Your children’s teacher will be providing extra time for test preparation. This school year’s test will be held on January 8 and 9. The test preparation time is open to all students, and we strongly encourage your children to attend.

This year we are changing the time for our test preparation: it will be on Thursday mornings from 8:10 to 8:50. This helps children who ride the bus and cannot stay for the after-school period. It also helps avoid conflicts with after-school activities.

Danielle and Marina will be working with the recent new test takers 6 days on the following Thursdays: 15^th, Nov; 29^th, Nov; 6^th, Dec; 13^th, Dec.; 20^th, Dec. and 3^rd, Jan.

Besides the test preparation lectures on these dates, teachers are already putting test preparation into their usual courses. We are finding that we can help our students to be both skillful and whole-hearted readers and test takers — after all, we all know that the best test preparation is good reading and writing training.

What can you do at home? Again, the best and most effective test preparation for the ELA test is reading and more reading. The research is quite clear — students who do well in the tests are those who are good readers. Reading not only builds reading ability, it also helps build confidence — important for successful test taking! But do discourage your children from spending too much time on books that are too hard or even a bit too hard. Children best develop comprehension skills when they are reading books just right for them (too easy doesn’t hurt here either).

Finally, on Friday, December 7, we will have a morning lecture on the ELA. Please pay attention!

1.The text is mainly about ________.

   A. how teachers will provide more time for test preparation

   B. the reason why time for test preparation will be changed

   C. how teachers have put test preparation into their usual courses

   D. test preparation information that parents should know about

2.The time for test preparation has been changed to _________.

   A. make it more convenient for the students to attend

   B. help the new test-takers have more time to read

C. avoid disagreement in time between different years of students

   D. avoid conflicts between preparation time and the usual courses

3.From the passage, we know that ________.

   A. Danielle will help students prepare for different tests

   B. the school year test will be on a Tuesday

   C. all the children must take part in the test preparation

   D. the students can learn how to write well in the test preparation

4. Parents should _____ at home.

   A. prepare good meals for their children

   B. read more books with their children

   C. ask their children not to spend too much time on reading

   D. encourage their children to read more books fit for them

5.Why did the school encourage all the students to take part in the test preparation?

   A. Test preparation is what they always do.

   B. The students will learn what will be included in the final exam.

   C. Test preparation helps students to be more interested in reading and confident.

   D. The test is a long way off and there are better things to do.

Twelve years ago, a young traveler named Rhett Butler from San Francisco, California, visited the Sabah rainforest on Malaysian Borneo. In one area of the rainforest, he watched a bird flying through the trees. The beautiful sight left quite an impression on him. But weeks later, back home, Rhett Butler got the news that trees had been cut down in the area he visited.

To keep his website going, he travels around the world on several major trips each year. His working tools are a laptop computer, cameras and sometimes diving equipment. He often calls on experts for information. For example, he interviewed Alison Jolly, a top experts on lemurs(狐猴). He interviewed Rodney Jackson, a biologist who established the Snow Leopard Conservancy.

Stories like these have made Mongabay a favorite place on the Internet for researchers, students and teachers. In April, Time.Com named it one of the fifteen top climate and environment websites in the world.

1. What’s the main idea of the passage?

   A. Rhett Butler and his website.

   B. Rainforest on Malaysian Borneo.

   C. How Rhett Butler protected rare animals.

   D. How Rhett Butler made his website popular.

2.Rhett Butler didn’t publish his book about rainforests because _______.

   A. making websites earns more money than writing books

   B. he didn’t want to become a writer

C. the book was not about rainforest protection

   D. he wanted to use the information to create a website

3.Which of the followings is NOT true about the Mongabay. Com?

   A. It was set up in 1999.

   B. It attracted many advertisers.

   C. At least two related websites grew from it.

   D. Rhett Butler made a lot of money from it.

4.To keep his website going, Rhett Butler ________.

   A. kept visiting the rainforest

   B. traveled around and interviewed experts

   C. raised rare snow leopards

   D. made a great number of advertisements

5.We can learn from the passage that _________.

