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1、On February 14th many people in the world celebrate an unusual holiday, St. Valentine's Day, a special day for lovers. The origin of this holiday is uncertain but according to one story it gets its name from a Christian named Valentine who lived in Rome during the 3rd century A.D. His job was to perform marriages for Christian couples. Unfortunately, the Emperor of Rome didn't allow Christian marriages. So they had to be performed in secret. Finally Valentine was arrested and put into prison. While he was in prison he fell in love with the daughter of the prison guard. After one year the Emperor offered to release Valentine if he would stop performing Christian marriages. Valentine refused and so he was killed in February, 270 A.D. Before he was killed Valentine sent a love letter to the daughter of the prison guard. He signed the letter "from your Valentine". That was the first Valentine.
Today Valentines are cards usually red and shaped like hearts with messages of love written in them. On Valentine's Day tens of millions of people send and receive Valentines. Whether it is an expensive heart-shaped box of chocolates from a secret admirer or a simple hand-made card from a child, a Valentine is a very special message of love.
(1)、The passage is mainly about a special holiday.
A：T
B：F
答案：A
解析：根据文章第一句话，主要说的是情人节，对于情侣来说，这是个特殊的节日。

所以，题目所述是正确的。

选A。

(2)、Valentine was put into prison because he sent a love letter to the daughter of the prison guard.
A：T
B：F
答案：B
解析：通过文章第一段，Valentine入狱之后他爱上了狱卒的女儿。

而不是因为给狱卒的女儿写情书而被关进牢房里。

所以题目所述是错误的，选B。

(3)、It is because he refused to accept the Emperor's offer that Valentine was killed.
A：T
B：F
答案：A
解析：根据文章第一段后半部分的描述，罗马大帝释放了Valentine，要求他不许再为基督徒举办婚礼，Valentine拒绝了这个要求，因此，被杀了。

所以题目所述正确，选A。

(4)、Valentines are cards usually red, and shaped like hearts with messages of love
written in them.
A：T
B：F
答案：A
解析：根据文章第二段第一句话，Valentines通常都是红色心形的卡片，里面写着爱的信息。

所以题目所述是正确的。

(5)、People send Valentines to each other nowadays to celebrate Valentine's birthday.
A：T
B：F
答案：B
解析：通过文章的描述，现在人们情人节送卡片是为了纪念Valentine而不是因为他的生日。

所以题目所述是错误的，选B。

2、When John and c arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America's fastest growing businesses.
What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples - people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.
One family, who now has a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don't like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.
（1）、Which of the following has become one of America's fastest growing businesses? ______________
A.Selling home furnishings.
B.Renting furnished apartments.
C.Selling used furniture.
D.Renting home furnishings.
答案：D
解析：第一段最后一句直接给出了此题的答案，租赁家具已经成为美国增长最快的商业之一。

（2）、Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?_______________________
A.Because the furniture they get in this way is new.
B.Because it saves them a lot of money.
C.Because it saves them much trouble and money.
D.Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.
答案：C
解析：租赁家具省钱省麻烦，文章第二段集中阐述了这个观点，故选C。

（3）、What can you infer from the passage?_____________________
A.The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.
B.Renting furniture is not popular in the couple's home town.
C.Only those who don't have enough money to rent furniture.
D.People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.
答案：B
解析：从文章第一段的第三行可推断，租赁家具对于John夫妻来说也是个new system，可推
断他们在来纽约之前的家乡并不多见，选B。

（4）、Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?___________
A.Rent or Buy?
B.A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.
C.Furnished Apartments.
D.A New Idea.
答案：B
解析：纵观全文，作者谈论的即是租赁家具这种新型的产业和生活方式，选B。

（5）、Young people liked renting home furniture in that___________
A.They have less money.
B.They don't want to buy old furniture.
C.The new furniture is of good quality.
D.They don't have much money and don't want to buy the cheap furniture.
答案：D
解析：文章第二段的第四行起，作者道出了年轻人租赁家具的原因是没太多钱，又不愿意买
便宜货。

选D。

三、词汇与语法
1、Since he doesn't want to accept your advice, it is no use _______to him again.
A.in talking
C.to talk
D.of talking
答案：B
解析：no use doing，做某事没有用处；固定用法。

句意“他从来不接受你的意见，和他再说已经没什么用了”。

2、I'm going to the supermarket this afternoon. Do you have anything ______?
A.to be buying
B.bought
C.for buying
D.to buy
答案：D
解析：to buy作目的状语，表示还未买，buy用动词原形表示被动语态，选D。

句意“我下午要去超市，你有什么要（我帮忙）买的吗？”
3、It's not easy for Chinese students _______English well.
A.to learn
B.learning
C.learned
D.learn
答案：A
解析：be easy to do something，固定搭配，选A。

句意“对于中国学生来说学好英语不容易”。

4、We are looking forward to ____the Beijing Olympics.
A.host
B.hosting
C.be hosted
D.be hosting
答案：B
解析：look forward to doing something，“渴望、盼望做某事”，这里的to是介词，后面要跟名词，四个选项只有B是名词形式。

5、He told me ________ bring you anything.
A.not to
B.to not
C.not
D.don't
答案：A
解析：tell somebody to do something，“吩咐某人做某事”，固定搭配，否定词加在to 的前面，选A。

This is my timetable. I study at No.3 Middle School of Dongfang. From Monday to Friday I get up ___1___ 6:30 a.m. I have ___2___ at 7:00 and then I go to school.
I don't like to be late. Our classes ___3___ at 8:30 a.m. We have four classes in the morning. I often have lunch at school with my classmates.
In the afternoon, we have two classes. Classes are over at 3:30, and I get home at 4:00. But sometimes I don't ___4___ school so early because I play basketball on the playground. I have supper at about 6:00. After supper I do my homework. I often watch TV, but sometimes I ___5___ to do some reading and the story books are very interesting. I usually go to bed at about 10:00 p.m.
A：leave
B：at
C：like
D：breakfast
E：start
答案：
1、B
2、D
3、E
4、A
5、C
解析：leave“离开”；at“在……”；like“喜欢”；breakfast“早餐”；Start“开始”。

1、在时间点前加介词at；
2、have breakfast“吃早餐”；
3、“课程始于8点半”，选出E；
4、“我不会那么早离开学校，因为我还要打会篮球”；
5、like to do“喜欢做……”，选C。

五、英译汉
1、Some football teams will have games there.
答案：有几支足球队要在那里进行比赛。

2、Are you fond of music?
答案：你喜欢音乐吗？
3、What kind of life do most people enjoy?
答案：多数人喜欢什么样的生活？
4、This box can hold more books than that one.
答案：这个箱子比那个箱子能装更多的书。

5、My classmate is more clever than I.
答案：我的同学比我聪明。

六、写作
Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。

My Dream
My Dream
My dream is to become a good English speaker. If I am a good English speaker, I can communicate with foreign friends easily and I can help them understand the Chinese culture better. I can also help other English learners to speak good English.
To realize my dream, I decide to do the following.
First, I will memorize 30 English words every day. Second, I will go over the grammar points regularly. Third, I will read articles in English newspapers and I will read simple novels in English radio programs and watch English TV programs. Finally, I will listen to English music and watch。