B

One night a hotel caught fire(失火), and the people in the hotel ran out in their   61  clothes. Two men stood outside and looked at the fire. “  62  I came out, ” said one, “I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of  63  . People don’t think of money when they are   64  . When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire  65  it. So I took all the money I could find.   66   will become poorer because I took them.” 

“You don’t know me, ” said the other, “and you   67   my work.”

“What’s your work?”

“I’m a policeman.”

“Oh!”   68  the first man. He thought quickly and said, “And do you know my   69  ? I’m a writer. I’m always telling stories about the things that   70  happened. ”

1.	A．morning B．working C．night D．school

 

2.	A．Before B．After C．When D．As

 

3.	A．dead men B．books C．children D．money

 

4.	A．excited B．happy C．relaxed D．afraid

 

5.	A．keeps B．burns C．makes D．forgets

 

6.	A．Someone B．Anyone C．No one D．Everyone

 

7.	A．know B．don’t know C．knew D．didn’t know

 

8.	A．cried B．laughed C．shouted D．spoke

 

9.	A．name B．work C．story D．idea

 

10.	A．usually B．ever C．never D．often

 

What do you do if you're in trouble on a lonely island? Surely you need to find a way to get in touch with the outside world. Your best chance of doing this is to draw the attention of a passing plane.

Body signals (信号)

Pilots from different countries understand body signals if they have the correct training, When you wave your arms up and down in a straight line, it means, "yes". When you point downwards and swing your arm from side to side, it means "no". If you want the pilot to know that it's safe to land, push your hands out in front of you and bend (弯曲) your knees. If you want to say that it's not safe to land, put your arms in the air and move them to one side.

Smoke signals

The smoke from a fire can be seen from far away, so it’s a good way to draw attention. If the weather is dry, it isn’t hard to start a fire. Remember, however, that fires can be very dangerous if they get out of control. Never light a tire unless you're sure that it can’t spread. If the ground is dark, light smoke can be seen more easily. Green grass and leaves produce light smoke.

Ground-to-air signals

It's a good idea lo build some signals, too. Use large pieces of wood to make the symbols (标记). If you can't find any wood, use earth. Some useful symbols are:

F "I need food and water"

II "I need medicine."

I "I am badly hurt."

X "I am unable lo move from here."

Pilots' replies

If the pilot lowers the plane's wings from side to side, this means: "message received and understood" (At night, the pilot flashes the plane's green lights.) If the pilot flies the plane in a clockwise circle, this means "message received hut not understood" (At night, the: pilot flashes the plants red lights.)

However, there is no signal which means "message not received. Why not'?

1.How many signals can we use to draw the attention of the passing plane if you're in trouble?

  A. Three.        B. Four       C. Five      D. Six

2.Which picture means "it's not safe to land"?

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Swinging your arm from side to side means "yes"

B. If the ground is dark, light smoke can’t be seen.

C If you need some medicine, make a symbol “Ⅱ”.

D. The pilots make replies with a blue light at night.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. The explanation of building signals on an island.

B. The importance of making signals on an island.

C. Ways of sending out signals on a lonely island.

D. Ways of receiving signals from a lonely island.

 

选词填空（共10小题；每题2分，满分20分）

从方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用正确的形式填空。

1.No country __________________such great progress as China in the past thirty years.

2.The woman ________________________you if you don’t agree with her.

3.He ________________________________from time to time in the past.

4.The farmers ________________________the trees when the policemen came.

5.The volunteers _______________________________to save the pandas in Sichuan because many of them have disappeared.  

6.It’s _____________for her to finish the task in such a short time.

7.In our society , the old ___________________________by the government.

8.I want to know where ______________________________to solve the problem.

9.If people want to live better, they must pay attention to ___________the pollution

10.He always listens to the teacher____________, so he often fails the exam.

 

C

Like many people ,I have no clear idea about heroes . A t some point , we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.

Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage  and make us want to learn from them.

A hero does something worth (值) talking about, A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just person with great fame (声誉).

A hero has power(力量) larger than himself . Some people want to live like a hero. And they have to experience life with new and further meaning .A sure test for would- be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If their answer suggests they serve only own fames, they may be famous persons but not heroes.

A hero has a vision from the mountain top .He has the power to move people . He creates new possibility. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain, Without Martin Luther King .Jr, Americans might take different parks , and shop in different stores of the different colors of their skins.

There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of the change would be rather slow . Thanks to heroes in history ,they make the society develop so rapidly.

1.` According to this passage , a hero is a person who always ____

A．gives us courage	B．thinks highly of others
C．shares great fames	D．stands on the mountain top

2. I f you want to live like a hero , you should ____|

A．experience a new and meaningful life

B．listen to something worth talking about

C．serve your own fame and try to be famous

D．know where and how you want to live and die

3. The underlined word” vision” in the passage means____

A．风景

B．想象

C．远见

D．形象

4. Black people in American used to ___ before Martin Luther King Jr.

A．shop at the white’s store	B．drive buses with the white
C．take walks in the white’s park	D．eat in restaurants without the white

5. What can we learn from the passage ?

A．we don’t need heroes anymore at some point now

B．heroes are all the same though different in culture

C．people get power from heroes to move to a new place

D．our society has developed faster because of heroes in history.

 

 

Have you felt annoyed when a cell phone (手机)rings during the class? Something must be done to stop this. Now in New York City, USA, a rule is carried out（执行） in schools. Students can’t even bring cell phones to school. Is it a good thing or not?

Anxious（焦虑的） parents say that cell phones are an important tool in holding New York City’s families together.

“I worry about it,” said Elizabeth Lorris Ritter, a mother of a middle school kid. “It’s necessary in our everyday life. We have a washing machine, we have running water, and we have cell phones.”

 A number of Americans think cell phones connect them to children on buses, getting out from subways, walking through unknown places.

 “I have her call me when she gets out school,” said Lindsay Walt, a schoolgirl’s mother. “No one in New York is going to let their children go to school without a cell phone.

 What about the cell phone owners, the students? Most of the students said that cell phones were necessary and the cell phone was like an extra(额外的)hand or foot for them.

 “I feel so empty,” said May Chom, 14. “There is also no way to listen to music on the way to school without my phone. It will be a really, really boring trip.”

1.. Elizabeth Lorris Ritter is worried that ______________.

A. students are not allowed to bring cellphones

B. students spend too much time in listening to music on the cellphones

C. students bring cellphones to school and they often ring during the class

D. no rule is carried out to stop students from bringing cellphones to school

2.. ____________ American parents disagree with the rule that students can’t bring cellphones to school.

    A. Many       B. Some        C. Few     D. No

3. May Chom likes to ______________.

    A. go to school without a cellphone    

B. chat with her friends on the cellphone on the way to school

C. walk through unknown places with a cellphone

    D. bring a cellphone to school

4. This writer wants to tell us the __________ in carrying out the rule not

to use a cellphone in school.

   A. importance  B. problem     C. happiness      D. impossibility (不可能)