Harry Potter is the name of a series of fantasy novels by British writer J.K. Rowling. Six of seven planned books have been published to date. The books depict（描寫）a society of witches and wizards, the man character being a young wizard named Harry Potter. The first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone（ retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States） , was released in 1997. The first four books have been made into films, and the fifth book is due to start filming in February 2006.

1．How many books does the series of novel have ?

2．Is Harry Potter a witch or a wizard ?

3．What does “Philosopher”s stone” mean in Chinese ?

4．Who is the writer of Harry Potter ?

5．How many books have been made into films so far ?

Sydney is a young city. Its history goes back just over 200 years. But in Australia, it is the oldest city. It is also the country’s largest city. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales and the most populous（人口稠密的）city of Australia.

   The climate of Sydney is very good. It’s not too cold during the winter and not too hot during the summer. The sky is blue, the air is fresh, birds sing in the garden. People who live in Sydney seem to have an easy life style. They will tell you, ”Don’t worry .”

Many people think that Sydney is one of the most attractive cities in the world. It has many tall and modern buildings. Among them, Centre point Tower is the tallest. Standing on the 305—metre tower, you will have a great view of the city.

Sydney is famous for its deep harbor（港口）.The harbor has many bays（灣） and beautiful surf beaches. Among them, Bondi beach is the most popular. Sydney Harbor is not only beautiful, it also serves as a large port. Ships carry wool, wheat and meat from Sydney to other countries.

People living in Sydney like to call themselves Sydneysiders. They are mostly friendly and easygoing. When they are not working, they love to have a good time at the beach, swimming and sailing.

1．How old is Sydney ?

2．How is the climate of Sydney ?

3．How tall is Centre point Tower ?

4．What is Sydney famous for ?

5．What do people living in Sydney love to do when they are not working ?

（A）你最喜歡什么顏色？Do you like yellow, orange and red ? You do, you must be a person full of hopeful happy feeling about life. Do you like gray and blue ? Then maybe you are quiet, and you would rather go after than go before. And sometimes you feel unhappy. I f you love green, you are strong-minded. You wish to do （B）__________well and want other people to see you are successful. At least this is what psychologists（心理學(xué)者）tell us. They tell us that we don’t choose our favorite colour as we grow up. If you happen to love brown, you did so as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.

     A yellow room makes us feel happier and more comfortable than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and gladness to the saddest winter day.（C）Light and bright colours make people not only happier but more active. It is a fact that factory workers work better,harder, and have few accidents when their machines are painted（漆）orange rather than black or dark gray. Remember, then, that（D） if you feel low, you can brighten your day or your life with a new shirt or a new colourful things. Remember also that you will know your friends better when you （E）____________what colours they like or dislike. And don’t forget that anyone can guess a lot about your character（ 性格）when you choose something in different colours.

1．將劃線部分（A）譯成英語：______________________________.

2．在（B）的空白處填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~語：_____________________.

3．將劃線部分（C）譯成漢語：_____________________________________________.

4．將劃線部分（D）譯成漢語：_____________________________________________.

5．在（E）的空白處填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~語：____________________.

Marie Curie（Whose birth name was Manya Sldodowska） was born in Poland on November 7,1867.（A）Her father was a high school physics teacher and encouraged her interest in science. in 1891 she went to study in Paris and changed her name to the French, Marie. Two years later she passed the examination for a degree in physic with the highest grades in her class.（B）She later married a French physicist Pierre Curie.
       Marie Curie became （C） interested in the work of Conrad Roentgen who discovered X-rays in 1895.She knew the element twanium gave off rays （D）similare to X-rays and she wanted to find new uses for these rays. Pierre Curie stopped his own work and joined his wife in hers. In 1898 they announced his discovery of two new elements: radium and polonium, both of which gave off even more rays than uranium. In 1903 she and her husband won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in isolating pure radium.（E）在1911年Marie Curie又獲得了化學(xué)諾貝爾獎。Later in life, she became ill from the effects of working with radium, and died in 1934.
1．將劃線部分（A）改寫為 His father__________ _________ _______a high school.
2．將劃線部分（B）譯成漢語：____________________________________.

3．在（C）的空白處填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~語：______________

4．將劃線部分（D）譯成漢語：_____________________________.

5．將劃線部分（E）譯成英語：_____________________________.

請以學(xué)生會文體部的名義為一場籃球友誼賽寫一份海報，內(nèi)容如下：

　　1．參加者：美國北地中學(xué)校隊和我校校隊

　　2．地點(diǎn)：水泥球場

　　3．時間：2008年11月20日（星期四）下午4點(diǎn)

　　4．組織者：我院學(xué)生會文體部　

5．海報發(fā)出時間：2008年11月14日

Friendly Basketball Match

The Recreational and Physical Culture Department of the Students Union

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Use the suggested questions as clues. Write at least 60 words about the topic北京將舉辦2008年奧運(yùn)會，做為一個初中生你將為奧運(yùn)做些什么 ？題目自擬,寫一段不少于60個字的短文。

The only thing ______we could do was to ask the police for help.

A．which             B．who          C．that           D．whom

--What do you think of the watch?

-- _______.

A．I like it very much                     B．I like it, too

C．With pleasure                         D．It looks nice

She said there was going to _____ a football match tomorrow.

A．have          B．has         C．be            D．hold