1、Test 2 A This Cutting Food Box has 31 pieces, including 8 pieces of wooden food, a cutting board and a wooden knife. It lets kids cook on their own and hear real cutting sounds. The toy is for children 3 years old or up. It is very helpful. Here are some activities. Ask the child to tell the name of
2、 each food and whether it is a fruit or vegetable. Place the food in a row to ask the c hild to count the number of food. Ask the child to place the watermelon on the cutting board to cut it into four pieces.We care about your comments (评论). Please call us! 800-284-3948. If you buy it before May, yo
3、u can save up to 50%.( ) 1. The Cutting Food Box has 39 pieces of wooden food.( ) 2. The Cutting Food Box can help kids learn the names of food items.( ) 3. If you buy one set of Cutting Food Box on April 30, you will pay $10.( ) 4. The toy is suitable for two-year-old Tom.( ) 5. If you have any que
4、stion about the toy, you can call 800-284-3948.B I had mixed feelings today, nervous, worried, happy, excited.My heart went down when Miss Chan, our head teacher, said that Matthew and Beth, two students from England, would spend three months with us! I was worried that I had to speak English so muc
5、h! But at the end of the school day, I was happier than I thought: the morning with them today was more enjoyable than I expected.Today is the most unforgettable first day I have had! Matthew is fantastic! His English is clearer and easier to listen to than I thought. The other English student, Beth
6、, is the most helpful girl Ive ever met. There were lots of things to do on the first day. Beth offered to help Miss Chan put up all the notices. Of course, some of the credit (功劳) should also go to ME because I translated some of the notices for her. Miss Chan praised us!We finished all the prepara
7、tions 10 minutes earlier than expected, then Beth and I talked for a while, Matthew sang several English songs and did some stand-up comedy (单人喜剧表演) at the party. We all praised him. When the bell rang to end the first school day, none of us wanted to leave.When I went back home, I had a little head
8、ache. I have probably spoken more English today than the whole of last year.It was really a happy day! I hope our friendship can continue, even after they gone back to England!( ) 1. The writer felt _ when he heard the news from Miss Chan.A. tired B. angryC. fantasticD. worried( ) 2. Beth helped Mis
9、s Chan with the _.A. comedyB. speechesC. noticesD. translation ( ) 3. Matthew _ at the party.A. had a talk B. rang the bellC. sang several songsD. made a preparation ( ) 4. Matthew and Beth _ on the first day. A. spoke much ChineseB. got lots of praiseC. had a little headacheD. forgot to leave the s
10、chool( ) 5. From the passage, we know that the writer _.A. Caught a bad cold that dayB. went back home with BethC. Expects to travel to EnglishD. likes the two English studentsC There are several ways you can find out about the countries and place you wish to visit. You can talk to friends who have
11、traveled to the places, you can go and see a colour film about them, or you can read a travel book.It seems that there are three kinds of travel books. The first are those that give a personal, subjective(主观的) idea of travels which their writer has got himself. These books can be useful if the write
12、rs share their traveling experiences with others. The second kind are those books which give objective(客观的) information of things to be done and seen. If a cultured person has written such a book about the facts of a place, then it is more useful. The third kind are those books which are called “a g
13、uide” to some place or other. If they are good, they will describe and explain the place in detail. Like the first kind , they can be interesting and exciting, but their main purpose is to help the reader plan his travel in the most practical way.Whatever kind of travel book you choose, you must mak
14、e sure that the book does not describe everything as interesting, exciting or fantastic. You must also keep an open eyes on its date of publication(出版) because travel is very practical matter and many things change quickly in the 21st century. Finally, you should make sure that its easy to find the
15、useful information for your travel.( ) 1. The passage was written to introduce_.A. travel mapsB. travel booksC. travel films D. travel places( ) 2. The writer of the first kind of travel books gave his ideas after he _.A. traveledB. read booksC. watched filmsD. surfed the Internet( ) 3. The underlin
16、ed phrase “a cultured person”means a person with _.A. a good appearanceB. a good educationC. a lot of experienceD. a lot of money( ) 4. The date of publication must be noticed because _.A. the prices of travel books may be differentB. the writers of travel books may be differentC. the information in
