Lost Cat Returned To Owner 12 Years Later

April 3, 2014 – Linda Edwards of Las Vegas, Nevada is full of happiness because her long lost cat Spaz has been returned to her – 12 years after he first went missing!
Spaz first went missing in 2002 and Edwards looked for him every day for three months. She searched all around her town and even wrote letters to some newspapers for help and was never able to find him. At the end of the three months, on New Year’s Eve of 2002 her searching stopped.
But someone recently discovered a dirty, thin stray cat (流浪猫) and took him into a West Flamingo Animal Hospital. The people working in the hospital checked the cat and were sure enough that his name was Spaz and he belonged to Edwards!
“An old lady found a kitty on Sunday and brought him here. We scanned (扫描) him for a microchip (微芯片) and we were able to find out his owner. The kitty, whose name is Spaz, has been missing for 12 years!” the animal hospital wrote on their Facebook page early last week.
Microchipping pets is a way to recognize if a stray animal belongs to anyone who could be missing them. Microchipping pets allows animal services to learn if they have a family waiting for them. Microchips are only about the size of a grain of rice and can only be removed by operation.
Edwards is very thankful she had Spaz microchipped and was so excited to get him back!
“I feel like I have a second chance,” she said. “This would have never happened if it weren’t for microchips.”
小题1:The cat got lost ______.

A．three months ago	B．12 years ago
C．on April 3, 2014	D．on New Year’s Eve, 2002

小题2:After the hospital checked the cat, they knew ______.

A．its feeling

B．its hobby

C．its stray life

D．its owner’s name

小题3:______ make(s) it possible for owners to find their lost pets.

A．The microchip	B．Animal hospitals
C．The newspaper	D．Family members

Snake dishes have become popular in recent years. Snake meat is often seen in restaurants. It seems that eating snakes is now in fashion, and if you ( A ) ___________ (not eat) any snakes yet, you’re considered out-of-date. But I wonder whether it is worth following.
Some people think that eating snake meat is good for their health. But these people don’t know that snakes usually eat mice and worms. Therefore, there are many parasites（寄生虫）found inside snakes’ bodies. ( B ) 它们可能对我们的健康有害。 Apart from this, we’re sorry to see that more snakes are being killed by a butcher’s knife. According to the newspaper, Shanghai Star, about 1,000 tons of snakes are eaten by people every year in China. In Shenzhen of Guangdong Province, sometimes as many as 10 tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in a single day. ( C ) If we still turn a blind eye to this, a vicious circle（恶性循环）will be created — if more snakes are eaten by people, the number of snakes will drop, and the number of mice will increase, which will result in a decrease in crop output. This will make more people hungry. Who wants to see such a tragedy?
( D ) Therefore, let’s not eat snakes any more! To protect the snakes is to protect ourselves.
小题1:用 ( A ) 处所给词的正确形式填空。 ________________________
小题2:将 ( B ) 处的句子翻译成英语。
___________________________________________________________________________________
小题3:将 ( C ) 处翻译成汉语。
__________________________________________________________________________________
小题4:改写 ( D ) 处的句子，句意不变。
Therefore, let’s ___________ ____________ eating snakes!
小题5:根据短文内容回答问题：
What will happen if people eat more snakes? ____________________________________________________

你知道梦的含义吗？你经常做梦吗？请仔细阅读61-64题，从所给A、B、C、D中找出对应的选项，阅读选项后的短文，并完成65小题。

小题1:Sam’s grandfather is badly ill in hospital.

小题2:Tom is very tired of his work. He is under too much pressure.(压力)

小题3:Alan exercises every day. He is in good health.

小题4:George’s mother is strict with him. She never lets him go out for fun.

Here are some dreams, and their meanings:（意义）

A．Flying: You want to run from everyday life.(People often feel happy after a dream about flying.)

B．Green grass: Green grass means you are healthy but brown grass means that you’re not happy.

C．Losing teeth: You’re afraid of losing someone close to you.

