Here is a true story about a famous man who worked in the White House and a criminal. They once faced the same thing: their mother gave them apples when they were young.

The criminal said: one day, my mother brought some apples and asked my brother and me: “Which do you want?” “The reddest and biggest one,” my little brother said. My mother stared at him and said to him angrily: “You should learn to give the good things to others; you shouldn’t always think of yourself.” Seeing this, I suddenly changed my idea and then said to my mother: “Mum, please give me the smaller one and give the bigger one to my little brother.” Hearing my words, my mother was very happy. She kissed me on my face and gave the reddest and biggest apple to me as a prize. From then on, I learned to tell lies, fight, steal and rob. In order to get what I wanted, I played hard. As a result, I was sent into prison.

The famous man from the White House said: One day, my mother brought some apples. She said to my brother and me: “You all want the reddest and biggest one, right? Well, let’s have a competition. Now I divide the grassland in front of the gate into two and I will give one to each of you and you must shear(修剪) it well. And I will give the reddest and biggest apple to him who does it the most quickly and best.”

After the competition, I won and I got the biggest apple. In our family, as long as you want to get the best things, you must take part in competition. I think it is fair. No matter what you want, you must pay lots of efforts.

1.The criminal got the reddest and biggest apple because .

A. he told the truth that he wanted a smaller one

B. his mother loved him more than she loved the younger brother

C. elder brother should of course have the bigger one

D. he knew how to make his mother happy from his answer

2.We can conclude from the passage that .

A. it’s important to make children aware that no matter what they want, they must pay work

B. it’s wrong to ask children to choose apples when they are not old enough

C. it’s wrong to ask children not to always think of themselves

D. it’s always necessary to have a competition when we give children apple

3.The writer tells the story by .

A. organizing it in the order of time

B. making a comparison between two men

C. providing some scientific information

D. describing it in the order of space

4.It is implied in the passage that .

A. we should always try to win competitions which can bring us a lot

B. in order to get what we want, we should play hard

C. giving children apples will lead them to become criminals

D. a mother’s educational method has a great influence on a child’s growing

From the beginning of human history, wild animals provided food, clothing and sometimes medicine for man. We may not depend as much on wild animals now. But we hear about them every day. Americans use the names of animals in many ways. Automobile manufacturers and gasoline companies especially like to use big cats to sell their products. They like lions, tigers and wildcats. When Americans say wildcat, they usually mean a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat. All these cats attack quickly and fiercely. So wildcats represent something fast and fierce.

An early American use of the word wildcat was quite different. It was used to describe members of Congress who declared war on Britain in 1812. A magazine of that year said the wildcat congressmen went home. It said they were unable to face the responsibility of having involved their country in an unnecessary war.

Wildcat also has been used as a name for money in the 1800s. At that time, some states permitted banks to make their own money. One bank in the state of Michigan offered paper money with a picture of a wildcat on it. Some banks, however, did not have enough gold to support all the paper money they offered. So the money had little or no value. It was called a wildcat bill or a wildcat banknote. The banks who offered this money were called wildcat banks. A newspaper of the time said those were the days of wildcat money. It said a man might be rich in the morning and poor by night.

Wildcat then was also used for an oil well or gold mine that had almost no oil or gold in it. Dishonest developers would buy such property. Then they would sell it and leave town with the money. The buyers were left with worthless holes in the ground. Today, wildcat oil wells are in areas that are not known to have oil.

1.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Wildcats and their stories.

B. Wildcats and their characters.

C. Varieties of animal species.

D. Relationship between animals and humans.

2.The underlined words "a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat" in Paragraph 1 may refer to " ".

A. gasoline companies

B. automobile manufacturers

C. brands of automobile

D. names of wildcats

3.Which of the following would people like to have or trust according to the passage?

A. Wildcat congressmen. B. Wildcat oil wells.

C. Wildcat banks. D. Wildcat cars.

4.It can be inferred that during the days of wildcat money .

