A dog can’t speak words, but it can “talk”. It has feelings just as you do. At times it may feel angry or afraid. Watch a dog closely. You can see what it is trying to tell you. When you are afraid, you may look down shyly. A fearful dog looks away from you. It may run away too. When you are angry with people, you stare at them and press your lips together. An angry dog also stares. Sometimes the hair along its back stands up.

Do you feel guilty when you have done something you shouldn’t? Dogs can feel guilty, too. At times when I come home, my dog gives me a guilty look. Then I know he’s done something wrong.

Dogs need love and attention. Some dogs are very unhappy when they are left alone for a long time. Some dogs even snap(撕咬) if they don’t get enough attention.

You may have a dog or you may know a dog. Treat it well if you want to have fun with it. Play with it. Take it for a walk. Don’t order it round too much. Try not to punish it one time and not the next for doing the same thing. Always remember, a dog has needs and feelings just as you do. Talk to a dog, it’ll talk to you, too.

1.If a dog snaps at things, it is because it may ______.

A. feel lonely B. feel shy

C. be fearful D. be disappointed

2.You can tell that a dog has done something bad when _________.

A. its hair stands up

B. it runs away from you

C. it has a guilty expression

D. its lips are pressed together

3.Which of the following things does the writer advise you to do towards your dog?

A. Never punish the dog

B. Never leave the dog alone

C. Train the dog to take orders from you

D. Train it the way you want to be treated.

4.The underlined word “guilty” in the second paragraph most probably means _______.

A. happy B. sorry

C. frightened D. excited

短文改錯(cuò),假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)(Λ)，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(＼)劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2．只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起)不計(jì)分。

Dear Mary,

I receive your E-mail just now. Don’t worry about me. I’m get on well with my research work in the lab. But to my greatly surprise you say you will give up learn English. The reason is that you have not done well in it recently but you have lost interest. I’m afraid I can’t agree you. I know it is difficulty to learn English, but English is widely used in the world today. It will be an important tool in our future work. Beside, it is becoming more and more important in our everyday life. If you study hardly, you will succeed. Do remember that where there is a will, there is a way. I’ m looking forward to hearing a good news from you.

Yours,

Li Hua

Doing well in high school prepare students for life in college and beyond, so achieving student success is important. High school students learn valuable information form class lectures and homework, and by asking for help when it is needed. Being prepared for tests and engaging in school activities can help a student to achieve success in high school.

Complete any homework you are assigned on time. Then, if you need help understanding a concept you will have plenty of time to get help.

Create a study area in your home. This can be a quiet bench outside or a seating area in your room. If you like to listen to music while studying, listen to classical or reading music. Be sure to have plenty of lighting in the area to read your textbook or notes.

Keep a schedule. If you have extra-curricular activities like sports or school meetings, make sure to schedule your homework and study time around them. Keeping a schedule will allow you to get better grades while having fun in high school.

Eat breakfast. Having breakfast each morning before school will give you energy and brain function to pay better attention in class. Eat snacks during study sessions to keep alert（警惕的） and focused on your work.

Create a study group to help fellow high school students and get help if you need it. Studying with others will help reinforce concepts and information, and if you need help there will always be someone there to help you before you get behind in your studies.

Set up after-school hours with your teacher if you need extra tutoring（家教）. Visiting a teacher for one-on-one time before a test will help you nail down those last few concepts you need help with.

1.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Doing well in high school prepares students for life in college only.

B. Completing most of the homework on time will help a student to succeed.

C. The students shouldn’t listen to any music to create a quiet study area.

D. The study area should be bright enough for the students to read the textbook.

2.What will make it possible for the high school students to get better grades while having fun?

A. Creating a study area in their home.

B. Keeping a schedule and following it.

C. Eating breakfast every morning before school.

D. Finding a tutor to get one-on-one instruction.

3. How can the students help themselves before they fall behind in their studies?

A. Eat snacks during the study time to keep alert.

B. Create a study group to get help if you need it.

C. Make sure to have plenty of lighting in the study area.

D. Be prepared for the exam and engage in the school activity.

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A. How to Achieve Student Success in High School.

B. How to Make Full Preparations for the Exam.

C. Ways to Get Better Grades than Other Students.

D. Ways to Improve the Learning Efficiency.

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The story happened on a not heavy rainy day.

After class, I took a few bottles to go and ________ some water from the water room. Oh！There were so many people! I had to wait ________the rain. My hair didn’t get wet because I wore a hat, but my clothes ________ .

When at last it was my ________ ,I filled the bottles as quickly as possible. I beganmaking my way back when I saw a boy ________ towards me. He ________ two umbrellas

in his hand. He shouted hello and as he came ________ ,I recognized that it was XiaoBai.

He ________ my classmate for nearly three years but we never ________ more than ten sentences. He was silent but I like talking. We were quite ________ people and had nothing in common. I didn’t ________ him and even didn’t want to see him.

