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试卷分第I卷和第Ⅱ卷。共120分，考试时间100分钟。
第I卷（选择题，共65分）
一、补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案，每个选项限用一次。
(Luke, Olivia and Megan are talking in the park. )
Luke: Hey guys! Guess what?
Olivia: ____1____
Luke: Oh, right. Yu’ve heard then?
Olivia: Yes, we have. They are ging t d sme filming in the park. ____2____ And Megan’s really excited.
Megan: ____3____ Wu Jing is in the film. He is s cl! In fact, he is my favurite actr f all time.
Luke: ____4____ Yu are nt ging t meet him. Or even see him, prbably.
Olivia: Dn’t be s sure, Luke. ____5____
Luke: Extras?
Megan: Yu knw-the peple wh stand arund and d things but dn’t say anything. They are ging t chse peple t be extras tday. I’ll try ut fr it.
A. I really am.
B. It’s a science fictin.
C. Dn’t get t excited, Megan.
D. They want extras fr the film.
E. They are ging t make a film here.
二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）
It was a fine afternn. As I was riding a bike hme frm my ffice as usual, I nticed a persn cycling in frnt f me, abut 300 metres away. I culd tell he was a little ____6____ than me and I decided t try t catch up with him. It was abut ne kilmetre t g n the rad ____7____ I had t turn ff, s I started cycling faster and faster.
Every blck, I was gaining n him just a little bit. In a few minutes, I was nly abut 100 metres behind him. I gt s ____8____ that I really picked up speed, trying my best t push myself. Maybe yu have ____9____ I was cycling in an Olympic triathln(三项全能运动).
____10____ I made it. I passed him by and felt pretty gd n the inside at that mment. I beat him, f curse, but he didn’t even knw we were ____11____. He was still cycling slwly alng the street.
And after riding past him, I was ____12____ that I had missed my turn as a result f being s fcused(专注的) n cmpeting with him. I had gne almst six blcks further and had t ____13____ and g all the way back.
Isn’t that what happens in life when we pay t much attentin t ____14____ with c-wrkers, neighburs, friends r even strangers, trying t pass them and prve that we are mre _____15_____? We spend ur time and energy chasing after them and at last we miss ut n ur wn _____16_____. What’s even funnier is that we just put n a ne-man shw, fr the peple we see as ur ppnents(对手) may knw _____17_____ abut it.
The _____18_____ f such unhealthy cmpetitin is that it’s a never-ending cycle. There will always be smebdy ahead f yu in ne way r anther, smene with a better jb, a nicer car, mre mney in the bank, etc. S, dn’t _____19_____ yurself in the event f endless cmparisn.
Take what life has given yu: the height, weight and persnality. Dress well and wear it prudly. Stay fcused and live a _____20_____ life. There’s n cmpetitin in destiny(命运). Run yur wn race and wish thers well!
6. A. lderB. lighterC. slwerD. taller
7. A. befreB. afterC. whenD. since
8. A. wrriedB. excitedC. tiredD. relaxed
9. A. discveredB. imaginedC. suggestedD. remembered
10. A. FinallyB. SuddenlyC. QuietlyD. Naturally
11. A. mvingB. trainingC. racingD. searching
12. A. awareB. luckyC. prudD. satisfied
13. A. lk utB. give upC. hld nD. turn arund
14 A. agreeingB. dealingC. cmparingD. meeting
15. A. carefulB. successfulC. peacefulD. cheerful
16. A. chancesB. cursesC. directinsD. discveries
17. A. everythingB. smethingC. anythingD. nthing
18. A. prblemB. advantageC. reasnD. challenge
19. A. hideB. teachC. remindD. lse
20. A. freeB. busyC. cmmnD. mdern
三、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，计40分）
(一）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
(A)
21. What time will the festival begin?
A. At 10 a.m..B. At 11 a.m..C. At 1 p.m..D. At 2 p.m..
22. What jb will be dne the day befre the festival starts?
A. Making psters.B. Setting up the gym.
C. Cleaning up the gym.D. Helping the perfrmers.
23. Wh needs t talk t Ms. Lin?
A. Parents.B. Students.C. Teachers.D. Perfrmers.
(B)
Pems play with sunds, wrds, and grammar. That makes pems difficult t write but very interesting t read. They use clurs, feelings, experiences, and images t paint a picture in yur mind. Let’s have a lk at the fllwing Chinese classical pem:
On the Strk Twer
By Wang Zhihuan
The sun alng the muntain bws,
The Yellw River seawards flws,
Yu can enjy a grander sight
If yu climb t a greater height,
Translated by Xu Yuanchng
In Chinese classical pems, the frm is very imprtant: the crrect number f lines and the number f wrds in each line. Pems ften fllw special mdels f rhythm（节奏）and rhyme. Hwever, mdern pets begin t reject traditinal frms and structures（结构）fr pems in the 20th century. As a result, mst pems tday are written in free style, with lines f different lengths.
