Here are some tips（建议） on how to stay safe in earthquakes （地震）。

1. Stay inside and duck and cover. Get under a desk or table, or stand in a corner or under a doorway. Cover your head and neck with your arms.

2. Move against a wall if in a high building with no protective desk or table nearby. Cover your head and neck with your arms.

3. Try to get into an open area away from trees, buildings, walls, and power lines （电杆） if outdoors.

4. Pull over （停靠）to the side of the road away from overpasses （天桥） and power lines if driving. Stay in your car until the shaking ends.

5. Get away from shelves or other areas where objects may fall if in a crowded store or public are  Do not run for the door. Lower your body close to the ground and cover your head and neck with your hands and arms.

6. Stay in your seat if in a cinema or a theater. Get below the level of the back of the seat and cover your head and neck with your arms.

7. If you take cover （躲避） under a strong piece of furniture, hold on to it and be prepared to move with it.

8. Try to stay away from kitchens, where there are often many objects that might fall or get burnt.

（   ） 1. The best title （标题）of the passage is _______.

A．How to protect yourself in an earthquake

B．Covering your head and neck with your arms can protect you in an earthquake

C．Advice for dangerous situations

D．How to stay calm （保持镇静） in an earthquake

（   ） 2. The underlined word “ duck” in Tip 1 means _______.

A．a water bird with short legs

B．some kind of meat for eating

C．walk like a duck

D．lower your head or body very quickly

（   ）3. Which is the correct way to act in an earthquake?

A．Run downstairs and cover your head and neck with your arms.

B．Drive your car quickly through the overpass and get out of it.

C．When you stay under a strong piece of furniture, you should hold on to it and be D．prepared to move with it. Climb over the back of the seat and cover your head and

    neck with your arms.

（   ）4. _____ should be the most important part（s） to be protected in an earthquake,

A．Your head and arms           B．Your arms

C．Your neck and arms           D．Your head and neck

（   ）5. Tip 3 and Tip 4 give you some advice on what you should do when you are ______.

A．inside a building             B．outside a building

C．in your house                D．in a store

My granddaughter, 10, was very happy the day before yesterday because her mother and the mother of one of her classmates took them to a park and a Pizza Hut （比萨饼屋）to celebrate Children’s Day. For a whole day, the two girls played heartily – no homework, no extra-curricular（课外） skills training. The happy life lasted only for one day. Yesterday, everything returned to normal: doing homework till late at night and going over lessons learned at last weekend’s English and “ Olympic mathematics” （数学奥赛）　courses.

Every time I went to my daughter’s house in the evening, I saw my granddaughter sitting by the small desk in her room doing math exercises or writing a compositions given by her teacher. On the white wall behind the desk are some words she wrote. One sentence reads: “ Why is the exercise endless?”

Poor girl!

Although teachers have stopped giving after-school homework to primary school children, parents have been forcing their kids to take part in different kinds of extra-curricular training courses-learning English, painting, music instrument （乐器）, weiqi, “ Olympic mathematics” and so on, every Saturday and Sunday.

Are these extra-curricular courses really necessary in children’s education? The answer is certainly “ No”. Take the so-called “ Olympic mathematics” for example. These courses are very difficult for the children to understand. Often, they are difficult even for adults （成年人）.

（   ）1. The writer’s granddaughter celebrated her Children’s Day by _____.

           A．playing all day              B．doing nothing

           C．having a party              D．going over lessons

（   ）2. Usually at weekends the girl will _______.

A．stay at home               B．play with their classmates

C．do whatever she likes        D．go to different kinds of training courses

（   ）3. The writer thinks that her granddaughter ______.

A．lives a happy life            B．goes to bed early at weekend

C．has too much homework      D．likes to do more exercises

（   ）4. Which is true according to （根据）the passage?

A．The “Olympic Mathematics” is too difficult for kids.

B．The grandfather thinks playing is more important than learning.

C．Teachers often give students useless homework.

D．The parents don’t want their kids to do lots of homework.

（   ）5. From the last paragraph（段落）we know that the writer thinks _____.

A．only school courses are useful to kids

B．some extra-curricular courses kids learn after school are not necessary

C．some extra-curricular courses are even more difficult for adults

D．kids shouldn’t learn difficult courses

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在句子空缺处写出各单词的正确形式（每空只写一词）。

1. Wood has been used to make paper since the 19^th __________（世纪）.

2. He got up _____________（早） than I did this morning.

3. Sam __________ （遇见） Mary in England and visited her school.

4. A nice hot bath should help to _________ （放松） you.

5. They’re ___________ （计划） to go to Beijing at weekends.

从下面方框中选择适当的词填入短文中，使短文通顺正确（注意有些词要用适当的形式）。方框中有两个多余的词。

This country is far away from China, Like China, it is also a developing country. It has a population of about 45 million. Of these, 76 percent are （1）____________ and 12 percent white. It has a warm climate （气候）. Either it never rains, or it （2） __________ a lot!. It is the world’s biggest producer of gold, and it sells diamonds（钻石） to other countries. It （3） ____________ a lot of fruits, including oranges, pears, and grapes, and it makes wine.

There （4）_________ lots of large forests where you can see a lot of wildlife（野生动物）, including lions,（5）___________, zebras, and giraffes. Many people like to go and travel in this country. Can you guess the name of this country.

We know that many animals do not stay in one place. Birds, fish and other animals move from one place to another place at a certain time. They move for different reasons: most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.

When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration is probably the migration of fish, which is called “salmon”（鲑鱼）. This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water. There it spends its life. When it is old, it returns to its birthplace in fresh water. Then it gives birth and dies. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded. They move down to the low land. Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside, and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea．

Recently, scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobster（龙虾）. Every year, when the season of the bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody knows where the go. So, sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another place, but at other times we don’t. Maybe living things just like to travel.

1. The reason for most of the animals to move is _____________________.

2. Find the word in the passage which means “ the movement from one place to another of a large group of animals” and write it down here: __________.

3. The underlined word “ There” in the second paragraph refers to （指的是）____________.

4. The salmon comes back to its birthplace in order to ____________.

5. The lobsters begin to move to another place when _____________.

假定你是西夏中学的一名学生，你校上周举办了“英语周”。请你根据下列表格中的汉语提示写一篇题为“The English Week at Xi Xia Middle School”英语短文，介绍英语周期间的活动情况并谈谈你的感受。字数“80-100字。　文章题目和首句已给出，不计入总字数。

参考词汇：1.professor教授　　2. contest比赛　　3. ability能力

             The English Week at Xi Xia Middle School

Last week our school held an English week. __________________________________

–– Is Miss White ______ English teacher, Maria?

––No, she teaches ______ geography．

A．your; my           B．you; mine          C．you; us       D．your; us

Enshi is becoming a tourist city． _________ people come here during the holidays every year．

A．Thousand of                              B．Thousands of

C．Five thousands of                       D．Five thousands

– Do you know the boy _______ is playing soccer there?

– Certainly．He is a friend of my ________．

A．who; brother’s                 B．who; brother

C．whom; brother’s                      D．whose; brother

–Listen! Our music teacher is playing the music of Two Butterflies．

–_________________!

A．What a sweet music                  B．How sweet music

C．How a sweet music                   D．What sweet music