For his eleventh birthday, Lin was given a gift that would shape his life. On that day his father took him to the Children’s Activity Centre and said he could choose any course that interested him. There was just one requirement: Lin would have to promise to study it for at least one year.

To that point Lin had had many hobbies, but none kept his interest for more than a week or two. His mum once gave him a bag of stamps to encourage stamp collecting. That hobby lasted a week. Then his father got him some paints hoping that Lin’s artistic side would shine through. Those paints were now under his bed, still unopened. This time Lin’s parents would let him decide.

Lin’s eyes moved down the notice board that listed all the courses on offer. He stopped at “Photography,” He liked the idea of taking beautiful pictures but the notice said that each student needed their own camera. Although Lin’s family wasn’t poor, they weren’t rich either, and a camera cost a lot of money. He continued looking.

The next course to catch his eyes was “Language Art”. He didn’t even know what that meant. His father explained that it taught people how to make public speeches. Lin, a shy boy, could think of nothing worse.

Then he saw it. “Cooking” sounded like something he’d like to do. It was inexpensive and convenient, it could be done alone and it was also creative.

Based on Lin’s hobby history, his dad had doubts, but he agreed. Much to his parents’ surprise, Lin kept his promise. He studied cooking at the Centre every Saturday, and practised at home, making delicious meals for his family. Everyone looked forward to birthdays, when they could eat his cakes. Lin got great satisfaction from the pleasure his food brought to others.

The months turned to years but his hobby never changed again.

Now Lin is an adult and runs a successful restaurant. When customers say they enjoy his meal, he still gets the same pleasure he did as a child, and remembers the special gift he received all those years ago.

1.Lin didn’t choose to study photography because ________.

A.it was too expensive B.he had no interest in it

C.he was not very creative D.it was not offered that term

2.The underlined expression ________.

A.make him excited B.make him annoyed

C.get his attention D.help him see clearly

3.Which of the following best describes Lin’s interest in cooking?

A.It only lasted for a short time B.It seemed to match his character.

C.It was forced on him by his parents. D.It developed slowly over many months

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A.A Strict Father B.A Changeable Boy C.Fun of Cooking D.The Birthday Gift

As parents, you can help children deal with the fear of natural disasters(自然災害)and help protect them from being hurt by telling them how disasters happen, and what to do when disasters happen. Here are some tips for you:

Find out what disasters are possible in your area by visiting your local library.

Think about where your family should go if your house is destroyed.

Teach children the warning signs and signals in your area and practice what to do if a disaster happens.

Once you know the danger, ask your children to help check the safety in your house. You and your children can also work together on a disaster plan and prepare a disaster box with food, water and necessary tools.

If a disaster does happen, pay attention to your children’s behavior. Changes in behavior, for example, acting strangely, mean that your children need help.

Allow children to share their feelings about what has happened such as drawing a picture or writing a story.

Let friends and neighbors help you if they can.

Continue to tell your children that they are loved.

1.The passage was written for ________.

A.students B.parents C.policemen D.doctors

2.When we prepare for a natural disaster, which of the following is necessary?

A.A disaster box B.Finding changes in behavior.

C.Sharing feelings D.Drawing pictures.

3.What are the last four tips mainly about?

A.What parents can do before a disaster happens. B.What parents can do when a disaster happens

C.Children’s behavior before a disaster happens D.Children’s behavior after a disaster happens.

4.Where may you read the passage from?

A.A newspaper about history B.A book on drawing and writing

C.A book about children’s body language D.An article about human beings and disasters

Imagine having an ear made out of an apple. It seems like a crazy idea from a horror movie. But it could happen in the near future.

Canadian biophysicist, Andrew Pelling used an apple to grow a human ear. He thinks fruit and vegetables can be used to cheaply repair human body parts in the future.

Scientists have been trying to grow organs( 器官) in labs to replace our old ones. But it is a hard Job. For example, liver cells( 肝細胞)can grow in a lab, but the cells still need things like blood vessels( 血管) to actually work. These things have to grow inside a scaffold(支架) In the past, scientists have used manmade materials, animal parts and even dead people as scaffolds. But that has proved to be difficult and expensive.

Pelling and his team, however, found the apple to be a cheap and easy to use scaffold.

