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Why is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys?

The answer depends largely 1. cultural values as well as personal experiences. To the Egyptians, green was a color 2. represented the hope and joy of spring, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. During the Spring Festival in China, children 3. (give) money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect 4. against evils（灾祸）.

People’s 5. (choose) of colors is also influenced by their bodies’ reactions toward them. Green is said to be 6. most restful color. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally 7. physically. People 8. (work) in green environment have been found to have fewer stomach aches.

Red can cause a person’s blood pressure to rise and increase people’s appetites（食欲）. Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. And many commercial websites will have a red “Buy Now” button because red is a color that 9. (easy) catches a person’s eye.

Blue is another calming color. Unlike red, blue is believed to cause people to lose appetite. So 10. you want to eat less, some suggest that eating from blue plates can help.

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Florence,Italy

Who should go:Art lovers;Renaissance historians;leather handbag shoppers with high credit limits.

When to go:Spring or fall.Travellers usually avoid summer in Florence.

Paris,France

Who should go:Starving artists;Henry Miler fans;traditional food lovers.

When to go:Spring is the best time.That’s what they all say,anyway.Autumn isn’t bad,either,and I’d rather be rooting around the south of France in search of truffles(松露) in autumn.Summer in Paris isn’t bad,really.

Amsterdam,Holland

Who should go:Lovers of Dutch Masters(artists I mean,like Rembrandt,not cigars);bicyclists—it’s a bike city in a flat land.

When to go:It can rain at any time in Amsterdam,but that’s not a reason for not visiting this fascinating city.Off season tourists will be rewarded with good enough weather to stick around.Summer is good for sun lovers.

Madrid,Spain

Who should go:Night owls—Madrid never sleeps;art lovers—the Prado is second only to the Louvre in presenting serious art;partygoers.

When to go:Spring,when days are warm and the nights are pleasantly cool.Demand for outside eating and drinking starts becoming stronger in March or April.Street life peaks(达到高峰) in June,then slows in July and August as the temperature peaks.Autumn is also good,although you’ll risk some rain.

Venice,Italy

Who should go:Romantic dreamers who like walking through automobile-free streets;your mother(she’ll want you to take her there,trust me);almost anyone who wants to see something really different and romantic.

When to go:February is the time when the famous Venice Carnival is held and the weather is usually cold and foggy—perfect weather for Venice.Summer?A large number of tourists in shorts and whiny children ruin the atmosphere.You’ll greatly enjoy yourself there in spring and early fall.

1.What do the cities Florence,Paris,Amsterdam and Madrid have in common?

A.They are all great cities for female shoppers.

B.They are all famous for their traditional food.

C.They are all great cities for art lovers.

D.They are all famous for cigars.

2.If you are interested in looking for truffles in the south of France,you should go there in .

A.early spring B.autumn

C.summer D.late spring

3.What advice would the writer probably give you if you go to visit Amsterdam?

A.To avoid going there in summer.

B.To avoid going around there by bike.

C.To take some credit cards with high credit limits.

D.To take an umbrella with you whenever you go out.

4.The underlined part“Night owls”in the section about Madrid probably refers to people who like .

A.night life B.serious art

C.drinking wine D.organizing parties

5.According to the section about Venice,the writer would agree that .

A.summer isn’t a good time to visit the city

B.the city is not a good choice for romantic lovers

C.streets in the city are usually too crowded with cars

D.people avoid going there in February because of the weather

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1.--May we ask what you’re doing in this country and what your plans are? --Well, I can’t say that I have any plans. I’m hoping to find work. As a matter of fact, I landed in Britain _____ ______.

2.--And it was the ship that brought you to England. –Yes. The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, which______ ______ my appearance. I went to the American embassy to seek help, but…(the brothers smile at each other.)

3.It exploded loudly with fire and rock. They were ______ ______ to produce carbon dioxide, nitrogen, water vapour and other gases, which were to make the earth’s atmosphere.

4.Water had also appeared on other planets like Mars but, _______the earth, it had disappeared later. It was not immediately obvious that water was to be fundamental to the development of life.

5.Because of the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water than______ ______________ in the world. In fact, it has one-third of the world’s total fresh water, and much of it is in the Great Lakes.

