How do you keep cool during summer？Air conditioners or electric fans are good tools in modern society．But（36） that，people could only use fans．
Over 3，000 years ago，fans began to be used．They were made of feathers （羽毛），bamboo or silk．They came in different （37） ，including round and square．
Later，with the invention of paper，folding（可折叠的） paper fans became popular during the Song Dynasty．There are usually beautiful （38） on fans．Some are landscapes（风景）．Others are flowers and animals．Moreover，many great people including Su Dongpo，a poet of the Song Dynasty，and Tang Yin，scholar （学者） and painter of the Ming Dynasty，once painted their masterpieces （杰作） on fans．This made fans not only（39） tools in daily life but also great artworks．
So，with its value of beauty，people take fans as a symbol of status （地位）．That's why in old China，emperors and scholars often held fans．
Today，fans are also great collectors'items （藏品） and gifts．On the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games，folding fans were（40） to leaders and officials （官员 ） of other countries．While they were（41） fans to get cool，they were also experiencing Chinese culture．
36．A．before |
B．after |
C．from |
37．A．colors |
B．sizes |
C．shapes |
38．A．plants |
B．pictures |
C．persons |
39．A．useful |
B．beautiful |
C．careful |
40．A．bought |
B．posted |
C．given |
41．A．holding |
B．waving |
C．playing． |
从所给的六个单词中选出五个补全对话。并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共5小题，每小题1分）
A: I saw a funny film on TV last Wednesday.
B: ?
A: It was about a man who a furniture shop.
B: A furniture shop?
A: Yes. He an advertisement in the newspaper. It said, “Send me ¥500 and I promise to make you 20 cm taller.”
B: What happened then?
A: Many people sent him . But he sent them back a 20 cm high plastic
. Then they all came around to his shop and quarreled with him.
短文填空。根据短文内容，用单词的适当形式填空，每空一词。
| next be grandma family in |
Hi, I am Helen. Here are two nice pictures of my . My father and mother
in the first photo. In the
photo is my
, my father’s mother. And my dog , Coco is
my family, too.
短文填空：阅读短文，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每个单词限用一次（共10分）
Sports aren’t only for men. Amantle Montsho is one of the ___ women in the world.
Amantle Montsho was lovely_she was a child . She liked running ,but her classmates often _
at her . Because women in her country didn’t like to run . But she never cared __
that . She took part in (参加) a lot of ＿
＿ and won . The Botswana National Sports Council( 博茨瓦纳国际体育委员会) had a meeting and asked her to join them .
At the age of 16 . Ms Montsho worked as a shop clerk (职员) . She spent her free time ___. And the council asked __
__ to work on a program for two weeks a month . So she had to travel for 8 to 10 hours for it .
The short race were not the _fit (适合) for her . Then she started to run the 400-meter race . she _
_ the national record (全国记录) many times. She’s so _
__ now. people think she is one of the most talented runners in the world .
短文填空：（10×1=10分）用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。
Today is Saturday.I go to the supermarket with my mom.My dad oranges very much.So we buy some
for him.Mom likes
apples,but the apples in the supermarket aren’t red.“Look! The bananas
very good.Do you like
?”I say to my mom.“Yes.”Then she buys some bananas
herself(她自己).
The vegetables in the supermarket are very .We buy some tomatoes and potatoes(土豆).I don’t like tomatoes,but my mom likes them.Then we go back home.We put the fruit and
on the table.My dad sees the oranges and he is very
.Then we have
with my dad at 18:00.
选词填空。根据短文意思，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整，并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。（每小题1分，共10分）
| at, ask, what, winner, prize, be, difference, good, hardly, many |
Life is not easy, so I'd like to say “When anything happens,(发生) believe in yourself!” When I was a young boy, I _____ too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed
_____ me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech（演讲）competition. My mother
_____ me to take part in（参加）it.
_____ a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are sure to _____.” Then mother and I talked about many
______ topics.（话题）At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my
_____ to remember all the speech and practiced it
______ than 100 times. With my mother's great love, I did well in the competition. I could
______ believe my ears when I heard that I had won the first
_____ . I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. They all said congratulations （祝贺）to me.