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Ms Smith,

This is Li Hua, monitor of Class Two, Senior Three of Xinhua

1.High School. _______ you may have known, our school is planning

2.to hold an art festival from December 12th to 18th , _______ (持续) a

3.whole week. In p     for the festival, our class has decided to put

4._______ a short English play. We’ve already made progress with it.

5.Without your help, we will _______ (无法) to improve our English

6.quickly. To make the play a s    , we’d like to invite you to be our

7.guide, giving us some _______ on spoken English. I wonder if you will

8.be a     on the afternoon of December 2nd. We would feel much

9.______(荣幸的) if you could make it to Room 307 of the teaching building.

10.Looking forward to your early r    .

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

One day in January, my uncle, my cousin and I decided to go hunting．We left by car in the afternoon．It was a Range Rover with four-wheel drive．It took us three hours to get there．After we arrived at 5:15 p．m．, we fixed the tent, then made coffee and had a short rest．After that, we went hunting, using a falcon（猎鹰）．We spent two hours without finding anything．On our way back to the camp, my cousin saw a rabbit．I removed the falcon’s bead cover and let go of the aggressive falcon．When the rabbit saw the falcon, it ran fast, but my falcon was a professional hunter．He flew up and came down to trick the rabbit．After two minutes, the rabbit was caught．We took it back to the camp to cook our dinner．We ate the delicious food, drank Arabic coffee, and sat around the fire talking until 10:30 p．m．

We left the camp the next day at 7 o’clock in the morning．We went north．However, around 10:00 a．m．our car got stuck in the sand! We spent about three hours trying to pull out the car without any progress．Finally, we decided to walk．As it was hard for an old man or a young boy to walk more than 40km in the desert, I decided to get help myself．I took a bottle of water with me and started to walk south alone．I knew the way well, but it was a long way in the sand．I walked more than four hours without stopping．When I felt so tired and thirsty, I stopped to rest．I drank all the water and slept for around two hours．

When I got up, it was dark．I continued to walk south．I was worried about my uncle and cousin．Suddenly, I met a Bedouin man who was riding his camel．He took me to his house．When I had had enough rest, I asked him to take me to the road where I found a car．It took me to the city to get help．I had one day to get back to my uncle and cousin．When I got back to them, they were so happy because I had gotten help and they were able to see me again．

1.Which word can best describe the first evening of their hunting trip?

       A．Adventurous．     B．Enjoyable． 

       C．Stressful．            D．Exhausting．

2.How did the writer finally get out of the desert?

       A．He was picked up by a car．

       B．A camel took him to the road．

       C．A passer-by Bedouin helped him．

       D．His uncle and cousin found and rescued him．

3.What can be inferred from the story?

       A．It’s an easy job to walk 40km in the desert．

       B．The author loved to go hunting with his family．

       C．The hunting trip is much longer than expected．

       D．To hunt in the desert one must train a falcon well．

1.She is s               with her son’s progress.

2.He said he would never f              me for my mistake.

3.She was a                medal for her bravery.

4.They entered the area without p                .

5.Young people usually have more e            than the old.

6.Come with me and I’m sure you will b             from that expert’s speech.

7.She doesn’t p             her children to smoke.

8.The river is so polluted that every day we can see a lot of things f________ on the water.

9.The reason why we have to fall to the ground is that there is g_________.

10.The reason he gave to a________ for his absence was unbelievable.

11.Seeing the snake, she couldn’t help s____________.

