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近年来全球极端气候和重大自然灾害越来越频繁，其中很大一部分原因是由于人类活动所造成的。China Daily举行征文活动，警示人们要保护环境。请你写一篇短文，参加征文活动。

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1. 要列举极端气候或自然灾害及其造成的影响；

2. 分析原因；

3. 呼吁人们关爱地球，保护环境。

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Mother Teresa was born on August 26th,1910 in Skopje, Macedonia. She always wrote her birthday as 27th of August because it was the day of her baptism(洗礼), which was always more important to her than her birthday. For her work with the poor around the world, she received the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1928, she accepted a religious order and took the name Teresa. The order immediately sent her to India. A few years later, she began teaching in Calcutta. In 1948 the Catholic(天主教的) Church agreed her request and let her enter the convent(女修道院) and she began to work for the poor people. She became an Indian citizen in the following year. In 1950, she set up a religious organization in Calcutta. The organization provided food for the poor people and then she set up hospitals, schools, youth centers, and homes for the sick and the dying poor. It now has branches in 50 Indian cities and 30 other countries.

Besides the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa has received other awards for her work with the poor people. On September 5th,1997, Mother Teresa passed away, but she will continue to inspire people all over the world through her lasting present of love and faith.

1.From the text we can infer that Mother Teresa ________.

A. had her name Teresa when she was very young

B. devoted herself to the poor all her life

C. was born in India and lived there for most of her time

D. received the Nobel Peace Prize in her early sixties

2.Which of the following is the correct order of Teresa’s experiences?

a. She became an Indian citizen.

b. She began to work for the poor.

c. She began teaching in Calcutta.

d. She became a nun.

e. She set up a religious organization.

A. c-b-d-a-e B. c-d-b-a-e C. a-b-d-c-e D. a-c-b-d-e

3.The author writes the text mainly to ________.

A. let us know Mother Teresa was a great woman

B. tell us Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize

C. give us some information about Mother Teresa

D. prove that a woman can also do great work for the poor

Having experienced a shocking electrical accident, which caused him to become both blind and deaf, James Franco’s world became completely dark and quiet for almost ten years. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family, especially his wife, did their best to tend and comfort him and finally he regained the will to live.

One hot summer afternoon, he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once. He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet, but he was struck by the lightning. Witnesses thought he was dead but he woke up 20 minutes later, lying face down in muddy water. He was trembling badly, but when he opened his eyes, he could hardly believe what he saw: a tree and a muddy road. When Mrs. Franco came running up to him, shouting to their neighbors to call for help, he could see her and hear her voice for the first time in nearly ten years.

The news of James regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread and many doctors came to examine him. Most of them said that he regained his sight and hearing from the shock he got from the lightning. However, none of them could give a compellent answer as to why this should happen. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that, since James lost his sight and hearing as a result of a sudden shock, perhaps, the only way for him to regain them was by another sudden shock.

1.The reason why James attempted to kill himself was that ________.

A. a terrible electrical accident happened to him

B. nobody in the world cared about him

C. he was struck by the lightning once more

D. he had to live in a dark and silent world

2.What was James doing when he was struck by the lightning?

A. Putting an end to his life.

B. Sheltering from the rain under a tree.

C. Taking a walk with a stick.

D. Lying on the ground.

3.What does the underlined word “compellent” in paragraph 3 mean?

A. convincingB. wrongC. unexplainedD. true

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. A Terrible Electrical Accident

B. What a Sudden Shock

C. An Unforgettable Experience

D. James Franco and His Wife

For thousands of years, people thought of glass as something beautiful to look at. Only recently have they come to think of it as something to look through. Stores display their goods in large glass windows. Glass bottles and jars that hold food and drink allow us to see the contents. Glass is used to make eyeglasses, microscopes, telescopes, and many other extremely useful and necessary objects.

Until the Second World War, most of the glass used for optical(光学的) instruments was imported from Europe. However, during the war Americans could not get European glass, and they were forced to make their own. Therefore, new kinds of glasses were developed that had been previously unknown. These new effects were achieved by mixing other chemical elements with the sand. Some of these new glasses are very strong and can resist many kinds of shocks. Legend has it that a very hard glass was invented by a Roman who showed his discovery to the Emperor. When the Emperor saw the glass he feared that it would become more valuable than gold and sliver, making his treasure worthless. Therefore, he had the glassmaker killed, and the secret was not discovered again for hundreds of years.

In the present century, safety glass was invented for use in modern cars and planes. Safety glass is made by placing a layer of plastic between two layers of plate glass. When the outside layer of glass is broken, the pieces do not scatter(散开) and injure people. Some glass of the type is strong enough to resist bullets(子弹).

Although nowadays plastics have replaced glass under conditions where glass might be easily broken, there are new uses being developed, for the greatest advantage of glass is that its component(组成的) parts are inexpensive and can be found all over the world.

