C

Now I’m in my second year at art school in Japan and I often dream about my future. I have big plans and I ’ d like to tell you a little about them.

My first plan is about my holiday. I am going to visit my brother,who is working in Malaysia. My parents and I are going to spend Thanksgiving with him. I am very excited about it.

When I come back,I need to make a final decision about which course I am going to study next year. I am still not sure -- I’m think of doing either clothes design(設(shè)計(jì)) or garden design.It is difficult because I’m interested in both clothes and gardens. If I choose gardening,I ’ d like to work with my friend, Jasper. He is talented in gardens and we worked together before.In fact, it was great fun and we got on with each other very well.

In five or ten years’ time I would like to have my own business(生意) and work for myself like my father. He has his own building business. I’ll probably take a business course after I finish art school.

Besides, I hope to marry and have children before I’m 30, but I can’t plan when I’ll meet the right person and I don’t have a boyfriend now.

In my dreams I see myself at 40 running a successful gardening company. I’ll design beautiful gardens for beautiful people.I’ll have a beautiful house with a swimming pool, two beautiful children, and of course a husband who is as successful as I am.Who knows, it could even be Jasper.

1.What is this passage mainly about?

A.The writer’s dream. B.The writer’s family.

C.The writer’s School. D.The writer’s experience.

2.Where is the the writer’s brother now?

A.In Russia. B.In Canada. C.In Japan. D.In Malaysia.

3.What does the underlined word “It” refer to in Paragraph 3 ?

A.Having her own business and working for herself.

B.Studying both clothes design and garden design.

C.Choosing one from clothes design and garden design.

D.Thinking of a new way to design clothes and garden.

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The writer already has a boyfriend named Jasper.

B.The writer thinks it is enjoyable to work with Jasper.

C.The writer expects to have children when she is forty.

D.The writer hopes to work for her father in the future.

D

When we get wet, we need a towel to get ourselves dry. When a dog gets wet, all it needs is to shake its body. A study in 2010 showed that a wet dog could throw off(甩掉) half the water on its body by shaking for less than a second. In fact, this common act of dogs works better than a washing machine.

The study found that animal shaking begins with the head and ends with the tail(尾巴). Smaller animals must shake faster than bigger animals to get water off. For example, in one second, a rat can shake 18 times, a dog 6 times, and a bear 4 times. Bigger animals can get their bodies dry with fewer shakes.

For animals, shaking is not just about getting themselves dry. It is also about saving their lives. Being wet makes animals heavier, and that makes it harder to run. In the animal world, if an animal is not able to run very fast, it may not live long. Maybe that's why the wet-dog shake" has become a common habit of many animals.

1.How much water can a wet dog throw off from its body by shaking in less than a second?

A.10% B.30% C.50% D.70%

2.From the reading, which picture is probably right?

A. B.

C. D.

3.Why do animals shake themselves dry?

A.To show their love to other animals.

B.To help themselves run faster.

C.To help themselves get more water.

D.To make other animals scared.

4.What can we learn from the reading?

A.The animal's tail can help it run more quickly and easily.

B.Some animals shake more than they need to get water off.

C.Larger animals get drier at each shake than smaller animals.

D.The idea of washing machines came from the dogs' shaking.

A.Who gets the flu? B.How to keep us away from the flu?

C.What is the flu? D.When did the flu first appear?

E.Why is the flu dangerous? F.What is the difference between the flu and a cold?

Questions and Answers about the Flu

Flu season is coming!Are you prepared?Here are answers to your questions!

1.

The flu is a virus(病毒)that passes easily from person to person. Usually the flu appears in winter and the rainy season.

2.

In fact, they come from different viruses. Although the symptoms(癥狀) can be almost the same, flu symptoms are more serious. Cold symptoms only last about seven days while the flu can last up to two weeks.

3.

The seasonal flu is very common all over the world. Children, old people, and people in poor health are more likely to catch the flu easily. In the United States, five to twenty percent of the people get the flu every day.

4.

The flu is pretty dangerous. It can give you fever(發(fā)燒) or even make you die. Every year in the U.S.,36,000 people die because of the seasonal flu.

5.

There are many things you can do to keep healthy and stay away from the flu. For example, wash your hands often. Moreover, don’t touch your eyes, noses or mouth with your dirty hands and stay away from people who get the flu.

On 24 July,1971,17-year-old Juliane got on a plane with her mother in Lima, Peni, to fly to another city to meet her father.

Over the forest, it rained hard and there was a _____wind . And then lighting(閃電) hit the ______at 3,000 meters, and it broke into pieces. Juliane fell _______ through the air in her seat and hit the trees hard. For three hours, she was unconscious(無意識(shí)的). When she ______, she couldn’t see anyone else but she was alive. Her right _______ was cut and she couldn’t _______in one eye.

