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。

Some animals can be trained to help humans. For example, specially trained dogs help blind people walk around the town safely. Some kinds of monkeys can be taught things too. 1. The monkeys pick up the phone when it rings, carry shopping bags and do housework.

In the wild, animals and humans are not usually friends. 2. In Africa, the honey- guide bird works with humans to find food. The bird likes to eat the grubs (幼虫) — a type of insect that lives inside a beehive (蜂巢). It knows how to find beehives but it can’t open them and get the grubs. People like to eat honey, but they aren’t very good at finding beehives. 3. The bird flies to a beehive and people follow it. When the people open the beehive and take the honey, they give the grubs to the bird.

In Laguna in the south of Brazil, fishermen and dolphins work as a team. The ocean isn’t very clean, so the fishermen can’t see the fish. 4. When the dolphins find a large group of fish, they make a noise to tell the fishermen. Then the dolphins push the fish to the beach. The fishermen wait in the water near the beach and catch a lot of fish in their nets. The fishermen’s nets make it easier for the dolphins to catch fish too. In Laguna, fishermen and dolphins have been working together for many years. 5. Meanwhile, the dolphins must be happy to help because they teach their babies how to work with the humans!

A. They attack each other for food or something else.

B. So the bird and the people help each other.

C. They can learn how to help people who can’t use their arms or legs.

D. In fact, they usually help to get enough food for their babies.

E. The fishermen teach their children how to work with the dolphins.

F. However, there are a few interesting examples where they can work together.

G. However, dolphins can find them easily by using sounds.

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried ________ for hours as the farmer tried to figure out ________ to do. Finally he decided the animal was ________ and the well needed to be________ up anyway, so it just wasn’t ________ to save the donkey.

He invited all his ________ to come over and help him. They all grabbed (握起) a shovel (铁铲) and began to shovel ________ into the well. At first, the donkey ________ what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s ________ , he was quiet.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked ________ the well and was ________ at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that ________ his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would ________ it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors ________ to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a ________ up. Pretty soon, everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the ________ of the well and ran off.

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The best way of ________ out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our ________ is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest ________ just by not stopping, never ________ ! Shake it off and take a step upward!

1.A. sadly B. happily C. excitedly D. gradually

2.A. how B. what C. that D. which

3.A. strong B. old C. tall D. powerful

4.A. dug B. flowed C. covered D. emptied

5.A. important B. possible C. necessary D. worth

6.A. neighbors B. relatives C. enemies D. family

7.A. dust B. dusk C. disaster D. dirt

8.A. determined B. recognized C. realized D. admitted

9.A. sorrow B. relief C. fear D. amazement

10.A. down B. around C. above D. over

11.A. affected B. settled C. astonished D. upset

12.A. attacked B. packed C. recovered D. hit

13.A. shake B. blow C. sweep D. wash

14.A. attached B. continued C. pretended D. volunteered

15.A. base B. stage C. step D. breath

16.A. bottom B. track C. appearance D. entrance

17.A. holding B. getting C. sorting D. sticking

18.A. troubles B. happiness C. successes D. losses

19.A. ending B. distance C. mercy D. wells

20.A. setting up B. blowing up C. giving up D. picking up.

短文改错

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。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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Mr. Johnson is a hardworked teacher. Every day, he spends too much time for his work. With little sleep and hard any break, he works from morning till night. Hard work have made him very ill. “He has ruined her health. We are worried about him.” That is which other teachers say. Yesterday afternoon, I paid a visit Mr. Johnson. I was eager to seeing him, but outside his room I stopped. I had to calm myself down. Quietly I stepped into the room. I saw him lying in bed, looking at some of the picture we had taken together. I understood that he missed us just as many as we missed him.

书面表达

一家英语报社向中学生征文，主题是“十年后的我”。请根据下列要点和你的畅想完成短文。

1. 家庭； 2. 工作； 3.业余生活。

注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 开头语已为你写好。

I often imagine what my life will be like in the future.

“Who does the cooking in your home?” I’m often asked by my colleagues. “My wife and I share it 50/50,” I usually say without hesitation.

It’s a lie, of course. We’re pretty much even（相等的）when it comes to the children and the elderly. But the paying of bills isn’t 50/50-my wife pays all sorts of household expenses, so I never even have to set eyes on them. And the cooking isn’t 50/50, either.