D．Long hair: You want to be free!

Dreams are good for us, but we should try to sleep well. You should try to relax before you go to bed. You shouldn’t watch any terrible movies or eat cheese or peppery(辣的) food!
小题5:What can you do to sleep well according to the passage?

A．Relax before going to bed.	B．Eat cheese.
C．Watch some terrible movies.	D．Have some food with pepper.

The largest animal ever to live on Earth is the blue whale（鲸鱼）. It weighs(重) about 80 tons-more than 24 big elephants. It is more than 30 metres long. A new baby whale weighs as much as a big elephant. Cats won't die if they fall off very high places because they can turn themselves up the right way so as to keep their bodies safe. One cat fell off 32 floors onto the street, but it was just hurt a little. A bear can run as fast as a horse.  A new-born panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about 100 grams.  Elephants are the most careful animals in their love. A male（雄性） elephant may show his lady love for up to three years until the female(雌性) elephant takes his love. They often show their love by touching each other's body. Usually, wolves do not hurt people. For years a Canadian newspaper says that they would give anyone a lot of money if he or she could show that a wolf could hurt a person. But nobody could do that. Wolves do not usually go together though（尽管） they may do this in winter and they only hurt people at an unusual time.
小题1:How much does a new-born blue whale weigh?

A．About 10 tons	B．As much as a baby elephant
C．About 80 tons	D．About 3 tons

小题2:A bear can run_______people think they can.

A．faster than

B．slower than

C．as fast as

D．as slowly as

小题3:How many kinds of animals are mentioned(提到) in this passage?

A．Five

B．Six

C．Seven

D．Eight

Do you want to do well in exams? Sometimes your knowledge is not enough, you also need good strategies. Here are some for you. 
Before you answer the questions, if you feel a little nervous, take a few deep breaths to help you relax.
Always read the question carefully and make sure that you understand it. Read it a few times if possible.
Find out how much each question is worth or how many points you need. If it asks to give one answer, only write one.
If there is a difficult question, don’t worry. Go on to the next question and come back to it if you have time later.
Try not to 1eave questions unanswered when you finish the text. Sometimes a guess may get you points.
When you finish, go back and check your answers. You will need to check your writing for spelling mistakes.
小题1:From the passage, we know we can            to help ourselves relax if we feel a little nervous.

A．tell ourselves not to be nervous	B．ask the teacher for help
C．go out for a walk	D．take a few deep breaths

小题2:To make sure we understand the questions, we had better             .

A．read it fast	B．read it till we finish it
C．read it a few times if possible	D．read it slowly

小题3:When we finish answering all the questions, we need to      

A．hand in at once	B．check spelling mistakes
C．worry about our points	D．check with classmates

小题4:The underlined word "strategies" in the passage means       

A．策略

B．思维

C．途径

D．智慧

小题5:Which of the following is NOT RIGHT according to the passage?

A．Find out how many points we need or how much each question worths.

B．Try not to leave questions unanswered when we finish the text.

C．If it asks to give one answer, we'd better write more.

D．Sometimes we should guess the answers to get points.

Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are working? Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?
If you do, you need to take control of(控制)your feelings and stop getting
angry so easily．Getting angry with people can make you lose friends．

Gary Egeberg，an American high school teacher, has written My Feelings
Are Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings．It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them．The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse．It can never make them better．Getting angry is not a natured(本性) way to act. It is just a bad habit，like smoking.The book says you can control your anger easily-all you have to do is telling yourself not to be angry．
When a baby falls over, it only cries if people are watching it．Like a baby, you should only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do．
The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry easily．Here are our top three：
① Keep a record. Every time you get angry,write down why you are angry．Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily．
②Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry．This will teach you not to be angry．
③ Do something different．When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else．Try to laugh !
小题1:The writer wants to tell us________．

A．not to get angry easily	B．to work hard at school
C．to do more exercise	D．to help each other

小题2:The writer thinks that if you get angry easily you will_________.

