上海牛津英语初二

上海牛津英语初二

第二讲 ‎2012年秋季班八年级英语讲义（教师版）‎ 范围：八年级第一学期主要词汇、句型、语法及练习 A.《新世纪》Unit One, Lesson One: Computers B.《牛津上海版》Unit One: Penfriends 说明：音标与词性缩写统一为牛津版格式 一、Words 单词 A.‎ ‎1. allow /əˈlau/ vt. 允许，准许 ‎ · If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.‎ e.g. The children are not allowed to watch violent TV programmes.‎ Usage: ‎ · 词组：allow sb. to do sth.‎ ‎2. relax /rɪˈlæks/ vi. & vt.放松；休息 · If you relax or if something relaxes you, you feel more calm and less worried or tense.‎ · When a part of your body relaxes, or when you relax it, it becomes less stiff or firm.‎ e.g. I ought to relax and stop worrying about it.‎ ‎ Massage is used to relax muscles, relieve stress and improve the circulation.‎ ‎ Usage:‎ · 派生词：relaxing（adj. 令人放松的），relaxed（adj. 放松的）‎ ‎3. advantage /ədˈvɑ:ntɪdʒ/ n. 优势；有利条件；优点 · An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.  ‎ · Advantage is the state of being in a better position than others who are competing against you. ‎ · An advantage is a way in which one thing is better than another.‎ e.g. Having a driving licence can be a big advantage.‎ ‎ Men have created a social and economic position of advantage for themselves over women.‎ ‎ The great advantage of home-grown oranges is their magnificent flavour.‎ Usage:‎ · 常见搭配：to one’s advantage（对……有利），have the advantage over sb.（胜过，优于），take advantage of sth.（利用），take advantage of sb.（占……便宜；欺骗）‎ · 派生词：disadvantage（n. 不利条件；缺点；障碍）‎ ‎4. invention /ɪnˈvenʃən/ n. 发明，创造；发明物 ‎ · Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.‎ · An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone. ‎ e.g. Necessity is the mother of invention.‎ Radio is a useful invention.‎ Usage:‎ · 派生词：invent（vt. 发明），inventor（n. 发明家）‎ ‎5. connect /kəˈnekt/ vi & vt. 连接 ‎ · If something or someone connects one thing to another, or if one thing connects to another, the two things are joined together.‎ e.g. We will have to connect these wires to make the radio work..‎ Usage:‎ · 派生词：connected（adj. 有关系的；有联系的），connection（n. 联系；关系）‎ · 常见搭配：be connected to（与……连接在一起） e.g. The house is not connected to the mains water supply.‎ ‎6. enable /ɪˈneɪbl/ vt. 使能够；使可能 · If someone or something enables you to do a particular thing, they give you the opportunity to do it. ‎ · To enable something to happen means to make it possible for it to happen. ‎ e.g. The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early.‎ ‎ The working class is still too small to enable a successful socialist revolution.‎ Usage: ‎ · 派生词：able（adj. 有能力的；能够的），unable（adj. 不能够的）‎ ‎7. envelop /ˈenvələup/ n. 信封 · An envelope is the rectangular paper cover in which you send a letter to someone through the post. ‎ e.g. Address an envelop and put the letter in it.‎ ‎8. order /ˈɔ:də(r)/ vt. 订购；点（菜）；命令 ‎ n. 命令；（点菜的）份 · When you order something that you are going to pay for, you ask for it to be brought to you, sent to you, or obtained for you.‎ · If a person in authority orders someone to do something, they tell them to do it.‎ · If someone in authority gives you an order, they tell you to do something. ‎ · Someone's order is what they have asked to be brought, made, or obtained for them in return for money.‎ ‎ ‎ e.g. Iris finally ordered coffees for herself and Tania.‎ ‎ Williams ordered him to leave.‎ ‎ I don't take orders from him any more.‎ ‎ The waiter returned with their order and Graham signed the bill.‎ Usage:‎ · 常见搭配：in order to（为了；以便；目的在于）e.g. Most schools are extremely unwilling to cut down on staff in order to cut costs.‎ B.‎ ‎1. table tennis /ˈteɪbl ˈtenɪs/ n. 乒乓球运动 · Table tennis is a game played inside by two or four people. The players stand at each end of a table which has a low net across the middle and hit a small light ball over the net, using small bats. ‎ e.g. I like playing football best, but occasionally I play table tennis, too.‎ ‎2. best /best/ adj. 最好的 · If you say someone or something is the best, it means someone or something has the most positive qualities. ‎ e.g. Jim is the best student in our class.‎ Usage: ‎ · best是good和well的最高级，better是good和well的比较级。‎ ‎3. physics /ˈfɪzɪks/ n. 