Eco City Farms(生态城市农场) are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the Unites States.

Eco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community(社区). People do not have very much money. And they have limited access to fresh food in markets.

Over the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson. Her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is very valuable.“I like coming out here,”he says,“You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more.”

Margaret Morgan started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. “Growing food in a community brings people together,”she continues,“Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration(示范) to show people everything about how to have an eco-friendly community.”she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost(肥料)made from food waste.

Eco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks, but from the sun with solar panels. In winter, the green house use a geothermal(地热)system.

Vegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bike to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.

“I like eating the vegetables ”say five-year-old Owen Moss.

1.What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A. Eco City Farms save a lot of energy.

B. Eco City Farms are gaining popularity.

C. Eco City Farms are influencing community life.

D. Eco City Farms helps the working-class live better.

2.According to the passage, Eco City Farms are close to the following places EXCEPT______.

A. shopping centers B. car repair shops

C. fast-food restaurants D. working-class community

3.What is the author’s attitude toward Eco City Farms?

A. Enthusiastic(热心的).B. Disappointed.

C. Surprised. D. Doubtful.

4.In which column(专栏) of a newspaper can you most probably read this article?

A. People.B. Travel. C. Environment.D. Education.

One day, my father drove his employer to another city for a business meeting. On the outskirts（郊区）of town, they for a sandwich lunch. While they ate, several boys playing in the street passed by their . One of the boys limped（跛行）．Looking more closely, my father’s boss that the boy had a clubfoot（畸形足）．He stepped out of the car and the boy, saying that he was able to help get that foot fixed. The young boy was .The businessman wrote down the boy’s name before the boy joined his friends down the street.

The man and said to my father, “Woody, the boy’s name is Jimmy. Find out where he and do your best to get his parents to let him have his foot operated on. I’ll pay all the costs.” They finished their sandwiches and went on their .

It didn’t take long for my father to Jimmy’s house, a small one that needed paint and repair. For almost an hour, my father explained the plan to Jimmy’s parents. , they looked at each other. When my father they still weren’t quite sure about the generous offer from an unknown benefactor (捐助者).

Later, my father’s employer got in touch with the local government with a to send someone to Jimmy’s home to the family that this was a lawful offer. Soon, with permission papers signed, my father took Jimmy to an excellent in another state. After five operations, his limp disappeared.

His parents watched in as the returned boy stepped lightly toward them. They still could not that a man they had never seen would pay a large sum of money to have a foot corrected for their son.

The benefactor was Mr. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He always said it’s more fun to do something for people they don’t know who did it.

1.A. waited B. paid C. prepared D. stopped

2.A. car B. town C. office D. restaurant

3.A. thought B. observed C. doubted D. worried

4.A. took care of B. got hold of C. hung out with D. caught up with

5.A. delighted B. satisfied C. interested D. relaxed

6.A. laughed B. apologized C. returned D. nodded

7.A. plays B. studies C. lives D. stays

8.A. determination B. permission C. help D. plan

9.A. chat B. ride C. meeting D. holiday

10.A. build B. decorate C. paint D. find

11.A. patiently B. briefly C. proudly D. calmly

12.A. Confused B. Excited C. Ashamed D. Tired

13.A. visited B. finished C. refused D. left

14.A. purpose B. decision C. request D. promise

15.A. warn B. remind C. argue D. convince

16.A. hotel B. hospital C. school D. store

17.A. anger B. fear C. amazement D. disappointment

18.A. agree B. admit C. prove D. believe

19.A. secret B. polite C. humorous D. cautious

20.A. until B. when C. unless D. Whom

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（不多于3个词），并将答案填写在答题纸的相应位置上。

Wang Peng felt very frustrated when he saw none of his regular customers 1.__________ (eat) in his restaurant. In his opinion, 2.__________ could be better than his fried, mutton kebabs, fatty pork or his sugary cola. Who won his customers? 3.__________ (curious) drove him into Yong Hui’s newly-opened 4.__________ (slim) restaurant and was amazed at the menu there: raw vegetables, fruit and water. It was obvious 5.__________ Yong Hui was telling 6.__________ when promising to make the customers thinner. In order to win his customers back, he went to the library to do some research, 7.__________ showed Yong Hui’s menu didn’t give the customers energy-giving food. 8.__________ finding out the weakness of Yong Hui’s menu, Wang Peng wrote his own sign, saying “Energy-giving food served”. In fact, there was weakness in Wang Peng’s menus, too. Food at his restaurant contains too much fat. So 9.__________ only solution is to combine the two menus together to provide a 10.__________ (balance) menu with food full of energy and fibre.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1.In the USA, Columbus Day is in memory of the ______________ (到达)of Christopher Columbus in the New World.

2.Some people might win ______________ (奖) for their farm produce.

3.The secretary _____________(提醒) the manager that the director would come in five minutes.

4.People are grateful because their food is ______________ (收集，聚集) for the winter and the agricultural work is over.

5.On Mid-autumn Day, Chinese people often _______________ (欣赏；钦佩) the moon and enjoy mooncakes.

6.Take part in physical exercise to build up your _______________（体力）.

7.I stopped worrying and started advertising the _______________ (好处；利益) of my food.

8.She did not look happy but _______________ (怒视，瞪) him.

9.Your time is ______________ (有限的), so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

10.People who hold different religious _____________ (信仰) should respect each other.

Dear Mr White,

I am writing tell you a piece of good news. Last week our school hold a Spoken English Competition. I stood out in the competition and won a first place. In my view, it is your kind help which has helped me gain the achievement. During your spare time, you often spent such much time helping me with your spoken English that I made rapid progress. In the competition, I followed your advices on how to behave, which led to my success. I’m grateful to you for your help and decide that I will make up more efforts and try to make great progress in the future.

I’m looking forward to hear from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

假设你是李华，你的美国笔友Peter曾表示希望来中国教书。你校现需招聘外教，请给他写封信，告知招聘信息。内容主要包括：

1. 教授课程：英语口语、英语写作、今日英国(Britain Today)、今日美国(America Today)等。

2. 授课对象：高中生（至少有两年英语基础）。

3. 工作量：每周12学时，任选两门课; 担任学生英语俱乐部或英语校报顾问（advisor to…）。

注意：1. 字数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 开头语已为你写好。

Dear Peter,

I remember you told me you were interested in teaching in China.

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Hua

A large number of people are _____, and how can the local government ignore the problem?

A. at work B. in work C. out of work D. after work

The kind lady devoted all her life to _____ those homeless children.

A. helpB. helpingC. be helpingD. being helped

The politician was deeply hurt when many of his former supporters voted _____ him, and he lost his place in the government.

A. forB. toC. againstD. at

Only _____ people can have a good understanding of the lecture given by the scientist.

A. educatedB. devotedC. concernedD. relaxed