【题目】阅读理解
In early October, thousands of people around the globe stepped outside to gaze at their local night sky. As part of an event called the Great World Wide Star Count, adults and kids looked for one of two constellations (星座) — Cygnus in the Northern Hemisphere and Sagittarius in the Southern Hemisphere. The observers recorded how many stars they saw and how bright the stars were, and then posted their results online.
The Star Count was part of a global effort to help scientists learn more about how light pollution affects our view of the night sky. Whether participants saw thousands of stars — or just a dozen — depended a lot on whether they were surrounded by darkness or by twinkling city lights.
On a clear night, with no clouds, moonlight, or artificial lights to block the view, people can see more than 14,000 stars in the sky, but when people are surrounded by city lights they're lucky to see 150 stars.
If you've ever driven toward a big city at night and seen its glow from afar, you've witnessed light pollution. It occurs when light from streetlights, office buildings, signs, and other sources streams into space and illuminates the night sky. This light makes many stars invisible to people on earth.
Dust and particles of pollution from factories and industries worsen the effects of light pollution. When these particles float into the atmosphere, light ricochets (跳飞) off of them and scatters even more.
Light pollution doesn't only affect star visibility. It can harm wildlife too. Scientists don't entirely understand how animals navigate at night, but it's clear that artificial light can attract them, making them go off course. There's increasing evidence, for example, that migrating birds use sunsets and sunrises to help find their way.
（1）Why do many people look at the local sky?
A.To enjoy the beauty of the stars.
B.To develop their interest in Astronomy.
C.To help scientists do a research on light pollution.
D.To get the exact number of stars in the sky.
（2）When people are surrounded by artificial lights, ________.
A.they can find more stars in the sky
B.the stars might appear more clearly
C.the stars seem to be bigger
D.they can find far fewer stars
（3）The following things make light pollution worse EXCEPT ________.
A.artificial lights
B.stars
C.dust
D.particles
（4）How does light pollution affect birds?
A.It does great harm to their eyes at night.
B.It misleads them the way when they migrate.
C.It can enable them to see their routes clearly.
D.It can make them find their way easily.

【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和 D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Hello. I'm Jan from Mrs. Lake's class. My class wants to work together to help the public. We think we have found a great way to do this. Last month we did a class project on the highways near our town. We learned about the Adopt-a-Highway Program. This program brings people together to pick up litter along the roads. We think it would be a great idea for all students in our school to join the program and adopt（收养） a highway.
Adopting a highway is not like adopting a pet. When a highway is adopted, only part of the highway is cared for by a group of people. The group agrees to work every week to keep its part of the highway clean. Each group gets its own sign that has the name of the group printed on it. The sign is put up at the side of the road . This sign lets drivers know who is keeping that area of the road clean.
The Adopt-a-Highway Program is a great way for people to help their environment look nicer. Also, the government does not have to send out as many road workers. This saves money. Finally, people may try harder to keep roads clean if they see people, especially teenagers like us, cleaning them up.
We will need helpers to care for our adopted highway. If you want to feel great and keep our roads clean，please come with your parents to the meeting next week. We will meet in Mrs. Lake's room on Wednesday at 6:00 P.M. At the meeting, we will talk about which roads are the dirtiest as a result of people's unkind acts. Then we'll try to pick an area to adopt and clean.
I look forward to seeing you at the meeting. Remember to keep our roads clean!
（1）What is the Adopt-a-Highway Program about?
A.Giving names to the highways.
B.Drawing pictures of highways.
C.Picking up litter along the roads.
D.Putting up signs near the roads.
（2）What is the purpose of this speech?
A.To encourage students to join the program.
B.To introduce the traffic system.
C.To show drivers how to drive safely.
D.To tell a story about adopting a highway.
（3）Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.Don't miss the meeting.
B.Volunteers on Roads.
C.Ways to Protect the Environment.
D.Adopt-a-Highway.

【题目】When you decide to start a family，you make a(n) ________ to them.You don't turn your back on the people who love you. （ ）
A.contribution
B.commitment
C.devotion
D.effort

（1）Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east?

It can take five hours to go west-east from New York (NY) to London but seven hours to travel east-west from London to NY. The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon known as the jet(喷射) stream. The jet stream is a very high altitude wind which always blows from the west to the east across the Atlantic. The planes moving at a constant air speed thus go faster in the west-east direction when the air moving with the wind than in the opposite direction.

（2）What would happen if the gravity on Earth was suddenly turned off?

Supposing we could magically turn off gravity. Would buildings and other structures float away? What happened would depend on how strongly the things were attached to the Earth. The Earth is moving at quite a speed moving at over a thousand miles per hour. If you turn something round your head on a string, it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Then it flies off in a straight line. “Switching off” gravity would be like letting go of the string. Things not attached to the Earth would fly off in a straight line. People in buildings would suddenly shoot upwards at a great speed until they hit the ceiling. Most things would fly off into space.

【1】What information can we get from the first passage?

A. It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly.

B. Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.

C. It takes more time to fly from NY to London than from London to NY.

D. The jet stream always blows from the east to the west across the Atlantic.

【2】The word “shoot” underlined in the 2nd paragraph probably means“________”.

