阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
A little stream（小溪）ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests. Then it reached a desert. “I went through so many difficulties. I should have no problem crossing the desert,” she thought. As she started，she found herself slowly vanishing（消失）into the sand. After many tries，she still failed. “Maybe I can’t reach the ocean,” she said sadly to herself.
At this time, a deep voice said, “If wind can cross the desert, so can a river.” It was the voice of the desert. But the little stream answered,“That’s because the wind can fly, but I can not.”
“That’s because you can’t give up what you are. Let yourself evaporate（蒸发）into the wind and it can take you across me,” said the desert. “Give up what I am now？No！No！” The little stream could not accept this idea. “The wind can carry the vapor（蒸汽）across the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a river again,” said the desert. “And whether you're a river or vapor，your nature never changes.” After hearing this，the little stream went into the open arms of the wind. It carried her to the next stage of her life.
The course of our lives is like the experience of the little stream. If you want to go through difficulties in your life to head for success, you should also change the way you are.
1.Did the little stream want to reach the ocean or the desert at last？
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2.Was the little stream able to cross the desert at first？
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3.Who gave the advice to the little stream？
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4.What did the little stream do after hearing the desert's words？
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5.What can you realize from the experience of the little stream in this passage？
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Over 2,000 years ago, in China, there lived a boy called Confucius. When he was o1. three, his father died. His mother was very poor. In those days people had to pay to go to school and his mother did not have enough m2. to send him.
As Confucius grew up he wanted to learn things. So he d3. to teach himself Unfortunately he was a strange-looking boy. The other children pointed and made fun of him. They called him names and laughed at him. Confucius got very upset, but he was a kind gentle boy and did not fight b4. .
Confucius did not play with other children. He went off to talk to holy men in the temple and learned from them. He t5. to artists and musicians and learned from them. If he tried to do something difficult, he kept trying over and over again u6. he learned how to do it. In this way the boy taught himself to read and w7. and learned lots of interesting things. Confucius grew up to be a very c8. man.
When he was a man, Confucius became the ruler of the city of Changtu. People were very h9. when he was their leader. He used his abilities and skills in a w10. way.
People sometimes call him the greatest man who ever lived. We still remember many of his sayings today.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式（每空一词）。阅读下面的短文 , 在空白处填入一个适当的词 , 或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
The mountain was high and it was cold. Everything1.（cover）by snow and ice and it was dangerous. I shook in my tent as the storm tried2.（knock）me back to the bottom. “You will never make it to the top,” everyone said, "no woman has ever climbed this mountain and only a few people have done it by themselves." I was so confident3.I would be the first woman to climb up to the top of it. What’s more, I had prepared for several4.（month）.
The wind had gotten much5.（quiet）when I woke up the next morning. I climbed 6.of my tent and looked out at the mountain. Everything was white and still. “I will make it to the top today, "I thought to7.（I）.
I started up the slope. My feet crunched the snow with every step I took. It was a beautiful day. I was climbing quickly. Soon I was going to reach the top. All of8.sudden, I slipped（滑倒）. I moved down the mountain. I was going slowly at first but then I started to slide very fast. I started to turn around and around quickly. After what felt9.forever, I came to a stop. I had slid all the way to the bottom. I was alive. I couldn’t believe it.
Three days later, I10.（make）it to the top. It was a beautiful day and I had a perfect view of everything around me.
阅读上面5段语言材料，从A-G中找出与上面每一段落相应的标题，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。其中有两个选项是多余的。
If you want to learn English well. You have to practice speaking English! Use these sentences to help you start interesting conversations in English.
1. . We should try to do things independently (独立的), rather than wait for help. Do you think our school stop us from thinking independently? How can we become more independent? Can we help our classmates to be more independent? How?
2. . I find this to be true with my student. If they only recite without understanding, they cannot use English well. Have you ever tried to recite many English words? What is the result? Do you know some people that only follow but never think? What is that person like? Do you know anyone who is a clear thinker? What is that person like?
