There are over 600 different kinds of cone snails. This family is especially found in warm and hot waters in the oceans. They catch and eat small fish and even other cone snails. The snails have venom that they’ll give out and use to kill small animals they have caught because cone snails are slow-moving. Sometimes the venom can even kill people. But some scientists have discovered that the venom can also be used as medicine.

The shells of cone snils are often brightly colored, and have interesting shapes, many people think the shells are so beautiful that people kill them, collect lots of shells, and sell them around the world. The environment is also very dangerous for them because of fishing and boating.

Scientists want to help save the cone snails. They hope to make new rules to stop them from dying. If they die out, scientists may never discover what kinds of medicines they can give us.

【1】We can find a cone snail in ________ .

A. a warm river B. in a hot ocean

C. a cold ocean D. a lake

【2】What does the underline(下划线) word “venom” mean in the second paragraph ? ________.

A. 盔甲 B. 毒液 C. 螺纹 D.鳞片

【3】People kill the cone snails in order to ________ .

A. sell their shells B. study their venom

C. save the environment D. kill animals

【5】 The best title of the passage may be ________ .

A. A Special Medicine B. Great Venom

C. Cone Snails D. Saving the Cone Snails

【1】Which class __________ the basketball match yesterday?

【2】He had a cold and had a ___________ .

【3】He has about twenty_________ of Tintin’s stories.

【4】David is tall and strong with black hair but he never with others.

【5】Batman and Superman are my favorite cartoon .

Wang Hui is my classmate .He often gets up at six thirty.After he brushes his 【1】 ，he runs for half an 【2】 . Then he has his breakfast . He 【3】 to scool at seven thirty. Classes start at 8 o’clock. He 【4】 six classes a day .School is over at five . He 【5】 takes the No. 2 bus to go home.He gets home at 【6】 five twenty . Then he does his 【7】 . He 【8】 dinner at seven in the evening. After dinner ,he likes 【9】 to the music in bed or watch TV with his family . He takes a 【10】 at nine thirty . Then he goes to bed.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

【1】How long is the reading room open every day?

A. Ten hours. B. Nine hours.

C. Seven hours. D. Eight hours.

【2】What can you take into the reading room?

A. The bag. B. The school ID card.

C. Sandwiches. D. Orange juices.

【3】How many books can you take from the bookshelf at a time?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

【4】What does the underlined word “return” mean in Chinese?

A. 放置 B. 带走 C. 整理 D. 归还

【5】 Which of the following is TRUE（正确的）?

A. You can drink in the reading room.

B. You can take all your favorite books to your seat.

C. You can read in the reading room at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

D. You can take only one book home at a time.

First, please accept our great thanks for your support, trust and donations towards our Ya’an earthquake relief (救济) work!

Recently, many worries were brought to our attention, and we managed to provide answers to some common questions.

Please read the Q&A in the following:

Q: Where may I find the latest news on One Foundation’s Ya’an earthquake relief work?

A: We warmly welcome you to visit our website, Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo and you could get

all the news from there.

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A: Thank you for your kind heart and support. At present, there are two official channels for

donations from abroad: Bank transfer and PayPal.

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A: If you have donated more than 20 U.S. dollars, please send your personal information to

idonation@one-foundation.com. We will send the e-receipt by the end of May.

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Once again, we give our faithful thanks to you. We will carefully plan and use the donations from every One Family Member and we will do our best to help those who need your support. One Foundation

May 9, 2013

【1】 ______ about donating to One Foundation are answered in this passage.

A. Some questions B. Few questions

C. All the questions D. No questions

【2】 You can get up-to-date information by visiting the following websites except ______.

A. Tencent Weibo

B. Sina Weibo

C. the website of Red Cross

D. the website of One Foundation

【3】How many official channels for donations from abroad are mentioned?

4. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

【4】Why can’t One Foundation send the receipt soon?

A. Because there aren’t enough receipts.

B. Because there are a large number of donations.

C. Because the people in the foundation are not experienced.

D. Because the people in the foundation are not hard-working.

【5】Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?

A. One Foundation won’t accept donations from abroad.

B. No worries were brought to One Foundation’s attention.

C. One Family Members are trying to help people in Ya’an.

D. One Foundation will send e-receipts to all the people who have donated.

When we cut down the rainforests, we destroy these forest people, too. In 1900, there were 1, 000, 000 forest people in the Amazon forest. In 1980, there were only 200, 000.

