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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从第1—20 各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

On a cold winter evening, I was walking home, tired and hungry, when suddenly came screams(呼喊声) from behind some tress.____, I slowed down to listen, and ____ that what I was hearing were the sounds of a fight. A woman was being ____ not far from where I stood.

“Should I go to help her?” I thought. I was worried about my own ____,and I regretted having suddenly decided to take a new way home that night.“What if I am ____ too? Shouldn't I just ____ to the nearest phone and call the police?” But already the girl's ____were growing weaker. I knew it was time for me to act fast because I could not ____ the life of this unknown woman,____ it meant risking my own life.

I am not a ____ man. I didn't know where I found the ____ and physical strength(体力), but once I had finally ____ to help the girl, I became suddenly changed. I ran behind the bushes and ____ the attacker off the woman. Struggling, we fell to the ground, where we fought for a few minutes ____ the man jumped up and ran away.

____ heavily,I stood up and came up to the girl, who was crying behind a tree. In the ____,I could not see her clearly, but I could certainly ____ her shock. Not wanting to frighten her any further, at first I spoke to her from a distance.

“It's OK,” I said ____.“The man ran away. You're safe now.”There was a long stop and then I heard the words, said in both wonder and ____.“Dad, is that you?” And then, from behind the tree, stepped my youngest ____, Katherine.

1.A. Excited B. Frightened C. Interested D. Disappointed

2.A. knew B. understood C. realized D. imagined

3.A. attacked B. killed C. robbed D. caught

4.A. money B. safety C. future D. family

5.A. happy B. sad C. excited D. hurt

6.A. move B. take C. run D. go

7.A. cries B. noises C. cheers D. sounds

8.A. save B. ignore C. change D. decide

9.A. although B. because C. as D. but

10.A. kind B. powerful C. mean D. brave

11.A. courage B. belief C. attitude D. idea

12.A. agreed B. planed C. promised D. decided

13.A. took B. dropped C. pulled D. got

14.A. unless B. if C. since D. until

15.A. Walking B. Drinking C. Breathing D. Looking

16.A. daylight B. afternoon C. darkness D. midnight

17.A. feel B. see C. guess D. find

18.A. angrily B. softly C. sadly D. happily

19.A. shame B. peace C. pain D. surprise

20.A. son B. daughter C. grandson D. cousin

China is a land of bicycles. At least it was back in 1992 when I traveled the country. Back then everyone seemed to be riding a bicycle. Millions of them, all black. Cars were rare. Yet since my arrival in Beijing last year, I've found the opposite is true. There are millions of cars. However, people still use their bicycles to get around. For many, it's the easiest and cheapest way to travel today. Bicycles also come in different colors---silver, green, red, blue, yellow, whatever you want.

It's fun watching people biking. They rush quickly through crossroads, move skillfully through traffic, and ride even on sidewalks(人行道). Bicycles allow people the freedom to move about that cars just can't provide.

Eager to be part of this aspect of Chinese culture, I decided to buy a bicycle. Great weather accompanied(陪伴) my great buy. I immediately jumped up on my bicycle seat and started home.

My first ride home was orderly (守秩序的). To be safe, I stayed with a “pack” of bikers while cars on the streets came running swiftly out of nowhere at times. I didn't want to get hit. So I took the ride carefully.

Crossing the streets was the biggest problem. It was a lot like crossing a major highway back in the United States. The streets here were wide, so crossing took time, skill and a little bit of luck.

I finally made it home. The feeling on the bicycle was amazing. The air hitting my face and going through my hair was wonderful. I was sitting on top of the world as I passed by places and people. Biking made me feel alive.

1.According to the author, why are bicycles still popular in China today?

A. Because they are convenient and inexpensive.

B. Because they are traditional and safe.

C. Because they are colorful and available.

D. Because they are fast and environment friendly.

2.The author decided to buy a bicycle because he intended__________.

A. to ride it for fun

B. to experience local culture

C. to use it for transport

D. to improve his riding skills

3.How did the author feel about his street crossing?

A. It was boring. B. It was wonderful.

C. It was lively. D. It was difficult.

4. Which of the following best describes the author's biking experience?

A. The author enjoyed showing off his biking skills.

B. The author took great pleasure in biking.

C. The author was praised by the other bikers.

D. The author was annoyed by the air while riding.

Think about the last time you felt afraid.Was it a fear of height?Did you oversleep on a weekday and fear you’d get into trouble at the office?In any case,you know what it feels like to feel fear.

But one woman doesn’t.The woman,code-named“UM”,gave her first-ever interview after years of being studied by a team of researchers.The woman is given a code name because the researchers want to protect her from anyone who would take advantage of her inability to feel afraid.

UM can’t tell you what fear is because she’s never experienced it.“I wonder what it’s like to actually be afraid of something,”she said.The formal name for the disease is Urbach-Wieth disease,which is characterized by a hoarse(粗哑的)voice,small bumps around the eyes,and calcium deposits(钙沉积的)in the brain.