Juliane’s father was a scientist and when she was small, he taught her _______ to keep alive in the forest. She found a small ________ and walked slowly along it. “If I follow the river,” she thought, “I’ll find ________.” The river also gave her clean water to _______. It was really hot, but the river water kept her ________. Sometimes she had to swim in the river _______ it was too deep to walk in. There was fruit on some trees but she didn’t ear it- she knew it was too dangerous. Juliane _________for ten days. At night she stopped to sleep because it was too ________ to walk.

Ten days later, she found a small house by the river. There were some people in the house. They cleaned her cut ______ on the arm and the next day, they carried her down the river, and a plane took her safely to the city of Pucallp.

1.A.light B.strong C.warm D.dry

2.A.plane B.tree C.house D.mountain

3.A.beautifully B.quietly C.slowly D.quickly

4.A.stayed up B.dressed up C.woke up D.grew up

5.A.leg B.arm C.ear D.foot

6.A.hear B.see C.smell D.taste

7.A.why B.where C.how D.when

8.A.river B.road C.street D.beach

9.A.plants B.meat C.cars D.people

10.A.pour B.pollute C.drink D.carry

11.A.uncomfortable B.tired C.hungry D.cool

12.A.because B.so C.though D.or

13.A.swam B.walked C.drove D.flew

14.A.simple B.crowded C.early D.dark

15.A.terribly B.differently C.carefully D.angrily

Usually the English winter is cold and rainy, 1.my family decided to have a weekend break in the south of France last February. We wanted 2. (enjoy) some good weather. But when our plane landed at Nice, it was too foggy(有霧的) to see 3. (something) through the windows, and before we got to our hotel it started to rain 4. (heavy). On Saturday the weather was even 5. (bad)—it was windy and really cold. And on Sunday it snowed in Nice 6. the first time in fifteen 7.(year)! When we arrived back in England that evening, my uncle 8. (meet) us at the airport. “The weather was fantastic here this weekend,” he said happily, “It was beautifully warm and sunny every day! 9. was the weather like in Nice?” My father was too angry to answer10. (he).

No.1 Middle School 將舉辦機(jī)器人展，請(qǐng)你根據(jù)表格中關(guān)于展覽的信息并補(bǔ)充相關(guān)內(nèi)容，以校長Larry Smith 的名義給家長寫一封邀請(qǐng)函，詞數(shù)80詞左右。

Dear parents,

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Larry Smith

Headmaster

語法選擇

In China, almost everyone knows Ma Yun. Ma Yun became one of _____ men in China when his company Alibaba went on the stock（股票）market with a value of 140 billion. It ___ so amazing, doesn't it? Here are some stories about him on the way_____.

Ma made his _____ trip to the US in 1995 and used the Internet for the first time. After searching _______ "beer", he saw that no results _______ up about China. Then he tired "China" and still no results. He decided _____ a Chinese website-the seed for Alibaba was sown（播種）.

Ma said he_____ many times in his life. He failed the College Entrance Examination in China three times and _____ companies offered him jobs, including one at KFC. And the famous Harvard University refused him 10 times.

______ English well was difficult when Ma was a teenager because of limited（有限的） resources. However, he found ______ English well by giving tourists free guides around his hometown Hangzhou. And he kept it for nine years. Ma said tourists opened up a new world for him ______ it is hard for him sometimes.

Ma's hero is Forest Gump ______ never gives up. When he made a speech on his success ______ his career Davos at（達(dá)沃斯論壇）in 2015. Ma said, "Life is like a box of chocolates because you never know what you are going to get." Do as Ma does, never give ______ and you will be successful one day.

1.A.rich B.the richest C.richest D.richer

2.A.tasted B.sounded C.tastes D.sounds

3.A.succeeding B.succeeded C.to success D.successful

4.A.the first B.first C.one D.the one

5.A.for B.to C.of D.at

6.A.to come B.comes C.come D.came

7.A.to setting up B.set up C.to set up D.setting up

8.A.refuse B.refused C.was refused D.refusing

9.A.few B.a few C.a little D.little

10.A.Learn B.To learn C.Learned D.to learning

11.A.if he could learn B.could he learn C.that could he learn D.that he could learn

12.A.why B.how C.although D.when

13.A.who B.whom C.when D.which

14.A.at B.in C.on D.with

15.A.for B.to C.back D.up

Mark and his brother Jamie rang their neighbour Mrs. gray's doorbell.

"Hi, Mrs. gray,”said Mark when she opened the door. "Would you like us to shovel（鏟除）the _____in your yard?”

Shoveling the snow was Jamie's idea, a way to make enough _____ for a new video game. Mrs. gray put her hand on her heart. "That would be wonderful, boys. The work is too much for me."

"It will cost 10 dollars,”Jamie said.

"Oh dear,”Mrs. gray was a little disappointed. "I haven't been able to get to the bank. I can _____ home-made cookies, but I guess that's not what you had in mind. ”

Mark was going to say that Mrs. gray could pay them _____ time, but Jamie cut him off.

