For 40 years, people in London have been happy to see parakeets (马尾鹦鹉) in their parks. The shocking green body and long tail have brought a bright color to the parks, which have attracted a lot of people.

However, the parakeets are no longer welcome. They will push out local birds from trees to build their own nests, and will also take most of the food in the parks, such as seeds, fruit and nuts.

Sometimes by accident, plants and animals are carried to new places. They are transported by trains, ships or even planes. Often, animals like fishes get transported in the water containers of ships. When these ships reach new places and pump out the water from their tanks, these animals will start a new life in a new place.

Sometimes people take plants and animals from one part of the world to the other to solve a problem. But it will create a bigger problem. Years ago, the farmers of northern Australia brought the toads (蟾蜍) from South America to their farms. They thought they would kill the beetles that harm the sugarcane crops. But the toad has done much more. It is now killing Australia’s native animals, such as snakes, water birds and so on.

1.People get interested in parakeets mainly because of ____.

A. their appearance B. their singing

C. their behavior D. their living environment

2.How do the parakeets affect the local birds?

A. They sometimes kill the local birds.

B. They destroy trees which the local birds live in.

C. They take the local birds’ nests and food.

D. They have attracted much of people’s attention.

3.What is the third paragraph mainly talking about?

A. How animals and plants come to new lands.

B. How a new animal affects the local animals.

C. Why some plants are introduced to a new place.

D. The role of ships in transporting animals and plants.

4.What can we learn about the toads?

A. They didn’t kill the beetles at all.

B. They were brought to Australia by accident.

C. They have ruined the sugarcane crops.

D. They have created a larger problem in Australia.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

●Does failure really exist?

If you believe you have failed, then you have．If you believe you don’t have the ability to succeed, then you don’t．__1._ The moment you decide to give up or stop working toward your goals, failure is born．

● __2.__

Most people give themselves an out without even realizing it．They are willing to work hard on reaching their goals, but only until the going gets too rough or their energy dies down． Don’t do that! __3.__Never quit, never admit failure, and never lose heart.

●Don’t believe in a clear finish line for goals．

It’s a good idea to set a general timeline, but remember that something will be beyond your control．__4.___If you lock yourself into a given timeline, you might make yourself feel like a failure! Instead, get a general idea of when you’d like your goal to be completed． Then take it one day at a time and focus on making progress instead of reaching the finish line in as little time as possible．

●Be sure that you don’t see difficulties as failures．

Difficulties mean only one thing: it’s not time for your goal to be completed yet．That’s it! It doesn’t mean you failed; it doesn’t mean you’re weak; it doesn’t mean you’ll never achieve your goals．__5.__ You’ve got to keep moving forward and find a way over, around, or through the difficulties．

A． Never give up on yourself．

B． Failure only exists in your own mind!

C． That’s exactly how failure makes us feel．

D． It simply means you have not done enough yet．

E． You can never say exactly when your goal will be reached．

F． Instead, make up your mind to make your goal happen, no matter what!

G． Work hard towards your goal, and you will be likely to get good results.

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Two-year-old Christopher Merrett has such severe food allergies that even the smell can send him into potentially deadly shock．

Mrs．Merrett said she first _________ something was wrong with her son when she stopped _________ him with breast milk at six months old and _________ onto cows’ milk.

She said her son spent three weeks in _________ after sitting in a supermarket trolley which had tiny traces of _________ in it．She said，“It looked _________ ．We put him there and with minutes his feet and hands had _________blue and we knew there was something extraordinarily _________ ．We realized then he must have put his _________ in his mouth after touching the trolley and it must have________ had some sort of milk product on it.”

