假定你是李华，你校英语文学社最近在招纳新人，你打算加入。请你用英语写一封自荐信，主要内容包括：

1.自身优势；

2.平时英语学习情况介绍；

3.加入文学社后的打算。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Sir,

I’m writing to you about joining the English literature club. __________________________________________

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Li Hua

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Dick was trying to remember an experience to tell in this narrative when suddenly Dick remembered this. It’s a funny and true experience. Now when Dick thinks of it, he laughs a lot, but when it happened, he was really frightened.

Once when Dick was a child, maybe eight years old, he had a frightening experience. He was in his house with all his family. He cannot remember when it happened very well, but it was possibly at Christmas. They were going to have a big supper and he was very happy because he liked to eat a lot. Besides, he hadn’t eaten for a long time. (A long time for him may be one or two hours.) Therefore, he was starving. He became very angry, because he saw his mother and his father talking for a long time. This made him angry, because he didn’t want to wait any longer. Moreover, it was time for having supper. Weren’t they starving?

“Mother,what happened with the food?” he asked. Then she looked at him seriously and said, “You need more patience, my honey.”

“Yes,” he replied, “I see. I need to be patient. Nevertheless, I can’t be patient today, because I am starving.”

Time passed, and finally dinner was on the table. The first dish was “puchero”. Puchero is one of his favorite dishes; this dish has chicken, rice, vegetables, and pork. Also, it’s a very hot dish, so usually they need to wait at least half an hour before they start to eat. They can enjoy its taste better when it’s not so hot. Nevertheless, when he saw it on the table, he got a spoon and started to eat quickly. In a moment, his face was red, and there was a strange feeling on his tongue. He had burned it. Immediately, he shouted in pain and his mother asked him, “What is the matter?” “Mother, help me! I think my tongue is going to fall off!” he screamed hard.

注意

1. 所续写短文的词数应150左右；

2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

“Don’t worry, my child. Your father is going to take you to the hospital,” said his mother.

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Paragraph 2

“Open your mouth,” the doctor said after he’d heard his father’s words.

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I am sorry to hear that you are worried about the variety of English you have been learning.

Firstly,the differences between British and American English may surprise those1.have learned English for years.There2.(be) almost no differences in grammar and only a few differences in vocabulary.British and American people have no difficulty3.(understand) each other.They watch films and televisions from each other's countries for4.(please).

Secondly,there isn't only one British5.American English.For example,all major cities in the UK have6. (they) own dialects with different accents from each other.Sometimes these accents can be7.(hard) to understand for even a British person than some Americans.Also,there are Englishes from many other countries.People who speak these Englishes usually also manage8.(communicate) with other English speakers without any problems.

All learners need to be able to understand English spoken and written by as many people as possible and they need to be able to speak English so that as many people as possible can understand them.You should concentrate on this goal,not on9.to speak “British” or “American” English.

I hope this is10.(help).

    My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time.

Last spring I bought two newly-hatched chickens for her. She got _______ and took good care of them. _______, a few days later, both chickens died. She _______ into tears because of their death. I helped her _______ the two chickens under a tree behind our house. I thought it would be the _______ of her ideas. _______, I was wrong. Children are children _______. The failure hasn’t _______ my daughter in any way. She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail.

One day last winter, I _______ under the eaves (屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows. My daughter and I could ________ the sparrows as our “pets”, but we didn’t.

So I told her to scatter (撤) the grains in the windowsill. A few minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill ________ and pecked (啄) at the rice. Suddenly my daughter asked me, “Mum, can we catch and ________ the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room? How ________ it is for them to live outside.”

“Oh, my dear, I do not think it’s a good ________. You know,” I explained to her, “the sparrow is a bird ________ loves freedom. No one can keep them in a cage. If they are caught, they will ________ quickly. They are ________ to living outside. Moreover, they have warm nest under the eaves.”

From then on, we have set up a kind of relationship with the sparrow family. We feed them frequently and ________ them as pet birds. However, we don’t need to possess them. We ________ seeing these little birds flying and jumping ________ branches, leaves and flowers in the spring mornings.

