It was a hot, humid day, and my brother Walt and I had decided that the only way to survive it would be to go swimming in a deep swimming hole across Mr. Blickez’s pasture(牧场) and through some woods．
The only problem with our plan was that this pasture was guarded by a huge, mean Hereford bull．Mr. Blickez had told us that Elsie was the meanest bull in the township, maybe even the county, and we believed him．But the hotter it got, the more we thought there was something fishy about his claim．For one thing, we remembered Mr. Blickez liked telling tall tales; for another, Elsie seemed like an odd name for a bull．
Finally, I talked Mom into asking permission for us to walk through the pasture, but then another problem surfaced．Mom said she would talk to Mr. Blickez if we would take our cousin Joanie along with us. Joanie was almost two years older than me and a head taller. If her teasing ever got around my grade school, it would be all over for me．In fact, I still had a headache from a quarrel with her that morning．“I’m not going swimming with that dumb girl cousin.” I told my mom．
“Either Joanie goes with, or you stay home alone,” Mom said in her serious tone. I gave in and we set out．On our way across the pasture, Walt yelled suddenly．Elsie had approached him quietly and was licking(舔) his back．Joanie and I dove under the wire fence, but while I was on the ground I looked up and saw that Elsie wasn’t a big mean bull after all. She was going to keep licking my brother’s back as long as he stood still．
We had many good days growing up and visiting our secret swimming hole guarded by the so-called “big mean bull”．And as it turned out, for a girl cousin, Joanie hasn’t been too bad．She’s been one of my best friends over the years．
1.What’s the meaning of the underline word “fishy” in Paragraph 2?
A．Funny．
B．Interesting．
C．Doubtful．
D．Believable．
2.What’s the second problem the author has to face?
A．His mother insisted on his cousin going with him．
B．His cousin made jokes on him in his grade school．
C．He quarreled with his cousin and had a headache．
D．His mother failed to ask permission for him．
3.What does the author think of Elsie in the end?
A．Aggressive．
B．Unkind．
C．Bad-tempered．
D．Friendly．
4.What’s the passage mainly about?
A．The bull guarding Mr. Blickez’s farm．
B．The story of visiting the swimming hole．
C．How friendly the so-called mean bull was．
D．How the author changed his attitude to Joanie．
Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.
Born in September, 1897, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies' two daughters. Along with nine other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Sévigné in Paris.
Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities(设备) to help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgium. Her services were recognized in the form of a Military’s Medal by the French government.
In 1918, Irene became her mother's assistant at the Curie Institute. In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love and were married in 1926. Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.
Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia(白血病) because of her work with radioactivity(辐射能). Irene Joliot Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956.
1.Why was Irene Curie awarded a Military Medal?
A．Because she received a degree in mathematics.
B．Because she contributed to saving the wounded.
C．Because she won the Nobel Prize with Frederic.
D．Because she worked as a helper to her mother.
2.Where did Irene Curie meet her husband Frederic Joliot?
A．At the Curie Institute.
B．At the University of Paris.
C．At a military hospital.
D．At the College of Sévigné.
3. In which of the following aspects was Irene Curie different from her mother?
A．Irene worked with radioactivity.
B．Irene combined family and career.
C．Irene won the Nobel Prize once.
D．Irene died from leukemia.
书面表达
假如你是高中生李华。因担心同学们浏览不健康的网站，学校关闭了电脑教室的上网功能，同学们感到很郁闷。请你用英语给校长写一封建议信。内容包括：
1. 无法上网给学生带来的不便；
2. 网络的必要性（帮助解决学习难题、获取最新消息……）
3. 就老师的担心发表你的看法。
注意：
1. 词数不少于100词；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear headmaster,
I’m writing to request you to allow us to surf the Internet in the computer classroom._______________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
单词拼写
1.The government is _________(呼吁）to people to protect the environment.
2.You should be________(谨慎）about what you say in public.
