"Shark on the bait （诱饵） !" shouted Andre Harman, pointing to a spot a few yards behind the outboard motors． His voice gave no indication of panic, but the crew suddenly became tense and fixed their eyes on the water． Slowly, smoothly, Andre drew in the bait．The shark followed． No one asked what kind of shark it was． Everything about it, from its color to its shape, tells that it was a great white shark．
Andre lifted the bait aboard． Placing himself between the two motors, he dropped his right hand into the water just as the great head reached the first motor．“My goodness Andre!” I said． His hand seized the big nose, moving it away from the tube of the motor, guiding the shark's head up as it rose out of the water． Andre's hand held the nose, touching it gently． No one spoke． No one breathed． The moment seemed endless． In fact, it lasted less than five seconds before Andre pulled his hand back．
Still nobody spoke． Then Andre smiled and said: "The first time was an accident． I was just trying to move the shark away from the motor． Sharks are attracted to motors by r．heir electrical signals and have a habit of biting them to see if they are eatable． " Andre has worked with great white sharks for years． "My hand landed on its nose, and it sort of paused, so I kept it there, and when I did let go, the shark bit and bit as if it was searching for whatever it was that had attracted it．"
Nearly every encounter （遭遇） we had had with the great whites had been totally illogical． The more we learned, the more we realized how little was really known about them in the past years． Back then, it was generally accepted that great whites ate people by choice． Now we know that almost every attack on a human is an accident in which the shark mistakes a human for its normal food． Back then, we thought that once a great white smelt blood, it would lead to death． Now we know that nearly three-quarters of bite victims survive, perhaps because the shark recognizes that is has made a mistake and doesn't return for a second bite．
1.The author said, "My goodness! Andre ! " when ________．
A．Andre was about to fall into the water
B．Andre was about to touch the shark
C．Andre was followed by the shark
D．Andre was bitten by the shark
2.What does the author think of the encounters with great whites________.
A． Exciting． B．Educational．
C． Frightening D． Reasonable
3. Most bite victims survive in shark attacks because________.
A．they are taught how to fight off sharks
B．sharks discover they are no threats
C．they manage to swim to safety
D．sharks stop attacking them
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The latest fashion in kitchen is the food steamer． All the stores are selling them; everyone wants one． Steaming is one of the simplest and healthiest ways of cooking food．However, that cooking time is usually longer than with other methods． In case you’re thinking of buying a steamer, I've done a survey about the steamers available on the market to help you decide which will suit you best．
●Folding Steamer
The simplest and least expensive is the folding stainless-steel （不锈钢）version．
Advantages: This is a good, basic design which sits inside a variety of different shapes of pans with the water under it; a ring in the center allows for easy lifting and it's easy to clean．
Disadvantages: It only holds small dishes． Also, if you put too much water in the pan, it will boil up through the vegetables and they will be watery． If you put too little water in and let it get dry, you will burn the pan and get strange-smelling vegetables．
●Steaming Pan
This is a three-layered black Teflon-coated version with a lid and two double-handled steamers, which sits on the oven ring． The brand I bought is called Nutritious Living．
Advantages: This is an excellent steamer, lightweight, easy to clean, and of all the steamers I've tried, this cooks the fastest． Fish and chicken can be cooked on the bottom with rice or vegetables on the top． It's easier to store．
Disadvantages: Water can boil away until the pan is dry, but if you make sure you fill the pan up to the suggested level and do not overcook the food, this should not happen．You cannot see the food cooking from the top． It doesn't supply a dish for cooking rice．
For serious users of steamers, I recommend having one of each version． If you just want to try it, get the folding stainless-steel type．
1.Why did the author carry out the survey________.
A．To inform people of different steamers
B．To run an advertisement for steamers
C．To find out a suitable steamer to buy
D．To learn how to cook with steamers
2.What can we learn about the folding steamer________.
