Sydney – A shark savaged a schoolboy’s leg while he was surfing with his father at a beach in Sydney on February 23．it was the third shark attack along the coast of Australia’s largest city in a month．

The 15 – year – old boy and his father were in the water off Avalon, on Sydney’s northern beaches, around dawn when he was attacked．The city’s beaches are packed with locals and tourists during the summer months．

“The father heard a scream and turned to see his son trashing （扭动） about in the water,” police said．“Fortunately, the shark swam away and the boy was helped to shore by his father．”

Lifesaving Club spokesman Nick Miller: “It got him around the top of his left leg and the father came and dragged him out of water．” He said the boy was bleeding heavily when he was brought to shore．“There was a lot of pain, as you can imagine”．The teenager was airlifted to hospital for treatment for leg injuries．

Police said the bites “cut through to the bone”, but the boy did not appear to have sustained any fractures （骨折）．He was in a stable condition now．

Several beaches were closed after the attack．Water police and lifeguards were searching for the shark, while police hoped to identify its species by the shape of the bite marks．But they said it was too early to say what type of shark attacked the boy．“I don’t even know if he saw it,” Miller said．

Many shark species live in the waters off Sydney’s beaches, but attacks on humans are still relatively rare．However, there were two attacks on successive days earlier this month, one on a navy diver in Sydney harbor, not far from the famous Opera House, and the other on a surfer at the city’s world – famous Bondi beach．

Fishermen say shark numbers are on the rise．There is a ban on commercial fishing in the harbor, which has increased fish stocks．Marine experts also claim environmental protection has created a cleaner environment, attracting sharks closer to shore as they chase fish．Many shark species, including the Great White – the man – eater made famous in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws – are protected in Australian waters．

1.The report mainly tells us          ．

                 A．shark attacks on humans are on the rise

                 B．sharks attacked humans three times in one month

                 C．a boy was attacked by a shark at a Sydney beach

                 D．shark numbers are increasing in the waters off Sydney’s beaches

2.The underlined word “savaged” in the first paragraph probably means “        ”．

                 A．attracted   B．dragged     C．bit      D．packed

3.What do we know about the city of Sydney from the passage?

                 A．It is one of the largest cities in Australia．

                 B．Sydney harbor is not far from the famous Opera House．

                 C．There are many locals and tourists on its coast all year round．

                 D．There are few shark species in the waters off Sydney’s beaches．

4.About the injury of the boy we know that         ．

                 A．he was losing much blood when he was dragged out

                 B．he was very nervous when he was sent to hospital

                 C．he may be in danger of losing his leg

                 D．he was injured in the right leg

Canadian experts have found that so – called self – help books may actually do more harm than good to people who really need help．Researchers say that individuals （个人） with low respect felt much worse after repeating positive statements about themselves．

In their study, psychologists Joanne Wood and John Lee sought to determine how positive thinking affected people with different levels of self – confidence．They questioned dozens of people both made and female, analyzed their self – worth and optimism by means of the standard psychological methods and then asked them to write down their thoughts and feelings．The scoring system ranged from 0 to 35．

During the experiment, the researchers asked a total of 68 participants to repeat the self-help book phrase, “I am a lovable person．” After that they measured the participants’ moods and their feelings about themselves．The results revealed that the participants in the low self – respect group who repeated the mantra （颂歌）, were feeling much worse afterwards, when compared to other participants in low self – respect group who did not repeat the phrase．Those with low self – respect who repeated the phrase scored an average of 10 points．Their counterparts （对比者） with equally low self – respect who were not asked to repeat the statement, were able to score a little higher average of 17 points．

However, individuals with high self – respect reported feeling better after repeating the positive self – statement – but only slightly．They scored an average of 31 points, compared with an average of 25 for those with equally high self – respect who did not repeat the phrase．

Professor Wood urged those who promote self – help books, magazines and television shows to stop telling people that simply repeating a positive mantra could change one’s life．First, people start following this idea and feel like they are not alone．They are told that all they have to do is just to read that book and then to repeat these positive statements in a hope that things will be better, and when it does not work for them and they realize that nothing gets better, then it is really frustration to people．

Researchers concluded: “Repeating positive self – statements may benefit certain people such as individuals with high self – respect but discourage the very people who need confidence the most．”

1.The experts tried to find out, when repeating positive self – statements,         ．

         A．the different influences on people with different levels of self - confidence

         B．whether males or females will get more benefit from self – help books

         C．which group of people self – help books will do the greatest harm to

         D．who will get the least benefit from self – help book

2.How many points did the low self – respect participants get after repeating the self – help book phrase?

