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How would you like an easy way to earn $2,500? All you have to do is to sit around and wait for your meals. There’s a catch, however. You have to stay in a chicken cage with a stranger for a whole week. There are no books or television or radio for a whole week. There are no books or television or radio for amusement. You can’t leave until the week is up. And a camera will be recording your every move.

Two people actually took the job. The idea came from Rob Thompson, a video artist. He wanted to make a film about the way animals are treated. His goal was to raise people’s awareness (认识) of the living conditions of animals that are raised for food. He decided to pay $5,000 out of his own savings to two people who were willing to live like chickens for a week.

To Rob’s surprise, quite a few people answered his advertisement. He had interviews and selected Eric, a 24-year-old restaurant worker, and Pam, a 27-year-old chemist. The plan was for them to spend seven days together in a chicken cage that was six feet long and three feet wide. A camera would record their experience, which would take place in an art museum.

The week was long and difficult. They slept on a hard wooden floor. They couldn’t stand up without banging their heads. They ate mash(a kind of food for animals) and drink water from a garden pipe. Their only privacy (隐私) was a toilet surrounded by a curtain. There were no sinks, mirrors, or toothbrushes in the cage. Visitors who came here were warned, “Do not feed the humans.”

Finally it was over, and Pam and Eric came out of the cage. They had survived the week, and they each had a $2,500 check in their hands. When Rob Thompson opened the cage, Eric came out, changed into clean clothes, and ate a chocolate bar right away. “It’s great for me to be able to stand up.” he said. Pam just changed her clothes and left. After a week of visitors and reporters watching her, she didn’t want to talk to anyone.

1.The underlined word “catch”(in Paragraph 1) probably means _______.

A. unsolved problem B. surprising wonder

C. unbelievable condition D. hidden difficulty

2.What made it the most difficult for the two to stay in the cage?

A. That they had nothing for fun.

B. That they didn’t have meat to eat.

C. That they couldn’t lie down to sleep in the cage.

D. That they had to do almost everything in public.

3.Rob Thompson offered the job in order to___________.

A. Make a film about humans and animals

B. Advertise for his experiment about animals

C. Show how terribly some animals are treated

D. Experiment on how long a human can live in a cage

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. An Easy Way to Earn $2,500

B. Do Not Treat Animals Badly

C. Living Like a Chicken

D. Getting Along Well Anyway

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With a lot of homework _________last weekend, Tom didn’t go to the movies with his friends.

A.finished B.to finish

C.finishing D.being finished

What _______ me most in the movie was the father’s deep love for his son.

A. faded B. beat C. struck D. stuck

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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Ladies and gentlemen,

May I have your attentions, please? Now we are looking for the passenger, Mr. White, he is from America. And he is now leaving Beijing to America by Flight 748. Because we are told that Mr. White had left his passport as good as his wallet in Friendship Hotel. The manager of the hotel has just telephoned tell us about it. The manager has been sent his secretary to take the passport and wallet here, and she will come soon. Will Mr. White go to the gate of our airport to wait for you passport and wallet? She will arrive in about ten minutes.

语法填空

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

1. (spend) too much time online can increase your risk of catching 2. cold or flu，scientists have warned.

Those with greater levels of Internet addiction are 3. (likely) to give in to illness than those who spend fewer hours online.

Researchers believe the reason lies 4. the fact that people with an Internet addiction are more lonely，and as a result have 5. (weak) immune(免疫)systems.

They said the lack of interaction with other people and less time spent outside exposing 6. (them) to germs(细菌)played a role.

Also, recent studies 7. (find) people who spend more time online experience greater sleep problem, have 8. (bad) eating habits, do less exercise and tend to smoke and drink more alcohol.

These 9. (behave) can harm their immune system and increase chances of getting diseases.

Professor Phil Read said，We found that the impact of the Internet on people's health was independent of other factors，like depression，sleep problem，and loneliness， 10. are associated with high levels of Internet use and also with poor health.

Laptop computers are popular all over the world．People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels．These laptops connect people to their workplace．In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want．Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop．The laptops are part of a ＄10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college．The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet．In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families．However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs．They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees—anywhere at all!

Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable．As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers．In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources．State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students．State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.

At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers．The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons．As one Westlake teacher said, “ Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world．They can see everything and do everything.”

1.The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to _______.

A．connect them to libraries

B．access the Internet

C．work at home

D．use for their schoolwork

2.Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A．All teachers use computers

B．1500 students have laptops.