1.A. surprised B. excited C. disappointed D. amazed

2.A. Naturally B. Suddenly C. Unfortunately D. Finally

3.A. broke B. bored C. burst D. turned

4.A. bury B. put C. dig D. set

5.A. end B. beginning C. wish D. reality

6.A. Thus B. Then C. Therefore D. However.

7.A. at all B. in all C. after all D. for all

8.A. upset B. encouraged C. helped D. impressed

9.A. stared B. noticed C. sensed D. glared

10.A. look B. act C. catch D. feed

11.A. one after another B. one another C. every other D. each other

12.A. stay B. cage C. love D. watch

13.A. free B. happy C. cold D. warm

14.A. way B. idea C. plan D. advice

15.A. what B. where C. that D. when

16.A. please B. starve C. suffer D. die

17.A. safe B. proud C. grateful D. used

18.A. think B. dream C. treat D. appreciate

19.A. enjoy B. hate C. want D. consider

20.A. to B. at C. from D. among

    Like it or not, there will be difficult times in our lives. You might lose your job, fail in your exams or have an illness. 1. Here are some ways not to lose hope during difficult times.

1. Have faith

2. No matter how bad the situation is, things will turn out to be good in the end. Several years ago I failed to get my master’s degree. It was a really bad experience.3. It was of much better quality than my previous university. Experiences like this strengthen my belief that having faith is important during difficult times.

2. Be around supportive people.

Going through difficult times is hard, and going through them alone is even harder. You need a group of positive people who can support you. 4. If you don’t, my suggestion is to start looking for one. Don’t wait until you need it, because it will be too late by then. You need the community before difficult times come.

3. Help others.

An additional benefit of being in a good community is that it encourages you to think about other people. It pushes you to help others and, therefore, think about other people. 5. As a result, your situation won’t look as bad as it would be otherwise. Often the situation looks worse than it really is because we give too much attention. Shifting (移开) some of your attention away will put the situation in a better view.

A. Your community helps a lot.

B. I changed my attitude towards failure.

C. Whatever it is, it’s important not to lose hope.

D. In this way you take your focus away from yourself

E. But I got a scholarship at an overseas university later.

F. You must believe that things will work out well eventually.

G. You should become part of a community that cares for one another.

    We live in a material world whose main quality is inertia (惯性), which is also one of our main qualities. Our physical bodies, as well as our personalities, naturally obey the law of inertia—we’re lazy, more or less.

When there is nothing to push us forward, as pain does, we can sink deep into the quicksand of slackness (懒散). It’s our nature and we must not blame ourselves for that. As a consequence, a painful experience arising from that quicksand of our inactivity pushes us ahead. Thanks to these shocks and injuries, we have gained depth of personality. Therefore, our wounds are blessings, too.

However, those painful experiences can leave deep scars in our mind. They inevitably influence our whole life in defeating and limiting ways. They produce negative beliefs, bad habits, wrong decisions, painful emotions, and so on. Although they have enabled us to mature and grow up, it’s obvious that we have to restore them.

The source of our pain is our attachment to countless experiences. Our attachments can be positive or negative, i. e. those experiences that we want to have, or those that we try to avoid. When we cannot gain what we need, or when we cannot avoid what we fear, we suffer. Painful life experiences usually gather within our mind into numerous aspects of personality, such as limiting beliefs, bad decisions, basic negative emotions and so on. They all have huge impact on our lives.

There are only two paths ahead of us: either we will continue to gain the depth of our being through suffering, or we will continue with our growth by dealing with suffering. The latter is much more pleasurable, faster and effective. But it still requires effort and continual work. The decision is up to us only.

1.When we are in the quicksand of slackness, what can push us forward?

A. Our nature. B. Our slackness.

C. Our complaints. D. Painful experiences.

2.What does the underlined word “inevitably” in the third paragraph mean?

A. Accidentally. B. Unavoidably.

C. Positively. D. Completely.

3.What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A. The roots of pain. B. The meaning of pain.

