16.Walt Disney came from America.When he was very young,his family(1)
from the city to a farm. Although Disney was (2)
most of the time,he could still find time to do interesting things.He spent much of his free time (3)
pictures of the animals on the farm.He then began(4)
stories about them.Later,he began taking art classes on Saturdays. When Disney grew older,his art(5)
also grew.He began using a new way to tell his stories.To do this,he drew the same picture many times,changing(改動) each one a little.Using his camera,he took a photo of each drawing.Next,he put the film(膠卷) through a movie projector(放映機).As the pictures ran(6)
through the projector,the characters looked(7)
and moving.Disney soon began to use this way.He made his drawings into(8)
.And the cartoons were just like movies.From this we can see he is really(9)
. Walt Disney was(10)
after many years of hard work.He became one of the world's greatest entertainers(表演者).His cartoons still make people happy every day.
17.Do you find it difficult to put down your mobile phone?If your answer is yes,you're not alone.These days,many people can't live without their phones.They reach for them as soon as they wake up in the morning.They keep checking their apps,such as QQ and WeChat,to get the latest news. It may be difficult for these people to give up the bad habit,so Google developed an app called Dashboard to help them.This app helps users manage the time they spend on their phones. First,Dashboard allows the users to look at their phone habits.For example,users can see how many times they have unlocked their phones,how many times they have checked their apps,and how much time they spend on each app each day.Once the users see this information,they will be able to make some changes.They can set a time limit (限制) for how long they can use each app every day.After they've hit the limit,they won't be able to use the app until the next day.What's more,Dashboard can help keep the phones silent when users put their phones face down,so they will use the phones less. If you truly want to make full use of your free time instead of spending hours using your smart phone,this new app is just a good choice.After all,controlling yourself and having a strong will can help you most.
(1)Dashboard may be helpful to people who
. A.can't use apps like We Chat B.know little about smart phones C.want to use their phones less (2)The underlined word "manage" in Paragraph 2 probably means
in Chinese. A.管理 B.經營 C.完成 (3)What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?
A.What people's phone habits are. B.How Dashboard helps people. C.Why Google developed Dashboard. (4)If people reach the time limit they've set for an app,what will happen?
A.Dashboard will keep the phone silent. B.They can't use the app that same day. C.Dashboard will set a new time limit. (5)In the writer's opinion,whether or not people can use the phone less mainly depends on
18.I hardly ever do housework.I will have nothing to eat if my parents don't cook for me.One day,my mother was ill in bed.My father was busy doing his work.So I had to buy something necessary.But when I went to the supermarket,I did not know what to buy.So my mother wrote all these things on a piece of paper:1.jye.ai,2.jye.ai,3.jye.ai,4.jye.ai,5.jye.ai,6.jye.ai,7.chicken.I went out with the paper in my hand.Half an hour later I came back home,with a smile on my face.I brought out all the things:ONE cake,TWO eggs,THREE tomatoes,FOUR fish,FIVE bottles of milk,SIX bags of salt and SEVEN fat chickens.My mother was too surprised to say a word.I felt very sorry for it.From that day on( 從那天起),I decided to do housework every day,such as doing the dishes,cleaning the room,buy vegetables in the supermarket and even cook dinner on weekends.
(1)One day my mother was ill,my father was busy,so I had to
. A.buy something necessary B.take my mother to the hospital C.help my father with his work D.do my homework (2)My mother wanted me to buy
in the shop. A.seven chickens B.seven kinds of foods C.seven bags of things D.seven shopping bags (3)My mother was so surprised because
. A.I got everything home B.My mother didn't like to eat all the food because she was ill C.I didn't understand her at all D.I bought nothing necessary (4)What did the writer feel when he came back home from the supermarket?
A.Sad. B.Boring. C.Interesting. D.Happy. (5)What did the writer decide to do from that day on?
A.He decided to work hard. B.He decided to do housework. C.He decided to do his homework. D.He decided to go back home early.
19.One day an Australian farmer,Joe saw a bright light in the sky.The light came nearer and nearer and suddenly Joe saw that it was spaceship(宇宙飛船)。The spaceship landed in a field nearby. The door of the space ship opened and two strange beings (怪物)climbed out.They seemed to be half man and half bird.Joe was afraid of tjye.aim.He tried to run away.But the spacemen walked towards him,picked him up and carried him into the spaceship.They put wires(導線) from machine onto his head and they began to speak to him in English. They asked him questions about Earth."we're from exoplanet(外星球)," they said," but it is getting very hot there.A lot of our people are dying and we haven't much time left.We are trying to find a new home." After some time they freed Joe and at last the spaceship took off and could not be seen. Joe told his friends about the spacemen,but no one believed his story. "You will believe me one day",Joe told them. "The spacemen will come back…".