物理学 · Physics is the scientific study of forces such as heat, light, sound, pressure, gravity, and electricity, and the way that they affect objects. ‎ e.g. Besides chemistry we like to study physics.‎ Usage:‎ · 以-ics结尾的单词当意思是学科时，我们认为是单数名词，谓语动词要使用单数形式；相对的，当他们不表示学科名的时候，我们认为他们是复数名词，谓语动词要使用复数形式。‎ ‎4. ambition /æmˈbɪʃən/ n. 追求的目标；志向 · If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.‎ e.g. Liu Xiang’s ambition is to run fastest in the world.‎ Usage:‎ · 常见搭配：be full of ambition（野心勃勃）e.g. He is always full of ambition.‎ · 派生词：ambitious（adj. 有雄心的；野心勃勃）‎ ‎5. maybe /ˈmeɪbɪ/ adv. 或许；可能 · You use maybe to express uncertainty, for example when you do not know that something is definitely true, or when you are mentioning something that may possibly happen in the future in the way you describe.‎ e.g. Maybe she is in love.‎ ‎6. height /haɪt/ n. （人的）身高；（物的）高度 · The height of a person or thing is their size or length from the bottom to the top.‎ e.g. I am 5'6'' in height.‎ ‎7. dream /dri:m/ n. 梦想；理想 ‎ · You can refer to a situation or event as a dream if you often think about it because you would like it to happen.‎ e.g. My dream is to have a house in the country.‎ ‎8. probably /ˈprɒbəblɪ/ adv. 很可能；大概 · If you say that something is probably the case, you think that it is likely to be the case, although you are not sure.‎ e.g. The White House probably won't make this plan public until July.‎ Usage:‎ · 辨析maybe, perhaps, possibly和probably ‎ maybe: 普通用词，美国英语多用。指某事也许如此，含不能确定意味。 ‎ ‎ perhaps: 普通用词，多用于英国，与maybe同义。 ‎ ‎ possibly: 指客观上潜存着发生某种变化的可能。 ‎ ‎ probably: 一般指根据逻辑推理，估计有发生的可能，把握性较大，语气比possibly 强。‎ ‎9. tie /taɪ/ n. 领带 · A tie is a long narrow piece of cloth that is worn round the neck under a shirt collar and tied in a knot at the front. Ties are worn mainly by men.‎ ‎ e.g. Jason had taken off his jacket and loosened his tie.‎ ‎10. roof /ru:f/ n. 顶部；屋顶 · The roof of a building is the covering on top of it that protects the people and things inside from the weather.‎ e.g. A timber fell from the roof.‎ 二、Phrases 词组 A.‎ ‎1. stop sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事 · If you stop somebody from doing something, you make him no longer do it.‎ e.g. He stopped her from throwing those stones.‎ ‎2. help sb. with sth. 帮助某人做某事 · If you help someone with something, you make it easier for them to do something.‎ e.g. He has helped me a lot with my homework.‎ B. ‎ ‎1. best wishes 最好的祝福 · If you express your best wishes towards someone, you are politely expressing your friendly feelings towards them and your hope that they will be successful or happy.‎ e.g. Give him my best wishes.‎ Usage:‎ · 常见搭配：best wishes for（为某事祝愿）e.g. Best wishes for your new home.‎ ‎2. by school bus 乘校车 · If you go somewhere by bus, you take a bus to go there.‎ e.g. Tom goes to school by school bus every day.‎ Usage: ‎ · by 加交通工具表示乘坐此交通工具的意思，且交通工具前不加冠词。‎ ‎3. tell sb. about sth. 告诉某人某事 · If you tell someone about something, you give them information.‎ e.g. Please tell me something abut your school life.‎ ‎4. enjoy doing sth. 喜欢干某事 · If you enjoy doing something, you find pleasure and satisfaction in doing it or experiencing it.‎ e.g. I enjoying playing football.‎ Usage: ‎ · 接-ing形式的动词还有：finish, mind, practice等。‎ · 辨析like, love, enjoy和perfer ‎ like: 最常用词，往往只表不太强烈的兴趣或关注，不带强烈的感情，除非另加修饰 语。 ‎ ‎ love: 不但表示强烈的喜欢，而且含依恋之情，因此多用于能激起深厚情感的人或物。 ‎ ‎ enjoy: 指对能提供感观或智力上满足或快乐的东西表示欣赏或喜爱。 ‎ ‎ prefer: 指有选择性或偏向性的喜欢。 ‎ ‎5. speak English 说英语 · If you speak English, you know the language and are able to have a conversation in it.‎ e.g. He doesn't speak English.‎ Usage:‎ · 辨析say, speak, talk和tell ‎ say: 最普通常用词，指用语言表达思想，着重所说的内容。 ‎ ‎ speak: 侧重于说话动作的本身，着重说话的能力而不在内容，可以是长篇大论的演 讲，也可以是三言两语的交谈，甚至指简单的开口发声说话。 ‎ ‎ talk: 普通用词，侧重指与人交谈时的连续说话，可指单方面较长谈话，和speak一 样，着重说活动作而不侧重内容。 ‎ ‎ tell: 普通用词，指把某事告诉或讲述给某人听，口语或书面语均可用。 ‎ 三、Sentences 句型 A.‎ ‎1. use… for doing… 用……来做…… ‎ e.g. We use it for typing in information.‎ ‎ 我们用它输入信息。‎ ‎ We use a microwave oven for cooking.‎ Usage:‎ · use… for doing… = use… to do… 但后接的动词形式不同。for后面接动名词，to后面接动词不定式。如：We use a microwave oven to cook.‎ ‎2. What can you do with/on… ? 用/在……上你可以做什么？‎ e.g. W: What can you do with a microwave oven?‎ ‎ M: A lot. I can steam fish, warm rice and cook other food.‎ ‎3. What’s the use of… ? ……有什么用？