【题目】The football match was said ___________ in Rome last week.

A. to have been held

B. to be holding

C. to hold

D. to have held

【题目】(Reuters) — A group of Chinese scientists and explorers are looking for international help to organize a new search for the country’s answer to Bigfoot, known locally as the “Yeren”, or “wild man”.

Over the years, more than 400 people have said they saw the half-man, half-ape (半猿) Yeren in a remote, mountainous area of the central province of Hubei, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday.

Expeditions (探险) in the 1970s and 1980s found hair, a footprint, and a sleeping nest suspected of belonging to the Yeren, but there has been no conclusive proof, the report added.

Witnesses describe a creature that walks upright and is more than 2 meters tall with grey, red or black hair all over its body, Xinhua said.

Now the Hubei Wild Man Research Association is looking for volunteers from around the world to join them on another expedition to look for the Yeren.

“We want the team members to be devoted, as there will be a lot of hard work in the process,” Luo Baosheng, vice president of the group, told Xinhua.

But the team will have to come up with about 10 million yuan ($1.50 million) first, and is talking to companies and other bodies to secure the money, so there is no timetable yet for when they may start, the report added.

China is no stranger to cryptozoology. There are many tales about mysterious, monster-like creatures in remote parts of the country. For example, Tibetans have long talked about the existence of the Yeti (喜马拉雅雪人), or “Abominable Snowman”, in the high mountains of their snowy homeland.

【1】What the volunteers for this expedition need most is _____.

A. experience B. enthusiasm

C. confidence D. devotion

【2】The timetable for starting the trip depends on _____.

A. the number of explorers

B. government’s support

C. the finance

D. local people’s guiding

【3】According to the text, the underlined word “cryptozoology” in the last paragraph probably refers to _____.

A. the study of mysterious animals

B. the study of human beings

C. dangerous expeditions

D. tourism industry

【4】What would be the best title for this text?

A. Volunteers for an expedition needed

B. Scientists to look for China’s Bigfoot

C. International cooperation in finding wild man

D. Yeren appeared in Hubei again

【题目】Conservationists have made plans to preserve and protect the world's most important species of coral, in a response to increasing threats that they say will lead to "functional extinction" within decades．

Led by scientists at the Zoological Society of London, the Edge Coral Reefs project has identified 10 coral species in most urgent risk of becoming extinct．The scientists say that reefs are under pressure from a variety of threats including rising sea temperatures due to climatic instability, increased acidity（酸性）, overfishing and pollution．

The Edge plan, which focuses on the most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered species , will take a regional approach to conservation．This means focusing on the "coral triangle" around the Philippines, the West Indian Ocean around the Mozambique channel, and in the Caribbean channel．

"Coral reefs are threatened with functional extinction in the next 20-50 years, due predominantly to global climatic instability," said Catherine Head, coordinator of the reefs project．"In these regions, we'll be supporting and training in-country conservationists to carry out research and implement targeted conservation actions," she said．"Their projects will last for two years．We provide them with a whole host of tools to carry out their projects including funding and intensive training．" She added．

Coral reefs are the planet's most diverse marine ecosystem, known as the rainforests of the oceans．Despite taking up under 0．2% of the ocean floor, they provide food and shelter for almost a third of all sea life．If we lose the ecosystems, we lose not only the biodiversity, but we also lose the capability of people to obtain income and food from coral reefs．

Climatic instability, which leads to rising sea temperatures, causes corals to bleach(漂白)．Bleaching occurs when sea temperatures rise and this causes the coral tissue to expel their symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae - these are what give the coral their color．Bleached corals often die if the stress continues．Among the 10 species chosen to start the Edge project are the pearl bubble coral, a food source for the hawksbill turtle, and the Mushroom coral, which supports at least 15 brightly colored fish．

【1】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Scientists are taking measures to protect coral.

B. Scientists are doing research about coral reef.

C. Why some coral are dying out.

D. People should change climate to protect coral.

【2】Which of the following can’t threaten the existence of coral?

A. Overfishing．

B. Polluted water

C. The increase in sea temperature.

D. Human exploration．

【3】What is the bad result of coral extinction?

A. It help to keep the balance of the marine ecosystems

B. It will cause the temperature of sea water rise.

C. It can lead to the loss of about thirty percent of the marine life

D. It can destroy the rainforests on our earth．

【4】Which statement may Catherine Head agree with?

A. Nearly all kinds of coral species are at risk.

B. Increased acidity has a negative on the existence of coral.

C. Climatic instability can’t affect corals.

D. It will takes decades to complete the Edge Coral Reefs project.

【5】How will the scientists help carry out the Edge Coral Reefs project?

A. By providing tools and money.

B. By doing some experiments.

C. By removing some dangerous sea animals.

D. By punishing the people who break the rules.

【题目】阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

A middle school in Yueyang in central China's Hunan province charges students 1 yuan per day for napping in lunch break. Students had to pay 138 yuans per semester after the school enforced a compulsory hour-long midday break from 12.40 to 1.40 pm. But students could only nap at their desks, in classrooms with no internal heating system.

Meanwhile, students were asked to pay around 400 yuan per person for extra-curricular lessons during winter vacations. The authority also revealed that the school has also asked parents to buy their Parents' Guidebook priced at 29 yuan. Students also had to pay 30-yuan per semester for drinking water.

