1 . William Lindesay, a famous Great Wall expert and conservationist, and his wife Wu Qi have traveled the globe, providing their sons with a unique growing environment. Sun hats, backpacks and sneakers (运动鞋) — these are the day-to-day must-haves for the family.
Most of their trips seem far from relaxing—cultural study in the hot and dry desert, a 53-kilometer hiking tour of New Zealand, a one-day climb to three English mountaintops and a six-day train ride from Beijing to Moscow.
Many assume the family must be wealthy and can afford their global travel, but they are not. Lindesay says they just choose to spend money on travel and eschew pricey hotels and restaurants when possible. Lindesay mentions the trip to Moscow as an example. Instead of taking a taxi from the railway station to the hotel, they took the subway. “We crossed the city for saving money, communicated with local people, and saw they were people just like us. We arrived at our destination feeling comfortable.”
However, their journeys, which can last weeks or months, have sometimes been inconsistent with their children's schooling. Wu remembers once Lindesay let their elder son ask for leave so that they could go to New York for a 45-day lecture tour. Therefore the son missed his final exam. Things like that bother the family all the time.
Lindesay attaches great importance to learning out of the classroom, saying that children might score well on school tests, but traveling outside, in distant lands with different languages, cultures and political structures, is the real test. “You can only get streetwise on the street. You can only get worldly-wise when seeing the world,” he says.
1. How can we describe the Lindesays'trips?| A．Pleasant. | B．Challenging. | C．Conventional. | D．Dangerous. |
| A．Avoid. | B．Visit. | C．Compare. | D．Evaluate. |
| A．They suffer from a tight budget. | B．They have scheduling conflicts. |
| C．They are faced with language barriers. | D．They hold different educational ideas. |
| A．Toughness is the best assistant of will. | B．There is no royal road to learning. |
| C．Actions speak louder than words. | D．Man who travels far knows more. |
1.海洋的重要性；
2.保护海洋的具体措施(不少于两条);
3.保护海洋的倡议。
注意：词数不少于100词；
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1. How did the speaker know about the project?
| A．From his cousins. | B．From his neighbors. | C．From his friends. |
| A．American. | B．Chinese. | C．Australian. |
| A．The importance of protecting the environment. |
| B．The importance of having good family relationship. |
| C．The importance of making more international friends. |
| A．By the rivers. | B．At the seaside. | C．In the woods. |
4 . Each year more than 2,500 people die and 12,600 are injured in home fires just in the United States, with direct property loss because of home fires at about $7.3 billion. Every day Americans experience the horror of fires, but most people don’t understand fires.
To protect yourself, it is important to learn something about home fires.
In less than 30 seconds a small flame(火焰) can get completely out of control and turn into a major fire. It only takes minutes for thick black smoke to fill a house or for it to be in flames. Most deadly fires happen in the home when people are asleep. If you realize a fire, you won’t have time to take valuables because the fire spreads too quickly and the smoke is too thick. The fire uses up the oxygen you need and produces smoke and poisonous gases. Breathing even small amounts of smoke and poisonous gases can make you tired and sleepy, and short of breath. The smoke can cause you to be a deep sleeper before the flames reach your door. You may not wake up in time to escape.
Room temperatures in a fire can be 100 degrees at floor level and rise to 600 degrees at eye level. Breathing in this super-hot air will burn your lungs. It can melt (熔化) clothes to your skin. In five minutes, a room can get so hot that everything in it starts to burn at once.
Fires are bright at first, but quickly produce black smoke and complete darkness. If you wake up to a fire you may be blinded, confused about where you are or which direction you should go in and unable to find your way around the home you’ve lived in for years. Only when we know the true nature of fires can we prepare our families and ourselves.
