Like many little school girls, Savannah Hart was given the chance to take home her class “pet” — in this case, a sweetly tattered(破烂的) toy monkey named Harriet.
What happened next could be the subject of a children’s storybook: the 5-year-old from Australia took Harriet on a summer trip to Buckingham Palace when things went wrong.
While visiting Queen Elizabeth’s home, the little girl misplaced the toy, and her family assumed(假定) that Harriet would be forever stuck at the bottom of the palace’s lost property collection. But after a teacher at Savannah’s school, Woodside Preschool in Australia, wrote a letter to the Queen to see if the well-worn Harriet could be located, determined palace employees set to work to find it.
Helped by the letter and photos taken during the monkey’s tour around the U.K. with Savannah’s family, Harriet was found and returned to Savannah. But Harriet didn’t come back alone on the 9,000-mile journey from London to Australia — the monkey was also accompanied by Rex, a stuffed corgi dog sent from the palace.
Before leaving the U.K., Harriet even spent some time helping out with palace tours and was given the royal treatment.
“We aim to give every visitor to Buckingham Palace a memorable experience, and after we had found Harriet the monkey near the Family Pavilion(亭，阁), she spent some time helping out the Visitor Services team before heading home,” said a spokesperson for the Royal Collection, which runs the visitor experience at Buckingham Palace over the summer. “We hope Harriet enjoyed telling Rex the corgi dog about her adventures on the journey back to Australia.”
1.According to the text, what can be learned about Harriet?
A.Harriet is Savannah’s home pet.
B.Harriet is a sweetly tattered toy dog.
C.Harriet has been to the U.K..
D.Harriet has a teacher named Woodside.
2.Who helped Savannah find her lost toy?
A.A teacher and her family B.A teacher and the palace employees
C.Her family and the Queen D.All of them.
3.What is the right order of the events?
a. Savannah’s teacher wrote a letter to ask for help.
b. Savannah took Harriet on a summer trip to Buckingham Palace.
c. The palace employees set to work to find Harriet.
d. Harriet was given the royal treatment and came back with Rex.
e. Savannah misplaced Harriet and her family thought it would be never seen.
A.beacd B.daecb
C.dceba D.adcbe
4.What can be inferred from the passage?
A.Harriet spent some time helping out the Visitor Services team
B.Harriet took Rex back together with him and enjoyed telling him stories.
C.Whoever visits Buckingham Palace will have a memorable experience.
D.The Buckingham Palace employees aim to provide visitors with good service.
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1.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.Two German engineers developed ZenCooler because of the hot weather.
B.The new device ZenCooler is smaller than a lunchbox.
C.Simply filled with water, ZenCooler can work powerfully.
D.You only can buy the device from ZenCooler’s official website.
2.How much would you spend buying a unit of ZenCooler now?
A.$200 B.$89
C.$49 D.$138
3.Where can you find this article?
A.In a magazine B.In a newspaper
C.In a guidebook D.On a website
Justin knew there was only one way out of his neighborhood—basketball. So he _______ hard, running with the ball like the _______ dogs were chasing (追逐)him. He could defeat any of the guys at the _______， and he saw his way out and he ran for it.
One day when Justin was playing basketball，he _______ his right knee badly. The doctor said he might never play _______. Justin was extremely sad. Every day Justin just _______ in bed，watching TV and eating potato chips. When he _______ like a balloon，his sister came home from the university on holiday，bringing exciting _______ of a faraway land called college.
Justin was _______ by the dorm stories and campus(校园)________ that she told，but he could ________ believe any of them. It was as if she were telling him about some ________ land high above the clouds.
Justin was a pretty ________ guy, but his sister had a way of ________ him to do things that nobody else could. So while she was home during the ________， they studied together, and they talked，and they worked, and Justin felt ________ than he ever had before.
After spending those ________ with his sister，Justin realized that he didn’t want to feel bad for himself any more, and he didn’t want to quit. Basketball ________ be his thing, but now there was only ________. Using the study skills Justin had acquired from his sister, he scored ________ in every exam. The university that he applied to accepted him.