The school later justified charging a fee, saying that the money was used to gave an extra bonus to the teachers, who had to sacrifice their lunch break to watch over the students as they napped.

School added that some students live far from the school and therefore cannot go home during the mid-day break.

写作内容：

1. 请你以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

2. 请你以约120词谈谈你的看法，内容包括：

1) 学校应该退还乱收的费用；

2) 学校应该努力去改善学生的休息条件；

3）学校应该教育学生遵守纪律。

【写作要求】

1、作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文的句子。

2、作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

参考词汇：arbitrary educational charges 教育乱收费

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【题目】The US will seek to expand its own oil production in an attempt to reduce dependence on imported oil and bring down fuel prices, President Obama says. New contracts for exploration will be signed in non-protected areas of Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico.

In his weekly speech, the President insisted the US could reduce its need for imported oil and improve safety. Using his speech to tell Americans that he understood their concerns about rising prices, President Obama focused particularly on the price of fuel, which has risen in recent months.

US consumers have historically enjoyed cheap fuel, but have seen prices rise in recent months even though US oil production in 2010 reached its highest level for seven years.

Although the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was serious, Mr. Obama said the Gulf remained a key part of the country’s future energy supply.

The President’s proposals (议案) come after Republicans (共和党人) introduced a series of proposals that would expand and speed up oil and gas production.

The White House has criticized the Republican proposals for safety reasons, but Mr. Obama was clear in his speech that he felt safety and environmental standards could be maintained even though production might rise.

“I believe that we should continue to expand oil production in America — even as we increase safety and environmental standards,” he said.

“As a nation, we should be investing in the clean, renewable sources of energy that are the solution to high gas prices.”

Mr. Obama has previously called for a step-change in energy policy, saying the US must move towards getting 80% of its electricity from clean energy sources by 2035.

【1】Which of the following is NOT included in Mr. Obama’s speech?

A. The dependence on imported oil.

B. Improving safety standards.

C. The reason for the rising oil prices.

D. Expanding oil production.

【2】Mr. Obama thinks the Republican proposals are ______.

A. not safe enough

B. not environmentally friendly

C. practical

D. clear

【3】What can we learn from the text?

A. The US has got most of its electricity from clean energy.

B. US oil production is too small to keep the present low fuel prices.

C. The US produced the most oil in 2010 in its history.

D. The Gulf is still important in energy supply in spite of the oil spill in 2010.

【4】Which of the following can serve as the title?

A. Obama: US will seek oil in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico

B. Obama: US will import less oil to improve safety and environmental standards

C. Obama: the time of high fuel prices will be gone

D. Obama: clean, renewable sources of energy are the solution to high gas price.

【题目】It is uncertain ___________ side effect the medicine will bring about，although about two thousand patients have taken it.

A. that

B. what

C. how

D. whether

【题目】The ___________ boy was last seen ___________ near the East Lake.

A. missing ； playing

B. missing ； play

C. missed;played

D. missed;to play

【题目】One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a young man with a big suitcase. He was called William Warbler, and he looked very common indeed. What made him most unusual, though, was the fact that whenever he needed to communicate he did it by singing opera (歌剧). It didn’t matter to William whether it was simply a matter of answering a brief greeting, like “good day”. He would clear his voice and respond, “Gooood dayyy to youuuuuuuu... toooooo!”

No one could get a normal spoken word out of him and no one knew how he made his living. As he lived quite simply, always wearing his same old second-hand suit, people often looked down on him.

William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when, one day, word spread round town like wildfire: William had played a role in a very important opera in the nation’s capital. Everyone in the capital went to see it, and it was a great success. Everyone in Cheekyville felt it was a surprise. But something more surprising was, when William was being interviewed by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking rather than singing. And he did it with great manners, and with a clear and pleasant voice.

From that day, William gave up singing at all hours. Now he did it only during his stage appearances and world tours. Some people suspected why he had changed, but others continued believing him to be somewhat mad. They wouldn’t have thought so if they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large stone, with a hand-carved (手工雕刻的) message on it. The message said: “Practice, my boy. Practice every second, for you never know when your chance will come.”

Little did people realize that he only got the role in the opera because the director had heard William singing while out buying a newspaper.

【1】Why did people in Cheekyville consider William strange?

A. He always carried a big suitcase.

B. He always spoke by singing opera.

C. He always greeted people gladly.

D. He always wore an old suit.

【2】Hearing the news about William, people in Cheekyville felt it was _____.

A. unbelievable B. satisfying

C. disappointing D. interesting

【3】According to the text, William _____.

A. had no idea whether he should continue doing something mad

B. was nervous and didn’t know how to sing when he was interviewed

C. was selling newspapers when the opera director heard him singing

D. practiced singing whenever possible before he became famous

【4】What can we learn from the story?

A. Live and learn.

B. Better late than never.

C. Practice makes the master.

D. Experience is the best teacher.

【题目】请根据以下信息，介绍中国的伍迪艾伦——冯小刚。

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【题目】The house rent is expensive. I've got about half the space I had at home and I'm paying ___________ here.

A. as three times much

B. as much three times

C. much as three times

D. three times as much