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 and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.It is very 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 among themselves on the phone.This communication is very important in children’s growing up，because friends can discuss something.These things are difficult to tell 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 or your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?Your answers are welcome.
1.Many teenagers think that________can understand them better.
A．friends B．brothers C．sisters D．parents
2.When teenagers have something difficult to tell their parents，they usually________.
A．stay alone at home B．fight with their parents
C．discuss it with their friends D．go to their brothers and sisters for help
3.The underlined sentence “Your answers are welcome.” means “________”.
A．You are welcome to discuss the questions with us.
B．We’ve got no idea，so your answers are welcome.
C．Your answers are always right.
D．You can give us all the right answers.
4.Which of the following is the writer’s attitude(态度)?
A．Parents should choose friends for their children.
B．Children should choose everything they like.
C．Parents should understand their children better.
D．Teenagers should only go to their friends for help.
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The southwest of Australia has been named as one of 25”hot spots” for future species extinction(灭绝)because of global warming.A new study says global warming will become a top cause of extinction across the world,with thousands of species of plantsand animals likely to be wiped out in the coming decades.
According to the study,global warming ranks among the most serious threats to the planet’s biodiversity and,under some conditions,may be more than that due to deforestation.This study provides even stronger scientific evidence that global warming will result in catastrophic(灾难性的)species losses across the planet.Last month,a UN study said humans were responsible for the worst extinction and urged extra efforts to reach a UN target of slowing the rate of losses by 2010.
Scientists disagree about how far global warming is to blame compared with other human threats such as deforestation,pollution and the introduction of some species to new habitats.But the new study looks at the 25 “hot spots”—areas that contain a big concentration of plants and animals—and predicts that 11.6 percent of all species,with a range from 1 to 43 percent,could be driven to extinction if levels of heat trapping gases in the atmosphere were to keep rising in the next 100 years.
The range would mean the loss of thousands of species.The study gave a wide range because of uncertainties, for instance, about the ability of animals or plants to move towards the poles if the climate warmed. Rare plants,tortoises or birds found only on the southern tip of Africa cannot move south because the nearest land is thousands of miles away in Antarctica.
1.According to the passage,which of the following about Australia is TRUE?
A．Australia possesses the richest species in the world.
B．Australia is the country with the highest rate of extinction.
C．The species in the southwest of Australia will be easily affected by global warming.
D．Australia will have the highest temperature in the world.
2.According to the passage,all the 25”hot spots”-------- .
A．are rich in plants and animals
B．are lacking in natural resources
C．lost most of their plants in 2010
D．will be much hotter than the rest of the world
3.We can infer if the climate warms,the animals in Australia will most probably move to the ______ .
A．north B．east C．west D．south
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Australia Named as Extinction”Hot Spot”
B．Global Warming and Species Extinction
C．Global Warming is Number One Killer
D．Australia on the Edge of Extinction
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During the week days,they are luckily busy office people; but on weekends,they are just a brood of(一窝)stay home animals.A recent survey shows that office workers in China prefer quiet and easy ways to spend their weekends.
In the survey,conducted by job seeking and offering website Zhaopin.com,32.8 percent of the 6000 respondents choose to stay home at weekends and have a good rest,the Beijing Morning Post reported.
Twenty percent use their days off to do housework. And only 19.3 percent are willing to have fun during the break time from work.Their first choice of fun is shopping. Other choices,though practiced by few,include meeting friends,accompanying the children,trips to the suburbs,and lessons for more skills. When they go shopping,54.5 percent of the white collars actually shop in supermarkets,while 27.9 percent attend other stores,especially when discounts are offered. These activities don’t seem to cost much,as 60 percent spend average less than 200 yuan(US$26)during weekends,and 30 percent no more than 500 yuan.
When asked whom they would spend the weekends with,about 40 percent mention their partners,and 30 percent prefer a weekend all by themselves.Less than 20 percent hang out with friends. Only 5.8 percent would kill the time with their colleagues.This is because we tend to avoid too many personal contacts with our coworkers when we don’t have to work with them,according to some experts.
1.How many of the office workers who are the respondents do the housework at weekends?
A．1968. B．1158. C．1200. D．1674.
2.Why will less than ten percent of office workers kill the time with their colleagues at weekends?
A．Because they can’t spare time to play with them.