Tday many Chinese peple are becming mre interested in reading pems, n matter in what language they are written. Translatins can be gd, but being able t read in the riginal（最初的）language is best.
24. What d the first tw lines f the pem On the Strk Twer shw?
A. Lve.B. Sights.C. Histry.D. Feelings.
25. What des the underlined wrd “reject” in Paragraph 2 prbably mean?
A. Thrw away.B. Carry n.C. Agree with.D. Take up.
26. What des the writer f the passage prbably believe?
A. It is much easier t write classical pems than mdern pems.
B. Peple shuld develp the habit f painting pictures after reading pems.
C. Chinese classical pems shuld fllw free style with lines f different lengths.
D. N matter hw well a pem is translated, sme f the spirit f the riginal wrk is lst.
(C)
Hw d we knw the time? A clck, a watch r a mbile phne can help us. Hwever, many years ag there were n clcks and knwing the time was nt s easy. Over the centuries peple have develped different ways f telling the time.
Abut 5,500 years ag, the Egyptians invented the sun clck. This was a tall stne building. Its shadw (影子) shwed the mvement f the sun. S peple were able t knw midday. The Egyptians made a sundial abut 3,500 years ag. It was smaller than the sun clck and culd measure the time fr half a day. On cludy days r at night it was impssible t tell the time with a sun clck r a sundial. Water clcks were the first clcks nt t use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flws frm ne cntainer t anther, When the water reaches a certain level, it mves a lever (控制杆) and this shws the hurs. The Egyptians used water clcks abut 3,400 years ag. These clcks were ppular in the Middle East and China. But they failed t make peple knw the exact time.
In the 13th century, the mechanical clck was invented. This was mre exact, but it was expensive t make ne. Over the next few centuries, it was develped. Fr example, springs (发条) were added arund 1,500. This enabled peple t get the crrect time and allwed clcks t be smaller. In 1936 the first quartz clck was develped. Clcks became cheaper t build. It’s easy fr rdinary peple t wn a clck, Peple began depending n then mre and mre t ran business, markets and s n. Mre recently, in 1956, came the digital clck. And nwadays satellites send ur mbile phnes the time t the exact secnd.
There has been a lt f prgress in timekeeping. Clcks are always changing but sme things never change. Many f us still have truble getting ut f bed n time and nt missing appintments.
27. Which f the fllwing statement is true?
A. The Egyptians spent 100 years, mre r less, inventing water clcks.
B. With a sun clck peple were able t knw midday and midnight clearly.
C. 3500 years ag, peple used water clcks instead f sundials n rainy days.
D. A sundial was nt as big as a sun clck, but it culd measure a lnger time.
28. Hw many kinds f clcks are mentined in the passage?
A. Fur.B. Five.C. Six.D. Seven.
29. Which f the fllwing shws the structure f the passage?(①=para 1 ②=para 2,)
A. B. C. D.
30. What des the passage mainly talk abut?
A. The imprtance f time.
B. The histry f digital clcks.
C. The inventins f clcks.
D. The develpment f timekeeping.
(D)
Once again the Captain’s will wn. Silent, the men returned t their psts. But Captain Clumbus was wrried because he knew in his heart that a day wuld cme when his wrds wuld n lnger help. Befre that day, he wuld see land.
Nt an eye clsed that night. The Captain std n the high pp (舰楼) and with sleepless eyes he tried hard t lk int the darkness ahead.
Then, tw hurs befre midnight, the miracle happened. A far-ff light struck his eyes. It wavered (摇曳) nce r twice, mving quickly n the hrizn, like a fisherman’s bat n the waves.
His heart hammered (砰砰直跳). But he dared nt cry ut, “Land!”
“Yur eyes are sharp, Alfred,” he whispered t a yung sailr. “Tell me what yu see.” Even as he spke, the light disappeared.
“I see nthing.” The sailr stared int the darkness. The light had reappeared. “Lk ut!”
“Ah, yes, yes! A light. Over there.”
“Quiet! Are yu sure, Alfred?”
“But yes, Captain! It is gne nw, yet I saw it.”
