After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, the body recovers from the activities of the previous day. The rest that you get while sleeping makes it possible for your body to prepare itself for the next day.

There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. As you sleep, your body relaxes little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach the fourth level, your body shifts back and forth from one level of sleep to the other.

Although your mind slows down, you will dream from time to time. Scientists who study sleep point out that when you are dreaming, your eyeballs begin to move more quickly (although your eyelids are closed). This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for rapid eye movement.

If you have trouble falling asleep, some people suggest breathing very slowly and very deeply. Other people believe that drinking warm milk will make you drowsy. There is also an old suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sleep.

1.During REM, _______.

A. you move restlessly B. you start dreaming

C. your mind stops working D. your eyeballs move quickly

2.The underlined word “drowsy” in the last paragraph probably means______.

A. lazy B. sleepy

C. relaxed D. pleased

3.One of the ways to fall asleep easily is to _______________.

A. breathe slowly and deeply B. drink cold drinks

C. get up and run D. look for some sheep

There are many international organizations which work to save and protect endangered species (物种) and natural environment. If you would like more information about any of the organizations listed below, you can write to the addresses given.

Friends of the Earth (FOE) campaigns on a range of problems including rain forests, the countryside, water and air pollution and energy.

Friends of the Earth International Secretariat

P.O. Box 19199

1000 G.D.

Amsterdam

The Netherlands Greenpeace uses peaceful but direct action to defend the environment. It campaigns to protect rain forests and sea animals, stop global warming and end pollution of air, land and seas. It also opposes nuclear power.

Greenpeace International

Keizergracht 176

1016 DW Amsterdam

The Netherlands BirdLife International is an organization which works to save endangered birds all over the world.

BirdLife International

Wellbrook Court

Girton Road

Cambridge CB3 0NA

England

WWF—World Wide Fund For Nature is the world’s largest private international organization for the conservation of nature and threatened species.

Information Officer

WWF International

Avenue du Mont-Blanc

1196 Gland

Switzerland

1.If you want to learn more about the organizations, you can _______.

A. call them B. write them a letter

C. visit them D. send them an e-mail

2.BirdLife International is an organization aiming to ________.

A. reduce pollution B. defend rain forests

C. protect ocean animals D. save endangered birds

3.If you oppose nuclear power, you can join ________.

A. Friends of the Earth B. World Wide Fund For Nature

C. Greenpeace D. BirdLife International

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Environmental Protection Organizations

B. Global Traffic Problems

C. Endangered Animals

D. Natural Beauty

Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia’s northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.

Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (扑), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater. Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.

Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (伤口) in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.

“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.

He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”.

Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (细菌) on the teeth of the crocodile.

1.This passage is most likely to be found in _____.

A. a travel guide B. a newspaper

C. a textbook D. a novel

2.The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when she was ______.

A. swimming in the river B. standing on the river bank

C. watching the crocodile D. fishing in the water

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms Pethrick?

A. Her eyes were badly poked.

B. She had eight wounds altogether.

C. One of her fingers also got hurt.

D. One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg.

4.According to the passage, Norm Pethrick can be described as following EXCEPT ______.

A. brave B. diligent C. quick D. humorous

Rome had the Forum (论坛). London has Speaker’s Corner. Now always-on-the-go New Yorkers have Liz and Bill.

Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 20s, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in subway stations and on busy street comers. And just talk. Using a 2-foot-tall sign that says, “ Talk to Me,” they attract conversationalists, who one evening included a mental patient, and men in business suits.

They don’t collect money. They don’t push religion (宗教). So what’s the point?

“To see what happens,” said Liz. “ We simply enjoy life with open talk.”

Shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, they decided to walk from New York City to Washington, a 270-mile trip. They found they loved talking to people along the way and wanted to continue talking with strangers after their return. “ It started as a crazy idea.” Liz said. “ We were so curious about all the 10 strangers walking by with their life stories. People will talk to us about anything: their job, their clothes, their childhood experiences, anything.” Denise wanted to talk about an exam she was about to take. She had stopped by for the second time in two days, to let the two listeners know how it went. Marcia had led her husband to a serious disease. “That was very heavy on my mind.” Marcia said. “ To be able to talk about it to total strangers was very good,” she explained.