A．It comes in different kinds of shapes and sizes．
B．It is designed for large families．
C．It is able to clean itself．
D．It is easy to take out．
3. The Nutritious Liuing steamer________．
A．is more difficult to store
B．provides a dish to cook rice with
C．cooks different foods at the same time
D．cooks fish and chicken faster than vegetables
4.According to the author, you should________．
A．use steamers to save cooking time
B．buy a steamer with dishes supplied
C．do a survey before choosing a steamer
D．buy a folding steamer if you want to try
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Human beings have used tools for a very long time. In some parts of the world you can still find tools that people used more than two million years ago. They made these tools by hitting one stone against another. In this way, they broke off pieces from one of the stones. These chips of stone were usually sharp on one side. People used them for cutting meat and skin from dead animals, and also for making other tools out of wood. Human beings needed to use tools because they did not have sharp teeth like other meat eating animals, such as lions and tigers. Tools helped people to get food more easily.
Working with tools also helped to develop human intelligence. The human brain grew bigger, and human beings began to invent more and more tools and machines. The stone chip was one of the first tools that people used, and perhaps it is the most important. Some scientists say that it was the key to success of mankind.
Since 1960 a new kind of tool has appeared. This is the silicon chip -- a little chip of silicon crystal. It is smaller than a finger nail, but it can store more than a million "bits" of information. It is an electronic brain. Every year these chips get cleverer, but their size gets smaller, and their cost gets less. They are used in watches, calculators and intelligent machines that we can use in many ways. In the future we will not need to work with tools in the old way. Machines will do everything for us. They will even talk and play games with us. People will have plenty of spare time. But what will they do with it?
Human beings used stone chips for more than two million years, but human life changed very little in that time. We have used silicon chips for only a few years, but life is changing faster every day. What will life be like twenty years from now? What will the world be like two million years
from now?
1.From paragraph，we can know .
A. why early human beings cut skin from dead animals
B. how early human beings discovered the tools
C. what early human beings used the tools for
D. what food early human beings stored
2.The stone chip is thought to be the most important tool because it ______.
A. was very important to the development of mankind
B. led to the invention of machines in the early time
C. developed cooking abilities of mankind
D. was one of the first tools of mankind
3.The silicon chip is mentioned in the passage to________.
A. show the changes of tools
B. introduce a new kind of tool
C. give an example of using tools
D. compare the effects of two kinds of tools
4.At the end of the passage the author seems to suggest that life in future is ______.
A. Out of order B. Less colorful
C. hard to predict D. full of meanings
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High school dropouts(辍学者)earn an average of ＄9000 less per year than graduates．Now a new study dispels a common belief why they quit．It’s much more basic than flunking out(不及格)．
Society tends to think of high school dropouts as kids who just can’t cut it．They are lazy, and perhaps not too bright．So researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about why they left．
“The vast majority actually had passing grades and they were confident that they could have graduated from high school, ” John Bridgeland, the executive researcher said．About 1 million teens leave school each year．Only about half of African-American and Hispanic(美籍西班牙的)student will receive a diploma(证书), and actually all dropouts come to regret their decision．So, if failing grades don’t explain why these kids quit, what does?Again, John Bridgeland：“The most dependable finding was that they were bored．”“They found classes uninteresting; they weren’t inspired or motivated．They didn’t see any direct connection between what they were learning in the classroom to their own lives, or to their career aspirations．”
The study found that most teens who do drop out wait until they turn sixteen, which happens to be the age at which most states allow students to quit．In the US, only one state, New Mexico, has a law requiring teenagers to stay in high school until they graduate．Only four states：California, Tennessee, Texas and Utah, plus the District of Columbia, require school ?attendance? until age 18, no exceptions, another researcher, says raising the compulsory(义务的)attendance age may be one way to keep more kids in school．
“As these dropouts look black, they realize they’ve made a mistake．And anything that sort of gives these people an extra push to stick it out and it through to the end, is probably helpful measure．”
New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to 18．But critics say that forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the point－the need for reform．It’s been called for to reinvent(彻底改造)high school education to make it more challenging and relevant(中肯的, 切题的), and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a diploma that actually means something．
1.Most high school students drop out of school because ________．
A．they have failing grades
B．they take no interest in classes
C．they are discriminated against
D．they are lazy and not intelligent
2.According to the passage, which state has a law requiring school attendance until they graduate?