C. The positive function of pain. D. The ways to deal with painful experiences.

This could be Micah Fitz, first spring without football practices. The 14-year-old has been playing since he was 3, but because he’s home-schooled, he can’t try out for the local team at Patriot High School in Prince William County, Virginia.

“I can’t play this half of the year and my friends are going to be playing five or six times a week,” he said. “They’re going to be getting better and stronger playing with kids that are good.”

Micah and his family---along with many other home-schooling families across Virginia---are hoping the Virginia General Assemble will approve a bill this year that would allow kids like him to try out for sports on public school athletic teams. The bill, called the “Tebow bill”, is named after football player Tim Tebow, who was home-schooled but was allowed to play on a high school team before going to the University of Florida, where he led his team to two national championships.

Many major statewide education organizations said the bill wouldn’t be fair to public school students. Ken Tilley, the executive director of the Virginia High School League, said the bill would violate two of the league’s most long-standing standards for qualification: enrollment (注册入学) and academic standing.

Home-school advocates argue that they are required by the law to document academic progress. But many opponents say students always have the option of attending public high school. That might be what Sydney Bowman, a 12-year-old from Luchetts, will do to keep wrestling, although she would prefer to continue to be taught at home. In her case, girls’ wrestling teams are rare enough that there aren’t many options other than public school.

But Micah’ mom, Terri Fits, a former public school teacher, said that although they support the local schools and love to cheer on the teams, they like the flexibility of home-schooling.

1.What kind of feeling is expressed in Paragraph 2?

A. Sympathy.    B. Disappointment.

C. Embarrassment.    D. Satisfaction.

2.If the bill is passed in Virginia,      .

A. home-schoolers will be able to compete in public school sport events

B. public high schools will accept home-schooled students

C. home-schoolers will have to reach higher academic standards

D. children will have the right to be taught at home

3.What was Ken Tilley’s attitude towards the bill?

A. He doubted it.    B. He was against it.

C. He was curious about it.    D. He paid little attention to it.

4.Sydney Bows most likely to       .

A. give up team sports    B. stop taking part in wrestling

C. go to a public high school    D. report her academic progress

They say if you love your job, you’ll never work a day in your life. We say if you travel for work, you’ll never have a boring commute(上下班往返) a day in your life. If the typical 9-to-5 isn’t working for you, here are some options that will pay you to travel. No matter your current skill set, you can probably do it somewhere else.

Represent abroad

The State Department is actively hiring Foreign Service Officers, and it’s probably easier than you think to become one. You’ll have to a lot of tests, but if you pass, you’ll spend the next years of your life working around the world. A Junior Foreign Service Officer starts at $71,000 a year.

Teaching English as a Second Language abroad is one of the best ways to deepen understanding of another culture. There’s no need to be a certified English teacher in order to go abroad. In this program in China, soon-to-be teachers go abroad to obtain their Teaching English as a Foreign Language(TEFL) certifications. A beginning teacher in China will earn $2,500 for working six months, plus room and board.

A cruise ship is a floating village. Therefore, any job that you could have in a village you could have onboard a ship-even auctioneering(做拍卖师). Carnival is hiring an art auctioneer to work aboard a luxury cruise ship. The only qualifications necessary are a college degree and public speaking skills. Going…going…sold.

Write the rails

Writers can reimagine themselves as rail-surfing Jack Kerouacs, crossing the country and writing from coast to coast on the Amtrak Writer’s Residency. The application process consists of two questions, as well as the opportunity to provide up to a 20-page writing sample. Amtrak will select 24 writers to participate in the program with the help from a panel of judges. Although the project won’t replace a full-time job, it’s really a fun opportunity. The application period for 2016 has closed, but applications will reopen in the fall.

1.Which job requires a college degree?

A. Representing abroad

B. Teaching English in China

C. Selling art on the seas

D. Writing the rails

2.The advertisement is intended for     .

A. those who are tired of their present jobs

B. those who want to have a job with traveling

C. those who just graduate from university

D. those who want to go on vacation abroad

3.What may Jack Kerouacs be?