They first out an apple into the shape of an ear. Then they used a special way to take out the apple’s cells and make it a scaffold. The team then added human cells to the apple and watched it grow

You can implant these scaffolds into the body, and the body will send in cells and a blood supply and actually keep these things alive, “Pelling said during a Ted Talk speech.

The team put the apple scaffold inside a living mouse and the mouse’s cells slowly took over the pieces of apple.

Now Pelling is thinking of other fruit, plants or vegetables to use,

He says that the shape of flower petals could be perfect for repairing skin. And asparagus(蘆葦) could fix a broken spine(脊柱).

Now, Pelling and his team are trying hard to put these crazy ideas into reality

1.Pelling’s idea of manmade ear seems crazy because he used ________ as scaffolds.

A.animal parts B.dead people

C.manmade materials D.ordinary apples

2.The underlined word “implant” in Paragraph 7 probably means ________.

A.pick B.put C.produce D.protect

3.Which is the right order of making an ear out of an apple according to the passage

a. Put the apple scaffold inside a mouse.

b. Add human cells to the apple scaffold.

c. Cut an apple into the shape of an ear.

d. Make the apple ear a scaffold.

e. Take out the apple’s cells in a special way.

A.abcde B.bedae C.cedba D.cdaeb

4.From the last three paragraphs, we can infer that Pelling will experiment with other fruit, plants or vegetables ________.

A.to make human ears B.to repair burnt skin

C.to fix a broken spine D.to make human body parts

閱讀下面短文，按照句子結構的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個適當?shù)脑~或用括號中詞語的正確形式填空。將答案寫在答卷上

When holiday is coming to an end, how many of you have burned the midnight oil to finish your homework for several days? 1. the school year, when you get home from school, do you start working on your homework right away?

It is hard to be this responsible. A lot of people tend to put off difficult or 2. (challenge) tasks until they must be done. They are called procrastinators(拖延癥患者).

Procrastination is a common problem for 3. (million) of people, in fact, sometimes it just feels easier to wait till the last minute to do certain things. 4., this is usually not a good thing, as you have to work harder and faster. This means your work will 5. (probable) be of less quality.

I myself am a bit of a procrastinator. But most of the time, I try to finish my work earlier rather 6. later. It just makes more sense – if I finish my work now, I 7. (have) more time to relax or work on other projects later. Sometimes, it can be hard to promise 8.get) started immediately. But once I do, the work will get done quickly and successfully.

It’s a 9.(nature) thing for everyone to procrastinate from time to time. You’d better not beat 10. (you) up over it. After all, we still need time to relax and take a break from our busy lives. Just make sure you still get your homework done on time!

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假如你是李華，你好友Lily寫信告訴你,她的媽媽在網(wǎng)上買了一款集中注意力的頭環(huán)，讓她在學習的時候戴在頭上。她戴久了會頭疼，又不知道如何和媽媽溝通。請你就這個問題給Lily提出一些可行性的建議。

內(nèi)容要點：1. 頭環(huán)可以讓你媽媽及時了解你的情況；

2. 頭環(huán)不一定舒服,但是媽媽原本是想幫你；

3. 你應該讓你媽媽了解你的真實感受；

4. 溝通方式(至少一條建議)。

參考詞匯：頭環(huán) head ring 集中注意力 focus attention

注意：

1. 內(nèi)容涵蓋所有要點,可適當發(fā)揮

2. 詞數(shù)80左右(已給出的文章開頭,不計入總詞數(shù))

3. 文中不得提及有關考生個人身份的任何信息,如校名、人名等。

Dear Lily

Lots of teenagers may meet the same problem – not knowing how to communicate with parents.

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Yours

Lihua

一What color is it? 一It's _____________ orange.

A.an B.a C.／ D.the

一 _________ is your father? 一He is 42 years old.

A.How B.How much C.How old D.How many

The pants_______nice. I'll take__________.

A.look: them B.looks: it C.look; it D.looks: thern

—___________ the girl over there? 一She's my sister.

A.Whose B.Where C.How D.Who's

一____________is the ruler? 一_____________ two dollars.

A.How much; It is B.How much; They are

C.How many; They are D.How many ; It's