On May 2, 2012, Ashok Gadgil became the winner of the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation (全球创新奖). Each year, the honor is given to an inventor who has made a big difference in the lives of people in developing countries. Gadgil is a professor and physicist at the University of California, Berkeley. He spent thirty years helping people in need. His inventions have helped more than 100 million people around the world. “I chose to focus on problems where my knowledge of science could help,” Gadgil said.

In the 1990s, Gadgil designed his first life-saving invention after more than 10,000 people died from Bengal cholera (孟加拉霍乱) because of the clean water crisis (危机) in India. His invention uses ultraviolet light to kill deadly disease-carrying germs (细菌) from drinking water. It costs just one cent to clean five liters of water (about 21 cups). So far, the invention has provided safe drinking water for more than five million people in India and other developing countries.

Gadgil’s another important invention is the Berkeley-Darfur Stove (炉具). The long and violent war in Darfur, Sudan, has caused many people to move to foreign countries and live in refugee camps (难民营). They are given food aid. But people still have to travel a long distance five times a week to gather firewood to cook meals. This can be dangerous because of street violence in the area. To avoid danger, some spend much of their money used to feed their families buying firewood.

The stove Gadgil created cuts fuel usage by 55%. That means people wouldn’t have to leave the camps to find firewood as often. The invention also helps to save homes more than $300 a year. About 125,000 people and their families have been helped.

As a professor, Gadgil encourages his students, “Be optimistic (乐观的) when you try a hard problem,” he says. “It’s when you solve a large problem that you can have a big influence on the world.”

1. Ashok Gadgil was given the honor because _______.

A. he was a famous professor and physicist at UC, Berkeley

B. he improved the lives of people in developing countries

C. he spent thirty years helping people in need

D. he developed useful inventions with his team

2.Which of the following statements about Gadgil is TRUE?

A. He helped about 125,000 people in India.

B. He spent lots of money on his inventions.

C. He used his knowledge to help people in need.

D. One of his inventions could cure Bengal cholera.

3.What do people benefit from the Berkeley-Darfur Stove?

A. They can sell stoves to make a living.

B. They can save both time and money.

C. They can be protected from diseases.

D. They can cook their food easily.

When do you think of a forest, what do you see? Just trees Or do you see many other things, such as singing birds, colorful plants and wild flowers?

    The forest is a whole world of its own. It is full of many different living things (生物). But even thoughthey are all different, they have one thing in common: they all need each other in order to live on. 

    The trees feed the forest "people" by making food in their leaves; by using sunlight to join water and minerals(矿物) from the soil and air. Their deep network of roots Joins the soil together and stops it from  dying out, making it possible for living things to live in it. Human beings (人类) are like the living things in the forest. We need one another in order to live. We need the farmers to grow our food, railroad and truck drivers to bring it to our shops and clerks (售货员) to sell it to us. We need people to prepare our food and

cook it and others to take our waste things away. Then, of course, we need doctors, nurses, government  leaders, mailmen, telephone operators, and many others. We also need other human beings in another way. 

We need people for friendship, to talk over our problems, exchange ideas. Think how lonely and unhappy you would be if you lived all alone. 

     Life is a matter of giving and taking. We need to help other people as much as we need other people to help us. Think what a good feeling you have when you have done something for someone else. You know,  being a volunteer is so great!

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。

1.According to the text, different things live on the soil and air.

2.The water and minerals join from the soil and air by using sunlight.

3.According to the writer, human beings need only farmers.

4.When I have done something for someone else, I feel happy.

5. According to the passage, everyone needs friends.

单词拼写 根据首字母或汉语提示，写出下列句子中单词的完全形式。（共10小题，计10分）

1.There were too many p______ in the bus and the air in it was dirty. I chose to travel by train.

2.I want to see English movies to improve my English, but they speak too q_______ for me tocatch their meaning.

3.Thursday is the f__________ day of a week.

4.Yellow River, the___________ (two) longest river in China, has a lot of problems now.

5.All the students were____________ (excite) when they were told to have seven days off.

6.I improved my_____________ (pronounce) by listening to BBC every day.

7.Potato chips were invented by a chef____________ (name) Gorge Grum.

8.Lucy came to Xi’an for the first time, so she had difficulty_______(find) her daughter’s home.

9.As students, we shouldn’t always think of__________ (we). We should try to help others.

10.I would rather you had told her the____________ (true).

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I'm here today to share a good lesson with you. It is a true story about an overseas student   1. in Germany.

After years of hard work, this student graduated with amazing achievements. Everyone thought he was going to get a good   2. easily and have a bright future. But to his disappointment, he was not even given the  3. for an interview! The third time he was refused, he couldn't help telephoning the company to ask  4. they didn't want him. The answer was simple. " We don't offer jobs to  5. people in Germany."

What was wrong, you might wonder? The truth is, shortly after he arrived in Germany, this clever student found that it was 6. to skip buying subway tickets. So   7. save money, he often went without a ticket. As a result, he had been caught without a ticket in the subway  8. times.

From this story, we learn that we may get short-term benefits in dishonest ways, but the truth will   9. sooner or later and the cost is high. So remember: honesty is the   10.  rule.

That's all for my speech. Thank you!

Laura Fagan, a 29-year-old British girl, has a special job. She is paid well to taste chocolate, desserts and cakes.

Laura works in the famous supermarket, Tesco. Her job is to try different kinds of desserts. She needs to try as many as 20 desserts a day. Also, she always travels for work. She needs to travel to different cities to try different desserts.

Although the job seems to be great, it is hard. Usually, Laura begins trying desserts as early as 8 am, and is still trying new desserts at 6 pm before she goes back home. Luckily, the job hasn’t made her too heavy. She only worries about her teeth.

“Of course I was afraid of becoming fat when I started the job, so I try to do exercise as often as possible. The main thing is my teeth. I don’t think my dentist will be happy if I tell her what I do, so I try to brush my teeth as often as possible,” Laura told a reporter. She goes to the gym to keep slim (苗条的) and takes more care of her teeth after trying the desserts. She said, “When I tell people what I do, they say it’s the best job in the world.”

Laura loves her job although it is hard. “I can learn about new trends (动态) in food,” she said.

根据短文内容，将下面表格中的信息补充完整。

根据所给汉语完成句子(每空一词)。（共5小题，计10分）

1.你与你的同学相处的怎么样？

How are you ____________ __________ with your classmate?

2.这个操场足够大，能够容纳2000人

The playground is ______________ ____________ to hold 2000 people.

3.她父母太忙了，很少有时间陪她。

Her parents were ______ busy _______ they spent little time with her.

4.由于生病了，Tom昨天没有来上学。

Tom did not come to school yesterday _________ ___________ illness.

5.如果他不能按时到会怎么样？

___________ ____________ he does not come on time?

最近，你们学校开展了以“中国梦，我的梦”为主题的活动，作为一名中学生应该有自己的梦想，你的梦想是什么呢？请你以“My Dream”为题写一篇英语短文。

要求：

1.描述自己的梦想。

2.如何实现这个梦想。

3. 80词左右，可适当发挥，短文的开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

4.文中不得出现真实的姓名、地名和校名等相关信息。

My Dream

Everyone has his dream. My dream is

He goes to_________ [sku?l]by bike.

A. cool B. fool C. full D. school

It's too________[le?t]They have to go back home on foot.

A. let B. late C.land D. lent

When we are in the library, we should_______ [ki?p] quiet.

A. meet B. keep C. sleep D. feet