TODAY IS MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY. WHAT______ WE BUY FOR HER
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Today is mother’s birthday. What______ we buy for her?
A. Do
B. are
C. shall
D. have
Part C: Reading (20m)
I.
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. (10m)
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The Amazon rainforest, also known as the Amazon Jungle, is a vast tropical rainforest lying next to
the Amazon River (21)________ Brazil and the neighbouring countries. It is one of the natural
(22)________ of the world, and the largest rainforest. If you want to go to a place which has the
(23)________ kinds of plants and animals on Earth, you should go the Amazon Jungle. It contains an
amazing number of plants and (24)________. The region is home to about 2.5 million insect species,
tens of thousands of plants, and some 2,000 birds and mammals. Many useful plants (25)________ in
the Amazon rainforest. They provide food, building materials, rubber, medicines, and other products.
II.Read the following text and choose the best answer for the questions below. (10m)
London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, is the largest city in Europe. It is located on
the River Thames and has a history of about 2,000 years. Over eight million people live in London.
Hundreds of thousand people travel each day into London to work.
London has an oceanic climate, but generally it is a dry city. However, London is often very cloudy.
On average it rains mildly just about every other day. Temperature extremes for all sites in the
London area range from 38.1°C at Kew during August 2003, down to -16.1°C at Northolt during
January 1962.
London's largest industry is finance. Together with New York, the city of London is one of the
world's largest financial centres, making London a major world influence.
However, like many big cities, London has problems with traffic and pollution. Millions of people
use the London Underground a day, but there are still too many buses and trams in the streets. The air
isn't clean, but it is cleaner than it was 100 years ago.