—What did he ask just now?

-- He wondered _________

A. if they would meet at the school gate.

B. when would they start

C. that they would take some food

D. how they will get there

China is a country with a long history. It has great traditional culture, especially Chinese characters. Chinese characters usually have more than one meaning and some of them are very interesting. Here are six ones. We use “pinyin” here because “pinyin” is the Chinese spelling way for the characters. For example, “fu” is the “pinyin” for good luck in Chinese. “pinyin” “fu” is only the phonic part of the character and if you want to know the meaning of good luck “fu”, you must read Chinese character 福 because “fu” also represents(代表) other Chinese characters that sound the same.

“fu” means blessing, good fortune, good luck. Chinese character “fu” is one of the most popular ones used during Chinese New Year. Chinese people often put up “fu” upside down on the front door of a house or an apartment. The upside down “fu” means good luck comes since the character for upside down in Chinese sounds the same as the character for “come”.

“l(fā)u” is used to mean official’s a pay in old China. “shou” means long life, age or birthday. “xi” is happiness, The doubled character “xi” means double happiness. It is usually put up everywhere at Chinese weddings. “cai” is weath or money. Chinese often say “ money can make a ghost turn a millstone”. It is to say money really can do a lot of things. But, money can’t buy everything. “he” is an important part of Chinese culture. It means good relations with other people, when you have “he”, things will be a lot easier for you.

The top six lucky Chinese charaters. “fu” “l(fā)u” “shou” “xi” “cai” “he”,are particularly loved by Chinese people.

1.We use ______ to show how to read the Chinese characters.

A. “pinyin” B. letters

C. words D. spelling

2.The upside down 福 “fu” means .

A. coming B. good luck comes

C. good fortune D. “fu” is upside down

3.People in China most probably put up the Chinese Characters _______ on the front door at their wedding.

A. upside down “cai” B. upside down “fu”

C. doubled “xi” D. doubled “he”

4.Which of the following in Not true according to the passage?

A. “Cai” is wealth or money

B. “l(fā)u” is used to mean offical’s pay in old China

C. “shou” means keeping thin

D. Things will be a lot easier if you have “he”

5.The underlined word “character” means _____ in this passage.

A. 角色 B.特征 C.性格 D.漢字

口語應(yīng)用 （共兩段， 滿分8分）

從對(duì)話后的選項(xiàng)中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)倪x項(xiàng)補(bǔ)全對(duì)話，并涂在答題卡上相應(yīng)的位置。（共8個(gè)空，每空1分，滿分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. 1. .

A: Is it far from here ?

B: No. 2. Are you new here?

A: Yes. But I have come to Xichang before.

B: 3.

A: It’s beautiful. Great changes have taken place. The food is delicious and the people are friendly.

B: 4.

A:Thank you.

B: You are welcome.

– Kate is __________ American girl, right?

-- Yes. She is from ____________ United States.

A. a, the B. an, a C. a, a D. an, the

--How do you like this movie?

-- Fantastic, it’s the __________ one I’ve ever seen.

A. better B. best C. good D. worst

Steve and Jack didn’t think ________ of their school. Everything is so old.

A. many B. much C. more D. less

– Look! Here comes your mom’s car.

-- It ______ be hers. She sold her car yesterday.

A. must B. can’t C. needn’t D. might

I need to _________ with some ways of getting money or I’ll have to stop.

A. pick up B. come up C. take up D. set up

After Tom finished his middle school, he went to work in a post office. He was to work, because he could send the on his bike. It was easy and interesting. One day he sent a letter to a house. When he got to the door, a big dog ran to him. He was afraid of it very much and quickly the letter on the ground. To his surprise, the dog didn’t come at him. It ran before the letter and picked it up with its . Then it carried the letter in to the house. Tom said to himself, “It does the work as me.

1.A. quick B. clever C. glad D. patient

2.A. children B. letter C. vegetable D. fruits

3.A. threw B. read C. wrote D. opened

4.A. hands B. mouth C. feet D. nose

5.A. easy B. interesting C. hard D. same

According to a recent report, kids in primary school spend about six hours every week doing their homework.. So kids hate homework. However, their parents hate homework, too.

Is it good for kids to do homework? Of course, a great number of researches do show that kids can remember what they have learnt in class better by finishing their homework on time and homework itself plays an important role in developing their learning shills, such as independent thinking and creativity.

But for parents, the result is not the same. After a day of hard work, most of them feel like they’re going through school a second time when they sit down with their children each night to help with their homework. And a recent survey found that 46 percent of parents feel like they don’t spend enough quality time with their children, because they spend too much time doing the housework or helping with homework. And another 29 percent of parents have arguments with their kids often when they have different answers to the same question.

Now several education scientists strongly advise parents to stop helping. They say it will give their kids more independence and give parents back their free time. At the same time, the number of homework – connected arguments will be less at home. Katy Smith, an education scientist, says, “ You don’t have to know everything. Children need to put their hands up for help and so do parents. Use your resources – online teachers, or even your neighborhood – just ask.”

1.How long do the kids spend doing homework?

A. About six hours a day.

B. About six hours a week.

C. About six hours a month

D. About six hours a year

2.What do we know from the researches mentioned in Paragraph 2 ?

A. Homework improves learning skills.

B. Both parents and kids hate homework.

C. Kids love doing homework by themselves.

D. Parents enjoy sitting down helping their kids, most parents feel ___________.

3. When they are helping their kids, most parents feel ___________ .

A. they are at work again

B. they are school students again

C. they are teachers of their kids.

D. they are not as good as their kids.

4.Why do some parents argue with their kids?

A. Their kids don’t finish homework on time.

B. Their kids don’t like to do their homework.

C. Their kids don’t work out the correct answers.

D. Their kids don’t agree with them on the answers.

5.What’s Katy Smith’s advice for the parents?

A. Ask kids to finish everything at school.

B. Review everything they learn at school.

C. Look for professional help for their kids.

D. Leave the kids alone with their homework..