Frogs are animals that can live both in water and on land. There are more than 5,000 kinds of frogs on the earth. The earliest known frogs lived about 190 million years ago and the frogs today still look the same. Here are some fun things that you might not know about frogs. Enjoy!

The Biggest and the Smallest Frogs

Some frogs can be very big. The biggest kind of frog is the Goliath Frog in West Africa. Its body can be nearly 30cm long, about the size of a large cat. The Gold Frog and the Poison Frog are the smallest frogs in the world. They are less than 1cm long. Though the Poison Frog is very small, it is not weak at all. It is dangerous. Any animal that eats it will die very soon.

The Best Jumpers

Frogs are very good at jumping. They developed jumping legs so that they would not be eaten by other large animals. Using their big strong legs, more frogs can jump over 20 times their own length. The Australian Rocket Frog can even jump over 2m, which is 50 times its body length (5.5 cm). That might be the reason why frogs are called the best jumpers on the earth.

The Cryogenic Animal

Some frogs like the Common Wood Frog have a special ability to live in very cold places. When the temperature goes down, they become ice frogs. 2/3of their body water freezes. Their hearts stop, and their breathing stops too. You may think they are dead, but in fact they are not. Maybe we humans can learn the way that the frogs do for medical purpose.

1.The earliest frogs lived about          million years ago.

A．20

B．30

C．50

D．190

2.      can jump over 2m.

A．The Goliath Frog

B．The Common Wood Frog

C．The Poison Frog

D．The Australian Rocket Frog

3.What will happen to a Common Wood Frog at very low temperature?

A．It will die very soon.

B．It will be an ice frog.

C．It will become dangerous.

D．It will become very small.

Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water！This is just one of hundreds of pieces of advice you might get if you have the hiccups（打嗝）.Hiccups are so mysterious(神秘的)．We really don’t know why they start and why they stop．

Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups．Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well．Others eat a little sugar．Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it．

An American man named Jack O’Leary said that he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years．He tried 60，000 cures，but none of them worked．Finally he prayed（向…祈祷） to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately．

A British worker didn’t stop his hiccups until eight months later. People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well．He tried them all，but the hiccups continued．Finally，he drank a “secret” mixture(混合物) someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone．

Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure．

1.        might be the best cure for hiccups.

A．Special pills

B．A spoonful of salt

C．Cold water

D．What you believe in

2.The British worker spent __________ in stopping his hiccups．

A．4 hours

B．2 days

C．8 months

D．8 years

3.What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Different ways to stop hiccups

B．What makes hiccups happen

C．How to get hiccups

D．Jack O‘Leary’s hiccups

“Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment(失望),my mother would say this to me.

After I left college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer(广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.

At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire（雇佣）a person without any experience and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete(运动员)to work for it . I wanted this job, but I was refused again.

“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, I felt so frustrated(沮丧). “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud.

While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone calling. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to have a try. He was pleased with my performance, and he offered me a chance to work there.

On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if without the failure before.”

1.Why couldn’t the writer find a job at big radio stations?

A．Because he never graduated from college.

B．Because he didn’t work hard in college.

C．Because he didn’t have much experience.

D．Because he didn’t know about sports.

2.Which of the following is the correct order of events?

a. The writer got a job as a sports announcer at a radio station.

b. The writer was refused when he wanted jobs in Chicago.

c. The writer graduated from college.

d. The writer went back to his hometown to look for a job.

A．cbda             B．cbad             C．bcda             D．bcad

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The writer’s parents didn’ t want him to be a sports announcer.

B．There were no radio announcer jobs in the writer’s hometown.

C．The writer became uninterested in being a sports announcer.

D．The writer got a job as a sports announcer in Dixon at last.

4.According to the last paragraph, what did the writer’s mom want to tell him?

A．He shouldn’t be a sports announcer.

B．Disappointment leads to failure.

C．He should be proud of himself.

D．Everything will be OK if he keeps trying.

It seems school children all over the world are not satisfied with their school food. Cherie Blair, the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair, said that she would prepare a packed lunch for her son if school dinners do not improve. So what do students of your age eat for lunch at school?

Japan

High schools have dining halls, which serve everything from noodles to rice, but not hamburgers and chips. Other children bring food from home such as cold rice balls, meat or fish, and vegetables.

The United States

A common menu from a US school is made up of a hamburger with fried(油炸的)potatoes or roast chicken, fruit and cookies. School lunches must also provide food with protein(蛋白质),vitamin A, vitamin C, ironand calories.

Australia

Meat piesand hotdogs are all traditional dishes in Australian school shops. But as the nation pays more attention to children’s health, healthier foods have started to find their way onto school menus.