A. Director of the Amtrak Writer’s Residency

B. A sportsman devoted to rail-surfing

C. An applicant of the program

D. A famous writer

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.When did Jordan go to college?

A. In 1981. B. In 1984. C. In 1990.

2.Where did Jordan win his first Olympic gold medal?

A. In Chicago. B. In Barcelona. C. In Los Angeles.

3.What did Jordan do in 1993?

A. He joined the NBA. B. He retired from basketball. C. He returned to the Bulls.

4.How long did Jordan play professional baseball?

A. About two years. B. About five years. C. About ten years.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Why didn’t the man want to take part in the contest at first?

A. He feels nervous singing alone.

B. He doesn’t like singing.

C. He dislikes his voice.

2.How many people has the woman been practicing with?

A. One B. Two. C. Three

3.What day is it today?

A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Thursday

4.Where will the speakers practice together tomorrow?

A. At John’s house.

B. At the school canteen.

C. At the local community center

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Where will the woman go tomorrow morning?

A. To the airport. B. To a tennis court. C. To the police station.

2.What is the purpose of the woman’s visit to London?

A. Taking a holiday. B. Going on a business trip. C. Checking out some schools.

3.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Classmates. B. Boss and employee. C. Father and daughter.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What did the woman take just now?

A. A taxi. B. A plane. C. A train.

2.How long will the woman rent the car?

A. Four days. B. Five days. C. Seven days.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What does the man think of the jeans?

A. They are too long. B. They are too short. C. They are the wrong style.

2.When will the man pick up the jeans?

A. Tomorrow. B. This evening. C. This afternoon.

What is the man’s job?

A. He is a model. B. He is a designer. C. He is a salesman.

What do the speakers mainly talk about?

A. Have a class reunion. B. Plan a birthday gift. C. Visit a family member.

Where is Jacob now?

A. At home. B. At school. C. At a supermarket.

What does the man want to order?

A. French fries. B. A large soft drink. C. A bacon sandwich.

What is the weather like row?

A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.

假如你是李明,请给报社写一封关于拯救老虎的信,要点如下:

1. 老虎的现状(比如目前数量日趋减少等);

2. 问题出现的原因(比如人为、环境等因素);

3. 应采取的措施。

注意:1.书信必须包括所有要点，适度增添细节; 2.词数100个左右。

Dear editor，

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Yours,

Li Ming

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。每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：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，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。

It was my 17th birthday and I was looking forward to see my friends. I arrived at my favorite restaurant, waiting for him. We would have the special birthday dinner. I looked for a familiar face but failed. Soon the restaurant was filled customers, none of which were my friends. An hour later, I went back home, lonely and disappointing. To my great surprise, I found the door was wide open while I arrived home. Nervously, I walk into the dark room. Suddenly, all the light went on and my friends were appeared shouting ‘‘surprise”. I had an unforgettable birthday.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Amber Room was made of several tons of amber. The amber which1.(select ) had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, 2.took the country's best artists about ten years 3. (make).

The Amber Room was designed for the palace of Frederick I. 4., the next King of Prussia Frederick William I, to whom the Amber Room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave 5. to Peter the Great. 6. return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czars winter palace in St Petersburg.

Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room 7.(move )to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold.8.(lucky), although the Amber Room was considered one of the9. (wonder)of the world, it is now10.(miss).

    My grandmother was always encouraging me to set goals and work hard to achieve them. She would tell me not to be a follower and not to set ______ on what I could achieve. She ______ believed that there were no limits and that you could ______ whatever you wanted to.

I would never forget the following story that she once told me: A farmer won first ______ at the country fair for his huge radish (萝卜)that was the exact shape and ______ of a milk bottle.

Many were ______ as to how the farmer was able to grow this radish that was the exact shape of a milk bottle.

____ one gentleman went up to the farmer and asked the question. The farmer replied, " It was _______. I got the seed growing and then I put it into the milk bottle. It had ______ else to go.”

