Siberia is a huge territory in Russia. It is more than half of Russia and is 4,000 miles wide. Most of this area is a forest with animals and birds. In autumn, the forests in Siberia are full of mushrooms and berries(浆果). Many people like picking mushrooms, but that is not as simple as you might think. Old people who live in the villages know places where you can pick lots of mushrooms. Some mushrooms grow in colonies. If you find one, you only need to look around because nearby you'll find more of them.
However, when picking mushrooms, it is important not to choose the wrong kind. You have to be careful because some mushrooms are poisonous even though they look good. The smell can help you choose them, because good mushrooms smell very good.
Siberian people are very friendly and hospitable. If someone invites you home for dinner, you'll soon be full. You should try everything the host is having.
The climate there depends on the territory. Some places have very comfortable climates with hot summers and cold winters. In my opinion, the best season is spring, when nature wakes up after a long winter. It is the time for blossoms and love. Birds come back from other warm countries. Trees become dressed in green. The sun becomes warm and the days are longer. The mood is wonderful and people smile a lot. It is an amazing time.
In winter, you have opportunity for sports. The most popular sport in winter in Russia is cross-country skiing. During weekends, many people go into the country and ski. Noses freeze and cheeks hurt, but people continue to enjoy these times.
1.What is the best title for the passage?
A．Siberia, an interesting and beautiful place.
B．The climate in Siberia.
C．The four seasons in Siberia.
D．Collecting mushrooms in Siberia.
2.Which of the following can help to choose the right mushrooms for dinner?
A．The places. B．The colonies. C．The smell. D．The outlook.
3.Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Siberia in spring?
A．The night is longer. B．Tress turn green.
C．It is warmer. D．There are many birds.
4.What can we conclude about the climate in Siberia?
A．It's cold all the year round.
B．It's hot in summer.
C．The climate is very comfortable.
D．It depends on where your are in Siberia.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas（胰腺). I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which was doctor’s code for preparing to die. It meant to try to tell your kids everything you thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It meant to make sure everything was buttoned up so that it would be as easy as possible for your family. It meant to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy(活组织检查). I was calm, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
This is the closest I’ve been to facing death. No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by the principle — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
1.The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to let the readers __________.
A．be brave when facing a cancer
B．treasure their lifetime to fulfill their own business
C．know a sorrowful experience of his won
D．know how he treasured his family.
2.Why can the author's illness be cured so soon?
A．He prepared everything in order. B．He had a biopsy.
C．His pancreatic cancer can be curable with surgery. D．His wife helped him.
3.The impression the author gave readers is that __________.
A．he was so optimistic that the incurable illness wouldn't bring him down.
B．he could leave death alone and had enough courage to become what he wanted to.
C．he was so determined that he wasn't scared at death.
D．he was such a responsible man that he prepared well before he died.
4.What does the underlined word "they" in the last paragraph refer to?
A．Gods. B．The doctors
C．Heart and intuition D．Other persons
Sarah came running in. She shouted happily, "Look what I ____36_____." She put a snake skin on the newspaper I was reading and it came so suddenly that it caused me to ____37_____. "Mom, look! Isn't it ____38_____?" said my seven-year-old daughter. I ____39_____ the snake skin and thought that it really wasn't pretty. Everything children see ____40_____is full of beauty in their eyes; they see only ____41_____ and excellence in the world until educated.
"____42_____ did the snake do this?" Sarah asked. I tried to seize the ____43_____ to teach my children that there was almost always something beyond the obvious. I wanted to tell them that there was something else going on ____44_____ what they saw in front of them. "Snakes shed (蜕) their skin because they need to renew themselves," I ____45_____.
"Why do they have to renew themselves?" Sarah asked.
My son Robert laughed and said, "Because they don't ____46_____ what they are and they want to be someone else." I politely ignored him and said that by shedding skins, we could ____47_____ the hidden reality.
"We often need to shed our skin, those coatings that we ____48_____ ourselves with," I said to my children, who listened very ____49_____, with their eyes wide open. "This snake ____50_____ needs this skin. It is probably too hard for him, or he probably doesn't think he looks as ____51_____in it as he once did. It's like buying a new ____52_____."
I'm sure this explanation will not ____53_____ the naturalists. But Sarah was getting to understand that renewal is part of ____54_____. She should learn from it what we need to keep and what we need to ____55_____.
1. A．made B．seized C．caught D．found
2. A．think B．jump C．run D．struggle
3. A．interesting B．smooth C．beautiful D．colorful
4. A．stared at B．took off C．referred to D．brought back
5. A．by accident B．over and over again
C．in the future D．for the first time
6. A．honesty B．difference C．value D．fear
7. A．Where B．Why C．How D．When
8. A．information B．possibility C．opportunity D．question
9. A．besides B．for C．without D．around
10. A．talked B．explained C．whispered D．shouted
11. A．keep B．want C．need D．like
12. A．see B．guess C．ignore D．remember
13. A．keep B．store C．cover D．improve
14. A．properly B．attentively C．sadly D．angrily
15. A．once more B．at times C．right now D．no longer
16. A．nice B．healthy C．strong D．big
17. A．hat B．watch C．suit D．home
18. A．move B．satisfy C．correct D．defeat
19. A．experience B．achievement C．progress D．competition
20. A．throw out B．hope for C．find out D．throw away
---__________?
--- Yeah, it seemed a little confusing to me at first, but now I get it.
A．Can you give me a moment B．See what I mean
C．Are you stuck D．Can you go on
Mark often attempts to escape __________ whenever he breaks traffic regulations.
A．having been fined B．to have been fined
C．to be fined D．being fined
联合国环境组织派人来你市考察环境污染情况，由你向他们介绍：学校位于一个山脚下，一条小河从旁边流过。两年前，学校南面建起一座化工厂，排出大量废气、废水，造成严重污染，影响师生健康。如今政府采取了一系列保护环境、防止污染的措施，现在学校美如花园，校园内树木四季常青，鲜花争艳。
1. 文章必须包括以上介绍的主要内容，可以适当增减细节，使内容连贯；
2. 词数：100—120；
3. 参考词汇：poisonous 有毒的
