1 . The insects are important to farmers. When a honeybee lands on a flower in plant, pollen (花粉) sticks to its legs. When the bee lands on another flower, some of the pollen falls off and fertilizes the second plant.

The act of spreading pollen is responsible for many fruits, vegetables, nuts and other crops. Yet about 30 percent of honeybees in the United States and other areas have died in recent years.

Mike Leggett is a researcher at the University of Maryland. He wants to learn why so many bees are dying. “The number of colonies (蜂群) that die every winter has been one in three. So on average 30 percent of the colonies have died every winter over the last six winters. And that’s a huge number.” His research team examined the pollen that honeybees carried to their homes. They found that the pollen contained high levels of 35 different pesticides (杀虫剂), which are chemicals used to protect plants. “Pesticides are used, and have been used, pretty widely, for centuries, to protect plants from diseases,” says Mr Leggett.

Keith Oh linger, a farmer and beekeeper in Maryland, has watched many of his bees die every winter. Mr Ohlinger thinks widespread bee death is caused by several things happening at once. But he does not feel sure that pesticides are a part of the problem, “I felt it was the result of a lot of little things. I didn’t feel that there was probably one smoking gun. But there’s a division (分歧) there, some people feel that it is just one thing.”

Honeybees are important to agriculture. This makes the search for an answer to their death very important for Mr Leggett’s team. As he knows, one in every three bites of food we eat is somehow pollinated by honeybees.

1. What could be a suitable title for the text?

A．Why Are Honeybees Important?

B．How Do Honeybees Make Honey?

C．Pesticides Might Harm Honeybees

D．Honeybee Protection in Maryland

2. How does Mr Leggett sound in paragraph 3?

A．Worried.	B．Happy.
C．Surprised.	D．Hopeful.

3. We know from the fifth paragraph that Keith Ohlinger ________.

A．has become rich by keeping bees

B．cares little about the death of his bees

C．has never used pesticides on his farm

D．doubts whether pesticides have killed his bees

4. In which part of a website can we most probably read the text?

A．Agriculture.	B．Health.
C．Food.	D．Technology.

2 . What would your life be like without phones?

In one of my classes today we discussed the question of how our lives would be without a mobile phone. I actually felt quite sad to hear how some kids cannot ______ without their phones these days. ______, I think nowadays we are controlled and ______ by our technology to keep up. So let’s see some of the points that ______ in the debate and see if our generation really is addicted(上瘾的) to electronic connections ______ true communication.

It is true that everything ______ at a fast pace these days. For example, you can contact someone who lives on the other side of the world within ______. This is great if you think about how connected we can stay to the ______ who are far away from us. However, on the contrary, can we be too connected to the people who are ______ to us? An argument arose about the ______ that it is easier to message someone from your sofa than to meet them ______ and talk. Social skills are ______ to have and if you are not going to put effort into real-life ______, then you are not going to ______ in this ability.

Another point was that phones are very handy for ______ something that you are wondering about. For example, if you don’t know a word in another language, you can ______ and simply use an on-line translator to help you out. This can be very ______ in many situations, but it can also make a person dependent on the ______.

All in all, this question is very interesting to ______ as we become day by day more dependent on technology. We should realize how much we really need to be connected with our phones while considering the ______ and damage it can cause us.

1.

A．affect

B．survive

C．succeed

D．perform

2.

A．Personally

B．Specially

C．Entirely

D．Gradually

3.

A．suffered

B．commanded

C．forced

D．advised

4.

A．came up

B．came across

C．came down

D．came to

5.

A．more than

B．less than

C．other than

D．rather than

6.

A．appears

B．falls

C．works

D．grows

7.

A．seconds

B．hours

C．days

D．months

8.

A．customers

B．teachers

C．students

D．people

9.

A．direction

B．close

C．necessary

D．kind

10.

A．distant

B．wish

C．fact

D．suggestions

11.

A．in person

B．in advance

C．with surprise

D．with joy

12.

A．extreme

B．active

C．fair

D．important

13.

A．style

B．communication

C．expression

D．argument

14.

A．progress

B．compete

C．arise

D．settle

15.

A．looking after

B．looking back

C．looking up

D．looking out

16.

