44. For Jill, to be late for school that day was quite ________. She is always on time. (usual)

45. The Smiths had a big _________ about which school to send their daughter to. (argue)

46. It was a _________idea to ask stars, like Yao Ming, to tell people to be kind to wild animals. (success)

47. Miss Presley, how many ________ books are there in our school library? (physical) 48. ________, the boy wasn’t hurt in the car accident. (lucky)

V. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词) (共10分)

49. The motorcycle caught fire immediately.（改为否定句） The motorcycle _________ _________ fire immediately. 50. We have a school open day once a year. （对划线部分提问） How ___________ ___________ you have a school open day?

51. Tina wants to be a vet because she likes animals very much.（保持句意基本不变）

Tina wants to be a vet because she is ___________ __________ animals. 52. Wendy’s driver collected her from school at three in the afternoon.（对划线部分提问）

__________ ___________ did Wendy’s driver collect her from school? 53. It is strange to stare at someone for a long time. （改为感叹句） ___________ __________ it is to stare at someone for a long time! Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分读写) VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解) (共22分)

A. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案) (共5分)

Do you want to have more fun or learn something new with your smart phone? Some apps may help you. Check them out! GarageBand

If you are a music lover, you mustn’t miss this app. On it you can make your own songs. It has many short music pieces of different kinds, such as hip-hop and R’n’B. You can put them in your song. If you hear something nice in life, just record

（记录；录音）it into GarageBand. Mix all the things you love together, you get your own music. Come on! Make a song for your good friend. One Second Every Day

Hate to keep a diary? An app called One Second Every Day helps you make a video diary: you take videos every day, making many one-second pieces. At the end of a week, a month, or even a year, all the pieces can be put together to make a wonderful minutes-long video. You can share it on WeChat or Weibo.

Xichuangzhu

If you enjoy ancient Chinese poems, Xichuangzhu is a perfect app for you. The name of the app comes from a poem by Li Shangyin. On the app you can find over 1 million ancient Chinese poems of almost every kind, such as poems about seasons, friendship and family. You can also find poems and their meanings by entering key words. You may share your ideas or your calligraphy（书法）writing of poems on the app too.

54. The app called __________ allows you to make a song of your own. A. GarageBand B. One Second Every Day C. Xichuangzhu D. Li Shangyin

55. One Second Every Day is an app that can help you work on ___________. A. music B. photographs C. videos D. poems 56. Alex is a big fan of the TV programme Chinese Poetry Competition（中国诗词

大会）, he will possibly download ____________.

A. GarageBand B. One Second Every Day C. Xichuangzhu D. Weibo

57. If you want to find a poem by Li Shangyin, you may __________ on the app. A. look for it page by page B. enter its key words C. share your idea about the poem D. take a video of it 58. ___________ can be the best title of the passage.

A. Smart Phones and Apps B. Ways to Find New Apps C. Important Apps in Life D. Apps to Colour Our life B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词完

成短文) (共5分)

Jill’s school held a Coming-of-age Ceremony（成人礼） for Grade Eight students. Every student received a letter from their parents. Here’s the letter Jill received: Dear Baby, It’s your 59 day, so please take this letter and the gift. It’s important to us that you realize we love you and we are proud of you. We will never forget how lovely you were as a child. We loved putting your sleepy body over our shoulders when you were too 60 to walk, raising you high in the air, and reading kids’ books to you on the bookstore floor. You were, and still are, an angel. You are hardworking, caring and loving. When we think of you as a young lady, we think of your 61 heart. It’s your heart that has sent clothes and books to poor kids, that has made you a volunteer at the animal hospital nearby, that helps you care for family and friends in need. Because of these, we have chosen a locket（项链坠）with 62 hearts as a parents’ gift to their soon-to-be-fourteen daughter. One heart has a picture of you and us together inside. We hope you remember we love you and will love you forever. The second heart is made of jade（玉）with the Chinese “Fu”. We want your life to be full of 63 . The third heart represents（代表）your beauty, inside and out.

From now on, you are not a little kid any more. We hope you’ll continue with everything nice in you and, at the same time, grow strong. Love,

Daddy and Mom

59. A. first B. big C. lucky D. surprising 60. A. hungry B. thirsty C. tired D. hot 61. A. beautiful B. strong C. brave D. true 62. A. two B. three C. four D. five 63. A. friendship and care B. excitement and fun C. success and love D. happiness and luck

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给) (共6分) The bird, the snake and the fox

In a tree close to the river lived a bird and his wife. They were u 64 . Every time the wife laid eggs in their nest, a big snake who lived nearby would eat them up.

One day, the bird worked out a p 65 . He told his wife about it immediately. “Are you sure this will work?” asked his wife. “I hope we are not making a mistake. Think twice before going ahead.”

But the bird quite wanted to try out his idea. He caught several fish from the river. He went to a hole where a fox lived, dropped a fish at the m 66 of the hole, then took another fish and dropped it a little farther away from the first one. Repeating this, he made a small road of fish to the snake’s home.

The fox smelt the fish and came out of the hole. He quickly ate up the first fish. He then followed the road of fish. When he went n 67 the snake’s home, the road ended. Finding no more fish, he looked around.

Suddenly, he saw the snake. The two f 68 for a long time and, in the end, the fox killed the snake. The birds watched the whole thing from their nest and