A．get ill very easily	B．lose your friends
C．put on weight easily	D．eat less

小题3:My Feelings Are Just Like wild Animals is a_______．

A．story

B．book

C．picture

D．film

小题4:My Feelings Are Just Like Wild Animals mainly tells us_________．

A．what to read	B．how to read
C．how to stay cool	D．how to learn English well

小题5:In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “it”refers to_______.

A．the book

B．anger

C．habit

D．the baby

People enjoy taking trips. But what are the reasons they leave home? One reason is for education. People travel because they want to learn more about other people and other places. They are curious about other cultures. When people are tourists, they get a quick look at different ways of living. Even a short look at another kind of lifestyle is an important lesson. On a trip, a person can learn directly by visiting museums and historic spots. What does a tourist learn who sees the art museums, visits the historical palaces and other scenic spots in Paris and shops along the River Seine? He gets a vivid picture, a real life of one of the French people. He learns about their attitudes（态度）, how they feel about business, beauty and history.
What about the tourist who goes to Hong Kong? Does he get the same information that he could get from a book? He might read that Hong Kong is crowded, that there is less than 200 square meters of space for each person. But seeing and feeling the lack of space will impress him much more. He might read that there are nearly 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway. But the sight of so many vehicles parked along the roadside would be a much more vivid lesson. The tourist to Hong Kong will never forget the contrasts(对比，对照): the straight vertical lines of tall modern buildings and the moving lines of boats that people live in.
小题1:Why do people leave home to travel according to the passage?

A．For education.	B．For adventure.
C．To enjoy themselves.	D．To look for a different lifestyle.

小题2:What do we learn from the passage about Paris?

A．It has a large population.

B．It has many tall buildings.

C．There are 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway.

D．There are many museums and palaces.

小题3:What impression will a tourist get of Hong Kong?

A．It has many big and beautiful parks.

B．It is very crowded.

C．It has many historical spots.

D．It is an important industrial center.

小题4:What does the passage tell us about traveling?

A．It makes our life more interesting.

B．It enables us to get first-hand knowledge.

C．It helps develop our personalities.

D．It brings about changes in our lifestyle.

We humans live in different parts of the world, but we have the same “mother”. She gives us everything we need in our daily life. She is our Mother Earth.
April 22 is Earth Day. The theme of this year is “Green Cities”.
A green city is a healthy and pleasant place for people to live, according to the United Nations.
A green city can get its energy from renewable (可再生的) sources like solar (太阳能的) and wind power. Also, it is connected by clean public transportation. Moreover, a green city is made up of facilities (设施) that can save energy and reduce waste.
Around the world, many cities and countries have done well to build themselves in a green way.
Chicago is well known for its green roof (屋顶) program. These roofs are covered with plants. The plants get a great amount of rainwater. Later, the water evaporates (蒸发) to help make the air cool and clean. So far, there are about 360 green roofs in Chicago, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Curitiba, Brazil, has great transportation. It opened the world’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) system in 1974. BRT runs on special lanes. This makes sure that buses are on time even in traffic jams. With the help of BRT, the city has the lowest level of air pollution in Brazil. Today, many other countries have copied BRT, including China and Mexico.
Singapore is home to the first zero-energy building in Southeast Asia. Zero energy means a building is able to create more energy than it uses. Zero-energy buildings work with solar panels (板) mainly on roofs. These panels can make electricity which powers the buildings. By 2030, Singapore plans to build 80 percent of its buildings like this.
小题1:The theme of Earth Day this year is “_______”.

A．Green Roofs	B．Green Cities
C．Reducing and Recycling	D．Environmental Protection

小题2:The article mentions that there is BRT in the following countries EXCEPT _______.

A．Brazil

B．Singapore

C．China

D．Mexico

小题3:From the passage, we learn that in the three cities _______.

A．people are encouraged to grow plants on their roofs

B．special lanes are designed to solve traffic jams

C．people make good use of solar and wind energy

D．people are provided with a pleasant place to live

小题4:The passage is mainly developed by _______.