Mrs．Merrett said．“We cannot have _________ when he is in the house as his allergy is _________ just by the smell．I remember going to Pizza Hut for my daughter’s birthday and Christopher coughed the moment we got in there _________ it is only now that I realize it is because he was allergic．”

Mrs．Merrett，who took time off her job to _________ her son，and her husband Michael，47，have spent hours _________ ingredients labels(成分标签)and carrying out _________ research on the Internet trying to find specialist food their son can eat，so the son does not _________ out on treats and candies．

Because Christopher’s allergies are so _________ that the couple has prepared an entire cupboard for his food．He also has his own shelf in the fridge and oven．

Little Christopher was taken out of nursery school when he was given cheese _________ and ended up in hospital．His _________ now worries about what could happen when he eventually goes to schoo1．

1.A．heard B．admitted C．realized D．forgot

2.A．feeding B．supplying． C．treating D．presenting

3.A．developed B．moved C．continued D．queued

4.A．market B．school C．kindergarten D．hospital

5.A．water B．milk C．juice D．cheese

6.A．dirty B．rough C．clean D．smooth

7.A．remained B．1eft C．painted D．gone

8.A．wrong B．sensitive C．important D．strange

9.A．feet B．fingers C．toys D．medicine

10.A．nowadays B．presently C．previously D．afterwards

11.A．pizza B．pancakes C．noodles D．chicken

12.A．1eft out B．kicked off C．turned in D．broken into

13.A．when B．or C．but D．while

14.A．attend to B．worry about C．appeal to D．take over

15.A．writing B．explaining C．dictating D．reading

16.A．heart-touching B．painstaking C．easygoing D．peace-loving

17.A．miss B．make C．sell D．give

18.A．slight B．severe C．specific D．simple

19.A．after all B．on purpose C．by accident D．in fact

20.A．teacher B．babysitter C．friend D．mother

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Every country shares things __1.__common: we value family and laughter, cherish food and health, and celebrate large __2.____ (festival) and traditions. Yet within the similar things we share, there are unique parts of each country. One characteristic that is famous of British people_3.__(be) their sense of humor, particularly self-mockery (自嘲). This is a type of humor that criticizes and undervalues oneself. For example, a fat person may joke: “I am on a new sea food diet. If I see food, I eat it.” This is 4.__well-known self-mockery joke. It’s difficult why self-mockery__5.___ (tie) to the British people. But every nation’s sense of humor comes from its culture and history. It could come from another British characteristic, modesty, ___6.__ (mean) not talking openly about your skills. This seems to be something that is similar with people in China, __7.___modesty plays a big part in daily life. It also acts as a defense of our self-respect by playing down our skills, this can __8.(less) the chance of people criticizing us. Another possible reason is__9.__the British people do not take themselves too_10._ (serious).

短文改错

该文中共有十处错误,每句中最多有两处,错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（ ＼）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2、只允许修改十处, 多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

I have a good friend whom name is Rose. Last month, she lent one of my favorite book. Yesterday I asked her to return the book back to me. To my surprising, she said she had already given the book to me. I search my desk and school bag, but I didn’t find one. I became very angry about her and shouted at her, she left the classroom with tears in her eyes. However, when I came home last night. I was surprised to find my book lie under my pillow. Now I regret quarrelling with her. I am afraid I will lose friend. What should I do?

书面表达

假设你校举办看图征文活动，题目为“How to protect your eyesight”。请你用英语写一篇短文，指出图中所反映的现象，并从阅读时间，光线，眼保健操及睡眠等方面，谈谈保护眼睛的具体做法．

注意：

1．词数100-120字；

2．可适当加入细节，以便行文连贯。

3．参考词汇：近视-----near-sighted 眼保健操------eye exercise

How to protect our eyesight

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Service Trips for High School Students

Are you a high school student who loves to be outdoors and is eager to experience new challenges, learn new skills and meet new people? WTA offers first-time participants country trips and returning students have the option to go on trips in the back country (边远地区).

Front Country Trips

Our front country trips provide opportunities for people to experience projects near the ocean, in the scenic Cascade Mountains and in northeast Washington. Our trips also provide you with experienced leaders, a great project, some camping tents, sleeping bags and all your meals for the week.