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修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注: 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

It was 6 pm when we arrived Belfast, so we went straight to the hotel that we booked online to check in after we got on the plane. On our way to the downtown, the taxi driver brief introduced the city, which had been in chaos for almost 30 years until the end of next century. After dropped our bags, we wandered around in the streets. The city was peacefully and people seemed to be enjoying their life very much. The place that we had our dinner was called “The Crown”, a pub dated back to 1826, when the first train ran from Belfast to Lisburn. We met two European girls having Chow Mein, fried noodles, when we were having a rest in the hall of the hotel later. They told us they have bought the noodles in a Chinese restaurant named Eastern Land. We decided not to go there the next evening so that we could taste it.

Today’s museums include plenty of high culture, but you can still find shrines（圣地）to the extraordinary. Here’s a look at five curious museum stops across Canada.

Vancouver Police Museum

The setting, terrible enough, is the old Coroner’s（验尸官）Court and forensics lab, including the morgue(room where dead bodies are kept). Artifacts, from the 1870s on, include badges, uniforms, police equipment, items from criminals, and even preserved organs—all in all an arresting experience.

Vulcan Tourism & Trek Station

Designed to resemble a spacecraft, the Treck Station celebrates Vulcan’s coincidental relationship to Mr. Spock’s planet, Go to a building that features an 800-piece collection of Star Trek memorabilia — including Spock’s ears and floor-to-ceiling space paintings. If you want to know more about it, click here: http//www. Vulcantourism. com

Accordion（手风琴）Museum

Through instruments, photos and recordings, the museum traces the history of the accordion and its influence on Quebec culture. They’ve even acquired Asian instruments that show the use of the free reed— call them ancient ancestors of the accordion—that date back 4000 years.

Chocolate Museum

It’s chocoholic heaven — whole museum featuring displays on how chocolate is made, hands-on exhibits, collections of historic chocolate boxes, and antique candy- making equipment and, of course, lots of chocolate treats ,located in an old candy factory building. Click below to learn all about their hours and admission rates. http:// www. Chocolate museum .com

Potato museum

A 14--foot high potato greets you at what’s billed as the world’s largest exhibit of potato artifacts. Explore the humble potato’s role in the economy, a collection of farm tools related to growing and harvesting potatoes, Hall of Fame.

1.If you are very interested in thrilling movies, you will probably be attracted by .

A. Accordion Museum B. Vancouver Police Museum

C. Potato Museum D. Chocolate Museum

2.We can infer from the passage that the ancestors of accordion originated in .

A．Canada B．America C．Asia D．Africa

3.The passage is most likely to be taken from .

A．a magazine B．a newspaper

C．a website D．a brochure

This is an interview between the reporter and Sarah, a girl who created a website(网站) for her school.

Reporter: Why did you start this new website for Alcott Middle School?

Sarah: Three months ago, my mom was complaining about how she never hears about the days our school ends early until after the fact. She works late and sometimes she has to ask our neighbor at the last minute to pick me up after school. It happened several times, and she was frustrated that there wasn’t better notification (通知) from the school.

Reporter: Didn’t your school already have a website with that information?

Sarah: We had a website. But there wasn’t much information on it, and nobody was responsible for keeping it up-to-date (包含最新信息的). I asked my teacher if our class could update the school calendar. That seemed pretty easy.

Reporter: Was it?

Sarah: Yeah, and it was kind of fun. So then we asked the principal (校长) if we could redo the whole site. He said okay, so we went to work. We discovered websites that taught us how to make our site look better and added more hot links that people could click to get more information about a subject. We posted photos from basketball games. Our class even started a blog about what’s going on at school. Then we persuaded the teachers to create their own pages.

Reporter: So what’s next?

Sarah: A few friends and I started a small Web design business. We’re asking other schools if they’ll employ us to set up a site like the one we created.

Reporter: Wow! That’s pretty enterprising (有事业心的) for a 13-year-old.

Sarah: I guess so. But it doesn’t seem like work when you’re doing something you enjoy.

1.How did Sarah’s mom feel about her school three months ago?

A. Hopeful. B. Thankful.

C. Dissatisfied. D. Uninterested.

2.The underlined part “responsible for” is closest in meaning to _____.

A. in memory of B. in search of

C. in need of D. in charge of

3.Sarah set up the new school website _____.

A. with the help of her teachers

B. by researching on other websites

C. in order to please her principal

D. to make her school more famous

4.What can we learn about Sarah?

A. She doesn’t like working at all.

B. She dreams of being a boss.

C. She enjoys what she does now.

D. She wants to make lots of money.

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Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a __________old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects…

One day _________ walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly. He __________ it home. A few days later, a small_________ appeared；he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours __________ it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to__________ making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go _________ farther.