A. people couldn't buy anything with the money

B. people complained and suffered a lot

C. the rich invested too much on oil wells

D. people didn't know how to save money

In a recent study, participants were asked to drink beer from either a straight-sided glass, or a curved “beer glass”. People took about almost twice as long to finish when drinking alcohol from the straight-sided glass, compared with the curved glass. There was no difference in drinking rates from the glasses when the drink was nonalcoholic.

People may drink their alcohol faster from curved glasses because it is more difficult to accurately judge the halfway point of these glasses, the researchers concluded. As a result, drinkers may be less able to measure how much they have consumed. “People often talk of ‘pacing themselves’ when drinking alcohol as a means of controlling levels of drunkenness, but I think the important point to take from our research is that the ability to pace effectively may be compromised when drinking from certain types of glasses,” said study researcher Angela Attwood of the University of Bristol’s School of Experimental Psychology in the United Kingdom.

In another experiment, participants completed a computer task in which they were shown pictures of two glasses containing varying volumes of liquid, and asked to judge whether each glass was more, or less, than half-full. The researchers found people made greater errors in judging the halfway point of the curved glass.

“The participants who showed the greatest error in these judgments also tended to show the greatest changes in their drinking rates,” the researchers said. “The speed at which people drink alcohol influences their level of intoxication (迷醉), and the number of drinks they consume on an occasion. Therefore, slowing down is likely to have a positive impact for the individual, and also at a population level.”

1.If a man finishes drinking alcohol from a curved glass in 30 minutes, from a same-volumed straight glass, he will spend _____.

A. about 15 minutes B. about 60 minutes

C. about 45 minutes D. about 25 minutes

2.According to the passage, the experiment shows that _____.

A. curved glasses mislead people’s judgment

B. people differ greatly when judging the same glass

C. people do computer tasks poorly after drinking

D. the type of liquid influences people’s thinking

3.What advice do the researchers give drinkers?

A. Use a curved “beer glass”.

B. Drink at a slower pace.

C. Drink with positive people.

D. Try different types of alcohol.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Shape may influence your drinking

B. Curved glass is out of date

C. Drink less for your health

D. Drinkers favor a different type of glass

A new generation addiction(著迷,迷戀) is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages. They surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat rooms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive (強(qiáng)迫的,難以抑制的) habit. They cannot stop, and it affects their lives.

Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. This obsessional behavior has affected teenagers and collage students. They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites.

They become hooked on computer and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and don’t concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades and success at school. Because they can find everything on websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.

They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual (虛擬的）life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they speak in chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society.

Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from society and live with their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life. Although they feel confident of the computer, they are not confident with real live friends they have known all their life. It is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect all the world.

1.The main idea of the passage is about .

A. the cause of weboholism.

B. the advantage of weboholism

C. the popularity of weboholism

D. the influence of weboholism

2.The underlined word “obsessional” in the second paragraph most probably means .

A. attractive B. addictive

C. professional D. potential

3.We can infer from the passage that .

A. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers.

B. students can hardly balance real and virtual life.

C. people are addicted to games on the Internet.

D. virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway.

4.Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism?

A. It contributes to the development of the web.

B. The chat room language may change social culture.

C. The problem will be getting more and more serious later.

D. People addicted to the web often become inactive in real life.

This is not a typical summer camp. Michelle Pawlaw and eight other teenage girls are participating in the three—day camp offered by the Arlington County Fire Department located just outside Washington. Firefighter Clare Burley is in charge of the program, who said the purpose is to try to get young women interested in considering the fire service as a career.

The free-of-charge, overnight camp is designed to let the girls experience what firefighters do to protect the community. That includes some rigorous activities such as moving a fire victim. “I didn’t think I could pull that 170 pound body with a friend, but I was actually able to do it.” she said.

They take classes and learn how to climb the ladder on a fire truck, operate emergency tools and rescue an injured person. They also do their share of cleaning the firehouse and the equipment.

“Every week without fail on a Saturday, the job is to wash all the equipment. And we wanted the girls to see this is what we do. This is a typical day in a firehouse,” she said.

Firefighting is still a male-dominated service, but Burley says with 22 women on its force of 320 the Arlington County Fire Department is above the national average of 4.5 percent. She joined the department seven years ago.