Surely this was nt a trick f the light! Alfred had seen it t. Smewhere ahead in darkness were human beings and inhabited land. They std shulder t trembling shulder, staring int the dark.
Hur after hur passed. The sand-glass under the lantern shwed that it was tw ’clck in the mrning. The ther tw ships lmed (隐约出现) vaguely and in the east the line f the hrizn was clearly defined.
Then came a flash f flame (火焰). The lng-awaited signal! Land in sight.
“Land! Land!” Almst immediately came the ringing cry. There in the west, green and fair, lay an island.
Wh can tell hw Christpher Clumbus felt at that mment? The lng waiting was at an end. The dream had cme true.
31. Where did the stry happen?
A. On an island.B. On the sea.C. In the west.D. In the Captain’s dream.
32. When did the Captain see a far-ff light fr the first time?
A. At abut 10 p. m.B. At abut 2 a. m.C. At midnight.D. In the mrning.
33. What’s the meaning f the underlined sentence “Nt an eye clsed that night”?
A. Captain Clumbus had slept heavily fr the whle night.
B. Captain Clumbus kept an eye clsed that night.
C. Captain Clumbus had ne eye pen that night.
D. Captain Clumbus had been awake fr the whle night.
34. During that night, hw did Captain Clumbus’ feelings change?
A. Wrried → nervus → excited.B. Scared → curius → happy.
C. Afraid → happy → excited.D. Excited → scared → happy.
35. What was Captain Clumbus’ dream?
A. Finding the human beings in the sea.
B. Being saved by ther ships.
C. Helping his sailrs get the light in the darkness.
D. Discvering the land n the hrizn.
阅读下面短文，从所给选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺，结构完整，其中有一项是多余选项。
The Mn is a natural satellite that mves arund the Earth. ___36___ It is much smaller than the Earth, and it takes abut 27 days fr it t cmplete ne rbit arund ur planet.
___37___ The Mn appears differently thrughut the mnth because f its phases (月相). Smetimes it lks like a big rund ball, and ther times it appears as a thin crescent. These changes in appearance are caused by the Mn’s psitin relative t the Sun and the Earth.
The Mn’s surface is cvered with craters (环形山), which are big rund pits. ___38___Sme craters are really big, like the ne called the Cpernicus crater, which is abut 93 kilmetres wide.
D yu knw that humans have actually visited the Mn? In 1969, the Apll 11 missin landed astrnauts Neil Armstrng and Buzz Aldrin n the Mn’s surface. ___39___ Since then, a ttal f six Apll missins have landed astrnauts n the Mn, and they brught back samples f Mn rcks t study n the Earth.
___40___ It has an influence n the tides f ur ceans. It als prvides a natural satellite fr us t study and explre. Scientists cntinue t learn mre abut the Mn’s gelgy, histry and ptential (可能性) fr future explratin.
A. It is ur clsest neighbur in space.
B. The Mn plays an imprtant rle in ur lives.
C. D yu knw hw many satellites the Earth has?
D They were the first humans t set ft n the Mn.
E. Have yu ever nticed that the Mn changes its shape?
F. These craters were frmed by asterids (小行星) and meterids (流星体) crashing int the Mn’s surface.
第Ⅱ卷非选择题（共55分）
四、词汇运用
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词或短语并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整，每词或短语限用一次。
The famus scientist, Charles Darwin, was brn n 12 February 1809. His family lived nt far frm the River Severn, England. As a by, Darwin liked ging fr walks in the ___41___ and frests. He watched nature and ___42___ what he saw with everything he had read in science bks. He als liked ___43___. He cllected many things, such as birds, eggs, stnes and leaves. His father did nt like this, as Darwin was nt studying very well at schl.
When he was 16, Darwin was sent t Edinburgh University t study ___44___. Hwever, he ___45___ nature. Then he was sent t study nature in Cambridge University.
Sme time later, Darwin heard that the ship Beagle was ging n a ___46___ and wanted a scientist. His prfessr ___47___ him t g, s when the ship left England in December 1831, Darwin was n it. The research ___48___ fr almst five years. Darwin saw many new animals and plants.
In 1842, Darwin went t live in Kent, where he ___49___ studying the changes in nature. He understd that animals and plants are nt always the same, and that they really change.
By 1859, Darwin had finished his famus bk On the Origin f Species. It made a great hit in the wrld f science. Later, mre and mre scientists realized that his thery is right. Darwin did nt stp his studies in science ___50___ he died in 1882.
