1、WEEK FOURTEEN,通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。Children all over the world like to celebrate their birthday. American children are of no difference. American _1_ usually celebrate it with a party. They invite their friends to join the celebration. The party may not be held on the exact date of t
2、heir birthday if it comes on a school day. It may be held on the _2_ weekend instead.,Today two kinds of parties are the most popular. One is held at home. Parents make the house _3_ with balloons and colored paper. They _4_ a special birthday meal. The children play games. Another kind is held away
3、 from home. Some are at a special _5_. The children eat pizza and ice cream. The waiters, who serve the food, also sing and tell jokes to the children. Other parties may be held at a park, or a movie theater, or some other places.,Every birthday party has a birthday cake with _6_ on top. One candle
4、is for each year of a birthday boy or girls age. When the candles are lighted, everyone sings the special birthday _7_: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. _8_ Americans grow older, their birthday parties change. In fact, many people _9_ having them. They say they would like to forget how _10_ they are. Yet they
5、 do like to remember the happy birthday parties of their childhood.,( )1. A. parents B. friends C. children D. cousins ( )2. A. closest B. longest C. happiest D. best ( )3. A. famous B. beautiful C. large D. clean ( )4. A. invent B. borrow C. dislike D. prepare ( )5. A. park B. theater C. restaurant
6、 D. school,C,A,B,D,C,( )6. A. cakes B. candles C. oranges D. apples ( )7. A. song B. word C. music D. party ( )8. A. If B. While C. As D. So ( )9. A. admit B. stop C. remember D. enjoy ( )10. A. kind B. tall C. busy D. old,B,A,C,B,D,阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。Lang Ping, was born in 19
7、60, Tianjin. She is a former Chinese volleyball player and the former head coach of the US Womens National Volleyball Team. Her nickname is the “Iron Hammer (铁榔头)”. In 1987, Lang Ping moved to Los Angeles to study and serve as an assistant volleyball coach,at the University of New Mexico. She keeps
8、Chinese nationality although she has lived in the US for more than 15 years. Because of her central role in the success of the Chinese Womens Volleyball Team in the 1980s, Lang was seen as a cultural icon and is one of the most respected people in modern Chinese sports history. Lang and the Womens V
9、olleyball Team was the first team sport to win the World Championship several times, including the 1984 Olympics. She will always be remembered as one of the very first world champions for China.,In 1995, Lang became the head coach of the Chinese National Team and eventually guided the team to the s
10、ilver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and second place at the 1998 World Championships in Japan. In the following year, she took a head coaching position in Modena, one of the top teams in the Italian League, and enjoyed great success there. She became the coach of the US National Team
11、 in 2005. Lang guided the team to the 2008 Olympics, where the US team faced off with China in her home country. The US team won the victory against China 3-2. The US team went on to win the silver medal, losing to Brazil in the finals 3-1.,She is the head coach of the China Womens National Volleyba
12、ll Team, winning the World Championship in Japan in 2015. In 2014, she was the only female head coach among the 24 teams in the World Volleyball Championship. On August 21st, 2016, Lang Ping guided the Chinese National Team to the gold medal at 2016 Rio Olympics. With this victory, Lang Ping became
13、the first person in volleyball history, male or female, to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games as a player (Chinese National Team) in 1984 (Los Angeles) and as a head coach (Chinese National Team) in 2016 (Rio).,( )1. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The US team went on to win the gold medal in
14、2008. B. Lang Ping won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games as a coach. C. In 1995, Lang Ping became the head coach of the Japanese National Team. D. Lang Ping coached the Chinese National Team to a gold medal at the age of 56.,D,( )2. Lang Ping did not coach _. A. Chinese National Team B. Brazili
15、an National Team C. US National Team D. Italian Modena Team ( )3. The underlined word “icon” (in Paragraph 3) most probably means “_”. A. symbol B. coach C. leader D. tie,B,A,( )4. What can we infer from the passage? A. Most of the head coaches are female. B. Lang Ping loves her home country very mu
16、ch. C. The US Team won the gold medal in 2008 Olympics Games. D. In 1987, Lang Ping went to Los Angeles to coach the US National Team. ( )5. The best title for the passage is “_ ”. A. Life of a Famous Volleyball Player B. How to Become a Coach C. A Match between China and the US D. Facts about the “
17、Iron Hammer”,B,D,请用适当的词完成下面的短文，每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。It was too late at night when an old man came to a small town. He found a small inn (小旅馆) and wanted to stay there for the 1. _. After he had gone to his room, the owner said to his wife, “Look at his 2. _. There must be much money in it. Lets tak
18、e it 3. _ tonight.”,night,bag,away,They 4. _ some forgetful grass into his food, and wanted to steal his bag when he was 5. _. The old man had the food 6. _ the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning when the owner got up, he found the door 7. _. The old man had left with the bag. He 8. _
19、 his wife up. They thought their forgetful grass 9. _ useful at all. After a few minutes, they found that the old man forget to 10. _ for the night.,put,asleep/sleeping,with,open,woke,wasnt,pay,A. 信息归纳请阅读下面这篇文章，根据所提供的信息，完成下面的信息卡。,Li Hua:My biggest problem is that Im too busy. When I was young, I use
20、d to have so much time, but these days I get up early and stay in school all day. Then I go right home and eat dinner. Before I started high school, I used to spend a lot of time playing games with my friends, but I just dont have the time anymore.,Wang Ming:My school life is interesting and colorfu
21、l. In the school, I have many great teachers. I also have many good friends. They are like my brothers and sisters. We get on well with each other. So I think Im lucky.,Deng Yu:My school life is colorful. At school, I learn a lot and I get on well with my classmates. Class begins at 8:00. I have lun
22、ch at 12:00. After school, I play basketball with my friends. The school is a good place to study in. I am interested in studying. I do well in English because I like English very much. I am not good at math. Its too difficult for me. But I will try my best to learn math well. I have studied at scho
23、ol for about 3 years. I will take the final exam in three months. So I have to study hard. I believe I will succeed.,Information Card,Too busy,Playing games,Interesting and colorful,English,Basketball,B. 书面表达俗话说：“予人玫瑰，手留余香。”在我们的日常生活中，我们会遇到各种困难，因此，我们会需要他人的帮助；但同时，我们也要学会帮助他人。其实，帮助他人就是在帮助自己。请你结合身边的事例，以“
24、帮助”为话题，用英语写一篇短文。 作文要求： 1. 无须写标题，开头已经给出，但不计入总词数； 2. 文中要结合你帮助别人或别人帮助你的一件事例； 3. 文中不得透露任何个人和学校的真实信息； 4. 词数80个左右。,As the saying goes, roses given, fragrance in hand. In our daily life, we will meet with a lot of trouble.,So it is necessary for us to help those who are in trouble. I still remember I helpe
25、d one of my classmates with his English when we were in the first term of Junior Eight. Li Hua, one of my classmates, was not good at English while I did well. One day, he asked me to help him. So from then on, whenever he had problems, he would ask me, and I was patient to explain them to him. Slowly, his English improved with my help. At the same time, I found my English improved, too. Actually, helping others is helping ourselves.,_ _,
