In1882，a baby girl caught such a serious fever that she nearly die. The fever cut her off from the outside world, depriving(奪去) her of sight and sound. That poor girl was Helen Keller.

Luckily Helen was not a girl who gave up easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other senses. She touched and smelt everything she came across. She also learnt to recognize people by feeling their faces or their clothes.

Just before her seventh birthday, the family hired a private tutor- Anne Sullivan. With the help of Anne, Helen soon learnt to read and write in Braille. She also learnt to read people’s lips by pressing her fingertips against them and feeling the movement and vibrations. She also learnt to speak, a major achievement for people who could not hear at all.

Helen proved to be a remarkable scholar, graduating with honors from Radcliffe College in 1904. While she was still at college, she wrote The Story of My Life. This was an immediate success and earned her enough money to buy her own house.

She toured the country, giving lecture after lecture. Many books were written about her and several plays and films were made about her life. Finally she became so famous that she was invited abroad and received many honors from foreign universities. In 1932, she became a vice-president of the Royal National Institute for the Blind in the United Kingdom.

After her death in 1968 an organization was set up in her name to combat （與……斗爭(zhēng)）blindness in the developing world. Today that agency, Helen Keller International, is one of the biggest organizations working with blind people overseas.

【1】What made Helen Keller deaf and blind?______________________________

【2】How did she explore the world?__________________________________

【3】When did Helen meet her private tutor- Anne Sullivan?_________________

【4】Which book brought Helen an immediate success?_________________________

【5】What’s the aim of setting up the organization- Helen Keller International?__________

Bamboo is a kind of wild grass. There are more than 1450 species of bamboo that grow across the world. It is hollow(空的), so it is very light.

For thousands of years, bamboo has been used in many different ways—from food to medicine to clothing. It is also used for furniture or man-made building products such as flooring and window covers. However, bamboo is not often used as a building material in the developed world.

Kent Harries, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, sees bamboo as a great building material because of the following.

First, it is strong. The strength of at least three species of bamboo is similar to steel. Besides its strength, Harries says that bamboo has other features that make it a great building material. He says it can keep its shape and strength even under pressure.

Second, it’s very tall. It can grow up to 20 meters and it supports its own weight, even in the strong wind.

Third，bamboo also grows quickly. Bamboo that is suitable for construction needs much less resources than wood. It lives on the rainwater, spring water and sunlight. The harvest cycle of bamboo is about 3 years. Softwoods such as pine (松樹) and spruce(云杉) have a harvest cycle of about 10 years. And hardwoods that come from flowering plants such as maple(楓樹) and walnut(胡桃樹) need more than 30 years.

People usually think bamboo is only for poor people. But in many countries，bamboo is used for building floors and roofs and even beautiful houses.

-____________? He is always careful when riding.

A. What’s upB. What forC. Why notD. So what

--- Why not? No one sings better than you in our class.

A. how I will prepare for the singing competition

B. that I can go to join in the competition.

C. whether I should take part in the competition

D. who I can ask for more information about the competition.

-Yes. I watched ________ at eight every Saturday.

A. itB. themC. thatD. those

A. highB. heightC. highlyD. higher

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2. 詞數(shù)100左右，開(kāi)頭結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

How to Face Senior High School Entrance Examination

The Senior High School Entrance Examination is coming. Are you ready for it? Although we have dreams, we may feel worried from time to time.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

【1】He was quite lucky to stay _____ (live) after the accident.

【2】Someforeignerslivinginourcity____(invite)tosharetheirlifeexperienceswith us tomorrow.

【3】He is _____ (active) in class and seldom listens carefully to his teacher.

【4】The _____(suddenly) heavy rain made many people get wet.

【5】—Look!Somebody _____(turn)off thelights.—Well,itwasn’tme. Ididn’tdoit.

【6】—WhereisLeonow?—He withhisparents_____(walk)the dog inthegarden.

【7】Who gets up ______(early) in your family, your father or your mother?

【8】The two boys are about the same ______ (weigh) and age.

【1】I'd like to read a book about different______ (節(jié)日) around the world.

【2】As the saying goes, “God helps those who help_________”. (自己)

【3】Look! The boats by the river must be those__________. (漁民).

【4】The sun ________（提供）us with light and heat.

【5】Look! He is _______ (穿著) up as the Monkey King. How cool!

【6】Dianawasalittlefatinthepast.Butnowsheismuch _______(苗條)thanbefore.

【7】Of all the subjects, I like _______ (物理) best.

— I agree. _______. There’s no short cut.

A. Rome wasn’t built in a day.B. All roads lead to Rome.

C. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.D. Burnthecandleatbothends.