C．It is an old college in America．

D．Students there can do everything.

3.A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can _______.

A．attend lectures on information technology

B．travel around the world

C．have free laptops

D．get information from around the world

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A．The program is successful．

B．The program is not workable.

C．The program is too expensive．

D．We don’t know the result yet.

George Gershwin，born in 1898，was one of America’s greatest composers．He published his first song when he was eighteen years old．During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs．

Many of Gershwin’s songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City．These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s．Many of his songs have remained popular as ever．Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way—from jazz to country．

In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music．Could jazz，some people asked，be considered serious music? In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music．Gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it．And in that short time，he composed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue．Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert．The audience were thrilled when they heard his music． It made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular．

In 1928，Gershwin went to Paris．He applied to study composition(作曲)with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger，but she rejected him．She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style．While there，Gershwin wrote An American in Paris．When it was first performed，critics(评论家)were divided over the music．Some called it happy and full of life，to others it was silly and boring． But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States．It still remains one of his most famous works．

George Gershwin died in 1937，just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer．He was only thirty-nine years old．Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages．People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written．

1.Many of Gershwin’s musical works were ．

A．written about New Yorkers

B．composed for Paul Whiteman

C．played mainly in the countryside

D．performed in various ways

2.What did Gershwin do during his stay in Paris?

A．He created one of his best works．

B．He studied with Nadia Boulanger．

C．He argued with French critics．

D．He changed his music style．

3.What do we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Many of Gershwin’s works were lost．

B．The death of Gershwin was widely reported．

C．A concert was held in memory of Gershwin．

D．Brain cancer research started after Gershwin’s death．

4.Which of the following best describes Gershwin?

A．Talented and productive．

B．Serious and boring．

C．Popular and unhappy．

D．Friendly and honest．

书面表达

假设你是李华，你的朋友Kate想写一篇关于世界主要国家中学生课外阅读的小论文。她给你发了邮件询问有关情况，请你写一封英文邮件进行回复。

内容主要包括：

1. 你校同学课外阅读情况；

2. 分析这种状况的原因；

3. 你的观点。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 文章的开头和结尾已经给出（不计入总词数）。

Dear Kate,

Thank you for your email. Now I would like to tell you something about the extracurricular reading in our school. ______________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

Not having done physical exercise for some time, I found myself a little low-spirited and couldn't study efficiently, so I decided to do some running the next day. At 6:15 the next morning, my alarm clock rang. Unwilling to rise from my bed, I turned it off and went back to sleep. However, 5 minutes later, I struggled to get up. After washing and brushing, I had my sneakers on and went out.

Wow! The air was so fresh that I couldn't help breathing it deeply. I stretched (伸展)my arms and legs, then started to run. I found all things around me were so attractive. Look, the branches were waving, as if they were welcoming me; the blossoming flowers were bowing, with shyness, just like girls. Listen, the wind was whispering, as if to say “come on, girl”. What's more interesting was those two birds, perching in the tree. They were scared and flew away when I passed them. “Hey, chaps, relax.” I shouted without stopping running. “Let's enjoy the beautiful morning together!” Then miracle(奇迹) happened. The two little creatures seemed to understand what I said. They turned back and twittered(吱吱叫) around me. “Are you singing for me?” I asked. They twittered again and again, sounded like “Yes”. I was delighted to hear that. Ah, what a wonderful morning and how beautiful life is!

Actually, there are a lot of charming things around us. Helen Keller wrote in her famous article Three Days to See, “The seeing see little”. Indeed, many of us ignore the beauty around us, just because we are familiar with them. They always complain that life is boring. But, I just want to say, if you live each day with appreciation of things around, you'll find life is very charming. So, let's enjoy life from now on.

1.According to the passage, the writer went running with the purpose of _____.

A. seeing the beauty of nature

B. making herself more active

C. talking with birds

D. breathing fresh air

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The writer rose immediately after the clock went off.

B. The writer enjoyed the singing of the two birds.

C. The writer did some warm-up exercises before running.

D. The writer felt refreshed after doing some running in the morning.

3.What does the underlined sentence “The seeing see little” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Those who go out only see little things.

B. Those who can see enjoy nature much more than the blind.

C. People who go sight-seeing can see little.

D. People who can see hardly find the beauty of nature.

4.The purpose of the writer in writing this passage is to tell us that _____.

A. the nature in the morning is very beautiful

B. fresh air is beneficial

C. we should appreciate the beautiful things in life

D. physical exercise is useful

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