【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 o relax myself,” he said.One day when he saw many toy dogs in a toyshop, he had an idea. “Why not do some kinds of things and relax myself?” Then he began to make model planes, model ships and something else. The things that he had made by himself don’t look as professionally（專業(yè)地）made as those in the shops, but he likes doing it.“It is not as much fun to play with things which are bought expensively from the shops,” he said. Now his bookshelves are full of many kinds of things he has made. They are very beautiful, and his family and friends like them very much.More and more young people are like Yang, making or creating（創(chuàng)造）things on their own. They like to do it themselves.Though making things with our own hands may take much time, some people, now known as DIYersdoityourselves, enjoy doing it very much. They can make all kinds of things they like. DIY is being more and more popular in China. It may be new to the young, yet many people remember when it was a way of life.During the 1960s and 1970s, when there were not enough living things for people to live on, they had to use their own hands to do many things. White washing the wall or making clothes was a part of life because there was no other choice. If you wanted something done, you had to do it yourself。 and if you needed something, you made it yourself.But times have changed and DIY had also different meanings now. 57. What does Yang Chen most enjoy doing in his free time now? A. Playing puters. B. Going to a bar for a drink and karaoke.C. White washing the wall. D. Making something by himself. 58. Many young people like making things by themselves because _________.A. they want to make more money B. they do it for funC. there are not enough living things for them to live onD. they can’t buy them anywhere 59. From the passage we know ________.A. DIY is more and more popular with young peopleB. more and more people begin to make model planesC. between the 1960s and 1970s, people liked making things themselvesD. more and more young people begin to like Yang Chen 60. What’s the main idea of this passage? A. Yang Chen has a new hobby. B. How young people create new things.C. DIY is a good way of like. D. DIY was a part of life in the past.第II卷（共42分）一、語言知識運用（2）（共10分，每小題2分）根據(jù)中文意思完成句子。 1. 沒人能回答這個問題，你最好問老師。No one can answer this question. ________________. 2. 黃河是我國第二長河。The Yellow River is ________________ in our country. 3. 我的手提電腦是去年中國生產(chǎn)的。My laptop ________________________________ last year. 4. 繼續(xù)試試，我們能夠想出好主意的。Keep trying and we __________________________ a good idea. 5. 你應(yīng)該告訴你媽媽今晚什么時候回家。You should tell your mother when ________________ tonight.二、口語交際（共10分，每小題2分）根據(jù)上下文意思，補全對話。在橫線上寫出所缺少的內(nèi)容。A: Hello. May I speak to Linda, please?B: ________________________________________________. 6C: This is Linda speaking, who is that?A: Hi, Linda. It’s me, Helen. Are you free Saturday afternoon?C: ________________________________________________? 7A: I’ve heard there is a very good exhibition in the History Museum.C: ________________________________________________? 8A: About the old inventions in China. Would you like to go and see it?C: ________________________________________________? 9A: Two o’clock at the gate of the museum, OK?C: ________________________________________________. 10三、閱讀與表達（共10分，每小題2分）閱讀短文，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容回答問題。Many people always say that listening to spoken English is too hard for them. But if you don’t understand what people are saying, how can you talk with them? It may be difficult, but learning by listening is necessary. It can be done.As we know, different people have different pronunciations of the same word. Standard（標準）pronunciation is important for English speaking as well as for listening. In China, people from one area may not understand what people from another area are saying because of the different Chinese dialects（方言）. Standard Chinese pronunciation can help people from different places understand each other easily.It is the same with English. If your pronunciation is not standard, it is as hard for other people to understand you as it is for you to understand them.If you want to learn how to listen to English, the following ways are helpful.Get some good books with tapes. Do the exercises, from the simple to the difficult, step by step. You can also watch Englishlanguage films, listen to E