During the early years of American settlement, a new form of English was beginning to develop in the islands of the West Indies and the southern part of the mainland, spoken by the black population. The beginning of the seventeenth century saw the happening of the slave trade. Ships from Europe travelled to the West African coast, where they exchanged cheap goods for black slaves. The slaves were shipped in terrible conditions to the Caribbean islands and the American coast, where they were in turn exchanged for such products as sugar and molasses(糖蜜). The ships then returned to England, completing an “Atlantic triangle”of journeys, and the process began again. Britain and the United States had outlawed the slave trade by 1865, but by that time, nearly 200 years of trading had taken place. By the middle of the nineteenth century, there were over four million black slaves in America.

The policy of the slave-traders was to bring people of different language backgrounds together in the ships, to make it difficult for groups to plan rebellion. The result was the growth of several pidgin (混杂语言) forms of communication, and in particular a pidgin between the slaves and the sailors many of whom spoken English. Once arriving in the Caribbean, this pidgin English continued to act as a major means of communication between teh black population and the new landowners, and among the blacks themselves. Then, when children came to be born, the pidgin became their mother tongue, thus producing the first black Creole(克里奥尔语) speech in the region. This Creole English rapidly came to be used throughout the cotton plantations (种植园), and in the coastal towns and islands.

1.Which of the following shows the route of slave trade correctly?

A．EuropeWest African coastthe Caribbean islands and the American coastEurope

B．EuropeWest African coastEuropethe Caribbean islands and the American coast

C．West African coastEuropethe Caribbean islands and the American coastEurope

D．West African coastEuropethe Caribbean islands and the American coastWest African coast

2.It can be inferred that the slaves in the same ship ____.

A．didn’t communicate with each other

B．could understand several languages

C．spoke different languages

D．came from the same place

3.Creole speech comes from _____.

A．Spanish and English

B．English and an African language

C．a European language and an American language

D．an African language and an American language

4.What is the text mainly about?

A．The history of slave trade.                 B．“Atlantic triangle” of journeys.

C．Languages spoken in America              D．The birth of black English

A microscope is a useful instrument for observing small objects. By producing a bigger image, the microscope reveals details that are undetectable to the naked eye(裸眼).

Before using the microscope, please read the instructions below.

CAUTION: Microscopes are both delicate and expensive and must be handled with care.

1. Always carry the microscope with two hands — one supporting the base and the other on the arm.

2. Avoid stretching the wire of the lamp across a walkway.

3. Keep the stage clean and always use a glass slide for specimens(样本).

4. To avoid crushing the glass slide when focusing, begin with the lens close to the specimen and gradually back off to focus.

5. Keep the microscope covered to prevent the dust while it is being stored.

HOW TO USE THE MICROSCOPE:

1. Plug(接通电源) in the lamp.

2. Place a sample of what you wish to observe on a slide.

3. Adjust the mirror so it reflects light from the room up into the objective lens. When the mirror is correctly adjusted, a complete circle of light iwll appear when you look through the eyepiece.

4. Place your slide with the specimen directly over the center of the glass circle on teh stage. If it is a wet slide, be sure the bottom of the slide is dry.

5. With the LOW POWER objective leans placed over the slide, use the coarse focus knob to lower the lens to the lowest point.

6. Look through the eyepiece with one eye while closing the other eye. Slowly raise the lens until teh focus is relatively clear.

7. Use the fine focus knob to fine -tune(微调)the focus.

8. Without changing the focus knobs, switch to the HIGH POWER objective lens. Once you have switched to HIGH POWER, use only the fine focus knob to make the image sharper.

1.Which of the following is the correct way to use a microscope according to the text?

A．Use one hand to carry the microscope

B．Place a sample directly on the clean stage

C．When stored, the microscope should be adjusted.

D．Look through the eyepiece with one eye.

2.If you want to observe a thin piece of hair, which of the following should you do first.?

A．Switch to objective lens.                  B．Adjust the mirror.

C．Look through the eyepiece.               D．Place the hair on a glass slide.

3.According to the text, you could see a complete circle of light _____.

A．after correctly adjusting the mirror

B．while looking at the specimen on a glass slide

C．after slowly raising the objective lens

D．before positioning the mirror correctly

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。

Food is life; it gives us the nourishment(营养)we need to stay alive and be healthy.   1  Britain Wansink, a professor at the University of Illinios, says we also eat certain foods because they make us feel good, and remind us of happy memories. Wansink calls this kind of food comfort, for some people, ice cream is a comfort food. For others, a bowl of noodle soup makes them feel good.

  2  Professor Wansink believes that we connect food with important times, feelings, and people in our lives, “When I was a child, my mother made a delicious soup; I love it.   3  And it helps me feel better,” says one of Wansink’s coworker.

Do men and women choose different comfort foods? Wansink’s research at the University of Illinois says “yes”. In his study, the favorite comfort food for both men and women was ice cream. After this, men usually preferred hot, savory(味香的) foods like soup or noodles.   4  Men and women like to eat comfort foods when they are happy, but women eat these foods more when they are sad or worried.

  5  About 40 percent of the comfort foods in Wansink’s study were healthy main dishes or soups and vegetables. It shows, says Wansink, that a comfort food can taste good and be good for you.

A．Not all comfort food is junk food.

B．Where can we buy this sort of food?

C．Sweet foods are also their preference.

D．How does a food become comfort food?

E. Usually, we eat because we are hungry or need energy.

F. Women liked sweet things such as chocolate and cookies.

G. Now, I often have this kind of food when I am tired or worried.

On Saturday morning, I went in a boat trip with my big family. They got on a boat on Lamma Island. Grandpa and Dad go fishing. Uncle Billy and his family lied on the deck enjoying the sun. I played cards with my cousins happy. Suddenly, weather became very bad and it started to rain! We both felt surprised and disappointing. We decided to stop the trip. Uncle Billy invited us to pay a visit on to his home on Lamma Island. Bought some seafood, we cooked a delicious seafood dinner at Uncle Billy’s home. Although we stopped our boat trips, we still had a better time

Hi, Tom, your pray doesn’t seem to make ______ difference. The team I’m in _____ favor of is not taking _____ lead.

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

The 16^th Asian Games ____ in Guangzhou from Nov. 12 to Nov. 27, 2010.

A．was held          B．was holding        C．will be held        D．will be holding

Success for Li Ning was _________, with its attractive designs and reasonable prices.

A．graduated         B．grateful           C．guaranteed        D．guarded

I think you should complain ---________ of course, you are happy with the way things are.

A．if                B．unless            C．as               D．because

---We all wonder ____ the relationship between France and China is good again now?

---Because the two countries have common national benefits.

A．why it is that       B．why it is           C．that it is why       D．it is why

---Tom, you get dead drunk again!

---_______? It’s none of your business.

A．So what           B．How come         C．Why not          D．What for