She is Liu Hui, a middle school student in Anhui, one of the “ stay at home children” in her town. Liu Hui is 12 years old and lives____ her sister. Her parents left home to
_____ money in big cities when she was only four. Liu Hui has to take
______ of her younger sister. They have to stay at home alone
_____ they have to go to school in the town.
“I used to feel ____ without my parents at home,” she said, “but now I know
_____ they do so. They have to go away to make money for us so that we can live
____ better life.”
Every day, Liu Hui gets up at 6:30 a.m. And cooks _____ . Then the two girls go to school. They have supper at 6:00 p.m. Then Liu Hui does housework and
____ her sister with her homework. She usually goes to bed at 9:30p.m.
Though busy, Liu Hui is still the best student in her class. She said, “My life is OK. But I still hope my parents will come back and live with _____.
词语运用（10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
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| call, decide, company, million, will, kill, start, beyond, protect, according, safe, thanks |
Internet users across China found themselves caught up in(被卷入）a war between Tencent and Qihoo 360, two Chinese software giants. Last week, Tencent said it was to stop its popular IM service, QQ, on __
Tencent said "sorry" to QQ users. However, the company wouldn't change the ___
Qi Xiangdong, president of Qihoo 360, called Tencent's move a disaster for China's Internet users. "Our 360 Safe services are ____
More than half of Chinese Internet users ____
The war between the two companies ___
According to the two __
短文填空（10个小题，每小题1分，共10分）
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| they excite winner from happen fast Japan to watch and be something |
All over the world, sports fans cheer when they watch their favorite players on TV. More and more people like ____ various sports games such as the Olympics and the World Cup.
Fans ___ 180 countries watch soccer, the most popular sport in the world. In Italy
____stops them watching soccer games on TV. The same thing _
__ in Brazil and other countries. Their team gets a goal (进球), the shouts of the fans fill the streets.
Likewise (同样地), basketball fans are ____ when their favorite team wins a match. In Asia the number of TV basketball fans is growing _
__ than in any other place. People in China, __
__ and South Korea are now big NBA basketball fans.
TV sports fans watch all kinds of sports – from ice skating to tennis, from high jump to volleyball. For them, sports ____ entertainment (娱乐). Sports bring excitement to _
__ lives. When their team wins, the fans feel like _
__, too
短文填空（10个小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读短文，用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。注意：①每个词只能用一次。②每空限填一词，有些词需要做相应的变化。③其中有两个多余选项。
In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking. It’s the groundwork of reading and writing, so they are important for You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. But be careful not to let them stop you from
your English. While you are doing this, a good way is to write – keep a diary and write notes or letters. Then if you can, ask others to go through what you have
and tell you
is wrong in your writing. Many mistakes in your speaking will be
found when you write down.
correcting the mistakes, you can do better in English.
If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry. One of the ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose something
to read and it mustn’t be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words in the dictionary
you can guess their meanings, especially when they have
to do with the main idea of sentence. You can do that at the end of your reading.
As long as you stick to practicing, you will be good at English. Remember that the more you practice, the more experienced you will be.
词语运用（10小题， 每小题1分， 共10分）
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| sad it quiet in join late this to keep be one give |
During the Second World War , John’s family didn’t have a washing machine. Therefore , clothes clean became a problem for them.
Before long , a family friend decidedthe army and his wife was going with him. John’s family told them that they could take care of their furniture while they were away.
the family’s surprise, the friend suggested they should use his Bendix washing machine. “
would be better for it to be used , rather than sitting
,” He said.
Young John helped with the washing , and he developed a deep love of the old , green Benxid machine. , the war ended and the family’s friend returned. When he came to take the machine away. John became very sad. His mother saw this and said to him, “ Son, you must remember that machine didn’t belong to us at
. It was a gift for us to be able to use it for such a long time. So , instead of
sad about the loss , let’s be grateful that we were able to use it at that time.”
We have all experienced loss : loss of people and things. However , if we see the thing we have lost as a gift that we were for a time, maybe the
memories will change into thankful one.
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| food country member comfortable use certainly from free enjoy true to he |
Are you dreaming of traveling around the world without spending a lot of money? Now, your dream can come ________. If you join a “couch surfers” club, you will travel ___
____ with less money. What is a “couch surfers” club? People ___
____ different countries meet each other on the Internet through this club. One day, if you travel to a __
___ country, you can sleep on his couch and he will show you around his city for __
___. He will take you to places of interest in ____
__ country and you will share local delicious ___
____. If you meet a nice member, you can even ____
____ his car and watch his TV, just like you are old friends. In return, if he comes to your country for traveling, it’s your turn to be a nice host. ____
___, here “couch” is only a symbol. It may be a comfortable bed waiting for you in a strange foreign country. A lot of people joined this “couch surfers” club and they __
____ their foreign trips very much. Some people have been to more than 20 countries in this way.