一、根据首字母及汉语提示完成句子
1. Next week, Mr Hu will make a s______（演讲）for the whole school.
2. My brother won the math c______（竞赛）again last week.
3. Who is your new m______（班长）, Simon or Jerry?
4. Don't f______（忘记）to turn off the lights when you leave the classroom.
5. Tom was a______（缺席）from classes yesterday because he caught a cold.

peech
; ompetition
; onitor
; orget
; bsent

二、用所给单词的适当形式填空
6. Raising your hand to answer questions in class means you are ______ (confidence).
7. The young man isn't ______ (suit) for this job. He is very lazy.
8. This article gives you advice on how to talk to people with different ______ (personality).
9. Kitty is writing a ______ (recommend) letter to Mr Li.
10. Jack has become much more ______ (organize) than before.

confident
; suitable
; personalities
; recommendation
; organized

一、阅读理解
In China, people talk about animal signs, which are very interesting. For example, 2019 was the Year of the Pig, and when a baby was born in this year, we say he or she is a little pig. Animal signs usually bring people good luck. There are 12 animal signs below.
Rat: sociable, having rich feelings, friendly but complaining
Ox: hard-working, systematic, dutiful（有责任感的）but traditional
Tiger: brave, confident, emotional（易动感情的）but careless
Rabbit: peaceful, having a good manner, a business head but cold emotion
Dragon: active, outgoing, popular but self-centred（以自我为中心的）
Snake: fascinating（迷人的）, thoughtful, judicious（有判断力的）, but dressy（衣着讲究的）and doubtful
Horse: active, self-confident, resourceful（机敏的）but proud and angry
Sheep: kind, helpful, artistic（有艺术天赋的）but sad and hesitant（犹豫的）
Monkey: quick, clever, warm, emotional but slick（圆滑的）, and unsatisfied
Rooster: confident, helpful, happy, foresighted（有先见之明的）but dressy
Dog: dutiful, realistic, loyal and practical
Pig: hard-working, honest, simple, lucky but careless
1. When a baby was born in 2020, we can say he or she is a little ______.
A. pig
B. rat
C. tiger
D. snake
2. If we call a boy a little dragon, when was he born?
A. In 2011.
B. In 2012.
C. In 2015.
D. In 2017.
3. If someone is brave, confident, emotional but careless, we can guess he was born in the Year of the ______.
A. Rat
B. Dog
C. Horse
D. Tiger
4. What can't we infer from the passage?
A. In China, when we talk about animal signs, it means twelve animals.
B. We can know 2010 was the Year of the Rabbit.
C. Animal signs perhaps bring us good luck.
D. The Year of the Rooster always comes after the Year of the Monkey.

B
; D