To ________ is to show up or become visible (看得见的).

A. appear B. disappear C. act

If you are _________ something such as a plan or system, you think it is wrong, bad, or stupid.

A. with B. against C. towards

Trees can _________ harmful gases from the air.

A. take in B. put out C. give off

Rebecca wants to know more about trees and how they help us. Dr. Jones is telling her something 1.trees.

Trees help in many ways. They keep the air cool and clean. They take in 2. (harm) gases from the air and produce oxygen for us 3.(breath). They are major 4.(fight) against air 5. (pollute). Besides, trees can also make our lives even 6. (convenient). Many of the things in our daily lives come from trees. For example, paper and pencils. 7. (actual), we get a lot more from trees. We get fruit and oil from them. Tea also comes from the leaves of trees. Look around this room. Most of 8.furniture is made of wood. Trees are really important in our daily lives. So we can’t imagine what the world would be like 9. there were no trees.

However, we cut down millions of trees every year. We must stop 10. (protect) them if we don’t want a world without trees.

Bill Evans was a professional baseball player. He was a very good player and had played in the World Series many times. He was also superstitious. (迷信的) Before every game, he went to a fortune-teller to find out what was going to happen. The fortune-teller had told his fortune many times and had often been correct.

One day, on the eve of an important game, he visited his favourite fortune-teller, as usual. The fortune-teller studied his hand and then said, "I see a man wearing a white coat. " And you are lying on a stretcher（担架）. " This really worried Bill. He decided not to risk (冒险) it. He was afraid to get injured (受伤). The captain of Bill’s team was not happy when he told him that he was not going to play. Bill was one of the best players on the team. However, there was nothing he could say to make Bill change his mind.

Bill also decided not to watch the game, but to go to the hospital and visited one of the other players who had been badly injured a few weeks before. As he was walking into the hospital, Bill hit his head on the ground and lost consciousness (直觉). Within a few seconds, he was being carried into the hospital on a stretcher.

1.What did Bill do before a game?

A. He practiced hard. B. He talked to his friends about what was going to happen.

C. He went to the hospital. D. He went to a fortune-teller.

2.What did Bill think was going to happen?

A. He would be injured during the game. B. He would be injured at the hospital.

C. He would be injured by his captain. D. He would be injured by the fortune-teller.

3.What did Bill decide to do?

A. Play in the game. B. Not play in the game.

C. Stop visiting fortune-tellers. D. Give up baseball.

4.When did Bill go to the hospital?

A. Before the game. B. After the game.

C. During the game. D. When he was sick.

Can trees talk? Yes-but not in words. Scientists have reasons to believe that trees do communicate with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree(柳树) attacked in the woods by caterpillars (毛毛虫) changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that the caterpillars got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. The even more astonishing, the tree sent out a special vapor-a signal causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty.

Communication, of course, doesn’t need to be always in words. We can talk to each other by smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar(花蜜) for honey. So why shouldn’t trees have ways of sending messages?

1.When attacked, a window tree will protect itself by ________.

A. changing its leaves’ chemistry B. changing its leaves’ colour

C. talking to caterpillars D. sending out a special vapour

2.From the passage we know that caterpillars _________.

A. like willow trees B. enjoy eating fallen leaves

C. feed on willow tree leaves D. could communicate with willow trees

3.Caterpillars will stop eating willow trees leaves which   __________   .

A. have a chemical change and become tasteless B. have a pleasant taste

C. are being attacked D. are communicating

4.According to the passage, how do willow trees communicate with each other ?

A. They talk in words. B. They send out a special vapour.

C. They wave their leaves. D. they make special sounds.

1.Which of the following is NOT true about Soli?

A. It lies in western Austria. B. It is always hot.

C. It is in the mountains. D. It is lovely.

2.When should you have river boat trips in Thailand?

A. In the morning. B. At noon. C. In the afternoon. D. In the evening.

3.If you want to see the mountains and forests in Kauai, where should you go?

A. To the east. B. To the south.

C. To the west. D. To the north.

4.What does the underlined sentence mean?

A. It seldom rains in the centre of the island.

B. People feel surprised at the centre of the island.

C. It often rains in the centre of the island.

Find books in subway

Imagine this. Somebody hides free books in the subway for you to find and read. Sound exciting? Well, British actress Emma Watson, 26, is doing it! She is known for acting as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies.

Watson hid 100 copies of a book called Mom & Me & Mom (2013) in London’s subway. The book is an autobiography (自传) from US writer Maya Angelou. It tells about the writer’s relationship with her mother. These books were put in different places in the subway. People saw Watson doing the same thing in the New York Subway this month.

