A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night， he went out for a walk alone. It was late. 1. . Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch. 2. because he wanted to get back the watch.

Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman shook his fist(拳頭) in the Italian’s face and pointed at the watch. 3. . In the end he gave up his watch to the Frenchman.

When he returned to the hotel， the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed(搶劫) the Italian. 4. .

A. The Italian was afraid

B. It was the Italian’s watch

C. He decided to follow him

D. The Frenchman got excited

E. The street was dark and quiet

We’ve all heard of mermaids. They are the beautiful half-human， half-fish creatures(生物). They have the head and body of a human and the tail of a fish. We also know that mermaids only exist in fairy tales. But where did all the stories about these creatures come from? If you have ever seen a manatee， then you might have an idea.

Manatees， which are also called sea cows， are mammals(哺乳動物) that live in the sea. Since they are mammals， they have to swim up to the surface to breathe air. Many people believe that the story of the mermaid began with the ancient sailors who saw the manatees putting their heads out of the water to breathe. Because manatees are upright when they do this， it looks like they are standing. If a sailor saw a manatee doing this from far away across the sea， it is possible that the sailor would mistake the manatee for a creature that is half-human， half-fish.

Mermaids are described as having very long hair. This is probably because manatees like to swim up to the surface of the water in areas where there is sea grass. Manatees eat all kinds of plants in the sea， including sea grass. The sea grass around the manatee’s head when they eat could create a picture of long hair.

Manatees also have powerful tails that are very similar to the fish-like tail of a mermaid. The sailors probably watched manatees come up for air and then swim back below the surface， using their paddle-shaped tails. This would explain why the sailors thought mermaids had fish-like tails.

1.What are mermaids?

2.Where do manatees live?

3.Do manatees need to breathe air out of water?

4.What do manatees eat?

5.Why did the ancient sailors mistake manatees for mermaids?

完成句子（共10分，每小題2分）

根據(jù)中文意思完成句子。

1. 六點了，該回家了。

It’s six o’clock. ______ to go home.

2. — 你愿意和我一起去野餐嗎？

— 當(dāng)然了。

— ______ go for a picnic with me?

— Yes， of course.

3. 我姐姐經(jīng)常幫著媽媽做飯。

My sister often ______.

4. 學(xué)習(xí)語言時不要害怕犯錯誤。

Don’t ______ in learning a language.

5.直到我同意幫助瑪麗照顧她的小狗，她才掛斷了電話。

Mary ______ look after her dog.

文段表達(dá)（15分）

根據(jù)中文和英文提示，寫一封意思連貫、符合邏輯、不少于50詞的回信。信的開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，其詞數(shù)不計入所完成的回信內(nèi)。所給英文提示詞語僅供選用。請不要寫出你的校名和姓名。

假如你叫李華，最近和美國朋友Jim通過郵件談?wù)摳髯缘男�園生活，他想了解在學(xué)校里你最喜歡哪位教師。請你根據(jù)他的問題回復(fù)郵件。

提示詞語：love， hardworking， patient， encourage， tell

The Hobbit is such____wonderful science fiction movie that I want to see it_____ second time.

A. a, a B. a, the C. /, the D. /, a

It is impossible for _____ little children to do _____ much work within 20 minutes.

A. so, so B. so, such

C. such, so D. such , such

Just like weather, life_______ be sunny and beautiful all the time.

A. mustn’t B. needn’t

C. can’t D. wouldn’t

---There’s too much salt in the Chinese diet.

---So there is. The WTO says only 1.5 grams of salt_______ for each man every day.

A. is needed B. Needs

C. will need D. has needed

--- How can you manage to do all these things without a rest?

---I prefer_______ a cup of coffee_______ me energetic.

A. to have; to making B. having; to making

C. to have; to make D. to having; to make

---I’m going to take part in The Voice Of China (中國好聲音) next month.

---_____________.I am sure you will win.

A. Good luck B. What a pity

C. Thank you D. Never mind