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Paracutin was born in Mexico in February, 1943. At the end of one week Paracutin was 500 feet high, and it is now over 9,000 feet high. Today Paracutin is asleep.

What is Paracutin? It was the first volcano(火山) in the world which was seen from its birth right up to the present day. On February 20, 1943, a peasant and his wife set out to work in their corn fields from the Mexican village of Paracutin. They were surprised to find the earth warm under their feet. Suddenly they heard noises deep in the earth and a small hole appeared in their field. In the afternoon there was a sudden loud noise and stones were thrown high in the air. The peasants ran from the field and turned to watch. They saw the birth of a volcano.

Large quantities of stone and lava(岩浆) broke out and a little hill began to form. By evening this hill was 100 feet high and hot ashes(灰烬) were falling on the village. At night the strong light of the hot lava lit up the countryside. The trees near the village were killed and the villagers had to leave their houses. When the village was destroyed, its name was given to the volcano. The news quickly reached Mexico City, far to the east. Many people came to watch the scene. The volcano grew and grew for ten years and hundreds of square miles of forest were destroyed. Then Paracutin went to sleep.

1.Paracutin was once the name of 　　　　　　　　　　 ________.

A. a peasant　　 B. a village

C. an old mountain　　 D. a Mexican

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Paracutin is not active now.

B. Paracutin is the first volcano in the world.

C. Paracutin did not exist until the early 1940s.

D. It took Paracutin 10 years to grow to its present size.

3.What was destroyed in the growing up of the volcano?

A. The little hill of stone.

B. The villagers living close by.

C. The forest and fields around Paracutin.

D. The Mexican peasant and his wife.

4.In this passage the writer is trying to 　　　　　　　　　　 ________.

A. tell us an interesting happening

B. explain a scientific theory

C. make us believe something

D. make up an interesting story

5.What can we learn about volcanoes from this passage?

A. New volcanoes may appear in places where people do not expect them to be.

B. Volcanoes are always growing.

C. Volcanoes are active from time to time.

D. New volcanoes are active for only ten years.

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Paracutin was born in Mexico in February, 1943. At the end of one week Paracutin was 500 feet high, and it is now over 9,000 feet high. Today Paracutin is  36  .

What is Paracutin? It was the first volcano in the world which was  37  from its eruption right up  38  the present day. On February 20th, 1943, a peasant and his wife set  39  to work in their own fields in the Mexican village of Paracutin. They were  40  to find the earth warm under their feet. Suddenly they heard noise  41  in the earth and a small hole  42  in their fields. In the afternoon there was a sudden loud noise and stones were  43  high in the air. The peasants ran from the fields and turned to watch. They saw the  44  of a volcano.

Large quantities of stones and lava  45  out and a little hill began to  46 . By evening this hill was 100 feet high and hot  47  were falling on the village. At night the strong light of the hot lava  48  up the countryside. The trees near the village were  49  and the villagers had to leave their houses.  50  the village was destroyed, its  51  was given to the volcano. The news quickly reached Mexico City,  52  to the east. Many people came to watch the  53 . The volcano grew for ten years and hundreds of square miles of  54  were destroyed. The Paracutin had gone to sleep  55 .

36.A. asleep                   B. active             C. silent              D. terrible

37.A. changed            B. raised             C. seen               D. grown

38.A. on                    B. to                    C. from              D. by

39.A. about                B. on                 C. up                  D. out

40.A. frightened         B. surprised         C. worried          D. disappointed

41.A. deep                 B. nearby              C. outside           D. from far

42.A. erupted             B. appeared         C. remained               D. rose

43.A. thrown              B. drawn             C. pushed            D. flown

44.A. access               B. shape              C. birth               D. crash

45.A. wiped                      B. broke             C. made             D. stood

46.A. rise                   B. fall                 C. form              D. spread

47.A. mud                 B. ashes              C. virus              D. powders

48.A. called                      B. added             C. filled              D. lit

49.A. cut                   B. killed             C. lacked            D. buried

50.A. Before              B. Since              C. When             D. If

51.A. name                B. place              C. address           D. spot

52.A. away                B. far                 C. off                 D. back

53.A. nature                      B. wonder           C. scene              D. sign

54.A. forest                B. houses            C. land                      D. villages

55.A. from now on     B. by now           C. just now         D. until now

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Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963. In 1984 he joined the NBA's Chicago Bull. His wonderful performance with leaping ability earned him the nickname “Air Jordan”. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and1993.