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使其意思完整。
Recently, a shrt vide frm Chngqing has becme ht n the Internet. In the vide, a bus is mving n the rad in a v___51___. When the driver ntices a schlbag hanging utside the d ___52___ f an ld huse, he stps and hnks (按喇叭). Sn, a by rushes utside, carries the schlbag and gets n the bus.
The bus driver is Cheng Lin. He drives frm Lutian t Wuqia Suth Statin fr many years. There are many left-behind children a___53___ the rute (路线)—they g t schl in the city n Sundays and cme back n Fridays. Mr Cheng knws the i___54___ f his rle n their way t and frm schl, s he pays a lt f attentin t them.
The by is a student f Grade 9 wh ges t schl by himself. He lives with his grandmther b___55___ his parents wrk in anther city and seldm cme back. Mr Cheng cares abut him a lt. They have d___56___ a secret cde (代码). If the by needs t take the bus, he will h___57___ his schlbag at the dr. When Mr Cheng sees it, he will hnk.
The by’s parents were deeply mved by the driver’s kindness when they saw the vide. “We are glad t see s___58___ is taking care f ur child. We are very thankful t Mr Cheng,” said the father.
Mr Cheng’s stry is well-knwn and he is p___59___ as a gd driver. He says it’s just a little thing and that he will c___60___ ding it.
五、读写综合（计30分）
阅读并回答问题。
Hw d we knw abut things that happened thusands f years ag when there were n vides r phts? One answer is written recrds. The earliest written recrds f Chinese civilizatin (文明) are knwn as racle bne inscriptins (甲骨文).
Mre than 3, 000 years ag, peple in the Shang Dynasty (abut 16th—11th century BC) liked t ask frtune tellers (占卜师) abut the future. Fr example, what will the weather be like next week? Where shuld I g t make mney? Will my wife give birth t a by r a girl? Frm wrk t lve, peple asked questins abut many tpics. The frtune teller wuld write the questin n an racle bne, heat it up, and then read the cracks (裂纹) in it t find an answer.
Tens f thusands f racle bnes have been fund s far. They can tell us a great deal abut hw peple lived during the Shang Dynasty. “They help us understand the rigins f Chinese philsphy (哲学) and thught, and figure ut where ur culture cmes frm,” Sng Zhenha, a leading racle bne expert, tld China Daily.
In additin t (除了) telling us abut ancient Chinese culture, the racle bnes are als key t understanding the develpment f Chinese characters (汉字). Many f the characters we use tday are similar t thse used 3000 years ag. “The racle bne inscriptins, as the earliest-knwn mature (成熟的) frm f Chinese characters, represent the beauty and uniqueness (唯一) f a language that has been passed dwn,” said Chen Nan, a prfessr at Tsinghua University.
In 2017, UNESCO added racle bne inscriptins t its Memry f the Wrld Register (“世界记忆”名录). They are indeed a valuable memry f ancient China.
根据上面短文内容，回答下列问题（每小题答案不超过6个单词）。
61. Accrding t the passage, what is the earliest written recrds f Chinese civilizatin?
______________________________________________________________
62. Hw lng is the histry f racle bne inscriptins?
______________________________________________________________
63. Besides ancient Chinese culture, what d the racle bnes als tell us?
______________________________________________________________
64. When did UNESCO add racle bne inscriptins t its Memry f the Wrld Register?
______________________________________________________________
65. What d yu think f racle bne inscriptins?
______________________________________________________________
(二）书面表达（共1题，计20分）
66. 假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Ben来信向你抱怨他在学习中文时遇到的困难，他已经学了很长时间，但进步不大，所以很沮丧。请你用英语给他回复一份电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 表示理解并给予安慰；
2. 提出你的建议（至少三点）。
注意事项：
1. 邮件包含所有要点，可适当发挥
2. 邮件中不能出现真实姓名、校名等信息；
3. 词数在100个左右，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Ben,
Thank yu very much fr telling me abut yur prblem. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
Li Hua
Student Vlunteers Needed!
On Wednesday May 3rd, frm 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Mnlight Middle Schl will hld a music festival in the schl gym. The special event will feature a variety f prfessinal musicians and singers.
Task Time Date
Make psters 1 p.m.—4 p.m. April 26th
Set up gym 11 a.m.—4 p.m. May 2nd
Help perfrmers 9 a.m.—4 p.m. May 3rd
Welcme guests 10 a.m.—2 p.m. May 3rd
Clean up gym 4 p.m.—7 p.m. May 3rd
Interested students shuld speak with Ms. Lin, the music teacher. Students wh wuld like t help at the festival must have written permissin frm a parent.
field advise last jurney be interested in
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试卷分第I卷和第Ⅱ卷。共120分，考试时间100分钟。
第I卷（选择题，共65分）
一、补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案，每个选项限用一次。
(Luke, Olivia and Megan are talking in the park. )
Luke: Hey guys! Guess what?