You can use this story as an analogy(类比，类推) to life--our lives are ______ by the kind of surroundings we place ourselves in, the people that we allow to ______ us, and the goals we give ourselves.

If we only ______ and take no action, then we get no further. But if we ______ , set a goal and take action, then our life takes a ______ shape.

Goals and actions can help us accomplish more in a year than what some people will accomplish in a lifetime. To prove this ______, read the biographies of ______ people and you will see that goals and actions ______  played a big role in their success.

____ Mary Kay Ash puts it, "Don’t limit yourself.” Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go ______  your mind lets you. Whatever you believe, remember, you can achieve.

In summary, don 't put yourself in a bottle; in other words, move out of what is ______  and secure if you want to move forward.

1.A. expectations B. rules C. limits D. lines

2.A. truly B. naturally C. tightly D. partly

3.A. win B. grasp C. wonder D. achieve

4.A. remark B. prize C. bargain D. reward

5.A. size B. quality C. weight D. colour

6.A. doubtful B. worried C. anxious D. curious

7.A. Immediately B. Gradually C. Finally D. Actually

8.A. strange B. easy C. funny D. secret

9.A. nowhere B. everywhere C. somewhere D. anywhere

10.A. shaped B. founded C. controlled D. improved

11.A. understand B. help C. influence D. contact

12.A. dream B. refuse C. survive D. change

13.A. struggle B. insist C. continue D. plan

14.A. fancy B. different C. solid D. clear

15.A. theory B. lesson C. point D. evidence

16.A. successful B. brave C. friendly D. careful

17.A. as usual B. above all C. at all D. in fact

18.A. Which B. As C. That D. What

19.A. as if B. in case C. as far as D. as long as

20.A. comfortable B. valuable C. ordinary D. boring

    Rivers play an important role on the earth, and we can't imagine what the earth would be like without rivers.  1.

With a length of 6, 650 kilometers, the Nile is the longest river in the world. The Nile River has been the source of human civilization since ancient times. The Nile has two main branches—the White Nile and the Blue Nile. The White Nile starts from the Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa through Lake Victoria.2. The Blue Nile carries with it a lot of fertile soil which turns out to be very important to farming in Egypt.

The Amazon River is the world's largest river with a width of about 40 kilometers during the rainy seasons but about 10 kilometers wide when it is not flooded. The Amazon River has such a big water volume that it accounts for(占.....比例) more than 20% of all the world’s fresh water—far more than any other river. 3.The main Amazon River flows mostly through Brazil and Peru but its tributaries can also be found in many other countries.

4.It has a depth of about 250 meters. Its length is 4, 700 kilometers. The sources of the Congo River are in the highlands and mountains in the Eastern Africa Rift Valley. It's the second largest river in terms of water volume. 5.The Congo River basin(盆地) is the catchments(流域，集水区) area of the Congo River. It lies in both north and south of the Equator, making its flow very stable as there are always some tributaries experiencing a rainy season at any time.

A. Some of them are worth mentioning.

B. The Congo River is the world's deepest river.

C. Do you know which is the deepest river in the world?

D. The Blue Nile originates from(发源于)Lake Tana in Ethiopia.

E. Without rivers, there would be no living life in and along them.

F. And it flows through the second largest rain-forests in the world.

G. Streams that begin in the Andes Mountains are its sources.

    Two of the saddest words in the English language are "if only". I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment.

My father is famous in our family for saying, "Take the extra minute to do it right. " I always try to live by the "extra minute" rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an "if only" moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table.

I don't only avoid those "if only "moments when it comes to safety. It's equally important to avoid "if only" in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had lost an opportunity to say "I love you" or "I forgive you". When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn’t be there. But then I thought about the fact that he's 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn’t give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.

I know there will still be occasions when I have to say "if only "about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality (不测的事) . And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I' m doing the right thing. I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being.

1.Which of the following is an example of the "extra minute" rule?

A. Start the car the moment everyone is seated.

B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working.

C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.

D. Move an object out of the way before it lets someone fall down.

2.Why did the author decide to go to her office on Good Friday?

