Who needs guard dogs when you have wolves , right? That’s probably what Kazakh villagers in the Almaty region though when they decided to replace their dogs with the fierce forest dwelling beasts. According to local news reports, taming(驯化的) wolves is now the latest trend and a sort of hobby among rural Kazakhs.
Nurseit Zhylkyshybay, a farmer from the south-eastern Almaty region, told reporters that he purchased a wolf cub from hunters three years ago, and the animal is now perfectly tamed.
Kurtka, Nurseit’s pet wolf, lives in the family’s yard and takes long walks through the village with his master. “He’s never muzzled,” Nurseit insisted. “I rarely put him on a chain and do take him for regular walks around the village. Our family and neighbors aren’t scared of him at all.”
But wolf expert Almas Zhaparov said that the animals are ‘far too dangerous’ to keep at home. “A wolf is like a ticking bomb, it can go off at any moment,” he warned. “If nothing is done, the fashion could spread to the wealthy Kazakhs, who might try to keep wolves in the grounds of their houses, with possibly deadly consequences.” Social media users also expressed worry about the trend, accusing the government for failing to limit the practice.
Nevertheless, the wolves don’t seem to be posing an immediate threat. If visuals from news reports are anything to go by, the beasts look pretty happy with their new lifestyle, and appear quite fond of their new masters, not unlike dogs.
1.The writer uses the example of Kurtka to show that____________.
A. wolves can be tamed.
B. wolves are like ticking bombs
C. wolves like living with humans
D. keeping wolves at home is easy
2.The underlined word “muzzled” in Para 3 means___________.
A. puzzled B. beaten
C. got his mouth covered D. got changed
3.According to Almas Zhaparov, keeping wolves at home is___________.
A. a fashion B. a disaster
C. a necessity D. a hone
4.What can we learn from the text?
A. Wolves are easy to get tamed.
B. A pet wolf can become aggressive at any moment.
C. The government will prevent people taming wolves as pets.
D. Wolves are as loyal to their masters as dogs are.
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书面表达
假设你是李华，你班来自美国的交流学生Arthur患病住院已有一周，请你用英文给他发封邮件，主要内容包括：
1. 询问病情，表示关切；
2. 介绍班级近期活动、学习等情况；
3. 表达祝愿。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Arthur,
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Yours,
Li Hua
短文改错
请改正下面短文中的错误。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I love camping. It is my favoritest way to spend the summer vacation. Last year, my family and I went camping in the countryside. It was one of the most excited experiences I had never had. We slept in a tent and went on a long walk every day. We cook over a fire and the food always tasted wonderfully. For a whole week, I saw lovely mountain views or breathed fresh air. At night, I heard the gentle wind blowing in the tree, and I felt so peaceful. It doesn’t cost many to camp, and what I believe it’s the best way to get close nature and enjoy its beauty.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned a farm, which looked almost abandoned. 1. (lucky), he also had a cow 2. (produce) milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby for other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what 3. (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass 4. it began to rain heavily. While making great 5. (effort) to run away, she 6. (fall) over the hill and died. Then Johnson tried to make 7. living without the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs (草药) and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees 8. (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market 9. people from the town met regularly. Now 10. occurred to him that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Don and his 11-year-old son, Allen, love basketball very much. On Allen’s birthday, Don________ to drive him to Chicago, more than two hours’ distance, for the first game of the World Championships. They had no ________ but hoped to buy two from other people.
After arriving, they ________ in the streets for two hours carrying a ________ which said, “We need two tickets”. ________ the cheapest ticket was $175 and they could not ________ it. They were about to leave when a man ________ them. He pulled ________ two tickets and handed them to Don. “How much do you want?” “________ ! No money is needed!” said the man.
When asked, the man ________, “I am working for Joe, who hasn’t ________ a World Championships for 16 years. But he is ill and can’t make it this time. So he told me to give the two tickets away. The only ________ he set is to give the tickets to people who I think will be deserving. A lot of people looked as if they might just take the tickets and ________ them right away. Then I saw you. You seemed very ________ and you make me ________ my Dad and myself when I was a child. I ________ wanted to go to see a World Championships game with my father at that time. But I never got the ________ ...”
How important and ________ the game was to Don and his son! Here is what Don said, “It’s the most worth ________ thing that happened to us. My boy and I must have turned to each other 30 times during the ________ . I can’t forget that night.”
1.A. refused B. ordered C. decided D. happened
2.A. tickets B. cards C. passes D. money
3.A. rode B. ran C. cried D. walked
4.A. book B. sign C. magazine D. photo
5.A. And B. But C. Or D. So
6.A. afford B. offer C. keep D. hold
7.A. stopped B. asked C. invited D. beat
8.A. over B. in C. through D. out
9.A. Cheap B. Free C. Terrible D. Expensive
10.A. agreed B. examined C. explained D. appeared
11.A. delayed B. won C. missed D. lost
12.A. record B. time C. rule D. point
13.A. sell B. lend C. tear D. make
14.A. boring B. interesting C. smart D. anxious
15.A. give up B. care for C. think of D. belong to
16.A. very B. really C. well D. nearly
17.A. ability B. right C. dream D. chance
18.A. unpleasant B. unforgettable C. disappointing D. funny
19.A. hating B. remembering C. discussing D. playing
20.A. visit B. walk C. tour D. game
