“Where’s Papa going with that ax (斧)?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.

“To the pig house,” replied Mrs. Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.”

“I don’t see why he needs an ax,” continued Fern.

“Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is very small and weak, so your father has decided to do away with it.”

“Do away with it?” shouted Fern. “You mean kill it? Just because it’s smaller than the others?”

Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. Fern’s shoes were wet by the time she caught up with her father.

“Please don’t kill it!” she sobbed (哭诉). “     ▲     ”

“Fern,” he said softly, “you will have to learn to control yourself.”

“Control myself?” shouted Fern. “This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself.”

“Fern,” said Mr. Arable, “I know more about raising pigs than you do. A weak pig makes trouble. Now run along!”

“The pig couldn’t decide whether it was born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?” said Fern.

Mr. Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said. “All right. You go back to the house and I will bring the pig when I come in. I’ll let you keep it. Then you’ll see what trouble a weak pig can be.”

When Mr. Arable returned to the house half an hour later, he carried a box under his arm. He set it down at Fern’s chair. When Fern came down the stairs, she saw the box. Then she opened it. There, inside, looking up at her, was the newborn pig.

“Look at it!” she said, “It’s absolutely perfect.”

(Adapted from Charlotte’s Web)

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

6. Why did Mr. Arable decide to kill the pig?

A．Because it caused him a lot of trouble.	B．Because his wife asked him to do so.
C．Because it was very small and weak.	D．Because there were too many pigs.

7. Which of the following can be put in the “     ▲     ”?

A．It’s stupid.

B．It’s unfair.

C．It’s strange.

D．It’s dangerous.

8. What is the correct order according to the text?

a. Mrs. Arable told Fern about the pig.

b. Fern saw the newborn pig in the box.

c. Fern stopped her father from killing the pig.

d. Fern ran outdoors to catch up with her father.

e. Mr. Arable returned to the house with the pig.

A．a-d-c-e-b

B．b-a-d-c-e

C．c-b-a-d-e

D．d-e-a-b-c

9. What is the most important in Fern’s eyes?

A．Friendship.

B．Safety.

C．Love.

D．Life.

10. What would probably happen to the pig according to the text?

A．It would be treated kindly.	B．It would bring the family good luck.
C．It would become tall and strong.	D．It would be kept in the pig house.

①Every time you feel uncomfortable, you can check yourself by taking your temperature. So, what’s the average (平均的) human body temperature? Well, if you say 37℃, maybe you are wrong. It turns out that the average body temperature has dropped in the past one hundred and fifty years, according to a new study.

②“Everybody knows that our normal temperature is 37℃, but it is wrong,” said Julie Parsonnet, a Stanford University medical professor.

She and her team looked at medical data (数据) from three different time periods: 1862 to 1930, 1971 to 1975, and 2007 to 2017. Comparing the data, they found that body temperature has dropped by about 0. 02℃ every ten years. So what’s the new body temperature? It’s 36. 6℃, says the study.

③As for the reason, one possibility is that living in temperature-controlled buildings has changed our bodies. They don’t need to work hard to keep the temperature normal. Another is less inflammation (炎症) in people’s bodies. Inflammation makes your body use more energy, which increases body temperature. Progress in medical treatments (治疗) and improved standards of living have led to less inflammation in people’s bodies compared to 200 years ago. No matter what the reason is, our bodies are changing.

④Another interesting fact is that men and women have different ideas about what the comfortable temperature is. According to one study, women are comfortable at a temperature of 24—25℃, which is 2. 5℃ higher than the temperature preferred by men. What’s more, studies have shown that as the temperature drops, women’s blood runs slower than men’s.

⑤ The human body may have changed over the past hundred years, but one thing that has not changed is that men and women have different feeling about what temperature is comfortable.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

11. What is the average human body temperature now?

A．36. 4℃

B．37℃.

C．36℃.

D．36. 6℃.

12. What does the underlined word” They” refer to?

A．Our bodies.	B．The medical professors.
C．The temperature-controlled buildings.	D．Julie Parsonnet and her team.

13. What is the comfortable temperature for men according to the text?

A．26. 5—27. 5℃.

B．20—21℃.

C．21. 5—22. 5℃.

D．24—25℃.

14. What is the structure of the text?

A．

B．

C．

D．

15. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．How to keep a normal body temperature.

B．Why human body temperature has dropped.

C．Something interesting about human body temperature.

D．Men and women have different feelings about temperature.

Do you know anyone born in the Year of the Tiger? What’s he or she like? Are they brave, strong or decisive?     16    

In Chinese culture, tigers are seen as the king of all animals.     17     That’s why in China you can see pictures of tigers on the walls of temples and houses—to drive away disasters and danger.

    18     For example, in South Korea, both the 1986 Seoul Asian Games and the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics used Hodori, a friendly cartoon tiger, as the mascot (吉祥物). A tiger is also on the emblem (徽章) of the South Korea national soccer team.

    19     Brave soldiers were once nicknamed “the lion”. England’s King Richard I was known as “the Lionheart”. In Europe, the animal is a national symbol of England as well as Norway, Spain, Belgium and 13 other countries,

But in the West, tigers are also seen as very powerful.     20     Another famous phrase is “eye of the tiger”, which means to have fierceness (凶猛) and strength.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

A．In English, if you want someone to calm down, you can say “easy tiger” to them.

B．If so, then they are a typical “tiger”.

C．Instead of tigers, in the West, lions are considered as the king of all animals.

D．Tigers have an important cultural meaning not just in China, but across Asia.

E．They stand for power, energy and protection.

阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整，每空限填一词。

Strong friendship helps us through hard times, and makes the good ones even better. Here are some ways about     46     to be a great friend.

To start with,     47     must be some differences between you and your friends. Accept the differences and love your friends from your heart. Take everything about them seriously, from culture to hobbies. Besides, it is important     48     make people feel they are a part of your group. Don’t let your friends feel lonely when they are staying with a lot of people and you. Remember to check no one is left out. What’s more, you should help your friends feel that they     49     thanked. Take time to say thank you. Send a written note     50     just have a talk. Finally, stand by and listen to each other. Be there with your friends when times are hard.

根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: Hi, Jack! The weekend is coming.     51    ?
B: I am not sure. I might stay at home and watch TV.
A: That’s boring. Would you like to go on a short trip with me?
B: Sure, I’d like to.     52    ?
A: What about Science and Technology Museum?
B:     53    . What can we do there?
A:     54    .
B: Wow, I believe that we can learn some interesting knowledge there. I can’t wait to go.     55    ?
A: No, it isn’t. It is only 5 kilometers from here.
B: All right. When and where shall we meet?
A: Shall we meet at the subway station near Central Park at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow?
B: OK. See you tomorrow.
A: See you.

56. 你校英语报以“Where there is a will, there is a way (有志者事竟成)”为题向全校学生开展征文活动，请你用英语写一篇短文投稿。

要点：

1. 你对该谚语的理解；

2. 你生活中的一个事例；

3. 你的感悟。

要求：

1. 必须包含所给要点，可适当发挥；

2. 语句通顺，意思连贯，语法正确，书写规范；

3. 文中不得出现真实人名、校名或地名，词数100左右。

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