A. To keep her appointment with the eye doctor. B. To meet her father who was already an old man.

C. To join in the holiday celebration of the company. D. To finish her work before the deadline.

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. It is the most important thing to avoid “if only” in our daily life.

B. The author must have a good relationship with her children.

C. We should buy insurance to make our life better.

D. Avoiding “if only” can make the author comfortable.

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. The Emotional Well-being. B. The Two Saddest Words.

C. The Most Useful Rule. D. The Peace of Mind.

    Despite what so many people would love to believe，NASA hasn’t discovered any evidence of past or present intelligent life on Mars. Therefore, when the Curiosity rover  (好奇号探测器)found something suspicious on the Red Planet’s surface, they were not only surprised but also a little bit worried.

The thin fragment (碎片)was suspicious enough to guarantee its own name, with NASA’s Curiosity rover team calling it the “Pettegrove Point Foreign Object Debris，” named for where it was discovered. With no idea what it was or where it came from, the rover’s handlers began to worry that it might actually be a piece of the rover itself，suggesting some unseen damage or other issue with the robot. Thankfully，those concerns seem to have been unfound.

In a new update from NASA the object has now been identified as a natural piece of rock rather than a piece of any man-made craft or vehicle. The team analyzed the unusual object with a tool called the Chem Cam RMI. The instrument uses a laser (激光器)to sniff out the makeup of anything that is pointed at, and the results for this particular piece of debris revealed that it’s actually just a very thin piece of rock.

NASA describes the inspection: The planning day began with an interesting result from the previous plan’s Chem Cam RMI analysis of a target that was referred to as “Pettegrove Point Foreign Object Debris”(PPFOD)，and supposed to be a piece of spacecraft debris fact. In fact it was found to be a very thin slice of rock, so we can all rest easy tonight. Curiosity has not begun to shed its skin!

How this particularly thin sliver of rock got to where it is—and why it seems to be a different colour than the surrounding sand and debris—remains unexplained, but at least the rover isn’t falling apart.

1.What attitude did NASA hold towards the newly found thin fragment?

A. Positive and excited. B. Surprised and delighted. C. Interested and doubtful.              D. Amazed and worried.

2.What is the “Pettegrove Point Foreign Object Debris” named for?

A. Its finder. B. Its location. C. Its researcher. D. Its shape.

3.According to the passage, which of the following is right?

A. Most people believe there isn’t any intelligent life on Mars.

B. The recent concerns connected with the thin fragment have not been discovered.

C. According to NASA, the object found recently was a piece of man-made craft or vehicle.

D. The object once making many people worried has the same colour with the surrounding sand.

4.In which part of newspaper can you read the text?

A. Travelling. B. Sports. C. Science. D. Food.

    Mary Anning was an English fossil(化石)collector，dealer and paleontologist(古生物学家).Her fossil-hunting helped change the way people thought about the world.

Mary was born into a poor family in England on May 21, 1799. She lived in the seaside town of Lyme Regis, in Dorset. The family had nine children. Only Mary and her brother Joseph grew up. Mary's father took his children along the beach. They picked up shells and stones to sell to visitors. Mary did not go to school much. Her family was too poor. And schools did not teach children about fossils. Mary could read and write. She taught herself. She learned about rocks and how bodies are made.

In 1811 when Mary and Joseph were fossil hunting, Joseph saw a bone sticking out of the rock. Mary had a hammer to chip away at the rock. Very carefully she uncovered it. She found the first complete fossil of the ichthyosaur(鱼龙).

Since then, Mary became crazy about fossil hunting. She liked to hunt on the beach after a storm. The wind, rain and waves made the rocks crumble. It was easy to spot fossils. Most days Mary went fossil hunting with her dog, Tray.

Rich friends helped Mary by selling fossils for her. They sent her money. Scientists wrote letters and came to see her. One good friend was William Buckland, a professor at Oxford University. Mary also opened a shop to sell fossils, stones and shells. She chatted with visitors.

