April will bring a new product – the Apple Watch – into the market. Last week, the watch was firstly introduced by Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. The price of the watch will differ from $349 to $1,099, depending on its size, strap and whether it is a sports or regular version.

Apple engineers and designers have put in a lot of thought and hard work into creating this "small screen" on your wrist(手腕). The "sensor" on the screen not only detects your finger, but knows the difference between when you are tapping, and when you are pressing harder.

The watch also has “haptic feedback(觸覺反饋)”. You can send personal messages to your friend - such as drawing a star or a special sign with your fingers, or tapping the watch, say 3 times, and your friend will receive those taps on their wrist.

Besides telling the time, the watch will use 'bluetooth' to connect with your iPhone and show calls or text messages that come in.

According to Tim Cook, the watch may open up a whole new area of applications that we had never thought of. Some car factories like BMW have developed an app that allows its car owners to open their cars with the watch. A 'Hotels' app may allow you to open the door to your hotel room without worrying about losing the smart-card. And finally, even airlines are jumping in - passengers may be able to simply wave their wrist to check into their flight.

The biggest use of the watch, however, is as your personal fitness coach. The watch can measure your pulse (heartbeat) using a sensor at the bottom of the watch. It also has the same "accelerometer" as your iPhone, so it knows when you are moving, and also how much you are walking or running. It will remind you if you have been sitting for too long without much activity.

Many stores are planning to stop selling the Nike, Jawbone and FitBit devices(設備) to welcome the Apple Watch. Will Apple Watch really replace these devices and make fitness much more fun?

1.We can learn from the passage that the Apple Watch ________.

A. is designed by Tim Cook

B. was brought into the market last week

C. sells at different prices for different colours

D. will come into the market this coming April

2. With apple watch, you can ________.

A. develop your own personal app

B. connect your iphone with your ipad

C. receive personal messages from your friends’ iphone

D. send personal messages to your friends’ apple watches

3. Many businesses help push for the uses of apple watch EXCEPT ________.

A. hospitals B. hotels

C. airlines D. car factories

4.Many stores are planning to stop selling FitBit devices because ________.

A. all of the devices are sold out

B. they cannot make fitness fun

C. they want to welcome the Apple Watch

D. Apple Watch can replace FitBit devices completely

As Keira climbed into bed, she thought about tomorrow’s field trip. Her class was going to a presentation by a West African traditional storyteller. Keira was excited because she was of West African descent. Her great-grandmother had come to the United States from Senegal, a country in West Africa. Until now, Keira hadn’t thought much about her roots(根源).

Early the next morning, Keira looked everywhere for something to show her West African roots. She dug through every drawer, but she couldn’t find anything that really stood out. Finally, she put on a white shirt and jeans. Although she wore ordinary clothes, she hoped that her interest in her West African roots would not go unnoticed.

At the community center, Keira was lucky enough to get a front-row seat. The first speaker talked about African writers and how they often use traditional stories with traditional characters, such as the Tortoise and the Spider. The speaker mentioned writers her mother and grandmother liked! Also, Tortoise was a favorite character in Keira’s bedtime stories. Finally, the speaker mentioned Doudou N’Diaye Rose. He was Keira’s favorite drummer. He was from Senegal. She began to realise just how much her West African roots influenced her American life.

Finally, the storyteller came up. He told a story that explained how the chameleon, a small lizard(蜥蜴), changed its colors. Then he introduced the Spider and Tortoise. It was known that they appeared to be generous but in fact they wanted to keep everything for themselves. Some of the stories made these characters seem poor as they fought for every last piece. However, they were simply naughty(調(diào)皮的). They certainly did learn their lessons!

Keira couldn’t keep her mind from thinking about all the different stories her mother had told. Her memory was pouring out again! She knew about everything the storyteller said.

After the presentation, the class talked to the storyteller. Keira told about how her great-grandmother had moved to the United States from Senegal. Her great-grandmother left her village because of a famine, a time of hunger. She had explained to Keira’s grandmother that the villagers spent days begging for food. Her great-grandmother finally came to the United States. Keira told the storyteller about those of her bedtime stories.

When Keira was finished, the storyteller pointed out that she had just done his job. She had described her family and the stories they told. Keira could hardly wait to tell her mother and grandmother the news!

1. Keria was ________ about the presentation on the evening of the day before.

A. nervous B. excited

C. surprised D. unhappy

2.Keria wore ordinary clothes that day because ________.

A. the clothes made her stand out

B. they were her favourite clothes

C. she didn’t find anything with West African roots

D. she didn’t want to show others her West African roots

3. ________ was a favourite character in Keria’s West African traditional stories.

A. Tortoise B. Spider

C. Lizard D. Chamelon

4.The underlined word “famine” in Paragraph 5 most probably means a time short of ________.

