowing heavily and the house was cold. I was alone and was watching TV all evening when the doorbell rang.

Feeling a little afraid, I went to the front door and called out, “Who is it?” There was no answer. I opened the door slowly. Through the thick snow, I saw the figure （轮廓） of a man standing in the doorway. The stranger was wearing a long, black coat and I

10 / 13

could just see his face. “I never saw this man in my life,” I thought.

“Can I come in? I will only stay for a short while.” he said. After I thought about it for a moment, I let him in. “Thank you,” he said in a low voice. “I have looked for you for years.” I showed him into the living-room. In the bright light I suddenly recognized（认出）Billy, an old school friend I hadn’t seen for thirty years.

86. I was staying by myself in a ________ __ house on a dark and snowy evening. 87. I could only see the figure of the man because of the __ ___ __ _ ___ ___ . 88. I thought Billy was a __ _____ __ at first.

89. Thirty years ago, Billy and I were _ ____ ___ _ ____ ___.

90. 将文中划线部分译成汉语： . H

用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空．使短文正确、通顺、连贯(每词限用一次)。(10分)

flower feel however he in mean

so try until weak when wish

There are four people in my family. Every day my parents are very busy 1 to make money in order to pay the high tuition(学费）for my brother and me. They hardly say \you\ 2 to each other. Besides, my father has a bad temper．It is easy for him to lose his temper 3 he's very tired from the hard work. I didn't know whether there was love between them 4 one spring. At that time, my father suddenly got badly sick .My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very 5 as if both of them had had a serious illness.

After they were back, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day in the morning and dusk. 6 ,after two months my father still couldn't walk by 7 ．All of us were worried about him.

\ 8 now?\

%ut me.”he said 9 a low voice.“I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.”Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother very much.

Once I thought love 10 flowers, presents and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is inside, making life strong and warm.

答题区

1____________ 2 _____________ 3 ____________ 4 _____________ 5 _____________

6____________ 7 _____________ 8____________ 9_____________ 10_____________

11 / 13

四 汉译英(10分)

1. 很难想象在我们的城市没有电我们的生活将会是什么样子。

2. 我们制定规则是为了鼓励人们按正确的方式做事。

3. 小说类书籍包含关于不真实的人和事的故事。

4. 试用这些句子组合为一个定语从句：

Thick wires are buried under the street. We call the thick wires cables.

5. 然而，我们能把电转换成我们能够看到、听到或者感觉到的能量。

12 / 13

初二下学期第五次英语周练答案

8B chapter 1-4 2009.5.11 满分120 李婷婷

一 单项选择

1-5 ABBDC 6-10 CDBDB 11-15 BBDCA 16-20 BCABA 21-25 BBCCC 26-30 DDDAB 二 完型填空

ADABD BCDAD CCBAD ACBAD 三 阅读理解

(A) CBCA (B) BBA (C) CDCB (D) CAD (E)BCBD (F) BDAB (G) 73 To make some extra money during school. 74 Installing widow fixtures./ Interior decorating. 75 In the sequence of time. (H) 76 How to use the Internet. 77 You are what you eat 78 How to be good learners 79 101 Q and A about America. 80 Make the waste useful (I)

81 is full of 82 to late 83 You can see many artists / painters painting in the street. 84 你可以看到来自于40多个国家的演员表演的500多个节目。 85 在爱丁堡比在伦敦更容易看见你最喜爱的明星。 (J)

1 trying 2 flowers 3 when 4 until 5 weak 6 However 7 himself 8 feeling 9 in 10 meant 四 翻译

1 It’s hard to imagine what life in our city would be like without electricity. 2 We make rules to encourage people to behave in a way that is right. 3 Fiction books contain stories about people and things that are not real.

4 Thick wires which we call cables are buried under the street. / We call the thick wires which (that) are buried under the street cables.

5 However, we can change electricity into forms of energy that we can see hear or feel. 6 Try to find out what the problem is.

13 / 13