For many years,people have wondered whether we are the only living things in the universe. Some scientists believe that there must be 1on other planets because the universe is so big. 2.other scientists don' t think so,because plants 3 a very specific environment for life to 4. There are facts that 5 both sides of the argument.

    On the one hand,the universe is 6 . There are billions of stars and thousands of solar systems (太阳系) .Many of these solar systems have pjanets that go round and round a sun like Earth

7 there are so many pl^iets in space,it is 8 that one of these planets could have theright conditions needed for life. Recently,experts found 54 planets similar to Earth. They 9 that one of these planets has the 10 atmosphere (大气层) and temperature needed for life. 11 in our solar system,scientists have found 12 of water on Mars. They believe that this could 13 that there is,or was,a form of very simple life on these planets.

    On the other hand,a planet needs very special 14 to have life. A planet would need to have water,the right temperature and the right mix of (化学物质) in the atmosphere.

In addition, 15 scientists believe that life might exist on other planets,we have never found evidence to 16 it. A recent report 17 that it is very unlikely that there is life on other planets. They believe we don't have enough evidence to 18 whether there is life on other planets.

     in conclusion(综上所迷) ，i do not 19 that there is life on other planets. I do not think that any other planets could have 20 the same conditions as Earth. Therefore,I do not think that there could be life on other planets.

1. A. wonder   B. life   C. water   D. air

2. A. . Besides   B. So   C. However   D. Then

3. A. need   B. provide

   C. create   D. protect

4. A. continue   B. spare   C. start   D. save

5. A. cause   B. develop

   C. win   D. support

6. A. beautiful   B. huge   C. dark   D. open

7. A. Because   B. If   C. When   D. While

8. A. strange   B. likely   C. important   D. hard

9. A. realize   B. hear

   C. believe   D. remember

10. A. right   B. wet   C. clear   D. heavy

11. A. Just   B. Soon   C. Yet   D. Even

12. A. pictures   B. bottles

   C. evidence   D. plenty

13. A. find   B. mean   C. answer   D. add

14. A. places   B. chances

   C. attentions   D. conditions

15. A. although   B. unless

   C. as   D. until

16. A. improve   B. study

   C. collect   D. prove

17. A. doubts   B. suggests

  C. changes   D. expects

18. A. ask   B. guess

   C. decide   D. discover

19. A. agree   B. know   C. imagine   D. forget

20. A. always   B. only   C. simply   D.exactly

     Picking up her backpack for school,14-year-old Carolyn Milander,from Houston, lexas,cned for the second time that week. “Not against Carolyn!” her mother said,worriedly.

When you study all night and don't get enough sleep,you get so tired!This terrible cycle has got to enff Carolyn shouted,fine,just leave me alone!Carolyn had just stared at a new secondary school and was having trouble dealing with the increased expectations and pressures

u Instead of just watching,Carolyn,s mother heard tfie Happy Class” at Carolyn' s school might help,and she insisted that Carolyn should attend it That was four years ago. Recently,Carolyn told her story.

   I remember angrily being driven to my first Happy Class,Carolyn said. ul shyly walked into the classroom. I felt embarrassed,hoping no one would see me when they passed by. We started by closing our eyes and focusing on(集中注意力于) our breathing.w As Carolyn began to notice her breathing,she said,ul stopped thinking about people the hallway. I felt really relaxed.w This was a feeling she liked and she could tell she would benefit from what the classes could offer.

Happy Class was an important turning point for Carolyn. She learned to accept herself tor who she was. Many of her friends expected her to attend Harvard or another top university but Carolyn realized she could achieve happiness clqse t? home,rather than by going to a top university. In fact,Carolyn decided to become a jjyrse and to apply to(申请) just one college — a 20-mmute drive away.

     “I. didn’ t want to be towpto tempted(吸引) by a top university. I wanted to remain true to the goals I set for myself," Carolyn said. feel good about myself for sticking to what I believe in and I would encourage other teens to make the choices that are best for them and to discover what makes them happy.

 Adolescence(青春期) is a time when young people should be able to discover their own identities. When Carolyn spent soirie time to discover what was meaningful to hr,personal success followed. This is what all teens should be able to do.

1. When Caroljoi attended a new secondary school, 

   A. it was hard for her to fall asleep at night

   B. her mother had high expectations of her

   C. she put too much pressure on herself

   D. she got on badly with her mother

2. What point does Carolyn make about her first

Happy Class?