(1)The bright in the sky was
. A.the sun B.Venus C.a spaceship D.a robot (2)The strange beings came to the Earth to
. A.visit Joe B.catch Joe C.find a new home D.live with Joe (3)Joe was
the spaceship. A.invited to B.carried into C.happy to get into D.sad to see (4)The strange beings
before they let him go. A.asked Joe several questions B.asked Joe to mend their machine C.made Joe help them find new place D.given Joe some wires (5)People didn't believe Joe because
. A.he told a lie B.they didn't see the spacemen before C.they didn't welcome the strange beings D.they wanted to see the strange beings very much
20.Ray Charles,a black singer and pianist of the USA.He had won 12 Grammy Awards (格萊美獎) and performed at 10,000 concerts around the world.Many musicians called him simply"the Genius"(天才). Ray Charles was born into a poor family,without a father.When he was 5 years old,his younger brother died,and around the same time,Charles started to lose his sight.By the age of 7 he was completely blind.He had already been learning the piano for a year,and when he went blind,his mother knew this would be the only way he would make any money in the future.All his life,Charles remembered her saying:"Do it right,or don't do it at all." Later he went to a school for blind and deaf children.There the teachers also encouraged him to study music.Sadly,while he was still at school,his mother died.He left school and in the early 1950s Charles organized a group of players.He sang,played the piano and wrote music. He made many classical CDs with famous artists such as Elton John and the Beatles. In 2003 a film of his life Ray was made.The part of Charles was played by a younger actor and musician called Jamie Foxx.The film director brought Foxx to meet Charles.After they had been playing together for two hours,Charles,then aged 73,jumped up and said:"He's the one…he can do it."A year later Charles died aged 74.The film of his life has been as popular as his songs and means that the memory of Charles' music will live on.
(1)What can we learn from Ray's childhood story?
A.His father died when he was 5 years old. B.He started to go blind at the age of 7. C.He was born in a rich musician family. D.He started to learn the piano at the age of 6. (2)Ray Charles' mother encouraged him to play music because
. A.his father was a musician as well B.because it would help him get used to being blind C.it was a good way for a blind person to get money D.his teacher thought he was a genius (3)Ray Charles went to a school for
. A.normal children B.deaf and blind children C.talented children only D.children without parents (4)Ray Charles thought that Jamie Foxx
. A.was the right person to play him in the film B.was a good film maker C.was the wrong person to play him in the film D.was a good director (5)What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A.Becoming a musician. B.Childhood story. C.The film of Ray's life. D.Master of many styles.
I've been quite busy planning my holiday with my older brother,Colin,a few weeks before he (1)
to university.Well,now we're ready to go!We're going to visit so many exciting places and do lots of astonishing things.We will go to Africa (2)
.We will leave London on 15th July,and we'll be flying to Morocco.We're going to travel through the Sahara Desert.We'll be (3)
by camel,with local guides,camping in tents and sleeping on the ground in our big,thick sleeping bags.I'll bring a torch(火炬)with me so (4)
I'll be able to see beautiful stars on clear nights in the dark.I'll have to sit on a camel for almost a week — how uncomfortable!I hope my camel likes me! (5)
that,we're going to travel down the River Nile.We'll start at Lake Victoria,where we'll go white-water rafting,which is quite dangerous, (6)
very exciting!Then we're going on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya.Since we'll be walking every day,for almost two (7)
,I'll need to buy a large,strong,light backpack to carry my supplies of food and water.During the day,we'll (8)
across the land,following the footprints of big animals such as elephants,lions and giraffes.But don't worry about (9)
— our guides will have guns with them. At last,we'll be moving (10)
to Tanzania,where we're going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.The African part of our trip will take about four weeks.Then we're going to the Himalayas.
32.In England,school begins(開始) in September after a long summer holiday.There are three terms(學期) in a school year.The first term is from September to the middle of December.The second term is from the early January to the end of March.And the last term is from the middle of April to the middle of July. Most English children begin to go to school when they are five years old.They finish high school(高中)at the age of seventeen or eighteen years old. High school students have only five or six subjects each term.They usually go to the same class every day,and they have homework for every class.After class,they do a lot of interesting things.After high school,many students go to college(大學).So they have to work after class to get money for their studies.
After a long summer holiday,school(1)
in September in England.There are three terms in a school year. 'The first term is from September to the middle of December.The second term is from the(2)
January to the end of March.The last term is from the middle of April to the middle of July. Most English children can not go to school (3)
they are five years old.They finish high school when they are 17 or 18 years old. High school students have only five or six(4)
each term.They usually have the(5)
class every day.And they have homework for every class.
33.Nowadays,millions of Chinese people leave the countryside to (1)s
for work in the cities.They usually return to their hometowns once or (2)t
a year. (3)A
these is Zhong Wei,a 46-year-old husband and fatjye.air.He (4)u
to return home at least once a year,but he hasn't (5)b
back to his hometown for almost three years.He has been working in a crayon factory in Wenzhou for the last 13 years. Many people like Zhong Wei are (6)i
in how their hometowns have changed.In many places,the government has (7)b
lots of new buildings.Zhong Wei thinks these developments are good because things need to change in (8)o
to become better. (9)A
to Zhong Wei,some things will never change.His hometown has left many soft and sweet (10)m
34.昨天下午,你校舉辦了"我型我秀"才藝展示活動,同學們進行了精彩的表演,本次活動評選出了"最搞笑的表演者"、"最有創意的表演者"及"最佳歌手"各一名。假如你是你校英文報的一名記者,請你根據所給的提示問題,寫一則新聞報道。 寫作內容: (1)How was the talent show and how long did it last(持續)? (2)Who was the funniest/the most creative performer/the best singer? (3)What did he/she do? 寫作要求: (1)語言流暢,層次清晰,提示內容須全部使用,可以適當發揮; (2)詞數80左右,開頭已給出,不計入總詞數; (3)書寫規范,卷面整潔; (4)文中不能出現考生姓名和學校名稱。
There was a talent show at our school hall yesterday afternoon.____________