My first roller coaster experience was not pleasant. It was in the summer of 2009, in Six Flags, Massachusetts, the US. I went    1.   with a group of friends. We were all very excited about roller coaster   2.   waited anxiously for the ride to begin. As the roller coaster got up higher and higher, however, my heart started to beat   3.   hard that I even could see my shirt move up and down. I could feel the wind getting stronger and brushing through my hair. Then the big drop came. I closed my eyes and told    4.   that it would be over in two seconds, but it felt like forever. I was pushed up from my seat as if I    5.  to be thrown out of the car.  6.   the time I finished the ride, I could barely stand up or speak. So when my friends asked me    7.  I thought of the ride, I just answered with silence. No matter how hard I tried, I could not make    8.  sound.

 

Everyone wants to win a first-place blue ribbon, to be the best in something. Even kids in Kindergarten want that blue ribbon. In sports, I was never a blue-ribbon person. In a race, I was always  36 . In baseball I was likely to be  37  on the head or drop the ball. During the spring of my kindergarten year, our class had a field trip to a park in a town about twenty miles away. Making that drive now is no big  38  but when you’re six and you’ve lived in a town of 300 people all your life, going to a big town of a couple of thousand people is really something.

I don’t remember too much about it. But there was one that I will never forget —the __39__ race. The parents tied our feet together. One little boy got me for a  40  . He was the second most   41 boy in our class so he usually won at everything and I knew that with me tied to him he didn’t have a chance. And I’m sure he knew he was in trouble. The gun sounded and we were off. Some couples were falling and stumbling all around us,  42   we stayed on our feet and made it to the other side.  43  , when we turned around and headed back for home, we were in the lead! Only one couple had a chance to win, and they were a good several yards behind us.

A few feet from the finish line, disaster struck: I tripped and fell. We were   44  enough that my partner could have easily dragged me across the finish line and won. But he didn’t. Instead he stopped,   45   down and helped me up — just at the other couple crossed the finish line. As a result, we received a small red ribbon for coming in second.

I still remember that moment when the young boy decided that helping a friend get on her feet was more important than winning a blue ribbon. And 13 years later, I still have that little ribbon because it’s a   46   that a friend like this boy is one who really   47  .  

1.                A．last            B．first            C．quick D．successful

 

2.                A．touched        B．felt            C．hit   D．beaten

 

3.                A．question        B．event          C．one  D．deal

 

4.                A．one-legged      B．two-legged      C．three-legged   D．four-legged

 

5.                A．partner         B．helper          C．supporter D．competitor

 

6.                A．tallest          B．youngest        C．athletic   D．handsome

 

7.                A．but            B．therefore       C．however  D．and

 

8.                A．Obviously       B．Unbelievably     C．Secretly  D．Undoubtedly

 

9.                A．strong          B．brave          C．clever    D．close

 

10.               A．lay            B．slowed         C．moved    D．reached

 

11.               A．warning        B．reminder       C．gift   D．notice

 

12.               A．depends        B．counts         C．supports   D．worthy

 

 

Between the two periods of classes is a break, _______ we can have a short rest.

A．then             B．where            C．when             D．which

 

---The research on the new flu virus vaccine is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can do the job?  

---____ my students have a try?

A．May             B．Must             C．Will              D．Shall

 

With all the books he was interested in _______, he left the library and went back to his dorm.

A．borrowed         B．borrowing         C．to borrow         D．borrow

 

A series of stimulus policies and supportive measures taken by the government _____ to promote change in the economic environment in this area.

A．are expecting      B．are expected       C．is expecting        D．is expected

 

---Where did you come across our Chinese teacher ?

--- It was in the supermarket ______I purchased mooncakes．

A．that              B．which            C．where            D．when

 

Our society insists on regular habits, timekeeping and punctuality, and whether we like it or not, ______ we mean to make our way in society, we have to comply ( to act in accordance with a demand, rule, etc.) its demands.

A．whether          B．after             C．if                D．until

 

The subway was crowded with passengers going home from market, most of ________ carrying heavy bags and baskets full of fruit and vegetables they had bought there.

A．whom            B．them             C．who              D．which

 

They suggested that the professor ______ just now ______ chairman of the meeting.

A．referring to; was made                   B．referring to; be made

C．referred to; be made                    D．referred to; was made

 

Only when he returned _________ that the war had ended and the army had come back.

