Stories and movies often make bats into scary creatures that attack in the dark of night. In real life, however, most bats are harmless. A few are even helpful to humans.
Over 800 species or types of bats feast on troublesome insects that damage crops or spread disease. Another 400 or so bat species eat ripe fruit. These bats are very useful because they pollinate (授粉) flowers and disperse (分散) seeds. There are also a few species of larger bats that hunt small animals like mice, fish, and frogs. A very few even drink blood.
The blood drinkers are the three species of vampire bats. However, the vampire bat doesn’t suck blood. Instead, it makes a wound with its sharp teeth and then laps the blood up like a kitty. The animal victim usually sleeps through the entire process. While attacks on humans have occurred, the bats’ common targets are livestock and other animals. Interestingly, the vampire bat may become useful to humans. You see, a chemical in the bat’s saliva (唾液) thins blood and dissolves blood clots (血栓). Studies indicate this could be a great aid in treating people with strokes. In the future, medicine may be made from vampire bats’ saliva.
Some people think bats are birds, but they’re not. They have fur, not feathers. And their babies do not hatch from eggs; they’re born alive. Also, bats have mouths and noses; birds have beaks. Scientists put them in a special mammal group called Chiroptera.
1.Most species of bats eat ________.
A.ripe fruit B.mice and frogs
C.insects D.blood
2.Which of the following is TRUE about blood drinkers?
A.Vampire bats drink blood directly.
B.The bats’ uncommon targets are human beings.
C.A chemical in the bats is of great benefit treating heart disease.
D.Medicine has been produced from the bats’ saliva
3.What is the best title of the passage?
A.Blood Drinkers B.Vampire Bats
C.Amazing Bats D.Scary Creatures
最近，有可能进行“一年多次高考”的新闻引发了社会广泛议论。有人赞成，有人反对。请你根据下表内容写一篇短文，并谈谈自己的观点。
赞成者认为： | 1、高考招生的重大改革； 2、给学生创造了多次机会； 3、减轻了学生的压力； |
反对者认为： | 1、一年多考，学生任务会加重； 2、影响高中教学安排。 |
你的观点： | …… |
注意：1. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2. 词数120左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：
高考 the college entrance examination; 招生制度 enrollment system
Nowadays there is a widespread concern over the news that the college entrance examination will be carried out several times a year in the future.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，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仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
A Frenchman was once visiting London. He wished to take a walk to see a city. But he was afraid he might get being lost because he knew no words of English. So before he left his hotel, he stopped on the first corner and carefully copied in his notebook the names of the street that he was staying. Then he walked on. At last, he got lost. In several hours he found a policeman. The Frenchman tried his best to explain the policeman that he didn't know the name of his hotel, however he knew the name of the street. He then showed the policeman that he copied in his notebook. It read: “Oneway street”.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（限填一个词）或括号内单词的正确形式（词数不限）。
In the past a gentleman would offer his seat 1. a lady on a crowded bus. But now, he will probably look out of the window or hide behind his newspaper, 2.(leave) the lady standing 3. someone else gets off. You can’t entirely blame men for this change in manners. 4.(go) are the days when women could be referred to the weak. A whole generation has grown up demanding 5.(equal) with men in jobs, in education and in social life. Hold a door for some women 6. you are likely to get 7. angry lecture on treating women 8. weaklings. Take a girl out for a meal and she’ll probably insist on paying 9. share of the bill. All these, according to some sociologists, will change men’s attitude towards women and the conventional active politeness is perhaps slowly being 10.(replace) by true consideration for the needs and feeling of women, so that men can see women as equal human beings.
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
People usually get into a hard life and are unable to escape from themselves.
There was once a poor and disappointed salesman complaining every day that there was no____for him to display his ability and the____was often pulling his legs.
At Christmas Eve, every family____their houses with lanterns and streamers and it was very____everywhere. But he was alone sitting in a bench in a park and recalling the past. It was on the same day last year when he was also alone____his Christmas day away,____new clothes, new shoes, let alone a new car and a new house.
“Damn! I have to spend this Christmas day with these old shoes again. ” he____and began to take off the old shoes.____, he glanced at a young man in a wheel chair passing by him with his hands strugglingly pushing the wheel forward. It____him that he was so lucky to have shoes to wear while that man did not even have the____Afterwards, the sales man did anything with a calm____and cherished every opportunity to improve himself. He worked hard and tried his best to make progress every day. Several years later, he____changed his life totally and became a millionaire.
If you look all around, you will find there are so many people who were born____in the society but they are____in life and never complain about the unfair destiny. They are also not to beg others’ giving. Instead, they constantly____to make themselves stronger and more excellent to____the society. By contrast, we should feel____We are born healthy, but we are____with life; we complain about our colleagues and dissatisfy with our jobs.
Maybe all of us would feel afraid when we realize we have fallen into such____state of life, but worse is that you even do not____you have fallen into such a dangerous situation.
1.
A.platform B.chance C.time D.status
2.
A.poverty B.fate C.ghost D.goal
3.
A.filed B.made C.decorated D.assisted
4.
A.temporary B.optimistic C.happy D.festive
5.
A.spending B.drinking C.celebrating D.congratulating
6.
A.besides B.with C.except D.without
7.
A.cried B.sighed C.shouted D.promised
8.
A.Luckily B.Immediately C.Suddenly D.Surprisedly
9.
A.dawned on B.focused on C.depended on D.concentrated on
10.
A.motivation B.recognition C.chance D.challenge
11.
A.attitude B.feeling C.character D.mood
12.
A.eventually B.fortunately C.continuously D.awkwardly
13.
A.tough B.disabled C.stupid D.lucky
14.
A.energetic B.stubborn C.confident D.serious
15.
A.decide B.struggle C.remember D.wish
16.
A.understand B.create C.serve D.shape
17.
A.guilty B.immoral C.invaluable D.ashamed
18.
A.fed up B.caught up C.broken up D.cut up
19.
A.dangerous B.unique C.disappointing D.awesome
20.
A.show B.realize C.know D.chase
It's the water that makes our daily lives possible. That's why protecting source water is one of the primary missions at the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. We provide safe, clean drinking water to 1.8 million residents in Prince George's and Montgomery counties.1.
One way we protect the water is through the watershed. The watershed reduces the pollutants reaching the reservoirs. They hold the source water that provides 30 percent of our customers with drinking water. That's over 600,000 people. For many years, we have issued permits to allow limited recreational use of the watershed.2. It's a quiet, beautiful area away from urban stress and traffic. And we use it ourselves and other activities to promote water and environmental awareness.
3. Last year, the WSSC issued new regulations with new restrictions impacting all users, including, closing the watershed a month earlier in the fall and opening it a month later in the spring. We also limited horseback riding to the access roads. Our goal was and is to protect the watershed.
A very small but vocal group felt we should have consulted them first. Perhaps afterward we should have. But I do want to make one thing very clear. 4. But we cannot allow the interests of a tiny group to override (不理会) the wellbeing of the WSSC customers who drink the water from those reservoirs. There must be a balance.
5. So we hired a consultant to gather data, gather input from watershed users, and assess the condition of the watershed. We also asked them to look at our operations and management practices and provide the WSSC with findings and recommendations on how to make improvements.
It' s time to work together to protect the water and provide appropriate access to the rare jewel we call the watershed.
A. We certainly understand the attraction.
B. At no time did we consider closing the watershed entirely.
C. However, only a few people like saving water.
D. But most importantly it's about protecting the water.
E. The government has taken some strong measures.
F. We take that responsibility very seriously.
G. A review of our watershed policies and regulations was overdue.
