题目内容
5. 实在抱歉，这么晚给您打电话。
I must calling you so late.
5. apologize for
B
★★★★☆
When 6-year-old Semra Aniston Young was asked to write about something she liked about herself,she responded with a simple but powerful message about her body image.
Semra's mom Kali Young said that she and her husband first saw the completed assignment at a parent-teacher conference. aHer teacher loved it and was excited to share it with us,” she said. After admiring the details in the drawing,Kali said she and her husband considered the (潜在的) meaning. “We discussed how happy we were that she saw herself as beautiful and that she loved her body,” the mom said. “We were so thankful that our daughter saw herself in a positive way.”
Kali,who works as an assistant headmaster at an elementary school,said she encourages her daughter to notice the positive aspects of people she sees and meets. “In a time when negatives seem to be flooding our society,I want my daughter to feel the positive and see the positive in herself and others/' she said,adding that she and her husband emphasize the importance of inner beauty qualities such as kindness and compassion
“When it comes to outer beauty,we point out what a beautiful shirt someone is wearing,or praise a beautiful hair color or fine skin,” the mom continued, “My hope is that she can see that inner beauty is the most important and that outward beauty is represented in many different ways. I want my daughter to see herself as a beautiful,confident,young lady — inside and outside. And seeing her positive self-image through her drawing makes me so proud."
As an educator,Kali is highly aware of the pressure and mixed messages about body images that girls experience as they grow up. And she's determined to help Semra develop confidence and have compassion from a young age.
5. How did Semra respond to the assignment?
A. She praised her teacher.
B. She sang a beautiful song.
C. She showed little interest in it.
D. She drew a joyful picture of herself.
6. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The parents ’ reaction.
B. The teacher's assignment.
C. The parent-teacher conference.
D. Semra's completed assignment.
7. How did Kali feel after seeing Semra’s work?
A. Confused. B. Happy.
C. Shocked. D. Worried.
8. In Kali Young ’s opinion,.
A. Semra lacks compassion for others
B. it is necessay to praise Semra often
C. inner beauty is more important than outward
D. Semra pays too much attention to her appearance
IV.选用方框内合适的短语并用其正确形式填空 (每个短语限用一次) 。
take place, play a trick on, dress up, look forward to, have fun with
1. It's a small informal party — you don’ t have to
2. We have never discovered what that night.
3. On weekends I like to go to clubs and my good friends.
4. My niece me 一 she put juice in my shampoo bottle!
5. He has worked hard and is his retirement.
2. Sophia cannot f herself for not seeing her mother before she died.
5. We,re waiting the ram to stop before we go out.
C
★★☆☆☆
Some unwelcome visitors from North America have been turning up in the waters off the coast of Great Britain.
North American (龙坏) have been found in the North Sea (between Great Britain and Northwest Europe) , far from their own habitat. The lobsters usually live along the eastern coast of Canada and the United States.
It is impossible that the lobsters could have made the 5 ,600-kilometre journey on their own. They were probably brought to Brita?i and then got away from containers. Some of the lobsters that were caught had (松紧带) holding their legs shut,like lobsters ?iat are kept in containers in stores or restaurants.
Many may have been “set free” from some ships passing through the area. Sometimes passengers order a live lobster from a tank in the dining room and then ask the waiter to throe it overboard instead of cooking it.
According to official records, 26 North American lobsters have been caught in waters off Great Britain since 1988. However,it is believed many more have been found but not reported.
It is against the law to let North American lobsters come into British waters. If they settle down in European waters,it would be bad for the local lobsters. The two live in the same place and eat the same food. But North American lobsters are larger,stronger and rnore aggressive an European lobsters,and they produce young more quickly.
As a result,they could take food and space away from the local lobsters,and from other types of itellflsh that live in the same area. These lobsters may also cany diseases that could harm the local lobsters. ”
29. Those unwelcome lobsters
A. could travel 5,600 km a day on their own
B. used to live in waters off Great Britain
C. would soon disappear in British waters
D. might have escaped on the way to Britain
30. What can we learn about European lobsters?
A. They are growing too fast to be kept under control. .
B. Shellfish often take away their food and space.
C. They are easily harmed by North American lobsters.
D. People become ill easily if they eat these lobsters.
31. The author,s purpose of writing the text is
most likely to .
A. discuss B. report
C. advertise D. introduce
A
Nearly every driver has experienced that feeling of great tiredness,where it becomes almost impossible to stay awake at the wheel. 14-year-old Katherine Wu is too young to have experienced this situation firsthand. However slie noticed how difficult it was for her dad to remain awake while driving back from ?ieir femiiy vacations in Florida to their home in Maryland. Her mom had to talk to her dad all the way.
So I created a tool that can be used instead of my mom talking to my dad to make sure he stays awake and is safe,” she says.
Her inversion ,“Driver's Companion”，can notice driver sleepiness and warn the driver if he or she is too t?ed to be on the road.
The user wears a headset(耳机) ，which sends information about the driver' s brain waves (月凶电波) to a tiny computer. The computer can be placed in front of the driver. The 吵对撕(系统) then gives warnings,if needed. As the driver becomes sleepier,red color will be shown to warn him or her. The driver will also hear messages warning him to get off the road. The machine can say, “You’ re tired. Please take a break."
After sending her invention to the 2014 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge,Wu was chosen as a finalist and was able to work with Dr. Jesse Miller,who is a product development specialist.
“He helped me understand how important it IS to make sure that my invention wprked for the people who were using it and that it was user-friendly,” Wu says.
As a young scientist,Wu has some advice for other students of her age: ul would like to tell them that they should choose something they* re interested in. So they 11 be willing to spend more time on it and enjoy working on it more. Also when there 's difficulty,they should just continue working hard because they’ 11 get over it."
1. Why di? Wu’s mother talk to her dad all the way?
A. To prevent an accident.
B. To help him feel relaxed
C. To discuss their vacations.
D. To make the trip enjoyable.
2. What is the purpose or‘Driver's Companion”？
A. To show drivers the way.
B. To prevent drunk driving,
C. To improve driving skills.
D. To help drivers stay awake. .
3. Which of the following shows how Driver5 s Companion works?
A. Sleepiness →Headset → warnings→ Computer
B. Sleepiness →Warnings →Headset→ Computer
C. Sleepiness →Headset → Computer → Warnings
D. Sleepiness -? Computer Headset Warnings
4. Dr. Miller lets Wu know the importance of
A. satisfying users
B. working together
C. making discoveries
D. helping other students
5. Wu advises other young students
A. to enjoy their lives
B. to learn to love science
C. not to do dangerous jobs
D. not to give up what they love
7. A h is a woman who invites someone
to a meal or party,or to stay for a short time in her home.
[写作任务]
英语课上，老师要求你们根据课文内容续写一段《百万英镑》的剧本，
设想予利从饭店出来，走进一家理发店 所发生的事。
注意：词数250-300C开头已给出，但不 计入总词数) 。
Act I,Scene 5
NARRATOR: Henry smiles as he leaves the restaurant. When he is walking down the street,he sees a sign for a barber shop. In a shop window,he looks at his own hair. Since it is too long,he decides to get it cut.
HENRY: Good afternoon,like to get a cut,if I may.
BARBER:
