It’s a _______  Chinese custom to eat jiaozi at the Spring Festival．

A．everyday           B．typical            C．thrilling              D．surprising

I am afraid Tim just isn’t ___________the job．

A．fit to          B．up to         C．appropriate            D．suit

Tina and Thomas Sjogren were the fourth and fifth people to reach the earth’s three poles．Years ago, the couple were （1） across the North Atlantic on their way to Europe．Tina looked out of her window and was （2） by the vast amount of space in Greenland．“The sky outside the window burst into different （3）, and auroras （极光） flew all around us．I （4） what it would be like to step down there and start walking （5）, all alone in such a place．” She thought, “If this is what Iceland and Greenland are like, how （6） then must the Arctic be?” She turned to her husband, （7） him awake and said, “Honey, let’s go to the Poles!”

    Tina’s （8） would not be their first adventure．They had already climbed Mount Qomolangma．The pair soon made a （9） to visit both the North and South Poles on skis, travelling （10）．

    On February 2, 2002, they reached the South Pole．Their journey （11） 2,000 kilometres．After just 35 days of recovery and preparation, they （12） again．“You are so （13） after the long expedition to the South Pole, so you don’t know if you could do （14） right away．”

     On May 29, after travelling for the whole morning, as the couple watched with weak （15）, the numbers on their GPS showed that their goal had （16） been achieved．They had made it．

    Without the （17） of dogs or supplies dropped from planes, it was only their strength and willpower that （18） them to ski and swim their way．They got valuable experience but that did not come without a （19）．If you go on an adventure, there’s always the risk of something going wrong．（20） you will learn from it．

1．A．flying                 B．exploring            C．swimming        D．sailing

2．A．frightened           B．bored                 C．amazed            D．amused

3．A．shapes                B．colors                C．sounds            D．waves

4．A．remembered        B．wondered           C．enjoyed            D．doubted

5．A．carefully             B．quickly              C．aimlessly          D．freely

6．A．cold                   B．bright                C．wonderful        D．terrible

7．A．shook                 B．knocked             C．kept                D．beat

8．A．idea                    B．advice                C．order               D．offer

9．A．suggestion          B．plan                   C．proposal          D．change

10．A．non-stop           B．unsupported       C．unreturned       D．unprepared

11．A．covered            B．included             C．lasted              D．crossed

12．A．broke down      B．settled down       C．set out             D．came back

13．A．excited             B．disappointed       C．confused         D．tired

14．A．more                B．another              C．one                 D．others

15．A．torchlight          B．sunlight              C．breath              D．eyesight

16．A．surprisingly       B．luckily               C．accidentally      D．eventually

17．A．reward             B．burden               C．help                 D．company

18．A．attracted           B．allowed              C．taught              D．forced

19．A．price                B．success             C．mistake            D．change

20．A．Therefore         B．Instead              C．Otherwise        D．However

A new hotel is set to open in a faraway village in northern Sweden，which intends to change the simple treehouse into a world-class hotel for travelers who enjoy special designs．

Treehotel，which lies in Harads about 60 km south of the Arctic Circle, will be made up of four rooms when it opens on July 17th：the Cabin，the Blue Cone，the Nest and the Mirrorcube．

Two more are due to open in October—the UFO and A Room With a View．

“Our goal in five years is to have 24 rooms from 24 different architects（建筑师），”says Treehotel co-founder Kent Lindvall, who came up with the idea along with his wife Bfitta．

The first six rooms were designed by five different architects．The Mirrorcube which stands four meters high and four meters wide has drawn widespread attention as it will be connected to a singletree．

‘‘It’s an interesting building．You cannot find anything like this in the world today．It’s really special,”says Lindvall，as he stands next to the room’s mirrored outer wall．

‘‘Everything will reflect in this—the trees，the birds，the clouds，the sun，everything．So it should be invisible（看不见的） nearly in the forest．’’

Lindvall says a special film will be put onto the glass which will be seen by birds．

‘‘This is untouched forest and—we want to leave it as it is．"says Selberg，another co-founder．

She adds．’’If we’re lucky we might see a bear．I think what’s exciting here is that we’re just 60 km below the Arctic Circle which means there’s a good possibility to have the northern lights in the winter and during the summer of course you have the midnight sun．”

The aim of Treehotel is “feel free in a tree” and the experience will cost up to 4,200 Swedish crowns （$555,50）for two guests in the Mirrorcube, which is designed to hold up to four guests．

1．What do we know about Treehotel in Harads from the text?

      A．The hotel will provide six rooms in July．

      B．It is specially designed by one architect．

      C．It’s 60 km away from the Arctic Circle．

      D．It was once all ordinary family treehouse．

2．Why is the Mirrorcube kown by many people?

      A．It will be joined to one tree only．        B．It is in a distant village in Sweden．

      C．It’s designed by a famous architect．    D．Its outer wall is covered with mirror．

3．A special film will be used to

       A．seize animals       B．protect birds     C．take in light      D．keep off bears

4．What is the text mainly about?

