For me, Christmas always began in the middle of the cold, windy month of November．My sister Alice and I sat down in front of the fire and wrote a  1  to Father Christmas, telling him about all the presents we  2 ．We carefully posted the letter to “Father Christmas, the North Pole”…

     Christmas Eve came．The whole family helped to  3  the house, put up the Christmas tree and blow up the balloons．Then, in the afternoon．When Aunt Kate and my two cousins arrived．4  was ready．Before we went to bed, we left some wine and meat for Father Christmas and then put our  5  at the end of our beds．We tried to keep  6  as long as possible to see Father Christmas, but the next thing we knew it was  7  —Christmas morning!

     We couldn’t wait to  8  the stocking．It was now full of all kinds of small presents and sweets．Christmas morning was bright and sunny．After going to church, my cousin David and I went out into the garden to  9  our new presents．Lunch was always late, but what a lunch! Delicious turkey with all the vegetables followed by fruit and ice creams．

       10  lunch, Father, Mother and Aunt rested on the sofas in front of the Queen’s speech on TV．We took out the toys, put on the funny paper hats, laughed at the jokes and played 11 ．Then came the afternoon tea and a large  12  cake covered with snowmen．It didn’t seem possible, 13  we still went on eating．By bedtime all of us children were very_14__．As soon as Mom  15  the light, we all tell into a deep sleep．

1．A．card                  B．letter                C．diary            D．composition

2．A．wanted         B．carried           C．sold            D．borrowed

3．A．repair          B．build            C．choose          D．decorate

4．A．something      B．nothing              C．everything       D．anything

5．A．shoes                 B．trousers             C．jackets           D．stockings

6．A．awake         B．asleep               C．alone               D．away

7．A．morning        B．afternoon        C．evening            D．night

8．A．wash          B．change              C．open                D．hang

9．A．hand in          B．play with            C．throw away         D．pass on

10．A．Before        B．After           C．During             D．At

11．A．happily       B．carefully         C．silently            D．slowly

12．A．birthday       B．New Year        C．Christmas           D．Thanksgiving

13．A．but           B．so                  C．or                D．and

14．A．hungry             B．tired                 C．excited              D．surprised

15．A．turned on           B．turned back          C．turned up           D．turned off

Zhao Rurui, at 1.97 meters was the tallest player in the Women’s Volleyball World Cup．Thanks to her baby face, she was also the most beautiful player．

     But, more importantly, she was also the Cup’s best player! She attacked quickly, scored lots of points, and was a great striker(扣球手)．

     “She is young but she’s already an excellent attacker,” says Chen Zhonghe, the team’s head coach．

     Being tall sometimes makes Zhao’s life difficult．The 22—year—old girl finds it hard to buy trousers long enough．And sometimes people think she’s a boy．

     Still, she would never want to be short．“It’s a pity I can’t grow any taller,” she says, “I hope to be even taller, so I would be a better player．”

     Zhao works very hard to be good at volleyball．But when she’s not training, she likes to listen to pop songs and she likes drawing．

     She was very pleased to win the Cup．Now she wants to win the 2004 Athens Olympics．

     “I want to be the bet volleyball player in the world,” she says．“I still have a long way to go．”

1．Zhao Ruirui is a              player,

      A．volleyball        B．basketball            C．football                     D．baseball

2．Sometimes             brings Zhao Ruirui some trouble in her daily life．

A．her baby face                                  B．her being tall

C．her age                                       D．her being good at volleyball

3．Zhao Ruirui doesn’t wish to             ．

      A．be shorter                                    B．win the Athens Games this year

      C．be taller                                D．be a girl

4．The last sentence “I still have a long way to go．”Means

      A．It is a long way from China to Athens．

      B．I have to go a long way to buy a pair of new trousers．

      C．I have to work harder to become the best player in the world．

      D．If I want to become the best player, I have to live longer．

5．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

      A．Zhao feels sorry for being tall．

      B．Zhao is the best volleyball player in the world．

      C．Zhao enjoys nothing but playing volleyball．

      D．Zhao was the best volleyball player in the Women’s Volleyball World Cup．

1．Charlie Chaplin was born in          ．

A．England        B．America             C．France                 D．Japan

2．Charlie Chaplin’s parents          ．

A．made a lot of money by giving performance

B．were not very rich

C．had a traveling theatre company

D．were born in London

3．Charlie began to make money when he was           years old．

A．15                    B．21                 C．5                     D．18

4．Charlie became a film actor in          ．

A．1894          B．1904                C．1910                   D．1914

5．Which of the four is NOT TURE?