1.A.hit B.studied C.practised D.breathed
2.A.pet B.guide C.cute D.wild
3.A.top B.court C.back D.beginning
4.A.injured B.hugged C.bent D.raised
5.A.alone B.again C.around D.well
6.A.played B.lay C.jumped D.trained
7.A.stayed up B.looked up C.grew up D.blew up
8.A.tales B.challenges C.discoveries D.possibilities
9.A.amazed B.satisfied C.annoyed D.scared
10.A.stress B.canteens C.craziness D.networks
11.A.firmly B.honestly C.really D.hardly
12.A.foreign B.rich C.fantasy D.freedom
13.A.lazy B.stubborn C.regular D.wise
14.A.getting B.promising C.permitting D.warning
15.A.duty B.trial C.break D.strike
16.A.weaker B.healthier C.worse D.better
17.A.years B.hours C.decades D.weeks
18.A.used to B.ought to C.had to D.got to
19.A.vacation B.victory C.school D.strength
20.A.much B.high C.little D.low
Scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa studied a huge area in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean known as the Clarion－Clipperton Zone，or CCZ to find and study new sea species.
Diva Amon，a researcher at the University says usually deep sea biologists think there is not a lot living in the deep sea.
“But we found that actually there is quite a lot living there，and so that was really exciting. . . ” she says.
The group is studying the area because the CCZ，a huge and flat area of seabed，is known to have valuable minerals. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is allowing the company UK Seabed Resources Ltd. to explore the area on the Pacific Ocean floor for mining. However，the ISA said the company must first complete a biological study of the area before it can begin mining for metals. So，the company employed Amon and her group.
Amon says that more than half of the animals they collected were completely new to science. Her group discovered not only new species，but new genera (动植物的属) of animals.
Biological oceanographer Paul Snelgrove says that finding new species in the deep ocean is common. But，he said，finding a new genus “is really great”.
Amon warns that if mining happens across the whole area，the ecosystem would be largely destroyed. But，she says，we will find the least damaging way to make mining possible.
“There is a sort of scientific push to try and slow things down a bit so that the science can be done before. . . so it can be done with the least influence possible. . . ” she says.
“It’s likely we are going to develop at least some parts of these deep ocean environments and do it in a way that’s going to minimize (最小化) our influence，”says Paul.
1.What did scientists try to find out in the CCZ?
A.Whether there is life.
B.Whether there are valuable minerals.
C.What sea life exists there.
D.What metals lie under the sea floor.
2.What does Paul say about finding new sea species?
A.It’s something unusual.
B.It’s nothing to be surprised at.
C.It has a far－reaching effect on science.
D.It proves common species will change.
3.What is Amon’s attitude towards mining the CCZ?
A.Careful. B.Doubtful.
C.Unsupportive. D.Uninterested.
4.What does the underlined word “it” in the text refer to?
A.Mining.
B.A scientific push.
C.Finding the least damaging way.
D.Developing the ocean environments.
单词拼写
1.The movie was one of the most ________ (令人害怕的) I’ve ever seen.
2.The captain sailed his ship through the narrow ________ (航道).
3.________ (插入) our fingers between the layers and press them apart.
4.Besides，we are just students，and we have no ________ (收入) of our own.
5.The government feared the strike might produce a ________ (一连串) of reaction in other industries.
书面表达
假设你是李华。你的美国笔友Susan要在暑假来中国桂林参加一个文化交流活动。 她想提前了解一下这座城市的相关情况，写信向你询问，请根据以下提示信息，给她回一封信。
自然情况 | 位于中国的南部，气候温和，风景优美 |
景点 | 四面环水，七星公园，漓江，象鼻山等 |
美食 | 桂林米粉，辣椒酱 |
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注意： 1. 词数100左右，开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总数；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 参考词汇 象鼻山 Elephant Trunk Hill chilli sauce
Dear Susan,
I’m glad that you are coming to Guilin for an exchange program during the summer holiday.
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Yours
Li Hua
