[素材选自English in Mind Book 3]
奇怪的生物
In my hometown there is a beautiful lake. It's in the middle of the mountains and the water is freezing. People don't go there very often. It's only on hot summer days that brave people go for a quick swim there because they believe that it's dangerous to swim there.
The story goes that one day some fishermen were fishing on the lake. When they pulled up their net, they saw they had caught a creature which looked like a person. They were terrified, and tried to kill it. But just then, a heavy thunderstorm began. The men disappeared, but their boat was found a few days later.
To be honest, I don't believe a single word of the story. But recently someone said he had seen the strange creature. He even showed a photo of it. Not surprisingly, the picture was so dark that it didn't show anything. On the Internet someone says the creature came from another planet and the police know this, but deny it because they don't want to frighten people.
Does the world really exist this kind of creature? Maybe only scientists can tell us the truth in the future. What we should do is to believe the science.
Word Bank
creature生物 terrified害怕的
1.When do people go swimming in the lake?
A.In spring. B.In summer. C.In autumn. D.In winter.
2.Why do people swim only for a short time in the lake?
A.Because the lake is dirty. B.Because the water is cold.
C.Because the lake is dangerous. D.Because swimming there isn't allowed.
3.What can we see in the picture?
A.Nothing. B.The creature. C.The lake. D.The fishermen.
4.What does the underlined word “deny” mean in Chinese?
A.接受 B.否认 C.怀疑 D.扣留
5.What's the passage mainly about?
A.Some fishermen. B.An interesting story.
C.The writer's hometown. D.A strange creature.
Like many high school graduates, Maggie Doyne didn't go straight to college. She decided to travel and arrived in western Nepal in 2006. A war had just ended there and left many children living on the streets. They were often forced to work at hard physical jobs for little money.
One day, while walking down a country road, Doyne saw a little girl breaking up rocks. She soon learned that 7yearold Hima sold the rocks to support her family. With deep sadness, she decided to pay Hima's tuition for school. Encouraged by the changes in the child, Doyne thought，“If we can help one child, why not？”
Doyne felt that the street children's greatest need was a home. She found a piece of land for sale and bought it with $5，000 she saved from years of babysitting. In 2008 the Kopila Valley Children's Home was set up. With the help from the community, another goal was reached in 2010—the Kopila Valley School. Over 350 children now attend the school and over 50 live in the home.
Today, Doyne lives in the home and is “mum” to the kids.
1.When did Maggie Doyne travel to western Nepal?
A.In 2006. B.In 2007. C.In 2008. D.In 2010.
2.The children in Nepal lived on the streets because of ________．
A.rocks B.the war C.bad health D.poverty
3.Why did Hima break up the rocks?
A.To do physical exercise.
B.To build a new school.
C.To get money for her family.
D.To repair the country road.
4.What can we learn from Paragraph 3?
A.The street children once worked as babysitters.
B.Doyne got some support from the community.
C.Doyne borrowed much money from the government.
D.Over 5，000 children attended the Kopila Valley School.
5.What is the best title for the text?
A.Maggie Doyne—A Lonely Traveller
B.War in Western Nepal
C.Maggie Doyne—Mum to More Than 50
D.A Girl Lived on Her Own
自我保护是青少年需要掌握的重要技能。请以“How to protect myself”为题，谈谈你在生活中怎样进行自我保护，并根据以下要点和要求写一篇英语短文。
1. 要点：1)面对危险如何自救；
2)如何预防受骗或侵害；
3)如何避免生活中的意外，等等。
2. 要求：1)文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
2)词数100左右。
How to protect myself
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you know anything about the Sunset Run? It is a charity run in the United States. 1. fact, it was set up by two American girls. They started it last year. They are seventhgraders Samantha Sanford and Catie Swansiger from Virginia. The girls know that some people 2. like to get up early and run in the morning. So they started to run at sunset. Organizing a charity run needs a lot of work. Their mothers helped 3. raise money and find a place to run and give out fliers. Finally, the girls and their moms made enough Tshirts and prizes for the runners. The charity run 4. a big success. More 5. 100 runners ran for about 3, 800 meters. The girls finally raised $2，500 (16，670 yuan) for a hospital.
