In Japan, Matcha(抹茶)is a kind of green tea powder(粉末). 42 . In fact, Matcha came from China but took off(大受歡迎)in Japan. Biscuits or cookies covered with chocolate are also a Japanese favorite.

　　Potato chips and French fries are very popular in the US. They are cheap but tasty. 43 . Popcorn is another typical snack. People eat it when they are watching sports games or visiting the amusement park. Most cinemas also sell popcorn.

　　44 .They call it "afternoon tea". Traditional afternoon tea is biscuits and tea. People also have scones(烤餅)with jam and cream, which is probably the most classic English snack.

　　45 . But they have different names there. A British girl would tell you: "I also love chips and French fries!"

　　A. In the UK, many people sit down for snacks at around 4 pm every day

　　B. But I can’t help eating them

　　C. Potato chips and French fries, are popular in the UK, too

　　D. It is made from tea leaves and can be used with ice cream or cake

　　E. But they are high in calories and eating too much may make you fat.

　　四、詞語運(yùn)用(10小題，每小題1分，共10分)

　　閱讀短文，從方框中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)脑~并用其正確形式填空，使短文通順、意思完整。每空限填一詞，每詞限用一次。方框中有兩個詞是多余的。

　　Long, long ago, an Indian walked to the temple for pilgrimage(朝圣). The 46 was long and the mountain road was hard to walk. So though he carried little baggage, he still walked hard. Just in front of him, he saw a little girl, 47 than 10 years old, carrying a fat boy on her back and also moving on slowly. She breathed heavily and 48 sweating(流汗), but her hands still firmly 49 the boy on her back.

　　When 50 by the little girl, the Indian said to her, "My girl, you must be very tired because what you carry is so heavy!" Hearing this, the little girl said 51 , "What you carry is a weight, but what I carry is not a weight. He is my little brother."

　　It is true, on the scale(天平), 52 it is a brother or a burden(負(fù)擔(dān)), there is no 53 , for it will show the actual weight, but for a heart, what the little girl said is right: What she carried was 54 little brother, not a weight, for the burden was the weight. She loved her little brother from the heart.

　　Love has no 55 , so love is not a burden but the happy solicitude(牽掛) and selfless devotion(奉獻(xiàn)).

　　五、補(bǔ)全對話(5小題，每小題2分，共10分)

　　根據(jù)下面的對話情景，在每個空白處填上一個適當(dāng)?shù)木渥�，使對話的意思連貫、完整。

　　A：Good news! Our class has won the first place in the basketball game.

　　B：Really? 56 ?

　　A：Mr. Zhang, our P. E. teacher told me about it just now. And he said that we would have a party to celebrate it.

　　B：Sounds great! 57 ?

　　A：This Friday evening.

　　B： 58 ?

　　A：I will sing an English song My Heart Will Go On. 59 ?

　　B：Of course. I have heard it many times.

　　A：What do you think of the song?

　　B：It sounds beautiful. I like it very much.

　　A：There are lots of students with many talents in our class. 60 .

　　B：I think so.

　　六、書面表達(dá)(15分)

　　現(xiàn)今，中國學(xué)生的書寫越來越差。你認(rèn)為原因何在?應(yīng)該如何來改善這種情況?請你就此談?wù)勀愕目捶ā?/P>

　　要點(diǎn)：

　　1. 分析導(dǎo)致中學(xué)生書寫差的原因;(兩點(diǎn))

　　2. 中學(xué)生應(yīng)該如何提高自己的書寫;(至少兩點(diǎn))

　　3. 呼吁大家重視書寫，提高書寫質(zhì)量。

　　要求：

　　1. 不得照抄原文，不得在作文中出現(xiàn)學(xué)校的真實名稱和學(xué)生的真實姓名;

　　2. 語句連貫，詞數(shù)80個左右。作文的開頭已經(jīng)給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

　　Nowadays, Chinese students’ handwriting is getting worse. _________________________________________

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