A．selflessly

B．quickly

C．hardly

D．slowly

17.

A．grateful

B．peaceful

C．painful

D．helpful

18.

A．textbook

B．dictionary

C．Internet

D．newspaper

19.

A．forecast

B．consider

C．judge

D．select

20.

A．benefits

B．skills

C．doubts

D．evidence

3 . 阅读理解。
阅读短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
One day, a poor man, who had only one piece of bread to eat, was walking past a restaurant. There was a large pot of soup on the table. The poor man held his bread over the soup, so the steam from the soup went into the bread, and gave it a good smell. Then he ate the bread.
The restaurant owner was very angry at this, and he asked the man for money, in exchange for the steam from the soup. The poor man had no money, so the restaurant owner took him to Nasreddin, who was a judge at that time. Nasreddin thought about the case for a little while.
Then he took some money from his pocket. He held the coins next to the restaurant owner’s ear, and shook them, so that they made a dingling (叮当声) noise.
“What was that?” asked the restaurant owner.
“That was payment for you,” answered Nasreddin.
“What do you mean? That was just the sound of coins!” said angrily the restaurant owner.
“The sound of the coin is payment for the smell of the soup,” answered Nasreddin. “Now go back to your restaurant.”
1. The poor man held his bread over the soup to _______.

A．make it heated

B．warm his cold hands

C．avoid paying the restaurant owner

D．make it smell and taste a little better

2. Why did Nasreddin make a noise with the coins?

A．To make the poor man relaxed.

B．To pay for the smell of the soup.

C．To make the restaurant owner happy.

D．To show that he was a rich person.

3. Nasreddin thought that the smell of the soup ________.

A．was worthless	B．should be paid
C．was pleasant	D．could be sold

4. The writer’s purpose in telling the story is mainly to _________.

A．show the bad restaurant owner

B．describe the poor’s unhappy life

C．show Nasreddin’s cleverness and humor

D．prove the value of the sound of coins

4 . Have you ever lost your direction? Then you might find satellite navigation(satnav) systems(卫星定位系统) helpful.

A satnav system uses groups of satellites. They send information to a receiver(接收器), such as your smartphone. Then they can find where you are.

The earliest satnav system is the Global Positioning System(GPS) of the United States. The US has put 24 satellites into space to make sure GPS can locate(定位) a person correctly and globally. Likewise, Russia’s GLONASS and European Union’s Galileo can also work globally.

But China is catching up, building its own BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. BeiDou is China’s homegrown satnav system, reported Xinhua. It was set up in 2000, when China sent BeiDou’s first navigation experiment satellite into space. With it, China became the third country to build a satnav system after the US and Russia.

BeiDou can find you wherever you are. It helps you go faster by finding shortcuts(捷径) and using correct directions. When you are in trouble and call the police, they will know exactly where you are if you have a cellphone that uses BeiDou.

Today, there are more than 20 BeiDou satellites above our heads. And the system is able to offer open services to the Asia-Pacific region(亚太地区).

In November, China plans to send more BeiDou-3 satellites into space. BeiDou-3’s position accuracy(准确度) is less than five meters, Ran Chengqi, a senior designer of the satellite navigation system, told China Daily.

By 2020, BeiDou is planned to have 35 satellites and begin serving globally, reported Xinhua.

1. A satnav system works correctly and globally by using .

A．a satellite	B．a group of satellites
C．a receiver like a smartphone	D．a group of receivers

2. How many satellites does GPS of the US use to find a person’s position?

A．7	B．24
C．20	D．35

3. Which country does NOT have its own satnav system?

A．The United States	B．South Korea
C．Russia	D．China

4. What can we tell from the story?

A．There are 35 BeiDou satellites above our heads

B．BeiDou now is able to Serve globally

C．BeiDou satellites are made in China

D．Everyone needs to have a cellphone that can use BeiDou

5 . A

Insects (昆虫) are a very healthy food. They have almost as much protein (蛋白质) as meat from a pig or cow and are low in fat. Eating insects is also very good for the environment since they need less land and water than larger animals.

