STTV -2

14:30 The World Football Cup (America vs Italy)

16:30 TV Play: True Feelings

19:00 Children’s Programmes

19:37 Animal World

20:00 Countryside Life

21:00 American Professional Basketball Matches

STTV -3

14:15 Sports Programmes (Cycling)

16:20 Science Age

19:00 Music Bridge

19:35 Film: Gone with the Wind

21:00 Chinese Programmes for Foreigners

22:03 TV Theatres

1. Which programme would you prefer when you are free?

A. STTV -1 The World Football Cup (France vs England)

B. STTV -2 The World Football Cup (America vs Italy)

C. STTV -3 Sports Programmes (Cycling)

D. STTV -2 American Professional Basketball Matches

2. If your friend Tom likes countryside and animals, which channel will he choose?

A. STTV -1    B. STTV -2   C. STTV -3      D. None of the above

3. Which of the following programmes takes the least time?

A. Approaches to Science  B. Film: Gone with the Wind

C. Countryside Life               D. 36-part Series: Love for the Pearl River

B

The spring festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both home and abroad.

United Kingdom

Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema.

United States

Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. It is a good chance for I people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the I same culture and values.

Australia

The Chinese new year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney's Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne.They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat races and many other traditional activities. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non-Chinese.

Singapore

The family dinner on new year's eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition.

4. Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in ___________ .

A. 1890        B. 1980          C. 2000          D. 2002

5. At Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to ___________ .

A. say hello to the new year          B. refuse a good chance

C,. tell others they are alone            D. share different cultures

6. Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except ___________ .

A. fireworks  B. lion dances    C. bridges   D. dragon boat races

7. In Singapore, Chinese families don’t hold the new year dinner at a restaurant but at home because ___________ .

A. they were born in Singapore       B. they moved there from other places

C. the restaurant is far away          D. they want to keep Chinese tradition

C

A little girl walked to and from school every day. Though it was not fine and clouds appeared in the sky that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, winds became stronger and it began to rain.

The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid when she walked home from school and that lightning might frighten her child. Following the bright light of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her child's school.

As the mother drove along the road, she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain. To her great surprise, she found that when a lightning came, her daughter stopped, looked up and smiled. Another lightning came and then another followed. With each lightning. the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled.

Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter, "What were you doing? Why did you look up and smile when the lightning came?' The little girl answered with a smile, ”Mum, you know, God was looking at me. Each time I felt a little afraid walking in the rain, God would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing a game with me.”

8. How did the little girl go to school every day?

A. By car         B On foot.      C. By bus.           D By hike.

9. What was the weather like that day?

A. It was rainy    B. It was fine    C It was just windy    D It was only cloudy.

10. According to the article, we can know that the little girl was____

A. proud         B shy          C. brave             D. nervous

五、单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

1 . When Jay Chou _________ (到达) the airport, his fans clapped and screamed with joy.

2.It’s my cousin’s __________ (第二十三个) birthday next week.

3. The day that we had looked forward to            (到了). We could have a good rest.

4. Ice turns into water when the temperature is ________(超过) 0℃.

5. I have a weight problem and it’s        (必要的) for me to change my diet and take more exercise.

6. I could see her          (透过) the window. (2008徐州)

7. A powerful earthquake hit Wenchuan in          (西南方) China’s Sichuan on May 12.

8. Donations are welcome ________(在…期间) the charity show that will be held in our school.

9. There is no plant life          (没有) lightning.

10. He is tall and strong now, but you can’t imagine he         (重) only 2 kilos at birth.

六、句子翻译(共5小题;每小题3分，满分15分)

1. 这条裤子是多大的尺寸?

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2.女孩子们喜欢粉色的裙子。

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3你通常每天花多少时间和朋友在网上聊天.

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4.这些西红柿花了你多少钱?

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5.如果他们不来，我们就自己去。

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七、书面表达 (15 分)

1、我每天乘公交车上学。

2、站台上总是有许多人在等车，因为每20分钟才有一班车。

3、对于学生来说要挤上车非常困难。

4、车上挤满了人，一些人只好站着。

5、车上的空气一点也不新鲜(fresh)，这对我们的健康不利。

6、我希望……