It was one o’clock in the morning when I at last succeeded in creating life.

As I looked at the lifeless human being, I saw one eye slowly open. Then he began to breathe and move his arms. At first, I thought he would be a fine-looking man. He had yellow skin, black hair and very white teeth. Unluckily, his eyes were watery, and his lips were thin and colorless. I soon realized that there was nothing beautiful about him. I ran out of the room, disgusted (惡心) by the creature I had created. I tried to sleep, but for hours I could not. Then, when I did get to sleep, I had bad dreams. When I

awoke the next morning, I did not want to return to my laboratory and the monster I had created.I went for a long walk until I came to an inn. There, to my pleasure and surprise, I found my friend, Henry Clerval. “Tell me about my family,” I asked him. “And Elizabeth, How is she?”

“They are all well, Frankenstein,” he said. “But you do not look well, my friend. Your eyes look as if you have not slept for many weeks.”

I knew this was true. “I have been so busy,” I explained, “that I have been working without rest.” Henry walked back with me to my department. I did not want him to, but I could not stop him. I was afraid that the creature i had left there might be alive and walking about. When we reached my apartment, I asked Henry to wait outside for a few minutes. I did not explain why. I slowly opened the door and entered the room. To my surprise, it was empty. The creature had gone. I was so overcome by the feeling that I fainted. I was ill for many months.

During my illness, Henry was my only nurse. He heard me talking in my sleep about a monster. At first, he thought i was just having a bad dream, but then he realized that something very bad happened in my life. At last, I began to get better.

1.What is this passage probably taken from?

A. A news report. B. A science fiction. C. A travel guide. D. a history book.

2.What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. The birth of the creature. B. The personalities of the creature.

C. The happy feeling of creating life. D. The spirit of the creature.

3.What does the underlined word “fainted” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. broke down B. cheered C. lost senses D. went wrong

Would it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees can communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation---their young trees?

Suzanne Simard, forest ecologist(生態(tài)學(xué)家) at the University of British Columbia, explains how trees are much more complex(復(fù)雜的) than most of us ever imagined. Although Charles Darwin(達(dá)爾文) thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest, Simard and her team have made a new discovery and showed just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true: trees survive through their group work and support, passing around necessary nutrition(營(yíng)養(yǎng)) such as nitrogen(氮) and carbon “depending on who needs it”.

Nitrogen(氮) and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi (真菌) networks.This makes sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy. This system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons (神經(jīng)元) in our brains, and when one tree is destroyed, it influences all.

Simard talks about “Mother trees”. These are usually the largest, oldest plants that on which all other trees depend. These “Mother trees” are connected to all the other trees in the forest by this network of fungi, and may manage the resources of the whole trees and plants in the forest. She explains how these trees pass on the wealth to the next generation, transporting important resources to young trees so they may continue to grow. When humans cut down “Mother trees” without paying attention to these highly complex “tree societies” of the networks on which they feed, we are reducing the chances to save the whole forest.

“We didn’t take any notice of it,” Simard says sadly. “Mother trees” move nutrition into the young trees before dying, but we never give them chance. If we could put across the message to the forestry industry, we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future.

1.The underlined sentence “the opposite is true” in Paragraph 2 probably means that trees .

A. compete for survival

B. protect their own wealth

C. depend on each other

D. provide support for dying trees

2.“Mother trees”are very important because they .

A. look the largest in size in the forest

B. pass on nutrition to young trees

C. bring more wealth to humans

D. know more about the “tree societies”

3.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to(指代) .

A. how “tree societies” work

B. how trees grow old

C. how forestry industry develops

D. how young trees survive

4.We can learn from the passage that .

A. trees aren’t as complex as we think.

B. Charles Darwin had the same opinion as Simard.

C. if “Mother trees” are cut down, they won’t make difference to young trees.

D. trees can share resources with other ones by the underground fungi networks.

四、任務(wù)型閱讀：先通讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和表格，在空格內(nèi)填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，使意思完整。

A group of high school students from the United States has planted hope by cleaning up an empty lot(一塊地) in their neighborhood.

The students are from Buchtel High School in Akron, Ohio. The empty lot, which is owned by a 1ocal bank, was filled with grass and poison ivy(毒葛). As a project for the school’s biohealth(生物健康) class, eight students decided to turn the empty lot into a space that will improve the mental(心里的) and emotional(情感的) health of people who live near it.

They first came up with a design, did research and created 3D models of their plans. Ideas were then presented and the school leaders picked the winning plans. Finally, the students brought those plans to life.

Now when you walk into the lot, you can see a wood walkway leading to a purple iron bench. A few beautiful plants are already in the ground. There is also a hopscotch(跳房子游戲) board that is painted bright blue. A wall painting with the words “Love” and “Peace” has taken shape on a back fence, decorated with the students’ handprints. The rest of the fence was painted grey to cover plain wood.

The students said they painted the bench purple because they found that purple has a comforting feeling for people. They thought kids could go there and sit together, communicate with each other in peac and stay out of trouble.

As for the hopscotch board, it was set up for a group of eight to ten school-age kids who lived in the neighborhood but had nowhere to play.

It gives the neighborhood a little hope and a little beauty, “said Lyle Jenkins, a member of the Neighborhood Network.” A lot of people love the neighborhood and have great hopes for things getting better.

七、完成句子：用英語(yǔ)完成下列句子

1.那個(gè)男孩太粗心了，沒(méi)能避免重蹈覆轍。

The boy was too __________________________________________.

2.你最好向大家解釋一下，以免誤會(huì)。

You’d better explain yourself to others ____________________________________.

3.十九大的召開(kāi)鼓舞著我們?nèi)�身心地投入工作，使祖�?guó)更加強(qiáng)大。

The Opening of the 19th CPC National Congress has _______________________our work to make China much stronger.

4.這個(gè)有關(guān)環(huán)境問(wèn)題的報(bào)告將更值得關(guān)注。

The report on “Environment” ____________________________________.

5.很難說(shuō)他近幾年在編曲方面取得了多大進(jìn)步。

It’s hard to say __________________________________music over the years.

6.我不敢相信他自去年以來(lái)在設(shè)計(jì)方面就落后于他的同齡工程師。

You can’t believe that he __________________________in designing since last year.

—The girls ____ the boys in that exciting football match. —How surprising!

A. win B. beat C. hit D. hurt

She didn’t have a rest and ____.

A. continue working B. go on working C. went on to work D. went on working

Beijing is famous ____ its places of interest, such as the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and the Great Wall.

A. for B. as C. to D. in

When you ____ the classroom, please turn off the lights.

A. left B. are leaving C. leave D. leaves

Jack is a little ____ than Peter.

A. strong B. stronger C. strongest D. the strongest