Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes (雪花) falling. Ever wanted to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands.

Well, this isn’t just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too. In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books. But he was interested in his mother’s microscope (顯微鏡). When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes.

Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years, young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶體) under his microscope. The boy thought they were beautiful enough for him to start to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all.

How could he keep their beauty all the time? Bentley thought of buying a camera.

The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.

But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later.

For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became famous as “Snowflake” Bentley.

1. The best title for this passage is .

A. Snowflake Photos B. Snowflake Boy

C. Long and Hard Winters D. Teenage Photographer (攝影師)

2. We can tell from the story that Bentley’s father was .

A. a farmer B. a funny man C. a writer D. a school teacher

3. Which of the following statements about Bentley is TRUE?

A. He didn’t get any kind of education as a child.

B. He was born into a rich family.

C. He was crazy about the beauty of snowflakes.

D. He was the only person to take photos of snowflakes.

4. The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers to (指的是)“ ”.

A. water drops B. rain drops C. flowers D. snowflakes

根據(jù)句意，用括號(hào)中所給詞的正確形式填空，每空一詞。

1. It’s a bit cold in winter in Jurong. The (low) temperature is 4℃ below zero.

2. In spring, sometimes it is (shower), but sometimes there is bright sunshine.

3. Thousands of (science) think the weather led to the disappearance of dinosaurs.

4. —What happened to the boys?

—The flood washed (they) away and they lost their lives.

5. If smoking is really as (bad) as doctors say, it’s time for smokers to try not to smoke.

根據(jù)句意及漢語提示，寫出各單詞的正確形式，每空一詞。

1. Ladies and gentlemen, first I’ll (介紹) myself to all of you.

2. Kitty didn’t get on well with her friends. At her birthday party, (沒有人) of them came.

3.My best friend Jimmy made a (突然) decision and it made everyone feel surprised.

4.It is very difficult for such young children to (清除) the deep snow in the school.

5.With the development of the (社會(huì)), more and more people live a happier life.

根據(jù)句意，用括號(hào)中所給動(dòng)詞的正確形式填空，詞數(shù)不限。

1. —Who (mop) the floor at this time yesterday? —My mother.

2. My mother often told me (not throw) rubbish everywhere when I was young.

3.The price of the Renminbi (RMB) yuan against the U.S. dollar used to keep (rise).

4. Daniel always (have) pity on those people who lose their families in disasters.

5. I hope our school (provide) us students with a better environment next term.

What are hurricanes?

You may already know that hurricanes are storms. They can cause

terrible waves, winds, and rains. They happen during “Hurricane

Season,” which is from June 1st until November 30th in the Atlantic

Ocean and from May 15th until November 30th in the Pacific Ocean.

Kinds of Hurricanes

There are five kinds of hurricanes. it helps people know a hurricane is so bad because the greater the wind speed is, the more dangerous the storm is. For example, a kind of hurricane has winds over 155 miles per hour, which are strong enough to break the buildings along the seaside completely.

Hurricane Dangers

When a hurricane happens together with heavy rain, there can be a terrible flood. The centre of a hurricane is called the eye. While most of a hurricane has dangerous strong winds, when the eye is a calm area in the storm in fact. When the eye of a hurricane passes over land, people might think that it's over, but before long the wind and rain increase again as the second part of the hurricane moves through.

Hurricane Safety Tips

There is no way to stop a hurricane or make it change direction, so if you ever find yourself in the path of a hurricane, be sure to remember the following safety tips.

● Be sure you have a radio, fresh drinking water, and enough food.

● Tell neighbors, friends, and family members your emergency plans. Tell them where you'll go if you need to leave your home.

● Stay inside during the storm. You could be badly hurt if you go outside.

Ma Yun, Chairperson of the company Alibaba, becomes one of the richest men in China. Here are some stories about him on the w 1. to success.

Ma made his first trip to the US in 1995 and used the Internet for the first time. After s 2. for “beer”, he saw that no answers came up about China. Then he looked for “China” and still saw no answers. So he d 3. to set up (創(chuàng)建) a Chinese website.

Ma said he was refused (拒絕) many times in his life. In the beginning, he f 4. the College Entrance Examination (高考) in China three times and f 5. companies offered him jobs, even one at KFC.

It was difficult to learn English when Ma was a teenager b 6. of limited resources(有限的資源). However, he found that he could learn English well by giving tourists free guides a 7. his hometown. Ma said that t 8. opened up a new world for him because what they said and did was so different from what he learned at school and at home.

Ma’s h 9. is a person named Forest Gump who never gives up (放棄). W 10. he made a speech about his success at Davos (達(dá)沃斯論壇), Ma said, “Life is like a box of chocolates because you never know what you are going to get”.

近年來，很多地區(qū)出現(xiàn)了不同程度的霧霾（smog）天氣，給我們的學(xué)習(xí)、工作和生活帶來一定的影響。假如你是李明，請根據(jù)表格內(nèi)所給信息給環(huán)保俱樂部（Environment Club）王主席寫一封申請信，希望能成為該俱樂部的志愿者（volunteer）, 為環(huán)境保護(hù)盡一份責(zé)任。

要求：

1. 文中不得使用真實(shí)姓名和校名；

2. 段落清楚，中心突出，意思連貫，書寫規(guī)范；

3. 申請信的內(nèi)容必須包含以上信息，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；

4. 詞數(shù)不少于80詞。開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

Dear Mr Wang，

Heavy smog hit some areas of our country. It has had a bad effect on our study, work and life.

Yours faithfully,

Li Ming