Now satellites are helping to forecast the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大气）, because this is where the weather forms. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.
Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.
So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead（提前）.
【小题1】Satellites travel _____________.

A thief returned a mobile phone and thousands of yuan he had stolen from a woman after receiving 21 text messages from her, a local newspaper reported.
Pan Aiying, a Chinese teacher at Wutou Middle School in Qihe County, in East China’s Shandong Province, didn’t think her text messages would help to get her belongings back.
A young man riding a motorcycle robbed her of her bag, in which there was her mobile phone, bank cards and 4,900 yuan, as she was riding her bicycle home on Saturday evening.
Pan said at first she considered calling the police, but then decided to try to persuade（说服）the young man to return her bag. Pan called her lost phone with her friend’s, but couldn’t get through. So she began sending messages.
“Hey, I’m Pan Aiying, a teacher from Wutou Middle School. You must be going through a difficult time. If so, I will not blame you. ” Wrote Pan in her first text message, which got no answer. “Keep the 4,900 yuan if you really need it, but please return the other things to me. You are still young. To make mistakes is human. Correcting your mistake is more important than anything. ” Pan wrote in another message.
She gave up hope after sending 21 text messages without any answer and planned to call the police the next morning. However, as she left her home on Sunday morning, Pan found her stolen bag lying in the courtyard. Nothing was lost.
“Dear Pan: I am sorry. I made a mistake. Please forgive me. You are so kind even though I stole from you. I’ll correct my ways and be an honest person,” said a letter left with the bag.
【小题1】Where was Pan Aiying robbed?

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In Singapore, many middle school students spend a lot of time on their studies. Many of them try their best   1  good marks in the exams. They have a lot of homework every day, and the exam is a big headache. In their mind, good   2  is the ticket to success in the future.

Singaporean students study hard, but they have a lot of fun after class. Do you want to know what   3  they like to do after class? They can   4  all kinds of sports and games, music and dance, hiking and rock-climbing. They are also very active in community service.

In their free time, most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood movies are very popular with them. They also like movies   5  in Hong Kong and Singapore because they understand them very well. Some students   6  their free time surfing the Internet,   7  e-mails to their friends and playing computer games.   8  they also go to shopping centers and big bookstores. They are really good places to   9  . So as a middle school student, living in Singapore is not easy, but it is  10  .

Dear students, what about your school life? Please write something about it.

1.                A．getting         B．get            C．to get    D．gets

2.                A．memory        B．health          C．friend    D．education

3.                A．jobs           B．activities        C．choices   D．abilities

4.                A．join            B．take part        C．attend    D．take part in

5.                A．make          B．making         C．made D．to make

6.                A．pay            B．spend          C．cost D．take

7.                A．sending        B．receiving        C．playing   D．getting

8.                A．Never          B．Sometimes      C．Hardly    D．Seldom

9.                A．relax           B．stop           C．travel    D．walk

10.               A．boring         B．difficult         C．colorful   D．hard

Should we be afraid of sharks? Maybe not. New research into the reasons for shark attacks (攻击) suggests that sharks don’t like the way humans taste! In fact, most people who are attacked by the shark are still alive after receiving only one bite (咬). Why is this?
There are many opinions to explain why sharks sometimes attack people. One opinion is that sharks are just curious (好奇的). We know that sharks are the strongest animals in their environment, so they are not afraid of anything. Naturally, that means they are curious when they meet something unusual. Because they don’t have hands or feet., the only way they can find out an object is to bite it! It is thought that sharks sometimes bite humans for this reason, and then swim away.
Scientists also say that sharks would not waste energy trying to eat a human, as we have a lot of bones (骨头). It is hard for a shark to eat us because sharks don’t have hands, and they can’t pull the meat off our bones. Maybe that’s why they only bite us once. Unluckily, one bite from a large shark is serious enough to hurt people greatly!
Another opinion is that sharks attack humans by mistake. Some sharks may sometimes mistake humans for a seal. An example of this is when a shark attack attacks a surfer. A surfer lying on a surfboard looks like a seal when seen from below. Sharks like seals because they have thick fat.
Whatever the reason for shark attacks on humans, sharks should be afraid of us. Sadly, we kill almost 40 million of them each year.
【小题1】What happens to people attacked by sharks?

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Many books have been written about“the art of giving”. And we also know that it’s hard to give people a gift, 【小题1】a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and 【小题2】
As is often the case, some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts 【小题3】some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too 【小题4】 For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree, it is enough to make her very 【小题5】
Gift giving is different in different 【小题6】Here are some of their likes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone 【小题7】because many people have enough things and don’t want 【小题8】 gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember 【小题9】In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don’t need to 【小题10】too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough.
To make things 【小题11】some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, however,【小题12】money can make people uncomfortable.“When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they’re being lazy,”says John Wilson.“In England, we have a saying: It’s the thought that 【小题13】When someone gives me money, I feel they don’t think it about at all. I prefer to receive a gift 【小题14】has some thought behind it.”
Different people have very different thoughts 【小题15】this subject! So maybe the art of giving is difficult! What do you think?