An earthquake is a trembling or shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release(释放) of energy stored in the rocks below the surface. Generally, earthquakes last only seconds. Strong ground shaking during a medium（中等的） to large earthquake generally lasts about 10 to 30 seconds. Aftershocks（余震） can occur once in a while for weeks or even months.
Many people think that there is an “earthquake season” or a kind of “ earthquake weather ”.As a matter of fact, there isn’t. Earthquakes can occur at any time of the year and at time of day or night. Earthquakes occur under all weather conditions-sunny, wet. or cold without any special weather tendency(倾向).
Also, you don’t need to worry that the ground will open up and swallow people when earthquakes occur. Open ground cracks may form during an earthquake, for example, to land sliding or ground falling. However, such cracks tend to be open gaps (they don’t “ swallow”) that a person could stand in afterwards.
The safest place in an earthquake is an open field because buildings and falling objects can injure or kill you. If you are indoors, when you feel the ground start to shake, take cover immediately under a table or strong piece of furniture, placing something between falling objects and yourself. Don’t “ attempt to use the stairs or an elevator to get out of the building..
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?.
A. Earthquakes usually last 10 to 30 seconds.
B. After a big earthquake, there are many more quakes.
C. Cracks in an earthquake are very dangerous.
D. What usually injures people during an earthquake are falling buildings.
2.The reason why there isn’t “earthquake weather” is that._________.
A. an earthquake only lasts seconds and doesn’t happen frequently.
B. an earthquake can happen at any time and in any kind of weather.
C. when an earthquake happens is related to the weather
D. earthquakes don’t change with the seasons
3.The underlined word “swallow” in Paragraph3 probably means“________”?
A. Take sb/sth in.
B. make sb frightened.
C. make room for sb to stand in.
D.make the ground slide.
4.During an earthquake, which of the following things should you NOT do?
A. Find an open filed and stay there.
B. Stay away from buildings.
C. Take cover under a table.
D. Take an elevator.
Li Shizhen was born in 1918 in Hubei province. His father was a doctor. He learned a lot about medical herbs(药草) from his father and read many medical books. At the age of 23 he became a doctor. He often treated(治疗) poor people’s illness, so many peasants and fishermen made friends with him.
The year he was 35 Li shizhen began to write the COMPENDIUM OF MATERIA MEDICA. He walked all over famous mountains which grew medical plants to learn their shapes. The conditions in which they grew and collected all sorts of specimens(标本). He spent 27 years in writing this book.
The COMPENDIUM OF MATERIA MEDICA with over 1,000,000 words, describe 1,800 kinds of medical plants. When the work had just been ready for printing and publishing(出版), Lishizhen passed away.
The COMPENDIUM OF MATERIA MEDICA introduces not only medical herbs growing in China but also many foreign medicines. After its publication the books reached foreign countries. It was translated into English, French, German, Japanese and Russian and became an important piece of literature in international medical research.
1.Why did many peasants and fishermen make friends with Li shizhen?
Because he _______.
A. was a famous doctor.
B. had a sweet manner
C. was much concerned(关心) for the poor.
D. read many medical books
2.His COMPENDIUM OF MATERIA MEDICA describe _______.
A. over 1,000,000 words
B. 1,800 kinds of medical plants.
C. a lot of medical work
D. many foreign medical stories
3.The word “literature” in the article means ______.
A. work of different science
B. letters from foreign countries
C. hope for the better future
D. books on special subject
4.What’s the Chinese name of the COMPENDIUM OF MATERIA MEDICA?
A.天工开物 B.四库全书
C.本草纲目 D. 齐民要术
书面表达（满分25分）
某英语报社开展就中学生可不可以带手机上学的话题讨论。假如你是李华，请你根据下表所提供的信息， 向该报编辑写一封英文信，发表观点。
手机的优点 | 便于与父母和朋友联系； 能增加乐趣。 |
带手机上学存在的问题 | 上课时使用手机干扰教学； 用手机聊天、发短信费时费钱。 |
建议 | 上课时不许使用手机； 贵重物品，个人宜妥善保管。 |
注意：1. 信的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2. 词数100左右。
Dear Editor,
I’m a senior two student. I’m writing to tell you my opinion___________________
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧ )，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\ )划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线（一），并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
In our school we always find that some students dressed in Nikes, enjoying McDonald’s and crazy about NBA games. Lily, a Senior Three girl, her life is flooded with product from the USA, is one of them. When asking about her feelings towards the Western superpower, she is not surely. Lily is not the only one that feels confusing.
