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s with us!I39。m not sure, but why would anyone do so? The mobile phone has brought us a much easier life. My old granny says it has ______ (控制) our life. However, my friends and I still think it has many ______(優(yōu)點)Lizzie WongI would thank it if my family members could leave their mobile phones at home, ______ (尤其)when we get together. Every time we eat out, my son and his wife are always busy checking and replying to s, while my ______ (孫子) plays online games or texts his friends all the time. We only talk to each other when the waiter ______(給……看) us the menu. A family gettogether is supposed to draw everyone together to have fun, but mobile phones ______(引起) people less attention on each other.Thomas MillerMy mobile phone is ______(有幫助的). I use it to check my calendar and to keep in touch with others. The idea of not having it around worries me. ______ (一次)I left my phone at home and I couldn39。t pay attention to my work at all. My ______ (同伴) in my office have the similar experiences too.Alex Watson五、語法填空閱讀下面短文,在空白處填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~,或填入括號中所給單詞的正確形式。Have you ever heard of friendships among animals? At a zoo in Germany, an unusual friendship developed ______ a cat and a bear.No one is quite sure how the friendship first began. One day, some ______ (worker) in the zoo noticed a black cat was in the bears cage(籠子), and the two animals were playing together peacefully. They were surprised ______ well the small cat seemed to get along with the large bear. The bear keeper allowed the cat to stay with the bear, And later the pair and their unusual friendship ______ (bee)a hot topic at the zoo.After several years, a new cage ______ (build) for the bear. However, the cat was still in the same cage, so it walked around ______ (angry) and cried to be with the bear. The bear keeper finally took pity on the cat ______ let it stay with the bear. The cat and the bear got ______ (close) than before. They often sat together and shared meals in ______ sun.Sometimes it may be natural for animals ______ (have) their own ideas about who would make a good friend. These may surprise humans, who usually expect animals to form relationships with others of the same species.六、任務(wù)型閱讀在英語拓展課上,你需要介紹一個非洲國家。請你根據(jù)搜索到的有關(guān)肯尼亞的部分資料,完成PPT演示文稿。Republic of Kenya is a country in Africa, with a population of about 48,000,000. Nairobi is the capital of Kenya, Kiswahili and English are its official languages, and it also has many local languages. Kenya covers 582, 646 square kilometres. It has a warm and humid tropical climate on its Indian Ocean coastline. On Kenya39。s land, fruit, vegetables, coffee, tea, corns and wheat are the main agricultural produce. The people in Kenya like cross country running, road running, soccer, boxing and so on. Kenya won several medals during the Beijing Olympics, six gold, four silver and four bronze, making it Africa39。s most successful nation in the 2008 OlympicsRepublic of KenyaCapital: _______Size: _______km2Official languages: Kiswahili, _______population: _______millionSports: cross country running, _______ soccer, boxing七、書面表達76.假設(shè)你是李華。上周六,你陪同來自美國結(jié)對學(xué)校的中學(xué)生Peter體驗中國文化。請根據(jù)以下信息,用英語寫一篇短文向校刊English Journey投稿,介紹本次活動內(nèi)容并分享感受。ActivitiesFeelingsmake zong zivisit a tea museumlearn Chinese characters注意:(1)短文必須包括表格中的所有內(nèi)容,并表達感受。(2)文中不得出現(xiàn)與你身份相關(guān)的信息。(3)詞數(shù):80~100。短文首句僅供參考,不計入總詞數(shù)。短文首句: Last Saturday, I took Peter, a student from America, to experience some Chinese cultures.第18頁