A South African farmer is receiving phone calls from his sheep after equipping them with cell phones to keep tabs on the flock amid recent livestock thefts, according to local press Wednesday.

When the sheep call, it is always bad news for farmer Erard Louw of the Cape Town suburbs, as the phones around their necks are only set to switch on when the sheep start running, a sign that thieves have cut through the fences.

"As they run it gives me a phone call and says 'Sheep One' or 'Sheep Two' and so on, so at least I know where to start looking because the farm is 750 hectares (1,850 acres)," Louw told the Cape Times daily.

Louw attached the phone-like security device to the collars of four sheep in separate flocks after thieves sneaked in and stole 27 sheep and 13 lambs a couple of weeks ago, driving Louw to rack his brains for ways to protect his animals.

He said there was no use calling nearby police, as they were stationed too far away and in his experience they either lacked an available car or the vehicle was out of fuel or missing tyres -- also the work of thieves.

According to Louw, the cell phones have already proved their worth, with one sheep-snatcher caught thanks to the device.

Still, with theft attempts currently at their peak, given long winter nights and early nightfall, a few sheep-robbers managed to get away in spite of the device.

"The phone did start ringing that night and I went out," he said, but added that he was too late.

1.Why did Erard Louw attach the phone-like device to the sheep he raises?

A. Because he thought it was fun to do.

B. Because the police there didn’t care about animals.

C. Because he liked hi-tech very much.

D. Because he wanted to protect them against thieves.

2.What does the underlined expression in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. Try very hard to remember or think of something.

B. Have a headache.

C. Make the brain bigger.

D. Shake the brain from side to side.

3.You can most probably read this passage______.

A. in a book

B. in a dictionary

C. in a newspaper

D. in a novel

Scientists know of more than 1,000 volcanoes on the surface of Venus, Earth’s “sister” planet. A big question has been: Are they still active? The scientists say yes.

Their evidence for recent volcanic activity on Venus comes from a lava (熔岩) flow in the planet’s northern hemisphere. The flow is hotter than the rocks around, which means the lava might still be cooling off. “The flow we studied seems to be very young---it is still warm inside,” Nataliya Bondarenko said.

Venus is a difficult planet to study from Earth because it is surrounded by thick clouds. Telescopes on Earth can’t see through these clouds, so the best information about Venus comes from spacecraft orbiting it.

Bondarenko and her colleagues studied the lava flow using data from NASA’s Magellan mission. That spacecraft spent four years in orbit around Venus and used radar to make a map of 98 percent of the planet’s surface. On October 11th, 1994, the mission ended, and the spacecraft plunged (跌落) through Venus’ heavy cloud cover and crashed onto the planet below.

While in orbit, the Magellan craft sent microwaves, which can go through Venus’ clouds, to the surface. Microwaves are invisible and can be as long as three feet. These waves are a kind of energy, like light. And like light, they bounce off surfaces. The way the waves bounced off the Venus’ surface and back to the craft supplied information that the scientists used to estimate the temperature of various parts of the planet’s surface. Bondarenko’s team found that the lava flow was hotter than its surroundings---which may mean the lava flow is in the process of cooling.

The scientists say the lava flow can’t be very old because if it were, it would have cooled off enough that Magellan wouldn’t have noticed the difference in microwaves. She adds that the flow appears in a 1978 view of the surface that a craft called the Pioneer Venus Orbiter captured.

1.What happened to Magellan in the end?

A. It was floating in space forever.

B. It flew into heavy clouds.

C. It returned to the Earth.

D. It fell onto Venus.

2.How could Bondarenko judge the temperature of the Venus?

A. By looking at it with a powerful telescope.

B. By measuring the thickness of clouds over Venus.

C. By calculating the microwave bouncing off Venus’s surface.

D. By orbiting Venus for 4 years in a spacecraft.

3.The best title for the passage may be “______ ”.

A. Warm lava on Venus                 

B. More volcanic eruptions on Venus

C. Venus is just like a big active volcano           

D. Lava flows are first found on Venus

How to Get What I Want?

There’s an expression: “What you see is what you get.” My grandfather used to say: “If you looked at a tree long enough, it will move.” We see what we want to see. Psychologists tell us that nothing controls our lives more than our self-image. We live like the person we see in the mirror. We are what we think we are. If you don’t think you’ll be successful, you won’t. You can’t be it if you can’t see it. Your life is limited to your vision. If you want to change your life, you must change your vision of your life.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was not that famous in 1976 when he met with a newspaper reporter. The reporter asked Schwarzenegger: “Now that you’ve retired from bodybuilding, what do you plan to do next?” Schwarzenegger answered very calmly and confidently: “I’m going to be the No. 1 movie star in Hollywood.” The reporter was shocked and amused at Schwarzenegger’s plan. At that time, it was very hard to imagine how this muscle-bound bodybuilder, who was not a professional actor and who spoke poor English with a strong Austrian accent, could ever hope to be Hollywood’s No. 1 movie star!