‎ e.g. W: What’s the use of this robot?‎ ‎ M: We can use it to clean our rooms.‎ B.‎ ‎1. hope that… 希望……‎ e.g. I hope that you will write to me soon.‎ ‎ 我希望你尽快给我回信。‎ ‎ I hope that you are OK.‎ Usage:‎ · 辨析wish和hope ‎ wish: 语气较弱，多指难于实现或不可能实现的愿望。 ‎ ‎ hope: 指对愿望实现有一定信心的希望。 ‎ ‎ wish sb./sth. to do sth. 而hope不可以这样用。‎ ‎ wish表祝愿可接双宾语，而hope不可以这样用。e.g. I wish you a merry Christmas.‎ 四、Grammar 语法 A.‎ ‎1. Revision of modal verbs · 情态动词是助动词的一种，在句子中不可单独使用，需要和其他动词（两个情态动词不可连用）连用。具体为情态动词＋其他动词原形。‎ · 情态动词给句子添加感情成份，表能力，猜测，命令，需求等 · 在情态动词后直接加not构成情态动词的否定形式；情态动词直接放到句首变疑问句。情态动词本身没有第三人称、被动、进行时、完成时等变化）‎ B.‎ ‎1. Question Words · 用疑问词what等开头，就某一具体部分提问的疑问句是特殊疑问句。‎ · 特殊疑问句基本结构：特殊疑问词＋一般疑问句。特殊的，对主语或者是主语的定语提问为特殊疑问词＋陈述句。‎ · 特殊疑问句不用yes或者no回答，直接回答答案。‎ · 对指物名词或者谓语动词提出疑问，用what。‎ e.g. What do you usually do at weekends?‎ ‎ What were the twins doing when their mother came in?‎ · 对名词的定语提出疑问，疑问词可用which，而且必须和名词连用。‎ e.g. Which lady is your class teacher?‎ · 对物主代词和名词所有格提问用whose。‎ e.g. Whose pen is it?‎ · 对具体时间提出疑问，疑问词用when；对具体几点提问，可以用what time，也可以用when。‎ e.g. When does your mother get up every morning?‎ ‎ What time is it now?‎ · 对具体地点提出疑问，疑问词用where。‎ e.g. Where are you from?‎ · 对原因提问，疑问词用why。‎ e.g. Why did you get up early this morning.‎ · 对方式或者程度提出疑问，疑问词用how。‎ e.g. How do you go to school?‎ · 对数量提出疑问，疑问词用how many（可数）/how much（不可数）。‎ e.g. How many friends do you have?‎ · 对价格提出疑问，疑问词用how much。‎ e.g. How much did you pay for the sweater?‎ · 对时间长度提出疑问，疑问词用how long。‎ e.g. How long have you been in Shanghai.‎ · 对时间频率提出疑问，疑问词用how often。‎ e.g. How often do you go to the cinema?‎ · 对具体次数提问，疑问词用how many times。‎ e.g. How many times did you call him yesterday?‎ · 对in + 一段时间提问，疑问词用how soon。‎ e.g. How soon will Jane and her brother finish the work?‎ · 对距离提出疑问，疑问词用how far。‎ e.g. How far is it from here to the country?‎ 五、Exercises 练习 Part One Listening I. Listen and choose the right picture ‎1._______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _______ 6. _______‎ II. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear ‎ （ ） 1. A. 35 kilograms B. 100 kilogram C. 100 grams D. 34 grams ‎ （ ） 2. A. bears B. elephants C. camels D. bears and elephants ‎ （ ） 3. A. cotton B. wood C. the coat made of fur D. the coat made of wool ‎ （ ） 4. A. 5 hours B. 6 hours C. 7 hours D. 8 hours ‎ ‎ （ ） 5. A. Because it doesn’t sound good. B. Because they don’t like going skating.‎ ‎ C. Because there is a wonderful film. D. Because it’s a little cold outside.‎ III. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false ‎ （ ） 1. Mrs. Henry lost her cat on a hot morning.‎ ‎ （ ） 2. The young cat was born about five years ago.‎ ‎ （ ） 3. Mrs. Henry couldn’t find her cat so she called the policeman.‎ ‎ （ ） 4. Maybe Mrs. Henry felt angry when she heard the policeman’s words.‎ ‎ （ ） 5. The policeman told her to put down the telephone because the cat would call her.‎ IV. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences 1. In the zoo, there are many animals — elephants, , giraffes, wolves, and other animals. ‎ 2. They are in danger because people like their fur and make from their bones.‎ 3. They are friendly towards each other and never people.‎ 4. ‎ giant pandas have one or two babies at a time.‎ 5. If this , then there will be no giant pandas in the world. ‎ Part Two Vocabulary & Grammar V. Choose the best answer ‎1. ______ boy in red is Dick, ______ 8-year-old pianist.‎ A. The, a B. A, an C. The, an D. The, the ‎2. Mr. Wang has taught ______ physics since last year.‎ A. us B. we C. our D. ours ‎3. The new inventions are quite useful, ______ ?‎ A. aren’t there B. are they C. aren’t they D. don’t they ‎4. The mouse makes it easy ______ the computer.‎ A. controlling B. controls C. to control D. control ‎5. The children are ______ the ball games very much.‎ A. enjoying playing B. enjoy to play C. enjoy playing D. enjoying play ‎6. ------ _______ is it from your school to the nearest underground station.‎ ‎ ------ About fifteen minutes’ walk.‎ A. How long B. How far C. Where D. How soon ‎7. I like Jay so much, but ______ of my parents likes him.‎ A. both B. either C. all D. neither ‎8. Work hard while you are young, ______ you won’t be useful to help people in the future.