Because of some personal reasons, he left the team in 1993, he returned to the Bulls in 1995. Then, he got three additional championships in the following three years. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but he returned for two more NBA seasons in 2001.

In Jordan’s career, he was awarded with different titles and reputations, which included 5 MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star appearances and so on.

Jordan played on two Olympic gold medal-winning American basketball teams. As a college player he participated, and won the gold, in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Jordan led the team in scoring averaging 17.1 points per game for the tournament. In the 1992 Summer Olympics he was a member of the star-studded team that included Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and David Robinson and was known as "Dream Team". Playing limited minutes due to the frequent blowouts, Jordan averaged 12.7 points per game, finishing fourth on the team in scoring. The team won the gold medal, restoring the United States to the top of the basketball world.

Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. He has gained tremendous popularity throughout the world. People of all ages and from all nationalities have gathered to watch him play. He is a hero among basketball spectators.

1.What earned Michael Jordan the nickname "Air Jordan"?

(no more than 6 words)

______________________________________________________________

2.How many times was he awarded with the title of Most Valuable Player?

(no more than 2 words)

______________________________________________________________

3.What was the Olympic gold medal-winning American basketball team called in 1992?

(no more than 3 words)

______________________________________________________________

4.How does the writer comment on Michael Jordan? ( no more than 10 words)

______________________________________________________________

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I truly hope that at the end of this short essay(短文) you will know how to learn English.

I was born in Somalia, and Italian is my mother tongue. 31 enough, soon after I arrived in London when I was 17, I was admitted to a sixth-form college. I found caring (体贴的) teachers there, who 32 taught me English. This, I think, was a(n) 33 factor(因素) that encouraged me to learn the language. The most important thing, 34, is to work hard. So those of you who don’t have such good teachers should not 35. When I was in London, I 36 myself to English learning as I 37 to go to university very much. Mastering the language was the only 38 to achieve my goal.

Now I have 39 my master’s degree from Oxford University. Looking back, I 40 I was quite innocent (天真的),for I never imagined learning English was going to be so much 41. The more fluent I become, the 42 the language became. One can master it only 43 years of tireless efforts(努力).

Some basic 44 which I would give to people who are interested in learning the language are:

1. Buy a good dictionary. 45 English learners use their dictionaries all the time.

2.46 English newspapers. Don’t forget to 47 the new words in your dictionary.

3. Listen to the radio 48 watching TV as listening to the radio helps you more.

4. Talk, talk and talk to 49 at anytime and anywhere.

And even though at times it may be embarrassing(尴尬的) to make 50，you will finally correct them and remember them. Soon you will start to become fluent.

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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.When does the man want to go to Mexico?

A. In January.　　 B. In February.　　 C. In August.

2.What can the speakers find in Mexico during the winter?

A. Snow.　　 B. Very hot water.　　 C. Whales.

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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.When does the man want to go to Mexico?

A. In January　　 B. in February.　　 C. In August.

2.What can the speakers find in Mexico during the winter?

A. Snow.　　 B. Very hot water.　　 C. Whales.

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When the meeting was ______, it was already midnight.

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Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth on 7th February, 1812. His father, John Dickens, was a clerk in the Navy. In 1814 the Dickens family moved to London and two years later to Chatham in Kent. Charles attended a private school for a few years there until the family moved back to London in1822.

Two years later Charles’s father was sent to a debtors’ prison for not paying his bills. Charles was 12 years old at the time. The family had no money, so he had to leave school and get a job in a factory that made shoe polish. The conditions there were very bad and the workers were very poor. It was a completely different world from one Charles knew and he was often sad and lonely.

