单词拼写（满分5分）

1.It is hard to p     him to stop smoking.

2.Everyone who often exercises can b     from it.

3.Do you feel h     when you’re often in difficulty.

4.If you’re not satisfied with this book, I can r       you another one.

5.I will never f     you for the rude words you said to me last night.

6.He was a good worker who was       (尽心尽力) to his family as well as his work.

7.What’s your       (态度) towards this practice.

8.Do you feel       (内疚的) when you have done sth that you shouldn’t do.

9.Mike realized his mistake, and       (道歉) at once.

10.He would rather die than       (背叛) his country.

单词拼写（每小题1分，共10分）
【小题1】 Life in the oceans appears in different sizes, r_______ from the
tiniest fish all the way up to the biggest blue whales.        
【小题2】 I’m not going to tell you about it; it was my p____ business.   
【小题3】 She agreed without slightest h________.                  
【小题4】We’re old enough to be i______ and we should deal with the things
by ourselves.                                        
【小题5】Did you take part in the festival f_____ last night?            
【小题6】 Martin Luther King, Jr led many demonstrations, fighting for
_______(自由)                                       
【小题7】 The police ______ (逮捕) Rosa Parks, a black woman who refused
to give her seat to a white man.                          
【小题8】 You look _______(可笑的) in those tight jeans.             
【小题9】 The social and economic ______ (发展) of China has become the
focus of world attention.                                
【小题10】Our eyes are _______ (敏感的) to the light.                

We've used the wind as an energy source for a long time. The Babylonians and Chinese were using wind power to pump water for irrigating crops 4,000 years ago, and sailing boats were around long before that. Wind power was used in the Middle Ages, in Europe, to grind(磨碎) corn, which is where the term "windmill" comes from.

We can use the energy in the wind by building a tall tower, with a large propellor on the top. The wind blows the propellor round, which turns a generator to produce electricity. We tend to build many of these towers together, to make a "wind farm" and produce more electricity. The more towers, the more wind, and the larger the propellors, the more electricity we can make. It's only worth building wind farms in places that have strong, steady winds, although boats and caravans（大篷车）increasingly have small wind generators to help keep their batteries charged.

The best places for wind farms are in coastal areas, at the tops of rounded hills, open plains and gaps in mountains—places where the wind is strong and reliable. Some are offshore. To be worthwhile, you need an average wind speed of around 25 km/h. Most wind farms in the UK are in Cornwall or Wales. Isolated places such as farms may have their own wind generators. In California, several “wind farms” supply electricity to homes around Los Angeles.

The propellors are large, to obtain energy from the largest possible volume of air. The blades can be angled to cope with varying wind speeds. Some designs use vertical turbines(垂直涡轮机), which don't need to be turned to face the wind. The towers are tall, to get the propellors as high as possible, up to where the wind is stronger. This means that the land beneath can still be used for farming. 

The first paragraph aims to introduce to us _______.

A. the function of wind power               B. the source of wind power

C. the nations using wind power             D. the history of using wind power

How does a wind power work?

A. The generator turns the propellor blades and produce electricity.

B. The tall tower helps turn the energy in the air into electricity.

C. Warm air rises and makes the propellor move round.

D. The propellor blown round by wind turns the generator to produce electricity.

The best places for building the wind farm are places where _______.

A. boats and caravans can often be seen         B. isolated farms don’t have enough electricity

C. there are less human activities          D. the wind is strong and reliable

We can infer from the passage that _______.

A. wind farms will not take up too much farming land

B. wind farms need no fuel because wind is free

C. the blades can be angled to turn to face the wind wherever it comes from

D. the higher and larger the towers are, the stronger the wind is

What can be a suitable title for the passage?

  A. Where to build a wind farm.            B. ABC of the using of wind energy.

  C. How to make best use of wind.          D. Wind energy is the best energy.

William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood lacked the harmony that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered "little of childhood but its pain". In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family — both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama and poetry. 

Yeats had strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn't lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama. 

Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats's poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition. 

He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923. Yet, he continued writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeats's Death in 1939, W. H. Auden wrote, among others, the following lines: 

Earth, receive an honoured guest:

        William Yeats is laid to rest. 

        Let the Irish vessel (船) lie

        Emptied of its poetry.

1.Which of the following can describe Yeats's family?

A．It filled Yeats's childhood with laughter.

B．It was shocked by Yeats's choice.

C．It was a typically wealthy family.

D．It had an artistic atmosphere.

2.According to the passage, what do we know about Yeats's life?

A．Yeats founded the first Irish theater.

B．Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry.

C．Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s.

D．Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Noble Prize.

3.What kind of feeling is expressed in W. H. Auden's lines?

A．Envy             B．Sympathy          C．Emptiness         D．Admiration

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A．Yeats's literary achievements              B．Yeats's historical influence

C．Yeats's artistic ambition                   D．Yeats's national honor

阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示, 2）首字母提示, 3）语境提示, 在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上，所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

Dear future pen pal ,

??? My name is Tudor , which is a very Welsh name . Maybe you have never been to Wales, but perhaps you know where it is. It is a small country , but with a big heart , I think . My family live ___1.___ a farm , where we mainly have sheep , but there are a_____2.______ some cows , which I like very much . In this part of the country it is quite mountainous . They’re not big , h_____3.______ mountains , but pretty impressive . Well , I’m just fifteen now , and my future work will be here in these _____4.____（田野）. My brother is an engineer , so no farming for him , and my sister is now _____5.______ and has a small child . So , here I am , an uncle a_______6._____ , and with three years’ school still ahead .

I’m very _______7.________（兴趣）in things about China . In fact I’m learning some Chinese from a Chinese student . He _______8.________ （鼓励）me to find a pen pal in Beijing and that’s _____9.______ I’m writing this letter .

I’ve put my a______10.______ on the top of the letter . Please write and tell me about yourself .

Best wishes .

Tudor