Most people who celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day aren’t Irish. Every year on March 17, hundreds of thousands of people celebrate this Irish all over the world. There are parades in New York, London, and Tokyo. There are all-night parties in Argentina. People and have fun in the streets of Australia and New Zealand. And of course, there are some celebrations in Ireland, too.

What is Saint Patrick’s Day? Saint Patrick was a priest hundreds of years ago who made many Irish people Christianity(基督教). He was actually born in Britain, but he has become an important in Irish culture. There are many stories about him, killing all the snakes in Ireland and speaking with Irish ancient kings. Saint Patrick’s Day is a religious holiday to remember , but today it is also a day for celebrating Ireland and Irish culture in general. So do people celebrate it? The most way is to wear something green. Green is one of the colors of the Irish flag, and Ireland is also famous for its beautiful green countryside. If you forget to wear green, you may get pinched(捏、掐), pinching people who forget to wear green is another Saint Patrick’s Day tradition. But perhaps the second most common way to celebrate, if you are enough, is to drink lots and lots of Irish beer. Remember only adults can drink beer. Otherwise, you will be punished for being too young.

1.A．habit B．holiday C．parade D．game

2.A．drink B．smoke C．fight D．swim

3.A．take in B．hand in C．bring in D．believe in

4.A．soldier B．hero C．hunter D．king

5.A．for example B．along with C．instead of D．such as

6.A．her B．him C．them D．it

7.A．how B．why C．when D．where

8.A．interesting B．special C．common D．strange

9.A．though B．so C．until D．as

10.A．brave B．old C．strong D．excited

1.The above advice is about ________.

A．home problems B．home therapies

C．food and drinks D．medicine

2.________ gave a tip for a fever.

A．Hell from Australia B．Lameed’s grandmother

C．A friend of Monica’s D．Norma from America

3.According to the postings, you can ________ if you have a toothache.

A．tie half an onion to your feet

B．drop warm salt water in your ears

C．eat a piece of bread with honey

D．put a wet teabag on your sore teeth

1.According to Sarah, which of the following dogs is worth keeping?

A．Barkers. B．Chasers. C．Farm dogs. D．Homeless dogs.

2.Both of the two people think that ________.

A．dogs should have good food

B．dogs should be properly trained

C．dog owners spend too much on dogs

D．dog owners should play with kids

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the two passages?

A．Dogs can work well on farms.

B．City dogs can have a home-visit hair-cut.

C．Dogs may appear in the classroom in some places.

D．City dogs cannot be trusted when they are left alone.

Florida teen band The Garbage-Men is performing on the stage. The band has five members. They are Jack Berry, Ollie Gray, Harrison Paparatto, Austin Siegel and Evan Tucker. The five teens are making music from waste. The Garbage-Men band’s instruments are made from recycled things. The guitars are boxes. A horn(号) is made from pipes. The keyboard is formed from old bottles.

The band started about two years ago. Jack Berry who was in eighth grade at the time decided to make a playable, home-made guitar, after some trial-and-error(反复试验), he ended up building it from a cereal box, a yardstick and toothpicks. After Jack showed his creation to his friend Ollie Gray, Ollie had the idea to form a band using other home-made instruments as a way to improve recycling. “We want to show people there is more to recycling than throwing things away in the bin.” Jack, 16, told TFK. “You can actually reuse materials.”

Last year, the Garbage-Men played at local events, including festivals, farmer’s markets. Typically, the teens set up on the street and performed popular songs from the 1960s, including classic Beatles and crowd favorite “Wipe Out”. They talked about recycling and offered tips for how to improve the environment. While they were performing, Jack’s little brother Trent, 11, gave out leaflets about recycling and helped sell the band’s CDs and other musical products.

The band donated the money from sales to charity. They have raised more than $2,500 for Heifer International. The organization gives farm animals, seeds and agricultural training to people in poor countries to help end poverty and hunger. “It’s a good, sustainable-development (持续发展的)charity,” Jack says, “By donating one animal, you help the whole community.”

The band, all tenth graders, tries to play a show every week. They’ve also played on a Florida radio station. The teens hope to take their shows on the road by touring in other states. “Music is a really good way to get a good message across to people because it’s really close.” Jack says. Their instruments may be rubbish, but their message isn’t.

1.They are all members of the Garbage-Men band EXCEPT ________.

A．Ollie Gray B．Trent Berry C．Austin Siegel D．Jack Berry

2.Which of the following is the correct order of what the teens have done?

① The Garbage-Men played at local events.

② Jack Berry made a playable, home-made guitar.

③ The band donated the money from sales to charity.

④ Ollie decided to form a band using home-made instruments.

A．③②④① B．②①④③ C．③①②④ D．②④①③

3.What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Classical music and rubbish

B．A special band

C．Home-made musical instruments

D．A pioneer of country music

4.The five teens formed the band with the purpose of ________.

A．making musical instruments from rubbish

B．earning more money to help support their own families

C．asking more people to recycle daily rubbish around them

D．making their musical products known all around the world

Do you sometimes find you want to eat chocolate or ice cream very much? Do you then make it but feel guilty about it later?

The next time this happens to you, think back if you have had enough sleep over the last 3-5 days. Many adults and even teens have noticed that they crave "midnight snacks" when working or watching TV late.

New research shows that lack of sleep could lead us to have an increased appetite (食欲)- especially for the unhealthy kind.

Recently, researchers at the University of Chicago carried out a study that clearly shows that a lack of sleep actually changes our brain chemistry! Studies were done on two control groups over four days. Both groups had their food and sleep strictly controlled. All of them received three meals. The only difference was that one group was allowed to sleep for 7.5 hours while the other group slept for a little more than four hours.

