根据短文内容,从短文中的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

On June 2, 1886, a German captain threw a message in a bottle into the water while his ship crossed the Indian Ocean. Around 132 years later in January, the bottle was found on the Australian coast, 1.

The bottle was thrown into the water to track ocean currents (洋流). Between 1864 and 1933, German sailors threw thousands of bottles into the sea. 2.

But throwing messages in bottles into the ocean is not just for scientists. People send out such messages for many reasons. Some people write information about themselves in the hopes of finding a pen pal. 3. And still other people just write down some jokes, song lyrics or anything else they think might be fun.

There are even online messages in bottles. People can send the messages through WeChat or QQ.

The reasons and ways might be different, but the goal is always the same: to reach out and try to connect with someone. 4. In 1988, the British band The Police wrote a song called Message in A Bottle that describes this feeling.

As the song’s lyrics say, we are “a hundred billion castaways(被抛弃者) looking for a home”. When will you feel relieved (释然的) ? “A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore. 5.

A. Others write down secrets, hoping that the waves will wash them away.

B. This kind of shared feeling might be why this tradition has remained popular for so long.

C. making it the oldest-known message in a bottle in the world.

D. Seems I’m not alone at being alone.

E. Some 663 of those messages were found later.

完形填空。(共10分, 每小题1分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Once when Kevin was selling hats under a big tree, the monkeys on the tree picked some hats and put them on. So Kevin took off his own hat and threw on the ground. The stupid monkeys threw their hats, too! Kevin soon all the hats and left happily.

Fifty years later, young Tony, of Kevin, also sold hats for a living. a long walk, Tony was tired, so he put his bag of hats beside him and laid down under a big tree. He was soon fast .

When he woke up, Tony found that there weren’t any hats in his bag! Tony started looking for his hats. To his , he found some monkeys on the tree wearing his hats.

Tony didn’t know what to do. Then he remembered the story his grandfather used to tell him. “Yes! I can fool these monkeys!” said Tony. “I’ll them imitate (模仿) me and very soon I will get all my hats back!”

Tony then waved at the monkeys, the monkeys waved at him. Tony started dancing, the monkeys were also dancing. Tony threw his hat on the ground…

Just then, one of the monkeys jumped down the tree, picked up the hat Tony threw on the ground and up to Tony. He said, “Do you think only you had a grandfather?”

1.A. it B. its C. him D. his

2.A. pointed B. put C. collected D. matched

3.A. father B. son C. grandson D. friend

4.A. When B. After C. Before D. As

5.A. alive B. afraid C. awake D. asleep

6.A. pleasure B.interest C. value D. surprise

7.A. recently B.luckily C. proudly D. angrily

8.A. tell B. make C. promise D. realize

9.A. from B. beside C. toward D. through

10.A. put B. brought C. walked D. took

The Vine That Ate the South

Kudzu is a fast-growing vine(蔓生植物) that covers a large area in the southern United States. It is so common that one might think it is a native plant, but it is not. Kudzu was brought to the United States from Japan in 1876. Many Americans thought it was beautiful, and they began to plant it. They didn’t know it could grow up to a foot a day during the summer months. Nor did they know it would grow up and over anything in its path(路径).

In Japan, kudzu experienced cold winters and a short growing season. But in the United States, it has a very long growing season with warm and wet southern weather. It is fine weather for the vine to grow fast.

In the 1920s, people used the vine to feed farm animals. Ten years later, the government supported to plant kudzu because it kept soil(土壤) from washing away. However, by the 1950s, the government no longer wanted people to plant the vine. Twenty years after that, the government said it was a harmful plant.

The vine grows up trees and buildings, making some beautiful shapes. However, trees die after kudzu covers them because they can not get enough light. Scientists are looking for ways to kill the vine. They used poisons(毒药) to kill the vine. However, some of the poisons made it grow even better. Scientists also find it difficult to dig up Kudzu. The plant is really tough.

Because kudzu is so hard to kill, some people are making the best of it. So they try to find different uses for the vine. They find the vine can be used to make paper and baskets, it can be used to feed the goats, and it can even be eaten by people. Scientists are studying it in the hope that the vine can be used as a medicine. At the very least, kudzu serves as an example of the unexpected results that can come from non-native plants.

1.We can learn from the passage that .

A. kudzu mostly grows in the northern America

B. kudzu was brought to Japan from America

C. kudzu grows very fast in warm and wet weather

D. American government has never supported to plant kudzu

2.The underlined word “tough” in Paragraph 4 probably means “ ”.

A. not easily broken B. widely used C. hard to grow D. important to one’s health

3.The last paragraph is mostly about .

A. how quickly the vine grows B. how people use the vine

C. why people want to kill the vine D. why people eat the vine

4.The writer uses the title “The Vine That Ate the South” most probably to .

A. let readers know kudzu is a vine B. interest readers in a humorous way

C. tell readers the vine is a kind of food D. get readers to realize the passage is serious

It was a Sunday afternoon and Sophie was searching her toy boxes. She 56 soft toys everywhere.

“What’s going on?” asked Dad and Grandma.

“Day 100 is coming up at school, and I need to find 100 things,” Sophie counted her soft toys. “Only 25. I would need 75 more!”

Dad 57 coins in his pocket. “How about 100 coins?”

“Lots of kids take coins.”

“How about 100 cotton balls?” said Grandma, holding up a bag of them.

Sophie shook her head. “Christopher took cotton balls last year. It was a windy day, and half of them were blown out of the box on his way to school.”

“How about buttons (纽扣)?” said Grandma.

“I did that in kindergarten.”

“Erasers?” said Dad.

“First grade.”

“Well, in all of my 60 years,” said Grandma, “I have never thought so much about the number 100.”

“And in all of my 40 years,” said Dad, “I ...”

“Wait a minute!” Sophie thought for a moment. “I’ve got my 100 things!”

Day 100 finally arrived. Sophie kept looking at the classroom door as other kids shared their things.

Then someone knocked on the door. Sophie’s dad and grandma walked in. Sophie jumped out of her seat. “Here are my 100 things!” she shouted.

The class looked surprised.

“But that’s only two people,” said Kelly.

Sophie smiled and said, “This is my dad. He’s 40 years old.”

Sophie wrote 40 on the blackboard.

“And this is my grandma,” she said. “She’s 60 years old.”

Sophie wrote 60 on the blackboard.

“Got it?” she said. “40 plus (加) 60 is ...”

“100!” shouted the class.

“You know what?” Sophie said, hugging (拥抱) Grandma and Dad. “One hundred years is pretty awesome (令人敬畏的).”

根据材料内容完成下列任务。

jingle: to shake small things together so that they make a sound

toss: to throw something carelessly

1.任务一:根据英文注释,将下列单词的正确形式填入材料空白处。

_________

2.任务一:根据英文注释,将下列单词的正确形式填入材料空白处。

_________

3.任务二:判断正(T)误(F)。

Christopher had only 50 cotton balls when he arrived at school on Day 100 last year.

4.任务二:判断正(T)误(F)。

Sophie’s dad and grandma helped her find buttons and erasers.

5.W任务三:回答问题。

hat did Sophie take to the classroom on Day 100 this year?

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