I am now a good student in my class．But you don’t know that 16 I started senior English
in the beginning，I found ___17_____ difficult and quite different from what we had learned in junior school．Now I still remember a teacher who taught me at that time. ___18__ teacher is a good teacher because she always tries her best to be the one _19___ classes are more active and lively with some stories and examples.
__20_ the help of my teacher, I realized the 21 (important) of English，so I was 22 （determine) to learn English well. My teacher suggested that we __23_____(read) more if we want to improve our English, so every day I would do some English reading. She also 24 (tell) us lessons learned in classes could help us deal with exams, but even more valuable were the lessons learned in extra-curricular activities in school. I like my English teacher very much．
Now I have made 25 great progress in my English study that I am more interested in learning it than before．
There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists _____1_____. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he ____2_____
liked and he had to choose between them.
One picture was of a ___3___ lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering ___4____ were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a _____5_____ picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains too. But there were rugged and ____6____. Above was an ____7____ sky from which rain fell, in which lightening ____8____. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look ____9____at all.
But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny ____10____growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her ____11____. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, ____12____ the mother bird on her nest…perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize?
The King ____13____ the second picture.
Do you know why?
“Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, ___14___, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your ____15___. That is the real meaning of peace.”
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假如你是新华中学的学生李华，刚参加完“美国高校一周游”的夏令营活动，在离开之前，你想给新结交的美国朋友Monica写一封感谢信，内容应包括以下要点：
1.表示感谢；
2.描述参加比次夏令营的收获；
3.邀请她参加明年在中国的夏令营。
注意：1.可适当添加细节使文章连贯；字数：120-150.
2.信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Monica,
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely
Li Hua
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]Keeping a busy social life among lots of friends may keep people slimmer than spending hours on a treadmill, according to scientists. They say that socializing and meeting with friends helps boost levels of ‘brown fat’ in the boby which burns calories to generate heat.
[2]Living in a stimulating, social environment was found to reduce abdominal fat in mice by half over four weeks, even if they ate more. US researchers say that social stimulation can
by converting white fat into brown, White stores calories and makes us fatter, while brown burns energy to generate heat .Converting white fat into brown is difficult, as we all know, normally requiring long term exposure to cold conditions or activating part of the body’s nervous system
[3]However, scientists from Ohio State University now think that having a busy social life is an even more effective way of changing white fat into brown, The team came up with their theory by studying the effects of various living environments on mice. Those who lived alongside a greater number of mice and had more space and toys to stimulate them lost far more weight over the course of the study than their ‘couch potato’ ones.
[4]Study author Dr. Mattew During, whose team’s findings appear in journal Cell Metabolism said: I’m still amazed at the degree of fat loss that occurs. Explaining how new technology had threatened face-to-face socializing, he added: ‘It’s not just a sedentary lifestyle and high calorie foods, but an increasing lack of social engagement.’
[5]Co-author Dr. Lei Cao said: ‘Loneliness is a profound factor for cancer and death; it’s on par with cigarette smoking. Social engagement is very important’.
1.What’s the main idea of this passage? (no more than 10 words)
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2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)
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3.What’s the purpose of the study of mice? (no more than 20 words)
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4.How does socializing help make people slim? (no more than 15 words)
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5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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People should be warned against using mobile phones outdoors in stormy weather because they may“be struck by lightning”，according to doctors．
Three experts have described how a teenage girl was struck by lightning while using her phone in a large London park．The girl，aged 15，recovered，but a year later was still wheelchair-bound and found to be suffering complex physical and emotional problems.