Marcel Dicke, who studies insects, explained in a talk how insects also produce more meat from the food they eat. For example, imagine a farmer feeds a cow 10 pounds of food. Those 10 pounds of food produce about 1 pound of meat for people to eat. However, imagine the farmer gives a certain number of insects 10 pounds of food. Those 10 pounds of food produce 9 pounds of meat for people to eat!

Eating more insects can also help people in poor areas. Many people can raise and sell insects, which can provide jobs and food.

But insects will not replace (替代) animal meat very quickly. First, people in some countries would have to change how they think about eating insects. Many people in North America and Europe eat a lot of meat like beef and pork. But they do not traditionally eat insects. In fact, for many people in the west, eating insects sounds crazy! They believe insects are dirty and dangerous. Insects make them feel uncomfortable.

Some people are trying to deal with this problem. For example, David George Gordon wrote a book named “The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook”, which tries to show people that insects can be delicious. Other insect experts travel around telling people about the benefits (好处) of eating insects. But they still have a lot of work to do.

1. Eating insects _____.

A．is not healthy

B．makes people put on fat

C．helps protect large animals

D．is environmentally friendly

2. The example of Marcel Dicke is given to show _____.

A．the high cost of food production

B．it’s quite easy for farmers to raise insects

C．raising insects is a good choice for farmers

D．the different ways of feeding cows and insects

3. The long way eating insects has to go mainly results from _____.

A．their terrible taste	B．people’s old beliefs
C．family traditions	D．eating methods

4. We can infer from David and other insect experts that _____.

A．people can make a lot of money from insects

B．insects should be better protected

C．people should eat more insects

D．it’s dangerous to eat insects

6 . Teachers’ Day around the world is not celebrated on the same day. In some countries, Teachers’ Day is celebrated on working days. However, in other countries, it is celebrated on holidays.

Here we are giving you a list of countries that celebrate Teachers’ Day on holidays.

China

The Teachers’ Day was proposed(提议) at National Central University in 1931. It was adopted(被采纳) by the central government of Republic of China in 1932. In 1939, the day was set on August 27th, Confucius’s birthday. People’s Republic of China government called it off in 1951. It was reestablished in 1985, and the day was changed to September 10th. Now more and more people are trying to celebrate the Teachers’ Day back to Confucius’s birthday.

India

In India, Teachers’ Day is celebrated on September 5th, in honor of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second President of India. Because his birthday was September 5th. At schools on this day, students in India celebrate this day to show their respect and love to their teachers.

Russia

In Russia Teachers’ Day is on October 5th. Before 1994, this day was set on the first Sunday of September.

USA

In the United States, Teachers’ Day is a holiday on the Tuesday of the first full week of May.

Thailand

January 16th was adopted as Teachers’ Day in the Thailand by a resolution(决议) of the government on November 21, 1956. The first Teachers’ Day was held in 1957.

Iran

In Iran, Teachers’ Day is celebrated on May 2nd every year. It is in honor of the famous Iranian professor Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari who died on May 2, 1980.

Although different countries celebrate Teachers’ Day on different days, the activities people take to celebrate it just stay the same.

1. The best title of the passage is __________.

A．Teachers’ Day around the world

B．The history of Teachers’ Day

C．Activities on Teachers’ Day

D．How to celebrate Teachers’ Day

2. What will be discussed in the next paragraph of the text?

A．How Teachers’ Day became popular in the world.

B．Which country is the first to celebrate Teachers’ Day.

C．What activities people take to celebrate Teachers’ Day.

D．Which country has the longest vacation for Teachers’ Day.

3. In which country is the Teachers’ Day celebrated for its leader?

A．Iran.	B．Thailand.
C．Russia.	D．India.

4. We can know from the passage that __________.

A．not all the Teachers’ Days are celebrated on holidays

B．China is the first country to celebrate Teachers’ Day

C．Thailand first celebrated Teachers’ Day in 1956

D．Russia and USA celebrate Teachers’ Day on the same day

7 . In Britain, many theatres put on shows for children at Christmas and many theatres have a theatre-in-education team working there. This team, made up of actors and teachers, writes plays for children, usually performing them in schools. They do different plays for different age groups and the children often take part in the play in some way.

