1． If someone asks me, "Do you like music?" I'm sure I will answer him or her, "Of course, I do." Because I think music is an important part of our lives.
Different people have different ideas about music. For me, I like rock music because it's so exciting. And my favorite rock band, the"Fox Ladies (酷妹)"is one of the most famous rock banks in the world. I also like pop music. My classmate, Li Lan, loves dance music, because she enjoys dancing. My best friend, Jane, likes jazz music (爵士乐). She thinks jazz is really cool.
"I like dance music and rock very much, "says my brother, "because they are amazing."
But my mother thinks rock is boring. "I like some relaxing music," she says. That's why she likes country music, I think.

2． Mr. Wang once worked in an emergent (急救) centre. He wrote reports every day and the following are four reports from him.

3． This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year's Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (《友谊地久天长》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year's celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words "Auld Lang Syne" mean "old long since". No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version by Scottish poet Robert Burns was published (出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year's Eve. The version (译文) you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.

4． Books are our greatest friends. They tell us stories of everycountry in the world. They give us all kinds of knowledge. Life isshort. One cant know and see everything in the world. With the help of books , one is able to know what happened thousands of years ago and what is happening in every part of the world now. Books give us not only knowledge but also pleasure. Reading goodbooks is the best way of spendingour free time. And many beautiful stories for children are interesting and full of wisdom (智慧).
All the great men love books. Knowledge from books helpsthem to succeed , because books are source (源泉) of knowledge and knowledge is the source of success.

5． There are three photos of my good friends on my desk.
In the first photo you can see Jerry. He is a tall and cool boy with short and straight hair. He is the captain of our basketball team. (1)       All my classmates like him very much.
(2)       His name is Jack. He is short and a little bit heavy. (3)       He often tells us funny stories and makes us happy.
In the third photo, you can see two girls. They are drinking water. The girl on the left is Lucy. She is a beautiful girl from London. She has long blond hair and big eyes. (4)       and she can also speak a little Chinese. The girl on the right is Li Yun. She is a Chinese girl with beautiful black hair. (5)       She says she wants to be a scientist when she grows up.

6．
The US is a very big country. It is (1)             3, 000 miles from the east coast to the west coast, so choose (2)             the places to see and the time to go. Bring a map because you may want to travel around.
The best time to visit New England is in September. The weather gets (3)            , and the (4)             leaves start to turn gold, then brown. Bring your camera so you can take many (5)             of the autumn trees.
In Alaska, the days are long and warm (6)             summer, but may be cool in the evening. In winter, Alaska can be very very cold. If you want to visit Alaska, you had better go in summer. Do not forget to bring a warm sweater (7)             you.
In Texas and the southeast, it is (8)             very hot and sunny compared to other places. There are storms from time (9)             time in summer and autumn.
So when is the (10)             time to visit the US? Any time you like!

7．
阅读下面的短文, 根据短文内容, 从每个方框内所给的11个词汇中选择10个意义相符的词汇, 必要时可加情态动词或者助动词, 进行词形变化, 填入空白处．
Mr Brown got up late this morning. He was going to be late for work. It (1)             hard and the streets were wet. He drove so fast that he didn't (2)             the red lights. He couldn't (3)             his car. As a result, it hit another car. An old man got out of the car and called out angrily, "What are you doing?How can you (4)             so fast?"
"I'm sorry, sir, " said Mr Brown. "I didn't see the lights (5)             red. " Then he brought out a bottle of wine and (6)             it to the old man.
"It's cold today, sir, " said Mr Brown. "Please drink a little, and then you (7)             warm. "
The old man drank some wine and became happy. He asked, "I (8)             much better now. Why don't you (9)             any?"
"I can't drink anything now, sir, " answered Mr Brown. "I (10)             for the policeman. Only drunkards(醉汉)cause accidents, you know!"

8． Teahouse is one of Lao She's most famous plays. He wrote it in 1957. The play has three acts and shows the lives of common people in China from the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa and the customers of his teahouse in Beijing. (1)It describes the changes in Chinese society over fifty years.
(2)老舍在1899年出生在北京．His parents sent him to a teacher's school in 1913. After finishing school in 1918, he became a head teacher of a primary school. In 1924 Lao She left home and went to England. He taught Chinese at a college in London and returned to China five years later. He wrote many plays, novels and short stories about people's lives. He was named "the People's Artist". Lao She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twentieth century.

1. 将文中画线的英语句子翻译成汉语．
                                                                                
2. 将文中画线的汉语句子翻译成英语．
                                                                                
3. 回答问题:When did Lao She write Teahouse?
                                                                                
4. 回答问题:When did Lao She return to China from England?
                                                                                
5. 从文中找出与下面所给句子意思相近的句子．
People called him "the People's Artist".
                                                                                

9．寒假即将来临，你打算怎样度过一个丰富且有意义的寒假呢？请根据提示，以My winter holiday plan 为题，写一篇英语短文，谈谈你的寒假计划。
提示：
1. Study： read more books， practice English…
2.Health： run for half an hour every day…
3.Travel： visit museums…
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要求：
1. 参照提示要点，可适当发挥，是内容更加充实；
2. 80词左右（开头已给出，不计入总数）。
My winter holiday plan
The winter holiday is coming. To enjoy a great holiday， I made the holiday plan. First，                                                                                .