阅读表达（阅读短文，按要求完成短文后的各项任务）

Birth, marriage and death, they are the greatest events of human life. ① In our life, many events good or bad may happen to us. But there are three days which are usually marked by some kinds of special ceremony（仪式）: the day we are born , the day we get married , and the day we die . These are the three main events in life. We only have a choice in the second on the three: we can only choose to or not to marry. We have no choice in birth and death.

    Almost all human beings---②______ the most primitive（原始的）_____ the most civilized（文明的）---are affected by these three events. The only thing that differs in each society is the way these things are celebrated. In fact, all societies（社会） share some common characteristics. Birth is a joyful event. The proud parents receive congratulations and presents from their relatives and friends because of the new-born. Marriage is also a delightful event. The young couple（夫妇） go through a special wedding ceremony; receive presents and set up their new home.

Death causes much sorrow and is marked by a special ceremony and mourning. The dates of all these three things are usually remembered.

1. 将①句译成汉语。

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2. 在②句的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词使句意完整、上下文通顺。

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3. 回答问题:Why do the proud parents receive congratulations and presents from their relatives and friends?

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4. 找出文中与下列句子意思相近的句子。

We don’t choose the day we are born and the day we die.

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5. 找出或写出文中最能表达短文主题的句子。

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Empathy（同情心）lets us feel another person’s pain and drivers us to help. Do any other animals feel empathy? Scientists recently found that rats do, too.

Most people don’t like rats. In many people’s eyes, rats are only bad. But Jean Decety and his partners at the University of Chicago did an experiment. It showed that rats are kind, warm-hearted animals. They can feel each other’s pain.

Scientists placed pairs of rats in plastic cages for two weeks. During this time they got to know each other. Then they put one of the rats from each pair into a small container（容器）in the cages. The small container had a door. It was rigged to fall to the side when the free rat touched it. Many of the trapped rats squeaked（吱吱叫）to express their discomfort. The other rats of the pairs could see their suffering friends clearly.

In most pairs, the free rats would become very worried about their friends. They kept trying to save their friends again and again throughout the month. Scientists put the rats’ favorite chocolate in the cages, but the rats didn’t eat it until they had saved their friends successfully. Scientists also found that female rats tended to act more empathetic than male rats.

“The results are the first to show that rats take action in response to another’s trouble,” Decety said. “Monkeys and chimpanzees（黑猩猩）have similar behavior. But unlike those animals, rats can be ready used in laboratory studies. They will help us to learn which parts of the brain lead to empathy and helping behavior and whether empathy is natural.”

1. A person with empathy is often _________.

A. kind-hearted B. clever C. active D. strong

2. Why didn’t the free rats eat the chocolate at first?

A. Because they were not hungry at that time.

B. Because chocolate was not their favorite food.

C. Because they wanted to save the trapped rats first.

D. Because they were afraid that the chocolate was bad.

3. Which of the following animals were NOT mentioned in the article?

A. Monkeys. B. Chimpanzees. C. Rats. D. Cats.

4. What does the word ‘discomfort’ in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. happiness B. illness C. uneasiness D. anger

5. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Rats can feel other animals’ pain.

B. Chocolate is rats’ favorite food.

C. Rats are empathetic and can feel each other’s pain.

D. Female rats are more empathetic than male rats.

    When you watch TV and play video games you make global（全球的）warming worse! It may seem hard to believe, but when electricity is made, so are greenhouse gases（温室气体）. This means that every time you use electricity you help make global warming worse!

    Cars are also making global warming worse. They burn fossil fuels（化石燃料）in their engines, and send lots of greenhouse gases into the air.

    Global warming may be a big problem, but we can all help stop it. People can try to drive their cars less. Or even get ones that run on sunlight! You can also help. Let’s try one of these top ideas:

（1）Try to use less electricity. Turn off lights, your television, and your computer when you’ve stopped using them. To make electricity, fossil fuels are burned in big factories. But burning fossil fuels also makes greenhouse gases. You should also try to watch less TV.

（2）Plant trees. Not only is it a fun thing to do, but it is also a great way to lower the number of greenhouse gases in the air. Trees take carbon dioxide out of the air when they grow.

（3）Don’t throw away your rubbish, try to recycle it. If rubbish is not recycled, it is put in the ground. There it rots（腐烂）and makes a greenhouse gas called methane（甲烷）.So try to recycle cans, bottles, plastic bags and newspapers. It’ll make you feel great! And it’ll help the Earth.

1.If we _____, we may make global warming worse.

A. use less electricity                                    B. drive a car on sunlight

C. plant trees                                          D. throw away rubbish

2. We may use more electricity by______.

    A. turning off lights                                   B. shutting down computers

C. turning up CD players                               D. turning off TV

3. ______ will make global warming worse.

    A. Methane    B. Cans    C. Newspapers           D. Bottles

4. Using less electricity does good to global warming because_______.

A. the less electricity is used, the more greenhouse gases are produced

B. the more electricity is used, the more greenhouse gases are produced

C. more electricity is used, less greenhouse gases are produced

D. less electricity is used, more greenhouse gases are produced

5. Which is the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Driving cars on sunlight helps to stop global warming.