A．New Hampshire．
B．Utah．
C．New Mexico．
D．The District of Columbia．
3.The underlined words “stick it out” probably mean “________”．
A．complete schooling
B．solve the problem
C．love having classes
D．believe in themselves
4.In the last paragraph, the writer is trying to ________
A．analyze the reason why students quit school
B．suggest raising the compulsory attendance age
C．call on to reform high school education
D．wish to make laws to guarantee no education
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出最能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项是多余的。
In many countries of the world people do what is called house sitting. It means that if owners of the house are going away, they want someone to come into their home and look after the house and maybe pets while they are away.
In Australia, many people travel. After people retire, they might buy a van(房车) and travel all over the country. 1._______________
So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, they might want someone in their home to care for it and keep the gardens tidy. House sitters might have to care for pets. Also, quite a few people have swimming pools in their back yard and they need cleaning. 2. _______________ I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, get to meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area.
3._______________ There are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and by replying to the advertisement, you can make arrangements to go and look after their home.
There are some requirements to be a house sitter. You must be a trusted person, so that the home owner knows you will not steal anything. You must be able to go when the house owner wants you to go, so you need lots of free time. 4._______________ You need to be good with pets, able to care for cats and dogs, or other pets they may have.
Some house sitting jobs are just for a few days or a couple of weeks while the house owner have a short holiday. Sometimes it is for much longer. We have had one house sit for six months, while the home owner travelled to Europe.
5._______________ Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there. One of the important things to get are references from the home owners where you have stayed. A reference is a written letter to say that you are trustworthy and have looked after their home well.
You can show these letters to possible house sitting jobs and they know you will do a good job.
A. I have done house sitting many times.
B. Thousands of people do this all the time.
C. It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries.
D. Generally you have many opportunities to get a house sitting job.
E. You must take a little care over what your description says about you.
F. This is an international house sitting service for all city and country areas.
G. You must have a good car, so you can travel to different parts of the country.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Make the Most of What You Have Got
For Nick Vujicic, life was going to be difficult from the day he was born. When Nick arrived into this world, he________everyone. He was not like the other babies and it was ________obvious to his parents and to the doctors in the hospital.
There was no ________or answers for his condition. Nick was born without any limbs—that is he was born without any arms or legs. But despite being physically ________, he was mentally________ and the rest of his body was functioning fine.
________he had loving parents, Nick would find school hard as he would often be looked down upon by the other children and at the young age of 10, he considered ________his life by drowning himself in a bathtub. These dark thoughts were ________by his negative attitude to being disabled and at the time, he thought that he would never be able to do________by himself, that he would never have a job and that he would always have to ________on his parents for help.
Nick was wrong.
As an adult, Nick is a successful public speaker and is famous for his motivational ________which focus on life with a disability, hope and finding meaning in life worldwide. He ________so many people with the story of his life, how he has________so many difficulties and most importantly how he is happy every day.
Despite having no arms or legs, Nick lives________, even finding ways to do almost ________things like brushing his teeth on his own and swimming. He has to work harder than a full bodied person and he achieves his goals.
At the first impression, you may look at Nick and feel________. You may feel sad that this man has no arms or legs and you might feel his________ and upset that he could find everyday situations difficult. But we should ________Nick, as he is extremely positive and he gets on with life. He ________ every day and makes the best of what he has: a positive attitude, a creative mind and a powerful ________. He also has a very kind and very beautiful wife and they are truly happy and in love.