It still snowed _____. As they walked_____ the snow out of her yard. Mark suddenly thought of how she helped him last summer. She didn't look like a strong person, but_____ a big black dog had boxed him in a corner, her door flew open. She ran to him and stood between him and the dog. She ______ to hurry it away.

"It was nothing. Good _____ watch out for each other, don't they?”she said when Mark's parents thanked her.

And now Mrs. Gray needed Mark as much as he'd needed her last summer. Mark smiled and began to shovel the snow. Jamie got surprised and______”What are you doing? It will take you all day. No money!"

Mark explained, "Nobody will pay us if we only do things for money."

1.A.water B.snow C.leaves D.mud

2.A.things B.cookies C.machines D.money

3.A.keep B.buy C.offer D.eat

4.A.another B.last C.one D.second

5.A.easily B.simply C.heavily D.quickly

6.A.through B.near C.around D.across

7.A.if B.unless C.although D.when

8.A.talked B.spoke C.shouted D.sang

9.A.families B.neighbours C.classmate's D.parents

10.A.patient B.embarrassed C.scared D.angry

My parents seldom encouraged me to ask for help, so I trained myself to become as independent as possible. I thought if I asked for help, I would be a problem to other people.

A few years ago, I was on a trip. In order to save money, I planned to stay in a stranger's house by couch surfing（沙發(fā)客）. When I arrived in the host's city, it was rainy.

My host was very friendly. She invited me to go on a walk with her around her city. At that time, I didn't even have the right shoes for the bad weather. I wanted to ask her whether she had any shoes for me. But I didn't want to trouble her. Finally, I said nothing.

It was really cold outside, and the heavy rain made my shoes wet. When we got home three hours later, I had lost all feeling in my feet.

That was all because I wouldn't ask. I wouldn't ask a simple thing like, "Hey, could you find a pair of good shoes for me?”

From that day, I tried hard to get through my fear of asking. It has taken me a long time. From my experiences, I've discovered that people are always happy to offer help. What's more, I have finally realized that asking isn't a sign of weakness（脆弱）. Asking gives you the opportunity to discover the kindness of others.

So ask. The worst that can happen is a "no". The best that can happen is an experience you'll never forget.

1.What was the weather like when the writer was on a trip?

A.Cloudy. B.Sunny. C.Windy. D.Rainy.

2.Why did the writer say nothing in the end?

A.The host didn't have any good shoes for him. B.The writer didn't want to trouble the host.

C.The host was not friendly enough. D.The writer didn't want to be independent any more.

3.From the passage we can learn that the writer＿.

A.learned a lesson from the trip B.got some good shoes in the end

C.spent six hours visiting the city with the host D.got through his fear of asking quite quickly

4.The underlined word（In Paragraph 6）"opportunity" means”＿”.

A.task B.chance C.excuse D.truth

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Being independent is always a good thing. B.Don't go outside on rainy and windy days.

C.Don't be afraid to ask for help if you are in trouble. D.Wear good shoes during your trips.

Walter Dean Myers, born on August 12, 1937, was an American writer of children's books.

He was known for young adult literature（文學(xué)）. He wrote more than 100 books, including picture books and non-fiction. "I care about writing for young people because I remember how much I needed help and guidance（指導(dǎo)）at that time in my life,”Myers said in his book.

Myers loved writing. He got up at five o'clock every morning. He worked at home in a small office that used to be his son's bedroom.

Myers would first write an outline（提綱）for every book. He called this prewriting. He imagined what the story would be and write down ideas in a notebook. To make sure there are enough actions and dialogue for a good story, he thought of 30 scenes. He wrote a short description of each scene in his notebook.

He also cut out pictures of real people and put them on his office walls. He looked at those pictures and came up with ideas. Once he knew what the story would be and who the characters were, he began to write the book. He wrote five pages a day on his computer.

Myers usually worked on three books at a time. When he was not prewriting or writing a book, he might be rewriting something he had already completed. Then he would send the story to his agent（經(jīng)紀(jì)人）. He or she made suggestions for the story. After these final changes were made, the book was published and made its way to bookstores and libraries.

By that time, Myers would begin to write his next book. "I want to do the best that I can do with my writing,”said Myers.

1.From the first paragraph, we know Myers＿·

A.was born in 1973 B.was famous as a writer

C.was born in Britain D.didn't write non-fiction books

2.The underlined word（in Paragraph 3）"this" refers to .

A.imagining a story B.describing a scene

C.writing down the idea D.making an outline

3. helped Myers get ideas for the characters.

A.Children's books B.Other people' books

C.His friends and family D.Pictures of real people

4.Before his books appeared in bookstores and libraries, Myers did many things. The correct order is _____________.

①writing② making them be published ③ prewriting④making changes

⑤sending stories to the agent

A.③①④②⑤ B.③④①②⑤ C.③①⑤④② D.③④⑤①②

5.The passage is mainly about ·

A.how Myers wrote his books B.the life story of Myers

C.the main characters in Myers'books D.what Myers was famous for