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A) 根据短文内容，填写下列表格,答案不超过4个单词。
A predator kills and eats other animals as prey （猎物）. Sometimes it also becomes food for other predators. Polar bears are the largest of all the land predators. They can run across snow and swim in icy water for hours without rest. Their favourite food is seal. Not all big animals live on small animals. Hippos have heavy bodies and huge mouths. But they don’t eat animals. They just eat grass.
Some predators use speed to catch their prey. Cheetahs are the fastest animals on land. They can run up to 70 km an hour. Other predators use their senses to find their food. Sharks can see, smell, hear, feel and taste. They can also sense electrical currents（电流）from other animals’ bodies. Some fish try to hide themselves, but with this sixth sense, sharks can always find them. Sharks have smooth bodies. This helps them swim without using lots of energy. They need to save their energy because they never really sleep and never stop hunting. Flying is a useful skill for many predators in the sky. The butcher bird is the most interesting predator. It has a special way of eating its prey. First it kills its prey. Then it hangs it on a fence or in a tree, just like a butcher hangs meat in his shop. Finally, it eats its prey.
Some people hunt and kill more animals than any other predator. They not only hunt for food. They also hunt for fun. They kill sharks for their fins, and tigers for their skins. Those human hunters are the worst predators on Earth. Animals Predator not (Yes or No) Shark Butcher bird Hippo People Yes Yes 62. Yes Sharks have 63. to find their food. Their smooth bodies help them swim without 64. . A butcher bird usually 65.________ first and hangs it on a fence or in a tree. Then it begins to eat it. Hippos usually have heavy bodies and huge mouths. They eat grass. People kill more animals than any other predator. The human hunters are 66. predators on Earth. （2）
A) 阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容，在文章后第62—71小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为62—71的相应位置上。 注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to develop their interests in many subjects. Open education asks students to be responsible for their own education. The open classroom may help them to enjoy learning. Some students will be happier in an open education school. They will not have to worry about grades or
or Main characteristics rules.
But many students may not do well in an open classroom. For some students, if there are too few rules, they will do little in school. They will not make good use of open education. Because open education is so different from traditional education, these students may have a problem of getting used to making so many choices. For many students it is important to have some rules in the classroom. A few rules will help them. The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers do not like it. Many teachers do not believe in open education.
You now know what open education is. Some of its good points and bad points have been explained. You may have your own opinion about open education. The writer thinks that open education is only a good idea. It may not work very well in a real class or school. The writer believes that most students, but of course not all students, want and need to have some rules. They must be made to study some subjects. Many students are pleased to find subjects that they have to study interesting. They would not study those subjects if they did not have to.
Open Education Definition（概念） Open education is a way of teaching which allows students to learn what they are
62 in without many rules. Advantages Open education makes students realize they are learning for 63 _, not for others. In open classrooms, many students don’t need to be 64 about grades or rules. Some students find 65 happiness in open classrooms than in traditional classrooms. 66 Many students cannot prove themselves as 67 in open classrooms as in traditional classrooms. There are so many 68 for students to make that they can’t use open education properly. Some teachers are not in support of such way of teaching. The writer’s 69 about open education
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A) 根据短文内容，填写下列表格，每空不超过4个词。
Have you ever been so worried about something that you have a headache or even can’t sleep at night? Then you cannot pay enough attention during a test or in your study. If so, then you know that is stress. You are worried too much about something. The bad feeling in your mind can make you angry, sad, or scared, and can even give you a stomachache or a headache.
However, some kind of stress is good. Excitement might happen when you are called to give a speech at school. You feel nervous but excited. This kind of stress can help you to get things well done. And you may do a better job in your test if the stress pushes you to prepare more
Open education is just a good idea, but in a real class or school it is 70 so good. Some students would not study some subjects 71 they have to. beforehand.
On the other hand, bad stress can last long if you are unable to come over your problems. You may not feel well, if your parents are having a quarrel, if a family member is badly ill, if you’re doing poorly at school, or if anything else makes you unhappy. That kind of stress isn’t going to help you. And it can actually let you do worse in your daily life.
The best way to fight the stress is to have a balanced life. Make sure you get enough sleep and eat properly. Have some regular exercise. You should take some time for fun. Get advice from your parents, teachers and friends. Soon after that, you’ll probably get away with your stress. Title: Face the stress Meaning of stress Possible effect Stress is a feeling if you 62 about something that you cannot solve. You may 63 in your mind and body. Good Different kinds Bad stress stress •You might feel excited when you speak in public. •You will do the job well. •It makes you 64 before doing an important job. Stress can last long if you are unable to come over your problems. It can actually let you 65 in your daily life. How to keep stress away Keep 63 in mind. They are sleep, food, exercise, time for fun and talk with others. （4）
A) 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后第62～71小题的空格里填入适当的单词，并将答案写在答卷纸相应的横线上。
注意：每空不超过2个单词。
It is December thirty-first, 2010, the time when the old year goes and the New Year is coming. Many Americans have parties at home and invite all their friends. Many of these events are noisy. People shout and sing. They often blow on small noisemakers when the New Year arrives at midnight. They kiss their husband or wife or the persons they are with. They dance to music. Other Americans spend a quiet evening at home. They drink champagne (香槟酒) at midnight to welcome the New Year.