So when the reporter asked Schwarzenegger how he planned to make his dream come true, Schwarzenegger said: “I’ll do it the same way I became the No. 1 bodybuilder in the world. What I do was create a vision of who I want to be, and then I start living like that person in my mind as if it were already true.” Sounds almost childishly simple, doesn’t it? But I worked! Schwarzenegger became the No. 1 highest paid movie star in Hollywood. Remember: “If you can see it, you can be it.”

There’s a successful businessman who often wears a shirt with these words on it: “Don’t just pursue your dreams. Chase down and tackle! ” you only get one life to live, so why not live the best life possible? So you can be fully satisfied at what you see and get.

1.What did Arnold Schwarzenegger do before he became a Hollywood star?

A. He worked for a newspaper.

B. He was a man working on bodybuilding.

C. He worked in a small film company.

D. He was a businessman.

2.Why was it hard for the reporter to believe that Schwarzenegger would become a star one day?

A. Because he was not famous.

B. Because he was not professional and spoke poor English.

C. Because he was good at nothing except bodybuilding.

D. Because he only spoke English fluently. 

3.What did Schwarzenegger plan to do to make his Hollywood star dream come true?

A. He continued to build his body.

B. He went to make more movies.

C. He lived a life like a movie star.

D. He tried his best to meet the movie directors.

4.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Have a dream and make it come true.

B. Stop your dream and find realistic things to do.     

C. You can just daydream alone.

D. There’s nothing to do in the world but dream.

Diets aren’t the way to go when it comes to losing weight. That’s because they create temporary eating patterns—and, therefore, temporary results. So what’s the best way to drop excess weight? Create a new normal! Weight loss is most likely to be successful when people change their habits, replacing old, unhealthy ones with new, healthy behaviors. Here are five ways to make that happen.

Take exercise.   1.   . Walking the family dog, cycling to school, and doing other things that increase your daily level of activity can all help you look and feel good and keep weight off.

   2.   One reason people get less exercise these days is that they spend too much time watching TV, looking at the computer, or playing video games. Limit recreational screen time to less than 2 hours per day.

Watch out for unhealthy drinks. Another key factor in weight gain is that more people drink sugary drinks, such as sodas, juice drinks, and sports drinks.   3.    

Eat some fruits and vegetables every day. Fruits and vegetables are about more than just vitamins and minerals.   4.    And when you fill up on friuts and vegetables, you’re less likely to overeat when it comes to high-calorie foods like chips or cookies.

  5.   People who don’t have breakfast often feel so hungry that they eat more later on. So they are likely to get more calories.

A. Regular physical activity burns calories and builds muscles.

B. So go for water or low-fat milk instead of soda.

C. They’ve also packed with fiber, which means they fill you up.

D. Don’t skip breakfast.

E. Share your breakfast with others.

F. It is bad for your eyes to spend too much time watching TV.

G. Reduce screen time.

根据首字母及汉语提示拼写单词 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

1.The flood has caused great __________ （损失） to this city.

2.Regular exercise can _______ （释放）happy chemicals into the brain.

3.The space shuttle is a _______（可重复使用的）spacecraft.

4.The doors opened _______ （自动）as we approached.

5.On the________(相反), onlookers who saw Mir’s blazing fragments described it as the experience of a lifetime.

6.The Earth is only one of the n__________ planets in the universe.

7.There are a variety of cell phones available in different price r_______.

8.He lost a leg in the accident and had to use an a__________ one now.

9.The young teachers u_______ the task of welcoming the alumni when they came to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of our school.

10.No one nation can or should try to d______ other nations, for every country is equal.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换批改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中至多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在下面写出改正后的词。

注意：

每次错误及其修改均仅限一词

只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I’d like to say anything about the service in our school dining hall. In general,the service is satisfied. The hall is clean and tidy. And﹀ dishes look inviting and tastes good. What’s more, the workers there treat us as their friends, which makes us real happy. However, the cost of the meals was a little high. Also, we have only a limited variety of dish which are the same every day. In addition, we often have to stand with line for a long time after we get our food. This wastes a lot of time. I hope something can be done to solve about these problems soon.

假设你是李响，准备参加学校举办的主题为“健康成长”的英语作文比赛。请按要求写一篇短文，主要内容包括：

乐观的人生态度；

参加体育锻炼；

健康的饮食习惯。

注意： 1. 词数 100 左右；

       2. 可适当增加细节；

       3. 开头已为你写好。

  We all want to grow up happily and healthily, and for this goal we must do several things.

 —Is that phone for personal use?

— No. In no case _________to use it in the office for personal affairs.

A. anyone is allowed                                               B. is anyone allowed                                   

C. someone is allowed                                                      D. is someone allowed

 All visitors to this village_________ with kindness.

A. treat                       B. are treated                      C. are treating              D. had been treated      

 You will _________sooner or later if you keep working like that.

A. break down                                       B. break off                                             C. break into                        D. break out