The truth is that I am the cook. On my recent 40th birthday, I received the following gifts from my children: a new pot, two mini bottles of truffle oil, a decorative salad-dressing pourer, and a juice-making machine. For a moment I longed for something more manly, a cricket bat, perhaps, and then had to admit that all these things would be useful for me.

It’s not that my wife can’t or doesn’t like to cook (she makes delicious Welsh cakes). Nor has it always been this way. In the early years of our marriage I’d be relaxing with a glass of wine while my wife prepared for dinner after work.

But at some point that changed and I became the cook. Ten years with my wife gave me the rewards-I can throw together a roast, and I can make much foreign food. But I have truly become a monster（怪物）in the kitchen, unable to keep myself away from cooking. “You have to add Dijon to the sauce; it brings out the taste of the cheese,” I volunteer, as my wife is cooking. “Quick, stir in the butter so the dish becomes delicious.”

Is it any wonder that my wife has given up coming into the kitchen while I find the whole process of chopping, mixing, and adding things deeply satisfying?

1.What do the writer and his wife probably share evenly at home?

a．Cooking in the kitchen.

b．Taking care of the children.

c．Paying household expenses.

d．Taking care of the elderly at home.

A．ab B．bd C．bc D．ac

2.The gifts that the writer received on his 40th birthday show that .

A．he is in charge of the cooking at home

B．his children don’t know him at all

C．he doesn’t get along well with his children

D．his children have made wrong choices

3.What do we know about the writer’s wife?

A．She can’t cook.

B．She doesn’t like cooking.

C．She only knows how to make Welsh cakes

D．She used to cook for the family.

4.From Paragraph 5 we learn that the writer .

A．likes sticking his nose into other people’s business

B．doesn’t think his wife is good at cooking

C．studies very hard in order to cook well

D．enjoys cooking in the kitchen

Visiting animals in their natural homes may sound like a great idea that helps to save them, but is it ?

Researchers writing in Trends in Ecology ＆ Evolution on Oct9 said that the interactions between wild animals and friendly eco-tourists who want to take their pictures may put animals at greater risk of being eaten.

It is clear that many people visit protected areas every year. “Recent data showed that protected areas around the globe have 8 billion visitors per year; that’s like each human on Earth visited a protected area once a year, and then some!”said Dainel Blumstein of the University of California, Los Anglels. “This amount of nature tourism and eco-tourism can be added to the long list of ways in which humans cause fast environmental change.

The basic idea of the report the report is that humans change the ways animals act and those changes might affect other parts of their lives, according to Science Daily. Those changes in behavior and activity may put animals at risk.

“When animals spend time in ‘harmless’ ways with humans, they may let down their guard,” Blumstein said. As animals get used to feeling comfortable with humans, they may become braver in other situations, he says . “If this bravery continues when they meet real predators（捕食者）， then they will die more often when they meet them.”

Eco-tourism is in some ways similar to making animals live in human homes or in cities. In all three cases, regular interactions between people and animals tame. Evidence has shown that silver foxes that live with people become more laid-back and less fearful; this results from evolutionary changes but also from spending time with humans. Simply put , as Blumstein asked in the Scientific American magazine:“Does eco-tourism make animals dumb?”

And that’s not all - humans can also scare away natural predators , creating the so-called “human shield effect” and a safe environment for smaller animals that might make them braver, too. When humans are around, for example, vervet monkeys don’t see as many leopards (猎豹) trying to eat them.

Blumstein says they hope to do more research into humans’ interactions with wildlife. Scientists will “now have to understand better how different species and species in different situations react to humans and when humans might put them at risk.

1.The main focus of report in Trends in Ecology ＆ Evolution was the idea that ______.

A. eco-tourism cause damage to the natural homes of wildlife.

B. it is easy for eco-tourists to build up trust with wide animals.

C. the changes brought by eco-tourism may be harmful.

D. protected areas around the world are overloaded with tourists.

2.The underlined word “dumb” in paragraph 6 probably means ________.

A. anxious B. active C. curious D. stupid

3.The author uses vervet monkeys as an example to show that ________.

A. different species react to humans in different ways.

B. the presence of humans reduces the threat from predators

C. smaller animals tend to be braver in front of predators.

D. interactions with humans make animals more relaxed and less fearful.

4.We can infer that the writer wrote this passage mainly to .

