China's government has issued a severe weather warning after the heaviest snowfalls in decades. The country is experiencing transport delays and power cuts as millions of people prepare to make long journeys home for the Chinese New Year. This report from Quentin Summerville: China hasn't experienced weather this bad in decades. And as the country prepares for Chinese New Year, the disruption couldn't come at a worse time. Over 100,000 people are stranded(搁浅) in Guangzhou railway station in the south. It may climb to as many as 600,000 as more people arrive to make their journeys home for the Spring Festival. Travellers have been evacuated to nearby sports stadiums and exhibition centres.

Across China around nineteen airports have shut because of the weather. Around half the provinces in the country have had to start rationing power(定量供电), according to the state media. The government has suspended（暂停） coal exports in favour of home consumption. At least a dozen people died over the weekend because of heavy rains and the snowfall.

The Spring Festival is China's most important holiday when people journey home to be with their families. For millions of the country's migrant workers it's their only holiday. Some two billion journeys were made during the festival last year, making it the largest migration of people on the planet. And even without the severe weather, conditions on overcrowded trains and buses are terrible. The holiday stretches China's transport system to its very limits

Choose the best title for this passage.

A. Heavy snow hits China             

B. Chinese New Year in snow 

C. China’s terrible translation system.   

D. An accident

Which is not true according to the passage?

  A. The heavy snow is the worst disaster in decades in China. 

  B. No other cities in the world have more travellers in festivals than in China.

  C. The government doesn’t care for people’s life in disaster areas.

  D. The country’s migrant workers have more than one holidays to celebrate, according to the passage

. ____ I am concerned, we should be brave and we will reach the top of the hill at last ____ we try our best to climb the hill.

第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空。

Marty has a muscle disease that sometimes makes him very weak and he can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as other people. The doctors don’t know___31___(exact)what is wrong with him.    32  (luck),Marty has learned to adapt to his disability. He used to dream 33__

one day being a famous football player and   34   (represent) his country in the World Cup.

He doesn’t look any different from    35   people. So sometimes kids laugh at him   36 

he gets out of breath. Life is much   37  (easy) at high school than it was at primary school.

Even when he is made fun of, he does not get   38   (annoy).Disabled   39  he is, Marty has become stronger and more independent. He suggests that we normal people should give the disabled   40  (encourage) rather than laugh at them.

If you are human, you can’t help but experience times when everything seems to be going wrong. You must also _ ▲__as if your life is completely out of control at times. It is during those “down times” that words of encouragement from family, friends, co-workers or_ ▲___strangers can boost(增强)your spirits. It is also during those _ ▲__that negative words can be devastating (毁灭性的) and sink you deeper and deeper into depression.

   For example, consider this story about a group of _39__who were traveling through the woods when _ ▲__of them fell into a deep pit(坑). All of the other frogs gathered around the _ ▲__.When they saw how _ ▲__the pit was, they told the two _ ▲__frogs they would never get out.

   The two frogs didn’t obey what other frogs said and tried to _ ▲__ out of the pit. The other frogs kept telling them not to jump, _ ▲__it was in vain. Finally, one of the frogs followed what the other frogs were saying and simply _ ▲__. He fell down and _ ▲__ The other frog continued to jump as _ ▲__as he could. Once again the crowd of frogs shouted at him to _ ▲__the pain. The more they _ ▲__, the harder he jumped and finally he _ ▲__to safety.

   When he _ ▲__, the other frogs asked him why he continued to jump when they were all _ ▲__him to simply quit. The frog _ ▲__to them that he was a little bit deaf. He thought they were _ ▲__him all the time.

1． A. think                 B. experience        C. seem               D. feel

2． A. so                    B. just           C. even          D. ever

3． A. processes          B. times         C. courses           D. practices

4． A. frogs                B. mice                 C. dogs         D. cats

5． A. two                  B. three          c.many                D. few   

6． A. hole              B. pit                    C. water            D. well

7． A. muddy            B. wide                 C. deep               D. long

8． A. uncomfortable B. unpleasant  C. unhappy      D. unfortunate

9． A. run                  B. walk          C. climb         D. jump

10． A. so                  B. as long as   C. because           D. although

11． A. gave out          B. gave up            C. gave away       D. gave off

12． A. died                B. wounded           C. destroyed   D. damaged

13． A. fast                B. hard                  C. easily         D. swiftly

14． A. help                B. ban                   C. forbid     D. stop

15． A. cried                     B. spoke               C. shouted            D. read

16． A. get it               B. forget it     C. use it         D. made it

17． A. turned out     B. kept out     C. got out             D. held out

18． A. taking to        B. shouting at        C. throwing at  D. speaking to    

19． A. explained       B. announced       C. introduced   D. told

20． A. encouraging  B. helping      C. pulling      D dragging

   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。

     Being pushed off the platform and onto the tracks is a subway passenger’s worst nightmare. On Dec 3 a man lost his life in Manhattan, US, when this happened.

     The man was pushed to his death by another passenger who was said to be emotionally unstable. He desperately tried to climb up as a train rushed toward him at high speed. But he was not successful. His last moment of life was caught by photographer R. Umar Abbasi, and the photo became the cover story of the New York Post newspaper the next day. “Doomed,” the headline read. “Pushed on the subway track, this man is about to die.”

     The photographer and the New York Post soon received harsh criticism from the public. Most of them questioned why he took the picture instead of trying to save the man.

     R. Umar Abbasi explained he was too far away to reach the man, and that he tried to alert the train driver with his camera’s flash. However, most people were still critical. They said that he did a good job as a photographer but failed as a human being.

【写作内容】

       请阅读上述报道，然后按照以下要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文：

   1．以约30个词概括以上短文内容；

    2．然后以约120个词谈谈你的观点，并包括以下要点：

        (1) 你阅读上述报道的感受；

        (2) 你觉得应该是先救人还是先拍照？为什么？

(3) 假如你是那位摄影师，你会怎么做?

【写作要求】

    1．在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；  

2．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。