This was Larry’s another underwater expeditions(探险). However, this time, it was quite different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.
Larry first began diving when he was his daughter’s age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back. Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then, there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.
After the first expedition, Larry’s later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back, Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.
Larry’s first expedition without his father was in the Cayman Islands. There were numerous diving spots in the area and Larry was determined to visit all of them. Fortunately for him, a man offered to take him around the different spots for free. Larry didn’t even know what the time was, how many spots he dived into or how many photographs he had taken. The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.
Larry looked at his daughter. She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age. He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition. Already, she looked like she was much braver than Lorry had been then. This was the key to a successful underwater expedition.
1.In what way was this expedition different for Larry?
A. His daughter had grown up.
B. He had become a famous diver.
C. His daughter would dive with him.
D. His father would dive with him.
2.What can be inferred from Paragraph2?
A. Larry was lucky to have got such a chance to dive.
B. Larry liked the rented diving suits.
C. Ten-year-old children were permitted to dive.
D. Divers had to buy diving equipment.
3.Why did Larry have to stay in a cage underwater sometimes?
A. To take photos more conveniently.
B. To dive into the deep water.
C. To admire the underwater view.
D. To protect himself from danger.
4. What can be learned from the underlined sentence?
A. Larry didn’t wear a watch.
B. Larry enjoyed the adventure.
C. Larry had a poor memory.
D. Larry was not good at math.
5.What did Larry expect his daughter to do?
A. Make a good diving guide.
B. Have longer hours of training.
C. Take a lot of photo underwater.
D. Become a successful diver.
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Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to pre-school children. But a new study suggests that calling attention to the words and letters on the page may lead to better readers.
The two-year study compared children who were read in this way in class with children who were not. Those whose teachers most often discussed the print showed clearly higher skills in reading, spelling and understanding. These results were found one year and even two years later.
Shayne Piasta, an assistant professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University, was an author of the study. She says most pre-school teachers would find this method manageable and would need only a small change in the way they teach. They already read story-books in class. The only difference would be increased attention to the printed text. “If you get children to pay attention to letters and words, it makes sense that they will do better at word recognition and spelling.” But she says research suggests that very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic way.
More than 300 children aged four and five were observed in classrooms. They came from poor families and were below average in their language skills. This put them at risk for reading problems later. For thirty weeks, the children took part in a program called Project STAR--- Sit Together and Read. The project is based at Ohio State. It tests the short-term and long-term results of reading regularly to pre-school children in their classrooms.
There are different ways that adults can talk to children about print. They can point to a letter and discuss it, and even trace the shape with a finger. They can point out a word and discuss the meaning of the print or how the words tell the story. And they can talk about the organization of the print--- for instance, showing how words are written left to right in English.
1.What do we know about the ways pre-school children are usually taught?
A. Equal attention is paid to the texts and the pictures.
B. Teachers prefer to talk about the organization of the print.
C. Parents focus on bringing children up to be good readers.
D. More attention is paid to the pictures, with words and letters being ignored.
2. What does Shayne Piasta suggest pre-school teachers should do in class?
A. Use different methods according to the students’ difference in reading skills.
B. Teach children how to draw pictures to get an idea of what they mean.
C. Change the way they teach and pay more attention to words and letters.
D. Read storybooks to children rather than explain the meaning of the pictures.
3.What put more than three hundred children at risk for reading problems?
A. They were poor and lacked language skills.
B. They were four and five.
C. They were forced to leave school.
D. They were observed.
4.Which of the following is TRUE about the study on language skills of pre-school children?
A. Project STAR aims to find the results of reading to pre-school children in the classrooms.
B. Attention on the pictures has made the children uninterested in reading.
C. Many teachers want to change their way of teaching pre-school children.
D. Teachers are often prevented from taking different approaches to language teaching.
5.Adults can talk to children about print in the following ways except________.
A. Discussing the meaning of the print.
B. Showing them all kinds of pictures.
C. Talking about the organization of the print.
D. Tracing the shape of a letter with a finger.
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In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老) treated the message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.
Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light-heartedly out of the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, “Oh boy, bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it’s going to rain.” I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, but for his smile.
Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, “Oh, that bus left five minutes ago.” Dreams of head cutting!
It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered(传送). Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know，when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.
Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet？When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as a traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.
Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, “Oh, that’s all right. I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded(被轰炸的)person is sure to have.
1. In Paragraph 1, the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to________.
A. make a comparison B. describe a scene
C. introduce a topic D. offer an argument
2. In the writer’s opinion, his neighbor was________.
A. not helpful B. not considerate
C. friendly D. warm-hearted
3. From “Dreams of head-cutting!” (Paragraph 3), we learn that the writer________.
A. was reminded of the cruel pharaoh
B. was mad at the sales agent
C. wished that the sales agent would have bad dreams
D. dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night
4. Which of the following is true?
A. The author really appreciated the neighbor’s warning.
B. From the passage we know that it is the bad news that makes someone angry.
C. If the runner brought to the pharaoh unhappy news, he would be treated like a prince.
D. When we want to deliver any bad news, we should share the feeling of the receiver.
5. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Delivering bad news with sympathy is important in communication.
B. Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.
C. Receiving bad news requires great courage.
D. Learning ancient traditions can be useful.
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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。
Have you ever felt sick to your stomach during a test? Have you ever been so worried about something that you ended up with a terrible headache?
If so, then you know what it’s like to feel stress. You’ve probably heard people say, “Wow, I’m really stressed out.” 1. But children have lots of things going on in their lives that can cause stress, too.
What is stress?
Stress is what you feel when you are worried or uncomfortable about something. This worry in your mind can make your body feel bad. You may feel angry, frustrated, scared, or afraid --- which can give you a stomachache or a headache.
What causes stress?
Plenty of things can cause stress in a child’s life. 2. Good or normal stress might show up when you’re called on in class or when you have to give a report. Have you ever gotten butterflies in your stomach or sweaty hands? Those can be signs of good stress. 3. For example, you may do a better job on your book report if the anxiety inspires you to prepare well before you get up and read it to the class.
But bad stress can happen if the stressful feelings keep going over time. You may not feel well if your parents are fighting, if a family member is sick, if you’re having problems at school, or if you’re going through anything else that makes you upset every day. 4.
Once you recognize that you’re feeling stressed, there are several things you can do. You can try talking about what’s bothering you with an adult you trust, like a parent or teacher. 5. An adult may have ideas about how to solve whatever is worrying you or making you uncomfortable.
A. This kind of stress can help you to get things done.
B. Maybe you hear adults say those kinds of things all the time.
C. Bring up what’s been on your mind and how it makes you feel.
D. Everyone experiences stress at times --- adults, teens, and even kids.
E. There are ways to reduce stress and manage the stress that’s unavoidable.
F. That kind of stress isn’t going to help you, and it can actually make you sick.
G. The trick is to remember that some types of stress are good and others are bad.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I used to bury myself in despair. Last year my mother from stroke（中风）and had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no what I could do to help her to relieve her pain. Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.
Last month I lost a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt about the loss.
There have been many like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things I read “If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade（柠檬汁）” by American writer Dale Carnegie.
“When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What can I get from this? How can I improve my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade’” he wrote.
I suddenly that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things . When my mother was fighting for recovery, I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of and crying.
Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn’t a prize. If I had not this article, I would definitely have felt again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage .
Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns（刺）as well, but these thorns help us become________ and strong. When life gives us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade.
1.A. resulted B. suffered C. survived D. escaped
2.A. hope B. wonder C. idea D. doubt
3.A. unbelievable B. enthusiastic C. angry D. terrible
4.A. diseases B. memories C. incidents D. difficulties
5.A. when B. until C. though D. since
6.A. lesson B. lemonade C. decision D. challenge
7.A. realized B. thought C. discovered D. predicted
8.A. healthy B. independent C. serious D. positive
9.A. exactly B. differently C. easily D. practically
10.A. shouting B. quarreling C. hiding D. challenging
11.A. expect B. miss C. win D. refuse
12.A. figured out B. written down C. put forward D. come across
13.A. embarrassed B. concerned C. excited D. discouraged
14.A. performance B. experience C. progress D. effect
15.A. brave B. calm C. famous D. clever
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案写在答题卡的相应位置。
Timoteo Apaza is a gentle 46-year-old man, living in a village near the most dangerous part of the road, known locally 1. the Devil’s Bend. The roads are in bad condition and accidents are frequent. But thanks to Timoteo, who works as a human traffic signal, the death toll 2. (fall) so far. Apaza had been a miner and a soldier, and then one day he was working as a lorry driver he had a close encounter with death. He was driving a lorry load of bananas 3. he came off the road and fell three hundred metres down the mountain. Fortunately, he survived. A few years later, he was called in the night to help pull people out of a crashed bus. From then on, he felt that 4. was his mission in life to help others. So every morning, week in week out, from dawn to dusk, he takes up his place on the bend and directs the traffic. He is a volunteer and no one pays him for it. Sometimes drivers give him a tip, so that he has just enough money to live on. But often they just pass by, 5. (take) the human traffic signal for granted.
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短文改错
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5处错误，每句中最多有两处，错误仅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．每处错误及其修改均限一词。
2．只允许修改5处，多者（从第6处起）不计分。
As we all know, everyone has a dream. Since I enter the primary school I have dreamed of being a doctor. Nowadays with our modern life go rapidly, many people suffer from different kinds of diseases, both mentally and physically. As a result, doctors are in great need at home and abroad. My dream is to become successful doctor, helping to save people’s lives. Although to be a good doctor is very difficult, but I will do whatever I can to keep everyone healthy. To make my dream come true, I have told me over and over again that I’ll pay more attention to studies. After all, only by working hard can one succeed.
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书面表达
最近，我校的校园网将开辟一个英语学习交流博客（blog）。请你根据下面的内容提示，为校园广播站写一篇广播稿，介绍这个博客，并欢迎同学们积极参与。
1. 时间：2015年12月1日开通；
2. 目的：促进交流，提高英语水平；
3. 内容：交流经验，提出问题，参与每周讨论等。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当加入细节，以使内容充实、行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear fellow students,
Good news for you!
That’s all. Thank you.
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