Monarch butterflies from eastern Canada make the most amazing journey in the insect world. Each year, this butterfly travels about 3000 miles to its winter home in central Mexico. How can it fly so far? And why does it make this long and dangerous trip? Scientists still don’t have an answer.
For many years, people in Mexico wondered where the orange-and-black butterflies came from every winter. Then, in 1937, a scientist started to follow and study the butterflies. For the next 20 years, he discovered that one butterfly started its journey in Canada. Four months later, it arrived in Mexico.
The length of the butterflies finds their way back to the same place? Another amazing thing is that the butterflies always return to the same area in central Mexico.
How do the butterflies find their way back to the same place? This is an interesting question because only every fourth generation（一代）makes the trip south. In other words, the butterfly that travels to Mexico this year is the great-great-grandchild of the butterfly that traveled there last year.
Each year, four generations of a Monarch butterfly family are born. Each generation of the family has a very different life. The first generation is born in the south in late April. It slowly moves north, reproduces, and then dies. On the trip north, two more generations are born, reproduce, and die. Each of these generations of butterflies is born. This generation has a much longer life. It lives for about eight months. This generation of butterflies makes the amazing journey back to the winter home of its great-great-grandparents. The butterflies spend the winter there, and in the spring they reproduce and then die. Their offspring will be the first generation of the next circle of life.
Today, people are still studying the Monarch butterfly. But they are not clear about everything.
1.How long did it take the scientist to find out that monarch butterflies came from Canada?
A. eight months B. four months
C.five weeks D. 20 years
2.We know that the _____ generation of Monarch butterflies travels back to central Mexico.
A. fourth B. second C.third D. first
3.The underlined word “offspring” in paragraph 5 means______.
A. seasons B. butterflies
C. children D. parents
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Monarch butterflies spend winter in eastern Canada.
B. The four generations have the same length of life.
C. Some generations die on the way north to Canada.
D. Scientists are clear about everything of the butterflies
5. What is the best title of this passage?
A. Family of Monarch butterflies.
B. Mystery of Monarch butterflies.
C. Monarch butterflies’ birthplace.
D. Monarch butterflies’ winter home.
When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.
Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat, those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “You’re all going.”
On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to send school supplies and visit orphanages (孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream one day to start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.
1.Without Mr. Clark, the writer _________.
A. might have been put into prison
B. might not have won the prize
C. might have joined a women’s club
D. might not have moved to Atlanta
2.The Essential 55 is ___________.
A. a show B. a speech
C. a classroom rule D. a book
3.How many students’ names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark?
A. None B. One
C. Fifty-five D. Three
4. From the passage, we can learn that ___________.
A. Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked traveling
B. Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubs
C. a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students
D. a good teacher can raise his or her students’ score
5.What is the writer’s attitude towards Mr. Clark?
A. He speaks highly of Mr. Clark.
B. He looks down upon Mr. Clark.
C. He doesn’t show his attitude towards Mr. Clark.
D. He takes a neutral (中立的) attitude towards Mr. Clark.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Tom and Jack are good friends. Once, they were walking through the desert. During the journey they had a(n) _________ . They didn’t agree with each other. Tom was so _________ that he hit Jack in the face badly. Jack was hurt, but he didn’t say anything. After a while, he wrote some words in the sand, “Today my best _________hit me in the face.”
They kept on _________ until they found an oasis (绿洲), where they decided to get some water. Suddenly, Jack_________ into the deep mud and started to sink. Luckily, Tom _________ caught his hand and saved him. After Jack was saved, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my _________ .”
After Jack finished his writing, Tom was very_________ and asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone, why?” Jack replied with a smile, “When someone _________ us, we should write it down in the sand where winds of forgiveness (原谅) can carry it away. But when someone does something _________ for us, we must write it on a stone where no wind can move it.”
Learn to write your hurts in the sand, and write benefits on a stone.
