【正文】 out 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(mǎn)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(yīng)題號(hào)的橫線上。 A This week we asked students at New Star High School about the best ways to learn more English. Many said they learned by __21__ English. Some students had more specific __22__. Lillian Li, for example, said the best way to learn new words was __23__ reading English magazines. She said that memorizing the words of pop songs also __24__ a little. When we asked about studying grammar, she said, “ I __25__ study grammar. It’s too boring.” Wei Ming feels differently. He’s been leaning English for six years and really loves it He __26__ studying grammar is a great way to learn a __27__. He also thinks that watching English movies __28__ a bad way because he can watch the actor __29__ the words. Sometimes, however, he finds watching movies frustrating __30__ the people speak too quickly. 3 Liu Chang said that __31__ the English club at school was the best way to improve her English. Students get lots of practice and they also have fun. She added that having conversations with friends was not helpful at all. “We get __32__ about something and then end up speaking in Chinese,” she said. ( ) 21. A. using B. speaking C. reading D. writing ( ) 22. A. ways B. plans C. subjects D. suggestions ( ) 23. A. through B. from C. by D. at ( ) 24. A. learned B. helped C. tried D. worried ( ) 25. A. sometimes B. usually C. never D. always ( ) 26. A. asks B. thinks C. asked D. thought ( ) 27. A. language B. English C. lesson D. word ( ) 28. A. was B. wasn’t C. is D. isn’t ( ) 29. A. to say B. saying C. say D. said ( ) 30. A. when B. after C. though D. because ( ) 31. A. joining B. having C. enjoying D. studying ( ) 32. A. interested B. interesting C. excited D. exciting B My biggest problem is that I’m too busy. When I was young, I __33__ to have so much time, but these days I get up __34__ and stay in school all day. Then I go right home and eat __35__. Before I started high school, I used to spend a lot of time playing games __36__ my friends, but I just don’t have the time anymore. In the evening, I used to __37__ TV or chat with my grandma, but now I __38__ to study. I love music, and my father used to take me to __39__. These days, I hardly ever have time for concerts. I do my homework and go to bed. I really __40__ the old days! ( ) 33. A. came B. went C. used D. wanted ( ) 34. A. late B. early C. quickly D. slowly ( ) 35. A. nothing B. something C. dinner D. breakfast ( ) 36. A. in B. with C. on D. for ( ) 37. A. watch B. turn on C. see D. turn off ( ) 38. A. need B. have C. try D. start ( ) 39. A. cinema B. club C. school D. concerts ( ) 40. A. hate B. love C. miss D. think 四 ．閱讀理解（共 15 小題，每小題 2 分，滿(mǎn)分 30 分 ） 閱讀下列短文，然后根據(jù)其內(nèi)容從 A 、 B、 C 、 D 中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 ( ) 16. A： This one looks great! ____________ B: Me too .The sun ? the sand…the ocean! ( ) 17. A: ________ What do you think of sailing, swimming ,windsurfing, and fishing? B: Oh, Tom! They sound fantastic. I really like all those things A: Yeah…me, too. ( ) 18. B: ________. To be honest, I hate fishing, but I love all the others. ( ) 19. A: Hey! Look at this! We can stay in a big hotel or ____________ B: You know ,I really don’t like those big hotels. ( ) 20. A: ___________ Let’s stay in a cabin. It’ll be much nicer right beside the ocean. A. So