Olivia: ____1____
Luke: Oh, right. Yu’ve heard then?
Olivia: Yes, we have. They are ging t d sme filming in the park. ____2____ And Megan’s really excited.
Megan: ____3____ Wu Jing is in the film. He is s cl! In fact, he is my favurite actr f all time.
Luke: ____4____ Yu are nt ging t meet him. Or even see him, prbably.
Olivia: Dn’t be s sure, Luke. ____5____
Luke: Extras?
Megan: Yu knw-the peple wh stand arund and d things but dn’t say anything. They are ging t chse peple t be extras tday. I’ll try ut fr it.
A. I really am.
B. It’s a science fictin.
C. Dn’t get t excited, Megan.
D. They want extras fr the film.
E. They are ging t make a film here.
二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）
It was a fine afternn. As I was riding a bike hme frm my ffice as usual, I nticed a persn cycling in frnt f me, abut 300 metres away. I culd tell he was a little ____6____ than me and I decided t try t catch up with him. It was abut ne kilmetre t g n the rad ____7____ I had t turn ff, s I started cycling faster and faster.
Every blck, I was gaining n him just a little bit. In a few minutes, I was nly abut 100 metres behind him. I gt s ____8____ that I really picked up speed, trying my best t push myself. Maybe yu have ____9____ I was cycling in an Olympic triathln(三项全能运动).
____10____ I made it. I passed him by and felt pretty gd n the inside at that mment. I beat him, f curse, but he didn’t even knw we were ____11____. He was still cycling slwly alng the street.
And after riding past him, I was ____12____ that I had missed my turn as a result f being s fcused(专注的) n cmpeting with him. I had gne almst six blcks further and had t ____13____ and g all the way back.
Isn’t that what happens in life when we pay t much attentin t ____14____ with c-wrkers, neighburs, friends r even strangers, trying t pass them and prve that we are mre _____15_____? We spend ur time and energy chasing after them and at last we miss ut n ur wn _____16_____. What’s even funnier is that we just put n a ne-man shw, fr the peple we see as ur ppnents(对手) may knw _____17_____ abut it.
The _____18_____ f such unhealthy cmpetitin is that it’s a never-ending cycle. There will always be smebdy ahead f yu in ne way r anther, smene with a better jb, a nicer car, mre mney in the bank, etc. S, dn’t _____19_____ yurself in the event f endless cmparisn.
Take what life has given yu: the height, weight and persnality. Dress well and wear it prudly. Stay fcused and live a _____20_____ life. There’s n cmpetitin in destiny(命运). Run yur wn race and wish thers well!
6. A. lderB. lighterC. slwerD. taller
7. A. befreB. afterC. whenD. since
8. A. wrriedB. excitedC. tiredD. relaxed
9. A. discveredB. imaginedC. suggestedD. remembered
10. A. FinallyB. SuddenlyC. QuietlyD. Naturally
11. A. mvingB. trainingC. racingD. searching
12. A. awareB. luckyC. prudD. satisfied
13. A. lk utB. give upC. hld nD. turn arund
14 A. agreeingB. dealingC. cmparingD. meeting
15. A. carefulB. successfulC. peacefulD. cheerful
16. A. chancesB. cursesC. directinsD. discveries
17. A. everythingB. smethingC. anythingD. nthing
18. A. prblemB. advantageC. reasnD. challenge
19. A. hideB. teachC. remindD. lse
20. A. freeB. busyC. cmmnD. mdern
三、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，计40分）
(一）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
(A)
21. What time will the festival begin?
A. At 10 a.m..B. At 11 a.m..C. At 1 p.m..D. At 2 p.m..
22. What jb will be dne the day befre the festival starts?
A. Making psters.B. Setting up the gym.
C. Cleaning up the gym.D. Helping the perfrmers.
23. Wh needs t talk t Ms. Lin?
A. Parents.B. Students.C. Teachers.D. Perfrmers.
(B)
Pems play with sunds, wrds, and grammar. That makes pems difficult t write but very interesting t read. They use clurs, feelings, experiences, and images t paint a picture in yur mind. Let’s have a lk at the fllwing Chinese classical pem:
On the Strk Twer
By Wang Zhihuan
The sun alng the muntain bws,
The Yellw River seawards flws,
Yu can enjy a grander sight
If yu climb t a greater height,
Translated by Xu Yuanchng
In Chinese classical pems, the frm is very imprtant: the crrect number f lines and the number f wrds in each line. Pems ften fllw special mdels f rhythm（节奏）and rhyme. Hwever, mdern pets begin t reject traditinal frms and structures（结构）fr pems in the 20th century. As a result, mst pems tday are written in free style, with lines f different lengths.