“Hey! What’s wrong?” His words ________ me out of my thought. “I saw you ________ in therain so I brought you this umbrella. But it seems a little ________ ,your clothes are already wet.”

On hearing this, I was so ________ that I couldn’t say a single word.

“Don’t just stand there. Let’s go!” He said and held the umbrella for me. We walked towards ________ and this time, we talk ________ .

“I know you don’t like me, but I want to ________ with you.” he said, “you may think I am silent, but it is because I can’t find the ________ to say.”

The rain finally stopped and we saw a rainbow in the blue sky. I said to myself, “It is wrong to ________someone only by his appearance.

1.A. collect B. drink C. carry D. hold

2.A. under B. in C. at D. on

3.A. did B. get C. was D. wet

4.A. wish B. duty C. job D. turn

5.A. come B. came C. coming D. comes

6.A. had held B. has held C. was holding D. holds

7.A. near B. nearly C. nearer D. nearest

8.A. has been B. had been C. is D. would be

9.A. shared B. talked C. spoke D. communicate

10.A. the same B. familiar C. strange D. different

11.A. hate B. ignore C. like D. get along

12.A. brought B. make C. get D. surprised

13.A. stood B. stand C. standing D. are standing

14.A. early B. frequent C. actually D. late

15.A. moving B. move C. moved D. moves

16.A. the classroom B. the park C. the playground. D. the bedroom

17.A. nothing B. little C. a lot D. something

18.A. make friends B. shake a hand C. make a friend D. have words

19.A. times B. right words C. silent place. D. umbrella

20.A. understand B. see C. judge D. Decide

書面表達(dá)

請(qǐng)根據(jù)下列內(nèi)容，以“How Wang Fang and I Became Good Friends”為題，用英語寫一篇短文。

1.王芳和我成為好朋友已經(jīng)三年了，她性格活潑，心地善良，樂于助人，學(xué)習(xí)也非常好。

2.我永遠(yuǎn)忘不了第一次見面時(shí)的情景。

3.她對(duì)我很好，但在學(xué)習(xí)上對(duì)我很嚴(yán)格。

4.盡管我們有時(shí)吵架，但不久就和解了。她永遠(yuǎn)是我的好朋友。

注意：1.不要逐字翻譯，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮。

2. 詞數(shù)：120左右

Climate change, global warming, the greenhouse effect … these days nobody denies that there is something strange and worrying happening to the atmosphere. Scientists are puzzled by the rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. They are afraid that the world may be a short way from what they refer to as uncontrolled global warming.

At Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, meteorologists(氣象專家) have been carefully monitoring the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere for the past 50 years. Until recently, there has been a gradual increase of around 1.5 parts per million (ppm). In 2013 the figure rose to 2.08 ppm and in the following year they registered an increase of 2.54 ppm.

.Climate analysts feel that it istoo soon to draw conclusions about the phenomenon although the public are concerned that the carbon dioxide emissions are getting out of control. Jason Samenow, the chief meteorologist in the American National Weather Service,thinks that instead of having decades to find a solution to the problem, people might have only a few years. He believes that the Earth’s natural systems for absorbing the gas are breaking down resulting in the uncontrolled green house effect. He insists that this is something that could happen if the Earth’stemperatures rose to such a degree that it was unable to contain the heat. .

One interesting aspect of this climate change ng down resulting in the uncontrolled greenhouse effect. He insists that this is something that could happen if the Earth’s temperatures rose to such a degree that it was unable to contain the heat.is that it is not happening in a uniform way around the world. Carbon dioxide levels in the South Pole are noticeably lower. This suggests that something has happened in the northern hemisphere that set off the rise. Forest fires in North America might hold the answer to the puzzle, along with very hot summers in Europe.

The 2014 heat wave was certainly out of the ordinary. Statistics claim that more than 30,000 people lost their lives as a direct result of the high temperatures. Scientists are being cautious in their interpretations. Most feel that it is too soon to say that a new trend has been set. All agree that the phenomenon needs to be closely observed.

1.What puzzles scientists according to Paragraph 1?

A. Something strange and worrying in life.

B. Uncontrolled global warming.

C. The increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

D. The effects of climate change on everybody.

2.What opinion does Jason Samenow hold on the gradual increase of carbon dioxide?

A. People still have decades to solve this problem.

B. Uncontrolled greenhouse effect may happen in some situation.

C. The Earth’s natural systems for absorbing the gas have completely broken down.

D. The public shouldn’t be responsible for carbon dioxide emissions.

3.What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A. Forest fires in North America.

B. Low temperatures in the South Pole.

C. Hot summers in Europe.

D. North and South differences in climate change.

4.How will scientists deal with the high temperatures?

A. By observing the phenomenon closely.

B. By giving a solution directly.

C. By experiencing high temperatures personally.

D. By setting a new trend soon.

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)內(nèi)容（1個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

In the West, most families have pets, like cats, dogs, and birds. If you live 1. a farm you also have horses, sheep, goats and something of this sort2. will become part of the extended family.

