Everything that humans hear is in the form of waves (波).Just as the eye sees light waves in the form of colors, the ear hears sound waves in the form of noises. The ear and the eye turn these different waves into signals that the brain (大脑) can make sense of.

The ears and brain have an amazing ability to recognize（识别）particular sounds. For example, a mother often can tell when her baby is crying even if there are other crying babies in the same room. This is because the sound of her baby’s cry has special meaning to her and the brain has recorded is importance.

The ability to recognize sounds improves with experiences. As the brain receives information about sounds from day to day, it stores the information in its memory. When the brain hears new sounds, it gives meaning to them based on the information already in the memory. This is why certain words or songs can make a person happy. Often it is not the words or songs themselves that cause this feeling. The sounds are connected to happy memories for that person.

Another hearing process controlled by the brain is to decide where a sound is coming from. One ear is usually closer to the source (来源) of a sound than the other ear is. Sound waves are stronger when they reach the ear that is closer. They also reach the closer ear first. The brain recognizes these differences and uses them to decide the location of the source of the sound.

1.Which of the following shows the normal hearing process of a mother hearing her baby crying?

a. The ears receive the sound waves.

b. The mother recognizes her baby’s cry.

c. The ears turn the sound waves into signals.

d. The baby’s cry travels in the form of sound waves

e. The brain connects the signals to the information in the memory.

A. d-a-c-b-eB. d-a-c-e-b

C. a-d-c-b-eD. a-d-c-e-b

2.. Certain words or songs can change a person’s moods mainly because of his .

A. lifestyle B. personality

C. experiences D. hobbies

3. What is the best title for this passage?

A. Human Brain’s Amazing Facts

B. Human Hearing Characteristics

C. How to improve Hearing

D. How Do Humans Hear

1.The workers told the police their_______ (老板) name.

2.After school many children lose _______ (they) in computer games.

3.In his_______（九十）, he passed away peacefully in his dream.

4.I wonder how much a panda usually _______ (weight) when it is born.

5.Mary is ________(thin) than any other girl in her class.

6.Let’s buy a new bike instead of ________(修理)it.

7.The door is wide enough for three people to walk_______（通过）at the same time.

8.What lovely paper flowers! How much did they ________(花费) you?

9.Tell me _______ (true) what you think of our plan.

10.The project they are talking about _______（need）improving.

Andy was born in China 17 years ago. In 2007, she went to the USA with her family. As a high school student, she has found many differences between Chinese and Americans:

About money

Americans like to spend more than they have, so many of them are always in debt(欠债). But Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many of them always have money left in the bank.

The American kids themselves make their own money. Most Chinese kids always ask their parents for money.

About education

Many American students have less homework to do while many Chinese students have much.

Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups while many Chinese girls take part in study groups.

Many American parents think it is unnecessary to send their children to an expensive school. It’s different in China. Many Chinese parents would try their best to send their children to expensive schools though their family isn’t rich enough.

About friends

Most American parents let their sons or daughters make friends by themselves. They never ask them about their friends while Chinese parents are usually interested in knowing more about their children’s friends, and usually stop them from staying out too late with friends.

Here is the story of how the teddy bear was born.

Nearly 100 years ago, President Teddy Roosevelt went on a bear hunt. He e___1.___ hunting in the woods. Because he was the President of the USA, the people who organized the hunt wanted to make it s__2.___.

But after three days of walking and climbing and riding, n__3.____ bears were found! The next day the hunt guide and his hunting dogs f__4.____ found an old bear. The dogs and the guide followed the bear for quite a distance until the bear was too tired to run. The dogs attacked and hurt the old bear. To stop it from running away, the guide t___5.____ the bear to a tree and called for the President. Here was a bear for him to shoot! President Roosevelt came, looked at the poor old bear and said “No”. He ordered that the bear should be let go.

Mr Berryman, a cartoonist, heard of this story. He drew a cartoon showing how the President refused to shoot the bear while h__6.___. Mr Michtom, the owner of a toy store, came up with an idea by the cartoon. He and his wife made a toy bear and put it in his toy store window. Next to it w__7.__ a copy of the cartoon. To his surprise, many people showed great i__8.__ in the toy and hoped to own one. He asked for and received President Roosevelt’s permission to u__9._ his name for the bear, and the teddy bear was born.

Since then the toy bear has been famous around the world and e10._ popular with children.

句子翻译。

1.慢慢环绕着湖边散步，你会感受到瘦西湖（Slender West Lake）公园的美丽。

2.他已经全身心投入到学习英语中。

3.徐峥演出的那部电影很值得一看。

4.采取更多的措施保护地球免遭污染是非常有必要的。

5.我相信每个中国人都有机会实现自己的梦想。

Teddy，来自英国的交流学生，利用周末参观了扬州的一些景点，对扬州的美丽赞叹不已，期待毕业后到扬州生活和工作。请根据下表提示，用英语写一篇100词左右的短文。

注意：（1） 无需逐字翻译；

（2）用第一人称叙述。

Playing football is ________ great fun, it also provides us with a chance to develop our sense of ________ team spirit.

A. a; 不填 B. 不填; a

C. a ; the D. 不填; 不填

—Will you take these shoes?

—No, they don’t fit me. Show me ________.

A. another one B. any other

C. the other D. some others

We will build another new Great Green Wall________ the northern part of China.

A. among B. across C. through D. between

—Are you satisfied with what she has done?

— Not at all. It couldn’t be ________.

A. so bad B. any worse

C. much better D. the best