It seems that there’s a good reason why dogs are always seen as man’s best friend. Scientists have found that dogs are the only animals that can read emotion(情感)in faces much like humans. The finding suggests that like an understanding friend, dogs can see if we are happy, sad, pleased or angry.

When humans look at a new face, their eyes usually look across the left, falling on the right hand side of the person’s face first. A possible reason for this is that the right side of the human face is better at expressing emotions.

Scientists have now shown that pet dogs also have “left gaze bias(左视偏好)”, but only when looking at human faces. No other animal has been known to do like this before. Dr. Kun Guo showed 17 dogs pictures of human, dog and monkey faces as well as something else with his team. The dogs’ eyes and heads show a strong left gaze bias when the animals see human faces. But this did not happen when they were shown other pictures, including those of dogs.

Guo suggests that over thousands of years living with humans, dogs may have developed the left gaze bias as a way to guess our emotions.

“Recent studies show that the right side of our faces can express emotions better than the left. If true, then it makes sense for dogs and humans to see the right hand side of a face first.”

1.Why are dogs seen as man’s best friend according to the passage?

A. Because dogs are the closest animals to humans.

B. Because dogs can read the emotions in humans’ faces easily.

C. Because dogs can understand us better when we feel sad.

D. Because dogs are good at expressing emotions.

2.The dogs’ left gaze bias helps them _______.

A. get along well with humans B. express emotions quickly

C. have more understanding friendsD. remember more new faces

3.The passage mainly wants to tell us that _______.

A. dogs have been man’s best friends for thousands of years

B. humans have a “left gaze bias”

C. the “left gaze bias” works on all animals

D. dogs can read emotions the same as humans

Millions of British people have ditched the traditional “thank you” and took the place of it with the less formal “cheers”, according to a survey.

Although the common person will say “thank you” nearly 5,000 times a year, one in three are more likely to add a “cheers” or “ta” where it’s needed to show they are fashionable.

One in twenty now say “nice one” instead, while the younger are more likely to offer a “cool” than a “thank you”.

“Merci”, “fab” and even “gracias” were also listed as common phrases to use, as “much appreciated(感激)”.

One in twenty who took part in the survey of 2,000 people by the Food Network UK for Thank You Day, which is marked on November 24, 2011, said a formal “thank you” was now not often needed in everyday conversation. More than one in ten adults said they regularly won’t say thank you if they are in a bad mood. Most people stated that saying thank you was something that their parents trained them. A huge 70 percent of those questioned will say thank you to a person’s face without even meaning it, while one fifth avoid(避免)saying it when they know they should.

It seems our friends and family get the stress of our bad manners. Half of them admit (承认) they’re not good at thanking those closest to them. Many of them explain that they don’t say thank you because their family “already know I’m grateful”.

When spoken words won’t do, it falls to a nice text to do the job for most people.

One third will still send a handwritten thank-you note---but 45 percent admit it’s been more than six months since they tried to send one.

A quarter of British people say “thank you” with food, with 23 percent cooking a meal to show their appreciation to someone. Another 15 percent bake a cake.

It follows that 85 percent of people will be angry because of not getting the gratitude (感激)

they feel they should receive.

1.Most of the people who took part in the survey say that they say “thank you” _______.

A. when they are in good mood B. completely out of habit

C. when they feel truly gratefulD. purely out of politeness

2.The underlined word “ditched” in Paragraph 1 means “________”.

A. gave upB. usedC. shared  D. knew

3.It can be learned from the passage that _______.

A. different ways of expressing gratitude are all fashionable

B. people should avoid saying “thank you” nowadays

C. a thank-you note is still appreciated by most people

D. people in a bad mood never say “thank you”

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Most people express their gratitude to others by buying food for them.

B. About fifty percent of people try not to say thank you when they should.

C. Most people may feel natural when they fail to receive others’ gratitude.

D. Many people think it unnecessary to say thanks to their family members.

根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

1.I wonder how many ______ (手术) ORBIS doctors perform during their visit to a poor country.

2. You won’t see this kind of insect _______ (遍及) the whole winter.

3.September is the _________(九) month of the year.

4. Children’s behavior is often _______ (影响) by what their parents do.

根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.If you need physical __________(strong), you need to wear red clothes.

2.After reading the boring report, the engineer felt even _______ (sleep).

3.Don’t be so _______ (patient). The manager will announce the result soon.

4.The director is a special man, he likes doing everything _______ (different).

动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (本大题共8分，每小题1分)

1.---Have you seen my email about my latest project?

---Yes. Luckily, I checked my emails yesterday. Normally, I ________(not open) my email-box.

2.The new kind of mobile phone you are crazy about _______ (sell) out yesterday.

3.---It seems to be hotter outside today.

---Yes, the temperature _______ (rise) to above 28 in Wuxi and it is likely to get even hotter

the next few days.

4.---I wonder if you could go with me to the cinema.

---I’d like to, but I _______ (write) my experiment report and have to finish it this afternoon.

5.It is cheaper to send a text message than ____________(talk) on a mobile phone.

6.---Hurry up! Alice and Sue are waiting for you at the school gate.

---Oh! I thought they _______ (go) without me.

7.The cinema that I used to go to _______ (pull) down in two days.

8.You can’t imagine how much difficulty the company had_______ (offer) the graduates more

job chances.

句子翻译 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子 (本大题共9分，每小题1.5分)

1.学校为学生提供了良好的学习环境。

Schools .

2.黄色是太阳的颜色，因此它会使你想到一个温暖的晴天。

Yellow is the colour of the sun, so it .

3.这名职员已取得如此大的进步，老板对她很满意。

The office worker that her boss is very satisfied with her.

4.我想知道这部电影会让他想到什么。

I wonder .

5.胡老师别无选择只能严格要求他的学生。

Mr. Hu had his students.

6.尽管闵慧芬身体很虚弱，但是她仍然坚持和癌症顽强抗争。

Though Min Huifen was very weak, she still cancer.

One day people heard a shout for help. They h 1.to the river, and saw a man in the water. A young fisherman jumped i 2. the river and s 3. to that man. Soon he pulled the man to the bank and carried him out of the water. All the people nearby praised the

b 4.and kind man.

Now people found the man out of the water was the r 5. man in the town, he went over to the young fisherman and said, “Young man, you saved me, d 6.you? Thank you very much. I’d like to

p 7. you for your kindness.”

He took out five cents and wanted to give it to the young man. Everybody was angry w 8. the rich man. Just then, an old man said to the young fisherman, “T 9. the five cents, young man. The rich gentleman’s life is w 10. just that much.

“五一”小长假，你们全家去锡惠公园游玩。请你根据以下要点提示，用英语写一篇短文参加以“How to Behave Politely”为主题的征文比赛，并适当加以评论。要点提示：

注意：1. 征文须包括所给内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；

2. 第5点须用2～3句话展开合理想象，做适当发挥；

3. 词数80个左右，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。

How to Behave Politely

During this May Day Holiday, all my family visited Xihui Park. __________________________

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Have you read _____ ending of _____ amazing story, Daniel? It’s______ one that I’ve ever read.

A. an ; the ; the most excitingB. the ; an ; the most excited

C. the ; the ; an excitedD. the ; the ; the most exciting

It is impossible for ______ little children to do ______ much work in ______ a short time.

A. so ; so; suchB. such ; so ; suchC. so ; such ; suchD. such ; such ; so