3. . How can laughter help us in our daily life? Do you think humor is helpful, if we are really sick? Do you know anyone who laughs all the time? What is that person like? Do you know someone who never laughs? Do you enjoy being around that person?
4. . Do you have many friends or just a few very close friends? How did you meet your best friend? What advice would you give a newcomer to your school to help him or her meet new friends? What would you do to help your best friend?
5. . Do you keep writing diaries in English? Do you want to know what you will learn in the coming class? Do you listen carefully in class and take necessary notes? After class, do you sum up what you have got in class? Do you often do lots of listening practice or read English magazines? If yes, keep on trying and never give up.
A.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B.Learning without thinking is a dangerous thing.
C.He who laughs last laugh best.
D.God helps those who help themselves.
E.Laughter is the best medicine.
F.Tow heads are better than one.
G.A good learning habit makes your English learning easy.
Do you want to know how and why a fall leaf changes color? We first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.
Leaves are the world’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots and take CO2 from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and CO2into glucose(葡萄糖), a kind of sugar. Plants use it as food for energy and growing.
A chemical called“chlorophyll”in the leaves gives plants their green colour. As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees “know” to begin getting ready for winter.
During winter, there is not enough sunlight or water. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories. As the green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves.
The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, like maples, sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn the glucose in the leaves into a red colour. And we can enjoy the beautiful red leaves during autumn.
1.Which should be in the box? sunlight+
+CO2
glucose
A.air B.sugar C.water D.wind
2.The underlined word “chlorophyll” means __________.
A.叶绿素 B.脂肪 C.蛋白质 D.淀粉
3.The leaves turn yellow because they are short of(缺少) __________.
A.water and CO2
B.glucose and energy
C.sunlight and water
D.sunlight and CO2
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.When autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter.
B.During winter trees live on the food they store in summer.
C.During winter some of yellow and orange colors are still in the leaves.
D.Trees begin to stop making food in summer.
5.This passage tells us_____________.
A.the plants can grow well only with the sunlight
B.there are all kinds of plants on the earth
C.not all the colors of the leaves are from chlorophyll
D.maple leaves change the color as other trees
It is said that more than four million people die each year from smoking. That number is increasing.
Seven in ten of those deaths are in developing countries. These numbers are frightening.Yet people around the world continue to smoke. The Great American Smoke out has been founded for twenty-five years to show the dangers of smoking and provide support for people who decide to stop smoking. The American Cancer Society says all cigarettes damage the body. It warns that smoking even a small number of cigarettes is dangerous. It is not easy to give up smoking forever. However, doctors say they probably will live longer if they do stop smoking. They will feel better and look better. They also will protect the health of family members who breathe their smoke.
The American Cancer Society says there is not just one right way to stop smoking. Any useful way to stop smoking is worth trying. They may take long walks or spend time in places where smoking is not allowed. Also, they could eat a small piece of fruit instead of having a cigarette.
The American Cancer Society says the sooner smokers stop smoking, the more they can reduce their chances of getting cancer and other diseases. It says blood pressure returns to normal twenty minutes after smoking the last cigarette. Carbon monoxide ( 一氧化碳 ) gas levels in the blood return to normal after eight hours. After one day, the chance of heart attack decreases. After one year, the risk of heart disease for a non-smoker is half that of a smoker. Stop smoking before smoking stops you!
1.How many people die from smoking in developing countries each year?
A.2,600,000. B.2,700,000. C.2,800,000 D.2,900,000
2.The Great American Smoke out is _____.
A.to provide help for smokers B.to show what harm smoking does to smokers
C.to offer advice to smokers D.to make smokers aware of harm and give them help
3.What may happen to people themselves if they stop smoking?
A.They will probably live longer. B.They will probably feel better.
C.They will probably look better. D.All of the above.
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.It is not easy to stop smoking.
B.The chance of heart attack becomes less after you stop smoking.
C.It is more likely for a smoker to suffer from disease.
D.It is less helpful for a smoker suffering heart attack to stop smoking.
5.The passage is probably from _____.
A.a newspaper B.a science report C.a sports magazine D.a storybook