BUKHANNON, West Virginia—Two rescue teams slowly moved along a two-mile path on Monday night to the site of a coal mine explosion that trapped 13 miners, who had not been heard from since the early morning accident．

Meanwhile, at a nearby church, more than 250 family members and friends gathered, waiting for updates（最新报道）on the rescuers’ progress．

The miners were trapped at about 6:30 and many families weren’t informed of the accident until about 10 a．m-more than three hours after it happened．“It’s very upsetting, but you’ve got to be patient, I guess,” said John Helms, whose brother, Terry, was trapped in the mine．

The trapped miners were about 260 feet underground and about 10,000 feet from the Sago Mine’s entrance, said Roger Nicholson, general counsel from International Coal Group．

At a late night news conference, Nicholson said one team had advanced about 4, 800 feet in the four hours since entering the mine just before 6 p．m．Another team entered the mine about 30 minutes later．

He said the crew was very experienced, with some members having worked underground for 30 to 35 years．The miners were equipped with about one hour of breathable oxygen each．The company has not released the names of the miners．

The teams test the air about every 500 feet, and have to disconnect （remove） the power to the phones they use to communicate with the surface before doing that．“ We don’t want to be energizing anything if it’s in an atmosphere with burnable gases,” Kips said．

The cause of the explosion was not immediately known．High levels of carbon monoxide were discovered shortly after the explosion, which delayed rescue efforts, but those levels have since subsided（减退）, authorities said．

According to the passage, we can infer that ________．

       A．all the miners who were trapped underground were still alive

       B．communication with the trapped miners was cut off

       C．the two rescue teams entered the mine at the same time

    D．the rescue started as soon as the accident happened

If the first team advanced at an average speed, they could dig about _______ per hour．

 A．1,000 feet     B．2,400 feet        C．1,200feet        D．4,800feet

Where can the passage be seen?

       A．In a magazine．           B．In a newspaper．        

       C．In a science book．．      D．On an advertisement．

Which of the following shows the position where the miners were trapped?

Beijing—（13, July） China sent up a new data relay satellite（数据中继卫星）, Tianlian I-02, on Monday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in South-western Sichuan province．The new satellite will promote the country's satellite communication network for space docking（对接）．

The satellite was launched on a Long-March-3C carrier rocket at 11:41 p．m．, sources at the centre told Xinhua News Agency．The satellite separated from the rocket 26 minutes after its launch and was then successfully delivered into a geostationary transfer orbit （地球同步转移轨道）．

Developed by the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the satellite is the country's second data relay satellite．The first, Tianlian I-01, was launched on April 25．2008．

The two satellites will form a network to improve communications between China's spacecraft and bases on Earth, according to the centre．They will also be used to help the nation's first space docking, scheduled for the second half of this year．

As planned, China will launch space module Tiangong-I, which was designed as a platform that will dock with an unmanned spaceship, Shenzhou, for the county's first space-docking mission this year．

Two more Shenzhou spaceships will dock with Tiangong-I next year, and one will be manned by two or three astronauts, according to China Manned Space Engineering Office, which was the main user of the Tianlian I series data relay satellites．

“The new satellite can cover a greater area to track and command the country’s space vehicles in low-Earth orbits, such as manned spacecraft and remote sensing satellites, from a higher position in outer space．Only three satellites of this kind are needed to form a global communication network, and China has two now．” Pang Zhihao, a researcher and deputy editor-in-chief of Space International, said．

The satellite could also equip astronauts with real-time communications, which will benefit the country's future manned space flights, he said．

1.What is the main purpose to send up Tianlian I-02 ?

A．To test the function of a Long-March-SC carrier rocket．

B．To carry some astronauts into space to do some research．

C．To send more information and clearer pictures to mobile phones on the earth．

D．To promote the country's satellite communication network for space docking．

2.From the passage we know??????????? ．

A．one more such satellite is needed to form a global communication network

B．the satellite was developed by China Manned Space Engineering Office

C．it was less than three years since China launched its first date relay satellite of this kind

D．the satellite could help track and command space vehicles in orbits because it's lower in position

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the news report?

A．Shenzhou Ⅷ is a manned spaceship．

B．Tiangong-I will dock with three Shenzhou spaceships next year．

C．the satellite is of great importance to China's space exploration．

D．china’s first space docking will be done in the second half of next year．

4.The best title of the passage could be___________．

A．China Launched a New Space Shuttle

B．China's Plan for Space Exploration

C．China’s Progress in China's Space Exploration

D．New Satellite Helps China's Space Exploration