1 . AQUILA Children’s Magazine is the most intelligent read for curious kids. Full of enthusiastic articles and challenging puzzles, every issue covers science, history and general knowledge. AQUILA is a quality production, beautifully illustrated with contemporary artwork throughout.

 Intelligent reading for 8-12-year-olds

 Cool science and challenging projects

 Inspires self-motivated learning

 Exciting new topics every issue

AQUILA is created and owned by an independent UK company. It has 28 pages, printed on high-quality paper and there are no advertisements or posters. Instead it is full of well-written articles, thought-provoking (令人深思的) ideas and great contemporary artwork. Each monthly issue is centred around a new topic.

AQUILA works as a superb learning extension to current primary (or KS2 and KS3) curriculum (课程), but it is much more than that! Entertaining and always surprising, AQUILA is recommended because it widens children’s interest and understanding, rather than encouraging them to concentrate only on their favourite subjects. It gives children a well-rounded understanding of the world, in all its complexity.

The concepts in AQUILA can be challenging, requiring good comprehension and reading skills. Eight years is usually a good age to start. Some gentle interest from an adult is often helpful at the start.

In 2021 AQUILA will have been in publication for 29 years, but it has never appeared in newsstands or shops. We are subscription only.

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Select the Birthday option, write a gift message and choose the birthday month. We will dispatch to arrive at the start of the month you have entered. The package posts in a blue envelope marked “Open on your birthday”.

1. What is special about AQUILA?

A．It is available in shops.	B．It is for kids of all ages.
C．It prints readers’ artwork.	D．It has no advertisements.

2. What does AQUILA offer its readers?

A．Articles on modern art.	B．Family reading materials.
C．Knowledge beyond school subjects.	D．Ideas on improving reading skills.

3. Who are the target readers of AQUILA?

A．Foreign language learners.

B．Children with learning difficulties.

C．Parent-child reading lovers.

D．Curious kids with good comprehension.

2 . 假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。你的英国好友Jim因与同学发生矛盾，写信向你倾诉并寻求帮助。请你用英文给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1.表达安慰；
2.提出建议。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
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Yours,

Li Hua

3 . The day I heard that the Rainbow Bookstore was closing after 50 years of business, I was heartbroken. The bookstore, which was a famous fixture in the neighborhood, was a place where anyone could visit and connect through their love of books.

When I hurried to the store, I saw that the books were already being packed into boxes. I had a long chat with Casey, the store’s elderly owner. Sighing deeply, he told me how it was becoming difficult to run an independent bookstore. Most young people preferred reading e-books on tablets. More and more customers were being attracted by chain stores and online discounts. I tried to think of some words of sympathy, but I had to admit that the Rainbow Bookstore couldn’t stay in business much longer.

A few months later, I was back in the neighborhood during my spring break vacation and was surprised to see that the Rainbow Bookstore was still there and open for business. Its outside surface hadn’t changed, but inside it was like a different world. In one area, a book reading was being delivered. Nearby customers were gathering around shelves selling books, posters and other best-seller-themed gifts. The large board in the corner had been replaced by a big screen, where customers’ comments on the month’s best-seller were being displayed. Clearly, the Rainbow Bookstore was in good, creative hands.

I was told that the community had decided to work together on a campaign to save the Rainbow Bookstore. The campaign had been led by Jennifer Oakley, a saleswoman who had grown up in the neighborhood and who had now taken over the bookstore from Casey.

Under Jenifer’s leadership, the bookstore was being turned into a place for literature-loving members of the community to get together. It had a cafe selling organic food, and there were now more community events such as book readings, poetry recitals and even jazz concerts and movie nights, where people could gather to share an experience that couldn’t be downloaded.

I’m so pleased to see that creativity has brought the old bookstore into the 21^st century!

1. The Rainbow Bookstore was closing mainly because ________.

A．Casey was too old to run it

B．people lost interest in reading

C．it couldn’t meet the customers’ needs

D．Jennifer Oakley opened a new bookstore

2. In the new Rainbow Bookstore, customers cannot ________.

A．read and buy books

B．design posters and gifts

C．read book comments on a screen

D．take part in community activities

3. Which could be the best title of the passage?

A．A New Chapter	B．A Valuable Lesson
C．The Latest Best-seller	D．The Warm Community

4 . In September, something terrible happened on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. As many as 380 pilot whales became stranded(搁浅) in shallow water there and later died. This might have been Australia’s largest stranding event on record, the BBC reported.

