it?

—Good idea. I just need to relax myself. A. play a game

to school today.

—OK. I will take pictures of them and send them to you. A. take down A. idea A. want

B. take away

C. write down

( )27. Your ________ is the skill that makes it possible for you to do something.

B. interest C. ability B. promise

C. wish

( )28. If you ________to do something, you mean that you will surely do it. ( )29. — What do you want to be in the future, Jim?

—A(n) ________.I want to make many new things to help make our future life better.

A. musician

B. scientist

C. inventor

( )30. — What will happen if I do all the Maths problems ________, Mum?

—Then I will take you to the water park. A. correctly A. mutiply

B. brightly

C. slowly C. divide

( )31. — What can I get if I ________ the number “6”? —It’s 12.

B. double.

B. invited

( )32. Sam ________ me to a tennis game but he didn’t win at last.

A. challenged

C. helped

( )33. He spent a large ________ of money buying a big house means the house cost him lots of money.

A. number

Ⅱ 完形填空 （每题1.5分，共15分）

Many people still think about lucky number and unlucky ones. The Chinese take 8 as their 34 numbers. And 4 and 7 as the most unlucky numbers. The number 4 in Chinese 35 like death and 7 sounds like being 36 . Many buildings don’t have a 4 floor. They replace （代替）it 37 3A.

38 , Number 13 is thought 39 the most unlucky number in the west world.

If it comes along with Friday, people think it will 40 bad luck. 191 is thought to be unlucky in 41 . Five planes with the Flight number 191 all crashed （撞毁）. The largest one was 1979American Airlines Flight 191. It crashed at Chicago’s O’ Hare Airport, and 273 people were 42 . That was 43 there were no American Airline flights numbered 191. ( )34. A. useful

B. interesting

C. lucky

th

B. take a rest C. take a walk

( )26. —Mike, I want to copy down your notes in today’s classes. I didn’t go

B. amount C. member

( )35. A. sounds ( )36. A. lost ( )37. A. on ( )38. And ( )39. A. as

B. looks

B. with B. But

B. if

B. bring B. UK B. died

C. feels

C. taken

B. left

C. in C. However C. before

C. take C. US C. hurt C. how

( )40. A. carry ( )42. A. killed ( )43. when A

( )41. A. Canada

B. why

Ⅲ 阅读理解 （每题1.5分，共30分）

Born in 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish doctor. In 1887, he wrote his

first detective（侦探）story. Its hero（主人公）was Sherlock Holmes, a great detective. People loved the story and its hero very much. In 1891, Conan Doyle began to write more stories about Sherlock Holmes. From then on, each week there was a Holmes story in a magazine.

In 1892, Conan Doyle became bored with detective stories. He decided to stop Many fans were surprised to learn that. They didn’t want their hero to die. writing. So in one of the stories Holmes died.

They asked Conan Doyle to write another Holmes story. So he wrote the story The Hound Of the Baskervilles. It is the most famous Sherlock Holmes story.

Conan Doyle went on writing stories and novels. He died in 1930. Today Sherlock

What was Conan Doyle?

B. A reporter and writer.

D. A doctor and host.

C. In 1891.

D. In 1892.

Holmes is still the most famous detective in the world. ( ) 44.

A. A writer and doctor. C. A doctor and reporter.

( ) 45. ( ) 46.

A. In 1887.

From Paragraph 1, when did Holmes stories begin to appear in a magazine?

B. In 1889.

What can we learn from the passage?

A. Conan Doyle was born in England in the late 1850s. B. Holmes died

because no readers liked the hero.

C. To their surprise, people learnt that Holmes died. D. Sherlock

Holmes is not popular with people today. ( ) 47.

In which part of an encyclopaedia can we see the passage? A. Animal World. B. Amazing Plants. C. Great Writers. D.

Colourful Sea. B

Tim, Tony and Tom are brothers. Tim and Tom are twins. Tony is the oldest and

Tom is the youngest.

When Tony graduated from university（大学）in 2005, he became a lawyer. After four years’ hard work, he started his own business. When he was 27, he got married. His wife works in a bank. They are both kind and helpful. They always help others in need.

When Tim grew up, he became a teacher. Tim is very patient. He has had many students. Among them are managers, engineers, lawyers, doctors and scientists. Tim enjoys his job very much.

When Tom was a student, he did well in all his subjects. He can speak French, German, English, Japanese and Chinese well. He has been to over 40 countries and he has made many friends all over the world. His family are all proud of him. ( ) 48. ( ) 49.

When did Tony start his own business?

B. In 2007. C. In 2009.

D. In 2011.

What does the underlined word “graduated” probably mean? A. In 2005.

A. finished studies. B. started studies. C. began working.

D. stop working.

( )50. Who is good at language learning?

A. Tim.

( ) 51. Lives. C

A young man once bought a pair of pans in a clothes shop. However, when he got back home and put it on, he found that it was two inches longer. Then he came out of his room. His mother and two sisters were washing dishes in the kitchen. “The new pans are too long and needs to be shorten by two inches. Now I have to go out to meet some friends. Would one of you like to do this for me?” the young man asked them.

“OK! Just put the pans on the sofa” his mother and sisters all answered. After he mother had finished washing the dishes, she shortened the pans by two inches with scissors and put it back in his son’s room. But she didn’t tell her daughters about it.

Later, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s pans. So she went to his room and shorten the pans by two inches, too. The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came back, she also remember what her brother has said. So she ran to his brother’s room and also cut two inches off the legs of the new pans.

( ) 52. Who did the young man ask to shorten his pans?

B. Tom.

C. Tony. D. Nobody.

What’s the best titles for the passage?

A. Three Brothers. B. Family Lives. C. Best Jobs. D. School

A. His mother and his two sisters. B. His mother and one of his

sisters

C. Only his mother D. His mother or one of

his two sisters

( )53. After the young man came back, he would find the pans would be ________

A. two inches shorter B. four inches shorter C. six inches shorter D. three inches shorter

( ) 54. Which statement is True?

A. The mother put the pans on the sofa after cutting it off. B. The

elder sister went to see a film that day.

C. Both his mother and his two sisters cut the pans off. D. Mother

told the sisters she cut the pans off.

( ) 55. The best title of the story is ___________

A. The young man and his family B. The young man and his

pans

C. A story about a pair of pans D. Two inches

D

John is a student in Sunshine Middle School. He loves playing sports. Just now, his classmate Tim told him that there would be a sports meeting in a few days. John wants to join in the football match, so he went to learn more about it. Notice (通知) Dear students, Our school will have a sports meeting at 8:00 a.m. next Saturday (Sep. 23 rd). We will have volleyball and basketball games in the school gym and other sports activities in the playground. It will last for three days. If you like running, football, basketball, the high jump, the long jump…, you can come to take part in the sports meeting. Every student can join at most two activities. September 15 2017 ( ) 56. When will the students have the sports meeting?

A. This Sunday B. Next Sunday C. This

Saturday D. Next Saturday

( ) 57. Which sports is John interested in?

A. Long jump B. football B. C. Volleyball D. Running

( ) 58. Which statement is True?