‎ A. and B. or C. but D. so ‎9. It’s very kind ______ you. Thank you ______ telling me about it.‎ A. for, by B. of, for C. of, to D. to, for ‎10. Have you finished ______ the picture, Alice?‎ A. drawn B. to draw C. draw D. drawing VI. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be ‎ used once do well in, be keen on, enjoy playing, work as, come from, live with ‎1. Michelangelo, who __________ a poor family, was trained at an early age like any other craftsmen in Italy.‎ ‎2. Mike __________ his grandparents and was brought up in a small village.‎ ‎3. Helen __________ English. She always gets full marks in English tests.‎ ‎4. Mozart __________ playing the piano very much when he was three years old.‎ VII. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms ‎1. The sports meeting ended with the __________ (close) speech by our headmaster.‎ ‎2. The internet can __________ (able) people to get to know what has happened all over the world.‎ ‎3. The electric light is one of the greatest __________ (invent) in the world.‎ ‎4. It’s a __________ (please) trip, isn’t it?‎ ‎5. Jack found several __________ (mouse) in that dirty room.‎ VIII. Rewrite the following sentences as required ‎1. I go to play badminton twice a week.（对划线部分提问）‎ ‎__________ __________ do you go to play badminton.‎ ‎2. Both of the twins are good at foreign languages.（否定句）‎ ‎__________ of the twins __________ good at foreign languages.‎ ‎3. He spent 100 dollars on the digital camera.（保持句意不变）‎ The digital camera __________ __________ 100 dollars.‎ ‎4. If you are dishonest, I won’t make friends with you.（保持句意不变）‎ ‎__________ __________ , or I won’t make friends with you.‎ ‎5. He needed to set out so early.（改为否定句）‎ He __________ __________ to set out so early.‎ Part Three Reading & Writing IX. Choose the best answer The designer of Apple computer, Steve Jobs, was not quite successful in his early years. He was not among the best students at school, and from time to time he got into trouble with his schoolmates and teachers. But he was full of new ideas. Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway.‎ Steven Jobs worked first as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months, and then he set out to visit India. He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him a change in life for the better.‎ After he had returned from India, he began to live on a farm in California. And then, in 1975, Steve Jobs started to make a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Wozniak, he designed the Apple computer in his bedroom and actually built in his garage. he chose the name “Apple” because it reminded him of a happy summer he once spent in an orchard.‎ The Apple computer was a great success, and Steven Jobs soon became famous worldwide. Today he is a millionaire. He was many factories and research institutes.‎ ‎1. Steven Jobs was ______ when he was young.‎ A. not one of the best students at school B. not a clever student at school C. a poor student at school D. his teachers’ favourite student ‎2. Which of the following is TRUE?‎ A. Steven Jobs was full of new ideas, but they weren’t useful.‎ B. Most of the teachers thought Steven’s new ideas were valuable.‎ C. Steven had a lot of new ideas, though he was not a top student.‎ D. Steven Jobs didn’t finish his college study because people didn’t see the value of his new ideas.‎ ‎3. Steven took a trip to India, because ______ .‎ A. he didn’t like the job there B. he believed that a trip could make him more comfortable C. he enjoyed the trip to India.‎ D. He wanted the trip to give him more ideas and make his life better.‎ ‎4. Steven Jobs made his first computer ______ .‎ A. in his garage ‎ B. in his bedroom C. in a workshop D. in an orchard ‎5. Steven Jobs gave the name “Apple” to his computer because ______ .‎ A. he liked apples very much B. it could remind him of a happy summer in an orchard C. his first computer looked like an apple D. he was eating an apple while he was designing this computer.‎ X. