膆Tenyearsago，
manypeoplethoughtthattheageofthephysicalbookswascomingtoanend.thehookshavebeenourcompanions(陪伴）forhundredsofyears,huttheythoughttheyweresurelyabouttodieout.Soon,wewouldallbereadingonlittlescreensandforgettingabouttheplacescalled“libraries”and“bookshops”.
膄Butitseemsthattheideasofthedeathofthehookaremuchlooexaggerated(夸
张）.AtleastintheUK,asanewspaperfound,salesofe-booksaregoingdownbutsalesofphysicalbooksarerising.Moresurprisingly,it
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syoungpeoplewhoarebuyingthemostphysicalkooks.Morethan60%of16-to-24-year-oldslikeprintbooksbetterthane-books.Themostpopularreasonthattheygiveis：“Iliketoholdtheproduct.” 螃Physicalbooksbecomeverypersonaltoloversofreading.Itoftenstartswiththewaytheygetthem.Manybuyersofhooksliketowritetheirnameonthefirstpagewhentheyjustbuyone.Andwecarrybooksaroundwithuseverywhere. 芈Ifthebookgelsadog-earorthere’sastain(污点)onthepagesfromcoffeeorfood，allthesemakethebook—
ourbook—evenmorepersonal.It’sasifreadersofphysicalbooksmakefriendswiththem.
薇Ofcourse，somecouldsaythatthemodemstuff(现代化的物品）’
onwhichpeoplereade-books,likeKindlesandiPads,arealsothingsthatwereallyenjoy.Butitisn
tquitethesame.AKindlecanholdasmanypiecesofwritingasawholelibrary.Butastorywerememberturningitspagesinourfavoritearmchairentersourmemoryforever.Physicalbooksareasprecious(tosomereadersastheirfavouritepresentsorphotosoffamilymembers.
珍
贵
的
）
羆This“friendship”peoplehuildwithbooksisn'tjustsentimental(情感
的）.Astudyshowsthatreadersremembermoreinformationfromphysicalbooksthanfrome-books.
螃However,I'msurethate-booksareheretoslay.Theyaren’tsimply“heretoday,gonetomorrow”.Butit’
salsosurethatphysicalbooks,whichareoversixhundredyearsold,areheretostay,too.
葿42.Whatdidmanypeoplethinkaboutbooks10yearsago?
聿A.E-bookswould die out finally.B.Onlye-bookswouldbeinlibraries.
薆C.Physicalbookswouldslaywithus. D.Physicalhookswouldcometoanend.
蒂43.Whatdothewords“physicalbooks”,inParagraph2probablymean?
蕿A.Physicsbooks. B.Paperbooks.
蒀C.E-books. D.PEbooks.
芈44.Accordingtothepassage,peoplelikephysicalbooksbecause .
薅A.theyareveryeasytocarryandtoread
虿B.theylikethecoffeestainsonthepages
薇C.theyaremorepersonalandarelikefriends
蚆D.theyarealwaysverycheapandeasytoget
芄45.What'sthewriter’saltitudetowards(对......的态度）physicalbooks?
蝿A.He’shopefulalxmttheirfuture. B.Heishappyabouttheirdeath.
肈C.Hedoesn’tcareaboutthem. D.Hedoesn'treallylikethem.
莇八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共6分,每小题2分）
肂Overthelastfewyears1havefoundthatoneofmyfavouritethingstodoinmyfreetimeisvolunteering(
做
志
愿
活
动）.Ioftenvolunteeredformanydifferentvolunteeringgroups.Lastyear,Itookclogsforwalksatananimalcentre.Thisyear
Irunactivitiesforchildrenatanafter-schoolcluba!weekends.
肃，
Nomatterwhatkindofvolunteering.IhavealwaysloveditandIwouldtellotherstogiveitago.Hereismytopthreereasons(理由）whyIthinkvolunteeringissomeaningful.
蒈1.Ithelpsyoutogetexperienceandskills(经验与技能）. 袅Byvolunteering，youarecarryingoutajob—thoughyoucan’tgelmoney—，
soyoucangetlotsofexperienceandskillswhichwouldbeusefulinthefuture.Forexamplemanyvolunteeringjobswillhelpyoutogetexperienceinworkingasalean). 肅2.Youcanmeetnewpeople.
膃Oneofthebestthingsaboutvolunteeringismeetingtheothervolunteers!Someofthem are
veryinterestingpeopleandmightjustturnouttobegreatfriendstoo.
衿3.Itawaytogetconfidence(信心）.
薇Manyvolunteerssaythatithelpsthemtofeelmoreconfidentinallkindsofways.Forexample,I’
malwaysquiteashyperson,butmyvolunteeringexperiencehelpsmeto gel confidence in
talkingtopeopleIdon’tknowandeveninfrontoflotsofpeople!
袄ThesearejustafewofthemanyreasonswhyIsuggest(建议）
thatyoulookforwaystovolunteerinyourtownorcity.Rememberthatanykindofvolunteeringisgoodvolunteering.Ifyoulike,youcanstartwithsomethingsmallandwhoknowswhatitwillleadto!Themastimportantthingtorememberisthataswellashelpingothers,youcangelalottoo!
芃46.Isvolunteeringoneofthewritersfavouritethings?
芀47.Whatdidthewriterdolastyearasavolunteer?
肅48.Whyisvolunteeringsomeaningful?
蚃书面表达（共22分）
莃九、根据句意和音标填写单词。（共4分.每小题1分)
莇49.Theoldmanis /rit∫/andsuccessful.
螇50.Ican’t/dЗ∧mp/high.
莂51.It’sdangeroustoswiminthe/lelk/.
蒂52.Heisabig/f?n/ofChinesetabletennisteam.
螈十、根据中文意思完成句子。（共8分，每小题2分）
膅53.路又不远，为什么不骑摩拜单车呢？
蒅It’snotalongway.ride aniohike?
薂54.别担心，妈妈，我会照顾好自己的。
腿Mum，Icanlookaftermyself.
羇55.最后，他们家决定到洛杉矶度假。
膄Atlast,hisfamily toLosAngelesforaholiday.
56.
57.蚂在这次夏令营活动中，你们不仅会玩得开心,而且能学到很多东西。
薀Inthissummercamp,youlearnalot.
十一、
十二、莅文段表达（10分）
羃根据中文和英文提示，用英文写一篇意思连贯，符合逻辑，不少于50词的短文。所给提示语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。 57.
58.蚂人人都有雨家人共度的美好时光，新世纪英语学习网正在开展主题为“爱的回忆”的征文活动。请你写一篇征文，分享一下你的故事，内容包括：你与家人一起做过的最快乐的一件事是什么，它发生在什么时候，你想对家人说点儿什么。
蚇提示词语：happy，remember，love
肆提示问题：1.Whatwasyourstory？ 2. 3.螁Whendidithappen？
4.
5.螂Whatdoyouwanttosaytoyourfamily？
肇.
薄.
螄.
袂.
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