Six children were in hospital. They were very ill, but the _________ didn't know what to do. So they called Dr. Besser, an expert on _________ illnesses. Dr. Besser just knew what to do.
First, Dr. Besser needed to find the _________ of the illness. He used a microscope （显微镜） to look for bacteria （细菌） in the children's bodies. Dr. Besser found that _________ the children had a strain （株） of the bacteria E. coli （大肠杆菌）. Then he looked at the bacteria's DNA. The DNA _________ that this strain of E. coli was dangerous to humans.
Dr. Besser knew E. coli could _________ from animals to humans. The children had _________ touched animals that carried the bacteria. He found other E. coli cases in the _________ where the children lived. But it wasn't enough.
Dr. Besser then made a list of _________ the sick children had eaten. They had cheese , apple juice and fish. He then made a list of the food and drinks the ____________ children in the area had, and compared his lists. They had the cheese and fish, but not the ____________ juice.
Dr. Besser went to where the apple juice was made. He saw that there were animals__________the apple trees, and he saw the workers using __________apples that had fallen on the ground. More importantly, he saw that the apples were not washed__________ the juice was made, and that the juice was not heated. Doing these things would __________the bacteria. Dr. Besser then knew it was the apple juice that made the children sick.
Dr. Besser's E. coli case had a happy ending. The children got better. And what Besser learned that day now helps keep others safe.
1.A.workers B.drivers C.doctors D.teachers
2.A.strange B.common C.normal D.simple
3.A.result B.patient C.history D.cause
4.A.both B.all C.none D.neither
5.A.called B.directed C.showed D.asked
6.A.add B.learn C.move D.serve
7.A.luckily B.possibly C.truly D.clearly
8.A.class B.ground C.area D.floor
9.A.what B.why C.how D.where
10.A.sick B.happy C.strong D.healthy
11.A.orange B.apple C.grape D.pear
12.A.from B.around C.on D.about
13.A.delicious B.fresh C.tasty D.dirty
14.A.before B.after C.because D.if
15.A.keep B.develop C.kill D.improve
Last year, I worked in a middle school near my mother's house, and I stayed with her for a month. During that time, I helped her do some housework and buy some _____.
After the first week, I noticed that the food was eaten up very _____. Then I began keeping an eye on my mom. To my _____, I found that she would put some of the food into a paper bag and go out with it at about nine every morning. And finally, I decided to _____ her. I saw her taking the food to the street _____. She would also _____ a lot of time talking and playing with them.
One day, I talked to a neighbor and found out that my mum was _____ in the area. The children were very friendly to her and even thought of her as _____ own mother. Then it hit me—why wouldn't she want to tell me about it? Was she worried that I would stop buying food _____ I found it out?
When my mum got home, I gave her a big hug. I told her she didn't need to keep it a _____ to me. _____ she told me something about the children. Some of them lived with an old lady in a small house. Others _____ on the street. For years, she was helping the poor street children by giving them food. After she told me everything, I was so _____ by how selfless (无私的) she was. She helped others in need. As her son, I was so _____ of my mum.
I _____ to buy food for my mum after that. But I always added one more bag for her other children.
1.A.drinks B.clothes C.food D.fruit
2.A.easily B.comfortably C.slowly D.quickly
3.A.surprise B.joy C.happiness D.sadness
4.A.see B.call C.follow D.catch
5.A.pupils B.children C.dogs D.villagers
6.A.take B.pay C.cost D.spend
7.A.bored B.well-known C.interested D.relaxed
8.A.their B.his C.her D.your
9.A.although B.unless C.if D.before
10.A.secret B.challenge C.joke D.present
11.A.But B.Although C.And D.Or
12.A.played B.ran C.cried D.slept
13.A.angry B.moved C.disappointed D.worried
14.A.sorry B.tired C.afraid D.proud
15.A.stopped B.refused C.continued D.hated
