Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Italy. He is best known as an artist today. One of his famous paintings is called Mona Lisa. However, Leonardo had many other natural abilities. He was also a great inventor. .
Although Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, .
, Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying. Among his sketch we can see several objects. We consider them as modern flying machines.
Leonardo spent many hours thinking about how to make good use of time. He developed ideas for labor-saving machines like cutting machines.
Leonardo was a strange man. He didn’t eat any meat, which was very unusual in those times. He never published his ideas and scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which looks like writing in a mirror, .
. Leonardo finished only a few of his paintings. He left many unfinished because he thought they were not perfect. No one in his life time knew how great Leonardo was. We now believe, however, that he was one of the cleverest men the world has ever known.
| A. We have very little of his work today. B. Many of his inventions have become important in modern daily life. C. By watching the way birds fly. D. which was produced and used in war many years later. E. starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left. |
A: Hi, Ryan. I want to have a class party.
B: Sure. I can help you. So when shall we have the party ?
A:
B: No, today is too early. If we have it today, half the class won’t come.
A: Ok, let’s have it tomorrow then.
B: Hmm… There’s a test the day after tomorrow. Students will leave early to study for the test.
A: Ok, let’s have it on Saturday afternoon,
B : No, I don’t think we should watch a video. Some students will be bored. Let’s play party games ?
A: Can you organize the party games ?
B: Sure, I can do that . And can you make some food for us?
A: Yes, no problem.
| A. Let’s have it today after class. B. What can I do for you ? C. Will you help me? D. We can all meet and watch a video. E. Ok, good idea.. F. Why not have it on the weekend? |
(L:Laura K:Karen
L: Hello!
K: Hello!
L: Yes, speaking.
K:It’s Karen here. I’m going to buy some books tomorrow. Would you like to go with me?
L: Sorry. I don’t need to buy any books. I can do some reading on the Internet.
K: Reading on the Internet?
L:Oh. I see.
K:
L: OK. I’ll go with you. When shall we meet ?
K: .
L:Great. See you then.
K: See you.
| A:And there are many wonderful books in the bookstore. B: But it’s bad for your eyes to read on the computer or the mobile phone. C. What about half past two tomorrow afternoon? D: Is that Laura? |
口语应用 （共两段， 满分8分）
从对话后的选项中选择适当的选项补全对话，并涂在答题卡上相应的位置。（共8个空，每空1分，满分8分）
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A：Excuse me ! Can you tell me how to get to the nearest supermarket?
B: Just go along this road and turn left at the second crossing. Then you can see a bank. The supermarket is across from it. .
A: Is it far from here ?
B: No. Are you new here?
A: Yes. But I have come to Xichang before.
B:
A: It’s beautiful. Great changes have taken place. The food is delicious and the people are friendly.
B:
A:Thank you.
B: You are welcome.
| A.What do you think of Xichang? B.Have a good trip! C.It’s about 10 minutes’ walk D.It’s between a post office and a hospital |
There are signs everywhere. We may not be able to understand the language ,but we will probablyunderstand the signs there.
Different signs tell us different things. They give us:
•instructions (how to do something) 
•directions (where to go and how to get to a place)
•warnings (what we should not do)
•information (what we need to know)
| A.first aid here B.turn right for the airport C.in a foreign country D.take the escalator to go up E.no ball games |