Have you wondered why different animals or pests have their particular colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Birds, especially seagulls（海鸥） are very fond of locusts（蝗虫）, but birds can’t easily catch locusts because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colour of crops（庄稼）. When crops are green, locusts look green. But when crops are ripe（成熟的）, locusts take on exactly the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are usually easily found and eaten by their enemies. So they have to hide themselves in terror for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life in any part of the world, you will find the main use of colouring is to protect themselves, bears, wolves and other beasts move quietly through forests. They are usually invisible to the eyes of hunters, because they have the colour much like the barks(树皮) of trees.
An even more strange act remains to be noticed. A kind of fish living in seas can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid is over, its enemies cannot find it, and it quickly swims away. Thus,it has existed（存活）up to now though it is not powerful at all.
1.This passage mainly talks about ______.
A. the change of colour in locusts
B. the protective colouration of animals and pests
C. how a certain sea fish protects itself
D. animals or pests can dye themselves different colours
2.The pests that have different colours from plants usually appear at night because ______.
A. their enemies can easily find them and eat them
B. they have the habit of coming out in darkness
C. it’s easy for them to destroy plants in darkness
D. birds take their rests when night comes
3.What does the word “invisible” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Can’t be seen B. Can be seen
C. Can’t move D. Can’t change
Miang
My name is Miang，I come from Thailand. I would like to tell you about my favorite holiday，which is Chinese Spring Festival，taking place in January or February every year. My family is Chinese，and we celebrate this day all together，too. My aunt prepares some traditional Chinese dishes，such as duck ，chicken，fish，pork and so on. We will have a get-together to enjoy all these delicious food，especially a kind of food—“dumplings”．
Janine
My favorite holiday is Christmas. On Christmas，we dance，play music and sing. We have great fun on that day. We eat Christmas sweets and many special foods. We decorate our house with colorful lights. I love Christmas mainly because it is Jesus' birthday!
Zhenia
My favorite holiday is New Year. We celebrate the New Year on the 31st of December. Father Frost comes with his granddaughter Snegoorochka on this night. He comes at night and puts his presents under the New Year Tree. We have a party and stay up until midnight to see the New Year in and the Old Year off. We cook tasty food for parties.
Pat
My name is Pat，and I am from Thailand. My favorite holiday is Songkran. It is a Thai New Year celebration. It takes place from the 13th to 15th of April. People pour water on each other on this holiday. It is a lot of fun. People also buy new clothes and they have big parties.
Malena
I am Malena，and I'm from Argentina. My favorite holiday is New Year. We celebrate with fireworks at midnight. I go to Punta del Este with my family. We usually eat Arabian food(kibbe，Lajmayin and so on)．
1.On Chinese New Year's Day，Miang's aunt may cook all of the following EXCEPT________.
A．duck B．dumplings
C．Lajmayin D．pork
2.We can infer that Father Frost and Snegoorochka most probably are________.
A．presentsellers B．Zhenia's relatives
C．characters in tales D．father and daughter
3.What's the topic of this passage?
A．An unforgettable day.
B．My favorite holiday.
C．Holidays in the world.
D．Food on New Year.
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,
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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.”
