Everything is made ofice. The walls, the floors, the ceilings (顶棚), and even thefurniture are made of ice. The beds are made of ice,
too, but guests sleep onwarm deer skins. Outside it can be -37℃,so inside it feels quite comfortable. The hotel has a bar, where guests candrink vodka (伏特加) from glasses made of ice. It's very popular — because there isn't much else to do.
To spend a night atJules Underwater Lodge in Florida, guests need to scuba dive (潜水)seven meters under the sea. They enter a small house through a door at the bottom of the building. Inside, the kitchen is stored with food and there is afridge and a microwave oven (微波炉). There is a hot shower and comfortable beds and lots of books, DVDs and video games. Most guests, however, spend their time at one of the large windows watching different fishes swimming by. 54. Both of the Tree Houses have _______ floors inside. A. two B. one C. three D.four 55. The writer tells us three ___________ hotels. A. natural B.unusual C.green D.movable
56. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. The bar in the icehotel is famous for beer. B. Fishes are watchedthrough the hotels’ windows. C. Guests can liveunderwater for several days. D. The tree houses areof the same height.
D
Chinese are very generous (慷慨) when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send theirchildren to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. However what most parents fail to realize is that today's children lack self-respect andself-confidence.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Cooking demands (要求) patience and time. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking. so he will learn to work hardand gradually (逐渐) finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self confidence.
Some old machines, suchas a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make himcurious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying tofix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. Theseactivities are not merely teaching achild to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is moreimportant. 57.According to this passage, parents in China_______. A. are too strict withtheir children B. are too rich toeducate their children
C. have some problems ineducating their children correctly D. are too poor toeducate their children
58.Generally speaking, what most parents fail to realize is_____. A. that their children need to take extra-course activities B. that the more expensive an education is, the better it is C. that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence
D. that their children first need to be a good cook if they want to get good marks in the 59. Doingsome cooking at home helps children_____. , A. learn how to serve their parents B. learn how to become strong and fat
C. benefit (受益)from it and prepare themselves for the future D. make their parents believe that they are clever
60.According to the last paragraph we can conclude that____.
exams A. broken radios andtelevision sets are useful B. one's curiosity maybe useful for his later life. C. an engineer must fix many broken radios.
D. a good student should spend much time repairing radios 五、词汇运用（本题有15小题；每小题1分；满分15分）
A. 根据句子的上下文内容和所给汉语提示，写出下列空白处各单词的正确形式。每空一词。 61. You have to be ______ (耐心的) if you are waiting at the end of a long queue. 62. Please don't _____ (浪费) water. Can't you see the sign “SaveWater”? 63. Susan was so careless that she made many _____ (错误) in the test. 64. The (努力) you work, the more progress you'll make.
65. My daughter likes sleeping with the windows (开着的) to keep the air fresh. 66. Reading gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my______(自己的) life better. 67. Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers____ (发明) the airplane.
68. I was _______ (尽力) to get a bottle of milk from thefridge when I lost the bottle. 69. Robert, what a great _______(杂乱) you have made!
70. It was fantastic — you _______ (能够) seethe whole city, the river and the hills beyond. B. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使句子通顺、正确。每个单词限用一次。 whatever, light, help, break, knife
71. The box is very _______, and I think I can lift it by myself. 72. It is _________ to learn to use the Internet.
73. My bike was ________ yesterday, I'd ask my brotherto repair it.
74. ________ are used for cutting things. 75. ________ happens, don't be in a hurry.
六、任务型阅读（本题有15小题；每小题1分；满分5分）
Children's education is very important in England. Children begin with primary education at the age offive, and this usually lasts until they are eleven. Then they move to middle schools. They stay there until they reach sixteen, seventeen or eighteen years old. After that, they can have higher education. The mainkinds of school are: State Schools (公立学校)
Parents don't need to pay for their children's schooling. Private Schools (私立学校)
Parents pay for their children's education. Primary Schools
In the UK, primary schools are always close to children's houses. Children stay with the same group throughout the day. Middle Schools
Most children go to the middle school nearest to theirhouses at the age of 11. Public Schools (PrivateSchools)
A public school is also called a private school. The most famous public schools are Eton, Harrow and Winchester. 7% of the childrenin England go to private schools. Parents pay for their children to go to these schools. Prep Schools
A prep school is a school to prepare pupils to go to apublic school. They are for kids between seven and eleven or thirteen yearsold.
阅读短文内容和下面每个人的情况，为他们选择各自合适的学校类别，填写在横线上。
76. Steven is 12 years old. He wants to be a studentin Eton School. _____________
77. Susan is 11 years old. She wants to go to the school nearest to her home. ___________ 78. John is 13 years old and his father is very poor._____________
79. Lily is 5 years old. She lives with her mother,and her mother is very poor. ____________ 80. Jack is 9 years old. He wants to pass the exam andgo to a private school. ____________ 七、书面表达（20%）
A. 社区要招收小学英语辅导员。要求: 英语成绩优秀，性格外向，喜欢孩子。请完成下面的招聘广告:
Student teachers wanted
Our center needs some student teachers. You must.
81. You must ___________________________. 82. ___________________________________. 83. ___________________________________.
Please join us. Call center at 2045678 or email center2012@163.com.
B. 学生应当遵守学校的规章制度。请根据以下要点提示，以School rules为题，叙述中学生应遵守的一些规章制度，并谈谈你的看法。80词左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。 要点提示:
1. 在课堂上不乱讲话，要认真听老师讲课，不带食物进教室，保持教室安静、清洁； 2. 课后要按时完成作业； 3. 在学校，要穿校服；
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