Our family had many pets in the past. My favorite pet was a little gray poodle 3. (call) Suzie. The first time I saw her, she had long matted hair, needed a bath and haircut, but had such4. beautiful face. I5. (take) her home, bathed her and clipped all her hair back to reveal the most lovable little dog.

Poodles are full of 6. (intelligent) and she was too. She learned to recognize the sounds different 7. (car) in our household made. She knew when my father’s car was coming down the road, and would run around 8. (mad) barking then rush out to the front driveway and sit there 9. (wait) for him. She also seemed to know when people 10. (be) upset and would jump up onto their laps and sit there cuddling up as if to give comfort.

It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners, why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say, they hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech—“I have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making. People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

1. The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will _________.

A. be smarter than you

B. do better than you

C. notice your mistakes

D. know what you are talking about

2.You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because _________.

A. you find the way of speech-making more important

B. you don’t fully understand the speech

C. you don’t know what the speaker plans to say

D. you attention is on the content

3.It can be inferred from the passage that _________.

A. one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

B. giving a speech is like giving a performance

C. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D. the more mistake a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. How to Be a Perfect Speaker

B. How to Make a Perfect Speech

C. Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech

D. Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech

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閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was extremely ________ . Each of her objects had its place, but mine ________ hid somewhere. She even labeled everything. I always ________ everything. Over time, Kate got neater and I got ________ . She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would ________ my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.

War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her ________, “Take your shoes away! ________ under my bed! ” Deafened, I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped ________ my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.

The room was ________ with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate ________ it. From her end of the conversation, I could ________ right away her grandma was ________ . When she hung up, she quickly crawled under her ________ , sobbing. Obviously, that was something she should not ________alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of ________ rose up in my heart.

Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the ________ , even on her side. I got ________ into my work that I even didn't ________ Kate had sat up. She was watching, her tears dried. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her ________ . She smiled at me, “Thanks.”

Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the ________ . We didn't always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.

1.A. organizedB. plannedC. arrangedD. determined

2.A. seldomB. hardlyC. alwaysD. never

3. A. look intoB. looked forC. look atD. look through

4.A. messierB. happierC. cleanerD. easier

5.A. lieB. hideC. throwD. lay

6. A. talkingB. screamingC. laughingD. quarrelling

7. A. WhatB. WhenC. HowD. Why

8.A. toB. offC. atD. on

9.A. fullB. connectedC. filledD. crowded

10.A. heardB. answeredC. receivedD. replied

11.A. sayB. seeC. speakD. tell

12. A. happyB. dangerousC. illD. upset

13.A. coversB. sheetC. clothesD. bed

14. A. go forB. pick upC. go intoD. go through

15.A. prideB. sympathyC. supportD. help

16.A. courtyardB. outsideC. floorD. ceiling

17.A. soB. veryC. manyD. much

18.A. understandB. watchC. thinkD. notice

19.A. faceB. heartC. eyesD. mind

20.A. dayB. yearC. weekD. life

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

As many as 28 different varieties of precious stones were used to decorate the outside of the Taj Mahal. Construction took around 20 years. The building, which was made from white marble from the quarries(采石場(chǎng)) of Rajasthan, appears pink in the morning, white in the day and golden in the moonlight.

Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Akashi Strait, Japan

It took 10 years to construct the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. It connects the city of Kobe, on Japan’s mainland, with Iwaya on Awaji Island. Before it opened, the only way to get between the two cities was by ferry. However, the waterway was at the mercy of severe storms and when two ferries overturned in 1955, killing 168 people, public anger convinced the government of the need for a bridge. It's the longest suspension bridge in the world, with a length of 1,991 meters.

Panama Canal, Panama

More than 4. 5 million cubic yards of concrete were used in the construction of this canal’s locks and dams. The Panama Canal is a 47-mile long waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The earth and rubble dug to make way for it was enough to bury Manhattan to a depth of four meters. A series of locks allows ships to pass through the water. Each lock door weighs 750 tons and each lock fills with 52 million gallons of water to accommodate the 15,000 ships that use the canal every year.

Grand Canyon Skywalk, Arizona

The Skywalk’s foundation is strong enough to support 71 million pounds , Located 1,219 meters above the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon's Sky Walk consists of one million pounds of steel and 83,000 pounds of glass. It was the creation of Las Vegas businessman David Jin, who approached the Hualapai Tribe with the idea of a glass walkway over the Grand Canyon in 1996. The Sky walk was assembled on site.

1.The Japanese government decided to build the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge ___________

A. in the year of 1955

B. following public opinion

C. to show its national power

D. to develop Japan’s economy

2.The Grand Canyon Skywalk is probably a real challenge for those who __________

A. are airsick

B. hate rock climbing

C. have a fear of height

D. feel ill traveling in boat

3.In which section of a book can the text probably be seen?

A. Science B. Agriculture

C. Technology D. Geography