Not all bodies of water are so evidently alive as the Atlantic Ocean, an S-shaped body of water covering 33 million square miles. The Atlantic has, in a sense, replaced the Mediterranean as the inland sea of Western civilization. Unlike real inland seas, which seem strangely still, the Atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness. It is perhaps not surprising that its vitality has been much written about by ancient poets.

  “Storm at Sea”, a short poem written around 700, is generally regarded as one of mankind’s earliest artistic representations of the Atlantic.

   When the wind is from the west

   All the waves that cannot rest

      To the east must thunder on

      Where the bright tree of the sun

   Is rooted in the ocean’s breast.

   As the poem suggests, the Atlantic is never dead and dull. It is an ocean that moves, impressively and endlessly. It makes all kinds of noise—it is forever thundering, boiling, crashing, and whistling.

   It is easy to imagine the Atlantic trying to draw breath—perhaps not so noticeably out in mid-ocean, but where it meets land, its waters bathing up and down a sandy beach. It mimics(模仿) nearly perfectly the steady breathing of a living creature. It is filled with symbiotic (共生的) existences, too: unimaginable quantities of creatures, little and large alike, mix within its depths in a kind of oceanic harmony, giving to the waters a feeling of heartbeat, a kind of sub-ocean vitality. And it has a psychology. It has personalities: sometimes peaceful and pleasant, on rare occasions rough and wild; always it is strong and striking.

68. Unlike real inland seas, the Atlantic Ocean is______.

       A. always energetic                          B. lacking in liveliness

       C. shaped like a square                           D. favored by ancient poets

69. What is the purpose of using the poem “Storm at Sea” in the passage?

       A. To describe the movement of the waves.          

       B. To show the strength of the storm.

       C. To represent the vitality of the ocean.              

       D. To prove the vastness of the sea.

70. In the last paragraph, the Atlantic is compared to______.

       A. a beautiful and poetic place

       B. a flesh and blood person

       C. a wonderful world

       D. a lovely animal

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閱讀下面的短文(Bo Wen的故事)，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

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　　Bo Wen has stayed with his father all the time since his mother divorced with his father five years ago．But as soon as his mother heard that Bo Wen was seriously sick, she came to Bo Wen in a flash and was willing to donate her blood to Bo Wen．

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讀了這篇文章后，全班同學非常佩服Bo Wen的做法，孩子生命垂危之時，還為父母做了如此偉大的事情，請給Bo Wen寫一封信，發(fā)表你的感言。信的開頭已經(jīng)寫出來。

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1．以約30個詞概括以上文章．

2．然后以120個詞介紹你的感受，并包括如下要點：

(1)小Bo Wen的偉大事跡感染社會；

(2)描述“愛”使家庭重新結(jié)合；

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1．作文中可使用自己的真實打算或虛構(gòu)的打算，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學校名稱。

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句子結(jié)構(gòu)準確，信息內(nèi)容完整，篇章結(jié)構(gòu)連貫。

Dear Little Bo Wen,

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Introduction of Feng Xiaogang

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Feng’s opinion about his film — A World Without Thieves

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All the World is peaceful and perfect objects.

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