The Yanomami live along the rivers of the rainforest in the north of Brazil(巴西). They have lived in the rainforest for about 10, 000 years and they use more than 2, 000 different plants for food and for medicine. But in 1988, someone found gold in their forest, and more than 45, 000 people came to the forest and began looking for gold. They cut down the forest to make roads. They made over a hundred airports. The Yanomami people lost land and food. Many died because new illnesses came to the forest with the strange people.

The Yanomami people tried to save their forest, because it was their home. But the people who wanted gold were stronger.

Many forest people try to save their forests. Chico Mendes was famous in Brazil because he wanted to keep the forest for his people. “I want the Amazon forest to help all of us—forest people, and all the Earth,” he said. A few months later, in December 1988, people who wanted to cut down the forest killed Chico Mendes.

In Brazil, people were cutting down the forest of local people to sell the wood. Local people tried to save their rainforest. They made blockades(障碍) across the roads into the forest. In 1987, they closed fifteen roads for eight months. No one cut down any trees during that time.

In Panama (巴拿马), local people also saved their forest. They made a rainforest park which tourists must spend money visiting.

【1】The number of the people living in the Amazon forest in 1980 was _______of that in 1900.

A. half B. one-third C. two-fifths D. one-fifth

【2】 The people who _______have destroyed the rainforest of the Yanomami.

A. made the roads and the airports

B. use plants for food and medicine

C. pick fruits and kill animals to eat

D. have lived there for about ten thousand years

【3】 Those people built roads and airports probably in order to_______.

A. carry the gold to other places

B. make people there live a better life

C. attract more tourists to the rainforests

D. stop the new illnesses from spreading

【4】In Panama, visitors have to_______ before they enter a forest park of local people.

A. plant trees

B. pay for the gold

C. pay for the tickets

D. make blockades across the roads

【5】From the article, we learn that _______.

A. to humans, gold is more important than trees

B. we mustn’t cut down any trees or kill any animals

C. we need wood to build houses, so we have to cut down/span> trees

D. the rainforest people have done something to protect their home

【1】How much should the boys’ parents pay the babysitter for one day?

A. ￡4 B. ￡6

C. ￡8 D. ￡10

【2】You must send newspapers around the village of Clanbrook .

A. by car B. by bus

C. by bike D. on foot

【3】Those who can only speak are not needed in the City Museum shop.

A. French B. English

C. German D. Spanish

【4】If you work part-time in Munchies Caf , you can be free on Saturday .

A. morning B. noon

C. afternoon D. evening

The New Baby

The picture shows a family visiting their new baby in hospital. I think it’s probably the evening, because the light is 【1】 , so the father must have brought his children 【2】work.

There are two children beside the baby, a boy and a girl. The 【3】is a little older than his sister. He’s about six or seven. He 【4】proud. The girl looks very 【5】to have a new sister.

The father has his arm around 【6】children. He looks proud as well. The mother is sitting 【7】. She looks happy 【8】a little tired.

The baby is in the middle. I guess it’s a girl, 【9】she is wearing pink clothes. The baby is 【10】despite(尽管, 不管)all the noise and excitement.

【1】A. off B. on C. out

【2】A. before B. after C. at

【3】A. girl B. baby C. boy

【4】A. looks B. is looked C. is looking

【5】A. excited B. sad C. angry

【6】A. her B. your C. his

【7】A. on the left B. in the middle C. in the front

【8】A. and B. or C. but

【9】A. because B. so C. if

【10】A. running B. sleeping C. eating

【1】There are _________students in our class, twenty girls and twenty boys.

【2】Simon will be back on Sunday, the ________of July.

【3】Do you want to _________the club？

【4】We can read _________to learn about the outside world.

【5】Miss Yang_______ math in our school. She is good with kids.

【1】Boys can enjoy a nine-day festival in ______ in July every year.

A. China B. the USA C. Spain D. Japan

【2】______ comes last in a year.

A. Ch ristmas Day B. Boys’ Festival

C. Chinese New Year D. Bull-running Festival

【3】The symbol of Chinese New Year is ______.

A. moon cakes B. the bull(公牛)

C. dumplings D. fish