Pantomime is a special kind of Christmas show for children. It is loved by people and also allows the audience to join in. “Pantomime” was the name of the Roman actor who performed shows without speaking — this is where the English word “mime” comes from.

A pantomime is always based on a well-known children's story. But there are always certain types of characters in the show and certain situations and events. For example, a pantomime must always include a hero, known as the “principal boy” and this principal boy is always played by a pretty girl wearing a short costume. Then there is the comic older woman, known as the “dame” who is played by a man. There is always a group of men and women who sing and dance and often there is a pantomime horse. The horse is played by two men who form the “front” and “back” ends inside a “horse” costume. It is funny and it usually kicks the dame when she isn't looking.

Members of the audience have to shout a warning to one of the characters and argue with the character (usually the dame) when she does not believe them. When she shouts, “Oh no, it isn't,” the audience always responds with “Oh yes, it is!”. The audience also learns and sings a simple song and a few children are sometimes invited to help one of the characters during the show.

1. The theatre-in-education teams _____.

A．are made up of famous local actors

B．write plays for the same age group

C．often give plays in their own theatres

D．usually allow children to join in a play

2. According to the text, a pantomime _____.

A．is designed to make people laugh

B．is made up of three characters

C．is especially popular with grown-ups

D．can be watched all year round in Britain

3. When the dame says, “Yes, it is”, the audience should _____.

A．follow her and sing

B．stand up and dance

C．repeat what she says

D．disagree with her loudly

8 . Recently, my family and I visited Kaikoura, a coastal town in New Zealand. The first evening it seemed a   _______ place, but the next day I remembered what I’d _______ about it in a magazine. It was often _______ to see dolphins (海豚) and whales there!

My family and I _______   on a grey, windy morning on a small boat. _______, the sky turned blue ten minutes later. Soon we   _______ the place where we were supposed to go swimming. To my _______, this was more than 40 km from land. I was quite _______ by this time, and wondered why we came all the way out there, when _______ someone shouted “Dolphins!”

All I could ________ were fins (鱼鳍) everywhere — there were about one hundred dolphins, all ________ towards our boat! Many of them were jumping around in the water ________ they were asking us to come and play. I ________ my snorkel (潜水通气管) and jumped into the sea. Then I tried to make ________ in the water to attract them. What made me ________ was that they heard me and came to swim around me. Amazingly, a dolphin kept following me, but then changed his ________ and swam in another direction. It really made me realize how ________ these animals are.

About an hour later, it was time for us to get back onto the ________. I really enjoyed myself, but I was a little cold and ________ to leave the water. I noticed that everyone on board was smiling and I realized what a very ________ moment we’d had.

1.

A．busy

B．boring

C．safe

D．great

2.

A．read

B．sung

C．taught

D．drawn

3.

A．impolite

B．terrible

C．difficult

D．possible

4.

A．gave up

B．turned back

C．set off

D．dressed up

5.

A．Besides

B．However

C．On the whole

D．In other words

6.

A．reached

B．left

C．crossed

D．missed

7.

A．joy

B．regret

C．shame

D．surprise

8.

A．shy

B．wet

C．cold

D．hungry

9.

A．secretly

B．suddenly

C．certainly

D．naturally

10.

A．see

B．hear

C．smell

D．touch

11.

A．waving

B．climbing

C．looking

D．swimming[

12.

A．even if

B．so that

C．as if

D．now that

13.

A．sold

B．put on

C．lost

D．picked off

14.

A．sounds

B．faces

C．decisions

D．promises

15.

A．angry

B．relaxed

C．worried

D．excited

16.

A．life

B．food

C．mind

D．habit

17.

A．lazy

B．dangerous

C．powerful

D．intelligent

18.

A．bus

B．boat

C．train

D．truck

19.

A．decided

B．forgot

C．disagreed

D．failed

20.

A．bad

B．strange

C．special

D．quiet

9 . Over 40 years ago, a country music DJ convention (大会) was held every year in Nashville, Tennessee. Many country performers used to attend (参加) the convention to give their performances. Fans would go to Nashville hoping to see their favorite performers. In the end, so many fans began showing up in Nashville that a festival named Fan Fair was born.