A. send for B. move quickly C. come out D. grow quickly

【3】It can be inferred that without gravity ________.

A. buildings and other structures would float away

B. trees and buildings would not so easily fly off

C. something around your head would not float away

D. everything outside buildings would fly off into space

【4】Where can we most probably read this text?

A. In a research paper. B. In a short story.

C. In a travel magazine. D. In a students’ book.

【题目】补全句子
（1）With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth (wash) away each year.
（2）After the professor was opposed to (carry) out the project, the media reported on it.
（3）A large quantity of energy from the sun (be) being taken with modern equipment.
（4）A sudden change in temperature tends (bring) rain or snow.
（5）The book about the environment (state) the importance of protecting the earth.
（6）Although money is important, not many people （subscribe） the idea that money brings happiness.
（7）Sarah （make）to the airport just in time to catch her plane this morning.

10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：把缺词处加个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

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 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。

A kind of little cars may someday take place of today’s big ones. If all the people who drive such cars in the future, there will be fewer pollution in the air. There will be more space for parking cars in cities. The streets will be less crowd. And driving will be safe as these little cars can go only 65 km per hour. The future cars will be fine for getting round a city, so they will not be useful for long trips. Little cars will go 200 km before needing to stop for more gases. If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big fast cars and another roads will be needed for the slow small ones. It is said that three so little cars can fit in with the space now needed for one car of the usual size.

【题目】单词拼写：请根据汉语提示或单词的首字母，写出符合语境的单词，每个空只能填一个词。并将正确答案写到答题卡的相应位置。注意在答题卡上作答时，要写出完整的单词形式。
（1）After three hours of waiting for the train, our（耐心）was finally gone.
（2）I think your wife doesn't understand you. -- On the c, she understands me very well.
（3）They are p about how to react, that is, they don't know what to do with the situation.
（4）Spending too much time on the Internet is h to you.
（5）They did all they could to save the old tree m at least 50 metres.

To develop the【2】(special) designed course,training teams【3】(organize) by now.The course will begin next month.The full-day course will cover two parts with the first part【4】(deal) with humans and the second with dog and cat first aid.Topics covered will include different【5】(situation) in our daily life which require first aid skills such as minor injuries,shock and unconsciousness.

Lucy Ross,Head of Training at Pets Comer,said, "At Pets Comer,we have always tried to apply an honest and moral approach to everything【6】we do.This includes having the best trained staff in the industry.Every human customer as well as their pet animals【7】(be) welcome in our stores.It s our duty to provide all of our staff【8】the tools and knowledge they need to feel【9】(confidence) in helping both pets and customers.Therefore,【10】makes sense

that our staffs first aid knowledge is beyond all your expectations."

【题目】根据句意及汉语提示完成单词。
（1）He(声明)that China and Russia were developing a strong relationship.
（2）What each of us is doing may cause(后果)to the environment in the future.
（3）For such an important problem，we shouldn't decide it(草率地)．
（4）Your work has improved in (数量) and quality this term.
（5）The cooker isn't working because of an(电)fault.
（6）There is some(分歧) on this issue.
（7）He has made a(贡献) to the project.

It offers two two-week sessions and one three-week session during the summer.Your teen can participate in the filmmaking,acting,dance,photography programs.He will work with professionals who will teach him the latest technology through hands-on experience.Tuition includes day trips to amusement parks and other Los Angeles tourism sites.Housing and food can be arranged in dorms for an additional fee.

Address: 1600 Campus Road,Los Angeles

Tel: 800-718-2787

ID Tech Camps at UCLA

It offers computer and gaming related camps at the UCLA campus.Teens can join in day camps,overnight camps or weekend gaming camps.Your teen will use the latest technology available to learn video game design,web design and computer programming.Overnight campers will stay in the college dorms.

Address: 405 Hilgard Ave,Los Angeles

Tel: 888-709-8324

Summer Discovery at UCLA

It offers three or six week residential camps at the UCLA campus.Three-week courses can include academic or art classes for enrichment purposes.In this summer camp,your teen will get a taste of what to expect when she enters college.She can choose from sports management,business management,healthy lifestyle programs,ESL-TOEFL programs and more.

Address: 405 Hilgard Ave,Los Angeles

Tel: 516-621-3939

Power Chord Academy

It offers a seven-day course that caters（迎合）to residential or day teens,as well as a three-day course.Teens will meet a touring band,learn technical aspects about the music industry and being a musician in current times,write songs,perform concerts,make a music video,record a CD and meet a touring band.No experience or musical background is necessary.

Address: 7336 Santa Monica Blvd,Los Angeles

Tel: 800-897-6677

【1】From the first paragraph,we can learn School of Cinema and Performing Arts .

A. is devoted to healthy lifestyle programs

B. provides free meals for its teen campers at the weekends

C. requests the professionals to teach its teen campers the quickest methods

D. gives its campers a chance to do filmmaking and acting by themselves

【2】Which number will you dial if you want to become a businessman in future?

A. 800-718-2787. B. 516-621-3939.

C. 888-709-8324. D. 800-897-6677.

【3】What do the four camps have in common?

A. All of them provide accommodation.

B. They lie on the same business area.

C. Teens can go to amusement parks for free.

D. They have latest technology during each session.