1.A. shocked B. pleased C. inspired D. accepted
2.A. nervously B. painfully C. hopefully D. cautiously
3.A. surprise B. worry C. explanation D. apology
4.A. active B. sick C. disabled D. abused
5.A. disturbed B. challenged C. calm D. normal
6.A. Since B. If C. Although D. Unless
7.A. changing B. ending C. risking D. sharing
8.A. expressed B. collected C. given D. driven
9.A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
10.A. call B. rely C. cheat D. look
11.A. lessons B. poems C. speeches D. posters
12.A.assists B. touches C. puzzles D. judges
13.A. fought with B. live with C. come across D.get over
14.A.independently B. comfortably C. hopelessly D. lonely
15.A. impossible B. dangerous C. crazy D. regretful
16.A. pain B. guilt C. panic D. pity
17.A. anger B. selfishness C. courage D. confidence
18.A. encourage B. admire C. comfort D. correct
19.A. cries B. shouts C. smiles D. struggles
20.A. voice B. body C. family D. position
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阅读下面材料，在空格处填入适当的内容（1单词）或使用括号中单词的正确形式。
Nowadays, millions 1._______lonely singles are now going online instead. 2.________World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker（媒人）.Singles are flocking（涌向）to the Internet 3.________ (main)because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant other. Using dating sites（约会网址）is quick and convenient. Many singles say the regular dating scene has just 4.________ (lead) them from one bad experience to 5.________ and are ready to try something else. Dating sites also make 6.________easy to avoid someone 7.________you are not interested in. In the real world, 8.________, ignoring someone you don’t like can be difficult.
Despite all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems. People aren’t always those who they declare to be in their online 9.________ (describe). Safety is another concern. You are just likely to10.________ ( find )a criminal online as you are Mr. or Miss Right.
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单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据下列句子所给汉语意思写出空缺处单词的正确形式。
1.Wash your hands ________ (彻底的)with soap before handing any food.
2.Neal kept interrupting ,breaking my ________（专注）
3.John Smith is a(n) ________（令人钦佩）professor
4.The company is in the ________ (过程) of moving to new offices
5.Some mushrooms are good to eat; some are ________ (有毒的)
6.CafeArtista offers ________ (各种各样) of sandwiches
7.The appointed hour of the ________ (典礼)was drawing nearer
8.After hours of hard work, they have ________（克服）all the difficulties
9.I want to seek some professional ________ (指导)
10.Smoking is ________ (禁止) in our library , so if you want to , please go out.
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在空格处填入适当的内容或使用括号中单词的正确形式。
1.Have you ever had a case________ someone accused your journalist of getting the wrong end of the stick?
2.________ (为了不) wake up the sleeping baby, he spoke quietly.
3.Only if you ask many different questions________acquire all the information you need to know.
4.Burns are called first, second or third degree burns, ________ (取决于) which layers of the skin are burned.
5.________ (apply) to his work, he didn’t know what is happening around him.
6.The ________ (injure) were all sent to the nearest hospital by the firefighters.
7.Cold drinks are ________ (需求量大) in the summer
8.They had no time to arrange their own wedding, so they have it________ (organize)by a company
9.I thought of my grandma________ (每当)I saw the picture taken with her
10.I think this is the first time that we have met. Never beforeeach other________ (我们从未见过).
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线（ ），并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词;
Dear Susan,
I'm very gladly to hear you are coming to visit me the next Friday. Unfortunately, I won't be able to meet you at the airport although I have classes in the afternoon. You won't find difficult to get to the city center. The airport bus leaves every 30 minute and will take you rightly to the Friendship Hotel. My classes will be over by then or I will pick you up there. I will take you together to a hot pot restaurant for dinner and we'll talk with our plan for the weekend over dinner. Having a pleasant trip and see you Friday.
Yours,
Zhang Ming
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假如你是一名高中生李华，你校校园网需要招收英文网络编辑（web editor），请根据以下提示，用英语向外籍主编Chris申请这一职位。
1. 关心时事，对新闻工作感兴趣；
2. 有做校刊记者的工作经历；
3. 擅长英语，曾获校英语写作大赛一等奖。
注意：
1. 词数不少于100；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
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