Some people drink too much alcohol (酒) at New Year’s Eve celebrations. This can lead to terrible results if a person drinks too much and then drives a car. The National Safety Council (委员会) says hundreds of people die in road accidents during the holiday.
These years, people begin to realize the danger of accidents and start a new activity called the “designated driver”. One person among a group of friends drinks little or no alcohol during New Year’s Eve celebrations. Then this designated driver can safely drive the other people home. Many American cities also offer free service on New Year’s Eve to take people home safely.
Other Americans celebrate the coming of the New Year at events without alcohol. More than
220 American cities hold these First Night celebrations. Artists in Boston, Massachusetts started the tradition of First Night celebrations in theatres or museums in 1976. They wanted to celebrate the coming of the New Year. But they did not want to hold noisy drinking parties. So they organized music, art and other events to celebrate the holiday.
How Americans celebrate New Year’s Day
Ways to celebrate 62___ Celebrations with alcohol At home Drinking parties with 64 Activities Making very 65 noises Kissing each other Dancing to music Main problems Many accidents on the road 68 drink-and-drive Making arrangements for some Ways of 69 the people not to 70 . So they can drive others home safely 71 free taxi service to take people home safely （5）
A）阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，按要求完成任务。
When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. When you read, you can not only learn some new words, but also you can learn how to use these English words. When you read, it gives you a good example for writing. Good reading tips.
Try to read at the right level. Read something that you can (more or less) understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting.
Try to increase your vocabulary. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them down in your notebook. But you don’t have to write them down while you read. Instead, try to guess their meanings as you read, mark them with a pen. Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them down in your own vocabulary book. Then try to remember them.
Try to read regularly. For example, read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read and keep to it. You could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up or at lunchtime.
Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like, because you are going to spend time and money reading it. So, choose an interesting book. You can also read newspapers. There are many English newspapers in China. For example, 21st Century Teens. It is easy enough for you to understand. There is something interesting in it as well.
Celebrations without alcohol At theatres or 63 Organizing 66 or 67 events problems 62. How many reading tips does the writer give us according to the passage? ___________________________________________________________ 63. Reading isn’t interesting if you stop every three words to use a dictionary, is it? ___________________________________________________________ 64. What does the word “Fix” mean in Chinese according to the passage?
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65. What should you do if you meet a few new words while reading？Arrange them in the correct order: __________ __________ __________ __________
A. look them up in a dictionary B. remember them
C. try to guess their meanings and mark them with a pen D. write them down in your own vocabulary books 66. Give the best title of the passage.（不超过5个词）
_____________________________________________________________ B）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
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Firefighters or firemen play an important role in our daily life. In some places, firefighters use watchtowers to look for smoke and fires, although they get a fire report by telephone. A high tower is still very u 67 for watching and guarding a place. Fire fighters also make it a place for practice. They learn how to p 68 out fires from burning buildings. They try to c 69 up the outside of the tower as fast as possible. They carry water hoses up to the fire. They practise carrying imaginable victims down f 70 high ladders.
There are reasons that firefighters are called for help. Maybe a building or a forest is o 71 fire. A train accident happens and people are t 72 inside. Still, people need to be rescued from floods or an earthquake. Whenever there is an emergency situation, they can be seen f 73 there.
Being a fire fighter needs a lot of t 74 . In the first place, firefighters should know how to educate the community （社区） by visiting schools, community centres and people in their own homes to p 75 fire and accidents from starting. They have to learn how to deal with different dangerous situations. Above all, it’s necessary for firefighters to exercise every day to be h 76 and strong.
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Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had a dream. The couple worked and saved, making years before they saved enough money and got everything r_____73____ for the trip.
The whole family was excited about their new life. However, seven days b 74 they left for the USA, the youngest son was bitten（咬）by a dog. The doctor treated the boy, b 75 because there was a possibility of rabies（狂犬病）, they would be kept away from others for fourteen days.
p____72____ for their nine children and themselves to travel to the USA. It had taken
The family’s dream could not come t 76 . They would not be able to make the trip to America as they had planned. Watching the ship leave---without the Clark family, the father was quite a 77 with both his son and God for their bad luck.
Five days later, a piece of sad news s__78_____ throughout Scotland---the strong and powerful ship, Titanic, had gone down, taking h 79 of lives with it. The Clark family was to have been on that ship, but because the son was bitten by a dog, they were left b 80 in Scotland. When Mr Clark heard the news, he thanked his son for saving the family. He thanked the God for t 81 a sad thing into a good one.
Although we may not always understand, all things happen for a reason.
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Look at the picture of Stonehenge to your left. Stonehenge is a group of very large, tall
stones that are p 67 into a large circle with a smaller circle inside it. For centuries, they have stood alone on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England.
There are probably lots of q 68 for us to ask about Stonehenge. W 69 built the monument （历史遗迹）? Where did the stones come from? How m 70 did the stones weigh? How were the stones carried there? What technology（技术） was available to help the ancient builders?
