Leonardo da Vinci（莱奥纳多.达.芬奇） was a famous artist who was born in Italy. He was also a great inventor. Many of his inventions have become important in modern life. Although Leonardo hated war， he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun， which was produced and used in war. Besides， Leonardo spent days thinking about how to save time. He developed ideas for something like cutting machines.
Leonardo was a strange man. He never ate meat. That was very unusual in those times（时代）.He never published（发表） scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing， which looks like usual writing in a mirror， starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left side.
Only a few of his paintings are left today. Many paintings were not finished because he thought they were not perfect.
Leonardo was talented and creative. He was regarded as one of the most intelligent men in the world.
（1）What's Leonardo's status（身份） besides an artist？
| A． |
An actor. |
| B． |
A worker. |
| C． |
A farmer. |
| D． |
An inventor. |
（2）Which was Leonardo's most special invention according to this passage？
| A． |
The cutting machine. |
| B． |
The machine gun. |
| C． |
The air conditioner. |
| D． |
The washing machine. |
（3）Which sentence can NOT show Leonardo was a strange man？
| A． |
He never ate meat. |
| B． |
He never published scientific discoveries. |
| C． |
He used mirror writing. |
| D． |
He hated war. |
（4）Why are only a few of Leonardo's paintings left today？
| A． |
Because many paintings were not finished. |
| B． |
Because many paintings were lost in war. |
| C． |
Because he burnt most of his paintings. |
| D． |
Because he had no time to paint. |
（5）Which of the following words can describe Leonardo correctly？
| A． |
Famous but not great. |
| B． |
Great but not famous. |
| C． |
Intelligent but not usual. |
| D． |
Talented but not strange. |
Li Yan is a Chinese girl. She lives in Yangzhou with her grandparents. Her parents are in England now and Li Yan will go there this summer holiday. But her spoken English is not good. She does well in English exams, but she can only write. So Li Yan wants to study hard to speak good English.
Every Saturday evening, Li Yan goes to “English Corner”. It’s a place for people to speak English. There are also many foreign(外国的) people. They come from America, England or Australia. Kitty likes talking with these foreign people. When the summer holidays come, her spoken English is much better! Her parents are so surprised to see her change (变化) and they are very happy.Li Yan’s parents are in .
| A．Yangzhou | B．Australia | C．America | D．England |
“Spoken English” means “ ” in Chinese.
| A．英语写作 | B．英语口语 | C．英语表达 | D．英语考试 |
Li Yan can .
| A．speak English very well before she practices |
| B．get high marks（分数） in English exams |
| C．get high marks in all exams |
| D．live in the UK after the summer holidays |
“English Corner” is a place .
| A．to speak English only with foreign people |
| B．to meet only with foreign people |
| C．for people to practice speaking English |
| D．in England |
What change does Li Yan make?
| A．She can go to England |
| B．She can live with her grandparents and parents. |
| C．Her spoken English is much better. |
| D．She likes “English Corner”. |
A woman is at the cinema, and she is enjoying the film very much, but there is a man in the next seat(座位), and he begins looking at the floor under her. The woman is angry and asks, “What are you doing there?” What are you looking for?
“A piece of chocolate”, the man says to her, “I drop (掉落) it on the floor.”
“A piece of chocolate?” the woman says angrily, “It is dirty now.” Take this and be quiet, please. I am listening to the film.” She gives the man a big piece of chocolate. But the man says, “One of my teeth is in the chocolate!”The man and the woman are____________.
| A．They are in a school | B．They are at a supermarket |
| C．They are in a shop | D．They are at the cinema |
The man sits ___________the woman.
| A．next to | B．in front of | C．behind | D．on the left of |
The underlined word “angry” means(意思)_________
| A．not sad | B．not bright | C．not happy | D．not interesting |
The man wants to find the piece of chocolate because _______
| A．the piece of chocolate is very expensive（贵） |
| B．one of his teeth is in the chocolate |
| C．he likes chocolate very much |
| D．he wants to make the cinema clean |
The woman gives the man a piece of chocolate because________.
| A．she is friendly to him |
| B．she wants to enjoys the film better |
| C．the piece of chocolate is the man’s |
| D．she likes the man |
| Bob |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Get up |
6:50a.m. |
6:50a.m. |
6:50a.m. |
6:50a.m. |
6:50a.m. |
| Have lessons |
8:00—11:30 |
8:00—11:30 |
8:00—11:30 |
8:00—11:30 |
8:00—11:30 |
| Have lunch at school |
Dumplings (饺子) |
Rice (米饭) |
Noodles (面条) |
Rice (米饭) |
Noodles (面条) |
| After-school activities |
Basketball |
Badminton |
Table tennis |
Football |
Badminton |
| In the evening |
Do homework |
Do homework |
Do homework |
Do homework |
Watch TV |
| Go to bed |
9:40p.m. |
9:40p.m. |
9:40p.m. |
9:40p.m. |
10:15p.m. |
.Bob’s classes last(持续)____________ in the morning.
| A．three and a half hours | B．four hours | C．three hours | D．two hours |
He has rice for lunch __________ a week at school.
| A．only once | B．twice | C．three times | D．four times |
He plays ________ twice a week after school.
| A．basketball | B．football | C．badminton | D．table tennis |
From Monday to Friday, he usually _________ in the evening.
| A．does homework | B．watches TV | C．does sports | D．reads books |
He goes to bed at _________on Friday.
| A．6:50a.m. | B．8:00p.m. | C．9:40 p.m. | D．10:15 p.m. |
任务型阅读，根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
The English language is changing all the time. New words are created, like DIY, SDA and e-mail. How do words come into English? Many words are borrowed from other languages. From Chinese, for example, English has borrowed words like kowtow and kung fu.
Words have also come into English in unusual ways. Words like classroom and mooncake are two short words which are put together. Also, parts of two words are put together and become a new word. For example, smog comes from smoke and fog. Some words come from longer words, like TV from television, and math from mathematics. Don’t you think all these make English an interesting language?
根据短文内容，完成下列问题。Is the English language changing all the time?
Are many English words borrowed from other languages?
Which language does the English word kung fu come from?
What does somg come from?
What is short form television?
The world is not hungry，but it’s thirsty. 1while we say we are short of water.Why？Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can‘t drink or use for watering plants directly.Man can only drink and use the 3% of water that comes from rivers and lakes. 2，because some of it has been polluted.
Now more water is needed.The problem is how we can avoid a serious water shortage in the future. 3 Scientists are making study in this field.Today，In most large cities water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers.but it can be used again.Even if every large city reused its water，the water will still not be enough.4 .
The sea seems to give us the best answer.There is a lot of water in the sea.All that needs to be get the salt out of the sea water.This will be expensive，but it has already been used in many parts of the world. 6So you see，if we can find out a way，we’ll be in no danger of drying up.
从方框中所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全短文。其中有一项为多余选项。
| A．Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way of doing it. |
| B．It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water. |
| C．What could people do next? |
| D．We should use all the water directly. |
E. First, we should find out ways to reuse it.
F. And we can’t even use all of that.