       A．A modem building．                            B．A Swedish village．

       C．A special treehouse．                           D．A faraway village

       Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes．To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with intelligence．On the other hand, a child who lives in rich and varied surrounding．Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not be reaches those limits will depend on his environment．This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways．

    It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with．The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence．Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different．If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other．Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth．

       Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments．We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring．We should soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part．This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence．

1．If a child is born with low intelligence, he can ____．

       A．never become a genius

       B．still become a genius if he should be given an education

       C．go beyond his intelligence limits in rich surroundings

       D．not reach his intelligence in his life

2．In the second paragraph “if we take two unrelated people at random from the population．．．” means “if we ____．”

       A．choose two persons with different intelligence

       B．take out two different persons

       C．choose two persons who are relative

       D．pick any two persons

3．The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately show ____．

       A．the role of environment on intelligence

       B．the importance of their intelligence

       C．the importance of their positions

       D．the part that birth place

Another small animal that tigers eat in Ranthambhore （a wildlife park in northern India） is the porcupine （豪猪）．These animals are spread widely across India in open areas and grasslands; they often live in the earth and between rocks．They are good diggers, and in Ranthambhore are nocturnal （夜出的）; they only come out at night．They weigh 12 to 16 kilograms and reach the length of 80 to 90 centimetres．They live usually on vegetables and fruit and seem to have a good sense of smell．Porcupines defend themselves when attacked by moving backwards with their quills upright, often making a strange noise．

Several times, I have found the remains of quills where a tiger has killed and eaten a porcupine, but I have never actually seen the kill．In spite of the quills, experienced tigers will try to kill clearly by biting the porcupine’s head, its weakest spot．But the quills are very sharp and can give painful injuries to young tigers．If the quills have gone in very deeply or if they are stuck in the tiger’s paw, it will try to pull them out．Often, it will be successful, and the wound will get better．But, if the quills have gone in very deeply or if they are stuck in the tiger’s neck or mouth, where they cannot be reached, the wound will often turn bad．If this happens, the tiger is in pain and is less able to hunt animals．It has to look for easier prey and so may turn to cows on the edges of the forest．From this, it is a small step to becoming a man-eater．

1．A porcupine is a small animal which _____．

       A．likes to stay on vegetables and fruit

       B．has vegetables and fruit as its main food

       C．prefers to stay on vegetables and fruit rather than anywhere else

       D．eats nothing but vegetables and fruit

2．The word “quill” here means ____．

       A．long, sharp needle-like parts on a porcupine

       B．feathers on a porcupine

       C．teeth of a porcupine

       D．paws of a porcupine

3．According to this passage, what cause a tiger to become a man-eater?

       A．When there are no porcupine for a tiger to catch．

       B．When it is difficult for a tiger to catch other animals．

       C．When a tiger wasn’t hurt seriously．

       D．When it turns to cows on the edges of the forest．

4．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

       A．A porcupine makes a strange noise when there is danger．

       B．A porcupine doesn’t come out until night falls．

       C．A porcupine is good at digging．

       D．Whenever it was attacked, a porcupine runs back home．

5．What is proper title for this passage?

       A．A Porcupine

       B．How Do Tiger Kill Porcupines?

       C．What Can Cause a Tiger to Become a Man-eater?

       D．A Tiger and Its Food

1．Advertisers go to a lot of trouble and ___________（开支） to make adverts and so they want to make sure they achieve their purpose．

2．So the Vikings would ___________（观察） the winds before and during their outward or return journeys．

3．Australia is a mainly dry country with only a few areas that have adequate________（降雨量） to support a large population．

4．The authorities, being __________（绝望）, increased the height of the fence again and again and it was soon over forty meters high．

5．The advertisement says that when you buy two, they will give you two more without _______ （额外） cost．

6．The boat was at the m________ of the waves — it’s impossible to fight against nature．

7．This town had a long history, d___________ back to the Roman times．

8．Having lived in Fuzhou for decades, he has a__  _______ to the changeable weather here．

9．Committee members recently appointed me their chairman and have asked me to tell you how much we all a_____ _________ your donation．

10．We consider your offer of help to be a lifesaver for many of these poor children and cannot thank you ___________．

People tend to become more personal and hide much more of

themselves when_________（使用）e-mail．Researchers from Open                   1．______

University in Britain have found in a_______（最近的） study that                       2．_____

there are good reasons for this．The team of researchers asked 83 pairs of

students, all strangers to ______another, to solve a problem．They had                 3．______

to discuss this question: If o_______ five people in the world could be                     4．_____

_____（救） from a world disaster, who should they be? The pairs of students      5．_____

had to talk over the problem either face to face _______ by computers．Dr．         6．______

Johnson said, “They told their partners four ______（次） as much about              7．______

themselves when they talked over the Internet _____when they talked face to          8．_____

face．When the computers were fitted w_____ cameras so that students could             9．____

see each other, this limited the p_______ side of the conversation．”                   10．____

我们知道一个人的成长过程是较为复杂的，其个性的形成和发展受诸多因素的影响，比如家庭、学校、社会、朋友、书籍、名人等。假如《二十一世纪英文报》向你约稿，了解至今哪些因素对你的成长影响最大。请你以Tracking My Growth为题，按以下要求写篇英语短文：

1．选择并陈述对你的成长起着很大影响的家庭、学校、社会、朋友、书籍、名人等诸多因素中的两个或三个；

2．谈谈你的看法和理由。

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从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1．beast         A．break               B．leave                   C．wealth             D．create

2．frost        A．ox                   B．noble                   C．cosy                D．post

3．sense       A．nowadays        B．acquisition           C．senior              D．piles

4．packet       A．apply               B．pass                    C．make               D．shadow

5．tough       A．cough              B．though                C．tight                D．light