---I’d like some apple juice.
---Sorry, there is ______left. What about some other drink?
A. nothing B. no C. none D. not many
When my sister left college, she got a job as reporter in a newspaper office.
A. a; the B.不填; a C. the; the D. a; 不填
假设你是星光中学的李华，将参加主题为“Let’s Ride Bicycles”的英语演讲比赛，请撰写一份演讲稿，内容主要包括：
目前汽车带来的空气污染和交通堵塞等问题；
骑自行车的益处，如节能环保、有利健康、是一种低碳的生活方式，等等。
参考词汇：低碳生活(low-carbon lifestyle)
注意：1.词数：120字左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
As is known to all, music is now becoming popular among people. It
1.____is playing the most important p_____in our day-to-day lives. It is mainly
2.____played for ____（舞蹈）, drinking, eating, loving and thinking. Some songs
3.____may make us recall our childhood and youth, while _____ may remind us
4.__________ the people whom we love. Many important occasions like those of
5.____weddings or sports and games have their ____(特殊) music. Every nation
6.___ has its national song. With years p_____ by, music grows and changes.
7.____Modern music has a____changed music. Inventions like records, radios,
8. ___movies, electric ______(乐器), tapes, recorders and videos have changed
9.____the way in ______ we play and listen to music; they have, to a great degree,
10.____h_ to make music an important form of international communication.
The United Nations is warning that the world is not prepared to deal with the fast growth of cities. The World Economic and Social Survey 2013 calls for new ways to meet the needs of city populations. More than 6.5 billion people are expected to be living in cities by 2050.
Most new city dwellers will be in developing countries. The United Nations says the effect on limited resources in many countries will be huge. The World Economic and Social Survey points to the increasing demand for energy, water, sanitation, public services, education and health care.
The world population is expected to rise to more than nine billion by 2050, two-thirds of all people are expected to live in cities. The United Nations says about 80 percent of this growing urban population will be found in Africa and Asia.
The report says sustainable development of urban areas requires coordination and investments to deal with important issues, these include land-use, food security, job creation and transportation.
Willem Van Der Geest is with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, he says cities need to work closely with rural communities, so that food supplies can be secured, and the environment can be protected.
"We need enough integration(整合，融合) with cities... An integration between the rural and urban economies is absolutely vital for issues of nutrition, food security, and environmental sustainability."
The report says development in a sustainable（可持续发展）way is important to end poverty. The report also examines the problem of food insecurity, which affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. One in eight people still severely lack nutrition.
UN officials say some things are clear. The Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Shamshad Akhtar, says world food production will have to increase by 70%, that increase will be needed to feed the additional 2.3 billion people expected on the planet by the middle of the century. She says an important part of meeting that need is to waste less food. "There has to be efforts to reduce food wastage. ."
Food and nutrition security are core elements of the sustainable development agenda.
1.The survey includes the following statements except that ______.
A. varieties of demands are hard to meet because of the increasing population in Africa and Asia.
B. one way to put an end to poverty is to be able to develop for a long time.
C. transportation is an important issue to deal with when it comes to sustainable development of urban areas.
D. hundreds of millions of people around the world are affected by the problem of food insecurity.
2.From the passage we can infer that ______.
A. cities grow so fast that the world can’t find out new ways to deal with the growing population.
B. the growing city dwellers who mainly come from the developing countries greatly challenge limited resources in the world.
C. sustainable development of urban areas requires coordination and investments to deal with important issues
D. food wastage is an effective way to feed the additional 2.3 biilion people by the middle of the century.
3.What is the best titile of the passage?
A. The World Economic and Social Survey 2013.
B. City Population Will Increase to 9 Billion.
C. Cities Need to Cooperate with Rural Areas.
D. The World Is Not Prepared to Deal with the Fast Growth of Cities.
4.The passage is chosen from ______.
A. a textbook B. a travel guide C. a novel D. a newspaper
It had been a difficult move. I’d left my family and friends in Indiana, the beloved state where I’d lived most of my life. My new home in Florida was thousands of miles away from anything I knew. It was hot—all the time. Jobs were hard to come by, but I was up for almost any challenge.
At last, I taught in a special school where students have severe learning and behavioral difficulties.
Another teacher and I had spent weeks teaching the children appropriate behavior for public outings. Unexpectedly, only a few students, including Kyle, had not earned the privilege of going. He was determined to make his disappointment known.
In the corridor(走廊) between classrooms, he began screaming, cursing, spitting, and swinging at anything within striking distance. Once his outburst died down, he did what he’d done when he was angry at all his other schools, at home, even once at a juvenile detention(拘留)center. He ran.
People watched in disbelief as Kyle dashed straight into the heavy morning traffic in front of the school.
I heard someone shout, “Call the police!”
But I ran after him.
Kyle was at least a foot taller than me. And he was fast. His older brothers were track stars at the nearby high school. But I could run long distances without tiring. I would at least be able to keep him in my sight and know he was alive.
After several blocks of running directly into oncoming traffic, Kyle slowed his pace.
He took a sharp left. Standing next to a trash bin, Kyle bent over with his hands on his knees. I must have looked ridiculous. But his was not a look of fear. I saw his body relax. He did not attempt to run again. Kyle stood still and watched me approach. I had no idea what I was going to say or do, but I kept walking closer.
He opened his mouth to speak when a police car pulled up, abruptly filling the space between Kyle and me. The school principal and an officer got out. They spoke calmly to Kyle, who willingly climbed into the back of the vehicle. I couldn’t hear what was said, but I didn’t take my eyes off Kyle’s face, even as they drove away.
I couldn’t help but feel that I had failed him, that I should have done or said more, that I should have fixed the situation.
I shared my feelings with a speech therapist who was familiar with Kyle’s history. “No one ever ran after him before, Rachel,” she said. “No one. They just let him go.”
Things changed the day he ran and I ran after him, even though I didn’t have the right words, even though I wasn’t able to save him from the mess he was in. It was the day I didn’t throw my hands in the air and decide he was too fast, a waste of time and effort , a lost cause. It was the day my mere presence was enough to make a profound difference.
1.From the passage we know that _____.
A. the author left her family to Florida because jobs were hard to come by in Indiana.
B. students were allowed to go out after they passed some specific tests.
C. the author worked in a school where students were excellent.
D. no teacher had ever run after Kyle before except the author .
2.Which of the following description about Kyle is not true?
A. He had some behavioral difficulties and once moved from one detention to another.
B. He used to run out to let out his anger when he was in school,home or juvenile detention.
C. Different from his brothers, he learned in a special school while not a normal high school.
D. He was moved by his teacher who treated him with more patience and understanding.
3.Which is the correct order of the trace?
①He burst out when he knew he couldn’t go out.
②I decided to run after him.
③Kyle stoppped beside a trash bin.
④A police car came and Kyle left with it.
⑤He rushed into the heavy morning traffic.
⑥Kyle slowed his pace.
⑦I walked toward Kyle.
A. ①⑤②⑥③⑦④ B. ①⑤②④⑥⑦③
C. ⑤④②⑥③⑦① D. ①②⑥⑦③④⑤
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A. Kyle, a Boy with Learning and Behavior Difficulties.
B. The Teacher Who Ran.
C. A School with Special Students.
D. A Terrible Conflict.