B．Because they tend to avoid too many personal contacts with them when they don’t have to.
C．Because they have many things to deal with at weekends.
D．Because some experts suggest they should not keep in touch with their colleagues.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the survey?
A．There is the same percentage about people preferring a weekend all by themselves and people spending no more than 500 yuan during weekends.
B．Most office workers can’t afford things in supermarkets,so they prefer to attend other stores,especially when discounts are offered.
C．More than one fifth of office workers like to hang out with friends.
D．All the office workers prefer to relax themselves and no one is willing to learn more skills.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A．How to spend the weekends
B．Several ways of spending their weekends for office people
C．How to go shopping on the weekends for office people
D．Office people prefer easy weekends
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In June 2008,Benita Grist was driving in her hometown of Mississauga as a passenger in the car ahead threw a paper cup out of the window.When Grist horned to express her displeasure, the passenger responded by throwing out a bag.
Instead of annoyed, she decided to do something about it.She organized a one woman litterawareness campaign.She started small,chatting with her neighbors about litter—and asking them to be more conscious of any tendencies they might have to litter.Soon,she noticed local families, kids and all—picking up litter around their homes.”I thought,that’s all it took—for me to open my mouth?” she says.”So I decided to knock on more doors.”
And she didn’t stop there.She approached people on the street,in malls,even in the waiting room before getting an X ray. Grist often started her appeal with something such as,”I hope you don’t think I’m crazy,but...” Yet she was buoyed by the positive response—so much so that in August 2008, she began to contact officials in various levels of government, companies and other institutions in an effort to reach a wider audience.
Through a local Mac’s Convenience Store,Grist managed to contact the company that produces content displayed on their in store monitors.That led to a public service announcement about litter that ran in almost 600 Mac’s stores in Ontario from November 2008 to June 2009. Grist continues to explore every opportunity she has to get the message out.Her grassroots campaign may be different,but she has begun to open people’s eyes about the problem of litter.And thanks to her efforts,in Mississauga,at least,they have begun to do just that.
1.How did Benita Grist start her campaign?
A．She chatted with her neighbors. B．She quarreled with a stranger.
C．She went door to door,talking. D．She talked to patients in hospital.
2.The underlined word “buoyed” in Paragraph 4 probably means “-------”.
A．inspired B．discouraged C．confused D．disturbed
3.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．Introduction to a one woman litter awareness campaign.
B．How Benita Started the one woman litter awareness campaign.
C．Why Benita Started the one woman litter awareness campaign.
D．Benita and the one woman litter awareness campaign.
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
For over one hundred and fifty years,Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans. _1Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today.Strauss’ invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829.2He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847.Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853,Strauss worked in his brother’s dry goods business.This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention. After the gold rush of 1949,Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes.
Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals.Instead,he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners.At first,he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth.3When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining,he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners.These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more.
In 1873,Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets(铆钉).This made the pants last a long time.Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea,he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent. 4.
By the time Strauss died in 1902,he had made a great contribution to American fashion.
5The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss’ company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world.
A．As a young boy,he moved with his family to the United States.
B．Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable.
C．He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since.
D．However,he did not get much business for those products.
E.He also made a great contribution to America’s clothing industry.
F.Since they were invented by Levi Strauss,they have become a symbol of American consumer culture.
G.As the business grew,Strauss got much money from it.
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单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
1.The passengers were ________(紧紧地) packed in the train.
2.We also learned some new sentence ________ in her class.
3.This illness can’t be ________ (治愈)easily.
4.A medical team ________ (由……组成)of eleven doctors has been sent to the front.
5.Zhang Haidi is ________ (乐观的)about her life.
6.The court found her ______ (有罪的)of murder.
7.White is the _________ (象征)of purity.
8.They __(委派)a new head teacher at the school last week.
9.New controls will come into ________ (生效)next month.
10.I was ________ (失望)to see she wasn’t at the party.
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每句中最多有一处错误。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在改句后面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(/)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该句后面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
1.She could hardly afford for the medical care.
2.Now people get a lot of informations from TV.
3.Henry did not like his car, that ran badly and often broke down.
4.There were too many nice things that I didn’t know what to choose.
5.We had guests last night who had not stayed in it ago.
6.Some parents think useless for girls to go to school.
7.I know you are particular interested in Human Rights.
