It's fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito (蚊子) bites. Right before    16   Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma   17   me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the   18   like me. She said, "There's an old saying—the   19   you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood   20   to the mosquitoes. " Not   21   it, I replied, "Grandma, that's just an old wives' tale!" 

Well, less than a week   22   my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a   23   of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being   24   , but they all proved useless.

Late one   25   in my cousin's home, I couldn't bear the   26   of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I   27   my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being   28    she said, "There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep. "  With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地)   29   her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would   30   on her face.  However, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed (惊奇的), I ran to others'   31   , only to find they were all sleeping  32   as the same thing occurred again and again.

From those bites, I came to   33   my grandma's silly tale. From then on, I've always tried to keep a(n)  34   mind about those strange old wives' tales   35   they do have some truth to them.

1.A. leaving        B. passing              C. visiting            D. finding

2.A. persuaded      B. reminded          C.  warned            D.  informed

3.A. students       B. foreigners           C. passengers               D. visitors

4.A. earlier        B. longer               C. sooner               D. later

5.A. grows          B. goes                 C. flows                D. remains

6.A. expecting      B. understanding        C. recognizing         D. believing

7.A. after          B. before               C. when                 D. as

8.A. shade          B. pile                 C. cloud                    D. blanket

9.A. touched        B. bitten          C. defeated             D. discovered

10.A. morning       B. afternoon            C. evening              D. night

11.A. noise         B. hit                  C. pain                     D. effect

12.A. woke up       B. shouted at           C. looked for               D. dropped on

13. A. blamed           B. interrupted          C. moved                D. frightened

14.A. having       B. watching             C. making               D. helping

15.A. land          B. fly                  C. fall                     D. wait

16.A. houses         B. flats               C. rooms                D. homes

17.A. joyfully          B. anxiously            C. soundlessly         D. worriedly

18.A. tell              B. know             C. remember             D. accept

19.A. open          B. active          C. clear                D. honest

20.A. and           B. so                   C. because              D. until

 

课文填空(共10小题；每小题l分，共10分)

Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I 1.______ ________ a _______ ________in France in 1642. Although I was young I 2._______ ________ ________ ________. I developed very slowly and 3._______ _______ ______ two hundred years ______I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an 4. ______ _________used cards_____ ______, I could think logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a 5.______ _  _______and the start of my “________ _________”. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a universal machine to solve any difficult mathematical problem…

Daisy smiled. “That’s good news. It 6. _____the _________of_________ ______, but I’d like to help as the WWF suggests.”  The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself…“When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It 7. _______a _______ ______which ________mosquitoes. You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.

As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to 8. ______ _______ _______ ______ to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. Anyhow their performances were humorous 9. ______ ________ _______ _________by other groups. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing songs written by other musicians. However, after a year or so 10. _______ ________they became more ________ ________their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band.

Besides containing attractive flowers, trees and other plants that beautify the community, eco-friendly rain gardens are healthy for the environment and the people living and working nearby.
A rain garden is not very different from a traditional garden. It is just a far more eco-friendly garden. Usually it is built lower than the ground. Rain gardens make smart use of rain and storm water by temporarily holding water from rain and storms and letting it soak（浸人）slowly into the ground before it runs into streams or enters the public drinking water supply.
Thus, a rain garden keeps the water, allowing it to be used as needed by plants in the rain garden, rather than flowing immediately into nearby streams and going unused. The water will soak slowly into the ground within a day or two. This creates an advantage that the rain garden does not allow mosquitoes to breed. This is a simple, attractive, and eco-friendly “green” way to treat storm water.
What’s more, planting a rain garden helps reduce pollution and improve the environment. Without using expensive machinery and chemicals, rain gardens remove harmful chemicals in the rainwater and cut down on the amount of pollution reaching streams and rivers by up to 30%.
Native plants are recommended for rain gardens because they are more used to the locals climatem, soil, and water conditions. They may attract local wildlife such as native birds. Water your rain garden immediately after planting and once a week, unless you have had at least an inch of rain during the week. Once the native plants establish the necessary root system, it will require little care.
Often, local governments and private businesses develop large rain gardens in their yards and in public parks as a way to improve the environment and solve flooding problems. However, you don’t need to be a professional environmental engineer to create a rain garden. As long as you’re eco-conscious homeowners, you can help the environment by building smaller rain gardens in your yards.
【小题1】Which of the following is the eco-friendly function of rain gardens discussed in Paragraph 4?

A．They can keep the rain and storm water.

B．They can help reduce the pollution problem.

C．They can be healthy for the people around.

D．They can make the environment more beautiful.

【小题2】One of the main reasons why native plants are recommended is that           .

A．they cost less and are much easier to get

B．they may attract local wildlife to come

C．they require little care from the local gardeners

D．they are more used to the local growing conditions

【小题3】What do we know about rain gardens?

A．They need little water after all the plants are planted.

B．They usually need at least an inch of rainwater a week.

