After completing his college studies, Larry Bird began playing professional basketball for the Boston Celtics. He remained with the Celtics for all his professional career. During those 13 years, Larry Bird was named the Most Valuable Player of the Year three times. He scored more than 21, 000 points, and he played in 13 of the highest scoring games in his team’s history. Once he scored 60 points in just one game.

During his very successful basketball career, Larry Bird suffered a number of injuries. In 1989, he stopped playing because of pain in his feet. He returned in 1990, but the pain in his feet returned too. In the next two years he experienced more medical problems, and he missed many games.

Larry Bird did play on the Dream Team－the first Olympic Team with professional players. However, after winning the gold medal in Barcelona, he announced that he would retire from professional basketball. Larry Bird said he would have liked to play a little longer, but he could not because of his health problems. He also said it was a good time to leave the game. He wanted to be remembered as a winner.

【1】The main idea of the second paragraph is that Larry Bird ________.

A. was named the Most Valuable Player of the Year B. was strong and tall

C. was good at shooting baskets D. was the oldest player of the team

【2】The underlined word “scored” in the second paragraph means ________.

A. lost B. got

C. made D. wrote

【3】When he returned to his team in 1990, ________.

A. he had recovered from a number of injuries

B. he played in all the following games for his team

C. he still had a lot of medical problems caused by the previous（先前的）injuries

D. He didn’t play for his team any more

【4】Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Larry Bird began his career after his graduation from the college.

B. He lost interest in playing basketball after he retired.

C. Though he left the team, he didn’t feel too much regret.

D. He thought it a right decision to leave the team.

【5】What team did Larry Bird join during his professional career?

A. The Dream Team. B. The Indiana State University Team.

C. The Boston Celtics. D. An unknown team.

Try to read stories in English and speak English whenever you can. A few days before the examination you should start going to bed early. Do not stay up late at night studying and learning things. Before you start the examination, read the question paper over carefully. Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last finished your examination, read your answers over. Correct the mistakes if there are any and make sure that you have not missed anything out.

【1】You should ________ in order not to fail in the examination.

A. work hard every day B. work hard a few days before the examination

C. be lazy every day D. take an examination every day

【2】If you want to improve your English, you must ________.

A. learn rules of grammar by heart B. speak English all day long

C. stay up late at night D. practise it as often as possible

【3】A few days before the examination it is suggested that you should ________.

A. go to bed early B. stay up late

C. get up late D. work far into the night

【4】Before you begin to write in the examination paper, you should ________.

A. read the examination paper over carefully

B. try to understand the exact meaning of each question

C. correct the mistakes you may have made

D. pay attention to the rules of grammar

【5】The underlined phrase “miss out” here means ________.

A. your examination paper is missing

B. you want to go out of the classroom

C. the examination has already been finished

D. you forget to answer some of the questions

【1】Where are the speakers?

A. In a park. B. In a hotel. C. In a bank.

【2】What is the woman's opinion on the Hard Rock Cafe?

A. It's boring. B. It's good. C. It's small.

【3】Where is the Science Museum?

A. Beside City Hall. B. Neat the train station. C. Opposite the National Bank.

【4】How far is the amusement park?

A. About five minutes' walk. B. About six blocks away. C. About six minutes' ride.

We've all heard that breakfast is【1】most important meal in the day.It may actually be true.Recently, a study of more than 50,000 adults aged 30 and older【2】(find) that people who have breakfast are more likely to lose【3】(weigh) than those who don't eat a morning meal.Other studies connect not eating breakfast【4】a higher risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and so on.

However, it's not just when you eat that matters, but【5】you eat also matters.【6】(keep)fit, you should have a balanced diet with protein, fiber and healthy fats, which is the key to a satisfying【7】nutritious breakfast .If you want to keep【8】(you) from being hungry later of the day,you’d better eat within 90 minutes after waking up.Also, coffee drunk on an empty stomach is not recommended because it can be【9】(harm)to your body.