         A．An average of 10 points．         B．An average of 17 points．

         C．An average of 31 points．         D．An average of 25 points．

3.So – called self – help books do some good to          ．

         A．people lacking confidence

         B．people with high self - respect

         C．people with problems to settle urgently

         D．people repeating positive self – statements

根据文章内容,从下面A．B．C．D．E．F六个选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项, 选

项中有一项是多余选项．

    Effective reading should adopt a correct way, and then you can get more by paying less．Here are some hints for reading effectively．

1.___________

Don’t choose a rather difficult book or a too easy one for yourself to read．A book full of new words will make you feel discouraged quickly．To understand those new words, you have to turn to the dictionary quite often．It seems that you are not reading the book but the dictionary．It has no fun at all! On the contrary, a too easy one will only waste your time and cannot do any help．The two extremes may at last make you give up reading．So it’s better for you to find a proper book with no more than five new words on each page．

2._____________

If you come across a new word, do not look it up in a dictionary as quickly as possible．Leave it alone and guess the meaning of it based on the content of the text．        This ability is quite necessary in reading．If you know your guess is right later, you will be highly excited at your “success”, and your interest in reading is well stimulated．If a word really hinders you from understanding the whole passage, turn to the dictionary by then．I am sure you can remember this word very well, as it has left you such a deep impression for its “troublesome image．”

3.___________

To comprehend what you are reading, you should think while you are reading, then from your own ideas on some special issues．Try to scribble some lines-a very short journal, to express your ideas．Your writing does not need to be quite formal but expressive．This practice can make you communicate with the original English authors．Day by day, your way of thinking in English will turn into a native way, which is quite important for English writing．

4._____________

Language has its own beauty, no matter Chinese or English．Don’t merely take English as a “test”．Take it as an “entertainment” instead and you will enjoy it through learning．

Maybe you should find some beautiful literary works such as a prose or a poem to read, if you like．Try top read them as loudly and impassionedly as you can．During this process, not only you can enjoy yourself by the great emotions of the writers, but also your pronunciation and your manner of speaking English will be improved．

5.______________

The last but not the least, keep on reading．If you cannot keep it as a habit, you will suffer from paying without gaining．

根据下列句子及所给的汉语注释, 在句子右边的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式．（每

空只写一词）

1.He was very _________（善解人意的）and gave me some green tablets．

2.The Smiths bought a beautiful dress for their daughter’s ____ （十二岁） birthday．

3.She inspires those who want to cheer the __________________（成就） of women．

4.The talented young singer was _____________（热烈地）welcomed by the fans．

5.Last of all, the chief editor read it and ______________（赞成） it．

6.The gun fired, and all the birds flied in every _______________（方向）．

7.Greatly _________（鼓励） by the teacher’s words, she put her heart into study．

8.The question needs _____________（进一步） discussion．

9.First aid is a very important first step in the______________（治疗） of burns．

10.The clock ____________（敲） ten when we got home．

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有

10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一个横线，并在该词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。

I watch TV until nearly 12 o clock, so I could not go over my lessons．This morning I got up very late that I had to hurry school without breakfast yet I was late of the first class ．When I entered the classroom, the maths teacher had to stop explaining a important problem, and all the eyes fixed upon me ．My face turned to red．Something even worse happened to me in the English class．The teacher asked me to recite the text, but I could speak nothing but Sorry , as I did not spend any time preparing my lessons ．The teacher looked at me with his coldly eyes, I stood at my bench without daring to raise my head ．What a terrible day I had! I will never do anything like this．

假定你使高中学生李华，刚接到英国朋友John的电子邮件（内容如下），请根据邮件内容

给他写信回复。

要求：1。开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

      2。可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

      3。字数120 左右。

John的来信:

Dear li hua,

I’ve just happened to learn from an article that most Chinese students are suffering from poor

eyesight and I am worrying whether you have things like that．Are you yourself nearsighted as well? What have you done to hurt, or protect your eyes? What would you suggest to improve the situation in general?

你的回信:

Dear John,

    Just as you learned , most of us have eyesight problems．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．

In Sydney, there’s only ________ average of 23 days a year when ________ sun doesn’t shine.

A. the, the          B. an, /                C. an, the              D. the, /

–You look so angry. What happened?

–_______ I’d rather not talk about it.

A. Nothing.      B. All right.           C. Get away!            D. No way!

________ it is so hot, I guess we can’t do anything until after dark.

A. In case           B. Now that         C. Even if          D. As though

Yesterday I took my car to the garage to have them ________ the air-conditioner.

A. to check      B. checking         C. checked          D. check