Mary Anning died in1847. How evolution(进化)works was explained by Charles Darwin not long after Mary died. Her fossils had helped scientists understand how things began.

1.Why did Mary’s father take his children along the beach?

A. To enjoy life. B. To make a living. C. To look for fossils. D. To teach them about fossils.

2.What can we learn about Mary?

A. Her father was a paleontologist. B. Her father educated her at home.

C. She had nine brothers and sisters in all. D. She might be popular at that time.

3.Who was the first one to catch sight of the rock containing the first complete ichthyosaur fossil?

A. Charles Darwin. B. Mary's dog. C. Joseph. D. Mary.

4.What does the underlined word crumble in the fourth paragraph means ?

A. break B. shake C. float D. dive

    For those who may not be familiar, there is no such thing as a bicycle grants(补助金). As a matter of fact, there are a number of organizations and programs offering bicycle grants to bicyclers all over the world. Now of course, you can't simply receive money, because you want to buy a new mountain bike. Usually, those awarded grants are working on improving the quality of life. People are excited about the bicycle grants. This type of influence and achievement is gaining the attention of various companies that want to help by providing the necessary funding.

Eastman Kodak Company

Kodak has developed a fund called the “ Kodak American Greenways Awards". They are cooperating with the National geographic Society and the Conservation fund. Each year, they present grants as high as $2,500. The“seed” grant award is awarded to organizations that focus on improving blueways, greenways, natural areas, and trails.

US Government

The government has developed their only program for bicycle riders, called " The US Department of transportation's Recreational Trails Program". The government’s program is primarily focused on funding trail projects. The benefits of the fund is recreation, which includes bicycling, hiking, in-line skating, snowmobiling, all-terrain(地面)vehicle riding, and so forth. The great addition to the fund is that they distribute the funding to all the states. This means that everybody has the opportunity of receiving bicycle grants.

Bikes Belong Coalition

The Bikes Belong Coalition makes putting more people on bicycles their priority. They advocate for a better environment, recreation, sports, and better health, by way of bicycling. At the same time, they provide funding for supporting projects and bicycle facilities. Some of the projects they accept are paved lanes and bike paths. Applications for their grants can be submitted by either a facility class or a supporting class. Also, Bikes Belong Coalition are not quick to award bicycle grants to those who have been awarded in the past 3 years. This is partially due to their limited amount of funding

1.What's the main purpose of the bicycle grants?

A. To encourage a healthy lifestyle. B. To make bicycles more popular.

C. To advertise their companies. D. To give money to bicyclers directly.

2.Who can receive grants offered by the US government?

A. Organizations. B. Riders. C. States. D. Supporters.

3.What’s the primary purpose of the passage?

A. To explain the reason for the latest bicycle grants.

B. To attract more bicycle riders around the country.

C. To organize a big event of bicycling across the country.

D. To introduce some organizations of the bicycle grants.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.When did the speaker start taking music lessons?

A. At age two. B. At age ten. C. At age twenty.

2.How often did the speaker practice as a child?

A. Two hours a day. B. Three hours a day. C. Ten hours a day.

3.Why did the speaker play in concerts?

A. To travel to other cities. B. To get into a good college. C. To make his parents happy.

4.What is the speaker's attitude toward music now?

A. He only does it for fun. B. He wants to be the best. C. He never plays it anymore.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What does Mike look like?

A. He has a beard. B. He's tall and heavy. C. He has blue eyes and brown hair.

2.Who is the person the man is describing?

A. His mother. B. The woman's mother. C. Mike's mother.

3.How does the woman feel about what happened in the game?

A. Embarrassed. B. Bored. C. Sad.

4.What is the most important in the game the speakers are playing?

A. A person's appearance. B. A person's character. C. A person's career.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What is the man famous for?

A. Collecting coins. B. Starting a college. C. Teaching mathematics.

2.When did the man begin to collect coins?

A. When he was thirteen years old. B. When he got a special book from his uncle.

C. When he picked some rare coins on the road.

3.Where does the man usually get coins?

A. From his friends. B. From small shops. C. From other collectors.