Advanced Back Country Trips

On these trips you will be backpacking to the work site and will have a chance to advance your trail and leadership skills under the supervision of a WTA leader.

Trip Details

In 2015, trip fees for WTA members will be $195 for the first trip and $145 for each additional trip. Non-members will pay an additional $40 for their first trip and can be qualified to be members in the second trip. Due to the popularity of our trips, please submit your payment and application within two weeks. If a trip is full and you would like to be added to the waiting list, please call us at 206/625-1367 or email trail-teams@wta.org.

Scholarships

We believe no student should have to stay at home this summer because he or she can’t afford to go outside. Thanks to donations from members and supporters, WTA is proud to announce that we are able to offer a limited number of scholarships. Application Deadline: March 1, 2015.

1.If you are going on Front Country Trips, you can’t go on trips __________.

A. near the ocean

B. in the back country

C. in the Cascade Mountains

D. in northeast Washington

2.How much will you have to pay for your first trip if you’re not a WTA member?

A. $145. B. $185. C. $195. D. $235.

3.After choosing a trip, you __________.

A. will naturally become a WTA member.

B. can cancel your trip and get all your money back.

C. will be added to the waiting list.

D. must submit your payment and application within two weeks.

4.You may be lucky enough to obtain a scholarship if you __________.

A. apply before March 1, 2015.

B. donate a little money to WTA.

C. support WTA by advertising.

D. volunteer in your high school.

It’s hard to find Alice Munro in the media. Even after she won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Canadian writer just appeared for a quick interview and then dropped out of sight. On Dec 29, she still didn't seek the spotlight（聚光灯）when she was named one of the five Women of the Year by the Financial Times.

In Munro's eyes, ordinary lives always hide larger dramas. So she records what we casually think of as the everyday actions of normal people. She often focuses on life in her hometown, a small village in Ontario which she is most familiar with. She writes about the ordinary things in the village－fox forming, trees filled in the Ontario wilderness, poor country alcohol and long last illnesses. Above all, she talks about girls and women who have seemingly ordinary lives but struggle against daily misfortune.

She has a special talent for uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary. These are ordinary people, ordinary stories, but she has the magic. Her precise language, depth of detail and the logic of her storytelling have made her stories inviting.

Runaway, one of Munro’s representative works, is a good example of her writing style. One of the stories centers on the life of an ordinary woman Carla, who lives in a small Canadian town with her husband Clark. The story slowly forms a picture of Carla, trapped in a bad marriage, her unhappiness building into desperation until she decided to flee. The story of Carla is a story of the power and betrayals of love. It is about lost children and lots of chances that we can all find in life, There is pain beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart.

Since she published her first collection of short stories in 1968, Munro has won many awards, with the Nobel Prize being her biggest honor. On Oct 10, 2013, the Nobel Prize committee named Munro the “master of the contemporary short story”.

1.We learn from Paragraph 1 that Alice Munro_____

A．didn't get on well with the media

B．remained modest though very successful

C．didn’t value the title of Women of the Year

D. was surprised at winning the Nobel Prize

2.What makes Alice Munro’s stories fascinating according to the text?

A．Her writing techniques

B．The complicated plots

C．The humorous language

D．Her rich imagination

3.In her representative work Runaway, Carla_____

A．leads a happy life with Clark

B．is a faithful wife to her husband

C．loses all hopes for a better life

D．tries to run away from her husband

4.What is the text mainly about?

A．Alice Munro and her hometown

B．The awards Alice Munro won

C．Alice Munro and her writing style

D．Alice Munro’s literary life

A drunken burglar in the Orrell Park area of Liverpool, ended up leaping out of a window after a 10-year-old girl asked him to prove he was a superhero.

The drunken thief who pretended he was Superman to stop a child raising the alarm has been caught after he leapt from the apartment building in his pants to make the girl convinced.

