阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When we talk about pigs, we have “Boiling a dead pig”, “eating like a pig” and “A pig looking in the mirror is still a pig”. But the truth is that pigs are not always what we consider.

Some scientists found that pigs are smarter than dogs and even some primates like monkeys. Pigs can play joy stick-controlled video games, have abstract thoughts, use tools, recognize their own names, dreams and follow commands.

Pigs also have excellent memories. Studies have shown that pigs can remember where food is stored and places where they have found before. They can also remember directions and can find their way home from great distances. Pigs can even recognize and remember humans and up to 30 other pigs.

Many people have a misunderstanding that pigs are dirty animals. In fact, pigs are very clean animals. They can live indoors like dogs and cats as companion animals. Pigs like to bathe in water, and they do take mud baths. Why? Pigs have no sweat (汗) glands so they roll around in mud to remain cool and protect themselves from the sun. So the next time you hear someone say he is “sweating like a pig”, let him know that’s impossible, because pigs don’t sweat.

Another misunderstanding people have about pigs is that they eat anything and everything and a lot of food quickly. The truth is quite the opposite. Given the freedom, pigs can be picky. They like to have their menu changed up, rather than get the same meal day after day. Pigs eat slowly, nibbling and enjoying their food. Pigs don’t “pig out” or “eat like pigs”, which are more inaccurate phrases people use.

1. The passage is mainly about ________ about pigs.

A．some good qualities (品质)

B．some wonderful habits

C．some special abilities

D．some interesting hobbies

2. Pigs take mud baths in order to ________.

A．stay healthy	B．keep clean
C．become smart	D．stay cool

3. What does the underlined word “recognize” probably mean in this passage?

A．Wonder.

B．Own.

C．Know.

D．Shout.

4. Which one of the following facts about pigs is right?

A．Pigs usually sweat a lot.

B．Pigs know the way home.

C．Pigs are not as smart as dogs.

D．Pigs are really dirty animals.

5. How many sides does the writer describe the truth about pigs?

A．Five.

B．Four.

C．Three.

D．Two.

All of our childhood memories are not accidental. When you are a child, every sound, every move, every toy, the first day of school, the first kiss, the first step…. Everything together makes what is the personality of a man. All these are pieces of one whole entity.

       I was about 6 years old. My mom’s best friend left to another town and asked my mom to stay at her place with me for two days in order to look after her two sons. One was a little older than I was, and the second boy seemed to be super grown-up, for he was already fourteen. I always enjoyed staying at their place.
       I remember the second day we were supposed to have the come-back party for my mom’s friend at her place. I woke up. Mom went to work and reminded me to be nice and clean by the time she came back. I stayed with Tony, the older of the boys and suddenly somebody called him and though he was not permitted to leave me alone—he left. He said it would not be long. But it took him forever. I realized that I was alone. I could not come out of the house, so I opened the window. I was so desperate(绝望的)......So lonely. So betrayed. At that moment I pulled the curtain(窗帘), so strongly that I fell on the floor. And there I was standing—one little criminal—desperate to get away and knowing that I would be punished for destroying the curtain that was not even ours.
       But then something changed. I stopped weeping. I looked around and realized that I was in a safe place, and that mom would come back and kiss me no matter what I had done.
       This was a moment of pure happiness, not the happiness of getting a new toy or a dog, or going to the party of your best friend. It was the moment of clarity(清晰), for me—the first time in my life when I realized that I was happy to have my mom and that I was safe. My eyes saw the world in different shades that moment. And by the way—I was not punished for the curtain. I fell asleep on my mom’s knees.
11. What is the best title for this passage? ________

A．A Childhood Memory

B．An Unforgettable Party

C．The Rules You Should Follow

D．A Happy Day in My Mom’s Best Friend’s Home

12. What best describes the author’s feelings toward childhood memories? ________

A．Childhood memories are easy to forget.

B．They make what is the personality of a man.

C．Good memories are always much easier for us to remember.

D．Childhood memories are always strange and incomprehensible(不可思议的).

13. What happened to the author when he was 6 years old? ________

A．His family moved to another apartment.

B．He always fought with mom’s friend’s children for toys.

C．He was hit by his mom’s friend’s elder son for going out.

D．He was locked inside a house and failed to get out by the window.

14. In the last paragraph, the word “It” refers to ________.

A．the moment he received a present from his mom

B．the time he spent in mom’s friend’s home

C．the moment he realized his mom’s love

D．the time he destroyed the curtain

15. How did the mother deal with the boy after the curtain was destroyed?________

A．She comforted him.

B．She hit him badly.

C．She cried for him.

D．She left her friend’s house with him.

If we want to find out what kind of technology people used in the past, we normally have to depend on archaeologists to find ruined(毁坏) buildings and parts of tools or instruments or machines. Archaeologists then try to reconstruct(修复), sometimes with the help of computer technology, what these ancient buildings and objects must have looked like, and how they might have been made. Sometimes historians are lucky and find an ancient document with a written description of these ancient buildings and objects.

       We can understand, then, why Chinese historians were so excited when they found cave paintings which show ancient science. They found these paintings in the world-famous Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang City, in Northwest China’s Gansu Province. There are 500 man-made caves with a history of at least 1,600 years. Almost all of these caves have paintings on their ceilings or walls and they date from the 4th to 14th centuries. Wang Jinyu is an expert on these cave paintings also called frescoes(壁画) and he says, “We discovered frescoes with scientific and technological content in almost all of the caves which have frescoes.” According to the Xinhua News Agency, these cave paintings provide evidence(证据) of “scientific and technological inventions by ancient Chinese in maths, physics, chemistry, geography, traffic and transportation,…etc.”
       Among the discoveries that experts have made are cave paintings showing ancient techniques(技术) of pottery(陶器) making and wine production as well as paintings showing ancient weaving(编织) machines and then toothbrushes! The paintings also give some evidence of the lifestyle at the time with, for example, pictures of people boiling milk over 1,000 years ago. Experts believe that there is more evidence to be found, but even now the caves are a wonderful natural museum. If the walls and ceilings of the caves were all put together, they would form a tapestry(壁毯), 20 kilometers long and 2 meters high!
       It won’t be possible to travel back in time — that only happens in films — but visiting these caves would be the nearest experience you could get to travelling back in time.
16. The underlined word “archaeologists” in Paragraph 1 refers to the people ________.