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage A teacher once told each of her students to bring a clean plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. There might be a person students didn’t want to forgive in their lives. They chose a ______ , wrote the person’s name and the date on it and put it in the plastic bag. Some of their bags were very heavy. They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere for one week. They would put it beside their bed ______ , on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus, and next to their desk at school. Days of carrying the bag around with them made students get to know the weight they were carrying in their minds. And they had to pay attention to it all the time so they didn’t forget it or ______ it in embarrassing places. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and the time so they didn’t forget it or ______ it in embarrassing places. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and ______ nasty. Too often we think of tolerance as a gift to other people, and it clearly is for ______ ! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred in our hearts, we will have to carry them around all our lives.‎ ‎1. A. bag B. potato C. desk D. pen ‎2. A. in the morning B. in the afternoon C. during the day D. at night ‎3. A. get B. let C. leave D. lose ‎4. A. sounded B. tasted C. smelt D. felt ‎5. A. themselves B. ourselves C. himself D. yourself XI. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words Do you like chili? Can you make it by yourself? here we’ll teach you how to make chili. We can divide the cooking into f__________ steps, which all together take about an hour and a q__________ . First, chop the onion, and cook it w__________ the meat in the frying pan until the meat turns brown. S__________ , add the beans and the tomato soup and let the mixture boil over low heat for about ten minutes. Next, mix about two tablespoons of chili powder, a tablespoon of flour, a tablespoon of salt, and three c__________ of water. Then stir them in the frying pan. Turn the heat down and let the chili just simmer for forty-five minutes. Finally, when the chili is done, serve it in soup bowls.‎ XII. Answer the questions Man has been to the moon. It has been the first step to the future travels in space. The moon is much nearer to the earth than all the planets. Venus, the nearest planet to the earth is millions of kilometers away! Travelling to the planets will be man’s next step. It will be more difficult than travelling to the moon and certainly more exciting.‎ In 1977, an American spaceship reached Mars, the second nearest planet from the earth. A wonderful robot slowly walked on the planet and worked hard. It sent a lot of information back to the earth. The most exciting piece was that there used to be a lot of water on Mars, The American scientists wanted to find the answer to the questions “Is there any life on Mars?” Unlikely, no life was found there, but American scientists do not lose heart. How about Venus? Russian spaceship has found that it is so hot that there must be no life there.‎ Spaceships in the future will be bigger and faster. They will be able to carry people to moon or other planets. ‎ Many may in the future find planets likes the earth and make them his home. But there is still a long, long way to way. Man should learn to know that the earth will be his only home for a long time and begin to love and take good care of it.‎ ‎1. What is the first step to the future travels in space?‎ ‎___________________________________________________________________‎ ‎2. Is Venus the nearest planet to the earth? ‎ ‎___________________________________________________________________‎ ‎3. Are there any living things found on Mars for now?‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎4. Why there must be no life on Venus?‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎5. Why does the writer think that man should take good care of the earth?‎ ‎ ____________________________________________________________________‎ XIII. Write a letter in at least 50 words according to the given situation ‎ ___________________‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ___________________‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ___________________‎ Dear Tom, ‎ Yesterday was my birthday.