1、1My grandparents live in the countryside, we often visit on weekends.Athey Bthem Ctheir Dthemselves2A group of kids are playing a ball in the park.Aof Bon Cin Dwith3 Lucy, where is MiMi? She under the chair.Asleeps Bslept Cis sleeping Dwill sleep 4 Grandma, you hear me? I cant hear you clearly.Acan
2、Bneed Cshould Dmust5 We the Summer Palace next week. Have a good trip.Avisit Bvisited Cwill visit Dis visiting6My father is very patient. He often me with my homework.Ahelps Bhelped Cwill help Dhas helped7When I computer games, my mother suddenly opened the door.Aplay Bplayed Cis playing Dwas playin
3、g8I practice running every day and now I run than Tony.Afast Bfaster Cfastest Dthe fastest9My aunt is very kind. She these poor people for many years.Ahelps Bhelped Chas helped Dis helping10David didnt come to school yesterday he hurt his leg.Abecause Bbut Cand Dso11Some new parks near our home next
4、 year.Abuild Bbuilt Care built Dwill be built12 Do you know back to China? Next month.Awhen Tom comes Bwhen Tom will come Cwhen does Tom come Dwhen will Tom come二、完形填空。（共 8 分，每小题 1 分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。Counting the votes （ 选票 ） took about ve minutes, but it seemed like a
5、n hour for me. Captain （ 队长 ） of the cheerleaders is quite a/an 13 for me. As Coach Maguire appeared, all eyes xed on her. Girls, she began. Its my pleasure to announce （宣布） that Terry Shaw has been chosen as captain of the cheerleading team. A great 14 was heard throughout the gym.How could this be
6、? I hadnt missed a practice or a game in the three years. Was everyone blind? Didnt they realize that I had worked three years to get the title?All the way home, I cried. The next morning, I held my uniform close to me. I knew I couldnt 15. I knew my true love was cheering with my teammates.It was r
7、eally very 16 to go to that rst practice after Terry had been named captain. When I arrived, Terry asked me if I had any ideas on how to improve our routines and talked about how we could make the team better. We? Was she 17? I just wanted to hate her but she kept making it harder and harder for me
8、to do that. Terry always made sure to include me when discussing changes in our routine and 18 we grew to be very close friends.At the end of the year, the annual Sports Award Banquet was organized. In the evening we watched and listened as the various trophies were awarded （颁发） to the most valuable
9、 player of each sports team. Of course the team captains all 19 trophies too. With great excitement I cheered for Terry.Just as Terry walked off the stage, Coach Maguire stepped up to the microphone again and announced that there was one nal trophy to be awarded. The cheerleading Spirit Award would
10、now be presented to the girl who showed the greatest 20.When I heard my name announced I was shocked （ 震惊的 ）. Terry was coming toward me. We hugged each other, and Terry whispered, Nobody deserves （ 值得 ） this more than you.13Ahonor Bgift Copinion Dchance 14Amusic Bcheer Clanguage Dsuggestion 15Atrai
11、n Bplay Cstay Dleave 16Ahappy Beasy Chard Dexcited 17Akidding Blaughing Cchoosing Dhelping 18Aluckily Bnally Csuddenly Dnormally 19Aposted Boffered Cwatched Dreceived 20Apromise Bmoney Ceffort Dattention阅读理解（共 36分）三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最 佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）ADont you think robots are a
12、 part of your life? In factories, robots put together everything from toys to cars. Some homes have robots that sweep floors or mow the lawn （剪草坪）. And more robots are soon to come.Like a HumanRobots dont expect any thanks for all the work they do for us. After all, they dont have feelings. But that
13、 may be changing with Nexi, a robot created by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nexi can move its face to show anger, happiness or sadness. It can also raise its eyebrows （ 眉毛 ） to show surprise.Household HelpersHow would you like a robot to help clean up your toys, or one th
14、at plays hide-and-seek with you? Nao can be programmed to do both those activities, and more. A two-foot-tall robot, Nao was designed by a company in France to be a helper and companion （ 伙伴 ）. It can talk, walk and even remember faces, voices and places.Robots at WorkNeed a lift out of bed? RIBA, s
15、hort for Robot for Interactive Body Assistance, will lend its helpful arms! Some patients at hospitals and nursing homes have a hard time getting in and out of bed. RIBA can gently lift a patient out of bed and help him or her into a wheelchair （ 轮椅 ）.Water BotsRobots that work in waterand look like