3.Don’t________ （打断）your parents when they are talking.
4.________ (粗略地)speaking, girls make up 40 percent of the students in our school.
5.To our ________ (欣慰), our son returned home, safe.
6.Doing exercise is b________ to our health.
7.Your sweater is i________ to mine in style.
8.He was s________ of stealing the money, so he was very upset.
9.Patients’ medical records are strictly c________ in the hospital.
10.I don’t want to be i________ in their quarrel.
阅读表达
阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题。
Speedy eaters are three times more likely to be too fat, a problem which is made even worse by the popularity of fast food and the decrease of regular dining habits, some Japanese researchers said on Wednesday.
The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, pay special attention to how eating styles, and not just what or how much is eaten, can affect an obesity epidemic(肥胖流行病) that is becoming more and more severe because of the speed of the Western-style diet in many parts of the world.
The World Health Organization considers around 400 million people in the world as too fat, 20 million of whom are under the age of five. The researchers are concerned that the condition raises the risk of diseases like type 2 diabetes (糖尿病) and heart problems.
For their study, Hiroyasu Iso and the team at Osaka University asked more than 3000 Japanese volunteers (志愿者) who are 30 to 69 years old about their eating. About half of the men and a little more than half of the women said they ate until full. About 45 percent of the men and 36 percent of the women said they ate quickly.
Those who said they ate until full and ate quickly were three times more likely to be fat than people in the “not eating until full and not eating quickly” group, the researchers found.
They believe that the main causes are both the popularity of eating cheap fast food and bad habits such as watching television while eating.
To fight against the bad effect of eating quickly and being too full that can lead to obesity, parents should encourage children to eat slowly and in calm environments, the study suggested.
1.What did the researchers pay special attention to in the study? (No more than 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
2.Please explain the underlined word “severe” in English. (No more than 3 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
3.What are the researchers concerned? (No more than 15 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
4.What should parents do to help children fight against obesity？(No more than 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
5.What is the best title for the passage? (No more than 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
Great speakers are not born but made. You too can become a good orator by taking up the public speaking courses. Those who are incapable of speaking in front of the public can’ t come up in their life. The art of public speaking must be practiced by everybody who wants to reach great heights in their career. A lot of public speaking courses are available on the Internet. Choosing the best course that is right for you may be difficult but not impossible.
The basic motive of public speaking courses should be to train you to become a public speaker and improve your skills of delivering a public speech. The course should first educate you with the principles of public speaking and tell you how to overcome stress and anxiety. By overcoming fear, you will be able to deliver your presentation clearly to your audience.
A speaker can have a great influence on the audience with his body language and your public speaking course should tell you the gestures on stage that can attract the audience. Non-verbal communication also has a major role to play in delivering a speech effectively to a group. Though body language is important, the content and the natural use of words are what the audience are closely caring about. Public speaking courses should give tips in using the right words at the right time.
Even though you have prepared well, the real success of public speaking lies in the way your speech is delivered. Public speaking courses will train you to present the contents in a lively manner impressing the audience. Your presentation should be professional and stylish. You can add humor or interactive sessions (互动环节) to your presentation to gain the audience attraction.
1.If you want to become a good speaker you should______.
A. be born an excellent one
B. practise speaking in public
C. attend all kinds of courses
D. make a search on the Internet
2.From the public speaking courses you can learn______.
A. the skills of listening to a public speech
B. the rules of attending a public speech
C. the importance of your presentation
D. how to keep calm while giving a speech
3.You can draw the audience’s attention to your speech by______.
A. using non-verbal communication
B. getting rid of your fear and nervousness
C. following the public course
D. speaking in a loud voice
4.What can be used to replace the underlined word “delivering” in Para 2?
A. make. B. have. C. making. D. having.
5.Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A. What to look for in the public speaking courses.
B. Some golden rules of giving a good speech.
C. It is easy to find the speaking courses online.
D. Some useful tips of delivering a public speech.