There is an old saying that advises "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a beggar It is worth【10】(follow).

【1】Who is Rick Dillon?

A. The sales manager. B. Mr. Sanchez's assistant. C. The boss of the company.

【2】What department does Susan Sullivan work in?

A. The Human Resources Department.

B. The Advertisements Department.

C. The Sales Department.

【3】What aid Maria Artigas probably do in the past?

A. A teacher B. A tennis player. C. A magazine editor.

Learn the vowel元音) sounds.

In English, there are five main vowel letters: a, e, i, o, u.【2】Each vowel letter has both a short sound(such as the a in"bat)or a long sound(such as the a in "play").Learn and practice these different vowel sounds to help teach you how to pronounce certain words and to improve your English pronunciation.

【3】

One of the most effective ways to learn a language is to listen to someone speaking it.Once you are familiar with how a language sounds, you will be able to start picking up on more sounds, words and phrases.

Record yourself.

【4】To solve this problem and really see how you sound, try recording yourself.Use a smart phone or tape recorder to play back how you sound when you are speaking English.

Get a spoken English tutor.

To truly understand if you are saying and pronouncing things the right way, find someone who can practice with you and act as a spoken English tutor.【5】

A.Break down words.

B.Listen to an English speaker.

C.Sometimes the letter “y” can make a vowel sound, too..

D.How do you know if you are saying things correctly?

E.He or she will be able to correct you and teach you how to pronounce better.

F.Thankfully,.there are tips that you can learn to make things a little easier.

G.Compare your English comprehension to someone else to see if you are doing it correctly.

【1】I was only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before _______(布满灰尘的) windows.

【2】India has a very large number of ______ (流利的) English speakers.

【3】She _______________(毕业) from a famous and worked in a foreign company.

【4】Two______ (水坝) fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for travelling.

【5】At that time my wife and children had to beg for food and help from _______(亲戚) or friends.

【6】His most exciting ______ (invite) was to perform on a TV programme called “Top of the Pops”.

【7】Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Prussian people would have such an______ ( amaze) history.

【8】Go away, or you may be ____________(bite) by the dog .

【9】Are you sure you ____________ (entire) understand the importance of this task?

【10】He always dreams to be a ____________(report).

The study looked at the songs of two humpback whale populations, based on sound recordings collected from 2013 to 2018.One group was based in the South Atlantic, off the coast of Gabon, and the other in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar.Analysis of the recordings showed that the two groups picked up musical ideas from each other and borrowed phrases and themes into their latest song.This suggested that the males from the two groups came into contact with each other over the five years and shared songs.

To uncover this musical cooperation, researchers recorded the songs and transcribe them into more than 1,500 individual sounds and patterns, or song units.They found that the units were composed into larger phrases, which were then repeated to form themes.These themes were sung for hours at a time, or even days.By 2018, both populations have been singing largely the same songs.

"This similarity in the songs shows that these two populations come into closer contact than other southern populations, explains Dr Melinda Rekdahl, leading author of the study.As well as being an interesting phenomenon, she explains that those songs allow even greater insight into the workings of the humpback whale populations.

【1】What do people usually think of the purpose of male humpback whales' songs?

A. To have fun.

B. To attract other fish.

C. To increase the population of their group.

D. To attract females and compete with other males.

【2】How could the two groups of humpback whales in research sing similar songs?

A. They were born with those songs.

B. The researchers composed similar songs for them.

C. The male whales from the two groups learned singing from each other.

D. The male whales taught the females songs from the other group.

【3】What does the underlined word"transcribe in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Change.B. Describe.

C. Create.D. Enjoy.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A. A Kind of Magic Whales.B. Male Humpback Whales Share Songs.

C. The Biggest Ocean Animals.D. The Workings of Humpback Whale Populations.

A. used to make it B. were used to making it

C. got used to making it D. were used to make it

参考词汇：外联部长director of foreign liaison department

注意：1. 词数100个左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

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