四、词汇运用。(共15小题;每小题1分，共15分)

A. 根据所给中文提示，完成下列句子。

41. How high the building is! Do you know the ________ (高度) of it?

42. Yesterday was the coldest day in this week. The temperature ________ (下降) to -10℃.

43. She was busy with her work yesterday. She didn't ________ (返回) home until 11 o'clock

44. He always tries his best to do everything because he believes nothing is ________ (不可能).

45. ________ (幸运), no one was hurt in that earthquake.

B. 用所给词的适当形式填空。

46. We must learn from these ________ (hero) and do good things for people.

47. All the drivers have to drive slowly and carefully because of the ________ (fog) weather.

48. Sandy is ________ (thin) than any other student in her class.

49. Zhalong is a nature reserve. It is ________ (correct) to hunt or fish there.

50. When you are in the computer room, you can use the computer ________ (free) and learn much new knowledge.

C. 用所给动词的适当形式填空。

51. Our English teacher often encourages us ________ (speak) English in class.

52. We should prevent farmers ________ (cut) down trees and forests.

53. People over there are the fans of Yao Ming. All of them are excited at his ________ (arrive).

54. If you continue to work on the math problem, you ________ (solve) it soon.

55. There was a knock on the door while my mother ________ (mop) the floor in the next room.

五、翻译句子。(共5小题;每个空格1分，共15分)

56. 这些天汤姆总是不高兴，因为他在数学上存在问题。

Tom is always unhappy these days because he ________ ________ ________ maths.

57. 在我小的时候，我就自学了骑自行车。

When I was young, I ________ ________ ________ ride a bike.

58. 在中国熊猫的数量变得越来越少。

In China, the number of giant pandas is getting ________ ________ ________.

59. 中国政府想要保护多种植物和动物，包括不同种类的鸟儿。

The Chinese ________ wants to ________ lots of plants and animals, ________ different

kinds of birds.

60. 人们匆忙搬开砖块和石头，救了那个小男孩。

People were ________ ________ ________ to move away the bricks and stones and saved

the little boy.

六、任务型阅读。(共5小题;每小题1分，共5分)

Skin-diving (轻装潜水) is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon! When you are under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks, because you are no longer so heavy.

Here, under water, everything is blue and green. During the day, there is enough light. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands.

When you have tanks of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.

To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides, skin-diving is of great uses. You can clean ships under water and needn't take them out of the water. You can get many things from the deep sea.

Now you see skin-diving is both useful and interesting.

根据短文内容以及首字母提示，完成下面的句子。(一空一词)

61. Skin-diving is something like v________ the moon.

62. Skin-diving can take you to a wonderful world in d________ sea.

63. You can climb big rocks under water because you are not as h________ as on the land.

64. W________ a tank of air on your back, you can stay under water for a long time.

65. Skin-diving is useful. You can clean ships without t________ them out of the water.

七、短文首字母填空。(共10小题;每小题1分，共10分)

When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be f 66 . When you put one finger in front of your m 67 , you mean "Be quiet."

Yet, people in different countries may use different sign languages.

Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could speak little Italian. One day w 68 he was walking in the street, he felt h 69 and went into a restaurant. As the waiter came, the Englishman o 70 his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way, he meant to say, "B 71 me something to eat." But the waiter gave him a lot of things to d 72 . First tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food. The Englishman was sorry that he wasn't a 73 to tell the waiter what he wanted. He was ready to leave the restaurant when a 74 man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And this sign was good e 75 for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. At last the Englishman had his meal in the same way.