In the case of UM,the disease has transformed the part of her brain that controls the human response to fear.In the interview,UM talks about an event in her life where she was held at knifepoint and gunpoint,“I was walking to the store,and I saw a man on a park bench.He said.‘Come here,please,’so I went over to him.He grabbed me by the shirt,put a knife to my throat and told me he was going to cut me.I told him,‘Go ahead and cut me,’I wasn’t afraid at a11.And for some reason,he let me go.”

Doctors who have been studying UM’s condition for years have been trying different things that could strike fear into her.They finally figured something out—increasing UM’s carbon dioxide levels.Extra carbon dioxide concentration in the blood is known to cause fear and panic in health individuals.Increasing UM’s carbon dioxide levels did manage to give her a fright.

1.The text starts by_______.

A.challenging the reader

B.solving daily problems

C.1isting situations

D.giving explanations

2.Why is the woman with Urbach-Wieth disease given a code name?

A.To tell her case from other patients.

B.To respect her privacy.

C.To meet the researchers’demands.

D.To ensure her safety.

3.From UM’s case,we can know that Urbach-Wieth disease may________.

A.stop the brain from functioning normally

B.1ead to a decrease in calcium deposits

C.stop the brain from responding quickly

D.1ead to an increase in carbon dioxide

4.What will probably happen to UM?

A.Dying of the Urbach-Wieth disease.

B.Getting the sense of panic.

C.Experiencing another danger.

D.Speaking with a hoarse voice.

书面表达(共1小题)

请阅读下面文字,并按照要求用英语写一篇150 词左右的文章。

A netizen wrote on Weibo on Sept 11 regarding a couple’s shameful behavior of carving their names on a 300-year-old vat at the Palace Museum and called for the museum to report the case to the police.

The post caused a heated discussion online.Some criticized the offending behavior, saying, “I don’t want to visit the Palace Museum only to find relics being carved by immoral tourists.” Others said it is common that ancient relics in Palace Museum are being damaged and laws should be introduced.

Apart from random carvings, the Palace Museum has met several cases of shameful behaviors this year.In March open-air relics were trampled(踩踏) and in May unclothed models were photographed riding on ancient relics in the museum’s courtyard.

Similar incidents take place every year.In 2013, a visitor named Liang Qiqi cut “Liang Qiqi has come here” on a vat in the tourist attraction, causing a mass internet hunting.Worse still, in 2013, a Chinese boy carved his name on a stone sculpture at an ancient temple in Egypt and produced widespread reaction worldwide.

写作内容:

1.用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容;

2.结合上述信息,简要分析这种行为的不良影响;

3.从社会和个人两方面谈谈如何提升国民素质(不少于两点)。

写作要求:

1.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句;

2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称;

3.不必写标题。

Life in the Clear Transparent animals let light pass through their bodies the same way light passes through a window.These animals typically live between the surface of the ocean and a depth of about 3,300 feet—as far as most light can reach.Most of them are extremely delicate and can be damaged by a simple touch.Sonke Johnsen,a scientist in biology,says,“These animals live through their life alone.They never touch anything unless they’re eating it,or unless something is eating them.”

And they are as clear as glass.How does an animal become see-through?It’s trickier than you might think.

The objects around you are visible because they interact with light.Light typically travels in a straight line.But some materials slow and scatter(散射)light,bouncing it away from its original path.Others absorb light,stopping it dead in its tracks.Both scattering and absorption make an object look different from other objects around it,so you can see it easily.

But a transparent object doesn’t absorb or scatter light,at least not very much.Light can pass through it without bending or stopping.That means a transparent object doesn’t look very different from the surrounding air or water.You don’t see it—you see the things behind it.

To become transparent,an animal needs to keep its body from absorbing or scattering light.Living materials can stop light because they contain pigments(色素)that absorb specific colors of light.But a transparent animal doesn’t have pigments,so its tissues won’t absorb light.According to Johnsen,avoiding absorption is actually easy.The real challenge is preventing light from scattering.

Animals are built of many different materials—skin,fat,and more—and light moves through each at a different speed.Every time light moves into a material with a new speed,it bends and scatters.Transparent animals use different tricks to fight scattering.Some animals are simply very small or extremely flat.Without much tissue to scatter light,it is easier to be see-through.Others build a large,clear mass of non-living jelly-like(果冻状的)material and spread themselves over it.

Larger transparent animals have the biggest challenge,because they have to make all the different tissues in their bodies slow down light exactly as much as water does.They need to look uniform.But how they’re doing it is still unknown.One thing is clear for these larger animals,staying transparent is an active process.When they die,they turn a non-transparent milky white.

1.According to Paragraph 1,transparent animals

A. stay in groups

B. can be easily damaged

C. appear only in deep ocean

D. are beautiful creatures

2.The underlined word“dead”in Paragraph 3 means

A. silently

B. gradually

C. regularly

D. completely

【小题3One way for an animal to become transparent is to

A. change the direction of light travel

B. gather materials to scatter light

C. avoid the absorption of light

D. grow bigger to stop light

3.The last paragraph tells us that larger transparent animals

A. move more slowly in deep water

B. stay see-through even after death

C. produce more tissues for their survival

D. take effective action to reduce light spreading

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