   A. Mongabay.Com was loved by researchers as well as students

   B. kids. Mongabay.Com. has many stories written by kids

   C. WildMadagascar.org is better known than Mongabay.Com

   D. Rodney Jackson was once a businessman

单词拼写。根据首字母或汉语提示写出所缺单词的适当形式。(共10空 ，记10分)

1. She won a gold medal for her fine ________ in the contest. (表现)

2. As you __________ the town, the first building you see is the church. (靠近)

3. When I was in trouble, she often __________ (主动提出)to help me find a solution to the problem.

4. Often the life of a writer __________ the lives of the characters he creates. (与……相似)

5. But the Tibetan antelope is not the only e__________ species. There are many more animals in their struggle for survival.

6. I saw many young people standing outside the company a_____________ for the job.

7. The _____________(日历) showed that Christmas fell on a Tuesday.

8. Carnival today is an international，and________________(多元文化的) experience.

9. Most__________(竞争者) found the Great Wall Marathon was the toughest course to run..

10.Today this species is in danger of __________（灭绝）.

根据句意完成句子  (共20空 ，记10分)

1. Without a good knowledge of vocabulary, many a student ______ _______ _______ English. (学英语有困难)

2. Parents _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ a qualified teacher was to have a profound effect on the children in their life.  (想当然)

3. You’d better ______ ____ _______ ____ (留意)the advertisement since you are looking for a job.

4. It is likely that some students during the free periods _______ _______ _______ _______ all the time.    (假装学习)

5. ________ ________ ________ ________ the number of the students appreciates reading China Daily will be on the increase. (有可能)

阅读下面文章，回答有关小题，注意括号内的词数。

Do you have a friend who is upset about his or her parent’s drinking? You want to do something to help, but what? Your friend may not talk about this with you, but you can still be a good friend. One out of four children lives with at least one adult who has alcoholism, so your friend is not alone.

●Be a good listener. Your friend may need someone to talk to. Listen to your friend and suggest that she or he talk to a trusted adult in addition to talking to you .You can offer a good listening ear, but sometimes an adult is needed for more serious things. Maybe you can suggest a caring adult for your friend to talk to, such as a teacher, a neighbor, or a grandparent. He will listen and support your friend, and he will not hurt your friend or put your friend down.

●Don’t spread gossip(闲话) about your friend’s family. It’s okay to tell your parents or another trusted adult what is going on, but respect your friend’s right by not telling other kids in your class.

●Ask your parents if your friend ___________your house, and then invite your friend over for enjoyable activities or to do homework together. Sometimes your friend might just need to get away and have fun being a kid.

●Don’t ride in a car when a friend’s parent has been drinking if you can avoid it. It is not safe. Call your parents, walk, or try to get a ride with an adult you know who has not been drinking. If you must get in the car with a drinking driver, sit in the middle of the back seat with your seat belt fastened. Lock your doors and try to stay calm.

1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words)

________________________________________________________________________________

2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

To help a friend in trouble, you can advise him or her to talk to someone who can be depended on for help.

________________________________________________________________________________

3. Please fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words of phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words)

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4. Which of the suggestions do you think is best for you if you find your friend in trouble? Why? (Please answer within 30 words)

_______________________________________________________________________________

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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.

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某动物保护组织就某些动物濒临灭绝的原因进行了调查。请根据下面的调查结果写一份调查报告，描述调查情况，谈谈自己的观点，并就此提出解决的建议。

注意：1.词数 120—150

      2．文章的开头已给出，但不计入总词数。

  Recently a survey about the reasons for the animals’ dying out has been carried by a wildlife protection organization.                                                                

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用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

1. It is difficult to imagine his       (accept) the decision without any consideration.

2. There is no need for you       (think) too much about it.

3. Though       (lack) money, his parents managed       (send) him to university.

4.        (have) a good rest and you’ll feel much better.

5. A serious earthquake is reported       (strike) this area last night,       (cause) a lot of damage.

—Could I ask you some personal questions?

   —           

A．Yes，don’ t worry．    B．Sure，go ahead．

  C．Yes，help yourself．    D．Sure，why not?

In communication, a smile is usually __________ strong sign of a friendly and _______ open attitude.

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

I knew that  _____ would ever discourage him; he would never give up wanting to be a director.

A. something        B. anything             C. everything    D. nothing