F 71 of all, one of the most popular beliefs was that Stonehenge was built by the Druids b 72 3100 B C and 1100 BC. Also, it seems to have been built for telling when four seasons in a y 73 were divided by watching the sunlight. Third, how was Stonehenge built? The Bluestones, 4,000 kilograms each, came from over 240 miles a 74 . They had to be c 75 by ship first, then across the land. The heaviest stone there w 76 up to 50,000 kilograms and had to be moved along by over 500 people. It was really hard work before the invention of the wheels!
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Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark. Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark u 72 someone opened the gate. As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband s 73 weeks training him to press his paw on the latch (门闩) to let himself in. Rex soon became good at o 74 the gate.
H 75 , when I was going out shopping last week, I n 76 him in the garden near the gate. This time he was barking so that someone would let him o 77 ! Since then, he has developed another bad h 78 . As soon as he opens the gate from the outside, he comes i 79 the garden and waits until the gate shuts. Then he sits and barks until someone lets him out. After this he immediately lets himself in and begins barking a 80 . Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so a 81 that he disappeared. Since then, we have not seen him.
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Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22nd was World Water Day and had the theme “Water for Life”.
There are more than one billion people in the world who live w 67 safe drinking water. The United Nations h 68 to cut this number in half by 2015.
Solving s 69 a big problem seems like an unreal challenge（挑战）. But e 70 ，even teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the U.S. has set an example to others of her age around the world.
Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work collecting waste batteries which p___71______ water.
In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There, she saw an exhibition about how chemicals（化学物质）in old batteries h____72 the water of Lake Erie.
Haggerty learnt that recycling the batteries was an easy way to solve the problem. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone u 73 batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began her action in her area.
She talked to the government and school. She got permission to start a recycling programmme in the school as well as the public libraries, hospitals and churches. With the help from her family, friends and l___74____ officers, she gathered, transported and made an educational video. Over the past two years, she collected four tons（吨）of batteries.
When she was asked if she felt like that she was a hero, Haggerty was q___75___ modest. “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”
Every year the Gloria Barron Prize honours young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have organized and led a service activity that has clearly done good to other people. Each year, ten w____76_____ will receives U.S. $2000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.
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Have you had a headache during a test? Have you ever been so worried about something t _72_ you have a headache or even can’t sleep at night? If s___73____, then you know what stress is. Stress is what you f____74____ when you are worried about something. This worry in your mind can make your body feel bad. You may feel angry, sad, scared, or afraid. All of them can give you a stomach or a headache.
However, there are different kinds of stress. Some kinds of stress are good and o___75____ are bad. Good stress might happen when you are called to answer questions in class. This kind of stress can help you get things better done. For e_____76______, you may do a better job on your test if the stress pushes you to p_______77______ better before the test.
On the other hand, bad stress can happen if the stress l____78_____ too long. You may not feel well if your parents are fighting, if a family m_____79_____ is sick, and if you are having problems at school, or anything else makes you unhappy every day. That kind of stress isn’t going to help you. And it can actually make you sick.
The best way to fight stress is to have a balanced life. Make s_____80____ you keep your SELF in mind: Sleep, Exercise, Leisure(休闲),and Food. If you get e____81_______ sleep and eat properly, and if you exercise and leave time for fun, you’ll probably feel less stressed.
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A famous foreign company in China wanted a clerk for its public relation department(公关部). A beautiful girl with a master’s degree(硕士学位) went through a lot of challenges and her name was o 67 the list. In the final stage she had an i 68 together with another girl. B 69 of them were excellent, not only in looks but also in education.
The girl was s 70 in the interview. It seemed that she would get the c 71 . At last the examiner asked her, “Can you come to the office n 72 Monday?” Shocked by the unexpected question, the beautiful girl couldn’t make a d 73 at the moment, so she said, “ I have to talk with my parents before I give an answer. “ The examiner felt surprised but said calmly, “ If so, let’s wait u 74 you are ready.”
The next day, the girl came to tell the examiner that her parents had a 75 to let her begin work next Monday. But the examine said regretfully(遗憾地), “Sorry, another suitable candidate(候选人) has got the job. You had b 76 try another place.” The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation and was told, “What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind.”
That was how a good chance right under the nose of a beautiful girl ran away.
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Different countries and different people have different manners. We must find out their customs, so that they will not think us ill-mannered. Here are examples of the things that a well-educated person does o 72 does not do.
If you visit a Chinese family, you should knock at the door f 73 . When the door opens, you will not move before the host s 74 , “Come in, please.” After you enter the room, you should not sit down u 75 the host asks you to take a seat. When a cup of tea is put on a tea table before you or s 76 to your hand, you will say, “Thank you.” And receive it with two
h 77 , or they will think you are ill-mannered. Before e 78 a house in Japan, it is good to take off your shoes. In European(欧洲的) counties, even though shoes sometimes become very d 79 , this is not done. In a Malay(马来西亚的) house, a guest never finishes food on the table. He always l 80 a little to show that he has had enough. In England, a guest always finishes a drink or the food to show that he has enjoyed it. This will make the host, e 81 the hostess pleased. So it’s interesting and useful to understand the manners.
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