1.A. exam B. quarrel C. dream D. party
2.A. angry B. happy C. excited D. interested
3.A. teacher B. father C. friend D. mother
4.A. walking B. fighting C. driving D. swimming
5.A. broke B. failed C. threw D. fell
6.A. slowly B. quickly C. happily D. sadly
7.A. book B. money C. life D. house
8.A. surprised B. nervous C. worried D. sad
9.A. meets B. catches C. hurts D. chooses
10.A. new B. old C. bad D. Good
语法选择，阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各题所给的A、B、C、D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the manager came over and said that our meal was free. He stood there _________ at me, he seemed to know me. _________ I asked if he knew me. He laughed and said I had probably __________ him, but I had changed his life. He said that twelve years ago he was in _________ stress management class. I asked the group what their number one stress was and_________ of them, including him, said it was their _________ .
He said I listened carefully and then took a chair and placed it in the center of the room. I _________on the chair for a few minutes and then I invited everyone to do the same. I wanted them to look at the room from _________there. After everyone had done it, I asked the group to think about how _________ the room looked when they changed their perspective(角度).
Then I asked them to _________ their bosses. Was this the same person who had seen their good__ _________ and hired（雇佣） them? Do they remember how happy they were to be _________ for the job? How did these wonderful people become terrible bosses?
He said I looked at him and asked if he had _________ said thank you to his boss for the opportunity to make a living. He answered no.
He told me his _________changed that night. He went back to work with a _________ card to his boss. He had been the manager for _________ years. He said he owed（把……归功于） it all to me: I had taught him to look at life from different perspectives and I had taught him to express gratitude（感激之情）.
1.A. Shouting B. smiling C. looking D. knocking
2.A. Suddenly B. Luckily C. Finally D. Firstly
3.A. Remembered B. seen C. disliked D. forgotten
4.A. their B. our C. his D. my
5.A. More B. most C. few D. fewer
6.A. teachers B. wives C. bosses D. children
7.A. stood B. sat C. walked D. rested
8.A. down B. right C. left D. up
9.A. special B. different C. strange D. same
10.A. miss B. consider C. like D. thank
11.A. qualities B. tastes C. looks D. skills
12.A. found B. refused C. chosen D. trained
13.A. never B. always C. sometimes D. ever
14.A. life B. luck C. salary D. job
15.A. sorry B. post C. thank-you D. greeting
书面表达
最近你校进行了一次“说出你的烦恼（Speak out your worries）的调查活动，请根据以下内容和提示要求写一篇英语短文，汇报调查结果并向老师和父母提出建议。
注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息
学生比例 | 烦恼 | 你的建议 |
50% | 作业多，睡眠不足，压力大 | ？ |
30% | 父母不理解，缺乏交流 | |
20% | 活动少，体质差 |
Our school has made a survey--- “Speak out your worries”. Here are the results.
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任务型阅读
In a classroom in any country，the teacher teaches more than art or history or language．He or she teaches what is known as the“hidden course”—the culture of that country．
In a society such as the United States，people with different history，culture and language join together and think highly of individualism．Teachers try to make each student special．Students do not have to remember a lot of information；instead，they work alone and find answers by themselves．There is often a discussion in the classroom．At an early age，students learn to have their own ideas．Their education encourages personal thoughts．The importance is put on how to arrive at an answer and not simply to get the correct answer．
In most Asian countries，the people have the same languages，history，and culture．Perhaps for this reason，the education there shows society’s ideas in group goals rather than individualism．Children in China and Japan often work together and help each other on their homework．In the classroom，the teacher often teaches in a public way．He says，and the students listen．There is not much discussion．Instead，the students repeat rules or information that they have been taught in order to keep them in mind．
In many ways these differences come from different educational psychology．In Western countries teachers make it easier for the students to learn for themselves．In the Eastern countries，however，teachers often feel that their job is to pass knowledge to students，or the students can’t learn anything．
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
1.What is the“hidden course”according to the passage？21·cn·jy·com
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2.What do American teachers do in class？
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3.What do Asian teachers do in class？
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4.What’s the main difference in education between the East and the West？
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5.What do you think the proper title for the passage is？
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