Tday many Chinese peple are becming mre interested in reading pems, n matter in what language they are written. Translatins can be gd, but being able t read in the riginal（最初的）language is best.
24. What d the first tw lines f the pem On the Strk Twer shw?
A. Lve.B. Sights.C. Histry.D. Feelings.
25. What des the underlined wrd “reject” in Paragraph 2 prbably mean?
A. Thrw away.B. Carry n.C. Agree with.D. Take up.
26. What des the writer f the passage prbably believe?
A. It is much easier t write classical pems than mdern pems.
B. Peple shuld develp the habit f painting pictures after reading pems.
C. Chinese classical pems shuld fllw free style with lines f different lengths.
D. N matter hw well a pem is translated, sme f the spirit f the riginal wrk is lst.
(C)
Hw d we knw the time? A clck, a watch r a mbile phne can help us. Hwever, many years ag there were n clcks and knwing the time was nt s easy. Over the centuries peple have develped different ways f telling the time.
Abut 5,500 years ag, the Egyptians invented the sun clck. This was a tall stne building. Its shadw (影子) shwed the mvement f the sun. S peple were able t knw midday. The Egyptians made a sundial abut 3,500 years ag. It was smaller than the sun clck and culd measure the time fr half a day. On cludy days r at night it was impssible t tell the time with a sun clck r a sundial. Water clcks were the first clcks nt t use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flws frm ne cntainer t anther, When the water reaches a certain level, it mves a lever (控制杆) and this shws the hurs. The Egyptians used water clcks abut 3,400 years ag. These clcks were ppular in the Middle East and China. But they failed t make peple knw the exact time.
In the 13th century, the mechanical clck was invented. This was mre exact, but it was expensive t make ne. Over the next few centuries, it was develped. Fr example, springs (发条) were added arund 1,500. This enabled peple t get the crrect time and allwed clcks t be smaller. In 1936 the first quartz clck was develped. Clcks became cheaper t build. It’s easy fr rdinary peple t wn a clck, Peple began depending n then mre and mre t ran business, markets and s n. Mre recently, in 1956, came the digital clck. And nwadays satellites send ur mbile phnes the time t the exact secnd.
There has been a lt f prgress in timekeeping. Clcks are always changing but sme things never change. Many f us still have truble getting ut f bed n time and nt missing appintments.
27. Which f the fllwing statement is true?
A. The Egyptians spent 100 years, mre r less, inventing water clcks.
B. With a sun clck peple were able t knw midday and midnight clearly.
C. 3500 years ag, peple used water clcks instead f sundials n rainy days.
D. A sundial was nt as big as a sun clck, but it culd measure a lnger time.
28. Hw many kinds f clcks are mentined in the passage?
A. Fur.B. Five.C. Six.D. Seven.
29. Which f the fllwing shws the structure f the passage?(①=para 1 ②=para 2,)
A. B. C. D.
30. What des the passage mainly talk abut?
A. The imprtance f time.
B. The histry f digital clcks.
C. The inventins f clcks.
D. The develpment f timekeeping.
(D)
Once again the Captain’s will wn. Silent, the men returned t their psts. But Captain Clumbus was wrried because he knew in his heart that a day wuld cme when his wrds wuld n lnger help. Befre that day, he wuld see land.
Nt an eye clsed that night. The Captain std n the high pp (舰楼) and with sleepless eyes he tried hard t lk int the darkness ahead.
Then, tw hurs befre midnight, the miracle happened. A far-ff light struck his eyes. It wavered (摇曳) nce r twice, mving quickly n the hrizn, like a fisherman’s bat n the waves.
His heart hammered (砰砰直跳). But he dared nt cry ut, “Land!”
“Yur eyes are sharp, Alfred,” he whispered t a yung sailr. “Tell me what yu see.” Even as he spke, the light disappeared.
“I see nthing.” The sailr stared int the darkness. The light had reappeared. “Lk ut!”
“Ah, yes, yes! A light. Over there.”
“Quiet! Are yu sure, Alfred?”
“But yes, Captain! It is gne nw, yet I saw it.”
