the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead(提前). （10分）

( )41. Satellites travel .

A. in space

B. above space D. in the atmosphere

C. above the ground

( )42.Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere? Because .

A. clouds form there B. the weather forms there

C. the weather satellites can do it easily D. the pictures can forecast the weather

( ) 43. Meteorologists forecast the weather .

A. without studying satellite pictures B. before they receive satellite pictures C. when they have received satellite pictures

D. after they have pared the new satellite pictures with the earlier ones

( ) 44. Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for

A. one day

B. two days

D. seven days or even longer

C. five days

( )45. The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in .

A. taking pictures of the earth B. receiving pictures of the atmosphere C. weather forecasting

D. doing other work in many ways (D)

Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called ―the youngest writer in the world. He has written three books till now. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could

say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. The mice ate their food and they also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, ―If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people. This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice. Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, ―I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books. ( ) 46. How many books has Dou Kou written?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six. ( ) 47. Dou Kou began to use a dictionary __________. A. when he wrote fairy tales B. after he went to school

C. before his father taught him how to learn something D. after his mother taught him how to learn something ( ) 48. Which is the best title? A. Three Books by a Child B. How to Write a Fairy Tales C. How Clever the Boy is D. Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer

( )49. “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.” means_____ A. Everybody else can write books like Dou Kou . B. Dou Kou is as normal as the other children.

C. If Dou Kou writes more books, he will be different from other children. D. Dou Kou likes writing, but other children do not.

( )50. Thanks to ______________, Dou Kou has bee the youngest writer. a.. the way of life he lives b. his hobby of reading

c. childhood of living in Jiangsu d. the fairy tales he has read

A. a, b B. a, c C. c, d D.b, d

VI.词汇（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 用所给词的正确形式填空

51.I was ill yesterday ,but now I feel much _________ (well ). 52. Mr Chan has been to the US ________(two).

53. ________(luck), Tom passed all of the Math exams in the term. 54. It will be _______(rain ) later .

55.Tony speaks English as _______ (good) as Daming .

56.The __________(different ) between the two words are clear . 57.Lingling offers _______ (take ) me there . 58.Fish and chips _______(be ) delicious .

59.It is ________ (possible ) to work out this difficult question . 60. I have a pet dog _________ (call ) Wang Cai. VII. 根据首字母用正确的词填空

（共15小题,A题每小题1分,B题每小题2分,共15分） （A）

As we all know, English-speaking countries have quite 61.d________ culture from our own. And so do their customs.

First of all ,let's talk about the 62.f_____.We Chinese eat almost everything but what we eat most is rice. While in English-speaking countries , meat is what they most likely to choose for meals. Anything else like vegetables and rice will probably be made into salad to go with the main food. And as we Chinese drink tea, they prefer to drinking 63.c_______.

64.F_______ we have to make sure that most English-speaking countries don't have a Spring Festival .They instead celebrate Holloween ,Easter and the most important Festival—65C______ ,which you must have heard before .So if you want to go to English-speaking countries in the future ,be familiar with these customs first in order to get adjusted to the new environment. 61.d______ 62. f______ (B)

How to cheer yourself up when you do badly in an exam. If you've just done badly in a test ,you must be feeling bad. But you needn't be worried about it too much .This usually happens to everybody during their lives. Read on and you will know how to deal with it.

Step 1.Tell yourself it won't happen again. Tell yourself that next time you'll be ready, study harder and be more careful .Believe in yourself and make sure you will try your best.

63. c_______ 64. F_______ 65.C_____

Step 2.Talk to a friend who will understand. Getting everything off your chest (胸) can really help .Tell your friend why you feel bad, what is getting you down and so on.

Step 3.Do something to make you laugh. Whether it is playing with your friends, watching a funny TV show or reading an interesting book, do something that you know will make you laugh. You may not feel like it at first, but once you get into it, you'll feel better.

Step 4.Care for yourself. Listen to some relaxing music and close your eyes. Do anything that gets you to feel really good and be happy that you're living a great life.

Step 5.Talk to a parent or a teacher .It may sound stupid, but once you choose the right adult (成人) ,things can go pretty well. 任务一：根据 短文内容，完成下列句子。

66．The writer thinks everybody would do badly ______ during their lives.

67．Getting everything that makes you feel bad off your chest can really ___________. 68．If you talk to ____________________，things can go pretty well. 任务二：短文第四段中黑体的词like在句中的汉语意思是69.______。 任务三：将短文中画线的句子译成汉语：

70._________________________________________________________。 Ⅷ.Writing（本题共2小题，A题5分，B题10分，共15分）

（A）

同学们，你们学英语已经七年了，你一定有很多学习英语的经验吧！请给即将升入初中的学弟，学妹们一些学英语的建议吧！

1._____________________________________________________________ 2.___________________________________________________________ 3._____________________________________________________________ 4._____________________________________________________________ 5._____________________________________________________________

（B）

校园安全与我们每个学生息息相关。作为一名中学生，我们该如何自我保护呢？请大家根据自身实际，以“safety”为题目写一篇英语短文。

注意：1. 词数80词左右；

2.不得出现真实的人名，校名等相关信息。

Safety