C．They may attract local birds and change the locals climate.

D．They may reduce the water pollution problem by 70%.

【小题4】Who are the intended readers of the passage?

A．Homeowners.

B．Governors.

C．Engineers,

D．Educators.

I live in north Celebes which is near Philippines. Since early December 2010 most tropical regions have been frequently hit by rain. Just like my hometown, tropical regions only have two seasons, including the dry season that usually starts from April to September and the wet or rainy season which usually happens from October to March. But, it could be indeterminate. Sometimes the rainy season can come a month earlier or later. It can be prolonged even more than 4 months and so can the dry season. Even during the dry season, rain can occur several times in certain areas.

The prolonged dry season in tropical areas usually causes a lot of losses. It will be very harmful to local farmers, because most of the tropical areas sre regions of the developing countries. Sometimes agricultural and plantation crops will be damaged because of so much dry land and the fact that the river used to flow the water for rice fields are also dry. Rain is very important for plants because rain contains many nutrients that plants are in great need of.

What’s more, if the prolonged rainy season arrives and then floods usually occur in certain areas of low lands. Even for the capital city of Jakarta floods have struck several times during the prolonged rainy season. In addition to floods, the rainy season can cause many diseases. During the dry season, diseases are usually caused by mosquitoes such as dengue fever. While in the rainy season, people who have the weak immune will be more easily attacked by some diseases such as flu, fever, diarrhea, and much more.

If you live in the other places and want to travel to the tropical regions, make sure that you have known much about the season and the effect for these months in which you want to travel as tourists. Only in that way, can you at least prepare to deal with tropical weather.

1.The underlined word “indeterminate” in paragraph 1 can be replaced by “ _____”

A．uncertain         B．unknown          C．untrue            D．unbelievable

2.The second paragraph mainly tells us something about _____.

A．the effects of the dry season.              B．the benefits of the rainy season.

C．the growth of dry land                    D．the diseases in the dry season

3.We can learn from the passage that in the wet season, _____

A．the capital of Jakarta is flooded every year

B．more crops will die after being flooded for so long.

C．mosquitoes will spread more diseases among the crowd.

D．people with weak immune might be attacked by some diseases

4.The main purpose of this passage is to introduce _____.

A．some interesting facts of tropical regions

B．some knowledge about tropical regions to travelers

C．some knowledge about how to live well in different regions.

D．some differences between dry and wet seasons in tropical regions.

 

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It’s fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA.A month ago,while on summer vacation back in my motherland,I learned a lesson from mosquito(蚊子) bites.Right before   36   Kennedy Airport in New York,my grandma   37   me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the   38   like me.She said,“There’s an old saying—the   39   you stay away from the motherland,the sweeter your blood   40   to the mosquitoes.”Not   41    it,I replied,“Grandmaaaa,that’s just an old wives’ tale!”

Well,less than a week   42   my arrival in Manila,I was already carpeted with a   43   of mosquito bites.I took many measures to keep myself from being   44   ，but they all proved useless.

Late one   45   in my cousin’s home,I couldn’t bear the   46   of the bites.Hoping to find some comfort,I   47   my cousin,who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine.Unhappy for being   48   she said,“There is nothing you can do.Go back to sleep.”With a few turns,she slept again.Enviously(妒忌地)   49   her sleep,I hoped a big mosquito would

   50   on her face.However,the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly,never biting her.Amazed(惊奇的),I ran to others’   51   ,only to find they were all sleeping   52   as the same thing occurred again and again.

From those bites,I came to   53   my grandma’s silly tale.From then on,I’ve always tried to keep a(n)   54   mind about those strange old wives’ tales   55   they do have some truth to them.

36.A.leaving                 B.passing               C.visiting                            D.finding

37.A.persuaded             B.reminded            C.warned                      D.informed

38.A.students                B.foreigners           C.passengers                 D.visitors

39.A.earlier                  B.longer                C.sooner                       D.later

40.A.grows                   B.goes                   C.flows                        D.remains

41.A.expecting              B.understanding     C.recognizing               D.believing

42.A.after                     B.before                C.when                        D.as

43.A.shade                   B.pile                    C.cloud                        D.blanket

44.A.touched                B.bitten                 C.defeated                    D.discovered

45.A.morning               B.afternoon           C.evening                     D.night

46.A.noise                    B.hit                            C.pain                          D.effect

47.A.woke up               B.shouted at           C.looked for                 D.dropped on

48.A.blamed                 B.interrupted         C.moved                      D.frightened

49.A.having                  B.watching            C.making                            D.helping

50.A.land                            B.fly                     C.fall                           D.wait

51.A.houses                  B.flats                   C.rooms                       D.homes

52.A.joyfully                B.anxiously           C.soundlessly                D.worriedly

53.A.tell                       B.know                 C.remember                  D.accept

54.A.open                    B.active                 C.clear                         D.honest

55.A.and                      B.so                      C.because                     D.until