But this large amount of whale stranding is not uncommon. For centuries, it has happened all over the world and has puzzled scientists. Scientists say the cause is often unknown. But they have offered many different explanations.

Some say the whales chase small fish for food and end up in shallow water because they are not paying attention to where they are going.

Others think the stranding has something to do with Earth’s geomagnetic field (地磁场). They say that a geomagnetic compass in whales’ brains controls their position. Unusual changes in Earth’s magnetic field can affect the whales’ compasses and send them in the wrong direction.

Another explanation suggests that stranding is caused by the close relationships that whales have. Pilot whales travel in large groups. One lead whale might mistakenly lead the whole group to shallow water. “And if one gets into trouble, the others will not leave,” said Sheryl Gibney, a leading biologist from New Zealand. “Some will come in and try to help, they get trapped on the beach, then more will come.”

The whales are trapped by mistake or out of sympathy(同情). Once they get stranded, they will likely die. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the US, less than 10 percent of all stranded whales survive.

1. What do we know about the stranding in Australia?

A．It happened on the east coast of Australia.

B．It caused the death of over 300 pilot whales.

C．It is commonly seen in September each year.

D．It was the largest stranding event in the world.

2. According to Gibney, the pilot whales are the animals that________.

A．are kind to each other

B．are easy to lose direction

C．are too huge to float in the sea

D．are silly to follow the leading whale

3. What is the story mainly about?

A．How human activity has affected whales.

B．What might cause whale strandings.

C．How whales find their direction while traveling.

D．What scientists are doing to save stranded whales.

5 . 根据题目所提出的具体要求,在答题卡上写出一篇连贯完整的短文。词数不少于100。   
假设你是红星中学高一学生李华。你的英国朋友Jim在给你的邮件中询问你所钦佩的人。请你给Jim回信，内容包括：
1. 你钦佩的人是谁；
2. 你钦佩他/她的理由；
注意：开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
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Yours,

Li Hua

6 . I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was rather organized. Each of her objects had its _______, but mine always hid somewhere. Over time, Kate got _______ and I got messier. She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got _______ of each other.

One evening _______ broke out. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her shouting, “Take your shoes away! Why under my bed!” Deafened, I saw my shoes flying at me. I started shouting. She shouted back louder.

The room was filled with _______. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From the end of her conversation, I could _______ right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up, she quickly hid under her covers, sobbing(呜咽). _______, that was something she should not go through alone. All of a sudden, a feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart.

Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, _______ my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor, even on her side. I was so buried in my work _______I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching, and her tears dried. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me, “Thanks.”

Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always __________, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.

1.

A．room

B．place

C．seat

D．space

2.

A．uglier

B．lazier

C．cleaner

D．brighter

3.

A．fond

B．proud

C．tired

D．afraid

4.

A．war

B．fire

C．game

D．disease

5.

A．worries

B．concerns

C．sadness

D．anger

6.

A．tell

B．express

C．forecast

D．show

7.

A．Surprisingly

B．Clearly

C．Fortunately

D．Excitedly

8.

A．brought

B．caught

C．made

D．changed

9.

A．which

B．that

C．why

D．what

10.

A．hurt

B．play

C．refuse

D．agree

7 . 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。为提高学生的生活技能，你们班上周组织了一次“厨艺秀”。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文周记， 记述整个过程。

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8 . Why does rain seem to make you sleepy?

This spring on the east coast of the US, it feels like we’ve lost touch with the sun. In Washington, DC, 14 of the first 17 days of May were rainy.     1    . It means that for me, May has been one of the months I've felt the sleepiest. The dull weather can hit almost all of our senses in a way that gives a sign to us it is time for a sleep.

First, there's what   we see-or rather,   what we don't.     2     When it's raining and skies are cloudy, we miss out our body's internal alarm clock. As Naomi, a scientist from Central on Queensland University said, when you don't see the sunlight first thing in the morning, your body never gets the signal that it needs to shift into daytime mode.

    3     Plants produce oils during dry periods, possibly to stop seeds from developing. When it rains, the water brings out the oils and they mix with a chemical     to     create     a   "musky”   smell.     4    . Additionally, after a thunderstorm there's a chance you may smell ozone(臭氧), which is generated when lightning interacts with the air. Some compare its smell to that of clean bed sheets.

