Ⅳ. 阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面三篇短文，根据短文内容，选择最佳选项或按要求完成阅读任务。
A Beijing Half-day Tour Guide We have more than 20 guides and they can speak both English and Chinese. Time and Place Our bus will wait for you at your hotel at 8:00 a. m. or 2:00 p. m. And we’ll drive you back to your hotel at about 1:00 p. m. or 7:00 p. m. Route （行程） First, we will visit the Drum Tower. You can climb it and look at the old Beijing buildings—hutong and siheyuan. Then we will drive to Mr. Kang’s yard （庭院）for a cup of tea. After that, we can ride a bicycle to Dajinsi Hutong, the most famous hutong in the Shichahai area. Then we will walk to the Prince Gong’s Mansion（恭王府）. After that, we will go back to the hotel. 41. If Mr. White gets up at 10:00 a. m. ，he can start the tour at ______.
A. 9:00 p. m. A. by bike A. two
B. 1:00 p. m. B. by car B. three
C. 2:00 p. m. C. on foot C. four
D. 6:00 p. m. D. by bus D. five
42. Visitors go to Dajinsi Hutong ________. 43. Visitors can visit ________ places. 44. What can we know from the table?
A. The guides can speak three languages.
B. The Drum Tower has a history of more than 600 years. C. Visitors can drink some tea in Dajinsi Hutong. D. The Prince Gong’s Mansion is the last place to visit. 45. We may read the table from a ________.
A. storybook
B. newspaper
B
Maria works as a sales director（主管）at a German yogurt company. Once she goes to a cooking class at a hotel to learn how to cook Italian food. “The cooking class is really relaxing,”Maria said. “It’s interesting for me to spend my weekends going shopping for vegetables and food, cooking delicious food and inviting my friends to eat.
Mr Wang,the manager（经理）of the hotel, said that more and more people were calling
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C. menu D. movie ticket
the hotel every day to learn about cooking. “Food is a culture. People shouldn’t lose it. That’s why we started the cooking class,”Wang said.
There are five to ten people in one class. Everyone wears a white uniform like a real cook. People in the class just follow the cook’s instruction and a delicious meal will be ready soon. After class, the students and the cook will eat the food they cook together and talk about interesting things in their life.
Maria told her sister that she would cook for her when she came back to Moscow. “My mom and my sister will be very happy, seeing me for them. ” 46. Where does Maria come from?
A. Germany B. Italy C. France D. Russia 47. Why does Maria take part in cooking class?
A. To make money B. To relax and enjoy cooking C. to cook for her mother D. To start the cooking class. 48. The underlined word “instruction” means “_________” in Chinese.
A. 表情 B. 指令 C. 薪酬 D. 位置 49. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Maria doesn’t have a sister B. Mr Wang works in a company C. Mr Wang thinks food is a culture D. The cook can take the food home 50. What’s the best title(标题) of the passage?
A. Learn to cook B. A good cook C. Learn to be a good student D. An interesting hotel
C
It’s nice to be invited to birthday parties，but sometimes you have to say no. How do you politely refuse an invitation? Now give you some pieces of advice.
◆Send it in.
If you get a written or e－mail invitation to a party，refusing politely is easy. All you have to do is give a polite answer.
◆Ask for time to think.
Refusing a face－to－face invitation can be difficult. The polite way is to ask for time to check your calendar. Then，you have time to find a polite answer. Just make sure that if you’ve been invited in person，you’d better refuse it in person. It’s polite.
◆Be thankful.
Even if you have to refuse the invitation，thank him or her for the invitation all the same. Stay positive. If your only reason is a conflicting（相互冲突的） event，tell the host that you will come if the dates are different.
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◆Be honest（诚实的）.
This may be the most important thing in politely refusing an invitation. You wouldn’t want people to lie（说谎） to you，so it’s correct etiquette（礼节） to give an honest reason. Just say it in a polite way.
根据短文，完成下列表格。（每空不超过三个词） What is the main idea of the passage? How many 52. _______ does the writer give? How can we refuse a face-to-face invitation? What should we tell the host if an invitation is conflicting with another event? 51. How to politely_________________. Four. 53. We can ask for time to____________. 54. We will come if the dates_________. What is the most important to refuse an 55. ______________________________ invitation? Ⅴ. 完成句子（共24分）
A. 根据括号中的英（汉）语提示，完成下列各句。（每小题1分，共10分） 56. Of all the animals, tigers are _________________ （danger）, I think.
57. The ____________（careful） you do your homework, the fewer mistakes you’ll make. 58. The doctor advised Mr. Urban __________（not sleep） late any more. 59. Your parents _________（worry） about you if you stay out too late.
60. We watched the ________（open） of the 12th National Games. It was great. 61. David wants to be an __________（工程师） to build beautiful buildings. 62. How many famous ________（综合性大学） are there in the city? 63. The young __________（旅行者） lost his way in the forest.
64. I’m sure they can finish the hard work by __________（他们自己）. 65. Most of the time, we often make _______ (诺言) but seldom keep them. B. 完成下列汉译英和句型转换。（每小题2分，共14分） 66. You can’t eat ice- cream. （改为祈使句）
_________ _________ ice-cream.
67. My son is too young to join the piano club. （改为同义句） My son isn’t ________ ________ to join the piano club. 68. The girl watches TV twice a week. （对划线部分提问）
How ________ does the girl ______ TV? 69. 每个人都应该参与到拯救野生动物中来。
Everyone should ________ a part in _________ wild animals.
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70. 这位老人摔倒在地上不能动了。
The old man ________ ________ on the floor and didn’t move. 71. 我们不能将污水倾倒到海水中，造成海水污染。
We can’t _________ the dirty water into the sea to _________ the sea. 72. 新年我将尽最大的努力来提高英语。
I am going to try my_________ to _________ English on New Year’s Day. Ⅵ. 补全对话。
在空白处填入适当的句子，补全对话。（每题2分，共6分）
A: Mark，it’s time to cook lunch. Would you like to have fruit salad? B: Yes, （73）____________________________________________. A: All right. Let’s make it together. B: That’s great. What do we need?
A: We need five bananas，three apples，a watermelon and some honey. B:（74）_____________________________________________? A: First，you should peel the bananas，the apples and the watermelon. B: OK. What’s next?
A: Cut up the fruits and put them in a large bowl. Then add some honey to them. After
that，mix them together.
B:（75）_____________________________________________? A: Two spoons. But you can put more if you like honey. B: OK .
Ⅶ. 书面表达（满分10分）
寒假即将到来，请你用英文以“My plan for the winter vacation”为题写一篇短文，谈谈你对寒假的安排。
提示: 1. 完成作业并多读点书。
2. 帮父母做些家务并与他们多交流。 3. 拜访亲戚（relatives）和朋友。 4. 其它。
要求: 1. 短文70词左右（文章开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数） 2. 必须包括提示中的内容（可适当发挥） 3. 文中不能出现真实的学校、姓名等。
My plan for the winter vacation
The winter vacation is coming soon. I think I have many things to do during the vacation. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I believe my winter will be a lot of fun. Oh, I can’t wait.
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