1 . 假定你是学生李华，为增强学生保护野生动物的意识和提高其积极性，你校将举办一次以“保护野生动物”为主题的英语征文比赛。请你以Protecting the Wild Animals为题，写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1. 保护野生动物的重要性；
2. 提出合理建议(至少两点)；
3. 发出呼吁。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Protecting the Wild Animals

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2 . Recently we celebrated my grandmother’s 90th birthday. Family members traveled to my hometown to visit her. This was the first time in many years that I had seen so many of them. Though this was an opportunity to see family, many people did not make it. Honestly, living far from hometown, I had missed many family gatherings. But this one made me realize how much I was really missing.

It seemed strange when I was looking at the faces, realizing whom they were and greeting them with open arms. After chatting for a while, we caught up on each other’s news. Several relatives suggested having a family reunion soon if everyone wasn’t so busy. But my grandmother’s generation was much busier, yet still found time to gather. They understood the importance of visiting one another. They knew time is flying and that those you care about most won’t be here forever.

Today, we focus on our careers and raising our kids. Our extended family isn’t the center it once was. Besides, we keep in touch on social media. But what we really miss are the potato salad, the moments of laughter and sudden bursts of excitement when we hug someone we haven’t seen for over 10 years. Although the next get-together is always a year or so away, people aren’t goods and everyone has an expiration (到期) date.

I left my grandmother’s party with a much better sense of who I am and where I come from. I spent valuable time with people who contributed to who I am today. I had forgotten how much I love them and I was reminded how much I am loved.

1. How did the author feel about missing previous family gatherings?

A．Indifferent.

B．Sad.

C．Regretful.

D．Annoyed.

2. What do we know about the author’s grandmother’s generation?

A．They were carefree.	B．They held family dear.
C．They took time seriously.	D．They seldom visited family.

3. What does the author mean by the last sentence in paragraph 3?

A．Family reunions mean no fun.

B．All goods don’t have an expiration date.

C．People are always too busy to get together.

D．We should see loved ones more before it’s too late.

4. Why does the author write the text?

A．To convince readers to meet friends.

B．To share an interesting family reunion.

C．To stress the value of family gatherings.

D．To compare different generations’ values.

3 . Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of breath. “I suppose I had better go to the doctor,” she thought. She went to the doctor and told him her problem.

“I’m not at all surprised, ” he said. “It’s clear what your problem is.”

He examined her and then gave her some advice.

“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said, “you will have a heart attack. It could kill you.” Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and it would take time.

The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop (肉铺).

“I’d like ten pounds of steak (牛排), please,” she said.

“Certainly, madam,” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale (秤).

“That’s just under ten pounds,” he said.

“That’s big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.

The butcher worked out the price. “At ＄4. 99 a pound. That will be ＄49.50, please. Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?”

“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.

“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “why did you ask me to get it for you?”

“My doctor told me that I am overweight and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of flesh looked like.”

1. The reason why Ellen Parker visited the doctor is that________.

A．she had had a heart attack.	B．she had a problem with her health.
C．she was unhappy about her weight.	D．she could not sleep well.

2. Parker asked for ten pounds of steak because ________.

A．she wanted to buy some for dinner.	B．she wanted to lose weight.
C．her doctor had told her to eat steak.	D．she wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.

3. What was Ellen Parker’s real problem?

A．She ate too much steak.	B．She weighed too much.
C．The doctor did not know.	D．She could not walk very quickly.

4 . How is probably the weather today?

A．Warm.

B．Hot.

C．Wet.

6 . Yesterday afternoon Dana a________ (承认) feeling hurt by what I had said.(根据中英文提示单词拼写)

7 . Just for ________ (convenient), I’m going to live at my mother’s place until my new house is ready. (所给词的适当形式填空)

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

My mother had never used a mobile phone until she    1     (receive)one for her birthday this year. Since then, she has been    2     (addict) to the Internet, using different kinds of     3     (软件) applications. She spends a lot of time each day    4    (explore) websites and chatting with other people online. She has set up her own email    5    (账户)and she does most of the shopping online through a dvice. Instead of going to supermarkets, nowadays she just     6     (press) a button and then her orders are     7     (deliver) the next day. At first, my father had some concerns     8     she was spending too much time in virtual worlds, but now he sees how happy she is. She even    9    (下载)some materials that can help my father with his work, so now he’s very happy, too! We are all very    10    (自豪的)of her as she has proven that it’s never too late to learn a new skill.

9 . “This world is so unfair!” my daughter shouted as soon as she entered the door. It turned out that she was caught talking with others while having a math class. And finally she was punished by the teacher. “There were other students talking in class, but the teacher only punished me,” she said angrily.

I asked her, “Should you be punished for speaking when your teacher is in class?” She nodded but also defended, “It is unfair for me because the teacher didn’t punish the other students who spoke!” “Let’s just talk about you. Was the teacher wrong to punish you?” I asked again. She lowered her head and said, “No.”

“That’s fair!” I said. “You know what the price of speaking in class is. You did it and got the punishment you deserved (应得). The teacher didn’t punish others because she could choose to forgive (原谅). From your point of view, it seems unfair, but for those students she has forgiven, there’s no unfairness. It depends on from which angle (角度) you look at the thing.”

People are often like this. When they look at themselves, they are very clear about what they are doing, knowing what their prizes and punishments should be, but they think differently after looking at others. Because comparison with others makes people confused and even becomes a stumbling block (绊脚石) in their life. The most important thing is to understand fairness in a deeper way, not from your point of view only!

1. Whom was the girl punished by that day?

A．Her mother.	B．Her father.
C．Her classmates.	D．Her math teacher.

2. Why was she so angry?

A．Because she argued with her teacher.

B．Because her mother disagreed with her.

C．Because she had a fight with a classmate.

D．Because she was the only one to be punished.

3. What does the underlined word “defended” mean?

A．建议

B．辩解

C．盼望

D．承诺

4. What does the writer think of the teacher’s punishment?

A．Fair.

B．Wise.

C．Unfair.

D．Common.

5. What does the writer want to tell us?

A．We should pay less attention to unfairness.

B．It’s good to compare ourselves with others.

C．We should understand fairness in a deeper way.

D．We should always be clear about what we are doing.