A. money B. food C. water D. job

5. From the passage, we can learn ________.

A. culture can’t go without certain kinds of clothes

B. one can’t find his roots without going to his own country

C. culture not only appears in something material like clothes

D. culture will die soon after you live far away from your place

根據(jù)句子意思，用括號中所給單詞的適當形式填空，并將答案填寫在答題卡標號為46—50的相應位置上。

1.His poor eyesight made him (able) to see the words on the blackboard clearly.

2.The overseas Chinese in Yemen got (excite) when they saw Chinese soldiers come to their help.

3.It’s not proper (push) in while others are all waiting for their turn.

4.Without (work) hard, no one can achieve great success in his life.

5.My mother is already in her ( forty), but she is still dreaming to go to university.

Do you understand “OMG” when you receive a piece of text message like this? Its meaning is “oh my god”. Have you seen Brb (be right back), gr8 (great), cya (see you)–it’s a lot easier to use abbreviations (縮寫) when we text, isn’t it? But while we might think nothing of it, there’s an ongoing discussion that text messaging can have a bad influence on people’s grammar. Many believe the abbreviations are giving students bad habits when it comes to spelling and punctuation (標點).

Some teachers say that texting and social networking cause students to be lazy when writing. A study showed that young adults who often use text messaging find it rather difficult to turn back to correct grammar when needed.

But another view is that text messaging has no influence at all. Many people consider it to be a language of its own. We could compare it to a foreign language which students learn. This doesn’t have any influence on their native language.

Whether it’s bad or not, it seems that text language is becoming very popular. According to another study, 64 percent of teens said they used informal (非正式的) “text language” in their writing.

But it’s not just a matter of language. Students who text a lot during class may have difficulty paying attention. In another study, students were asked to complete a questionnaire on how many text messages they sent and received during class. On average, students sent more than two text messages during classes lasting 50 to 75 minutes. The study showed that students who often text during classes can’t easily keep their attention on the lesson, which will surely harm their learning.

Chen Min, a kung fu star in Latin America, is trying to blend more Chinese kung fu and culture into Disney XD's coming TV show "Jungle Nest."

Chen has practiced kung fu for 25 years. She t 1. the martial art (武術(shù)) in Argentina at present. She has become a w 2. kung fu star all over the world because of her appearances in many TV shows. Some fans even c 3. her the "female Bruce Lee."

Born in China's eastern Zhejiang province, she started her career a 4. a professional martial arts athlete when she decided to learn kung fu at 5. T 5. her parents wanted her to take up Ping-Pong or swimming, she didn’t give in.

With hard w 6. and gift, Chen soon proved her excellence and joined the national team. She won many awards, i 7. a gold medal at the East Asian Games.

In 2007, Chen retired and went to South America to realize her d 8. of spreading Chinese kung fu and culture. She opened a kung fu school in Buenos Aires in February 2008 and only one student showed up on the opening of the school. H 9. , she did not give up. Now the school has more than 900 students.

"In some ways, Chinese kung fu represents Chinese t 10. culture behind it," said Chen.

She believes kung fu is more of a Chinese spirit and way of life.

書面表達 (滿分15分)

南京公益基金會(Nanjing C Foundation) 主要幫助社區(qū)老人、貧困學子、貧困小學圖書館等。為了幫助更多的人加入義工隊伍，該組織擬舉辦公益人才培訓班（Voluntary Worker Course)。

假設你是Sam,南京中學(Nanjing School)的一名初三學生，打算參加本期課程的學習。

請根據(jù)以上內(nèi)容，用英語寫一封申請函信，申請加入本期的培訓課程。郵件內(nèi)容必須包括：

1.你能參加公益活動的時間； 2.你參加公益活動的原因；3.你能勝任什么類型的活動。

注意：

1．文中不得出現(xiàn)你的真實姓名和學校名稱；

2．語言通順，意思連貫，條理清楚，書寫規(guī)范；

3．詞數(shù)80左右，文章的開頭已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

Dear Chairperson,

I would like to join Nanjing C Foundation to be a voluntary worker.

I will be very happy if I can be a member of you. You can email me at Sam@Nanjing School.com.

Yours sincerely,

Sam

--- _______? --- I have a cold and I don’t want to eat anything.

A．How are you B．What can I do for you

C．What’s the matter with you D．How do you like it

I had a bad cold. The doctor asked me ______ in bed for a good rest.

A．staying B．stays C．stay D．to stay

Uncle John promised to buy me ______ MP4 as my birthday present.

A．a(chǎn) B．the C．/ D．a(chǎn)n

Li Ming , I have some good news you.

A．to telling B．to tell C．tell D．telling