The first Fan Fair was held in April 1972, in Nashville for four days. Some of country music's biggest stars attended. There were about fifty thousand fans. The first Fan Fair was so successful that planning began almost immediately for 1973. The date was changed to June, when the weather would be better. Over one hundred thousand fans attended the second Fan Fair.

Every year brought so many performers and fans to Fan Fair that, in 1982, it was moved to the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. Fan Fair stayed at the fairgrounds for another nineteen years.

There was always the unexpected during the festival. In 1974, former Beatle Paul McCartney attended. In 1992, more than six hundred reporters from Europe, Asia, and South America went to cover the appearance of a popular star, Billy Ray Cyrus, who had introduced a new country line dance. In 1996, Garth Brooks, who made a surprise appearance, signed autographs (签名) for 23 hours.

In 2001, Fan Fair returned to downtown Nashville as the world's biggest country music festival. Now, over one hundred and twenty-five thousand country music fans go to Nashville every June. As you can imagine, those who want to attend Fan Fair must plan ahead. For example, they need to buy a ticket several months ahead of time. Of course, there’s much more to prepare.

1. According to the text, Fan Fair _____.

A．has a history of more than 50 years

B．lasts almost half a month every year

C．is the most important music festival in America

D．is a time when country music lovers get together

2. The second Fan Fair _____.

A．was held in the spring of 1972

B．was more popular than the first one

C．was moved from Nashville to the fairgrounds

D．was attended by former Beatle Paul McCartney

3. The purpose of the fourth paragraph is to _____.

A．show why Fan Fair has been popular

B．introduce three famous musicians

C．explain how Fan Fair started

D．ask people to attend Fan Fair

4. What will the author probably talk about next?

A．Advice for fans.

B．Music in America.

C．Education in Nashville.

D．The future of country music.

10 . Years ago, I was on a long flight, during which a voice from the speaker said, “We won’t _____ drinks or the meal because we are facing a storm ahead. Please make your seat belts fastened. ”Many passengers became _____, talking about it with each other. At once it became _____ in the plane.

Soon, lightening _____ the darkening skies, and within moments the _____ was like a boat on waves in the storm. One moment it was _____ up by the storm；the next,it was thrown as if it were to _____ onto the ground. All the passengers were _____. Some cried. Some prayed (祈祷). The _____ seemed hopeless. I wondered if we could ______ it through the storm.

Then I noticed the little girl next to me. Surprisingly, the storm seemed to mean ______ to her. She was ______, looking through a picture book. Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would ______ again, but she never showed a(n) ______ of worry or fear. The little girl wasn’t afraid at all ______ all the adults were scared to death. Finding me watching her,the girl smiled at me and said,“Don’t worry. My father is the pilot. He is taking me home. Take it easy. He will take us home safely.”

When the plane was out of ______, I smiled at the girl and she gave me a big smile in ______. “I said my father would take us home safely.”

Many kinds of storms may ______ us: diseases, difficulties... They can easily darken our skies and ______ our planes into hard times. Let us ______： Love is the pilot. It will help us out of trouble. So take it easy.

1.

A．serve

B．take

C．get

D．sell

2.

A．excited

B．comfortable

C．happy

D．nervous

3.

A．noisy

B．quiet

C．warm

D．cold

4.

A．broke out

B．came about

C．lit up

D．gave off

5.

A．ship

B．plane

C．train

D．seat

6.

A．lifted

B．cut

C．turned

D．shut

7.

A．jump

B．fly

C．land

D．drop

8.

A．surprised

B．afraid

C．glad

D．interested

9.

A．weather

B．question

C．future

D．action

10.

A．make

B．reach

C．win

D．finish

11.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

12.

A．funny

B．frustrated

C．sad

D．calm

13.

A．talk

B．read

C．play

D．sleep

14.

A．book

B．story

C．expression

D．impression

15.

A．and

B．when

C．so

D．since

16.

A．order

B．date

C．fashion

D．danger

17.

A．turn

B．time

C．return

D．front

18.

A．trouble

B．help

C．encourage

D．stop

19.

A．introduce

B．invite

C．throw

D．change

20.

A．ask

B．remember

C．explain

D．wonder