How can a creature weighing over 5 tons and normally taking 150 kilograms of food and 120 liters of water per day survive in a desert environment?

In the southwest African country of Namibia, and the Sahara lands of Mali further north, the desert elephant does just that.

Although not regarded as a separate species from the African elephant, the desert cousin differs in many ways. Their bodies are smaller, to absorb less heat, and their feet are larger foreasier walking across sandy surfaces, they are taller, to reach higher branches. They have shorter tusks（象牙）, and most importantly, longer trunks to dig for water in riverbeds.

Desert elephants can travel over 70 kilometers in search for feeding grounds and waterholes, and have a larger group of families. They drink only every 3 –4 days, and can store water in a “bag” at the back of their throat, which is only used when badly needed. Desert elephants are careful feeders – they seldom root up trees and break fewer branches, and thus maintain what little food sources are available. Young elephants may even eat the dung（粪便）of the female leader of a group when facing food shortage.

During drought they are unlikely to give birth to their young but with good rains the birthrate will increase greatly. Desert elephants have sand baths, sometimes adding their own urine（尿液）to make them muddy!

As we continue to overheat our weak planet, it can only be hoped that other animal species will adapt as extraordinarily well to change as the desert elephant.

1.The underlined part in Paragraph 2 means “            ”.

A．remains in the African countries    B．drinks 120 liters of water a day

C．manages to live in desert areas     D．eats 150 kilograms of food daily

2.Desert elephants are called careful feeders because they _________.

A．rarely ruin trees                 B．drink only every 3-4 days

C．search for food in large groups   D．protect food sources for their young

3.The author answers the question raised in the first paragraph with __________.

A．stories and explanation         B．facts and descriptions

C．examples and conclusion         D．evidence and argument

4.What can be inferred from the last sentence in the passage?

A．Overheating the earth can be stopped. 

B．Not all animal species are so adaptable.

C．The planet will become hotter and hotter. 

D．Not all animals are as smart as desert elephants.

After we meet people, it is up to us to make them our friends．Let us stop a moment and consider what really makes a friend. The major qualities like faithfulness, devotion, friendliness，flash through our minds. But it is the large number of very small particular qualities that make up one’s whole character, such as cheerfulness, friendliness and punctuality. After all, “to make a friend, be a friend” is not such a big and difficult order. There are particular favorable qualities, which attract others to us, and some fundamental psychological do’s and don’ts．

    If you are in the presence of a shy person, talking and asking casual questions may bring him out of his shell. Think of what would be most acceptable to the other person for you to talk, or to listen. Either way, the goal is to make yourself pleasant．

    Always remember to listen, but listen intelligently. To have anyone “hang on our words” is the most unnoticeably clever way in the world to please somebody．For a few extremely happy seconds we are the center of attraction，but when it is our turn to be audience，let us remember how we felt as the actor，and let’s be genuinely interested in what the other fellow is saying．

    Other people will like us, if we like them. If you want friends, keep your mind and heart open to friendship. Be alive to the other person’s world．

1.This passage is mainly about________.

      A. the way of talking to a shy person

      B. some favorable qualities to be a psychologist

      C. how to make yourself attractive to listeners

      D. how to make a friend and be a friend

2. The underlined part “bring him out of his shell” in the second paragraph most probably means________.

A. make him become active                B. make him feel more nervous

C. help him understand the question better    D．help him listen intelligently

3.According to the passage，an important way in making friends is to________.

A. attract them       B. be attracted      C. listen attentively     D. talk widely

4.Of the qualities in a friend，which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Faithfulness.      B. Devotion．      C. Punctuality.         D. Unselfishness.

It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

    Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

    The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by his strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him a lot of questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain this question. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.

Herpin died at the age of 94.

1.The doctors came to Herpin’s home in order to __________.

       A. treat him for his illness

       B. find the reason why some old people didn’t need any sleep.

       C. get some proof to show his sleeplessness was not really true.

       D. help him to have a rest in some day.

2.After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ________.

A. needed some kind of sleep.

B. needed no sleep at all.

C. was too old to need any sleep.

D. often slept in a chair.

3.Al Herpin’s condition could be regarded as ___________.

    A. an unusual one          B. a common one

    C. very healthy           D. very funny

4. The main idea of this passage is that ____________. 

A. large numbers of people do not need sleep

B. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

C. people can live longer by trying not to sleep at all

D. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep

根据对话内容，从对话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。(共5分)

—Mary，we are going to have a party on New Year’s Eve. I’m sure we’ ll have a good time. ____1.___

    —I’ d like to. ___2.___

    —In our classroom. We are going to decorate it and turn it into a splendid ballroom.

    —___3.___ I shall be very glad to spend my first New Year in China with you.

    —But we are going to ask everyone at the party to give a performance. ___4.___

    —I will. My voice is not very pleasant to the ear，though.

    —I heard you sing once. ____5.__ I’ m sure you’ll be the star of our New Year party.

    —Oh，thank you.

A. Your voice was sweet and beautiful.       

B. Where are you going to have it？

C. Would you like to join us?              

D. Thank you for inviting me.

E. Oh, it is great.

F. Let’s go to the ball together.

G. Do sing us some English songs，please.

单词拼写 （共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1.When I was in middle school, I_____(共用，分享)a bathroom with other students．   

2.It’s said that a famous proffer will give a ______(演讲) on how to learn English.

3.I don’t know what they were______ (争论) about this morning.      

4.The life of the man living next to my house is full of_____ (冒险)．                 

5.After spending some years in America, she spoke English with excellent______(发音).  

6.______(比较) with the service industry, foreign trade is more important.7.The candidate who wins by a larger _____ (大多数) will have a chance to form the new government .

8.Learning the skill of _____(交流) will help us be more successful in our future life.

9.It was a ______(勇敢的) decision to quit her job and start her own business．

10.It has been raining since ______(九月)

In 1972, the United Nations hold a meeting in Sweden    1._________            

to share ideas about ways to take better care of for the            2.__________

earth．At the summit, people from more than one hundreds            3.__________

countries discussed some of the important problems faced            4.__________

our planet．Since then, several Earth Summits had been held.        5.__________

In 2002, the Earth Summit was held in Johannesburg.             6._________

   One of the main theme was “sustainable development”, or      7.__________

the question what we can continue developing the world          8.__________

without damage the environment．Most of the speakers            9.__________

talked the three biggest killers in the world.                      10.__________

李华是高二的学生， 写信问你如何把握高三这最关键的一年。请你结合自己的经历，从时间安排、饮食、睡眠、锻炼等方面，回一封100-120词的信。

____ the crisis of economy getting more and more serious, the government is searching for ways to improve people’s life.

A. As               B. With             C. While                D. If

The selfless village doctor treated whoever came to his family without any        .

   A. charge          B. money         C. cost                 D. price

— Jimmy had a lot of parties recently.

— Yes, that might         why he didn’t do well on the test.

A. come up with    B. bring about      C. account for          D. make sense of