To celebrate a year of talking, the two held a get-together in a city park for all the people they had met over the past year. A few hundred people appeared, as well as some television cameramen and reporters. They may plan more parties or try to attract more people to join their informal talks. Some publishers have expressed interest in a book, something the two say they’ll consider before making a decision.

1.What did Liz and Bill determined to do after the attack on September 11, 2001?

A. Telling stories to strangers.

B. Setting up street signs.

C. Talking with people

D. Organizing a speaker’s party.

2.Why are Denise and Marcia mentioned in the text?

A. They knew Liz and Bill very well.

B. They happened to meet the writer of the text.

C. They organized the get-together in the city park.

D. They are examples of those who talked to Liz and Bill.

3.What will Liz and Bill do in the future?

A. Go in for publishing

B. Do more television programs.

C. Continue what they are doing

D. Spend more time reading books.

4.How do they like the idea of writing a book?

A. They have decided to wait a year or two.

B. They will think about it carefully

C. They agreed immediately

D. They find it hard to do that.

There were a family of nine: the father, the mother, two boys and five girls. The father worked as a kitchen cleaner at a local school and the rest of the family did the same job-----clean people’s yards. 1.

Then one day, the father lost his job at the school. He asked me if I could allow him to clean my yard. 2. He and his family came to our house three times a week to clean the yard.

One Sunday morning, the father suffered a stroke and died in the hospital two days later. The poor family had lost their main bread-winner. The eldest boy had just completed high school and was getting ready to go to college. 3.

For the following years, Andrew, my husband and I did all our best to help make sure the family got their education, and provided some daily needs, like clothes.

4. . They didn’t have a toilet in their home! Imagine! A mother, a fifteen-year-old girl, and four smaller children without a toilet or bathroom!

The next morning, my friend Peter came to my house. Then I told him I wanted to do something for the poor family. As a helpful man, he promised to offer some money. So together we built a bathroom and a toilet for this family in three days5. . And we felt happy, too.

A. Clearly, they lived a poor life.

B. The others were just little kids

C. Realizing his situation, I offered him the job at once.

D. You would be surprised to know that this poor family lived in just two rooms!

E. Every day we gave her some pocket money.

F.We visited the family once and one thing made us greatly surprised.

G. This brought a lot of smiles and happiness to the family.

Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

In 1969,the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It 1. （be）unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it 2. (actual)caught fire and burned. Now, ears later, this river is one of 3. most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.

But the river wasn’t changed in a few days 4. even a few months. It took years of work 5. (reduce ) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 6. (clean) than ever.

Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you leave a habit 7. is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation ,don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?

While there are 8. (surprise) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the 9. (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be 10. (patience)

1.I haven’t been able to be ________(在户外) for so long that I've grown crazy about everything.

2.I am only able to look at nature through dirty ________(窗帘) hanging before very dusty windows.

3.I would be ________ (感激的) if you could give me some advice.

4.These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its __________(词汇).

5.The ________(后者) gave a separate identity to American English spelling.

6.Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she __________ (劝说) me to buy one.

7.After ________(毕业) from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.

8.I _________ (辨认出) my friend Tom at once yesterday though we haven’t seen each other for a long time.

9.Although she didn’t know the best way of getting places,she insisted that she ________ (组织) the trip properly.

10.She is very ________ (可靠的) and I knew I didn’t need to encourage her.

短文改错(共10 小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词的下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

This morning I got up early and went to school as usually, only to find there were nobody in the classroom because it is Sunday. "How a bad memory I have!" I couldn't help laughing. Stand in front of the school gate, I began to wonder what to do next. Suddenly a good idea occurs to me."Why not get together with some good friends for a picnic in such a fine weather?" I immediately telephoned some of my best friends, but they all agreed to join me. About two hours late, we finally arrived a pleasant park with trees and flowers here and there. We really enjoyed us greatly.

假如你是某高中学生李华。最近，家长陪读这一现象在你们学校越来越普遍，你班同学进行了话题为：“父母有没有必要陪读？”的讨论， 请你根据下表所列情况给报社写一封信，客观地介绍讨论的情况。

注意： 1．信的形式已经为你写好。

2．词数100左右。

3．参考词汇：

陪读 accompany sb. studying at school 影响 affect 任务 task

Dear editor,

I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we recently had about whether our parents should accompany us studying at school.…

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________ in his work, Tom simply forgot food and sleep.

A. Absorbing B. Absorb

C. Absorbed D. To absorb