During the following visit, their sleep patterns were exchanged. After the last night of the session, the volunteers were offered as much food as they wanted to eat. Researchers noticed that in both sessions, people who sleep less ate on an average 300 calories more than those who had slept more. This was much more calories than what their bodies would need to make up for the three fewer hours of sleep.

What Is Going On?

The researchers then analyzed the chemicals (化学成分) in the blood of the people in the study. What they noticed was surprising. High levels of ghrelin (a chemical that makes us hungry) and lower levels of leptin (the chemical that tells the brain that it is satisfied) were found in the people with less sleep.

Even more surprising was that this group had higher levels of endocannabinoids - the same chemical that is caused by drugs such as cannabis (大麻). The endocannabinoid system causes a craving for sugar and fatty foods and leads to overeating even when the body is not hungry. This study suggests that sleep changes help produce chemicals in the body that are similar to taking drugs!

Furthermore, researchers noticed that food cravings continued for a long period of time, well after the lack of sleep. This increases the risk of over-eating for longer periods, leading to obesity (肥胖).

Your body needs 7-8 hours of sleep each night. So, the next time you reach for a bag of chips or a slice of decadent cake, think of the amount of sleep you have had recently!

1.According to the passage, people want to eat more when they ________.

A．work B．watch TV C．sleep less D．sleep more

2.The word ‘crave’ in paragraph 2 most probably means ________.

A．hope B．want C．hate D．dislike

3.From the passage, we can learn that ________.

A．people feel guilty about eating chocolate

B．unhealthy food makes people sleep less and less

C．a person’s sleep has nothing to do with his/her appetite

D．a study about sleep and obesity was carried out at the University of Chicago

4.The chemical that makes us feel hungry is called ________.

A．ghrelin B．leptim

C．cannabis D．endocannabinoids

5.This article is mainly about ________.

A．researchers working on people’s sleep

B．how people’s sleep influences their appetite

C．how much people need to eat after sleeping less

D．A research about chemicals in the blood of people

根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为41—45的相应位置上。

1.Look! The students are practising hard to (准备) for the PE exam.

2.Leonardo DiCaprio (成功地) won his first Oscar for his leading role in movie "The Revenant".

3.The (行星) Mars is considered to have air which is very similar to that on the earth.

4. Many factories have moved away from the (北部的) part of Nanjing to reduce the pollution.

5.With the development of public transport, we can get to the other side of the Yangtze River quickly (通过) the tunnels connecting the two sides.

根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为46—50的相应位置上。

1.—Do you know the (high) of the Greenland Square Zifeng Tower?

—About 450 meters.

2.After waiting for two hours, passengers were becoming (patient).

3.In high schools, all (Canada) students take part in a very exciting activity called "Take Your Children to Work Day".

4. (compare) the different effects of mobile phones on teenagers , our teacher made a survey among us.

5.The (art) painting style was so special that all the people at the show could not help discussing his painting excitedly.

根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为51—55的相应位置上。

Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sadness, failure and success. Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person.

Love 1.in our life. Love makes you feel wanted. In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us love and care. They teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad. But we don't always care about it. It is only after we 2. and have kids that a person understands others' feelings.

Happiness can bring people a peaceful mind. Sadness 3. the death of a loved one or the failure. But all of these things 4. .

Failure is the path to success. it helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. Life teaches us not to 5. over yesterday. So the only way is to work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后第56-65小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为56-65的相应位置上。

注意：每个空格只填一个单词。

Everyone needs a break, and holidays are a great way to take a break and enjoy a good book. Summer vacation is coming so this is the perfect time to discuss some great English literature to take on a long train journey while you’re hanging out with the family.

If you’re at the beginner level, there are two choices: reading a children’s book or reading a book that you’ve read in Chinese translation. This will help you understand better, since you’ve already known the story. If you’re at the middle level, popular books like novels and mysteries are good choices, as they are attractive enough to increase the possibility of your understanding of the book. For top readers, science books, classical books or prize winners, such as Nobel, Pulitzer are good choices.

The most important thing is to pick a book that you’re really interested in. When I pick up a new book in Chinese, the first few pages are always really hard to get through, as I have to get used to the way the writer uses the language. But after that, things get a lot easier, especially if I like the story.

Another great way to help you read in the holiday is to find a friend who’s interested in reading the same book. You can make goals that you both want to achieve and talk about the book with each other by QQ or e-mail. I’m doing that with my friend Laura. We’ve done this since we were classmates in Chinese at college.

Some quick recommendations: Harry Potter, start with the first book and go on from there; the Narnia series; and if you like horror, Stephen King’s novels are always unusual and fun. But really you should just find a topic or writer that you’re interested in, and the rest will go from there. Happy reading!

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为66-75的相应位置。

Once upon a time, there was a man with a ?ne house, healthy animals and fertile land. He also had a handsome, lovely son. But the man was worried about his son, b 1. the boy grew up knowing only good times and comfortable life.

“What will happen when something goes w 2. for him?” wondered his father. “How will he know what to do?” So one day, the man asked the boy to go into the f 3. and collect wood. To help him carry the wood home, the man gave the boy an old cart and two horses. As he was l 4. , the man said to his son, “If the cart breaks down w 5. you are in the forest, don’t worry. Real Need will teach you what to do.”

The boy collected as m 6. wood as he could and put it onto the cart. But when the cart was filled with wood, it broke under the weight of the wood. “I hope that Real Need lives n 7. ,” thought the boy, and he started crying out,“Real Need! Real Need! Where are you? Can you help me?” The boy called and called, but n 8. came, so he had no choice but to repair the cart h9. .

When he arrived home he said to his father, “You said Real Need would t10. me to repair the cart, but I couldn’t ?nd him anywhere. I had to ?x it all by myself.” The man smiled happily and thought,“Real Need really is the best teacher.”