1.As time goes by, glass ________.

A. is regarded as transparent(透明的)

B. is used to make things look pleasant

C. is seen as more than decoration

D. is widely used to replace steel in making containers

2.Why did Americans make their own glass during the Second World War?

A. The war blocked the way of glass import.

B. The glass made in Europe was out of date.

C. They refused to use the European glass.

D. They were able to make a new kind of glass.

3.Why does the author tell us the legend?

A. To prove the Roman was the first inventor of hard glass.

B. To support the Americans were as clever as the Romans.

C. To give some information about hard glass.

D. To provide a historical event concerned with hard glass.

4.Why are new uses of glass being developed?

A. Because glass is not as safe as plastics.

B. Because glass is cheap and easily obtainable.

C. Because glass is not as strong and durable as plastics.

D. Because glass is more and more widely used.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Everyone wants to achieve happiness and smile. 1. How do we find real happiness and smile? By getting rich? In case you are scratching your head，looking for some reasons or ideas to be happy．Here are a few．

1．Throw an impromptu (即兴的) party． 2. An impromptu one increases the joy to a new level．And of course making other people happy is bound to have the same effect on you．

2．Treat yourself. Sometimes all it takes to make one happy is a little indulgence(放纵)．So, go ahead and grab a cup of coffee and sit inside a blanket with a good book! You will be surprised at how happy it makes you.

3． 3. Happiness can be transformed! When we feel happy and excited，it can lift the spirits of others．Your simple gesture can transform a person’s day and get him or her prepared to take on any challenge.

4．Have a conversation with a parent. If you are like most kids, you possibly spend more time texting or surfing the Internet than talking to your family. 4. You will be surprised at the feeling of joy that it brings to you.

5．Finally，don’t forget to be happy every day! While International Day of Happiness may come about only once a year，happiness is around you all day and night. 5.

A．You just have to seek it out and grab it.

B．Most of your family members show no interest in texting or the Internet.

C．But life is hard，so it is very difficult to find real happiness and smile.

D．Be friendly to others and smile at a stranger.

E．Set aside your mobile phone for a few minutes and have a chat with a family member.

F．You should try to celebrate the Day of Happiness every day and everywhere.

G．Nothing makes people happier than being invited to a party.

Thinking is something you choose to do as a fish chooses to live in water. To be human is to think. But thinking may come naturally without your knowing how you do it. Thinking about thinking is the key to critical thinking. When you think critically, you take control of your thinking processes. Otherwise, you might be controlled by the ideas of others. Indeed, critical thinking is the heart of education.

The word “critical” here has a special meaning. It does not mean taking one against another view, as when someone criticizes another person for doing something wrong. The nature of critical thinking is thinking beyond the easily seen—beyond the pictures on TV, the untrue reports in the newspapers, and the faulty reasoning.

Critical thinking is an attitude as much as an activity. If you are curious about life and desire to dig deeper into it, you are a critical thinker. If you find pleasure in deep thinking about different ideas, characters, and facts, you are a critical thinker.

Activities of the mind and higher-order reasoning are processes of deep and careful consideration. They take time, and do not go hand in hand with the fast speed in today’s world: fast foods, instant coffee, and self-developed film. If you are among the people who believe that speed is a measure of intelligence, you may learn something new from a story about Albert Einstein. The first time Banesh Hoffman, a scientist, was to discuss his work with Albert Einstein, Hoffman was too nervous to speak. But Einstein immediately put Hoffman at ease by saying, “ Please go slowly. I don’t understand things quickly.”

1.Critical thinking is important to us because if we do not think critically, ________.

A. it will be hard for us to think naturally and fast

B. we might be controlled by other people’s ideas

C. we will follow the ideas of others naturally

D. we might be fooled by other people’s ideas

2.If you are a critical thinker, you will ________.

A. think deeply about different ideas

B. trust the reports in the newspapers

C. take one view against another view

D. criticize other people for their mistakes

3.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. What is thinking

B. Understanding Critical Thinking

C. Thinking Is Natural and Human

D. Thinking Fast Means Intelligence

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

You’ve probably seen blind people walking with their trusted and gentle four-legged guides-or “seeing-eye” dogs. The ________ trained dogs serve as eyes for people who can’t see, making it ________ for them to lead independent lives. ________ what you probably didn’t know is that about 80 years ago, a doctor and his patient discovered this entirely ________!

Many people were killed or injured during World WarⅠ. Near the end of that war, Dr. Gerhard Stalling and his ________ walked with a patient—a German soldier who had been ________-around hospital grounds in Germany.

