Ten years ago I used to be very fit. I rode a bike to work and I got a lot of exercise at weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I didn’t earn very much. I had a job in an office. It wasn’t a very good job but I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed doing.
Then, about eight years ago, I got a much better job. The pay was better, but the hours were a lot longer. I bought a car and drove to work every day. I began to take people out to lunch. And I began to put on weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and going for long walks at weekends because I just didn’t have any time for things like that any more.
There’s a lot of stress(压力) in my job. Perhaps that’s why I started drinking more than I used to. For example, I used to have only half a glass of whisky when I got home, but then I started filling my glass to the top, and instead of having one glass, I would have several. I started smoking a lot, too. I never used to smoke at all.
Two months ago I had a heart attack. At first I just couldn’t believe it. Luckily it wasn’t very serious. The doctor advised me to stop smoking and to eat less. He also advised me to work less and get more exercise. But I just haven’t any time! My job takes everything out of me!
Sometimes I wonder if I should get another job. Perhaps I could do something as I used to. But if I do that, I won’t earn as much. I have a family to support. I have to think of them, too. I just don’t know what I should do. What do you think?
1.The writer’s health is becoming worse mainly because ________.
A. he is very fond of his job
B. he likes drinking and smoking
C. he doesn’t care about his health
D. his work makes him feel stressful
2.According to the passage, when the author got the better job, which of the following is NOT true?
A. He got higher pay.
B. His working hours weren’t long.
C. He found it very stressful.
D. He had little free time at weekends.
3.What can we learn about the author?
A. The author is not sure what he should do now.
B. The author has taken the doctor’s advice already.
C. The author has got another new job.
D. The author feels much better now.
Captain James Cook was a great explorer. Before he started exploring, maps of the Pacific Ocean were almost empty. He visited hundreds of islands across the Pacific Ocean and put them in the correct places on the map. He made maps of the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand. James Cook was born in England in 1728. His parents were poor farm workers. When James was 18, he found a job on a coastal ship. He worked on the ship until he was 27 years old, and then he joined the navy. He fought in Canada in a war against France, and he mapped some of the eastern coasts of Canada. In 1768 King George made him Captain of a ship and sent him to the Pacific. He was gone for nearly three years. When he returned, he was regarded as a national hero.
He started his third voyage in 1776. On this trip he visited Hawaii. He was the first European to set foot on this beautiful island. Then he mapped the western coast of North America. After that he returned to Hawaii. Unfortunately there was some trouble between the Hawaiians and the white men and they started fighting. In the end Captain was killed in a clash with the local.
1.He started exploring when _______.
A. he worked on a coastal ship
B. he was 18 years old
C. he was sent to the Pacific
D. he served in the navy
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. He made the first maps of the Pacific Ocean.
B. He went on three long important voyages in his life.
C. He was the first English man to reach Hawaii.
D. He was respected by his people.
3.He was considered a national hero because of _______.
A. his experience in Canada
B. his being the first European to visit Hawaii
C. his heroic death
D. his devotion to exploring on the Pacific Ocean
4. Captain Cook was killed in _______.
A. his return to England
B. a starting trip to Hawaii
C. exploring Canada
D. a fight with the local people
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 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. When crops are green, locusts look green. But when crops are ripe, 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 them. Bears, wolves and other beasts move quietly through forests. They are usually invisible(can’t be seen) to the eyes of hunters, because they have the colour much like the bark（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 up to now though it is not powerful at all.
1. This passage mainly talks about _______.
A. the change of colour in locusts
B. animals or pests can dye（染色）themselves different colours
C. how a certain sea fish protects itself
D. the protective colour of animals and pests
2. Locusts are pests but they aren’t easily wiped out by their enemies because _______.
A. they change colors with the crops
B. they are dangerous to their enemies
C. they fly very fast
D. they are powerful enough
3.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
4.A certain fish living in seas has lived through millions of year because _______.
A. it is the most powerful in the sea
B. no other fishes can swim as fast as it can
C. it can send out a kind of liquid which makes its enemies unable to find it
D. the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies
The time may soon come when we say goodbye to most of the world’s languages. Today humans express themselves in over 6,000 different languages. But that is quickly changing. Many scientists say that over half of these languages will disappear within the next 50 years. After 100 years, the languages used in the world will not be more than 20.
Why? It is because people from different cultures live and work together much more often than before. This brings changes. The languages of the world’s main culture are replacing the languages of the smaller cultures. Most international trade takes place in world languages such as English. People respect their own cultures and traditions, but when it comes to getting a job, knowing a world language is often necessary. It may mean the difference between success and failure.
Technology works on the change of languages in an even more amazing way. Modern media such as radio and television give young people in developing countries much knowledge about the world. But this knowledge doesn’t come in words from the mouths of their parents or the elders in their neighborhood. It usually comes in the language of a different culture.
People in different cultures think it good for them to share a popular language. They can quickly share ideas and work together. Knowing the same language means easier communication and is a basis for trust.
Is the death of a small local language such a terrible thing? The answer is maybe. Many cultures may have words for many useful things we know nothing about. If their languages die, their valuable wisdom may be lost forever. The future of the world’s language depends on our actions now. Will we protect endangered languages or allow them to quietly disappear?
Time will have the last word.
1.Scientists say that within 50 years, perhaps, there will be only _______languages in the world.
A. around 3,000 B. over 3,000
C. 6,000 D. less than 20
2. In “the languages of the world’s main cultures are replacing the languages of the smaller cultures.” the underlined word “replace” means “_______”.
A. to put something back into a correct place
B. to find good place for something
C. to take the place of something.
D. to decide how important something is
3.The passage says that if all the people in the world knew a popular world language, _______.
A. it would be easier for them to share their ideas
B. people would have no trouble in learning language
C. lessons at schools would be taught in the language
D. people would respect their own culture more
4.According to the passage, if nobody spoke the languages of smaller cultures, _______.
A. many of the words for things we do not know would be lost
B. knowledge would come from the mouths of the elders
C. people would have difficulty in working together
D. there would be no smaller cultures
书面表达
目前，越来越多的中学生利用周末上各种各样的培训班或请家教。对于这一现象，存在两种不同观点：
有些人认为有必要 | 另一些人认为没有必要 |
①跟老师学比自己学好 ②可以巩固课堂所学内容 ③可以学到很多的东西 | ① 容易养成依赖习惯 ② 学生需要时间休息 ③ 许多培训班和家教以赢利为目的 |
请根据以上提示，以Is a Traing Class or Family Teacher Necessary?为题，写一篇120词左右的短文，反映表中内容，并简要阐述自己的观点。文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。
要求：层次清晰，语言连贯流畅；表达灵活，不要逐字逐句翻译。
Is a Traing Class or Family Teacher Necessary?
More and more middle school students are going to all kinds of training classes or having family teachers at the weekend. There are two different viewpoints about it...
短文改错
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(＼）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。
Dear Mary,
I receive your E-mail just now. Don’t worry about me. I was getting on well with my research work in the lab. To my greatly surprise, you say you will give up learn English. The reason is because you have not done well in it recently and you have lost interests. I’m afraid that I can’t agree with you. I know it is difficulty to learn English, yet English is widely used in the world today. It will be important tool in our future work. Beside, it is becoming more and more important in our daily life. The more harder you study, the more successful you will be. Do remember that where there is a will, there is a way. I’ m looking forward to hearing good news from you.
Yours,
Li Hua