A．we tell            B．we told           C．did we tell         D．were we told

 

--- Can you introduce me a high quality machine?

--- My pleasure. _______ well even on wet roads, this kind of car is very popular.

A．Handled          B．To handle          C．Handling          D．Being handled

 

September 8th，1931 is a special day，________, I think，that will be remembered by the Chinese forever.

A．one              B．it                C．which            D．that

 

I ______ him in time, otherwise he would have fallen off the bike.

A．had supported     B．supported         C．have supported     D．support

 

_______ the calculation is right, scientists can never be sure that they have included all variables and modeled them accurately. 

A．Even if            B．As far as           C．If only            D．So long as

 

--How do you think I can make up with Tom?

---Put aside_____ you disagree and try to find_____ you have in common.

A．what, what        B．where, what       C．what, whether      D．where, whether

 

________, his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting.

A．Strange as might it sound                 B．As it might sound strange

C．As strange it might sound                 D．Strange as it might sound

 

中小学生的近视问题比较严重，请你用英语简单讲述这一现象的原因，并对同学们该怎样保护视力提出二、三条建议。

注意：文章不少于100个词。

提示：近视short-sighted adj / short-sightedness  n

眼保健操 eye exercise

 

We went to the swimming pool today. I had my first swimming lesson. At first I was very afraid. I hated it when the water went up my nose and into my ears. I kept my eyes closed all 1._____ time.

Slowly, however, I became more confident. The teacher made sure 2.____ would always touch the bottom of the pool with my feet and 3.____ my head was above water. By the end of the lesson I could float on the water for 4.____ least a minute.

I’m glad I’m learning to swim; it can be lots of fun. Soon I hope to be able to dive into the pool 5.____ swim underwater.

 

A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maliyuwa, a nearby village. They lived with the man’s big family—his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.

Three months later the woman went back to her parents’ home, having quarreled with her husband. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.

It went to the woman’s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved (感动) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband’s home.

1.The writer wrote the story in order to ______.

A．show that elephants are very clever

B．tell how a woman trained a wild animal

C．show that women care more for animals than men do

D．tell how an animal reunited (团圆) a husband and wife

2.The woman left her new home ______.

A．to visit her own parents in Maliyuwa

B．to see if the elephant would follow her

C．because she was angry with her husband

D．because she was tired of the large family

3.After the young woman left her husband’s home, the elephant ______.

A．returned to the forest                    B．was sad because it missed her

C．went to look for a new home               D．was sick because nobody fed it

4.The young wife went back to her husband because ______.

A．she knew he had sent the animal to her

B．the elephant had come to look for her

C．her parents told her to

D．she missed her new home

 

May: Happenings from the Past

May 5, 1884

Isaac Murphy, son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history, rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby. He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times.

May 9, 1754

Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon (漫画), showing a snake cut in pieces with the words “Join or Die” printed under the picture.

May 11, 1934

The first great dust storm of the Great Plains Dust Bowl, the result of years of drought (干旱), blows topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington, D.C.

May 19, 1994

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64.

May 24, 1844

Samuel F.B Morse taps out the first message, “What hath God wrought,” over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Md.

1.We know from the text that Buchanan is ______.

A．Isaac’s father

B．a winning horse

C．a slave taking care of horses

D．the first racing horse in Kentucky

2.What is the title of the first American political cartoon?

A．Join or Die                            B．Pennsylvania Gazette

C．What Hath God Wrought                  D．Kentucky Derby

3.In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die?

A．1934             B．1960             C．1964             D．1994

4.Which of the following places has to do with the first telegram in history?

A. Washing to, D.C.  B. New York City C. Kentucky         D. Pennsylvania

 

Liverpool city council (市政厅) want to clear the city of fat pigeons (鸽子). They say that people are feeding the birds, which makes them fat. The pigeons get bigger because they normally eat seeds (种子) and insects (昆虫) for their main food, not high-fat junk food they are eating in the city centre.

The council want people to know that everyone who feeds the pigeons makes the streets crowded (拥挤)with these birds. They hope to encourage the birds to move away from the city centre and into parks and open spaces.

Ten robotic birds have been brought into the city centre to scare the pigeons away and visitors are asked not to give the pigeons any food. The mechanical birds—known as ‘robops’—will sit on the roofs of buildings. They can be moved around to different places. They look like a peregrine falcon, which is a bird that kills pigeons. They even make noises and flap their wings to scare the pigeons. They hope that the pigeons will go away before the city becomes the European Capital of Culture in two years.

