BEIJ ING，April 14--Thousands of dolphins stopped the suspected Somali pirate（海盗）ships when they were trying to attack Chinese merchant（商业的）ships passing the Gulf of Aden，the China Radio International reported on Monday．

The Chinese merchant ships which were escorted by a China's fleet（舰队）sailed on the Gulf of Aden when they met some suspected pirate ships．Thousands of dolphins suddenly jumped out of water and stopped the pirate ships from getting close to the Chinese ships．

The suspected pirate ships stopped and then turned away．The pirates could only cry for their littleness before the great number of dolphins．The amazing scene continued for a while．

China first sent its three--ship fleet on Dec．26 last year after the United Nations Security Council called on countries to patrol（巡逻）the waters off Somalia．

China's first fleet has escorted 206 ships，including 29 foreign merchant ships，and successfully saved three foreign merchant ships from pirate attacks．

About 20 percent of Chinese merchant ships passing through the waters off Somalia were attacked by pirates from January to November in 2008，before the fleet was sent there．

A total of seven ships，either owned by China or carrying Chinese goods and sailors，were hijacked（劫持）．

Tianyu No．8，a Chinese fishing ship with l6 Chinese and 8 foreign sailors on it，was hijacked by Somali pirates on Nov．14 and freed in early February．

The second fleet of Chinese escort ships arrived at the Gulf of Aden on Monday to replace the first fleet．

1．According to the news report，Somali pirates _________．

A．felt sad about dolphins stopping their plan to rob

B．waited until the dolphins went away from them

C．attacked the dolphins instead of the Chinese ships

D．watched the amazing scene with the Chinese sailors

2．The underlined word “escorted” in Paragraph 2 means “_________”．

A．pulled                  B．sent                     C．protected                      D．controlled

3．Which of the following is true according to the news report?

A．The dolphins were trained to stop pirate ships getting close to passing ships．

B．The Chinese fishing ship Tianyu No．8 was saved by China's second fleet．

C．Most of the Chinese ships were attacked before China's fleet was sent there．

D．China's first fleet has helped not only Chinese ships but also foreign ones．

–Can I park my car here?

–No, look at the sign.

Which sign does the second speaker refer to（指）?

     A             B           C            D

你们学校最近就“一个好朋友的标准”做了一次问卷调查，调查结果如下图（阴影部分）。

请你以“What a good friend should be like”为题，用英语为你们学校的校报写一篇短文，报道此次调查结果并谈谈自己的看法。

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注意：1. 词数：80-100（开头已给出的内容不计入总词数）；

      2. 内容必须包括上图中的要点，可适当发挥；

      3. 文章条理清楚、意思连贯、语句通顺；

      4. 文中不得出现真实的地名、校名和人名。

                       What a good friend should be like

Recently, we did a survey in our school on what a good friend should be like.

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This was one of the interesting games I liked best when l was a little girl．My sisters and I used to play it for hours at a time．

We had twenty-six small pieces of cardboard．On each of these we had printed a letter of the alphabet（字母表）．Before we started to play，we decided what the game would be about．Let us imagine that we chose to play animals．One of us would then mix up（弄乱）the cards and turn over one of them．If the letter on the card happened to be C，we would try to think，as quickly as possible，of an  animal which began with C，such as cat，cow，camel and so on．The one who first gave the name of the animal received that card．This was done with each of the twenty-six cards．In the end the person who had the most cards won the game．

1．Which of the following drawings is like the cardboard?

2．How many cards do you need to win the game?

A．All．                                B．Half．

C．None．                                    D．More than anyone else has．

3．Why did the writer and her sisters like the game very much?

A．It helped them to know more about animals．

B．It helped them to remember the names of animals．

C．They could learn something while they had a good time．

D．They were working hard at English．

下面短文中的画线部分都是错误的，请改正，并将正确答案写在右边相应的横线上，不得改变原文意思。

Did you know that tea，the more popular drink in the world（after water）， 1．________ was invented on accident? Although tea wasn’t brought to the                         2．________ western world until 1610，but this beverage was discovered                                3．________ more than three thousands years before that．According to                                 4．________ a ancient Chinese legend，the emperor Shen Nong discovered tea                       5．________ when he was boiling drinking water over a fire．Some leaf                                   6．________ from a nearby bush falled into the water and remained in the                              7．________ water for some times．Shen Nong noticed that the mixture produced                    8．________ a pleasant smell．Later he decided taste the hot mixture．                                    9．________ It was quite delicious．And in this way，one of the world’s favorite                       drinks were invented．                                                                                      10．________

在你成长的历程中，有些日子会让你开心快乐，经久难忘。请以“My Pleasant Day”为题，用英语写一篇80词左右的短文，记述你那天的活动和感受（如：exciting，fun…）。

要求：1．参考所给提示，可适当发挥；  2．语句通顺，意思连贯，书写工整。

You may know the song Happy Birthday very well．But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl．And she became very rich after that．

When she was a child，she was poor．Once，she was invited to her friend's birthday party．She was pleased but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her．

“The party is coming soon，but now I have little money．” Tears ran down her face．

Later that night she was in bed，thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in．“What happened?” her grandma asked．Hearing the girl’s story，she said，“Don’t worry．I think I can help you．How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to．．．” What a beautiful song! They sang and sang．Suddenly she woke up．It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party．

When she sang the song at the party the next day，her friends were very happy．“How wonderfully you sing! We haven’t heard such a beautiful song before．Thank you for giving me the special gift．”said her friend．And they learnt to sing it together．Later the girl became well-known in America．

1．The song Happy Birthday was written by ________．

A．an American girl                                      B．an American girl’s grandma

C．an American boy                                        D．an American girl’s friend

2．The girl was sad because ________．

A．she didn't want to go to the party                 B．she would be busy that day

C．she didn't have enough money to buy a gift   D．she wasn’t invited to the party’

3．What gift did she give her friend?

A．A flower．                                             B．A toy．

C．An interesting book．                                 D．A song．

4．What did her friends think of the song? It was ________．

A．boring                 B．beautiful               C．exciting                  D．interesting

5．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The girl was still poor after writing the song．

B．The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream．

C．The girl's friends had heard the song before．

D．The girl became famous because of the song．

Which sign means that we can turn right or left here?