Sun Bottle
Is it cool if the sun still shines at night? This special bottle can collect the warm sunshine. Place it in direct sunlight for a few hours and it will be ready to provide you with warm sun-like light for over five hours. The soft light works great as a night light in a child’s bedroom or on a dinner table.
Solar(太阳能) Book Light
Does he or she like reading? This might be what he or she really wants. Just place it in the sun, and you will have light wherever you go. Take it when you go camping or are on flights. You can even keep it at your bedside. It can be put on your books when you are reading. It has two lights and a pen.
Modern Bird House
Any bird friend would like a cool house like this! It has wooden walls with a green roof. The roof can be taken off for easy feeding and cleaning. The entrance is just like a bird, which is so attractive that it’s sure to fill your garden with happy birds.
Cool Stationery Set(文具)
This cool stationery set has a ball pen, a clock and a memo pad(便签簿). The pen sits on the top and rotates(旋转) around. Press down on the top, and you will have a piece of memo paper and get your pen off the top. It’s fashionable and useful. It’s a perfect gift!
45. __ would be the best choice if you want to give a present to your friend who loves reading.
A. A sun bottle B. A solar book light
C. A modem bird house D. A cool stationery set
46. Which is not true about the modern bird house?
A. It has wooden walls.
B. Its roof can be moved away.
C. Its door has a bird shape.
D. It makes the sound of bird singing.
47. The author wrote this passage to __.
A. talk about the latest cool inventions
B. ask people to use cool things in daily life
C. introduce several cool and useful presents
D. talk about the gifts he used to surprise his friends
48. Where can we buy the cool things according to the passage?
A. Online. B. At school.
C. In the supermarket. D. In the drugstore.
C
Are you happy most of the time? Or do you easily get angry sometimes? Everyone has a different temperament(脾气). It is usually believed that both genes(基因) and environment may affect people’s temperaments in different ways. Scientists have found that the season of the birth also plays a role.
Scientists from Budapest, Hungary, studied 400 university students. In the study, the students need to finish a questionnaire(问卷). The purpose of it was to find out which of four kinds of temperaments they most had. From the questionnaire, scientists found that the students always answered something like "My mood often changes for no reason." and "I love to deal with new projects, even if it is risky." These answers were then matched with their birthdays.
They discovered that people born in summer easily change between sad and happy moods compared to people born in winter. Those who always feel positive are mostly born in spring and summer.
The study also found that those born in autumn less probably had a mood of depression which may easily drive them to cry, while those in winter were not easier to be angry.
Scientists said that this was probably because the seasons had an influence on certain chemicals in the human body. And the chemicals are important to control people’s moods even in adult life.
"It seems that when you are born may increase or decrease your chance of developing certain mood disorders(紊乱) ," lead scientist Xenia Gonda told the Telegraph.
49. What probably can’t affect people’s temperaments according to Paragraph 1?
A. Genes. B. Ages. C. Seasons. D. Environment.
50. What does the underlined word "depression" most probably mean?
A. Sadness. B. Happiness. C. Surprise. D. Excitement.
51. Which of the following sentences is NOT true from the passage?
A. People born in summer change their moods more easily.
B. The season of birth has an influence on human’s moods.
C. There were 400 middle school students taking part in the study.
D. The answers to the questionnaire were matched with their birthdays.
52. What will the writer most probably write about on "__"?
A. How many kinds of moods there are.
B. What can we change the human body most.
C. How the certain chemicals affect the moods.
D. Whether the students will continue their study.
D
Hip-pop Dancing
Hip-pop dancing is popular with many young people today. They like it because they can invent their own moves. They use this dance to show their love for life. It also shows that they feel good about life, that they just want to be themselves and enjoy life, and that they are not afraid of problems.
Hip-hop dancing has a history of more than 30 years. It first began in the 1980s in the US. In early times, it was seen in New York and Los Angeles. At that time, many young black people often danced to music in the streets. They used their legs, arms, heads and even shoulders to dance. Many young people still use most of these moves today.
Hip-pop dancing became popular all over the world because of the 1983 movie Flash Dance. Some people performed Hip-hop dancing in the movie. People enjoyed their performances. They began to dance like them. Then it became popular. There are two kinds of Hip-pop dancing: the new school and the old school. More and more young people are learning Hip-pop dancing. People believe that it is a good way to exercise their bodies, and that it is good for their health.
53. Young people like Hip-pop dancing because ____.
A. it has a history of more than 30 years B. it first began in the US
C. they can invent their own moves D. many young black people often dance it
54. At first Hip-pop dancing was seen ____.
A. in the movies B. in the streetsC. in the old schools D. in the new schools
55. The young black people used their ____ to dance at that time.
A. legs B. heads C. arms and shoulders D. A, B and C
56. Hip-pop dancing became popular all over the world ____.
A. in the 1980s B. in 1983 C. 20 years ago D. in early times
57. Which of the following is TRUE about Hip-pop dancing?
A. It’s not a good way to exercise.
B. It shows that young people feel bad about life.
C. Young people use this dance to show their love for life.
D. It shows that young people are afraid of problems.
阅读下面短文,并用英语回答问题(请注意每小题后面的词数要求)。
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One evening, I found an electric(电动的) model car on my 6-year-old son’s desk. We hadn’t bought one like that for him. At dinner, I asked my son about it.
"I exchanged my paper model plane from a little girl in the neighborhood." he said.
We were surprised. The paper model plane really cost nothing. But the electric model car might cost 15 dollars at least. We thought our son might tell a lie. But we said nothing.
The next day, I took my son to the little girl’s home with the electric model car. I was going to make sure whether my son told us a lie, and to return the model car to the girl.
But the little girl’s mother told me that it was true.
"The electric model car belongs to my daughter. It is up to her. I respect her decision." She said. "Since your son likes the electric model car, it belongs to him."
Then I took the girl with us to a toy store. I bought an electric model plane to her. And I wanted the girl to understand whether it was worth exchanging an electric model car for a paper plane.
Since then, they have been good friends all their lives.
Education is really an art. It was lucky that we didn’t scold(训斥) our son before we learned about the fact.
58. What did the boy exchange his paper model plane for with the little girl? (不超过5个单词)
____
59. What’s the mother’s opinion on her daughter’s exchange? (不超过5个单词)
____
60. What does the writer want to tell us? (不超过15个词)
____
第三部分 写(共两大题,满分30分)
V. 单词拼写(共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分)
根据首字母及汉语提示,完成下列单词的拼写,使句意明确,语言通顺。
61. When we met, we s____ (握住) hands with each other.
62. Michael is always t____ (渴望) for knowledge.
63. The girl feels scared every time she c____ (过) the river.
64. The scientist always dresses himself s____ (朴素地) and cleanly.
65. Your tiny help may bring much w ____ (温暖) to people in trouble.
VI. 书面表达(共1小题;满分25分)
今年入冬以来,以北京为首的各大城市雾霾(haze)情况越来越严重,整个国家的空气污染状况令人担忧。假如你是Li Hua,作为一个中学生,你对我国空气污染的看法是什么呢?请分析空气污染的现象、原因、应对措施,写一份英文的倡议书,呼吁大家保护环境,减少对空气的污染。
要点提示:
1. 我国空气污染的现象。(至少写2点)
2. 空气污染产生的原因。(至少写2点)
3. 减少空气污染的措施。(至少写2点)
要求:
1. 80词左右,开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
2. 文中不能出现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称。
Dear students,
As we all know, hazy days have been influencing our lives a lot in recent years. That warns us of the serious air pollution. _
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Yours,
Li Hua