___________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________‎ Yours truly,‎ ‎__________ ‎ Key Part One Listening Listening script I. Listen and choose the right picture 1. ‎ Ann works as a nurse in a big hospital. (B)‎ 2. Pair work in class gives us chances to share opinions with each other. (G)‎ 3. When I grow up, I want to be a fireman to keep people safe. (E)‎ 4. Pizza is Mike's favourite. He goes to the Pizza Hut once a week.  (A)‎ 5. ‎ Doctor Li is giving Tom a careful check on his teeth. (F)‎ 6. ‎ Look, mum is busy cooking delicious food for us. (D)‎ B G E A F D II. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear ‎1. M: A mother panda can weigh more than 35 kilograms.‎ ‎ W: Yes, but it weighed only 100 grams when it was born.‎ ‎ Q: How much did a baby panda weigh when it was born? (C)‎ ‎2. M: I will go to a desert in Africa. I will see a lot of bears and elephants there.‎ ‎ W: Bears and elephants can’t live in a desert. You can see camels there.‎ ‎ Q: What kind of animal can he see in a desert? (C)‎ 3. M: Can I help you? ‎ ‎ W: I’m looking for a coat for myself.‎ ‎ M: Look at this coat made of animal fur. It looks pretty.‎ ‎ W: No. I just want a coat made of wool. ‎ ‎ Q: What coat does the speaker want to buy? (D)‎ 4. M: When does the show start? ‎ ‎ W: It starts at 9:30 a.m., and finishes at 3:30 p.m.‎ ‎ Q: How long is the show? (B)‎ ‎5. M: Shall we go skating today?‎ ‎ W: It doesn’t sound good. It’s a little cold outside. Why not see a film instead?‎ ‎ M: Good idea. ‎ ‎ Q: Why do they decide to see a film instead of skating? (D)‎ C C D B D III. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false ‎ Mr. Henry got a young cat from her friend. It was the cat's first snowy winter. One evening the cat ran out of the house. Mrs. Henry looked for it here and there, and shouted its name, but she couldn't find it. So she called the police and said:"I lost a small black and white cat last night. Did anybody find it?" "No, madam." Answered the policeman on the phone, "cats are really very ‎ strong. Sometimes they can live in the snow for a few days. Don't worry about it! Somebody will find it soon.""Thank you," said Mrs. Henry, "Our cat is beautiful and clever. She can talk with people…" "Well then," the policeman said, "Why not put your telephone down? Maybe she is going to telephone you."‎ F F T F F IV. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences I think the best place to go on Sunday is the zoo. When you are free, you can go there with your family. In the zoo, there are many animals — elephants, kangaroos, giraffes, wolves, and other animals. Tigers are big and strong. They are in danger because people like their fur and make medicine from their bones. The giant pandas are beautiful black and white animals. They are friendly towards each other and never attack people. Female giant pandas have one or two babies at a time. There are only about a thousand giant pandas in the world now. If farmers keep taking the land, giant pandas will have nowhere to live. If this continues, then there will be no giant pandas in the world. ‎ kangaroos, medicine, attack, Female, continues Part Two Vocabulary & Grammar V. Choose the best answer ‎1-5 C A C C A 6-10 B D B B D ‎ VI. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be ‎ used once ‎1-5 came from, lived with, does well in, enjoyed ‎ VII. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms ‎1-5 closing, enable, inventions, pleasant, mice VIII. Rewrite the following sentences as required ‎1. How often 2. Neither, is 3. cost him 4. Be honest 5. didn't have ‎ Part Three Reading & Writing IX. Choose the best answer ‎1-5 A C D A B X. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage ‎1-5 B D C C B XI. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words ‎1-5 four, quarter, with, Second, cups XII. Answer the questions ‎1. Man has been to the moon. 2. Yes, it is. 3. No, there aren't. 4. Because it's so hot.‎ ‎5. Because the earth will be man's only home for a long time.‎ XIII. Write a letter in at least 50 words according to the given situation (略)‎