Surely this was nt a trick f the light! Alfred had seen it t. Smewhere ahead in darkness were human beings and inhabited land. They std shulder t trembling shulder, staring int the dark.
Hur after hur passed. The sand-glass under the lantern shwed that it was tw ’clck in the mrning. The ther tw ships lmed (隐约出现) vaguely and in the east the line f the hrizn was clearly defined.
Then came a flash f flame (火焰). The lng-awaited signal! Land in sight.
“Land! Land!” Almst immediately came the ringing cry. There in the west, green and fair, lay an island.
Wh can tell hw Christpher Clumbus felt at that mment? The lng waiting was at an end. The dream had cme true.
31. Where did the stry happen?
A. On an island.B. On the sea.C. In the west.D. In the Captain’s dream.
32. When did the Captain see a far-ff light fr the first time?
A. At abut 10 p. m.B. At abut 2 a. m.C. At midnight.D. In the mrning.
33. What’s the meaning f the underlined sentence “Nt an eye clsed that night”?
A. Captain Clumbus had slept heavily fr the whle night.
B. Captain Clumbus kept an eye clsed that night.
C. Captain Clumbus had ne eye pen that night.
D. Captain Clumbus had been awake fr the whle night.
34. During that night, hw did Captain Clumbus’ feelings change?
A. Wrried → nervus → excited.B. Scared → curius → happy.
C. Afraid → happy → excited.D. Excited → scared → happy.
35. What was Captain Clumbus’ dream?
A. Finding the human beings in the sea.
B. Being saved by ther ships.
C. Helping his sailrs get the light in the darkness.
D. Discvering the land n the hrizn.
阅读下面短文，从所给选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺，结构完整，其中有一项是多余选项。
The Mn is a natural satellite that mves arund the Earth. ___36___ It is much smaller than the Earth, and it takes abut 27 days fr it t cmplete ne rbit arund ur planet.
___37___ The Mn appears differently thrughut the mnth because f its phases (月相). Smetimes it lks like a big rund ball, and ther times it appears as a thin crescent. These changes in appearance are caused by the Mn’s psitin relative t the Sun and the Earth.
The Mn’s surface is cvered with craters (环形山), which are big rund pits. ___38___Sme craters are really big, like the ne called the Cpernicus crater, which is abut 93 kilmetres wide.
D yu knw that humans have actually visited the Mn? In 1969, the Apll 11 missin landed astrnauts Neil Armstrng and Buzz Aldrin n the Mn’s surface. ___39___ Since then, a ttal f six Apll missins have landed astrnauts n the Mn, and they brught back samples f Mn rcks t study n the Earth.
___40___ It has an influence n the tides f ur ceans. It als prvides a natural satellite fr us t study and explre. Scientists cntinue t learn mre abut the Mn’s gelgy, histry and ptential (可能性) fr future explratin.
A. It is ur clsest neighbur in space.
B. The Mn plays an imprtant rle in ur lives.
C. D yu knw hw many satellites the Earth has?
D They were the first humans t set ft n the Mn.
E. Have yu ever nticed that the Mn changes its shape?
F. These craters were frmed by asterids (小行星) and meterids (流星体) crashing int the Mn’s surface.
第Ⅱ卷非选择题（共55分）
四、词汇运用
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词或短语并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整，每词或短语限用一次。
The famus scientist, Charles Darwin, was brn n 12 February 1809. His family lived nt far frm the River Severn, England. As a by, Darwin liked ging fr walks in the ___41___ and frests. He watched nature and ___42___ what he saw with everything he had read in science bks. He als liked ___43___. He cllected many things, such as birds, eggs, stnes and leaves. His father did nt like this, as Darwin was nt studying very well at schl.
When he was 16, Darwin was sent t Edinburgh University t study ___44___. Hwever, he ___45___ nature. Then he was sent t study nature in Cambridge University.
Sme time later, Darwin heard that the ship Beagle was ging n a ___46___ and wanted a scientist. His prfessr ___47___ him t g, s when the ship left England in December 1831, Darwin was n it. The research ___48___ fr almst five years. Darwin saw many new animals and plants.
In 1842, Darwin went t live in Kent, where he ___49___ studying the changes in nature. He understd that animals and plants are nt always the same, and that they really change.
By 1859, Darwin had finished his famus bk On the Origin f Species. It made a great hit in the wrld f science. Later, mre and mre scientists realized that his thery is right. Darwin did nt stp his studies in science ___50___ he died in 1882.
