To wash yourself, you take a bath(洗澡) or a shower. Animals need to keep clean, too. How do animals clean themselves?

Cats lick（舔）themselves to keep their fur clean. Have you ever watched a pet cat clean itself?

Elephants take baths much as you do. But instead of jumping into the tub（浴缸）, they walk into a river or lake.

Pigs also like to roll around in water. This keeps them clean and cool. If there is no clean water, they will roll in mud（泥）on a hot day. They do this to cool off. Pigs do not really like mud. They are happier in a nice, clean pond(水池).

Bats have a funny way to keep clean. They lick their thumbs to clean their ears!

Guess how polar bears clean themselves. They use snow, of course!

Some animals take baths in dust instead of water! The wombat(毛鼻袋熊) is an Australian animal with lots of fur. To get clean, it lies down. Then it covers itself with sand!

Birds clean themselves in many ways. Sometimes they wash in water. That’s why some people put birdbaths in their yard. At other times birds take dust baths, just like wombats. Birds also use their beaks（喙）to keep their feathers clean. They use their beaks the way you use a comb.

Sometimes a bird has itchy bugs（发痒的虫子）in its feathers. Birds may use ants to help them clean off the bugs. A bird will lie down on an ant nest. Then the ants will crawl on the bird. The ants make a kind of bug spray（喷雾）on the feathers;. Then the itchy bugs die!

Birds take baths in something else besides dust and ants! Some birds take “smoke baths” They sit on chimneys. They wave their wings in the smoke!

This passage mainly tells us       .

A. why some people put birdbaths in their yard  B. why birds allow ants to crawl on their body

C. how animals cool off on hot days           D. how some animals keep clean

What is a pig’s favorite way to get clean?

A. Licking itself.               B. Lying down on ants.

C. Rolling in nice, thick mud.     D. Taking a bath in clean water.

Which of the following animals use dust to clean themselves?

A. Cats.         B. Bats.       C. Wombats.           D. Ants.

假设有外国友人到你校参观后, 准备去旅游。请根据要点向他们简单介绍万泉河（Wanquan River）。

 1. 万泉河是海南岛第三大河，发源于五指山(the Five-finger Mountain)，全长163公里,流入南海。

2．是海南著名的旅游胜地，每年有大批中外游客前去旅游观光。

3. 乘汽车去大约要花半个小时；也可以走路或骑自行车去。

4．可以在河上泛舟戏水，欣赏两岸秀丽的风光

注意：1．词数：80—120

2．请不要逐字翻译

Have you seen the film “Titanic”,  ____ leading actor is world famous?

A. that          B. it’s            C. whose          D. which

It _____ we had stayed together for a couple of weeks ______ I found we had a lot in common.

A. was until; when                  B. wasn’t until; when

C. was until; that                    D. wasn’t until; that

All the doctors in the hospital insisted that he _____badly wounded and that he____ at once.

A. should be; be operated on       B. were; must be operated on

C. be; was operated on            D. was; be operated on

_______ more attention, the cabbages ________ grown better.

A. Given; could have    B. Giving; could be   

C. Given; could be      D. Giving; could have

My teacher held up a piece of broken glass and asked，“Who broke this window?” Thirty boys tried to think about not only what they had done，but also what our teacher may have found out．She seldom became angry，but she was this time．

“Oh，” I thought．I was the one who broke the window．It was caused by a naughty throw of a baseball．If I admitted guilt，I would be in a lot of trouble．How would I be able to pay for a big window like that? I didn’t even get an allowance. “My father is going to have a fit，”I thought．I didn’t want to raise my hand，but some force much stronger than I was pulled it skyward．I told the truth. “I did it.” It was hard enough to say what I had．

My teacher took down a book from one of our library shelves and I had never known my teacher to strike a student，but I feared she was going to start with me. “I know how you like birds,” she said as she stood looking down at my guilt-ridden face．“Here is that field guide about birds that you are constantly checking out. It is yours now．It’s time we got a new one for the school anyway．You will not be punished as long as you remember that I am not rewarding you for your misdeed, I am rewarding you for your truthfulness.” I couldn’t believe it! I wasn’t being punished and I was getting my own bird field guide--the very one that I had been saving up money to buy.

All that remains of that day is my memory and the lesson my teacher taught me. That lesson stays with me every day and it will echo forever.

From the story, we can learn that the boy.

  A. didn’t break the window on purpose.

  B. lacked the strength to admit his guilt.

  C. tried to think about what he had done.

  D. didn’t know what the teacher would find out.

If the boy admitted guilt, he thought he would NOT              .

  A. be punished by the teacher   B. make his father angry

  C. pay for the broken window D. get a bird field guide

Which of the following best describes the changes in the boy’s feelings?

  A. Afraid-Surprised-Thankful   B. Frightened-Amazed-Proud.

  C. Regretful-Guilty-Excited.    D. Nervous-Afraid-Satisfied.

Read the following passage and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph.  There is one extra heading which you do not need.

Despite the economy, experts advise students to major in what interests them.

Aware of the worst job market in more than 25 years, many students enrolling in colleges and universities this fall are considering majors that they believe will land them stable career. 

Students with degrees in nursing, health care, accounting, computer, general science and engineering report the most success in finding jobs. Those with degrees in finance, journalism, graphic design, and international relations have had tougher times, liberal arts graduates also struggle.

Still career experts say students should major in whatever area most interests them, even if it’s a less specialized liberal arts field, such as Chinese and or sociology. In a national survey, communication, followed closely by a strong work ethic and team work skills, was rated at the most important qualities sought by employers. “Liberal arts teaches us how to learn. When we go out into the world of work, we are going to have to continue to learn,” said Dan Naegeli, director of the university of North Texas career center.

Texas Health Resources uses a wide range of workers at its 14 hospitals and other sites. The 18,000 employees company hires about 2000 people a year. It looks for candidates with “promise (有前途的) behaviors,” human resource director Justin Clem said.

     “The resume is great… Education is wonderful,” Clem said. “But when we interview, we really want to look at situations they were put into the past, what actions they took, and what were the results. Do these results really support treating other people with courtesy dignity and respect? And communicating clearly and earning people’s trust? And thinking before they act?”

The company also looks for people who have record of providing service, said Janaelle Nowne, vice president of human resource. If a student mowed lawns or worked at a fast-food restaurant, she said, “ the things that we would want to hear is how you attended to providing service to people that you were working with and how you were attending to the quality of the products that you have. ”

“Experience is always helpful, but it is not always the guarantee that person is going to get the job,” she added. “We look at the behaviors and the attitude they bring in and their willingness to be a part of the team.”

Lockheed Martin has all sorts of jobs in all sorts of fields. One of the skills recruiters consider is the ability to work in teams.

“Most of what we do is problem solving, and you get people with different kinds of skills together to solve the problem,” said Norman Robbins, senior manager community relations. “If you are real bright but you can’t get along with anybody, you’re not going to be as successful as you will be if you can work in teams.”

Our community appears more beautiful with green grass and colorful flowers ____ here and there.

A. grow                B. to grow             C. growing            D. having grown

Whatever you do, we are always ________ your side.

A. on                B. at                 C. for                D. with