A．explain what eco-tourism is

B．tell us something interesting about Nature

C．suggest that we stop eating meat to save animals

D．Wildlife tourism may seem helpful, but it can be deadly for some animals

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个词）或括号内单词的正确形式

Some buildings are known 1. their artistic beauty, some for their 2. (detail) design, and others for their architects’ imagination. But a London building has made headlines for none of these reasons.

In its short history, 20 Fenchurch Street has made itself 3. (know) by reflecting（反射）sunlight 4. ( strong ) that it once melted parts of a sports car in the street below.

So 5. is no wonder that the building was named the UK’s 6. ( bad ) building. According to the magazine, the judges, 7. were architects and writers, and agreed that 20 Fenchurch Street 8. (design) by a Uruguayan architect should win the prize.

And the building’s problems 9. end with reflection. Dangerous winds are also blown along the street below. A pedestrian (行人) said to the BBC that she almost got blown over when 10. ( walk ) past the heavy building.

An old gentleman who lives a few doors away from me can always be seen with a bag. He goes out by himself and picks up plastic bottles, plastic bags and pieces of paper everywhere. He does it all carefully and never complains.

The children in the nearby school are probably responsible for some of that litter（废弃物）. “There will come a time when they know better ,” he said . “ It’s just not yet . So, I’ll do it for them.”

Well, this morning I was out walking my neighbor’s dog when I saw another neighbor, a much younger man , out doing the same thing ! He had his two little sons with him and they were having good fun trying to pick up the litter.

When I commented（评论）on what a good job he was doing, he said , “ Well , an older fellow in our street does this . And my friend and I thought it wasn’t fair that he had to do it all the time , so now we take turns .”

Not only was he taking a turn , not only did he have a friend join in as well , but he was passing on the lesson to the next generation（代）！

By the time I had returned the dog to my neighbor I looked again and his children’ s friends had joined in !

This man was teaching a whole group of young children to keep their own street sanitary. An older man had set an example for him and now he was passing it on — the next generation is doing what he did and the generation to come after that !

1.The old gentleman picks up the litter _______.

A. to make money.

B. to keep the environment clean.

C. to set an example to children.

D. to help the cleaners.

2.The underlined word “ sanitary ” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_______”

A. polluted B. crowded

C. straight D. clean

3.What can we learn from the text ?

A. Two heads are better than one.

B. Like father , like son .

C. The power of example is endless.

D. No pains , no gains .

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But did you know there is such a thing as a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No. They are just Chinese people like you and me.

ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.

Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.

But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang (杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. And he is an American citizen.

1.“ABC” in this text stands for “_______”.

A. three English letters

B. a kind of banana

C. Americans born in China

D. Chinese born in America

2.Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because __________.

A. their bodies are white inside but yellow outside

B. they think like Westerners but look like Chinese

C. they were born in China but go to study in America

D. they are Chinese who look like bananas

3.C. N. Yang is mentioned here to show that ________.

A. American Chinese are great

B. we love American Chinese

C. American Chinese are not Chinese citizens

D. Chinese people can win Nobel Prizes

4.This text is mainly about _________.

A. overseas Chinese

B. different kinds of bananas

C. the Nobel Prize

D. the life story of C. N. Yang

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.选项中有两项是多余的.

1._____

Most of us have one or a few bad habits that we’d like to get out of. But how do you do it? I have a few suggestions that have help you and people around me. Here are some tips that can help you to finally get out of that bad habit.

__2.__.If you tell people around you that you will stop smoking or start to exercise three times a week, then they will check up on you. And you will feel you have to keep your promise because it is let out into the world.

Avoid temptations （诱惑）. ___3.__. Places where you are likely to spend too much money . Things in your cupboard that will not help you to get healthier and you should not have at home at all. And people that drag(拉) you down and back into your old ways.

__4.__ . It may seem like a good idea to change your life all at once. In our daily life , stress and lack(缺乏) of energy usually lead to failure. Don’t try to be Superman or Wonder Woman. Take it easy and break one habit at a time.

___5.___. You will probably not succeed the first time you do it. You fail and you make mistakes when you make changes and try new things. That’s just life and nothing to feel bad about. What should you do next is to try again.

A. Know what usually gets you into bad habits.

B. Simple tips for getting out of bad habits.

C. See your future in your mind.

D. If at first you don’t succeed, please try again.

E. Tell your friends and family .

F. The reason why we need to make good habits.

G. Don’t break more than one habit at a time.