三、阅读理解（10x2=10分）

A

Romero has already reached the top of six other world famous high mountains. He climbed the first—Africa’s Kilimanjaro (乞力马扎罗山)—with his parents when he was 10.

Jordan said he had the idea of climbing those mountains when he saw a painting in his school. The painting showed all seven mountains.

“I just wanted to do something big, and this was something I wanted to do for myself,” he said.【 】

His father, Paul, is an experienced mountain climber. But he said the idea was his son’s.“We’re just packing (收拾) the bags, going after him around the world,”Paul said.

Mount Qomolangma is 8,844 meters high. Jordan would climb with his parents and two guides. He said they would not take big risks .They would turn around if they saw problems such as bad weather. He hopes to reach the top by May.

“This may be the first of many tries,” he said.“It could take a few years, but I’ve made up my mind to do it. If I don’t reach the top this time, I will try next time.”

The youngest person to climb Qomolangma until now was Temba Tsheri,16,from Nepal (尼泊尔),in 2001.

( )1.Jordan had his first mountain climbing experience at the age of .

A.10

B.13

C.16

D.20

( )2.Jordan decided to climb Qomolangma with .

A. his teacher C. two guides

B. Temba Tsheri D. his schoolmates

( )3.From the passage, we know that Jordan .

A. has reached the highest mountain in the world B. began to like climbing because of a painting C. will get to the top in spite of terrible weather D. would climb the mountain by himself ( )4.In the passage, Jordan wanted to . A. try his best to reach the top of the mountain B .make his dream come true after May C. spend several weeks climbing the mountain D .take big risks to find the mountain ( )5.The passage mainly talks about .

A. some famous high mountains B. the youngest mountain climber C. a wonderful adventure D. a boy’s dream of climbing

B

A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maiyuwa, a small village. They lived with the man’s big family－his parents, his brothers, their wives and children.

The family kept an elephant, in which the woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.

Three months later, having quarreled with her husband, the woman went back to her parents’ home. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heartbroken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.

It went to the woman’s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal .So she went back to her husband’s home.

( )6. The woman left her new home ______.

A. to visit her own parents in Maiyuwa B. to see if the elephant would follow her C. because she was angry with her husband D. because she was tired of the large family

( )7. The word “disappeared” in the reading means “______”.【 】 A. ran away

B. lost

C. hid

D.died

( )8. After the young woman left her husband’s home, the elephant______.

A. returned to the forest

B. was sad because it missed her D. was sick because nobody fed it

C. went to look for a new home

( )9. How did the elephant express its feeling when it saw the young woman?

A. It waved its trunk and smiled. C. It touched her and cried.

her.

( )10. The writer wrote the story in order to______. A. show that elephants are very clever B. tell how a woman trained a wild animal

C. show that women care more for animals than men do

D. tell how an animal got a husband and a wife together again

四、补全对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。 A: Hi, Li Ming! Red Cliff (《赤壁》) is on in many cinemas. B: Really? 1 A: Yeah. Would you like to go to see it with me tonight? B:2 Which cinema shall we go to? A:3 It has the best service. B: But it is too far, and it is the most expensive. Let’s go to Gold Cinema. 4 A: Sounds good. 5

B. It touched her with its trunk. D. It waved its trunk and ran around

A. How about City Cinema?

B. Sorry. I am too busy. C. How much is a ticket there? D.I heard it is a great movie. E. Sure, I’d love to. F. It is near and it is the cheapest. G: Which is the cheapest cinema? B: It is only five yuan if we take our student ID cards with us.【 ： 】 A: That’s good! Let’s go there.

五、用所给单词的适当形式填空（10分） 1.Don’t worry. I can look after （me）.

2.I think there will be （few） people in every family in the future. 3.Yang Liwei is one of the （hero） in China. 4.WWF cares for wild animals in （dangerous）. 5.I’m （interest） in collecting stamps. 6.December is the （twelve） month of a year. 7.The movie Mr. Bean is a very （succeed）comedy. 8.She brushes her （tooth） every morning. 9.My father usually exercises three （time） a week. 10.Screen City has the （big） screens.

六、根据句意及首字母提示完成单词（10分）

1.We should c ourselves in the face of difficulties. 2.The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to a our dreams.

3.Humans can sometimes be stronger than the f of nature. 4.The Caspian Sea is the d of all the salt lakes.

5.When the baby sees her mother, she runs over with e . 6.The Sahara is the biggest d in the world. 7.China is the biggest country in A . 8.The p is increasing at about 6% per year. 9.Qomolangma is the most d mountain in the world. 10.Many climbers risk their l .

七、句型转换（10分）

1、This room is smaller than that one.（改为同义句） This room is not big that one. 2、It’s such a great country.（改为同义句） It’s country.