一、选出画线部分发音不同的一项。
() 1. A. hard
B. start
C. smart
D. similar
() 2. A. verb
B. quarter
C. person
D. term
() 3. A. work
B. report
C. horse
D. short
() 4. A. sport
B. morning
C. doctor
D. more
() 5. A. before
B. housework
C. word
D. world

1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.A

1. A、B、C项画线部分发音为/ɑː/，D项为/ə/。
2. A、C、D项画线部分发音为/ɜː/，B项为/ə/。
3. B、C、D项画线部分发音为/ɔː/，A项为/ɜː/。
4. A、B、D项画线部分发音为/ɔː/，C项为/ə/。
5. B、C、D项画线部分发音为/ɜː/，A项为/ɔː/。

二、根据汉语意思写单词。
6. Look at the (闪电)in the sky! I don't think we can go out.
7. It's still (干旱的)and hot these days.
8. As we all know, the sun rises in the (东方)and sets in the west.
9. It's easy to catch a bus to the city (中心)from here.
10. It is difficult and dangerous for postmen to deliver letters to the mountain areas on (有暴风雨的)days.

6. lightning
7. dry
8. east
9. center
10. stormy

6. 根据汉语意思“闪电”可知，此处需要填写表示“闪电”的单词，即lightning。
7. 根据题干“It's still _____(干旱的) and hot these days.”可知，此处需要填写形容词“干旱的”，dry意为“干旱的”，符合题意。
8. 根据题干“the sun rises in the _____(东方)”可知，此处指的是太阳从东方升起，east意为“东方”，符合题意。
9. 根据题干“It's easy to catch a bus to the city _____(中心) from here.”可知此处指的是市中心，即city center（中心），所以此处应填center。
10. 根据汉语意思“有暴风雨的”可知，此处需要填写表示“有暴风雨的”的单词，即stormy。

三、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
11. —What is the weather like today?
—It's (sun) and hot.
12. Linda (read) next to the window at the moment.
13. It won't be (cloud) in Shanghai tomorrow.
14. The blindness(失明) (affect) the man. He can't go out to find a job.
15. It's windy and warm today. Let's (fly) kites!

11. sunny
12. is reading
13. cloudy
14. affects
15. fly

11. 题目询问天气，需要用形容词形式，sun的形容词为sunny。
12. “at the moment”表示此刻，句子时态为现在进行时，其结构为be + doing，Linda是第三人称单数，be动词用is，read的现在分词是reading。
13. be动词后接形容词作表语，cloud的形容词是cloudy。
14. 根据“He can't go out to find a job.”可知时态为一般现在时，主语the blindness是第三人称单数，动词affect要用第三人称单数形式affects。
15. “Let's”后接动词原形，表示提议做某事，所以用fly。

四、阅读理解。

(续表)
Dear Dennis，
How are you? I'm living with my family in Shanghai. Today is Saturday. It's 7:00 p.m. here. My family are all at home and we are just finishing our dinner. I'm writing an email to you. My father is watching a basketball game on TV. Basketball is his favourite sport. My mother is washing the dishes. My sister Li Miao is playing the piano in her room. She plays it three hours every day. My pet dog Dudu is sleeping under the table. Outside，I can hear cars and buses coming and going. There are also some children playing football on the grass. It's a noisy but happy evening. Don't you think so?
I know time here is thirteen hours ahead of(提前)that in New York. What are your family doing now? Please write to me.
Yours，
Li Ming
() 16. What is Li Ming's father doing?
A. Playing basketball.
B. Having dinner.
C. Watching TV.
D. Washing the dishes.
() 17. Where is probably Li Ming's mother?
A. In a shop.
B. In the kitchen.
C. In her room.
D. In the living room.
() 18. What time is it in New York now?
A. 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
B. 6:00 a.m. on Friday.
C. 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
D. 6:00 a.m. on Saturday.
() 19. From the passage，we learn that .
A. Li Ming lives with his grandparents
B. Dennis is living in the United States now
C. Dudu is a pet dog in Dennis's family
D. there're five people in Li Ming's family
() 20. Why does Li Ming write the email to Dennis?
A. To tell what his family are doing.
B. To ask Dennis to have dinner with him.
C. To ask Dennis to play football with him.
D. To talk about his busy and awful life.

16. C
17. B
18. D
19. B
20. A

16. 根据文中“My father is watching a basketball game on TV.”可知，李明的父亲正在看电视。
17. 根据文中“My mother is washing the dishes.”可知，妈妈在洗碗，应该在厨房里。
18. 根据文中“I know time here is thirteen hours ahead of(提前)that in New York. Today is Saturday. It's 7:00 p.m. here.”可知，上海时间比纽约早13小时，上海现在是星期六晚上7点，因此纽约是星期六早上6点减去13小时（或前一天晚上加对应时间差），计算得出为星期六早上6点（D选项中的早上6点，是星期六的早上6点）。
19. 从文中“I know time here is thirteen hours ahead of that in New York.”以及信是写给Dennis的，可以推测Dennis在美国。
20. 李明在信中主要描述了他的家人在做什么，因此写信的目的是告诉Dennis他的家人的活动情况。