Mom:    Daniel, I need to talk to you about your behavior. Dad and I realize there is probably an explanation for why the house is so dirty, but you shouldn’t have run out of the room and closed the door so hard like that.

Daniel:     Mom, I’m sorry, but I was so angry! You want me to act like an adult but you and dad treat me like a child. Why didn’t you just ask me what had happened?

Mom:    Well, I know that grown-ups are supposed to make good decisions but sometimes we make mistakes. We were angry too. None of us stopped to think and we should have. Can you explain to me now why the house was a mess and what you did with the money we left?

Daniel: Spot was sick, Mom. Eric and I didn’t want to call you and dad on your vacation, so I used the money you left and some of my own to take him to the vet. We stayed there and waited for him all day. That is why we didn’t have time to clean the house.

1. Who is Spot?

2. Where were Daniel’s parents when Spot was sick?

3. Why did Daniel’s mother talk with him?

Did you see snow in your hometown last winter? Did you feel it was warmer than before?

"There have been 21 warm winters in China since 1986," said scientists. They also said that in the past 100 years, as the global (全球的) temperatures went up by 0.74 °C , the temperature in North China has climbed 1.4 °C in only 50 years.

China needs to take quick action to cut carbon dioxide emission (排放)

because it's the main reason for global warming. The good news is that China has seen the importance of going green. China set the goal of cutting energy use by 20% and pollution emission by 10% in the 11th Five-Year Plan.

Can you slow down global warming? Sure! You and your family can take steps to cut the amount of carbon dioxide that is sent out into the air.

Here are some pieces of advice to help you save the earth..

Wear used clothes. Wearing your brother's, sister's or dad's old T-shirt means you save the energy.                                                                       

Change your light bulbs (灯泡). Use energy-saving light bulbs. And don't forget to turn off the lights when you leave a room and turn off your television and computer when they are not in use!

Ride the bus. Taking a bus saves a lot of oil every year.

Say no to plastic bags. The next time your parents go to the market, ask them to use baskets

Open a window. Don't use the air conditioner, and let some fresh air in. When you have to use the conditioner, set the temperature higher in the summer and lower in the winter to save energy.

Make small changes in your daily life. Don't use paper cups, bags and boxes.

It's time for all of us to do something to save the earth.

1. How many pieces of advice are there in this passage?

A. Three.         B. Four          C. Five.           D Six

2. Which of the following is true?

3. The passage is mainly about the ways to ____.

Have you ever heard an echo of your voice?

An echo is a reflected(反射)sound. Stand in a very large, empty hall with nothing on the walls. Then shout. The sounds you make will hit the walls and come back to you. The walls reflect the sounds. These reflected sounds are called “echoes”.

We can use reflected sound to make sound travel farther. Hold a watch about fifty centimeters from your ear. You cannot hear it. The sound of the watch travels a short way in all directions. It does not travel as far as your ear. You can make it travel to your ear by using a roll of cardboard(纸板筒).

Make the roll of cardboard about fifty centimeters long. Put one end over your ear and hold the watch at the other. Now you can hear the watch because the sound has not gone in all directions. It is reflected down the roll to your ear.

A megaphone(喇叭筒)works in the same way. It makes sound travel farther. It reflects the sound into a beam which can travel a long way. In the ship, the sailor uses the megaphone to make his voice travel. Without the megaphone, his voice cannot travel far.

We use reflected sound in many ways. We use it to measure the depth of the sea, for example. Among the animals, bats and whales use reflected sound to tell them where they are and what things are near them.

1. Which is the right order of hearing our echo in a very large, empty hall?

a. We hear the reflected sound       b. The sound returns to us  

c. The sound hits the walls          d. We make a sound

2.. From the text we learn that __________ .

3. If you haven’t got a megaphone, ____ will help you to make your voice travel farther.

Earthquakes can be very scary（吓人的）. But you need to keep your mind stable (坚定的) in order to make sure you are safe. Be calm and try not to run here and there.

If you manage to come out of your house, go to an open space like a garden or a park where you will be a lot safer. If you live quite some floors above in your building, try to find a place near a bulky(坚固的) object such as a bed. Curl up (蜷缩) and sit on the floor and make sure you are not near a window, fireplace, gas stove and so on. Remember don’t use lifts or escalators.

Some people say you should stand on a doorway. That is not true. If the doorway jambs (侧壁) are weak, they might fall on you. Also if people want to pass through that door, you may stop them. Leave all doorways free.