“We do everything that the guys do to the same standard. We are tested to the same standard. We are expected to operate at the same standard,” she said.

Most of the girls say they had never thought about becoming a firefighter. but the camp was a great learning experience.” I think it is definitely not a job that only men can do. Women can do it just as well as men can,” said Michelle Pawlaw.

1.What’s the purpose of the summer camp?

A. To tell the girls how to put firefighting knowledge into practice.

B. To teach the girls what to do when caught in fire.

C. To provide the girls with a typical summer camp.

D. To attract more girls to take firefighting as a career.

2.What can we infer from Paragraph 5?

A. Arlington County Fire Department is in the lead in employing women firefighters.

B. Arlington County Fire Department is the first to employ women firefighters.

C. More and more women are ready to join the fire department.

D. No women ever want to perform the firefighting service.

3.What can we infer from Michelle’s words in the last paragraph?

A. She has determined to join the firefighters in the future.

B. She will persuade her fellow students to join in the camp.

C. She realizes that women can also be good firefighters.

D. She decides that she’ll join in the camp again later.

4.What can we learn about the summer camp according to the passage?

A. American fire departments often hold such events.

B. It is offered by Arlington County Fire Department.

C. The girls spent their night in the summer camp, which lasted 3 days.

D. It is very popular among American girl students.

根據(jù)漢語(yǔ)意思，用句末括號(hào)內(nèi)的英語(yǔ)單詞完成句子。

1.Luckily we listened to his advice and brought a map with us, without .（get）

幸虧我們聽(tīng)了他的建議帶了地圖，沒(méi)有它我們就迷路了。

2.Children who do voluntary work grow up to be caring adults. （likely）

從事義工的孩子更可能在長(zhǎng)大后成為有愛(ài)心的成年人

3.After walking a long way in the sun, , he decided to stop and have a drink.（tire）

在太陽(yáng)下走了很長(zhǎng)一段路，他又累又渴，決定停下來(lái)喝點(diǎn)水。

4.He insisted that he because he hadn’t stolen anything.（set ）

他堅(jiān)持要求被釋放，因?yàn)樗麤](méi)偷任何東西。

5. , I want to go to visit the Diaoyu Islands.（possible）

如果可能的話，我想去參觀釣魚(yú)島。

6.The news that he was admitted to Huangmei No.1 Middle School .（delight）

他被黃梅一中錄取的消息使得他的家人很高興。

7.Not only his lessons , but also he often helps others with their lessons. （good）

他不僅擅長(zhǎng)學(xué)習(xí)，而且經(jīng)常在學(xué)習(xí)上幫助其他人。

8.It is the test system, rather than the teachers, for the students’ heavy study burden nowadays.（blame）

對(duì)于學(xué)生現(xiàn)在的學(xué)業(yè)重壓，該受責(zé)備的是考試體系，而不是老師。

9.I was about to go out . So I stayed at home watching TV.（begin）

我正要外出，這時(shí)開(kāi)始下雨了。因此我呆在家里看電視。

10. him, I knew he was not the suitable person for the job.（instant）

我一看到他，我就知道他不是這份工作的合適人選。

請(qǐng)根據(jù)以下提示，并結(jié)合事例，用英語(yǔ)寫一篇短文。

There is an old saying that chance favors the prepared mind. For those who aren’t prepared, even if they have a lot of chances, they won’t catch them, let alone the chances in such fierce competition.

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②除詩(shī)歌外，文體不限；

③內(nèi)容必須結(jié)合你生活中的一個(gè)事例；

④文中不得透露個(gè)人姓名和學(xué)校名稱；

⑤詞數(shù)不少于120， 如引用提示語(yǔ)則不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

My sister was always _____ and careful while I would get excited and upset by the slightest thing.

A. loose B. straight

C. equal D. calm

The engine of the bus was out of order, and the bad weather _____ the worry of the passengers.

A. added to B. joined in

C. went through D. cared about

He was a much older player but he had the great _____ of experience.

A. damage B. identity

C. advantage D. view