When a new headmaster came to work at Garden School, he learned the worst class in this school was Class 3A. The students in Class 3A had no interest in their lessons. So he decided to do something about Class 3A. On the second day, he walked to 3A’s classroom. He didn’t need to know where it was. He could hear them. They were making terrible noises. He stood outside the classroom for a few minutes and looked inside through the window. He became angry at what he saw. Some boys were fighting. Others were throwing things at one another. No one was doing any work.

The headmaster knew what to do. He would go into the classroom, catch the biggest boy in the class and punish him. This would be an example for the others. He took a deep breath and opened the classroom door. “Silence!” he shouted at the top of his voice.

This time the students stopped what they were doing and looked at him. Quickly he walked up to the oldest-looking boy in the room, who was also the noisiest and had been shouting at others at the top of his voice. He took him by the ear and pulled him to the front of the class. “I’m going to punish you as an example for others,” he said. “Now go to my office and wait for me.”Then he turned to the class and lectured them about how they should behave in school.

When he had finished, he said, “Does anyone have any questions?” One of the students put up his hand. “Yes, sir. I have one. When can we have our teacher back?”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
6. What do we know about Class 3A?

A．The students in Class 3A were very quiet.

B．Class 3A was the worst class in the school.

C．All of the students in Class 3A liked their lessons.

D．The students in Class 3A were brave and energetic.

7. How did the headmaster find 3A’s classroom?

A．A teacher led him there.

B．He asked the way himself.

C．He followed the noise to find where it was.

D．He knew where it was before.

8. What did the headmaster decide to do after he saw the noisy class?

A．He decided to find a good teacher for Class 3A.

B．He decided to keep silent and do nothing about the class.

C．He decided to complain to the teacher in Class 3A.

D．He decided to punish the oldest boy in the class as an example to others.

9. At the end of the story, what would “the oldest-looking boy” probably do?

A．Explain he was the teacher, not a student.

B．Thank the headmaster for his coming.

C．Agree to be a good student.

D．Promise he wouldn’t do that again.

10. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．The oldest-looking boy	B．A new headmaster
C．An unforgettable lesson	D．A kind teacher

Do you know anyone born in the Year of the Tiger? What’s their personality like? Are they brave, strong and tenacious (坚韧的)? If so, then they are a typical “tiger”.

In Chinese culture, tigers are considered the king of all animals. They stand for power, energy and protection. Tigers are regarded as fearless animals, so that’s why in China you can see pictures of tigers on the walls of houses to keep away danger.

Tigers have an important cultural meaning not just in China, but across Asia. As they mostly live in Asia, for many people in the West, they have become a cultural symbol of Eastern countries and regions. For example, strong economies in the East—Singapore, South Korea, China’s Hong Kong and Taiwan—were called “The Four Asian Tigers”. In the book Life of Pi, Canadian writer Yann Martel chooses a Bengal tiger as the partner for the Indian boy Pion his adventure in the Pacific Ocean.

In the West, ▲ . A famous phrase is “eye of the tiger”, which means power and strength. In English, if you want someone to calm down, you can say to them, “Easy, tiger.”

Tigers are also one of my favourite animals. I first learned about the beauty of tigers as a child, while watching animal programs. If you ask my mom, she’ll tell you that my favourite toy was my toy tiger, which I have treasured dearly to this day. As an animal lover, I feel so sad that they are in danger and I want to help protect them.

Just as tigers serve as a symbol of protection in Chinese culture, we hope that in the Year of the Tiger more people can learn about tigers and help protect them.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
11. What’s the purpose of asking the questions in Paragraph 1?

A．To discuss the importance of tigers.

B．To lead into the topic of the passage.

C．To ask readers to answer the questions.

D．To check readers’ knowledge about tigers.

12. Why can we see pictures of tigers on the walls of Chinese houses?

A．Because they mean wealth.

B．Because they are welcomed by kids.

C．Because they can make people become brave.

D．Because they serve as a symbol of protection.

13. If you want someone to calm down, which one can you use?

A．Eye of the tiger.

B．Work like a tiger.

C．Easy, tiger.

D．Choose a tiger as the partner.

14. Which of the following is the best to fill in “ ▲ ” in Paragraph 4?

A．tigers also have special meanings in their culture

B．people can make friends with tigers easily

C．tigers are also seen as a very powerful animal

D．different people have different ideas about tigers

15. What does the writer mainly want to tell us in the last two paragraphs?

A．The writer can’t wait to enjoy the Year of the Tiger.

B．The writer really loved the tiger when he was a child.

C．More and more people will love the tiger in the future.

D．The writer is worried about the tigers and hopes to protect them.

We usually think that plants are quiet in the natural world. Grass doesn’t cry when you cut it; flowers don’t scream when they’re picked. But our human view of the world misses quite a lot. Plants talk to each other all the time.     16    

Over the years, scientists have reported that different types of plants, from trees to tomatoes, release compounds (复合物) into the air to help neighboring plants.     17    

“Recently, a team led by Junji Takabayashi of Japan’s Kyoto University has offered some explanations,” reported Time magazine.

To start out, they grew potato plants in two plastic boxes connected by a tube (管子). One plant had been bitten by insects,     18    

They found that when insects bite leaves, the plant doesn’t sit quietly. It releases a chemical called BOVC into the air. These chemicals carry a smell that neighboring plants can sense.     19     They begin to make more BOVCs to protect themselves.

    20     The plants were able to kill nearly 50 percent of the invaders (入侵者), much more than their sick neighbors.

“It is surprising that plants don’t release a chemical until they get a warning message from their infested neighbours,” scientists said, “These findings may help farmers with the control of insects which do harm to their plants.”

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，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。

A．Their language in chemical.

B．while the other plan t wasn’t bitten.

C．This way, the neighboring plants understand the danger.

D．Later, the same scientists place insects on the plants that hadn’t been bitten.

E．But how plants receive and set on many of these signals is still unknown.