MSG (monosodium glutamate) is a food additive (食品添加剂), which has been widely used by many food factories all over the world since it appeared first in Japan in 1909.
MSG is a substance that is added to some food to improve its original (原先的) taste and colour. It is used in foods around the world such as cakes, bread, frozen meats, fish and vegetables. In the beginning, people thought MSG was safe just like salt and sugar. However, in 1968 some people reported they seemed to have bad reactions (反应) to MSG after having had a meal at a restaurant. They included headaches and quick heartbeat (心跳). It was also reported that MSG excited a person's brain and caused his death in Japan. Scientists think that MSG may lead to many neurological disorders (神经紊乱). In mice studies done by a university, the evidence showed the mice didn’t want to eat the food including MSG.
Today many food companies “hide” MSG on food labels (标签) by using different names. If you see “natural flavorings”, “hydrolyzed protein” and “spices” in a food label, you are probably seeing a hidden way to “report” MSG in a food label. Every time we have a meal in a restaurant, we always feel the food very delicious to taste, but sometimes it is dangerous for our health because some poisonous food additives have been added to the food.
To protect people’s health, our governments, from central to local, are taking actions to stop factories producing poisonous food additives.
1.Monosodium Glutamate is _______.
A. a food B. an additive
C. a factory D. a country
2.MSG is often used in _______.
A. frozen meats B. cups C. clothes D. book covers
3.The examples in the second paragraph tell us ________.
A. the food including MSG is delicious
B. people like to eat in a restaurant
C. mice like eating the food including MSG
D. MSG is not safe sometimes
4.If you see “natural flavorings”, “hydrolyzed protein” and “spices” in a food label, you will know________.
A. you must eat the food in a hidden way
B. the food label must be hidden
C. MSG is probably added to the food
D. you must report the food to your parents
5.The underlined word “substance” in the article means __________.
A. colour B. material C. taste D. Food
When I was a little kid, a father was like the light in the fridge. Every house had one, but no one really knew what either of them did when the door was shut.
My dad left the house every morning and always seemed glad to see every one again at night. He opened the jar of pickles when no one else at home could. He was the only one in the house who wasn’t afraid to go into the basement by himself.
Whenever it rained, he got into the car and brought it around to the door. When anyone was sick, he went out to get the prescription(处方) filled. He set mousetraps. He cut back the roses so the thorns(刺) wouldn’t hurt you when you came to the front door. He oiled my roller skates, and they went faster. When I got my bike, he ran alongside me for at least a thousand miles until I got the hang of it. He signed all my report and cards. He took a lot of pictures, but was never in them. He tightened up Mother’s sagging(松垂的) clothesline every week or so.
I was afraid of everyone else’s father, but not my own.
Whenever I played house(玩过家家), the mother doll had a lot to do. I never knew what to do with the daddy doll, so I had him say, “I’m going off to work now,” and threw him under the bed.
When I was nine years old, my father didn’t get up one morning and go to work, he went to the hospital and died the next day.
There were a lot of people in the house who brought all kinds of good food and cakes. We had never had so much company before.
He never did anything; I didn’t know his leaving would hurt so much.
1.Father did a lot of things at home including______.
A. making roller skates
B. helping mom wash clothes
C. watering the flowers in the garden
D. taking photos for the family
2.The underlined phrase “got the hang of it” means______.
A. could hold the bike
B. could repair the bike
C. could ride the bike well
D. could run as fast as a bike
3.We can infer(推理；暗示) from the passage that______.
A. the writer thought her father was cool
B. the writer missed her father very much after his death
C. there were always a lot of people in the writer’s house
D. the writer was afraid of her father
4.The first paragraph tells us that______.
A. the writer loved her father because he often put delicious food in the fridge
B. the fridge in her house was very big and her father was a big man too
C. the writer didn’t know much about her father when she was young
D. the writer’s father loved to eat food from the fridge
5.From the passage, we can see that the writer’s father______.
A. loved his family very much
B. loved only about his work
C. was very careless
D. always acted strangely
书面表达
假如你是来自于美国的Jeff，现在在中国学习，请你给在美国的祖母写一封信，介绍一下你在中国新结交的好朋友Wang Lin.