1. How does the first paragraph develop?| A．By raising questions. | B．By listing reasons. |
| C．By expressing opinions. | D．By giving examples. |
| A．It is necessary to escape in time. | B．It is important to find poisonous gases. |
| C．It is impossible to keep away from smoke. | D．It is dangerous to stay away from the door. |
| A．Causing us to feel hopeless. | B．Making our faces turn black. |
| C．Getting us to lose our ways. | D．Forcing us to walk around the home. |
| A．Different processes of home fires. | B．Some basic knowledge of home fires. |
| C．Great damage of home fires in the USA. | D．Some good ways to prevent home fires. |
| A．In a city guidebook. | B．In a storybook. |
| C．In a science magazine. | D．In a dictionary. |
| A．The rainforests. | B．The fires. | C．The books. |
(1). 活动时间、地点；
(2). 活动的目的；
(3). 活动的内容和意义。
注意：
(1). 词数不少于100；
(2). 可以适当增加情节，以使行文连贯；
(3). 邮件的开头和结尾已经给出，但是不计入总词数。
Dear Susan,
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Yours,
Li Hua
7 . On November 7, Lewis Pugh completed a one-kilometer swim in the freezing waters of King Edward Cove, off South Georgia in Antarctica. He was wearing only his swimming glasses, cap and Speedos!
Pugh is an advocate for our oceans and seas, working to protect these ecosystems with their large diversity of marine (海洋的) life. When asked why he doesn’t wear a wetsuit (防寒泳衣), Lewis says, “I ask world leaders to do everything they can to protect our oceans. Sometimes the steps they need to take are difficult and unpopular. If I’m asking them to be courageous, I must also be. Swimming in a wetsuit would not send the right message.”
It took Pugh about 19 minutes to complete the one-kilometer swim in Antarctica where the water averaged about 1. 6℃. He says that his body can only tolerate about 20 minutes in the freezing waters before it starts shutting down. As he swims, his body temperature steadily drops, which in turn causes his muscle control to drop, slowing him down. When he is done with his swim, his support team rushes him to a hot shower and it takes almost an hour for his body temperature to return to normal.
Doctors and Pugh caution that one must receive months of training to swim in such cold waters. Even expert swimmers who are unused to freezing water can drown within minutes because of the physical shock experienced by the body. Pugh says he trained for six months before this swim.
This is not the first time that Lewis has swum in dangerous conditions. In 2007, he swam one kilometer in the North Pole to draw attention to the melting Arctic ice due to climate change. In 2015, he swam in the Bay of Whales in Antarctica’s Ross Sea as part of his successful campaign to help set up a marine reserve there.
1. Why did Lewis Pugh swim without a wetsuit?| A．To swim faster. | B．To show his bravery. |
| C．To build up his body. | D．To win public attention. |
| A．His body. | B．The water. |
| C．His body temperature. | D．The water temperature. |
| A．One must be fully prepared. | B．One should be expert at swimming. |
| C．One should be ready to take on challenges. | D．One must be used to long-distance swimming. |
| A．Ambitious and self-centered. | B．Hardworking and single-minded. |
| C．Optimistic and environmentally friendly. | D．Determined and environmentally conscious. |
| A．Lewis Pugh: swimming for a cause | B．How to survive a swim in cold waters |
| C．How to prepare for extreme swimming | D．Lewis Pugh: achieving the impossible |
1.对代表团表示欢迎；
2.介绍你校的环保活动(如离开教室关闭电源；节约用水；垃圾分类；书籍的循环使用等)；
3.环保活动对学校和个人的影响。
注意：
1.字数不少于80词，勿提及真实学校和姓名；
2.可适当增加细节是内容充实，行文连贯；
3.开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Good morning ladies and gentlemen,
You are welcome to visit our school!
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1. 简述学校内存在的环境问题;
2. 可以采取的措施;(至少写出两点措施或建议)
3. 提出倡议。
注意：词数 100 左右;可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
What Can We Do for the Environment in Our School
Hello, everyone.
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Thank you for your listening.
1.活动的目的；
2.活动的安排（活动时间、提供三项可选活动以及报名参加的方式）；
3.表达期待。
注意：1.词数不少于100，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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