74. 老虎的数量正在变的越来越少。

The of the tigers getting smaller and smaller.

75. 如果处于危险中，你应该寻求帮助。

If you are in danger, you should __________ __________ help.

七、短文填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，并将完整单词写在对应题号的横线上。

You work hard to learn English. Do you know American kids are t 76 to learn Mandarin(普通话)?About 50000 US students now study Chinese. “ Because of China’s f 77 growth, Chinese is m 78 useful than the other languages,” said Scott Mc Ginnis,

a Washington language expert. For example, in 1999, only three Chicago schools had Chinese

c 79 . This year more than 20 do. In many US cities, students take Mandarin lessons after school or a 80 weekends. But Chicago schools teach Chinese during the regular(常规的)day. Last year China g 81 them 3000 textbooks because they did a good j 82 . Although Chinese classes are becoming p 83 , it is one of the most difficult languages. It

t 84 an English speaker about 1320 hours to become good at Chinese. He n 85 only 480 hours for French, Spanish or Italian.

76. 77. 78. 79. 80.

81. 82. 83. 84. 85.

八、 任务型阅读(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

A fire happened in a restaurant on the 15th of November. It was on No.12 Zhongshan Road. There were three victims in this accident. They were Bill Brown, Nancy Black and Sam Smith. Bill was all right but he was frightened. Nancy ‘s left arm and neck were seriously burnt(烧伤), Sam hurt his right hand.They were trapped. So Bill called the police at once. Ten minutes later, at 2:50 p.m, the policemen got to the restraurant. Luckily, the firemen put out the fire at last. Fire can be dangerous sometimes, and we must be careful enough.

阅读短文，完成下列表格，每空一词。

Accident A restaurant caught fire, some people were trapped

Date of call 86 15th

Time of call 87 p.m.

Name of 88 Bill Brown

Place No.12 Zhongshan Road

Conditions of victims Bill: OK, but felt frightened.

Nancy: burnt her left arm and neck; it was 89

Sam: burnt his right hand.

Action The police 90 at 2:50p.m.and sent the victims to the nearest hospital. Finally, the firemen came and put out the fire.

86. 87. 88. 89. 90.

(B)

Two students wanted to do a report on traffic around the school. For the report, they decided to count the number of cars driving past the school during the day. It took the students seven days to collect the information for their report. They had to get help from other students to count the cars during free time at school.

In the report, the students found most of the traffic was early in the morning or late in the evening. In the morning, parents drove children to school. In the evening, many people were coming home from work or going to other places. The teacher thought the report was very interesting. She gave the students a good grade.

根据以上信息，完成以下句子，每空一词。

91. The report is about __________ near the school.

92.__________ the cars was difficult for the two students, so they had to get help from other students.

93. Between 9:00 and 15:00, about seven __________cars passed the school.

94. The students spent one ___________in collecting the information for their report.

95. The heaviest traffic was in the __________ because many people were returning from work or going to other places.

九、书面表达(共一题;满分15分)

大熊猫是中国最为珍贵，也最为珍稀的动物之一，我们必须尽全力保护它们。假如你是李峰，是一名初二学生，请你写一封信给保护大熊猫俱乐部的主席，表明你想加入该俱乐部的愿望。字数约90词左右。(文中不得出现真实的学校名称)