1.The material is about ______.

A. the price of the hotel B. the hotel size

C. when to check in D. the information of the hotel

2.The underlined part “Smoke-free Area” means probably means that ______.

A. cigarette can’t be taken B. smoking is allowed

C. no smoking D. smokers are free

3.The rate for a Deluxe Room per night including tax and service charge is ______.

A. 129 dollars B. 667 dollars C. 580 dollars D. 148 dollars

4.The material tells us ______.

A. we can use Wi-Fi in the room B. we must use government-issued photo IDs

C. we should be 12 years old D. we can take our pets in

5.It’s clear that ______.

A. the checkout time is at 12:00

B. the extra bedding for the kid under 11 is free

C. the hotel has few rooms

D. we can tell 400-491-9567 for more information

In the 6th century BC, there was a war between the Romans and the Etruscans(伊特拉斯坎人) who lived north of Rome. The Etruscans raised a great army and marched toward Rome. At that time, Rome was just a small town, and the Romans did not have enough fighting men to protect their people.

One morning, thousands of Etruscan horsemen and footmen were seen marching straight toward the wooden bridge over the Tiber River. Rome was in immediate danger!

Among the guards at the bridge was a brave man named Horatius. He ordered the soldiers to cut down the bridge. At the same time, he took two soldiers with him to the far side of it. There, the three brave men kept the enemy from taking the bridge.

The soldiers tried to destroy the bridge as quickly as they could, and soon it was ready to fall. Some of them ran across to call the three men back.

Horatius yelled at the two others to cross first. At that moment the bridge fell with a great crash. Horatius fought the Etruscans by himself, and a dart(标枪) entered his left eye. In great pain, he turned and jumped into the river.

Horatius sank into the deep water but soon came out of the water, halfway across the river. He was greeted with shouts of joy, for he had saved the town. He gained a new name, Horatius Cocles, meaning the "one-eyed Horatius" and is remembered as one of Rome’s greatest heroes.

1.From the first paragraph we learn that Rome ________.

A. did not have many brave soldiers

B. was not large and strong then

C. was under the control of the Etruscans

D. had sent most of its army away.

2.To save the city of Rome, Horatius planned________.

A. To burn the road to Rome.

B. To drive the enemy into the river.

C. To cut down the bridge.

D. To kill the enemy horsemen first.

3.After the two soldiers came back,________.

A. The bridge fell into the water.

B. Horatius was killed by a horseman.

C. The Etruscans won the battle.

D. Horatius defeated the Etruscans by himself.

4.Horatius was renamed "Horatius Cocles" because ________.

A. he was the wisest man in Rome

B. he had saved the town of Rome

C. he had shown great courage against the enemy

D. his left eye had been hurt in the battle

5.Which of the following words could NOT necessarily be used to describe Horatius?

A. Fearless. B. Honest. C. Selfless. D. Bright.

How do ants know when another ant is dead? Ed Wilson, now the most famous ant scholar in the world, wanted to know.

When Ed Wilson was a young assitant professor at Harvard in 1950s , he found that when ants die, they just lie there, sometimes upside down, feet in the air, while their sister ants- almost all ants in a colony are ladies—walk right by without a look. Unitl about two days later, the dead body starts to send out a chemical signal that changes the living ants’ behaviour greatly.

All of a sudden what was once a pile of gunk(黏糊糊的东西) on the floor becomes a “Problem to Be solved”. Once the signal is in the air, any ant that happens to pass by picks up the dead body and carries it through her colony to a refuse pile and puts it on a pile of also dead ants.

Ed, who would continue the study of ants by studying their ability to communicate with smell, decided to find out what things equal “I am dead.” to an ant. Finally, after much checking and mixing, Ed discovered that a kind of acid was all the ants have to think “DEAD!” One day he took a drop of the acid and put it on an ant that had the bad luck of walking by. Then the next ant that came near grabbed it, put it on its back and put it into the refuse pile though the ant was still alive.

Though it tried to clean itself over and over, the minute it returned to the colony, it was caught and carried back on the pile. At last, it took the ant about an hour or two to get clean enough to return to regular business.

1.The author says the question was no one on everybody’s lips because ____.

A. it is easy to answer B. it is a foolish and difficult question

C. it is less talked about D. only scientists ask such a question

2.The underlined word “a refuse pile” probably means the place where _____.

A. injured ants were treated B. other ants lived

C. food was stored D. dead ants were buried

3.What caught Ed Wilson’s attention when he was at Harvard in the 1950s?

A. An ant wasn’t carried away immediately when it died.

B. Ant died with feet in the air.

C. Sister ants didn’t look after each other at all.

D. Ant’s dead bodies didn’t catch others’ attention.

4.The ant with acid tries to clean itself over and over ____.

A. to avoid being killed by the acid

B. to avoid being treated as the dead ant

C. to find out more food than anyone else

D. to find out where it got the acid

5.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Dead is what you smell, not what you see

B. It’s funny to carry a living ant.

C. The secret in an ant colony

D. Study ants’ ability to communicate

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The Waste of Worry

Do you remember being afraid of monsters at night as a child? But as you grow up, you know that there are no monsters, right? We always have f1. and worries about things that are not real. The crazy thing is that worry and fear make you r2. from something that isn’t even chasing you.

England’s former Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, said that whenever he started to worry, he’d remember a man who said on his death bed “I’ve had a lot of t3. in my life—and most of it never h4.!” You see, it’s not work that kills people, but worry.

When you fear the future, you’re w5. the presents. Worry seems like a rocking chair: it k6. you going, but you don’t get anywhere! And if you can’t help worrying, remember that worrying can’t help you e7..

If you’re fearful, you’ll find something to be fearful about. That’s w8. the former American President, Franklin Roosevelt, said: “The o9. thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Many of us are afraid of what others think; but if we knew how s10. they think about us, we’d know we needn’t worry.

So whatever you’re afraid of or worrying about, ask yourself, “Is it real? And if it is real, how will worrying about it help me? Is it something I can change? If not, how can I best deal with it?”

书面表达

假如你是一名武汉的中学生，请根据下面的要求写一篇不少于80字的短文，不能逐字翻译。要点：

1.表哥Mike来武汉过中秋节；你们一起赏月共享月饼；

2.你们有三年没有见面了，他改变了很多，他过去很内向，现在很外向；

3.他依旧在英语学习上有困难，总觉得跟不上老师；

4.就英语学习你给他提1-2点建议。

参考词汇：admire欣赏 share分享 celebrate庆祝

I’m a middle school student in Wuhan.

— Do you have difficulty finishing that job alone?

— Yes. I need some help.

A. trouble B. energy C. time

— Your pet requires your care arid love. Don’t leave it alone.

—OK. I’ll try to spend more time with it.

A. describes B. needs C. shows

— Could you tell me how to keep fit?

— You should do exercise at least three times a week.

A. happy B. healthy C. relaxed

— What’s the first stage to make the model?

—We need to get all the materials first.

A. step B. thought C. score

— We like making friends with our English teacher. He is a pleasant person.

—Yes. He is often kind to others.

A. useful B. friendly C. helpful