根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项（注：选项E在答题卡上涂AB；选项F在答题卡上涂AC；选项G在答题卡上涂AD）
Each Indian tribe had a different language.Many Indians never learned any language except their own.Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other?They had two ways to talk without sound.1.
Sign language is a way of talking by using signs.Indians used sign language when they met strangers.In this way, they could find out whether the stranger was a friend or an enemy.In the Indian sign language,signs were made with the hands.Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away.To make signals,an Indian might use a pony.2.Or he might use smoke,a mirror or fire arrows.
To signal that he had seen many animals,an Indian rode his pony in a large circle.Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide.3.
The blanket signal was visible from far away.An Indian held the comers of a blanket in his hands.Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him.4.He could also send many signals with a mirror.He usually used the mirror to warn someone of danger.Or he attempted to get the attention of a person for away.But he also used it to send messages in code.5.At night,Indians used fire arrows for signaling.
Now you can see that Indians didn't need to learn each other’s language.They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.
A.This meant that there was danger.
B.He might use a blanket.
C.Different things mean different to them.
D.One way was by sign language;the other way was signals.
E.An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.
F.But they still can make themselves understood.
G.Of course,mirrors could be used only when the sun was shining.
Eating too much fatty food,exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease.But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more.immediately:the air you breathe.
Previous studies have linked high exposure（暴露）to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problems,but two analyses now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke（中风）within as little as a few hours after exposure.In one review of the research,scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants（污染物）were up to 5% more likely to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure.A separate study of stroke patients showed that even air that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers to be of "moderate"（良好）quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure.
The authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy people and certainly modest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure.However,it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices.So stricter regulation by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public
health.
1.The text mainly discusses the relationship between .
A. heart problems and exercising B. heart problems and air quality
C. heart problems and smoking D. heart problems and fatty food
2.The underlined word “modest” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean's “ ”.
A. relatively low B. relatively high C. extremely low D. extremely high
3.The author's purpose of writing the text is most likely to .
A. persuade B. inform C. describe D. Entertain
4.What can we learn from the text?
A. Eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart.
B. The EPA conducted many studies on air quality.
C. Moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking.
D. Stricter regulations on pollutants should be made.
After her husband had gone to work,Mrs.Richards send her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.She was too excited to do any housework that morning.
In the evening she would go to a fancy dress party with her husband.She wanted to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before,she was impatient to try it on.Though the costume consisted only of a sheet,it was really splendid.After putting it on,She went downstairs to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
Just as Mrs.Richards was entering the dining-room,there was a knock on the front door.She knew it must be the baker.She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the table.Not wanting to frighten the poor man,she quickly hid in the smell store-room under the stair.She heard the front door opened and heavy footsteps in the hall.Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and in came a man.Mrs.Richards realized it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter.She tried to explain the situation,saying "It's only me." but it was too late,the man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.When Mrs.Richards walked towards him,he fled,losing the door heavily behind him.
1.The reason for Mrs.Richards' excitement that day was that .
A. she was to attend an evening party B. she had sent her children to school
C. she wouldn't do any housework that morning D. she had made a special costume the night before
2.Mrs.Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to .
A. frighten the person who was knocking on the door B. find out if she had finished the costume
C. made sure that the costume fitted her well D. receive the bread and do some cooking
3.The man who was knocking at the door was .
A. a baker B. an electricity man C. a thief D. her husband
4.What did the man do after he knocked on the front door?
A. He entered just as Mrs.Richards had told him to.
B. He did not do anything as Mrs.Richards had expected him to.
C. He went straight in so as to find Mrs.Richards.
D. He stepped directly towards the meter.
"You can have the same neighbors for years," the old man said."You love them or you think you love them.And you hope that they love you.But do you really understand them?"
"Charlie Kemp and his family lived next door to me for fifteen years.We were good friends for all that time.I enjoy friendship---I'm sure it's the best thing in the world.And friendship with the Kemps was easy because they seemed to welcome it."
"They were interesting and intelligent people;their home caught fire twice,and twice the whole family slept in my home.They were always losing things---money,keys,or watches.Pictures fell off the walls;the children fell out of beds..."
"I was their neighbor and their friend.Life was always interesting,never dull.Best of all I liked the whole family."
"One day,I lit a fire in the garden and was burning some rubbish.After a while Charlie Kempt came out of his house and walked up the road."
"Morning Charlie,"I said,"Lovely day,isn't it?"He smiled at me and nodded.I went on with my work.
"Twenty minutes later a policeman arrived.”He walked into my garden and said,“You’ll have to put out the fire.Your neighbor has complained to us.He doesn't like the smell."
"My neighbor...?"I said.
"Yes,"the policeman said.He took out his notebook and read,"Charlie Kempt.He lives next door,doesn't he?"
1.The old man found that it was very strange that .
A. they often lost things B. Charlie told the police about the fire
C. the fire burnt the whole of the Kemps' house D. Kemp smiled to him
2.How did the old man help the Kemps?
A. He let them sleep in his house after the fires. B. He found the things they lost.
C. He thought they were interesting and intelligent. D. He lent them money.
3.The story shows that .
A. friendship is the best thing in the world B. friendship with the Kemps was easy
C. friendship with the Kemps was not easy D. we never really understand our friends
Many years ago a kind farmer bought a tank（桶）of gas for a mom with two children.He didn't accept any money but just smiled and said,"Pass it on to someone else."The mom was my mother.After many years,I had a similar experience.
A few weeks ago as my husband and I were filling up our car with a coupon（优费卷）for 99 cents a gallon,I got into a long line to pay.I could see that the young man before me was having some kind of problem;I quickly realized that he had misunderstood the coupon and thought it was 99 cents to fill his small truck.
Everyone was saying,"99 cents a gallon is so cheap-they can't give the gas away." He was embarrassed and was just calling his wife when I got to the counter（柜台）.He said to his wife,“Just come here because I don't have enough money on me.”I asked the cashier（收银员）how much his was,and she told me.
I told her I would pay for it and touched the man on the arm and told him to tell his wife it had been paid for he nodded and turned back to the phone,then stopped and looked at me.“What?”I told him again,and I was so surprised to see everyone stop what they were doing to watch me as if I had just grown another head.When he asked how he could give the money back to me,I just said,"Pass it on to someone else in need!"
1.Why did the author help the young man pay for the gas?
A. She disliked waiting for a long time. B. She had learned something from the farmer.
C. She had a lot of money. D. Her husband told her to do so.
2.We can infer from the passage that .
A. the farmer in the first paragraph must be very rich.
B. the author had misunderstood the young man's trouble at first
C. the young man forgot to bring any money with him
D. one can't buy enough gas for a truck with 99 cents
3.We know from the passage that the young man .
A. paid for his gas with the help of his wife B. went to the gas station together with his wife
C. felt stupid for having mistaken the gas price D. was not allowed to use the coupon that day
4.Why did other people stare at the author when she paid for the young man's gas?
A. They didn't believe it. B. They were embarrassed.
C. The author was foolish. D. The author looked strange.
假如你是高中一年级新生李华，开学之初你的英语老师Ms Li 希望了解每位同学的英语学习情况，并征求教学建议。请按以下要点用英语给她写一封信
1.对英语学习的认识；
2.自己目前的英语水平；
3.自己在英语学习中存在的主要问题；
4.对英语教学的两点建议。
注意：1.词数：120左右
2.信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Ms Li,
I am very happy to have you as our English teacher.
Yours,
Li Hua