   A. She thought it offered less than she expected.

   B. She realized the methods being taught were useful.

   C. She wished there weren,t so many other people thare.

   D. She found discussing her problems made her feeibetten

3. Why did Carolyn give up applying to one of the

top universities?

   A. They were all too close to her hometown.

   B. She hadn't spent enough time on her studies

   C. Her parents couldn’t afford to pay the

    expensive fees.

   D. She had already made up her mind to do something else.

4. What do Carolyn's words in Paragraph 5 suggest?

   A. She is proud of doing what she thinks is right.

   B. She is trying to understand her friends,decisions.

   C. She would like her friends to choose a job like hers.

   D. She appreciates the good advice she has been given.

5. What does the underlined word “This” in the last paragraph refer to?

   A. Becoming successful at school.

   B. Finding out what matters to them.

   C. Learning from successful persons.

   D. Spending time on what they eniov.

假设你是李华，你的英国朋友杰克写信询问你上周参加英语演讲比赛的情况，请根据以下袭示,给他回一封信。内容包括.

1. 赛前准备； 

2. 比赛结果。

注意：.词数100左右(开头和结尾己给出，但不计入总词数) ； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jack,

I'dlike to share my experience of joining in the English speech contest last week with you.

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。文中共有0处语言 错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及—个单词的增加、删除或修改。

増加.•在缺词处加一个漏字符号(A) ,并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线(\) 划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改1o处，多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

   My neighbor Trevor was very serious about sport. In the morning,he usual goes cycling but he sometimes goes swimming at the swimming pool. At works,he does exercise during his coffee breaks and he sometimes plays golf m his office!In lunchtime,he plays tennis. Then,in the evening,he practices judo (柔道) for hour or two at the sports center. At the weekend,he also does so much sport as possible. She plays football on

Saturdays and basketball on Sundays. In the holidays,he goes skiing in the winter or sailing in the summer. He is a man who love sport more than anyone I have ever been seen!

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。

    Junk food can have a great influence on one's health. Though

many people enjoy 61. (eat) junk food and think that it 62.(taste) great,the health consequences can be serious,from low energy levels. to weight gain and 63. (ill) .

   Instead of eating breakfast or other meals throughout the day,many

people choose a quick snack. Junk food causes energy levels to rise,

64. people like,but then energy levels will fall very soon,sending them back into the kitchen for another quick snack. In addition,junk food can cause woo(忧郁) ，and

make 65. difficult to get enough sleep at night,so energy levels are never returned to normal.

    Another one of 66.greatest influences is weight gain. People who eat a lot of junk food can gain weight 67. (easy) , and it can lead to obesity over time; this extra weight then has an influence on the health of the rest of the body. This is 68. health experts suggest

getting away from junk food.

     Keep all of these health consequences of junk food 69.

mind before eating anything. Though junk food may be easy and fast,the health influences are too great 70. (ignore) .

     My name is Peter,and I use a wheelchair （轮椅） to get around This year I 41to be in the School Walkathon.

    At the Walkathon last year,I helped hand out dnnks to the walkers. The teachers and parents said they couldn't have 42. without me.

Are you going to give out drinks 43 this year,my friend Michael asked Michael told Mrs Hunt

   “I 44 so,”I said "But I45 wish Icould do laps(跑道的圈)with you" that I wanted to 46 the Walkathon. Mrs Hunt looked at me is good course for a wheelchair," she said. "The hilly part would be too 47 .”

But I could push Peter over the hard bits ” said Michael.I ’11 48 it said Mrs Hunt.is

That afternoon,Mrs Hunt called a class!meeting. Michale told everyone about his 49 . 

"We could all take turns. That way no one ;would get too 50said 〇ivia eveiyone said they would take a turn.

   When the Walkathon began,I turned my ;wheels round and round as51 as I could When we came to the hilly bit,Michael 52to push me up it. Ohvia was waiting halfway up “My 53 now,she said. With all the help my 54wegiving me,I55 the first lap and did a second lap —- and another. I was tired in the 56 It s time to announce the winner of the mySteiyprize. It goes to …Peter!” — Hunt 幼证 I looked at all the things I had 57and felt extremely 58 . But then' I remembered that the whole 59 had helped me.

   "Iwant everyone to 60 the prize,w I said,et keep all the things in our classroom. Then can all have sbme fbn!”

   And that's what we did.

