The World's Largest Insect .This giant insect can be used as a toy.

A child ties one end of a string to a stick and the other end around the "neck" of an insect. Holding the stick, the child lets the insect go. With a loud whirring sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the child's head. The child laughs as the stick jumps around. The child is African, and the toy is the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world.

The Goliath is a true insect because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts. Like all beetles, it has two pairs of wings. The front pair are thick and stiff and protect the back pair, which are soft. It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies. To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel.

African children often use the Goliath beetle as a toy. Although it is over 15 centimeters long, it is quite harmless.

1. The African Goliath beetle is _______. 

A. the world's largest insect

B. a toy used in many parts of the world

C. the only insect found in Africa

D. the world's smallest insect

2.What do African children often use the Goliath beetle as?

A. a tool.                  B. a toy.             C. harmfull insects.        D. Good animals.

3.We know the Goliath beetle is a true insect because it _______. 

A. makes a whirring sound when it flies                      B. has both soft and hard wings

C. has six legs and a body with three parts                    D. can fly

4.When flying, the Goliath steers by_______. 

A. turning its soft back wings

B. twisting and turning its hard front wings

C. twisting and turning its legs

D. twisting and turning its whole body

Some snakes eat other snakes, even poisonous ones. The poison does not do them any harm(伤害). Snakes can swallow(吞下) things that are bigger around than they themselves are. This is possible because the jawbones(腭骨) are loosely joined, and the mouth can stretch（伸展）to make room for a fat animal. The snake’s slim body stretches to make space for the animal when it is inside.

      Many snakes eat birds’ eggs or frogs（青蛙）. Others eat pests（害虫）, mice and other animals that harm crops on farms. Because snakes do this valuable work, you should never kill one. It is too dangerous for you to kill a poisonous one. Leave that job to experts.

1. Which of the following groups of food is usually had by a snake?

A. Mice, crops, birds’ eggs.

B. Pests, frogs, some animals, plants.

C. Birds’ eggs, frogs, all animals, other snakes.

D. Mice, frogs, pests, some animals, other snakes.

2.We should not kill a snake because       

A. it is poisonous

B. it can do something useful for man

C. it will strike you in return

D. we are not experts

3.Snakes may do some valuable work by       

A. eating pests, mice and some harmful animals

B. doing harm to other animals

C. eating birds’ eggs and frogs

D. both A and C

4.In writing this passage the writer mainly wants us to       

A. have a better impression(印象) about snakes

B. like snakes

C. kill snakes with the help of experts

D. regard snakes as one of man’s best friends

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 (颌)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（穿刺） 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

The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before a huge pile of troublesome  stuff  they call “books”.

I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.

    The clock struck 12."Oh, dear!" I cried, "ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.”

    The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had learnt. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were heavy, so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.

1.When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were_____ .

A. asleep               B. working in bed            C. outside            D. quietly laughing at him

2. Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ________.    .

A. it was too late at night

B. he was very tired

C. his eyes l ids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open

D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

3.The best title for the passage would be __________ .

A. The Night Before the Examination               B. Working Far into the Night

C. A Slow Student                              D. Going Over My Lessons

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。

  1.___When a person does a certain thing again, he is impelled(迫使) by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly; thus a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. 2.__ _ Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits, and sometimes become ruined by them. 3. ____Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and thoroughness. Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. 4.__ Unfortunately older persons often form habits which ought to have been avoided. 5.___.

A. There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help.

B. Whether good or not habit are, they are easy to get rid of.

C. We ought to keep from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will prove good for ourselves and others.

D. These are all easily formed habits

E. It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits.

F. Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed(形成)

G. It is very important for us to know why we should get used to good habits.

文中共有10处语言错误，。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）。并在其下面写出该加的词

删除：把多余的词用（∕）划掉。

修改：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。

I went out to see the film with my brother after supper .On our way of the cinema ,we meet an American girl name Alice ,who got lost and looked very anxiously. We went up to see that was the matter ,and finally we took him to the hotel .While going there , I told her the great changes that have taken place  in our country in the past few years and Alice told us a lot about youth in America .Although we missed the film ,but we felt very happy for we had not only helped Alice get out of troubles also known something about the united States .We see English can strengthen understanding and friendship.

某班级学生近期准备举行一次讨论学习习惯问题的班会活动，请你结合自身的学习实际，按以下提示，用英文写一篇发言稿。

好的学习习惯在学习中扮演了非常重要的角色，好的学习习惯能提高学习效果。

介绍一些好的学习习惯并提出养成该习惯的建议。

描述自己在学习习惯方面存在的某个问题并给出改进措施

参考词汇：学习习惯（leaning habits）  学习效果（leaning efficiency）

在……扮演重要角色（play an important role in）减少，降低 decrease

Dear students,

Learning habits is very important to everyone .

Thank you 

 --What great changes! It’s years since we_____ each other last time .

   -- Believe it or not, It’s the second time that we _____a face –to- face talk 

A. met; had had                B. have met; had

C. had been; had               D. met; have had

If the way ___ you think of is not good enough, you can learn the way____ the top students deal with their study.

A. in which; \                  B. which; which

C. that; which                  D. \;\

Every minute is made full _____ of _____ our lessons well.

A. to use; study                B. use; studying

C. use; to study                D. used; studying