一、词汇检测
1. It’s said that efforts are being made to prevent further ___(污染)in our country.
2. She looked up for a while, and then ___(继续)writing her paper.
3. — Where's Miss Ma? — She is answering an ___(国际的)call next door.
4. ___(交流)between people from different countries used to be very hard.
5. His last public concert will be on in Shanghai in a ___(几个)of months.
6. The writer ___(接到)thousands of letters every month in the past.
7. Reading should be a life-long h ___ for every one of us.
8. — How many fish have you caught?
— So f___, none. I’m afraid that we have no gift for fishing.
9. — Jimmy, can you help me carry the box?
— Mom, I need a rest. I'm really t___ out after the basketball game.
10. I haven't seen my old friend for many years, but we phone each other from t ___
to time.

1. pollution 2. continued 3. international 4. Communication 5. couple
6. received 7. habit/hobby 8. far 9. tired 10. time

二、从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，在横线上填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次

A group of rubbish collectors in Turkey are recycling the books that people have (1)___. They have created a mobile library (2)___ last year. The library is inside a truck that tours schools in the countryside. There are over 9 000 books. The books are divided into 20 kinds, including medical care, politics, literature, history (3)___. They hope to create a greater interest in reading books among children.
The library has got lots of attention in Turkey. People from Turkey keep (4 ______ ) their old books to the library. A lady working in the mobile library said, "The interest is growing. Each day the guests come here to borrow books or have a quiet time to read." The director of the library said, "We have books here (5 ______ ) kids aged 4 to 10. We hope that it will develop their love for books."

1. thrown away 2. since 3. and so on 4. sending 5. for

三、完形填空
I get into position and take a deep breath. The music starts and my mind is on my figure skating (花样滑冰). Dressed in my shining blue dress and gliding(滑行)1 the ice, I feel free.
I started figure skating again after the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. However, relearning figure skating at an older age is not 2. Balancing on those 1.5 mm-wide steel blades(冰刀)and stepping onto the clear ice for the first time in years, feelings of excitement and fear control me at the same time. I did not remember any of the 3 or spins that I had learned as a child. To make things worse, kids much younger than me were doing double or triple rotation jumps(旋转与跳跃). I felt so out of place.
Did I really belong(属于)here? "You have as much right to be here as anyone else," my Olympian coach 4 me. I was very thankful that I found a coach that treated me the same as her other students. Every day at practice, she pushes me 5 my limits.
During the course of learning new jumps and spins, falls are unavoidable. 6 I learn a
move, I devote to practising and falling for hours on end(连续)，and there would still be a large chance that I could not finish it. Many times I have asked myself, "Was it really 7 it? So many hours of practice, and so much 8 spent on coaching and skating shoes, for what?" Despite(尽管)these pains, every time I feel the wind rushing past my face as I glide, I am reminded of the reason that I started skating: This is the 9 thing I will get to flying.
The pain is temporary(暂时的)，10 the joy of landing that jump I have worked on for months is something I would not trade for the world. Fall down seven times, get up eight!
( ) 1. A. below B. through C. over D. across
( ) 2. A. hard B. easy C. enjoyable D. possible
( ) 3. A. dances B. music C. jumps D. falls
( ) 4. A. improved B. suggested C. doubted D. encouraged
( ) 5. A. against B. over C. below D. beyond
( ) 6. A. Whenever B. Whatever C. However D. Whoever
( ) 7. A. equal B. worth C. helpful D. meaningful
( ) 8. A. time B. energy C. money D. pain
( ) 9. A. fastest B. closest C. finest D. easiest
( )10. A. and B. but C. or D. so

1.D 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.D 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.B 10.B