Science, as we think, was born when the Greek philosopher ( 希腊哲学家 ) Thales ( about 640-546 B.C.) asked a difficult question: What makes up our universe?

No one had a ready answer, so Thales went on studying the earth around him, the sky and the stars. He saw so much water on earth and so much water falling from the sky as rain that he decided water must be the basic substance ( 物质 ) of the universe.

Other Greek thinkers became interested in this question. They suggested other answers. One said that because air lies around the earth, it must be air that makes up all things. Another said that fire, appearing in different forms, was the building block of the universe.

The Greek philosophers were feeling their way towards the ideas on which chemistry is based. Centuries later, scientists proved that the universe is made up of certain basic substances. But the list is much more complicated than the Greeks realized. We now know of 103 basic substances which we call “ elements ( 元素 )”.

1.Thales, the famous Greek philosopher, died when he was about _________.

A．106 years old      B．94years old        C．64 years old       D．46 years old

2.From the passage we know that __________.

A．Thales asked many questions              B．Greeks were all philosophers

C．science began long ago                   D．water and air make up all things.

3.After reading the passage, we can be sure that_________.

A．nothing ever changes in the universe

B．Thales decided that the basic substance of the universe was air

C．the universe is made up of four different substances

D．the early Greek thinkers did much valuable work for the progress of science

The following is a father’s advice to his son/daughter, who has just graduated(毕业) from high school:

First of all, congratulations on your graduation! Graduation from high school means that a new stage of life is ahead of you. 1._____.

2.      . After you have messed up（弄乱） something, you should learn to clean it up yourself. Cleanliness is indeed close to good manners.

Don’t mistake knowledge for wisdom（智慧）. No matter how much information or knowledge you have, you will never make right judgments if you don’t have wisdom. 3._____. If you can imagine the possible future outcomes of your present decisions and actions, you can avoid mistakes. And if you can reflect(思考) on the mistake you have made, you can avoid making the same mistakes again and again. Such is wisdom.

Don’t complain(抱怨). When you take up a job, do your best to carry it out. 4._____.

Finally, be an early bird. 5.______. And the sight of the rising sun will warm your heart and give you energy for the day ahead. Besides, being an early bird, you have plenty of time to take exercise or do a lot of work.

A．At the beginning of this new stage, I have some advice for you.

B．If you get up earlier than the sun, you can watch it rise up slowly into the sky

C．Once you start a job, you should try your best to do it well.

D．Clean your own room and do your own washing.

E. Don’t waste time complaining about it, no matter how difficult and boring it is.

F. Get up early and go for some morning exercises to build up your body.

G. Wisdom comes from imagination and reflection.

After John’s first wife died, he gets married again. His second wife was more younger than he was and they often quarreled. John once came home lately after work, his wife said to him that he had waited for two hours. She was too angry that she gave him a push, which made him fall down the stairs so he is old and weak. When Steven, one of John’s neighbor, heard the noise, he was eager to know which was happening. He came John’s front door and knocked. “What’s happened?” he asked. “My coat fell down the stairs,” John answered. When the neighbor said a coat wouldn’t make so many noise, John answered, “Of course it would if I was inside it!”

假设你的朋友Tom写信向你询问你最近的学习生活状况，请你以Li Hua的身份给Tom回信，内容应包括以下要点：

注意：字数120词左右；可适当发挥，使上下文连贯；

1. 目前的学习生活状况。

2. 高中的苦与乐,对未来的打算。

3. 英语学习方面有困难，希望得到一些帮助。

4. 邀请对方来中国游玩，期盼早日收到回信。

Dear Tom,

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours’

Li Hua

Susan, _____ university student from Europe, teaches me _____ art in her spare time.

A．an; /             B．a; the             C．an; the           D．a; /

The government has taken some measures to prevent more trees from _____.

A．cutting down                           B．cut down.

C．being cut down                         D．been cut down

--- Why did you call the police?

--- I got home and found my house _____.

A．broken up         B．broken down       C．broken in         D．broken out

_____ surprised me most was to see so many people waiting for my arrival.

A．That             B．It                C．Which            D．What

 I asked her _____ have to study before I could go to university.

A．how long would I                        B．how soon would I

C．how long I would                        D．how soon I would

In many countries in the world, breakfast is a snack _____ a meal, but the traditional  English breakfast is a full meal.

A．other than         B．more than         C．rather than        D．less than