Another important thing to keep in mind is that you mustn’t climb down the stairs during an Earthquake. If the tremors (震动) stop, after a few seconds, just climb down the stairs as quickly as you can and move out of the building, but don’t run.

Earthquakes usually destroy gas pipes and electrical wires. Turn off the main gas. And don’t light candles or lighters and create an even bigger disaster.

If you’re driving and feel a shake, stop your car at the side of the road and get out. Make sure you are not on a bridge. Bridges and overhead roads (高架路) have the biggest danger of falling.

1. The best title for the passage should be       .

2.When an earthquake suddenly happens, you should       .

a. remain standing near a window             b. turn off the main gas

c. stay in an open space                     d. stand on a doorway

e. keep off  overhead roads

3. Which of the following is NOT true, when an earthquake suddenly happens?

4. It can be learned from the passage that     .

1. Two ____________ of the students in our school suffer from stress. (five)

2.She looks much _______ than she used to be because she takes exercise every day.(health)

3..The children heard the _________ shout and looked at each other in fear(frighten).

4. Please turn down the TV a little. It’s too noisy to make __________  heard(we).

5..The nurse was told not to be __________  with the sick child(急躁的).

6.. Be careful! This kind of disease can be easily _______everywhere by some animals. (扩散)

7. _________ with taking medicine to lose weight, I’d like to take enough exercise(比较).

8.. It’s such an _________  trip that I will never forget it(令人愉快的).

1.To keep safe, everyone    __     to wear a seat belt in the car now. (tell)

2.---Do you know the places of interest in Wuxi ?

---Yes, it is the second time I ___________ the beautiful city. (visit )

3. To do this would be __________ the foot to fit the shoe. ( cut )

4. ---What's the terrible noise?  ---The neighbours _____________  for the party. (prepare)

5. The little girl thought that her decision ___________ her future study in college and her future job as well. (affect)

6.. The sports meeting they were looking forward to __________ yesterday. ( hold)

7. — Where were you last night?             

— I was in the library. I ___________ some information on the Internet. (search)

8.. My wife advised ___________ to the south,but I couldn’t take her advice. (move)

1.无论你遇到什么困难都要足够耐心。

You should ________________________whatever difficulties you meet.

2. 我从不怀疑成功源自努力。

I never doubt ____________________________ you success.

3.我学英语语法挺费劲。

I _____________________________________________English grammar.

4. 地震发生后，她很担心，不断地打电话给她朋友。

After the earthquake,  she was so ___________________________________her friend.

5. 目前应该更重视教育。

More attention should _________________________________________ at present.

6. 合理安排你的时间能使你更容易在学习和兴趣之间获取平衡。

Planning your time carefully can make it easier for you to _______________________________________________________                       ________________.

“For those who haven’t been to Tibet, Tibet is a dream; for those who have a   1   been there, Tibet is a remembrance（记忆）.” said Li Wan, a graduate from Zhongshan University. “To local Tibetans, Tibet is a way of life. But to me, l   2 there is my life-time goal.”

Ms. Li suddenly showed her strong i   3   in Tibet after having worked in a company for less than three months. Since 1998, Li has spent most of her time in a war that is a challenge(挑战) to her life—she has got to almost every c   4  of Tibet within 8 years.

Li’s first trip to Tibet was only out of her loving freedom. She entered Tibet a   5  the Yunnan-Tibetan road. Although she couldn’t speak a word of Tibetan l  6  , this did not really stop her from t____7____ with local people. “To me, they are free, happy and c   8   to nature. It a   9   to me that people should live in this way, singing while working, dancing while living,” Li said.

Li described Tibet in words and photos. “My goal in the n   10   ten years is to make a good documentary.” said Li.

上周末你带了个外国朋友游览了鼋头渚(the Turtle Head Park)。请根据要点写一篇短文。

1、鼋头渚是无锡最著名的名胜之一，每天吸引大量游客来赏景；

2、几年前，那里环境差，交通拥挤。有些游客不注意保护环境；

3、如今已经发生了巨大的变化......

4、将全身心投入学习，将来把无锡建成最适合人居的地方。

注意： 1、第3要点的内容须用2句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥；

2、词数80个左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Last weekend, I showed a foreign friend around the Turtle Head Park.__________________

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--What do you think of _____talk he gave us yesterday?

--Wonderful. I've never heard _____ better one.