Mylonoa Island in autumn and winter is peaceful and beautiful. It is perfect for a relaxing stay or a brief visit. One can see and enjoy the blue skies, the wide beaches, and also have wonderful walks in the hills, perhaps not every day, but usually until the beginning of January. Visitors and winter tourists often come to Mykonos to discover the traditional Greek island. They can escape busy Athens after business, or calm down after a long European tour before traveling on further to Egypt, Israel, or Asia.

   Apart from the more usual tourists, you will find various hikers, walkers, readers, writers, bikers, and so on in this island. You can also visit the beautiful Delos, hike through mountains walk on beaches, explore another side of the island life with some monasteries(修道院), horse ride, or take part in local gatherings and meet some friendly Mykonians,

Mykonos’ climate is Mediterranean and mild. Autumn is always blue skied and sunny, where the temperature only drops very gradually. The nice days for beach going and swimming last until early January. The real winter months are also mild. Even in January, the temperature never drops very to be on. The island has a great percentage of humidity because of the south-easterly winds and rainfall between mid-January and each- March; there is also a possibility of storms and colder northerly winds at this period. Snow is rare, perhaps one every ten years. The clear blue sky still exists for most of the winter.

1.Mykonos island lies in _______.

A. Egypt        B. Israel         C. Greek           D. India

2. What’s the main purpose of this passage?

A. To sum up some situations of many islands.

B. To introduce a beautiful island to people.

C. To compare their climate.

D. To describe the people visiting the island.

3.Which of the following is NOT wrong?

A. Every year, a great number of people go to Mykonos island to tour, hike, walk, read, write and bike.

B. It often snows in Mykonos island.

C. Mykonos’ climate is very awful.

D. From time to time, you can see the blue sky in Mykonos island.

4. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “humidity”?

A. 温度       B. 湿度        C. 紫外线         D. 大气压

5. We can infer from the passage ______.

A. Mykonos island is a well-known tour resort

B. Mykonos island is a very big island in Europe

C. there are many rare animals in Mykonos island

D. winter is the best season to travel to Mykonos island.

One afternoon, I joined Charity Focus Folks to distribute food to homeless people. We went around a few streets in Manhattan. I was travelling back to India the next day.   16  , I took part in this activity in the afternoon. We  17  at a coffee shop with lots of   18  packed properly for distributing.

The first person we offered food cried. This was a (n)   19  moment for all of us and really   20  me. After this the food was distributed   21  with a crowd surrounding us. Our activity was over by 5:00 pm and we started back to our homes.

However, I was still feeling the need to do   22  . So I decided to buy dinner   23  myself but give it to someone more needy and   24  my dinner for the day. This was an inspiration I never had before. But somehow it  25  me.

There weren’t any beggars around for the next three or four blocks and I was   26  who I would give the food to. I found one but he   27  to take food as he needed only money. I found another person, but he went away   28   I could approach him.

But I had a feeling that   29  would come. Then I found one old lady sitting on one corner of the road. I asked her if she would like to eat something and she   30  . I purchased a large cheese pizza and cakes at a nearby supermarket and gave the entire   31  to her. The lady looked excited, opened the package and began eating at once with great   32  .

As I walked home, I felt a surge (澎湃) of   33  I had never experienced before. I didn’t feel  34  though I hadn’t eaten much the whole day. This was a unique, deep feeling, and I felt a little inspired. What I got was much more than what I   35  .

1.                A．Besides         B．Therefore       C．Anyhow  D．Still

2.                A．gathered       B．arrived         C．attended  D．approached

3.                A．cakes          B．books          C．food D．newspapers

4.                A．surprising       B．heart-warming   C．confusing D．embarrassing

5.                A．upset          B．touched        C．appealed D．interested

6.                A．gradually       B．normally        C．quickly   D．generally

7.                A．well           B．more           C．much D．most

8.                A．for            B．of             C．in   D．by

9.                A．take out        B．hand over       C．make up  D．miss out

10.               A．beat           B．knocked        C．depressed D．struck

11.               A．wondering      B．predicting       C．supposing  D．wandering

12.               A．refused        B．abandoned      C．managed  D．pretended

13.               A．when          B．until           C．before    D．unless

14.               A．everyone       B．someone       C．anyone    D．no one

15.               A．declined        B．hesitated       C．promised  D．agreed

16.               A．luggage        B．package        C．box  D．pizza

17.               A．appreciation     B．pride          C．enjoyment D．shame

18.               A．imagination     B．relief          C．satisfaction D．intention

19.               A．hungry         B．tried           C．happy D．relaxed

20.               A．expected       B．absorbed       C．lost   D．gave

Silk from China found its way to India, the Middle East and Rome, _______ spices and glass, which was not known to China. 

Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was struck by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftops, huge and round, yellow through the dust and smoke of the city. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking what a pity it was that most city livers---myself included---usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.

My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.

I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon.

Today our lives are connected with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We eat and breathe things our bodies were not designed to process. We have televisions, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters, air-conditioners, cars and computers. White noise and pollution is in the air. Radio waves and strange lights are constantly disturbing our minds and bodies.

Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I saw the moon and remembered these things. And I thought: before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains and perhaps write. I may grow old there. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon.

1.What was the author’s pity in this passage?

A. Most people living in the city failed to see the beautiful moon.

B. There was too much pollution in the city.

C. There were too many modern inventions.

D. There was too much traffic on the road.

2.What attracted the author most according to the passage?

A. The mountainous jungle of India.                  B. The fullest moon.

C. The high mountains in India.                          D. All kinds of modern inventions.

3.The author longs for ________.

A. Camping outside at night                            B. Returning to the nature

C. Writing books                                                 D. Watching the moon

4.The main idea of this passage probably is “________”.

A. Disadvantage of Living in Cities

B. The Pleasure of Being out at Night

C. Touched by the Moon                   

D. Pollution Caused by Modern Technology

句型转换(共10小题；每小题l分，共10分)

1.The police are looking for the missing boy in this area, who may be in great danger.

The police are ________ __________ __________ the missing boy in this area, who may be in great danger.

2. The girl can’t speak Chinese, and she can’t understand what we are saying either.

The girl can’t speak Chinese, ________ __________ ________understand what we are saying.

3.People report that now they are testing this product in India and it will be on the market in six months.

It _________ __________ that at present this product is  ________ ________in India and will be on the market in six months.

4. The pilot managed to land the plane safe and sound. Because of this, he was highly praised of.

The pilot was able to land the plane safe and sound, ________ ___________ he was highly praised of.

5. The lab was set up last year. They finished the experiment in it.

It was ________ the lab _______ was set up last year _________ they finished the experiment.

6. As time went by, we had better understanding of the things around us

With ________ _________ ________, we could understand the things around us better.

7. The clothes are not thick enough to protect him from the cold.

The clothes are  _______ thin ________ they can’t protect him against the cold.

8. He had an road accident, so he had to stay in hospital for a whole month.

He had an road accident, and _______ _________ ________, he had to stay in hospital for a whole month.

9. I like my music teacher. I respect him very much.

I like my music teacher _________ __________ I have great respect.

10. When we saw from the top of the hill, we found our school was beautiful.

_________ _________ the top of the hill, our school was beautiful.