His father managed to leave the prison and Charles returned to school, but this experience had a great effect on him. He never forgot it and described it in several of his novels.

Great Expectations is usually described as a bildungsroman, a type of novel that was popular in Victorian times. Bildungsroman is a German word used for novels that show the psychological and moral development of the main character as he or she grows up. However, Great Expectations, like most of Charles Dickens’s novels, can not be so easily defined. It is also a story about love and passion, a mystery story and a story that comments on the society of the time.

Great Expectations is set on the marshes(湿地) of Kent and in London in the early to mid-1800s. The main character is a poor orphan boy called Pip, who lives with his old sister and her husband, Joe. One day he meets and falls in love with a rich girl called Estella. She laughs at him because he is a poor village boy and he starts to become unhappy with his life. A few years later he learns that he has a secret benefactor（捐助人）, who wants him to live the life of a gentleman. Now that he is rich, he thinks that he has a chance of winning Estella’s love. He leaves his village and goes to live London, where he makes new friends. He starts to feel ashamed of his home and his family, particularly Joe, who he treats unkindly. However, after many adventures he is finally able to recognize his mistakes.

Charles Dickens originally wrote a sad ending for Great Expectations but he decided to change it to a happier one because of a suggestion from one of his friends. Most books today contain the new ending but there are some that also include the original one.

1.According to the passage, which of the following is Wrong about Dickens?

A.Financial difficulties forced the Dickens family to move to London.

B.He was left to take care of himself at 12 when his father was put into a debtor’s prison.

C.He had a little primary education and lived a sad and painful life.

D.Great Expectations was based on much of Dickens’ personal experience.

2.What does the underlined word “Bildungsroman” in paragraph 4 mean?

A.a process of maturation(成熟) and self-discovery.

B.a process of becoming independent.

C.a process of physical and mental development.

D.a change from selfishness to love and passion.

3.What will Pip’s relationship with Joe be possibly like at the end of the story?

A.Pip will become more ashamed of his family and less kind to Joe.

B.Pip will be grateful to Joe and reward him.

C.Pip will be kind and friendly to Joe.

D.Pip will be cold and distant with Joe.

4.Pip realizes what is the most important thing in life at the end of the story?

A.wealth and social status.

B.love and loyalty.

C.lifelong ambition and successful careers.

D.great expectations and wildest dreams.

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Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. When he was a small boy, his family moved to Indiana. Here, his mother taught him to read and write. Lincoln had very little formal education, but he became one of the best-educated men of the Great West.

When Lincoln was a young man, his family moved to the new state of Illinois. Lincoln had to make a living at an early age, but in his spare time he studied law. He soon became one of the best-known lawyers in the state capital at Springfield, Illinois. It was here that Lincoln became famous for his debates with Stephen A. Douglas on the problem of slavery (奴隶制度).

In 1860, Lincoln was elected President of the United States. He was the candidate of the new Republican Party. This party is against the creation of new slave states. Soon after his election, some of the Southern states quit from the Union and set up the Confederate States of America(美利坚联盟国). This action resulted in the terrible Civil War which lasted from 1861 to 1865.

On January 1,1863, during the war, Lincoln published his famous Emancipation Proclamation(解放宣言). In this file, Lincoln announced that all the slaves were to be free from that day. In 1865, after the war ended, another file was added to end the slavery everywhere in the United States. Early in 1865, the Civil War came to an end with the defeat of the South by the North.

Only a few days after the end of the War, Lincoln was shot by an actor named John Wilkes Booth. The President died on April 14, 1865. In his death, the world lost one of the greatest men of all time.

1.Who taught Lincoln to read and write in his childhood?  (no more than 10 words) (2 marks)

2.When did Lincoln become the president of the U.S.?  (no more than 3 words)  (2 marks)

3.What does the underlined phrase “this action” in Paragraph Three refer to?

(no more than 20 words)  (3 marks)

4.How did the Civil War come to an end?   (no more than 10 words)   (3 marks)

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It seemed as if the world was ______.

A. at an end  B. in the end  C. at the end of  D. by the end of

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