While they were walking, the doctor was ________ away. The dog and the soldier stayed outside. A few moments later, when the doctor returned, the dog and the soldier were ________! Searching the paths worriedly, Dr. Stalling made an astonishing ________. His pet had led the soldier ________ around the hospital grounds. And together the two ________ peacefully back toward the doctor.

________ by what his dog could do, Dr Stalling set up the first ________ in the world to train dogs as guides. Dorothy Eustis, an American woman ________ as a dog trainer for the International Red Cross in Switzerland, was ________ to study the way Stalling trained dogs and spent several months in his school. She came away so impressed that she wrote a(an) ________ about it for the Saturday Evening Post in America.

A blind American man, Morris Frank, ________ the article and he wrote to Dorothy Eustis and asked that she ________ a dog for him. Dorothy Eustis took up the ________, and trained a dog, Buddy. She brought Frank over to Switzerland to join her in the training ________. Frank went back to the United States with what many believe to be America’s first guide dog in 1928.

1.A. speciallyB. regularlyC. naturallyD. generally

2.A. possibleB. complexC. necessaryD. proper

3.A. SoB. ButC. AndD. Or

4.A. in timeB. by accidentC. by forceD. in turn

5.A. horseB. assistantC. nurseD. dog

6.A. abandonedB. admiredC. blindedD. protected

7.A. givenB. keptC. calledD. sent

8.A. goneB. lostC. asleepD. alone

9.A. fortuneB. mistakeC. discoveryD. decision

10.A. unwillinglyB. safelyC. immediatelyD. gratefully

11.A. ranB. droveC. flewD. walked

12.A. InspiredB. AmusedC. PuzzledD. Required

13.A. hospitalB. schoolC. factoryD. hotel

14.A. workingB. growingC. dressingD. coming

15.A. nervousB. carefulC. tiredD. curious

16.A. letterB. bookC. articleD. introduction

17.A. laughed atB. learned fromC. paid forD. heard about

18.A. feedB. buyC. raiseD. train

19.A. advantageB. offerC. challengeD. invitation

20.A. situationB. processC. competitionD. preparation

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（ 1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

A 14-year-old Chinese boy overcame two of humankind's most dreaded fears—getting stuck in an elevator and getting homework 1.______(do), in a single night2._______(owe) to his calm-witted character.

Sun Yixiao was on his way up on Tuesday evening after school, 3.______ the lift suddenly came to a stop. A moment of panic followed before the 4.______(teenage) could find a way out.

Sun said he tried to open the elevator door, 5._______(press) all the buttons in the hope to get the elevator to work again, but it didn’t work.

Without a cell phone at hand, Sun tried yelling to get attention of people outside, but no one responded as time passed by. He slipped a note through the door 6.______ the message "people stuck inside, please ask the property management for help," and hoped someone 7.______(pick) it up and act on it.

After exhausting all his options without knowing how long it would take before someone found him, he took out his textbooks and started to do his homework 8.______(patient).

Soon after he finished his duties, Sun heard loud 9._______(voice) outside. A large crowd including his teachers and other parents had come to the rescue, by which time he 10.________(trap) in the elevator for over five hours.

I want to tell you the story of one of my old friends called Bob. His teachers called him A Troublemaker. They also said that he had no future and no hope. But now he owns a small second-hand bookstore store which makes him enough money to live on and also to support his mother.

He told me that after he finished grade nine, he went to study at a technical college. He was a pretty bad student so he became one of the gang (一帮) leaders there. Many of them got caught many times for fighting.

It looked like nothing could change his life. That was until one sad day when his father died. That changed everything.

After his father died, his mother had to work very hard to make enough money to support the family. He told me that he really pitied his mum after his dad died. He felt that he needed to earn some money rather than let his mum work alone. He loved reading cartoon(卡通) books and had been collecting them for years. As his family was short of money, he decided that he should sell them. He did this by the side of the road where his mother was selling food.

Soon he realized that his books were very popular. So he decided to set up his own business. He started his business by going around buying cartoon books from other people. He bought them for 25% and then sold them for half price. He could make enough money to help support the family.

He was a troublemaker to his teachers but he is a hero to me. If you are judged as a bad student or as someone being stupid, I suggest you pay no attention to what they say. Just do your best in everything. Don’t give up so easily. Believe in yourself. If you think that you can do it, then you can. Believe me, one day you could be more successful than those persons who looked down upon you.

1.What does the author want to tell the readers?

A. How a young man helped his mother.

B. How a young man graduated from college.

C. People can change when they are determined to.

D. People can be successful after they lose a family member.

2.Bob felt that he should change his way of life mainly because he ________.

A. pitied his mother

B. got caught for fighting

C. wanted to work with his mother

D. had to sell food by the roadside

3.Bob decided to start his own business when he ________.

A. sold all his cartoon books

B. found others liked cartoon books

C. could write his own cartoon books

D. could buy cartoon books from others

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