41. A. need   B. agree   C. want   D. offer

42. A. remembered   B. waited

   C. helped   D. managed

43. A. soon   B. again   C. once   D. first 

44. A. suppose   B. hope   C. do d. say  

45. A. never   B. really   C. partly   D. still

46. A. lead   B. organize

    C. give up   D. join in

47. A. difficult   B. serious

   C. important   D. different

48. A. take control of   B. have pity on

   C. think about   D. look after

49. A. fear   B. idea   C. success   D. story

50. A. sad   B. dirty   C. slow   D. tired

51. A. fast   B. long   C. far   D. often

52. A. forgot   B. avoided

   C. started   D. hated

53. A. break   B. decision

    C.turn D. plan

54. A. teachers   B. friends

   C. parents   D. neighbors

55. A. finished   B. caught

   C. prevented   D. wasted

56. A. day   B. way   C. past   D. end

57. A. owned   B. expected

    C.won   D. discovered

58. A. nervous   B. happy

   C. bored   D. young

59. A. class   B. family   C. school   D. world

60. A. share   B. receive

   C. value   D. show

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

                    Not next to me,please!

    When you are traveling by plane,there are some passengers you just don't want to have next to you.

A 36 

  Perhaps you normally like them,but when you are sitting next to them oil a plane it's a different thing. They usually spend all the flight(飞 行) moving around and dropping their toys on the floor,and when they,re drinking their orange juice it ends up on your trousers. 37 So you can't have the little sleep that you were planning.

B Conversation makers

  You recognize this type as soon as you sit down. They immediately start talking about the plane,or the weather,or they ask you a personal question. It s very difficult not to talk to these people. 38  

C Nervous fliers

These are the people with white faces who sit down and immediately ask for something to drink. Every five minutes they call a flight attendant (服务员) to ask if there are any problems with the

plane. 39 The best thing to do is to pretend to sleep.

D Space invaders

   40 But they have a terrible habit of taking up all their room,and some of your room too. They usually sit so that you can’t move,with their arms and legs in your space.

   A. Small children

   B. Careless parents

   C. They also tell you about air disasters.

   D. These people are not necessarily very big.

   E. Then they decide they want to play with you.

   F. Some people want to talk all through the flight.

   G. You’11 probably have to keep talking until the

    plane lands.

                            D

                           ★★☆☆☆

    This is Tornado and severe Weather (龙卷风与恶劣天气) Awareness Week. It's important to know what to do and where to go during severe weather. A Wisconsin couple says an early warning could have been the difference between life and death when a tornado hit last summer.

     Larry and Rita Krznarich were camping in. northern Wisconsin last year. The day started off nice,but took a turn for the worse in the evening. So they turned on their weather radio.

ul turned the radio on and fli are was a specific warning'. A storm is about to hit the Turtle-     Flambeau. Take cover immediately,says Larry Krznarich. ul said to Rita, Head for the table. going to wam'the neighbors.

     Larry joined Rita under the picnic table and within minutes a tornado hit. A falling tree hit Larry and broke his leg bone,but without the warning the couple says things could have been worse.

“The tent,where we may have been if not for the weather radio,was completely covered by trees; all of our things were completely covered/' says Rita Krznarich.

      With spring here,people are being reminded to plan for severe weather. That includes buying a weather radio.

     The great thing about the weather radio is that it's instantaneous. It's directly from the weather service,so vou,re getting information al of the total amount to continue her treatment. If she doesn,t receive this blood,she will not live to I start kindergarten.

       Examples like Brooke,s are becoming all too common these days,with only in 20  Americans donating blood and this number keeps dropping ： each year. These facts are extremely worrying  considering that nearly half of us here will need blood sometime in our lives.

       You can now see the seriousness of the I problem with the lack of blood donations             Fortunately,it is a problem that can be easily I solved. Each and every one of you can be part of the solution. All you have to do is go to the nearest I Red Cross and donate your blood.

28. How does the author explain the problem  mentioned in Paragraph 2 ?

   A. By answering questions. 

   B. By making comparisons.

   C. By presenting research findings.

   D. By describing his own experiences.

29. What qan we learn from the American Red 

Cross Web pages?

   A. The suffering of patients.

   B. The strong need for blood.

   C. The efforts of the Red Cross. 

   D. The benefits of taking vacations.

30. The three-year-old girl Brooke .

   A. doesn,t get fair treatment in the hospital 

   B. will need another 250 units of blood

   C. stays alive by receiving blood daily

   D. can't wait to start kindergarten

31. What is the purpose of the text?

   A. To persuade people to donate blood.

   B. To present some new medical results.

   C. To call on people to save a little girl.

   D. To explain the risks of blood donation.

                                         C

                                       ★★★★☆ 

     Are you at least 17 years old? Do you weigh more than 110 pounds? Do you consider yourself fairly healthy?