17、 travel books is always the sameD. the information in travel books is always changing( ) 5. According to the passage, it is best to read _ before traveling to a place of interest.A. the first kind of travel booksB. the second kind of travel booksC. the third kind of travel booksD. some travel articl
18、es in newspaperA Many people have a fear of public speaking. According to a study, it has an influence on three in every four people. This fact is surprising and worrying, as most jobs require some speaking ability. The following will help you to make a speech better.Write note cards. Write main ide
19、as on your cards. Dont write details. Put in some fun facts, questions, and other activities on the cards to share with the class. Dont look at your note cards for a long time while speaking. If necessary, youre only going to have a quick look at the card for information, not read every word.Smile a
20、t your class. When it comes time to speak, theres nothing that draws your class into your speech than a good old-fashioned smile. Be happy, because youre about to teach your class something they didnt know before. Studies have shown that smiles are infections. That means once you smile, its hard for
21、 everyone else not to smile. So if you want your speech to go off well, smile. That will make everyone smile and maybe those smiles will make you actually smile.Make eye contact. Nothing is more boring than listening to a speaker who looks at the floor or at note cards. Relax. Your class is made up
22、of your friends and you talk to them all the time. Talk the same way now. Have a look at every person in the classroom at least once. That way, everyone will feel like youre communicating with them. Also, you know youll look like what youre talking about.Use hand motions. Move your hands along as yo
23、u talk, using them to express your key points and keep the class interested. It will also lead your nervous energy into a better place.任务一 将划线部分smiles are infectious 译为汉语。_任务二 列举可在note cards写的两点内容。1. _2. _任务三 完成句子。限填一词。According to the passage, _ percent of people might fear to speak in public.任务四 选
24、出作者对做好演讲的两点建议。A. Read every word on your cards during your speech. B. Have a quick look at every person at least once.C. Keep your hands in one place all the time. D. Draw peoples attention to your speech by smiling first.1. _ 2. _任务五 找出全文的主题句。_B （2019威海中考改编） When I was a child, my parents often too
25、k me to an old house in a thick forest. No other children ever stayed there. I didnt even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister. I could never understand what the attraction (吸引) of the house was, even for my parents.（A）They enjoyed nothing better than to sit in silence with a good boo
26、k. The woman in the house, my fathers distant cousin, was a terrible cook and her food tasted very bad. One day, when I was hanging around the garden behind the house. I noticed a wooden house. It was clearly abandoned (被遗弃的). As I walked towards (B) it, I heard a noise, like an animal moving hurrie
27、dly away. _ I was greatly surprised.“Please dont tell them you saw me,” he said. “They never use this place, and I have nowhere else to live.” “Dont worry,” I said. “I wont tell anyone. But are you all right out here? I meando you have enough to eat?” The old man shook his head. The same evening, I
28、took a small plastic bag into the dining room and, while no one was looking, I emptied some of the food into it. _ I gave the food to the old man, whose name I had discovered was Taff. I had never seen anything else as lovely as the smile of satisfaction on Taffs face when he ate the food. From then
29、 on, my visits to the old house had a purpose, and I enjoyed every minute of the rest of my stay.任务一 选择最佳句子补全文章，其中有一项是多余的。 A. I was scared and stepped back. B. Then I saw a man with a long beard standing at the door. C. Later, I got out of the back door secretly. _ _任务二 将(A) 处划线句子译为汉语。 _任务三 找出（B）处划线
30、it所指代的内容。_任务四 找出与The smile of satisfaction on Taffs face when he ate the food was the most lovely thing I had seen. 意思相同或相近的句子。 _任务五 选择文章的最佳标题。A. My Distant CousinB. My Pleasure in Helping an Old Man C. My Childhood任务六 完成句子，第3和第5个空每空不超过10个词，其他每空限填一词。 During my _ with my parents to an old house in a
31、thick forest, I _ a wooden house where an old man lived. As he didnt have enough food to eat, I _. From his smile of _ when he ate the food, I got great pleasure. From then on, I _ and I enjoyed it.参考答案：阅读理解A 1-5 BAABB B 1-5 DCCBD C 1-5 BABDC阅读表达A任务一 笑容是传染性的任务二 1. main ideas 2. fun facts/ questions任
32、务三 75任务四 1. B 2. D任务五 The following will help you to make a speech better.B任务一 B C任务二 对他们来说，没有什么比安静地坐着看一本书更有趣的事情了。任务三 a wooden house任务四 I had never seen anything else as lovely as the smile of satisfaction on Taffs face when he ate the food.任务五 B任务六 visite; noticed; secretly took some food to him; satisfaction; visited the old house with a purpose
