It has always been said that women are not good drivers, because they simply don't have very good driving ability. On the other hand, most car accidents happen to men; very few happen to women.
From this, we can see that women are much more careful while driving. Another very interesting fact that we should point out is that in the past, women preferred to let their husbands be the only driver in the family rather than have a driving license. Somehow they were prevented from making this step in their lives, but nowadays there are many women that want to pass their driving tests from an early age.
However, we have to admit that men are more skillful drivers than women, but this does not mean that a woman cannot become a good driver by accumulating (积累) experience. So more and more teenagers and women around the age of thirty now want to pass their driving tests. While taking their driving lessons, they also have a number of special lessons with their parents or somebody in the family that has a driving license, this is just to improve their driving abilities and help them to pass the tests more easily.
To conclude, we can say that women are not such bad drivers. They just need more experience than men in order to be able to drive well. And on the other hand, there are a number of women that show better driving skills than the men around them.
1. Compared with the past, nowadays many women___.
A. prefer to have a driving license
B. have more accidents while driving
C. are somehow prevented from driving
D. are the only driver in the family
2.What advantage do women have over men in driving?
A. They have more skills.
B. They are much more careful
C. They know more traffic rules
D. They have more driving experience
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Teenage girls cannot take driving tests.
B. Men didn't allow women to drive in the past.
C. With enough experience, women can become good drivers.
D. Women can easily pass their tests by taking driving lessons.
4.The passage mainly talks about___.
A. women and their driving ability.
B. men and their driving ability.
C. why men are better drivers than women.
D. why more women like to have a driving license
Shane Thomas is a 10-year-old pianist from England. He’s being called the next Mozart because of his amazing abilities.
He has only been having piano lessons for four months, and practices four hours a week, but he has already played difficult classical pieces. He was just seven when he sat down at the piano, and could play at once. He also says he never gets nervous.
When Shane was three years old, he said that he could play the piano, but nobody took him seriously. At school, he could listen to the teacher and do his work while composing (作曲) in his head. Shame remembers all the melodies（旋律）,and when he gets home he plays them on the piano, while his father records them. Shane loves playing the piano, and when he grows up he wants to be a composer.
His tutor, Richard Goffin-Lecar, says he is like Amadeus Mozart, who lived during the 18th century in Salzburg, Austria, and was one of the most famous composers ever. Mr. Goffin-lecar says, “I don’t teach Shane very much. I just give him directions, then sit back and watch.”
His father, a single parent with two other children, says that although he has little money, he wants to send Shane to a good music school. “I’m a single father, but I have this gifted child. I don’t have much money, but I want to give him the best teachers, and also take him into a studio to record.”
1.When did Shane tell others that he could play the piano?
A. At age three. B. At age ten. C. At age seven. D. At age four.
2.Which of the following is TRUE about Shane?
A. He feels nervous while playing the piano
B. He can compose in his head while doing his work.
C. He wants to be a piano tutor when he grows up.
D. He doesn’t like to listen to the teacher at school.
3.What do we learn about Shane’s father?
A. He also plays the piano well.
B. He’s a single father with two children.
C. He believes in Shane’s talent for music and will support him.
D. Not having enough money, he will ask the teachers for help
据调查，现在不少中学生存在不吃早餐、睡眠不足和缺乏锻炼等不良生活习惯。请你以Forming healthy habits为题，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈你的看法。短文主要包括以下内容：
1．简介不良生活习惯行为；
2．摒弃不良习惯，养成健康的习惯的重要性
3．如何养成健康的习惯：
※吃健康早餐，多吃水果蔬菜；
※充足睡眠，早睡早起；
※经常锻炼。
注意：1.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2．文章开头已给出，但不计入总词数；
3．词数：100左右；
4．参考词汇：维生素vitamin。
Forming healthy habits
A recent survey shows that many students have got into some bad living habits，which do great harm to their health.
课文原文填空（每空1分，共5分）
The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by 91 ! For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the 92 was very colourful. There were 93 and the soil was dark red. After that, it was desert. The sun 94 , there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw 95 farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.
单词拼写（每空1分，共5分）
1.Your bad behavior really makes me feel (尴尬的).
2..He (承认) that Gangnam Style was his favourite song.
3. (电) is a form of energy that can be used for lighting.
4.WTO which stands for World Trade (组织)deals with the global rules of trade between nations.
5.Many people believe that Guo jingjing is f (幸运的，吉祥的)to marry Huo qigang.
Honey from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people and many animals like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees’ nest and take the honey from it. Often, these nests(巢) are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper—a little bird called a honey guide.
The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax(蜂蜡) in the beehives(蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this wax, which is deep inside the bees’ nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.
Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.
1.Why is it difficult to find a wild bees’ nest?
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A．It’s small in size. |
B．It’s hidden in trees. |
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C．It’s covered with wax. |
D．It’s hard to recognize. |
2.What do the words“the follower”in Paragraph 2 refer to?
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A．A honey guide. |
B．A bee. |
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C．A honey seeker.(找寻者) |
D．A beekeeper. |
3.The honey guide is special in the way .
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A．it gets its food |
B．it goes to church |
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C．it sings in forest |
D．it reaches into bees’ nests |
4.What can be the best title for the text?
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A．Wild Bees |
B．Wax and Honey |
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C．Beekeeping in Africa |
D．Honey-Lover’s Helper |