The girl also had a perforate eardrum(打孔耳膜)on the side where she had been holding the mobile phone．She was having general recovery in Northwick Park Hospital，Middlesex．
Swinda Esprit，a senior house officer, said that while the brain and muscle damage was similar to that of many lightning victims—who can experience heart attacks on being struck—the ear problems were not．
She said that the damages were particularly relevant for people who might be involved in less serious lightning incidents，who might otherwise recover, but would never get their full hearing back if struck while on the phone．
“We were shocked by the damage，which is why we wanted to draw attention to it，”Dr Esprit said．“A year on and she still was suffering these difficult hearing．”
They added that three other cases had been reported in newspapers in China，South Korea，and Malaysia．In the Malaysian case，a sales executive was killed by lightning while talking on his phone during a thunderstorm near Kuala Lumpur．
“All these events resulted in death，”the doctors wrote．“This rare phenomenon is a public health issue，and education is necessary to stress the risk．”
The Australian Lightning Protection Standard recommends that metallic objects，including cordless or mobile phones，should not be carried outdoors during thunderstorms．However, “the United States National Weather Service says on its website that both are safe to use “because there is no direct path between you and the lightening”．
Paul Taylor, of “the Met Office'’，said the ear injuries were a consequence of mobile phones being metal，and not related to radio waves．
Mr. Taylor said that mobile phones should be treated as another piece of metal，similar to carrying coins or wearing rings，and people need to be warned against the possible danger．
1.What do we know about the teenage girl?
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A．She was struck by lightning at schoo1． |
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B．She completely recovered from being struck． |
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C．She still suffered from mental problems． |
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D．She had to press her ear all day． |
2.It can be inferred that damage done by lightening while using mobile phones .
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A．is more serious than that when one is not using a mobile phone |
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B．can be healed quickly except for heart attacks |
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C．is less serious because the victims can usually recover |
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D．is mainly in the brain and muscle of the victims |
3.Why did doctors stress the risk about using phones outside in lightening?
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A．Because more people are faced with it． |
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B．Because some deaths have been caused． |
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C．Because lightning is harmful for the brain． |
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D．Because a teenage girl got killed． |
4.We can infer from the last three paragraphs that .
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A．both cordless and mobile phones are safe to use outside in lightning |
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B．there is no direct connection between lightning and ear injuries at all |
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C．opinions differ as to whether it is safe to use mobiles phones in lightning |
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D．ear injuries are the result of carrying coins or wearing rings in lightning |
5.The purpose in writing this passage is .
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A．to draw attention to the risk of using mobile phones in lightening |
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B．to focus on various damages done to lightning victims |
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C．to tell us the news that a teenage girl was struck by lightning |
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D．to stress the danger of making phone calls in lightning |
The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place．Now it is an ecological disaster area．Nauru's heartbreaking story could have one good consequence-other countries might learn from its mistakes．
For thousands of years，Polynesian people lived in the remote island of Nauru，far from western civilization．The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798．He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship．He called the island Pleasant Island．
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first．The whaling ships and other traders began to visit，bringing guns and alcohol．These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island．A ten-year civil war started，which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.
Nauru's real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate(磷酸盐)on the island．In fact，it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate，which was a very important fertilizer for farming．The company began mining the phosphate．
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground；it is a strip mine．When a company strip-mines，it removes the to player of soil．Then it takes away the material it wants．Strip mining totally destroys the land．Gradually, the lovely island or Nauru started to look like the moon．
In 1968，Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world．Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate．
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars．In addition，they used millions more dollars for personal expenses．Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem—their phosphate was running out．Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing．By 2000，Nauru was financially ruined．Experts say that it would take approximately$433，600，000 and more than 20 years to repair the island．This will probably never happen．
1.What might be the author's purpose in writing the text?
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A．To seek help for Nauru's problems． |
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B．To tell a heartbreaking story of a war． |
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C．To show the importance of money |
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D．To give a warning to other countries |
2.What was Nauru like before the Europeans came?
APeaceful and attractive B．Modern and open
C．Rich and powerful D．Greedy and aggressive
3.The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from
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A．soil pollution |
B．phosphate overmining |
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C．farming activity |
D．whale hunting |
4.Which of the following was a cause of Nauru's financial problem?
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A．Its phosphate mining cost much money |
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B．It spent too much repairing the island |
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C．Its leaders misused the money |
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D．It lost millions of dollars in the civil war. |
5.What can we learn about Nauru from me last paragraph?
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A．The leaders will take the experts' words seriously |
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B．The ecological damage is difficult to repair. |
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C．The island was abandoned by the Nauruans |
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D．The phosphate mines were destroyed |