A．giving examples	B．explaining reasons
C．listing suggestions	D．showing different opinions

Roosegaarde, an artist and designer from Dutch has thought of a device(装置). He hopes it will make Beijing's sky clear again and help the people with masks breathe fresh air again in Beijing.
An electromagnetic field(电磁场) will pull the dirty particles in the air to the ground, and then they can be easily cleaned.
Roosegaarde says, "It's like when you have a balloon which has static electricity(静电) and your hair goes toward it. Smog happens the same way as the hair."
His workplace has reached an agreement with the Beijing government to test the technology in one of the capital's parks.  Beijing's skies are regularly covered by grey smog. Serious cases of air pollution are often reported in Beijing. Roosegaarde says an indoor test has already shown it works well and he is confident of the results. With the help of a team of scientists and engineers, he is sure that the device can be worked outside.
"Beijing is a very good place to test the device because the smog in Beijing is quite low and there's not so much wind." says Roosegaarde. "We'll be able to make the air pure but the most difficult thing is to remove the smog. As a result, you can see the sun again."
Roosegaarde also reminds us that his aim is not only to give a plan to solve Beijing's dirty air pollution but also to make people pay attention to the environment problem. He adds, "This is not the real answer for smog. The real answer to do with it is clean cars, different industry and different lifestyles. " However, he hopes the project will make the citizens realize the differences between clean air and smog-filled air.
小题1:The device works by_______.

A．helping keep the particles out with more masks

B．pulling particles to the ground with an electromagnetic field

C．absorbing hair with a balloon with static

D．creating clean air and letting it out into the sky

小题2:What does Roosegaarde use his device for?

A．To make smog.	B．To make the air clean
C．To make static electricity.	D．To make Beijing's parks beautiful.

小题3:After reading the passage, we can know_______.

A．the device doesn't work well indoors

B．the people with masks can breathe fresher air

C．Beijing government agreed to test the device

D．clean cars aren't helpful to the environment in Beijing

小题4:Roosegaarde hopes people in Beijing can_______.

A．pay attention to air pollution and solve the problem finally

B．invent more devices to clean the smog in Beijing

C．drive modern cars and try different lifestyles

D．realize how serious the pollution they're facing is

According to scientists' research, the month in which babies are born could affect them in some ways.
Babies born in spring get sick easily. Children born under Aquarius may be less clever than those born in other seasons. They may also have shorter lives than those born in autumn  Scientists believe many of the differences can be explained by the mother's exposure to sunlight in pregnancy(怀孕).  Sunlight helps lead to the production of Vitamin D in the body. The lack of this in the first months of life may have a bad effect on mental and physical health.
Vitamin D, called the "sunshine vitamin", is known to help regulate（调节） thousands of genes during development, according to a study of more than two million people. So Vitamin D has a good effect on health  This study showed that people born from April to June had slightly shorter lives than those born in October, November or December. Similar studies in the USA showed that people born in autumn lived about 160 days longer than those born in spring.
Professor Russell Foster, an Oxford University neuroscientist on seasonal biology, said the conclusions were surprising and interesting. He added, "These are small effects but they are very, very clear. I am not giving voice to star signs and they are just for fun. But it is true that we are affected by our season of birth."
小题1:A baby's season of birth doesn't affect its_______.

A．health

B．height

C．length of life

D．mind

小题2:According to the passage,_______ can help people get Vitamin D.
A. enough sleep                B. enough sunlight   
C. fresh air                        D. suitable seasons
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．People born in spring may not be in good health.

B．Children born under Aquarius are cleverer than those born under Libra.

C．Professor Russell Foster is interested in star signs and believes in them

D．People born in May will live longer than those born in October.

小题4:What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. People can know the length of life by star sign.
B. Women should choose to give birth to children in spring.
C A child's season of birth has some effect on him or her.
D. Vitamin D is very important to people's health.