With each book, there is a handwritten note by Watson. She asked people to “take special care” of the books if they find them. She also wrote that “when you are finished, please leave it on the subway again for someone else to find”.

Watson’s work is part of a movement called Books on the Underground. It calls on people to leave their books on the subway so other people can enjoy them too.

Hollie Belton, a woman in London, started the movement in 2012. She loves reading on the subway. She noticed that a lot of people shared her habit so she got the idea. Over the years, Belton has left over 2,000 books of her own. The movement has attracted more and more people.

Watson is a book lover as well. That’s why she tried it. Earlier this year, Watson set up her own online book club Our Shared Shelf. She reads a book every month with others. Mom & Me & Mom is the club’s book for November.

1.We can tell from the first paragraph that Emma Watson _________.

A. is acting in a new Harry Potter movie.

B. has written a book about herself.

C. hides books in the subway for people to read.

D. has been a volunteer in London’s subway.

2.What did Watson’s note on each book ask people to do?

A. Give money to the charity. B. Take care of the books and share them.

C. Buy books from her online book club. D. Give those-books to homeless children.

3.Who is the first person to start the movement of Books on the Underground?

A. Emma Watson. B. Maya Angelou.

C. The Queen of England. D. Hollie Belton.

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Watson only hid books in London’s subway.

B. Watson and Belton are book lovers.

C. Watson set up a book club this month.

D. Watson has left 2,000 books in London’s subway.

阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

The friendship between humans and dogs possibly began 14, 000 years ago.Here are four examples of "a dog's life" in the human world today.

Treated like a queen

Tiffy is one of these dogs. Her owner, Nancy Iane Loewy, treats her like a queen. She patiently prepares Tiffy's meals of meat, fish, chicken and different kinds of fresh vegetables. Tiffy also eats yoghurt and biscuits after dinner. Loewy's husband has a very good job and her two sons are away at university, so she has the time and money totreat Tiffy very well, and she truly enjoys doing it. "I want to give her the healthiest, most wonderful life as long as possible," she says.

Food snitTer dogs(嗅探犬)

Food sniffer dogs work at international airports in the United States. Their job is to smell and find illegal(不合法的) fruits, vegetables and other foods in bags and mail. These foods sometimes bring insects and diseases which could be dangerous for plants and animals. The dog calmly sits down next to anything that smells suspicious(可疑的) . The dog's human partner then checks for illegal foods. SnifFer dogs are friendly and cute, so they don't scare people as they sniff through the crowds. More importantly, these dogs have an astonishing nose for food. They can find food in bags 84% of the time.

Animal carers

Jessie is a whippet(水灵狗) that visits very sick children in hospital. She shows them her love and when they feel down, Jessie makes them happy. Jessie helps patients to stay strong during their time in hospital.

There are many different kinds of animals that help people. We train " service dogs" to help people with physical disabilities. The best known service dogs are guides for the blind. But they can also learn to __________, tum lights on and off, pick up objects from the floor and even pull wheelchairs.

Doggie detectives (侦探犬)

Search-and-rescue (SAR) dogs use their amazing noses to find people. They can smell tiny clues(绒索) that people leave wherever they go. These include bacteria(细菌) , small pieces of cloffiing and hairs. They may Fmd missing hikers and search through rubble(碎石) after earthquakes and other disasters.

1.What food does Tiffy eat?

A. Only yoghurt and biscuits.

B. Anything except vegetables

C. Normal dog food from shops.

D. Home-cooked meals.

2.Which of the following is the best expression to fill in the blank in the passage?

A. look for missing hikers

B. open and close doors

C. do any tasks for people

D. follow people here and there

3.What kind of dogs is the most helpful when a child is lost?

A. SAR dogs. B. Whippet dogs.

C. Sniffer dogs. D. Queen dogs.

4.Whats the purpose of the passage?

A. To introduce different kinds of food sniffer dogs.

B. To tell the readers the importance of protecting animals.

C. To show the special relationships between dogs and humans.

D. To share with the readers the pleasure of keeping dogs as pets.

V. 根据句子意思，用所给单词适当形式填空，将答案写在答卷上。

1.What he said just now made me ________ (surprise).

2.The doctor advised me _________ (drink) more water.

3.If you want to be a nurse, you should have ________ (patient).

4.Lily was not at home. He ________(probable) went out for shopping.

5.My little brother always prefers staying at home to _________ (go) out.

6.Look! There’s a little elephant washing _________ (it) in the river.

7.The tour guide _________ (leader) us to the Louvre Museum yesterday.

8.I made friends with some _________ (Europe) on the Internet.

9.Some people in Canada speak English and others speak ________ (France).

10.Our teacher is worried about our _________ (safe).