【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 have – a large number of words about things, actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other information, to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel. By writing words down we can remind ourselves of 6 the things what have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animals can do this. No animals has the wonderful power of language. No one knows how man learned to make words. Somehow he learned to make them. As centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language. People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not know all these. The words we know are called vocabulary. We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as possible. When we meet a new word, look it up in the dictionary. A dictionary is the Most useful book. ( ) 51. When a rabbit gives the other rabbits a signal of danger, it _______. A. runs into its hole B. stops to move its tail C. runs with its tail moving up and down D. stops moving its tail up and down as it runs ( ) 52. A dog can tell something ________. A. by giving signals B. by making different sounds C. by purring D. by barking ( ) 53. It has been proved that no animal is able to _______. A. give the others information B. tell others how it feels C. express it actions and feelings with words D. make different sounds, each with its own meaning ( ) 54. Generally speaking, what we mean by “vocabulary” is _________. A. all the words that we know B. more and more words we use C. all the words we need D. the dictionary which contains thousands of words ( ) 55. What must we do in order to make our vocabulary large? A. Make more and more new words. B. Learn more languages. C. Look up any new words in a dictionary. D. Try to read as many books as possible. 五 . 短文填空 （共 10 小題 ， 每小題 1 分，滿分 10 分） 閱讀短文 , 然后從方框中選出可以填入文中空白處的單詞， 并將其填入短文 7 后相應題號的橫線上。 follow。 hard。 now。 interest。 just。 everyone。 other。 than。 firstly。 what How many people do you municate with in a day? Probably a lot more (56)________ you did ten years ago. (57)______ we can :talk” to people in more and more ways, not (58)______ facetoface and on the phone, but also through the Inter. It is very important for (59)______ to try and improve their munications skills, so let’s remember the four golden rules of good munication. (60)______, be as clear as you can. Misunderstandings happen if we don’t say correctly (61)_______ we mean. Secondly, we have to work (62)_______ at listening. Pay attention to what the other person is saying. Thirdly, ask (63)_______ people what they think, don’t only tell them what you think. Fourthly, give them time to say what they want, and show (64)_______ in what they say. If you (65)______ these rules, you will be a good municator. 56____________ 57___________ 58____________ 59____________ 60____________ 61____________ 62___________ 63____________ 64____________ 65____________ 六 閱讀與回答問題（共 15 小題 ， 每小題 2 分，滿分 30 分） 閱讀下列短文，然后根據(jù)其內(nèi)容回答問題。 A During the summer holidays there will be a new schedule (時間表 ). Changes for meal and library service hours and for bus schedules will be shown on the wall outside the dining room. Weekly film and concert schedules, which are being made, will be shown each Wednesday outside the library. Buses to the town center will leave the North Beijing every hour on the half during the day. The dining room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 . to 7:00 . during the weekdays and two meals from noon to 7: on weekends. The library will continue its usual hours during the weekdays, but have shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 . All students who want to use the library borrowing service must have a new summer card. This announcement (通知 ) will also be shown in the next week’s student newspaper. 66. What’s the main idea of this announcement ? 67. When will the bus leave the North Beijing during the summer holiday? 68. Which schedule is not ready? 69. Is there going to be breakfast on weekends during the holiday? 8 70. What do the students need if they want to borrow books during the holiday? B Halloween falls on October 31st. It is one of the most favourite holidays for children in the USA. People dress up in costumes (化妝服裝 ) like a witch (巫婆 ), a ghost （鬼） or a skeleton （枯髏） . The children go to houses to say “Trick or treat!” Long ago, if a child was not good, he or she would get a trick like having a stone in his or her bag instead of some candy. Nowdays, no one gets tricks. All the children receive lots and lots of candy. Parties are also popular in the evening. People go to parties in costumes and play different games. People also like listening to ghost stories and watching scary (恐怖的 ) movies. 71. What do you know about Halloween? 72. How do people celebrate Halloween? 73. Who go to houses to say “Trick or treat!” 74. Which do children receive nowadays, stone or candy? 75. What else do people do besides going to parties and playing different games? C Suppose you will travel with your parents to America. You family will stay there for four days and plan between 1500 dollars and 1600 dollars on hotel acmodation. Please make the flowing decisions for your parents according to the given tariff: (價格表 ) MAIN BUILDING WEST BUILDING Superior Single