Many schools have used a traffic light system. The sale of red-labeled (标签) foods includingchocolate and soft drinks, is served only twice a week. Healthier green-labeled foods such as sandwiches, corn and watermelon, however are served every day.

In some schools, students have a choice of up to 89 foods to choose from, including popcorn and rice.

South Africa

Most of South Africa’s schools do not serve meals at all. Classes end at 1:30 pm and students get their own lunches. Many students bring food from home, usually sandwiches.

Fast food and fried food sell the best among students, which has led to a rise in obesity among children. But as more people began to realize the fact that being too fat may cause different illnesses, some schools in towns have led the way towards better nutrition(营养). Now students at these schools are provided with lunches of porridge(粥) with vegetables, such as cabbages, carrots and tomatoes.

1.Which belongs to red-labeled food in Australia?

A．sandwiches        B．apple juice         C．tomatoes          D．corn

2.What does the underlined word ‘obesity’ in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．allowances(补贴)                       B．sadness

C．nutrition                              D．overweight

3.What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Food served in the US is the best of all.

B．Schools should try to satisfy the needs of studemts.

C．Schools serve different foods from country to country.

D．School children all over the world dislike their school food.

根据句意, 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.A person who does not like fishing usually appears __________ (patient) in doing his work.

2.__________ (hope), the Chinese government can control the increasing of housing price.

3.After several lengthy ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­______________(discuss) , they decided to leave.

4.Many people post photos of ________(they) on Facebook. They get to know each other on it.

根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

1.Though my grandma is in her ___________ ( 九十), she does housework every day.

2.He is rich, he still lives a ______（简朴的）life than most people.

3.We don’t know whether the bicycles are the _____________( 推销员)

4.People need to buy tickets before _________(进入) the cinema.

动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

1.Until your pass ___________ (show) to us, we won’t let you in at all.

2.__________(make) sure that there are no mistakes, you must be more careful with your homework..

3.May Day, the holiday all the students were looking forward to ______(come) at last.

4.----How do you like the city?

----Wonderful! I __________(stay) here for another two years.

5.Tom is worried about Jane because she _____ (suffer) from stress these days.

6.By the time he got home, his wife ________ (do) all the housework.

7.They _________ (eat) up all the food, but they still feel hungry.

8.— Why didn’t you stop him going out? _

— Sorry, but I _______ (write) a letter and didn’t notice him go out.

短文填空

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词必须在答卷上完整写出。

The history of the Diaoyu Islands

The Diaoyu Islands lie in the East China Sea. They have been p 1. of China since ancient times. Chinese people f 2. found, named and developed them. Japan t 3. up them in 1895 during the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895, 甲午战争). At the e  4. of World War II, China took back lands s  5.  as Taiwan and the Penghu Islands. Diaoyu Islands are the affiliated (附属的) i 6. of Taiwan. According to international law, the Diaoyu Islands have already been r  7. to China.

In 1951, Japan, the US and some other countries s 8. a treaty (条约). It gave Japan’s Ryukyu Islands (琉球群岛) t  9. the US. In 1953, the US expanded its control over this area to i  10.  the Diaoyu Islands. In fact, the Diaoyu Islands belong to China. In 1971, the US returned these islands to Japan.

完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横溪上。

1.你放弃加入这个俱乐部的机会真是太傻了。

It’s                                              to join the club.

2.这首音乐如此优美，很值得一听。

The piece of music is so beautiful                               .

3.他让自己的孩子单独呆着，以此惩罚他。

She punished her child                                    .

4.梁博因为这个叫做“中国好声音”的节目立即成名。

Liang Bo                          the programme called the Voice of China.

5.你能告诉我这本杂志你借了多长时间了吗？

Can you tell me                                     ?

6.你知道那部《Life of    Pi》是以3D的形式拍摄的吗？

Do you know whether the film Life of Pi was                         3D?

书面表达

这段时间，空气质量、雾霾、PW2.5成为备受社会关注的焦点; 改善污染现状、反思生活方式成为人们关心的问题。请你根据以下要点写一篇有关环境保护的短文，并发表你自己的观点。

1、如何保护环境已成为当今世界最大的难题之一；

2、垃圾污染环境、损害健康；

3、越来越多的汽车造成道路不便和更多的空气污染；

4、废水污染农作物，杀死大量的鱼；

5、必须采取措施来解决这些问题；你的建议......

注意：1、文章必须包含所给内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；

2、第5个要点要用2~3句话发表自己的观点；

3、词数80左右（开头已给出的内容不计入字数）。

At present , our environment is becoming worse . ___________________________

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