Skin - diving(潜泳) is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon. When you are under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks because you are no longer heavy .Here, under water, everything is blue and green. During the day, there is plenty of light. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands.When you have tanks (罐) of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.
To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides, there are more uses for skin - diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea.
Now you see that skin -diving is both useful and interesting.
1.Skin- diving is a new sport. It can take you to________.
A. the moon B. a new world of land
C. the mountains D. deep water
2. In deep water________.
A. there is plenty of light
B. there is no light at all
C. you can find a lot of blue fish
D. everything looks blue and green
3.You can climb big rocks under water easily because________.
A. you are very heavy
B. you are as heavy as on the land
C. you are not as heavy as on the land
D. you have no weight at all
4.With tanks of air on your back, you can________.
A. catch fish very easily
B. stay under water for a long time
C. climb big rocks
D. have more fun
Doctor and Robber
One night about nine o'clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon (外科医生), had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun. The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls. It was 60 miles away. And it was snowing heavily in the city. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o'clock.A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow.
It was after two o'clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls.Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before.The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands.
"MR. Cunningham," said Dr. Haydon to the man, "This is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who came all the way from Albany to save your boy."
1.Dr. Haydon asked Dr. Eyck to come to Clens Falls because________.
A. the boy wounded by a shot was Dr. Eyck' patient
B. the boy needed his help
C. Dr. Haydon was not a surgeon
D. Dr. Eyck was his assistant
2.The surgeon was late because________.
A. he was stopped by a beggar
B. the weather was rather terrible
C. Clens Falls was far away from Albany
D. His car was taken away
3.Choose the right order of the events given in the story.
a. Dr. Eyck was asked to come to the hospital in Clens Falls.
b. Dr. Eyck arrived at the hospital.
c. The boy shot himself.
d. The boy died.
e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital.
f. Dr. Eyck was robbed (抢劫) of his car.
A. c, e, f, a, b, d B. a, c, f, d, b, e
C. c, a, f, e, d, b D. a, c, f, e, d, b
4. The boy died because________.
A. he was too far away from hospital
B. Dr. Haydon didn't do anything to save him
C. Dr. Eyck was not able to arrive at the hospital in time
D. something was wrong with Dr. Eyck's car
5.Who should be responsible for (对……负责) the boy's death
A. The boy's father. B. The hospital.
C. Dr. Eyck. D. Dr. Haydon.
书面表达
高三学生面临着沉重的学习压力，很多学生利用课间十分钟的休息时间学习,实际上没有什么效果。假如你是新华中学高三年级的学生李越，就此现象给中学生英语报写封信，发表自己的看法。信的内容须包括以下要点：
1.十分钟的课间休息很有必要（说明理由）；
2.你是怎样利用这十分钟的。
注意：1.词数100左右； 2.信的开头已经给出（不计入总数）。
Dear editor,
I’m a Senior 3 student from Xinhua Middle School.
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短文改错
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：把多余的词用斜钱（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，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．只充许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Once there lived a man who was such lazy that no job was fit him. In order to make a living he went to the neighbor of his for help one day. The neighbor advised to him to be a grave caretaker as it is the easiest job one could find. The lazy man was delighting and soon became a grave caretaker. And to everybody’s surprise he gave up his job three days before he got it. “It’s unfair.” He said to the neighbor angry. “In the grave all the others are lying still when I am the only one who has to stand.”
语法填空
Street art is a very popular form of art that is spreading quickly all over the world．You can find 1. on buildings，sidewalks and street signs．Now even art museums and galleries 2. (collect) the works of street artists．
People often have 3. opinions about street art．Some think it is a kind of destruction and 4. think it is a very beautiful new form of culture．
In the street art world，graffiti (涂鸦) can be the 5. (popular)．It began in New York in the 1960s．First some young people painted words and images on the walls．They found the paintings could show their 6. (disagree) against society．Later，this colorful，energetic style of writing became known 7. graffiti．
Street artists do this for a reason．Some of them think they are closer to the people，while others try to express their 8. (politics) opinions．
In today’s world，the Internet has a big influence 9. street art．Artists can show their pictures to audiences all over the world．10. street art movement lives with the energy and life of cities．It will continue to change and grow．
完形填空
I was 17 when I walked into Carley’s bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at___________ on the shelves, the shop owner asked if I’d like ___________ . I needed to start ___________ for college, so I said yes. I worked after school, and the job helped ___________ my yearly tuition. I would work many other jobs: making coffee in the Students Union; a hotel maid and ___________ making maps for a company. But selling books was one of the most ___________ .
One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything ___________ and found other books we could order. She left the store less ___________ . I’ve always remembered the ___________ I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a ___________ in Los Angles, I heard about an immigrant child born ___________ his fingers connected. His family couldn’t afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ___________ , hiding his hand in his pocket.
I ___________ my boss to let me do the story. After the story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the ___________ for free.
I visited the boy soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his ___________ hand and said, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of ___________ .
In the past, while I was ___________ , I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the ___________ . Fox pays my salary, ___________ I feel as if I work for the ___________ , helping them make sense of the world.
1.A．maps B．articles C．reports D．titles
2.A．a book B．some tea C．a job D．any help
3.A．planning B．saving C．preparing D．studying
4.A．pay for B．fit for C．run for D．enter for
5.A．so B．yet C．even D．still
6.A．boring B．satisfying C．surprising D．disappointing
7.A．in need B．in all C．in order D．in store
8.A．worried B．satisfied C．interested D．puzzled
9.A．surprise B．failure C．regret D．pride
10.A．doctor B．TV reporter C．bookseller D．store owner
11.A．with B．in C．by D．for
12.A．horror B．honor C．shame D．danger
13.A．advised B．persuaded C．forced D．permitted
14.A．action B．program C．treatment D．operation
15.A．repaired B．connected C．injured D．improved
16.A．humor B．interest C．pleasure D．excitement
17.A．at the TV station B．in the Students Union
C．at the US Forest Service D．at Carley’s bookstore
18.A．opposite B．same C．different D．right
19.A．so B．and C．but D．because
20.A．viewers B．readers C．customers D．passengers