Rain sounds are also comforting. The rhythmic pattern of rain hitting a roof, umbrella, or the ground below is called "pink noise." Pink noise is a category of background noise that has all of the frequencies that human can hear and has lower volumes at higher frequencies. According to some research, it may improve our quality of sleep by decreasing our brain activity.     5    

The difficulty in waking up, the fresh, earthy scents, and the peace of the rain tapping on windows are enough to make anyone want to go back to bed for the day. Sadly, none of this evidence is enough to justify doing so; but it can at least explain why you may feel a little sleepy on these cloudy days.

A．Noises can make us feel sleepier during the daytime.

B．The others have been cloudy and dull for at least part of the day.

C．That earthy smell of rain can make you feel calm and comfortable.

D．It makes it easier for us to wake up from our sleep the night before.

E．Sunlight causes our bodies to stop producing what makes us sleepy at night

F．And you'll also smell that when you are in your garden turning over your soil

G．You can listen to an hour of rain on a window here, if you intend to test it out

9 . How to survive in the jungle

When you’re in the jungle (丛林), you need to leave all your mobile phone, your favorite coffee and your chocolate bars at home. When you’re in the jungle, you need only four things—water, food, shelter, and fire. You can find all of these easily, but you must know what to look for.

Let’s start with water. Even though there’s a lot of water in the jungle, you may not find it Insects can also be a good sign, because they usually build their nests near water. However, don’t only look for rivers. You can also find water in some plants such as roots and palm trees.

You can usually find a lot of food in the jungle, but you must be happy to eat things you wouldn’t normally want to, for example, insects. However, you need to know the difference between those you can eat and those that are poisonous, so start reading about them now!

For cooking and for warmth, collect dry firewood, leaves, and grass. Then make fire using dry sticks-take a box of matches or a lighter with you!

The type of shelter you need depends on the weather and the kind of animals in the jungle. Some insects can be very dangerous, so protect yourself against bites .If you don’t have any insect repellent (驱虫剂), try putting mud on your skin.

Of course, if you’re lost in the jungle and want to get home again, the sun and stars can help you find your way.

1. If you adventure in the jungle, you should bring ________.

A．chocolate bars	B．coffee
C．a mobile phone	D．a box of matches

2. According to Paragraph 2, people go after insects and birds for ________.

A．food	B．fire
C．water	D．shelter

3. Which of the following is the writer’s advice?

A．Learning about what food is safe.

B．Protecting the skin from sunlight.

C．Predicting the weather by the sun and stars.

D．Collecting leaves to build a place to live in.

4. Where is the passage most probably from?

A．A business newspaper.	B．A health guide.
C．A travel magazine.	D．A science journal.

10 . My sister Alice and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette (香烟) butts (烟头) for seven years. One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping butts. We called it “No Butts About It”.

At first, we drew pictures with “The Earth is not your ashtray (烟灰缸)” written on them. We put the pictures around our hometown—in parks, by beaches, and along roads. We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts hurts the environment. Most smokers don’t think that dropping butts hurts the Earth. But it does, and all rubbish does!

Later, we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us. We used the money to buy ashtrays to give to smokers. We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn’t have to drop butts.

At the moment, we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some companies want to do it. Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other “No Butts About It” groups in America.

Now there even groups in England, Australia, and India! Many newspapers have written about my sister and me over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for what we do. But we are not interested in prizes. We just want to make the Earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people.

One day, it will be.

1. What did the writer think about the cigarette butts in the first place?

A．They made the town smelly.	B．They made the town unhealthy.
C．They made the town dirty.	D．They made the town poor.

2. What does the writer do with the cigarette butts?

A．Give ashtrays to the smokers.	B．Stop people buying cigarettes.
C．Pick up the cigarette butts.	D．Win prizes for starting groups.

3. From the passage we can know that _____.

A．no companies wanted to give money to them

B．the writer believes that the Earth will be a better and cleaner place

C．there are only 45 “No Butts About It”

D．the writer likes to be on newspapers and win prizes

4. Which is the best tittle for the passage?

A．Save our Town From Cigarette Butts.	B．Buy Yourself An Ashtray.
C．Cigarette Butts Also Destroy Other Countries.	D．No Butts Prize.