1.Liverpool city council want to clear the city of fat pigeons because ______.

A．the pigeons are eating junk food

B．the pigeons might get killed

C．the pigeons make the city center crowded

D．the pigeons sit on the roofs of buildings

2.What do we know about a peregrine falcon?

A．It scares the robotic birds.                 B．It is an enemy of the pigeons.

C．It looks like a pigeon.                     D．It likes the food people give it.

3.Which of the following is probably true according to passage?

A．The robots will fly around the city center like real birds.

B．Pigeons get fat because they eat seeds and insects.

C．Liverpool is the European Capital of Culture.

D．The pigeons like the food that people give them.

 

Scientists would like to place a huge mirror in space above the earth. It might be sixty miles wide. It would be used to catch the rays (光线) of the sun. It would direct the sun’s rays upon the earth as a child might do to make sunlight dance on the wall with a hand mirror.

Why do they want to do this? The sun’s rays could be helpful in many ways. They could light up cities by night. The warm rays could stop frosts (霜冻) which might come at night and hurt fruit crops. They could melt (融化) dangerous icebergs in the ocean. Perhaps they could change cloud movements and bring rain where it is needed.

1.The huge mirror would ______.

A．stand 60 miles in height (高度)             B．be 60 miles from side to side

C．cover 60 miles of the earth                D．be 60 miles above the earth

2.The mirror would be used to ______.

A．reflect (反射) sunlight                    B．absorb (吸收) sunlight

C．see what the earth looks like               D．see how clouds move

3.The strong light from the mirror could possibly ______.

A．hurt fruit crops                         B．set fire to cities

C．bring longer daytime                     D．shine through walls

4.The huge mirror is ______.

A．something in a story                     B．already made

C．just an idea                            D．to be made soon

 

In front of the big Shibuya train station in Tokyo, there is a life-size bronze (青铜) statue of a dog. Even though the statue is very small when compared to the huge neon (霓虹灯) signs flashing, it isn’t   21  to find. It has been used as   22  since 1934 and today you will find hundreds of people waiting there for their friends to   23 —just look for the crowds（人群）.

Hachiko, an Akita dog, was born in 1923 and brought to Tokyo in 1924. His owner, Professor Eisaburo Uyeno and he were close friends that cannot be   24  right from the start. Each day Hachiko would go with his owner, a professor at the Imperial University, to Shibuya train station when he left for work. When he came back, the professor would always find the dog   25  waiting for him.   26 , the professor died suddenly at work in 1925 before he could return home.

  27  Hachiko was still a young dog, the bond between him and his owner was very strong and he   28  to wait at the station every day. Sometimes, he would stay there for days at a time, though some believe that he kept returning because of the food he was given by street vendors. Over time he became a   29  sight to people going to and from work every day. In 1934, a statue of him was put   30  the station. In 1935, Hachiko died at the place he last saw his friend alive.

1.                A．difficult         B．important       C．pleasant D．polite

 

2.                                  A．a parking place   B．a training center

C．a starting line                      D．a meeting point

 

3.                A．leave          B．arrive          C．die D．work

 

4.                A．touched        B．separated       C．reached D．moved

 

5.                A．nervously       B．disappointedly    C．patiently  D．carefully

 

6.                A．Sadly          B．Clearly          C．Luckily   D．Honestly

 

7.                A．Because        B．Since           C．Although  D．Unless

 

8.                A．decided        B．agreed         C．offered   D．continued

 

9.                A．familiar         B．strange         C．comfortable   D．funny

 

10.               A．inside          B．outside         C．behind    D．above

 

 

______ good advice he gave us!

A．How a            B．What a            C．How              D．What

 

—Sally doesn't like pop music, does she?

—_____. She is a fan of classical music.

A．No, she does       B．Yes, she does       C．No, she doesn't     D．Yes, she doesn’t

 

______ at the door before entering please.

A．Knocked          B．Knock            C．Knocking          D．To knock

 

Although Linda tried hard in the exam, she did ______ than her brother.

A．more badly        B．much better       C．much badly        D．much worse

 

Have you read the book ____ I lent to you?

A．that              B．whom            C．when             D．whose

 

—______ can we get the photos?

—In two days.

A．How long          B．How often         C．How much         D．How soon