A．whose job is to teach history

B．who study prehistoric people and their culture

C．who create plans to be used in making buildings

D．that have much knowledge of one or more sciences

17. Why were historians excited when they found cave paintings showing ancient science? ________

A．Because they had never seen cave paintings.

B．Because they could make the place a tourist attraction.

C．Because they could learn about ancient science through them.

D．Because they would be given lots of money for the discovery.

18. The Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang City ________.

A．have 500 man-made caves

B．have been there for at most 1, 600 years

C．help us to know little about ancient science

D．have paintings on their ceilings in every cave

19. Experts had discovered cave paintings that show the ancient techniques of   ________.

A．pottery making and wine production

B．weaving machines and toothbrushes

C．boiling milk over 1, 000 years ago

D．architecture and weaving

20. The article is more likely to be selected from the magazine ________.

A．Modern Countries	B．Business World
C．Network World	D．Popular Science

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A， B， C和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

There were no gifts he could afford in the shop. Colin walked out with his head ___________. “Why don’t you do a comic (漫画) of Mum?” Whitney ___________. “Remember the poem I wrote for Mum last year? She loved it.”

Colin knew that was ___________. The poem hung right above the fireplace. Colin spent the next two days ___________. Finally he finished it. On the morning of Mother’s Day, Colin gave it to Mum. “This is a great gift, Colin. Thank you, my boy.” his mother said happily and hung it next to Whitney’s poem. Colin looked up at the comic. It really was the ___________ gift.

21.

A．up

B．back

C．down

D．away

22.

A．suggested

B．wondered

C．understood

D．repeated

23.

A．funny

B．quiet

C．hard

D．true

24.

A．choosing

B．reading

C．drawing

D．researching

25.

A．cheap

B．perfect

C．proud

D．simple

For the first time ever, Gabby was going to be home alone. Her parents and little brother were going on a one-week trip to Hawaii. Gabby didn’t want to miss out on school, so she said she would stay at home. It was going to be ___________. She could stay up late as she wanted to, invite people over, and sing as ___________ as she wanted to.

       She invited her friends, William and Agatha, to her house after school. “Wow, it is so cool to have the ___________ house to yourself. Your parents must really trust you!” Agatha said. Gabby’s parents trusted Gabby because she always told the ___________ and did the right thing. “You should ___________ a party,” William suggested. Gabby and Agatha gasped, “Didn’t you hear what I just said?!” Agatha said. “I heard you. I just think Gabby should do the ___________ thing for once and not be boring,” William said. Gabby did think about it. People at school did think she was a goody-goody and her parents probably wouldn’t ___________. “Okay! I’ll do it!” Gabby got excited.
       Gabby invited the whole class to her house on Friday. Everyone was having a good time. People really liked the food and the music at the party. In the end, however, the party got too ___________. People started shouting at each other, things broke, and neighbors started complaining about the ___________.
       All of a sudden, the door opened. It was Gabby’s parents. “Mum, Dad, aren’t you supposed to be here tomorrow?” Gabby asked in surprise. “We were, but we came here to surprise you with a gift,” her dad said. Now Gabby felt really ______________.26.

A．clear

B．difficult

C．simple

D．great

27.

A．much

B．loudly

C．high

D．long

28.

A．large

B．whole

C．beautiful

D．lonely

29.

A．truth

B．story

C．result

D．process

30.

A．throw

B．shut

C．admire

D．miss

31.

A．right

B．interesting

C．wrong

D．lively

32.

A．turn down

B．find out

C．work out

D．take part in

33.

A．crazy

B．alive

C．low

D．bright

34.

A．party

B．house

C．noise

D．music

35.

A．excited

B．disappointed

C．sorry

D．dangerous

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Delicious Food in Different Restaurants

Cute Place, good food

Honey Salt has a farm-to-table menu. You can stop at any time of a day for a delicious meal. Pizza and cheeseburger here are quite delicious. Kids will especially love the kids-only drinks.

Great dinner

Carnival World Buffet is one of the most famous family restaurants. You may enjoy delicious dishes from all around the world, from China to Italy to Japan to America. And the reporters who report the delicious food in the world may be interested in it. The most popular dish is the crab (螃蟹) legs.

Pretty good cake

Sprinkles Cupcakes has cupcakes, cookies and other sweets that will satisfy (使满意) your sweet tooth. It also offers ice-cream. And if you happen to be there after closing, there is a cupcake ATM that lets you buy delicious cupcakes at any time!

Great breakfast and service

My Dad took my sister and me to Black Bear Diner for breakfast and WOW, that’s great! Chicken nuggets (块) are my favorite food. Kids who come to Black Bear Diner won’t be kids and they’ll be “cubs (幼兽)”. “Cubs” can order cub meals starting at 11 a.m. Kids who love breakfast will order breakfast all day long.

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51. 假如你是李华, 收到笔友Dale的邮件, 请你回复, 要点不少于三个, 并加以阐述说明。不少于80词。

To: Li Hua From: Dale Hi, Li Hua, How are you these days? I have a big trouble now. Some of my classmates have given me several nicknames. I don’t like them at all. I feel really upset. Could you help me?                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Dale