16、 sea creatures （ 生物 ）are making news lately. One of them is a robotic sh. Researchers built the robotic sh to swim in water to nd out pollution. Theres even a robotic penguin （ 企 鹅 ） called the AP, which can move in water in all directions.21By moving its , Nexi might show its anger, happiness or sa
17、dness. Ahead Bface Carm Dleg22 If a patient needs a lift out of bed, which may be a good helper?ANexi. BNao. CRIBA. DAP.23According to the passage, a robotic sh might be used for . Adiscovering sh Bpicking up rubbishCstudying sea creatures Dnding out pollutionBs a waste of time, I said when my mom t
18、old me to join Madcaps, a mothers and daughters club that helps charities （ 慈善 ）. When she told me I had to volunteer at a homeless shelter （ 收容 所 ），I thought that things could not get worse.We got there late and walked to the dirty homeless shelter, where we saw a lady yelling （叫喊） at the security
19、guard. He dealt with her and then led us to the kitchen, where we ran into our ve fellow Madcaps mothers and daughters.Then homeless people started to walk in and a little girl, around ve years old, walked up and pointed to the food I was handing out. I handed her a cold sandwich and she nodded to s
20、ay thanks. She then walked over to her parents, who were seated at a large table.As she walked away, I thought about how much I had. I go to one of the top schools in San Diego, I have a great house by the water, and I have a warm meal every night. Then I thought of how little she had. She probably
21、didnt go to school, and that is where she sleeps and eats every day. That little girl makes me realize just how lucky I am.After that moment, I had a change of heart. Now, I love Madcaps and dont miss one meeting. I have little trouble socializing with others and now have many friends to play and ch
22、at with.I believe that if you have an open mind about things, you can learn a lot about yourself and the people in your community. You can make new friends and realize how lucky you are. I believe you can make a difference just by doing something that you dont want to do.24What did the writer see in
23、 the shelter when she arrived?AThe shelter was full of homeless kids.BA lady was yelling at the security guard.CA little girl was waiting for her sandwich.DThere were only mothers and daughters in the shelter.25Comparing with the little girl, the writer realized that . Ashe should study hardBshe was
24、 a lucky personCshe actually had a poor lifeDshe should take part in more school clubs26What happened to the writer after her experience in Madcaps?AShe didnt miss anybody from the club.BShe didnt worry about her life anymore.CShe became more open-minded about life.DShe found it easy to communicate
25、with homeless people.CChocolatetheres nothing quite like it, is there? Chocolate is simply delicious. What is chocolate? Where does it come from?The history of chocolate goes back to the discovery of cacao beans. About 4000 years ago, the Americans made cacao beans into a drink and they took it as a
26、 gift from nature.In 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortex visited Mexico in America. He saw people drink cacao mixed with spices （香料）. Cortex took some cacao home as a gift to the Spanish King Charles. Since then, people in Spain began to drink cacao. However, the nature taste of cacao was too
27、 bitter for most people. Tosweeten it, Spanish added sugar and honey to it. As a sweet drink, it became popular in Europe. By the 17th century, rich people in Europe began drinking cacao drink as a fashion.In 1828, a Dutch chemist, Conrad J. van Houten started using a new process to remove the fat f
28、rom cacao beans. He made a machine that pressed the fat from the beans. The resulting powder （ 粉末 ） mixed better with water than cacao did. People called van Houtens cacao powder Dutch chocolate it is the beginning of modern chocolate.After that, chocolate makers started trying new recipes （ 配方 ） wi
29、th Dutch chocolate. First it was mixed with sugar. Then butter was added to the sweetened chocolate to make chocolate bars. In 1849, an English chocolate maker successfully made the rst chocolate bar. In the 19th century, the Swiss started making milk chocolate by mixing powdered milk. Milk chocolat
30、e has not changed much since this process was invented.Today the United States buys most of chocolate in the world, but the Swiss eat the most chocolate per person. The most chocolate eaten today is sweet milk chocolate, but people also eat white chocolate and dark chocolate. Chocolate has become a worldwide snack and also a popular holiday gift.27What did the Americans think of cacao drink about