Thief Ethan Adamson, 25, told police that he had broken into a fifth-floor flat after a drinking party, believing it was empty.

But he was horrified when the owner’s 10-year-old daughter woke up while he was there.

From his hospital bed, the thief told reporters, “To keep her quiet, I told her I was really Superman and I’d soon be flying off back to my secret headquarters.”

“She called my bluff (向…摊牌) and told me, ‘If you’re Superman, show me you can fly or I’ll scream’.

“I had no choice so I stripped to my pants to look more like a superhero and went to the window. I saw another roof below and I thought I could make it but it turned out to be a lot further down than thought. I know it doesn’t make sense but it did to me when I was drunk.”

Police later found him on the roof in just his yellow pants, covered in cuts and bruises(淤青) after a neighbor heard his cries of pain.

He now faces seven years behind bars for burglary.

Police spokesman Frank Armado said, “He was in quite a serious state and couldn’t move until we got up there using ladders. He was treated for his injuries and we got him some fresh clothes, before taking him to hospital where he is being kept under guard until he is well enough to be arrested.”

1.What does the underlined part in the passage mean?

A. I could land safely on the roof.

B. I could make the girl trust me.

C. I could prove I was a superhero.

D. I could make a successful escape.

2.What’s the right order of the event?

a. Ethan Adamson told reporters of the burglary.

b. The 10-year-old girl called Ethan Adamson’s bluff.

c. Ethan Adamson attended a drinking party.

d. Ethan Adamson leapt out of a window.

A. cabd B. dbca C. cbda D.dcab

3.What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. To report on a joking burglary.

B. To call our attention to the burglary.

C. To explain how the burglar was caught.

D. To look back on an adventure story.

Mosquitoes have an extraordinary ability to target humans far away and fly straight to their unprotected skin. Regrettably, mosquitoes can do more than cause an itchy(发痒的）wound. Some mosquitoes spread several serious diseases，including Dengue，yellow fever and malaria.

Over one million people worldwide die from these diseases each year. New research now shows how mosquitoes choose who to bite.

Mosquitoes need blood to survive. They are attracted to human skin and breath. They smell the carbon dioxide gas, which all mammals breathe out. This gas is the main way for mosquitoes to know that a warm-blooded creature is nearby.

But mosquitoes also use their eyes and sense of touch. Michael Dickinson is a professor at the California Institute of Technology. His research shows how these small insects, with even smaller brains，use three senses to find a blood meal.

Michael Dickinson’s team used plumes—a material that rises into the air of carbon dioxide gas into a wind tunnel. They then used cameras to record the mosquitoes. The insects followed the plume.

Then, the scientists placed dark objects on the lighter colored floor and walls of the tunnel. Mr. Dickinson said, at first, the mosquitoes showed no interest in the objects at all. “What was quite striking and quite surprising is that the mosquitoes fly back and forth for hours. These are hungry females and they completely ignore the objects on the floor and wall of the tunnel. But the moment they get a hit of CO2, they change their behavior quite obviously and now would become attracted to these little visual blobs (斑点）.”

This suggested to the researchers that a mosquito’s sense of smell is more important in the search for food. Once mosquitoes catch a smell of a human or animal，they also follow visual signals.

1.What do mosquitoes mainly use to find their targets?

A. Sense of smell B. Sense of touch

C. Sense of sight D. Smart brains

2.The first response of the mosquitoes to the objects in the experiment is _______.

A. to fly to the dark ones

B. to catch and stick to them

C. to take no notice of them

D. to attach themselves to them

3.How can we avoid being attacked by mosquitoes according to the text?

A. Don’t let them see us.

B. Use dark objects to stop them.

C. Make them fly back and forth for hours.

D. Attract them to objects full of carbon dioxide gas.

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. How Do Mosquitoes Survive?

B. Why Do Mosquitoes Need Blood?

C. How Do Mosquitoes Choose to Bite You?

D. Why Do Mosquitoes Attack the Human Being?