8.Filling with many people, the room is crowded.
9.She was a child star and began to perform in the age of four.
10.It is much easy to make plans than to carry them out.
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在我们的生活和学习中，与人合作是非常重要的。请你根据下表中所提供的信息，写一篇题为 “Cooperate with others”的英文演讲稿。
| 为何与人合作 | 可以高效地完成任务； 可以节省时间和精力； 可以从合作者身上学到很多。 | |
| 与谁合作 | 与喜欢的人合作 | 心情愉快，一起分享工作中的快乐和痛苦。 |
| 与不喜欢的人 合作 | 能挑战自己与他人相处的能力。此外，关注工作比关注合作者本人更重要。日久，也许会发现他是一个很好相处的人。 | |
| 怎样做一个好的合作者 | 请你发表自己的观点……（至少2点看法） |
注意：
1．对所给要点，逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。 2．词数150左右。
参考词汇：合作者 partner 高效地efficiently
Good afternoon, everyone!
The topic of my speech today is “Cooperate with others”.
___________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Thank you for your listening!
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It is ten years since the scientist ______ on his life’s work of discovering the valuable chemical.
A．made for B．set out C．took off D．turned up
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---I probably shouldn’t have any more cake.
---Oh, ______. It won’t kill you.
A．go ahead B．hold on, please C．you’re welcome D．that will do
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The government of the United States began at once to investigate the case ______ a lot of students were killed.
A．that B．when C．where D．why
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He was obliged to ______ the trade of shoemaker.
A．take on B．take in C．take up D．take down
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_____ into English, the sentence was found to have an entirely different word order.
A．Translating B．To translate C．Having translated D．translated
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It is no good ______ the flowers to often, for a lillte water is enough for them.
A．watering B．to water C．watered D．waters
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Only when he saw the test paper himself, ______ he had failed in the exam again.
A．he believed B．he had belived C．did he believe D．had he believe
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Have a care what you say ______ you may regeret.
A.or B. and C. however but
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It sounds like something is wrong with the car’s engine. ______, we’d better take it to the garage immdiately.
A．Otherwise B．If not C．But for that D．If so
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His father got him a jib in a bank but soon it became clear ______ he was not fit for that kind of work .
A．that B．why C．what D．whether
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The best reporter was sent to the front to _______ the campaign.
A．set B．cover C．settle D．deal
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The man is notreliable, for he seems ______ frankness.
A to lack in B. to be lacking in C. to lack of D. to be lacking of
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It doesn’t ______ if you are late to my party. I just want you to come
A．make a decision B．make a choice
C．make a change D．make a difference
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If I ______ about this computer program, a hage amount of time and energy would have been saved.
A．know B．knew C．had known D．have known
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Jack is late again.It is ________ of him to keep others waiting.
A．normal B．typical C．common D．ordinary
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A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling. Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to36, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.
“Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t 37, as I knew, but all the time 38his foot against mine.
My 39 raced back more than thirty years to the 40 days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The 41was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.
42 wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to 43each other very well. Frank West 44me because he wasn’t 45, not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had 46of a mind than a baby has. His “47 ” consisted of rough sounds—sounds of pleasure or anger and 48more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank 49on her entirely. He needed all the 50of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She 51nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the 52ones. So before we 53that morning, I stood beside Frank and 54my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his 55to me was always the same.
1. A．work B．stay C．live D．expect
2. A．answer B．speak C．smile D．laugh
3. A．covering B．moving C．fighting D．pressing
4. A．minds B．memories C．thoughts D．brains
5. A．better B．dark C．younger D．old
6. A．cave B．place C．sight D．scene
7. A．Discussing B．Solving C．Sharing D．Suffering
8. A．learn from B．talk to C．help D．know
9. A．needed B．recognized C．interested D．encouraged
10. A．normal B．common C．unusual D．quick
11. A．more B．worse C．fewer D．less
12. A．word B．speech C．sentence D．language
13. A．not B．no C．something D．nothing
14. A．fed B．kept C．lived D．depended
15. A．attention B．control C．treatment D．management
16. A．lost B．needed C．destroyed D．left
17. A．troublesome B．unlucky C．angry D．unpopular
18. A．separated B．went C．reunited D．returned
19. A．pushed B．tried C．showed D．measured
20. A．nodding B．greeting C．meeting D．acting
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