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使其意思完整。
Recently, a shrt vide frm Chngqing has becme ht n the Internet. In the vide, a bus is mving n the rad in a v___51___. When the driver ntices a schlbag hanging utside the d ___52___ f an ld huse, he stps and hnks (按喇叭). Sn, a by rushes utside, carries the schlbag and gets n the bus.
The bus driver is Cheng Lin. He drives frm Lutian t Wuqia Suth Statin fr many years. There are many left-behind children a___53___ the rute (路线)—they g t schl in the city n Sundays and cme back n Fridays. Mr Cheng knws the i___54___ f his rle n their way t and frm schl, s he pays a lt f attentin t them.
The by is a student f Grade 9 wh ges t schl by himself. He lives with his grandmther b___55___ his parents wrk in anther city and seldm cme back. Mr Cheng cares abut him a lt. They have d___56___ a secret cde (代码). If the by needs t take the bus, he will h___57___ his schlbag at the dr. When Mr Cheng sees it, he will hnk.
The by’s parents were deeply mved by the driver’s kindness when they saw the vide. “We are glad t see s___58___ is taking care f ur child. We are very thankful t Mr Cheng,” said the father.
Mr Cheng’s stry is well-knwn and he is p___59___ as a gd driver. He says it’s just a little thing and that he will c___60___ ding it.
五、读写综合（计30分）
阅读并回答问题。
Hw d we knw abut things that happened thusands f years ag when there were n vides r phts? One answer is written recrds. The earliest written recrds f Chinese civilizatin (文明) are knwn as racle bne inscriptins (甲骨文).
Mre than 3, 000 years ag, peple in the Shang Dynasty (abut 16th—11th century BC) liked t ask frtune tellers (占卜师) abut the future. Fr example, what will the weather be like next week? Where shuld I g t make mney? Will my wife give birth t a by r a girl? Frm wrk t lve, peple asked questins abut many tpics. The frtune teller wuld write the questin n an racle bne, heat it up, and then read the cracks (裂纹) in it t find an answer.
Tens f thusands f racle bnes have been fund s far. They can tell us a great deal abut hw peple lived during the Shang Dynasty. “They help us understand the rigins f Chinese philsphy (哲学) and thught, and figure ut where ur culture cmes frm,” Sng Zhenha, a leading racle bne expert, tld China Daily.
In additin t (除了) telling us abut ancient Chinese culture, the racle bnes are als key t understanding the develpment f Chinese characters (汉字). Many f the characters we use tday are similar t thse used 3000 years ag. “The racle bne inscriptins, as the earliest-knwn mature (成熟的) frm f Chinese characters, represent the beauty and uniqueness (唯一) f a language that has been passed dwn,” said Chen Nan, a prfessr at Tsinghua University.
In 2017, UNESCO added racle bne inscriptins t its Memry f the Wrld Register (“世界记忆”名录). They are indeed a valuable memry f ancient China.
根据上面短文内容，回答下列问题（每小题答案不超过6个单词）。
61. Accrding t the passage, what is the earliest written recrds f Chinese civilizatin?
______________________________________________________________
62. Hw lng is the histry f racle bne inscriptins?
______________________________________________________________
63. Besides ancient Chinese culture, what d the racle bnes als tell us?
______________________________________________________________
64. When did UNESCO add racle bne inscriptins t its Memry f the Wrld Register?
______________________________________________________________
65. What d yu think f racle bne inscriptins?
______________________________________________________________
(二）书面表达（共1题，计20分）
66. 假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Ben来信向你抱怨他在学习中文时遇到的困难，他已经学了很长时间，但进步不大，所以很沮丧。请你用英语给他回复一份电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 表示理解并给予安慰；
2. 提出你的建议（至少三点）。
注意事项：
1. 邮件包含所有要点，可适当发挥
2. 邮件中不能出现真实姓名、校名等信息；
3. 词数在100个左右，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Ben,
Thank yu very much fr telling me abut yur prblem. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
Li Hua
Student Vlunteers Needed!
On Wednesday May 3rd, frm 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Mnlight Middle Schl will hld a music festival in the schl gym. The special event will feature a variety f prfessinal musicians and singers.
Task Time Date
Make psters 1 p.m.—4 p.m. April 26th
Set up gym 11 a.m.—4 p.m. May 2nd
Help perfrmers 9 a.m.—4 p.m. May 3rd
Welcme guests 10 a.m.—2 p.m. May 3rd
Clean up gym 4 p.m.—7 p.m. May 3rd
Interested students shuld speak with Ms. Lin, the music teacher. Students wh wuld like t help at the festival must have written permissin frm a parent.
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