Then the old man decided to help the __________, so he took a pair of scissors and _________ the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then came out _________.

_________it had a swollen body and small, shriveled(皱缩的) wings. The old man __________to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would__________ to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened ! _________ , the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to _________.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting_________ and the struggle required for the butterfly to __________ the tiny opening were nature’s way of forcing fluid(液体) from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its__________ from the cocoon.

Sometimes __________ are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any challenges, it would weaken us. We would not be as __________ as what we could have been. And we could never fly.

1.A. cold B. kind C. polite D. tiresome

2.A. unless B. if C. while D. because

3.A. took B. moved C. circulated D. dashed

4.A. sign B. shadow C. shade D. opening

5.A. and B. until C. as D. then

6.A. stop B. prevent C. appeal D. adapt

7.A. any B. more C. no D. much

8.A. cocoon B. butterfly C. animal D. insect

9.A. take down B. take apart C. cut down D. cut open

10.A. greedily B. easily C. hardly D. quickly

11.A. Generally B. Even C. So D. But

12.A. sought B. lasted C. continued D. began

13.A. enlarge B. shorten C. tighten D. darken

14.A. In conclusion B. In time C. In fact D. In particular

15.A. walk B. fly C. flee D. run

16.A. wing B. tale C. subject D. cocoon

17.A. get out B. get through C. get away D. get down

18.A. freedom B. outcome C. balance D. reliability

19.A. struggles B. passions C. manners D. spirits

20.A. weak B. intelligent C. gifted D. strong

I love the weekend, because I ________ get up early on Saturdays and Sundays.

A. needn’t B. mustn’t

C. wouldn’t D. shouldn’t

El Nino, a Spanish term for ＂the Christ child＂, was named by South American fisherman who noticed that the global weather pattern, which happens every two to seven years, reduced the amount of fishes caught around Christmas. El Nino sees warm water, collected over several years in the western Pacific, flow back eastwards when winds that normally blow westwards weaken, or sometimes the other way round.

The weather effects, both good and bad, are felt in many places. Rich countries gain more from powerful Nino, on balance, than they lose. A study found that a strong Nino in 1997-98 helped American’s economy grow by $15 billion, partly because of better agricultural harvest, farmers in the Midwest gained from extra rain. The total rise in agricultural in rich countries in growth than the fall in poor ones.

But in Indonesia extremely dry forests are in flames. A multi-year drought(干旱) in south-east Brazil is becoming worse. Though heavy rains brought about by El Nino may relieve the drought in California, they are likely to cause surface flooding and other disasters.

The most recent powerful Nino, in 1997-98, killed around 21,000 people and caused damage worth $36 billion around the globe. But such Ninos come with months of warning, and so much is known about how they happen that governments can prepare. According to the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), however, just 12% of disaster-relief funding in the past two decades has gone on reducing risks in advance, rather than recovery and rebuilding afterwards. This is despite evidence that a dollar spent on risk-reduction saves at least two on reconstruction.

Simple improvements to infrastructure(基础设施) can reduce the spread of disease. Better sewers(下水道) make it less likely that heavy rain is followed by an outbreak of the disease of bad stomach. Stronger bridges mean villages are less likely to be left without food and medicine after floods. According to a paper in 2011 by Mr Hsiang and co-authors, civil conflict is related to El Nino’s harmful effects—and the poorer the country, the stronger the link. Though the relationship may not be causal, helping divided communities to prepare for disasters would at least reduce the risk that those disasters are followed by killing and wounding people. Since the poorest are least likely to make up for their losses from disasters linked to El Nino, reducing their losses needs to be the priority.

1.What can we learn about El Nino in Paragraph 1?

A. It is named after a South American fisherman.

B. It takes place almost every year all over the world.

C. It forces fishermen to stop catching fish around Christmas.

D. It sees the changes of water flow direction in the ocean.

2.What may El Ninos bring about to the countries affected?

A. Agricultural harvests in rich countries fall.

B. Droughts become more harmful than floods.

C. Rich countries’ gains are greater than their losses.

D. Poor countries suffer less from droughts economically.

3.The data provided by ODI in Paragraph 4 suggest that _________.

A. more investment should go to risk reduction

B. governments of poor countries need more aid

C. victims of El Nino deserve more compensation

D. recovery and reconstruction should come first

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A. To introduce El Nino and its origin.

B. To explain the consequences of El Nino.

C. To show ways of fighting against El Nino.

D. To urge people to prepare for El Nino.

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