注意：
1. 所写内容必须有如下介绍：
Wang Lin是个比我外向的人，他对我很友善，给了我很多帮助。
Wang Lin比我矮，但很喜欢运动，我们现在每周在一起打两次篮球。
我比Wang Lin聪明一点，但Wang Lin比我用功很多。每次考试，我们都能取得好成绩。
2. 开头部分已写好，你只需接着写，内容可以适当补充。
3. 提示词： be friendly to; in the examination; get good grades.
3. 词数：70词左右。
Dear grandma,
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
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Yours ,
Jeff
单词拼写
根据下列句子及所给的首字母，写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。
1.He watches TV o__________ a week , only on Saturday evening.
2.The dish is too hot. I can’t s________ it.
3.What do you do every day? Let’s share our d__________ activities.
4.I usually sleep l________ than eight hours a night.
5.You can get more i________ about our club on the Internet.
6.Sam is the top student in our class. He is really h__________.
7.When we r___________ the top of the mountain, we saw a beautiful village below.
8.We had a d____________ about the coming school trip in the class meeting today.
9.He is too lazy. You can’t e__________ him to help you clean the room.
10.He still studies science hard, a__________ he has passed the exam.
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。
My teachers thought I couldn’t study well. My family also had ___1.____same thought as my teachers.
When I was going to give __2.____ my study, a new teacher, Miss White came to our school. She was young,____ 3.___ (beauty)and knowledgeable.
One day, I was sitting alone in my classroom, Miss White came up to me and talked to me happily. Soon her smile drove away my unhappiness. “Do you think I can go to college?” I didn’t know why I ___4.__( ask )such a question. I thought she must say “no”, ___5._ everyone else said so. But she said, “Dear, you can do___6.____(something) you want. Just try, and you’ll get closer to success. I believe you are the best!”
I was touched(感动) ___7.___(deep)by her words. I decided to study hard. From then on, we became good ___8.___(friend). She often helped me with my study in her free time. In the end ,I did well in my studies and went to a good college. Miss White is an angel. Her words have kept me ___9.____(go) forward. She helped me to see that I am special and can be __10.____(success) in life.
完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
AMERICA’S first daughters, Malia and Sasha, are excited about getting a pet dog. But their father, President Obama, has told the girls they have to pick up the poop(狗粪) ________ the grass. It's true. Keeping a dog ___________ lots of other work besides(除…之外) picking up the poop. For example, you’d better know ________ the dog goes to bed and how it lives happily. It means you have to know the animals' ________ and be ready.
Li Hui, 15, of Beijing, once kept a rabbit and some goldfish. __________ all of them died. "My rabbit ate the wrong food," said Li. "My________ died because they ate too much!"
Xiao Ting, 15, of Shanghai, wanted to keep a dog a year ago. She got food and a new doghouse ready to ________ the dog, but she only kept the dog for one day. "I ________ thought a dog could be so active. It wouldn't stop barking(吠). My father had to walk ________ at 3 o'clock in the morning!"
"You’d better think it is like your ________ . " said Liu Yining, a________ Beijinger. She is a (an) ________ pet keeper. Her family has kept a dog named Pipi for three years. ________ Pipi first came to Liu's home, it made her house dirty everywhere. It took a long time to teach Pipi to go to the toilet. She talks and plays with Pipi a lot. She really ________Pipi.
_________ a pet means you have to be patient and caring.
1.A. under B. with C. of D. from
2.A. asks B. needs C. tells D. says
3.A. what B. why C. when D. how
4.A. habits B. food C. home D. health
5.A. Because B. And C. So D. But
6.A. rabbit B. goldfish C. dog D. cat
7.A. know B. wait C. welcome D. choose
8.A. already B. always C. ever D. never
9.A. me B. it C. you D. her
10.A. dog B. toy C. friend D. student
11.A.14 years old B. 14-years-old C. 14-year-old D. 14 years-old
12.A. dangerous B. interesting C. successful D. friendly
13.A. when B. before C. if D. so
14.A. cares about B. worries about C. talks about D. thinks about
15.A. Keep B. Keeping C. To keep D. Kept