A．Charlie was only 15 when he came to the US．

B．Charlie worked as an actor and a film director for more than 50 years．

C．Charlie worked in Hollywood．

D．When Charlie died．Nobody was sad．

I have never taken cooking classes．I learned cooking from my mother because she was rally interested in teaching me how to cook．The main reason for this was because when my mother got married, she didn’t know how to cook anything, not even an egg．My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking．

     My mother did not start to cook until she was 25 years old．In the beginning, it was very hard for her．Therefore, she had to take cooking classes to prepare our meals．After having that experience, she decided to teach me how to cook because she didn’t want me to have the same experience．

     I remember when I was seven years old, and my mother was cooking, I was with her in the kitchen enjoying cooking．I always helped her．Sometimes we prepared meals that my mother already knew how to make, and sometimes we prepared them from recipes．Nowadays, I am really thankful for that experience because I don’t need help to cook a meal．I can cook for me alone or for a group of people; it doesn’t matter．

     I will do the same with my children because I don’t want them to have the same experience as my mother．If one day I am not with them, I want to be sure that they can carry on their lives without me．

1．The writer’s mother learned cooking          ．

A．from the writer’s grandmother

        B．all by herself

        C．by taking cooking class

      D．from cooking books

2． The writer’s mother taught the writer how to cook because          ．

         A．she wanted the writer to be more independent(獨(dú)立)

         B．the writer was interested in cooking

         C．she thought it a must for a woman to learn

         D．she needed more help when she was cooking

3．The underlined word “recipes” in this passage most probably means          ．

A．instructions on how to prepare food

B．experiences of cooking food

C．some well-known cooks

D．tools for cooking and heating food

4．We can learn from the passage that the writer’s children will          ．

A．hate cooking                                B．learn cooking

C．teach cooking                              D．forget cooking

5．The writer must think cooking is          to learn in life．

A．interesting                                         B．Difficult

C．enjoyable                                               D．important

根據(jù)下例句中的漢語(yǔ)或首字母提示，寫(xiě)出所缺單詞的正確形式(每空一詞)，把答案寫(xiě)在題后的橫線上。

1．We don’t have to be afraid of c          SARS．                              1．        

2．W          it is and wherever you are，please believe in yourself and smile at life．

2．        

3．We have met many d         in our study．                                      3．        

4．They are doing e         in the physics lab．                                    4．        

5．The traffic in Being has i         a lot．                                            5．        

6．Beijing will         (主辦)the 2008 Olympics．                             6．        

7．Different people have different         (愛(ài)好)．                                7．        

8．It’s too          (噪音、喧鬧)．Please close the windows．                8．        

9．It’s         (不禮貌)to speak loudly at the table?                                  9．        

10．Today the Tang costume Can be         (設(shè)計(jì))as formal or casual clothes．10．       

漢譯英，使用所給的詞或短語(yǔ)翻譯句子，把答案寫(xiě)在每小題后的橫線上

1．當(dāng)你在詞典里查一個(gè)詞時(shí)，注意這個(gè)詞的第一個(gè)字母。(1ook up)

2．二十世紀(jì)六十年代，大多數(shù)城墻被拆毀了。(pull down)

3．我們必須記住我們不僅應(yīng)該吃最喜歡的食物而且也要吃其他健康食品。(not only…but also)

4．我很高興你樂(lè)于助人。(ready)

5．樹(shù)木能防止水分流失。(keep)

——When _______you _______ back home? 

——Next Saturday afternoon．

A．do…get               B．have…got            C．are…getting           D．did…get

Look，Mary _______a newspaper in the classroom.

A．is reading              B．reads                   C．read                       D．has read

It is a pity that the activity will come to _______soon．

A．end                     B．an end                 C．the end                  D．ends