When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter（炼铜厂），and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest．One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area．Paul knocked him down．From then on, something happened inside him.
Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office．He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back．The answer from that big industry was “No”.
Paul then went to college to study the science of plants．Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren't any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds．It would be a waste of his life to try to do it．Everyone knew that, he was told．Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn’t get his idea accepted．
Paul later got married and had some kids．But his dream would not die．And then one night he did what he could with what he had．As Samuel Johnson wrote, “It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote．Attainable good is often ignored by minds busied in wide ranges.” Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.
And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass．For fifteen years he did this against the plain common sense．Slowly rabbits appeared．Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing.
Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has．It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.
1.When Paul was a boy，______________.
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A．he had decided never to leave his hometown |
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B．the economy of Utah depended wholly on the copper smelter |
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C．no laws were made to protect the environment against pollution |
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D．he had determined to stop the copper smelter polluting the area |
2.Why did Paul go to college to study the science of plants？
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A．Because he wanted to find out the best way to save the area himself. |
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B．Because he was interested in planting trees since he was young. |
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C．Because he wanted to get more knowledgeable people to help him. |
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D．Because he thought his knowledge would make his advice more persuasive. |
3.What does the underlined phrase “the plain common sense” probably refer to?
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A．That it was impossible for trees to grow on the wasteland. |
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B．That his normal work and life would be greatly affected. |
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C．That no one would like to join him in the efforts. |
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D．That he had to keep everything he did secret. |
4.The company hired Paul to plant trees and grass because___________.
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A．they realized the importance of environmental protection |
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B．What Paul was doing moved them |
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C．Paul persuaded them to help him |
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D．they had legal pressure |
5.The message of the passage is that _____________.
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A．action speaks louder than words |
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B．perseverance（持之以恒）will work wonders |
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C．God helps those who help themselves |
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D．many hands make light work |
Tom is not _______ he was in the situation _______ he was pessimistic.
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A．where; when |
B．what; where |
C．that; in which |
D．what; that |
Quancheng Square is one of _____ largest in China, _______second to Tian’anmen Square.
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A．the; the |
B．the: a |
C．/; the |
D．the; / |
写作（满分30分）
某英文网站刊登下面图画, 拟举行中学生英文征文比赛。请根据图画内容，并结合自己的生活实际，写一篇120~150词的英语短文参加比赛。要点如下：
1. 简要描述图画内容;
2. 阐明产生这种现象的原因并发表自己的观点。
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阅读下面短文, 请根据短文后的要求进行答题。（请注意问题后的字数要求）
［1］ What does a successful language learner do? Language learning research shows that successful language learners are similar in many ways.
［2］ First of all, successful language learners are independent learners. They do not depend on the book or the teacher. Instead of waiting for teachers to explain, they try to find the patterns and the rules for themselves. They are good guessers who look for clues and form their own conclusions.
［3］ Secondly, successful language learning is active learning. Therefore, successful learners do not wait for a chance to use the language but . They find people who speak the language and they ask these people to correct them when they make a mistake. They will try anything to communicate. They are not afraid to repeat what they hear or to say strange things. They are willing to make mistakes and try again. When communication is difficult, they can accept information that is inexact or incomplete. It is more important for them to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every word.
［4］ Finally, successful language learners are learners with a purpose. They want to learn the language because they are interested in the language.
［5］ What kind of language learners are you? If you are a successful language learner, you have probably been learning independently, actively and purposefully. On the other hand, if your language learning has been less than successful, you might do well to try some of the techniques above.
1.What is the main idea of the text？ (Please answer within 10 words.)
2.Which sentence in the text can be replaced by the following one?
They make efforts to seek their own ways of learning rather than wait for explanations from their teachers.
3.Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 8 words)
4. If you want to be a successful language learner, what should you do? (Please answer within 20 words)
5.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.
The website FarmersOnly.com calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. The idea started in the mind of a man, Jerry Miller in Ohio. He wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers.
As he tells it, the idea for the site was planted when a farmer told him one day that she was recently divorced and would like to date. But someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine o’clock at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning.
So, in 2005, Jerry Miller launched his website. “You don’t have to be a farmer to be on FarmersOnly.com, but you do have to have the good old-fashioned traditional values of America’s Heartland.”
You also have to live in the United States or Canada to be a member of the site. Some services are free, but a full membership costs fifty dollars for a year. As of last week the site listed more than 58,000 members. Many of them are farmers in the United States. Others are students or workers involved in some way with agriculture. Jerry Miller tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website.
Some farmers have also found love through a group, Singles in Agriculture, which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986. It organizes gatherings that usually end with a dance, but is not a dating service. The purpose is to support educational and social activities that offer people a chance for friendship. Its website, singlesinag.org, says there are more than 1,000 members across the nation and as far away as France.
1.Jerry Miller started singlesinag.org in order to .
A. help farmers B. support traditions
C. understand farmers D. represent farmers
2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 indicate?
A. She dislikes city lifestyle.
B. She prefers late night coffee
C. Country life isn’t well understood.
D. It’s tiring to get up early.
3.Which of the following is true of singlesinag.org?
A. Its services are free.
B. It provides dating services.
C. Only farmers can become its members.
D. Farmers in France can’t benefit from it.
4.The author of the text intends to .
A. advertise for the two websites
B. introduce two websites
C. encourage social activities
D. urge readers to help farmers
5. It can be inferred from the text that .
A. all farmers desire marriage
B. farmers are easy to meet new people
C. more farmers get divorced in the USA
D. the Internet helps improve farmers’ social life
