I receive many letters from children and can’t answer them all--there wouldn't be enough time in a day. I’ll try to answer some of the questions that are mostly asked. Where did I get the idea for Stuart Little and for Charlotte's Web? Well, many years ago, I went to bed one night in a railway sleeping car, and during the night I dreamed about a tiny boy who acted rather like a mouse. That's how the story of Stuart Little got started.

As for Charlotte's Web, I like animals and my farm is a very pleasant place to be--at all hours. One day, when I was on my way to feed the pig, I began feeling sorry for the pig because, like most pigs, he was going to die. This made me sad. So I started thinking of ways to save his life. Three years after I started writing it; it was published(出版). ( I am not a fast writer, as you can see.)

Sometimes I'm asked when I started to write, and what made me want to write. I started early -as soon as I could spell. Children often find pleasure through trying to set their thoughts down on paper, either in words or in pictures. I was not good at drawing, so I used words instead. As I grew older, I found that writing could be a way of making a living.

Well, here is the answer to the last question. No, they are imaginary (虚构的) stories. In real life, a family doesn't have a child who looks like a mouse and a spider doesn't write words in her web. Although my stories are imaginary, I like to think that there is some truth in them, too--truth about the way people and animals feel, think and act.

1.The writer wrote this passage to .

A. introduce his new books.

B. introduce two funny stories

C.explain why he enjoys writing

D. answer some readers’ questions

2.We can know from the passage that the writer is a person who .

A. writes imaginary stories for children

B. writes very fast.

C. mainly writes stories for adults

D. works on a friend’s farm

3.The writer started to write because he wanted to .

A.improve his spelling

B. express his thoughts

C. show his sadness

D. make a good living

4.What is probably the last question?

A.Are your stories true?

B. What is the truth in your stories?

C. Will you write more imaginary stories?

D. Do you know a child looking like a mouse?

About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected (影响) in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!

There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows(阴影) of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In few cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green--a strange world indeed.

Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is near dark. They show us shape but no color.

Some insects (昆虫) have favorite colors. Mosquitoes (蚊子) prefer blue to yellow. A red light will not attract (吸引) insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the help of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the help of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the hidden colors around us.

1.The passage is mainly about .

A. color blindness

B. color and its surprising effects.

C. women being luckier than men

D. danger caused by color blindness

2.According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”, we can .

A. tell different shapes

B. see in a weak light

C. kill mosquitoes

D. tell orange from yellow

3.Which of the statements (陈述) about the color-blind is TRUE?

A. None of them can see deep red

B. All of them see everything in shades of green.

C. None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.

D. Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing color.

4.We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a .

A. red light B. yellow light

C. blue light D. green light

根据所提供的语境，从方框中选择正确的短语完成句子,将其答案的序号写在答题卷上（其中两个为多余选项）

1.Just wait a few minutes. We'll be back ________________.

2.Don't ________________ some changes in nature before the earthquake.

3.After he ________________ university, he went to Canada and found a job there.

4.Though she was ill that day, she was the first to come to school________________.

5.I had always ________________ a trip to European countries.

6.Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to ________ it.

7.The football match had to be put off ________________ bad weather.

8.One of our workmates has been in danger. We ________________ his health.

1.Hundreds of people are still in the water, waiting to be ______________ (营救,援救).

2.______________ (判断) from his accent, he is an American.

3.No words are strong enough to ____________(表达) our thanks to those who helped us.

4.Little Tony ______________ (坚持要求) that his mother should send him to school.

5.Lucy and Mary are sisters. The former is a teacher; the ______________ (后者) is an engineer.

6.I am ______________ (感激的) to you for your timely help.

7.As the only survivor of the big fire, she looked ______________ (惊恐的).

8.To my shock, the balloon ______________ suddenly(爆裂).

1.不是所有的希望都破灭了。 _________ _________ _________ _________lost.

2.我们发现自己身处高处，仿佛骑车穿越云层。

We were so high _________ we _________ _________ _________ through clouds.

3.你在新学校和同学相处得好吗？

Are you _________ _________ _________ _________ your classmates in the new school?

4.在农家大院里，鸡甚至猪都紧张得不吃食。

In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were ______ ________ _____ _______.

5.信不信由你，世上没有免费午餐之类的好事.

_________ _________ _________ _________, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

你的笔友Peter想了解四川汶川的地震情况，请根据以下提示的信息，用英语给Peter发一封e-mail,，简单描述一下5.12地震。

要点如下：

1. 地震于2008年5月12日下午发生在四川汶川；

2. 当时人们正在上班、学生正在上课；

3. 大量的房屋、学校、建筑物被毁，水电供应中断；

4. 有70,000多人丧生，还有很多受伤者和无家可归者；

5. 是历史上最严重的地震之一；

6. 震后，全国各地都在积极援建地震灾区，三年来，灾区发生了很大变化。

要求：

1. 短文必须包括要点中的所有内容；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使内容连贯；

3. 词汇：灾区（the disaster-hit areas）

4. 词数：120左右。

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You can feel peaceful if you face the world with a ______ heart, and accept who you really are!

A. grateful B. flexible

C. secure D. guilty

Many people in Southwest China are said to have no ______ to safe drinking water last winter.

A. control B. access C. aid D. opportunity

A smart leader never hesitates to award or punish someone when he or she _________.

A. desires B. urges

C. ignores D. deserves

What beautiful photos you have taken! How I wish my parents ________ my travelling with you.

A. will approve of B. have approved of

C. had approved of D. must approve of