      If you answered yes to all of these questions, you should be donating(捐赠) blood every two months. In my survey of my schoolmates,I found that only 50 percent of them have ever donated blood and that only I out of 13 of them donate regularly. The lack(缺少) of blood donors is a serious problem that requires immediate action.

      According to the American Red Cross Web pages,in the United States alone someone receives a transfusion(输血) once every three seconds. People who benefit from donations include cancer patients as well as babies. The need for blood never takes a vacation and neither should donors.

     Let me tell you about Brooke,a three-year-old girl with cancer. Brooke has spent about half of her life in the hospital receiving of the total amount to continue her treatment. If \ she doesn,t  receive this blood,she will not live to I start kindergarten.

     Examples like Brooke,s are becoming all too common these days,with only 1 in 20  Americans jdonating blood and this number keeps dropping ： each year. These facts are extremely worrying considering that nearly half of us here will need blood sometime in our lives.

      You can now see the seriousness of the I problem with the lack of blood donations,Fortunately,it is a problem that can be easily I solved. Each and every one of you can be part of  the solution. All you have to do is go to the nearest I Red Cross and donate your blood.

28. How does the author explain the problem mentioned in Paragraph 2 ?

   A. By answering questions. !

   B. By making comparisons.

   C. By presenting research findings.

   D. By describing his own experiences.

29. What qan we learn from the American Red 

Cross Web pages? 

   A. The suffering of patients.

   B. The strong need for blood.

   C. The efforts of the Red Cross. 

   D. The benefits of taking vacations.

30. The three-year-old girl Brooke .

   A. doesn,t get fair treatment in the hospital 

   B. will need another 250 units of blood

   C. stays alive by receiving blood daily

   D. can't wait to start kindergarten

31. What is the purpose of the text?

   A. To persuade people to donate blood.

   B. To present some new medical results.

   C. To call on people to save a little girl.

   D. To explain the risks of blood donation.

                              B

                           ★★★☆☆

    When I was a child,space was all I dreamt and talked about. My parents thought it was just a phase(阶段) ，but as I grew up I became greatfy interested in science. I never doubted that one day I'd be an astronaut(宇航员) .” As an adult,Anousheh Ansari left her home country Iran,settled in the USA and started a company. The company was so successful that she was finally able to sell it for $750 million. uThe first thing that crossed my mind was that my life's goal might now be within reach and I signed up to become the first female(女性的) private space explorer at a cost of around $20 million."

    Anousheh set on on September 18th along with two astronauts. On the space station,each member of a space crew  crew(全体机组人员) ，tourist or not,is expected to carry out important siuuymg uiiy me luims umi uaii uaiiy uibcascs uu

board the station. Many people might have considered this “working holiday” bad、but Anousheh loved it.

      Anousheh faced many difficulties on board. To wash her hair,for example,she had to put water over her head; however,little bits of water would y/oaf (漂浮) away. “The guys liked to make fUn of me. They’d ask me to pass the bread and when I handed it to them,rather than floating it,they say T taken all the fun out of it. After a while,I got used to all this,though,and I felt so at home

that in the end it was hard to go back to normWify."

       Anousheh is proud to be the first female space tourist and wants to encourage women all over the world. However,she doesn,t like the title “space tourist”. “I think if my experience is to be compared to an experiment or an experience on Earth,it is probably closer to an adventure to Antarctica or climbing Mount Everest,” she explains.

24. As Anousheh was growing up, .

   A. she didn’t think she would ever become an astronaut

   B. her interest in space wasn,t expected to last

   C. she disagreed with her parents’ plans

   D. others tried to discourage her dreams

25. The space crew members .

   A. often carry diseases onto the space station

   B. can suffer aches and pains

   C. must have a strong background in science

   D. have little time to relax

26. On the space station, .

   A. Anousheh did a lot of practice on bread

   B. it seemed impossible for Anousheh to wash with water

   C. Anousheh liked playing games with the other astronauts

   D. it took Anousheh some time to get familiar with the conditions

27. In Anousheh's opinion,her experience as a

space tourist .

   A. will give other women the courage to explore space

   B. cannot be compared to any experience on Earth

   C. turned out to be a dangerous experiment

   D. was not as good as she hoped