B. When cars burn fossil fuels, they produce greenhouse gases.

C. When trees grow, they send carbon dioxide into the air.

D. By planting more trees, we can lower the number of greenhouse gases in the air.

Qi Haoran, a Junior Grade One student at a High School Attached to Harbin Institute of Technology, was quite busy over the past winter holiday – and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign（光盘行动）.

These students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food. “Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Please don’t waste food.” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.

The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January. It calls on people to reduce food waste. China in recent years has experienced serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

Chinese people are well-known for being hospitable（好客的）and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food.

Luckily, the campaign has got a lot of support. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives the guests who have eaten up all that they ordered a sticker. People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers home.

To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It’s important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?

1. _________ students from Qi’s High School volunteered to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign.

    A. Nine    B. Ten    C. Eleven    D. Twelve

2. The Clean Your Plate Campaign started __________ in January.

    A. in a big restaurant                                  B. in a CCTV programme

    C. in a high school                                     D. on the Internet

3. According to the CCTV report in January, the food we waste every year can _________.

A. get rid of very serious problems           B. stop people from going to the restaurants

C. feed 200, 000, 000 people                      D. make us become hospitable and generous

4. The restaurant owner in Xinjiang __________ to support the campaign.

    A. gave the guests a sticker if they ate up the food

    B. offered the guests 10 stickers if they ordered a lot

    C. offered smaller dishes to the guests

    D. encouraged customers to take leftovers home

5. You can probably read this passage _________.

    A. in a science book   B. in a newspaper   C. in a tourist guide   D. in an advertisement

阅读理解（阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答

1. Students can borrow more than two books at a time__________.  

    A. for sending exams                          B. to do school research  

    C. for after-school activities                    D. to read together with their parents

2. ________must be paid when a student loses the book he borrows.  

    A. Three dollars                              B. Half the price of the book    

    C. Full price of the book                      D. Twice the price of the book

3. The students are advised to _________to prevent rain.  

    A. carry their library books in plastic bags     B. cover their library books with raincoats

    C. put their library books into their pockets    D. keep their library books in their classroom

4. This library guide is for_______.

    A. teachers from Wildwood                    B. workers in Wildwood School Library

    C. visitors to Wildwood School                  D. parents of the Wildwood School students

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

    A. The library is open for two and a half hours every day.  

    B. Students’ parents can go to the school library on weekends.

    C. Students can go to the library during opening hours as they like.

    D. Students can keep the books that they borrow for fifteen school days.

完形填空（阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项）

Dad lost his job after arguing with the boss, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money 1 . On Christmas Eve, Dad took me out into the park. I had a blanket wrapped around me, so I 2 to share it with Dad, but he said no thanks. We 3 at the sky. Those shining stars were one of the 4 treats for people like us who lived out in the wildness. Rich city people, he’d say, live in 5 flats, but their air was so polluted that they 6 not even see the stars.

“ 7 your favorite star.” Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeping. He said it was my Christmas 8 . “You can’t give me a star,” I said, “ 9 owns the stars.”

“That’s right,” Dad said, “But you can suppose it is yours. And when you do that, it is yours.”

I 10 my head, looked at the stars, and tried to figure out which was the best one. Then, I found one.

“I want that one.” I said.

Dad smiled. “That’s Venus（金星）,” he said, “Venus was only a planet. She looked bigger and brighter because she was much 11 than the stars. Poor old Venus didn’t even make her 12 light. She shone only from reflected（反射）light.”

“I like it anyway,” I said, “I had loved Venus even 13 that Christmas. You could see it in the early evening, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared.”

Dad said, “Ok, it’s Christmas. I 14 your decision. You can have it if you want.” And he gave me Venus.

We all laughed about the kids who believed in the Santa myth（圣诞传说）and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. “Many years later, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,” Dad said, “you will 15 have your star.

1. A. at first B. at once C. at all D. at least

2. A. asked B. provided C. required D. offered

3. A. looked up B. looked for C. look out D. look after

4. A. strange B. special C. important D. impossible

5. A. fantastic B. ugly C. old D. poor

6. A. needed B. could C. should D. had better

7. A. pick up B. take out C. put out D. pick out

8. A. dinner B. card C. party D. present

9. A. Everybody B. Somebody C. Anybody D. Nobody

10. A. lowed B. put C. raised D. rose

11. A. slower B. farther C. closer D. higher

12. A. alone B. lonely C. strong D. own

13. A. when B. before C. after D. until

14. A. dislike B. refuse C. accept D. consider

15. A. even B. never C. already D. still

It was silly ________ you to devote all the time he had________ the garden of the city.

  A. for, to develop    B. for, developing    C. of, to developing    D. of, develop

His aunt wanted to have him _______ the radio, but he had had it ________ already.

A. repair, repair    B. to repair, repair    C. repaired, to repair    D. repair, repaired

—        great fun it is to go hiking in this season! Really?

     —Yeah, you cannot imagine ______interesting it is if you don’t experience it yourself.

A. What a; how    B. What; how    C. How a ;what    D. How; what a 

 —I like the dress, but I’m ______ I haven’t got enough money.

     —Don’t worry. I don’t mind ______ you some if you like.

    A. afraid; lending    B. sure; to lend    C. afraid; borrowing    D. sure; to borrow