A recent survey show that four in five Chinese students generally like Americans, but three in five agree with that the US is trying to control China. According to the survey, nearly half the respondents chose the US as a friend country. The positive opinion of the US is more than it in last year’s similar survey.
（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Ben: Look! The Great Wall.
Tom: It’s 1._________(real) splendid.
Ben: This is a man-made wonder and it is thought of2.._______ one of the greatest 3.___________(wonder) in the world.
Tom: Look, so many people are here. I’m sure there are thousands of people 4.___(visit) it every day.
Ben: Yes, there are more than ten thousand visitors climbing the Great Wall every day.
Tom: What’s the 5.___________(long)of the Great Wall?
Ben: It’s about 6,000 kilometers from East to West.
Tom: 6.__________was it built?
Ben: The construction of some walls began 7._______the Warring States period. In 221 BC, Qin Shihuang had all the walls8.____(link) up and added up. From then on, we got the Great Wall.
Tom: I see. The Great Wall has9.___________ history of more than two thousand years.
Ben: Yes, you are right. And there is a Chinese saying, “He, 10..______ doesn’t reach the Great Wall, is not a true man.” Come on. Let’s go to the top.
完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D中四个选项，选出最佳选项。
After 22 years of marriage, I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy. I started dating another woman.
One day Peggy said to me, “Life is too ______, you need to spend time with the people you love. You probably won't believe me, but I know you love her and I think that if the two of you spend more time together, it will make us ________.'
The “other” woman my wife was encouraging me to _______is my mother, a 72-year-old widow who has lived alone since my father _______20 years ago. Right after his death, I ___ 2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career. When I moved back near my hometown six years ago, I promised myself that I would spend more time with mom. But with the _______of my job and three kids, I never got around to seeing her much _______family get-togethers and holidays.
Mom was _________ and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.
We didn't go anywhere _______, just a neighborhood place where we could talk. _______her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows, I had to read the menu for both of us.
“I used to be the _______ when you were little,” she said.
“Then it is time for you to relax and let me _________the favor,” I said.
We had a nice talk_______dinner, just catching up on each other's lives. We talked for so long that we _______ the movie.
“_______was your date?” my wife asked when I got home that evening.
'Nice...nicer than I thought it would be,' I said.
Mom and I get out for________a couple of times a month. Sometimes we take in a movie, but ________we talk. Through the talks ,I know what it was like for her to work in a factory during the Second World War. I know how she met my father there, and know how they ________the difficult times. I can't get enough of these stories. They are _______ to me, a part of my history.
Peggy was right. Dating another woman has _______my marriage.
1.A. easy B. difficult C. short D. hard
2.A. closer B. longer C. happier D. easier
3.A. date B. please C. meet D. consult
4.A. passé out B. passed by C. passed down D. passed away
5.A. went B. drove C. moved D. removed
6.A. pressure B. development C. demand D. loss
7.A. beyond B. with C. during D. on
8.A. excited B. annoyed C. delighted D. surprised
9. A. ordinary B. fancy C. plain D. common
10.A. Since B. When C. if D. unless
11.A. worker B. waitress C. reader D. owner
12.A. award B. return C. turn D. answer
13.A. over B. with C. on D. across
14.A. forgot B. refused C. missed D. abandoned
15.A. What B. Who C. where D. How
16.A. talk B. movie C. walk D. dinner
17.A. finally B. merely C. mostly D. especially
18.A. went though B. got through C. looked through D. saw through
19.A. friendly B. kind C. loyal D. important
20.A. ruined B damaged C. helped D. affected
