11．　　The Great Wall of China has a history of over two thousand years. It runs from the east to the west in North China. It is about 6, 300 kilometers (1)      . It is often (2)       "Ten-thousand-Li Great Wall". It is one of the "Seven Wonders" of the ancient world.
　　The Great Wall is wide enough for ten men to walk (3)      . Horses can also run along it, too. The Great Wall (4)      stones and bricks (砖). There are huge stones on (5)       side and on the highest part. But now some sections of it are worn out.
　　There are tall watch-towers alone the Great Wall. Once upon (6)      time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies (敌人) in the watch-towers day and night. They made (7)      on the towers to (8)       each other when the enemies came.
　　Nowadays we don't use the Great Wall to keep away the enemies any more. It is a famous place of interest to all the people in (9)      . Every year (10)       people come to visit it form all over the world.

12．　　New Payment Methods for Online Shopping in China

13．　　Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers or sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.
　　It is important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking between themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something. These things are difficult to say to their family members.
　　However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
　　Who chooses your friends?
　　Do you choose your friends of your friends choose you?
　　Have you got a good friend your parents don't like?
　　Your answers are welcome.

14．　　A mother and her young son get into a bus in a small city and sit down. The bus conductor comes to them for their money. The mother says, "I want one ticket (票) to the zoo. " and gives him one yuan. The conductor looks at the small boy for a few seconds (秒) and then says to him, "How old are you, young man?" The mother begins to speak, but the conductor stops her, the boy says, "I'm four at home, and two in the buses. " At last the mother has to take fifty fen out of her pocket and gives it to the conductor.

15．　　Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy.
　　Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination. Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it.
　　Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in the bus began to listen to her.
　　"Which university will your son study in?" a woman next to her asked.
　　"In the most famous university in our country!" Mrs. Turner said happily.
　　"The most famous university?"
　　"Oxford University (牛津)."
　　Most of the passengers looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her, "Congratulations!"
　　A woman said, "I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith."
　　"Who's Fred Smith?"
　　"He's my son."
　　"Does he study in the university, too?"
　　"No," said the woman. "He is one of the professors (教授)."

16．A: Hi, Alfred, Why are you in such a rush?
B: (1)      I got up late this morning.
A: Why? I remember your company was not far from your home.
B: Yes, I used to work in our city. And I used to go to work by bike. (2)      Everything has changed.
A: Do you have to get up early every morning?
B: Of course. (3)      
A: How long does it take you to get to your company?
B: About one and a half hours.
A: Do you get home late?
B: Yes. (4)      
A: Then you must be very tired after getting home.
B: (5)       So I go to bed early every night.

17．阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式．
　　I'm Li Hua. I love English, but it's hard for me. Here (1)      (be) my plan for learning English in the new term.
　　I have a (2)      (pronounce) problem. I plan to listen to the tapes and read the texts aloud. I can't write English (3)      (good), so I plan to keep (4)      diary in English and practice (5)      (write) often. As for listening, sometimes I can't understand (6)      others are saying. I plan to improve (7)      (I ) by listening to English news (8)      (program) and watching English movies. Grammar is very (9)      (difficulty) for me. I will ask my English teacher (10)      help.
　　With this English-learning plan, I believe I can make great progress in the new term. That's all. Thank you.

18．此题要求改正所给短文中的错误．对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,
在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√);如 有 错 误 (每行只有一个错误 ), 则按下列情况改正:
此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\ ) 划掉, 在该行右边横线上写出该词, 并也用斜线划掉．
此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧) , 在该行右边横线上写出该加的词．
此行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线, 在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词．
注意:原行没有错的不要改．
Last weekend, I went in a trip and lived in a five-star-hotel. (1)      
It was real a good hotel with the best service. The only problem (2)      
is that it was a new place to me, so I often lost my way. One (3)      
morning I walked out of the hotel with some postcard for my friends. (4)      
I met an old man but asked, "Excuse me, where is the nearest post (5)      
office?" "Go down Bridge Street, and then turn left at the two crossing. (6)      
It's down Fifth Avenue on the right. You can't missed it, " he said. (7)      
After I said thanks him, I walked on. It took me about 15 minutes to (8)      
get to there. And there was a library next to the post office, (9)      
so I did some reading after posting the cards. (10)      

19．转眼间, 你己经是一名九年级的学生了. 你还记得刚升入初中时的自己是什么样子吗?这两年在你身上发生了哪些变化?. 请你根据以下要求, 写一篇题为"My changes"的英语作文.
参考词汇:used to, make progress, outgoing, make friends
要求:
1. 写你三个方面的变化, 用上 used to 结构;
2. 紧扣作文题目、语言表达准确、语意通顺连贯;
3. 词 数 80左右, 开头和结尾己给出, 不计入总词数.
4. 文中不能出现真实姓名、校名、地名.
My changes
　　I'm in Grade 9 and I have changed a lot. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
　　These are my changes. What about yours?