Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.

Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe(成熟的) or finished.

For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns(角) had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today --- a person who is new in a job.

About 100 years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities back east. The greenhorn lacked the skills he would need to live in the west.

Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early 1900s. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.

Green is also the color used to describe the powerful emotion, jealousy(嫉妒). The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play "Othello."

It describes the unpleasant feeling that a person has when someone has something that he wants. A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay raise and she does not.

In most places in the world, a green light is a signal to move ahead. A green light on a traffic signal means your car can continue on. In everyday speech, a green light means approval to continue with a project.

1.If a person was a greenhorn, he might ___________.

A. be good at growing plants

B. get along well with others

C. be a soldier in the 16th century

D. have no experience in doing something

2.When you have trouble in growing flowers, you can ask for help from ___________.

A. a green thumb B. a green light

C. a greenhorn D. a green-eyed monster

3.If a girl refuses your invitation to a dance party but accepting another gentleman’s, you may___________.

A. need to buy a green light

B. have to get a green thumb

C. show them your greenhorn

D. be affected by the green-eyed monster

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. The origin of the word “green ”.

B. Some expressions concerning green.

C. The story of a green-eyed monster.

D. Some ways of how to use words properly.

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Scientists are trying to find ways to prevent rhinos from dying out. In 1975, the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research started the Frozen Zoo, a program through which researchers have collected cell samples(細胞樣品) from more than 8,000 different animal species until now, including the northern white rhino. Scientists hope that by studying the rhino cells, they will gain greater understanding of the species, and will find ways to increase its number.

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1.We know from Paragraph 1 that northern white rhinos __________.

A. can live a very long life

B. will die out within a few years

C. have become seriously endangered

D. mainly live in the western part of the earth

2.What can we learn about rhinos from Paragraph 2?

A. Their meat is of great value.

B. They haven’t attracted much attention.

C. Their horns have been used to save lives.

D. Human activity greatly reduced their number.

3.What was the Frozen Zoo started for?

A. Studying the rhino cells.

B. Collecting cell samples from plants.

C. Preventing rhinos from being hunted.

D. Studying animals to help them survive.

4.We learn that pluripotent stem cells __________.

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The word dream is probably heard most frequently from people in show business, where everyone dreams of standing under the spotlight and being somebody. But the truth is that most end up being nobodies. Hong Kong director Derek Yee’s latest film“ I Am Somebody” shows respect for these unknown extras(群眾演員)in the film industry.

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The entertainment industry might be the field with the most broken hearts and most efforts gone in vain. Here luck, opportunity and physical appearance are probably much more important than hard work.

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A. Determined. B. Careful.

C. Intelligent. D. Easy-going.

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A. Wrongly. B. Secretly.

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A. It’s OK to be nobody.

B. It’s really hard to become a successful actor.

C. Live the dreams.

D. Be a person of dreams.

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Papa, at the head of the table, would push back his chair and pour a glass of red wine, ready to listen.

“Felice,” he’d say, “tell me what you learned today.”

“I learned that the population of Nepal is ....”

Silence.

Papa was thinking about what was said, as if the salvation of the world would depend upon it. “The population of Nepal. Hmm. Well….” he’d say. “Get the map; let’s see where Nepal is.” And the whole family went on a search for Nepal.

This same experience was repeated until each family member had a turn. Dinner ended only after we had a clear understanding of at least half a dozen such facts.

As children, we thought very little about these educational wonders. Our family, however, was growing together, sharing experiences and participating in one another’s education. And by looking at us, listening to us, respecting our input, affirming our value, giving us a sense of dignity, Papa was unquestionably our most influential teacher.

Later during my training as a future teacher, I studied with some of the most famous educators. They were imparting what Papa had known all along—the value of continual learning. His technique has served me well all my life. Not a single day has been wasted, though I can never tell when knowing the population of Nepal might prove useful.

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A. The author’s father was born in a worker’s family.

B. Those born stupid could not change their life.

C. The town elders wanted to learn about the world.

D. The poor could hardly afford school education.

2.The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to “________”.

A. one new thing B. a request

C. the news D. some comment

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A. enjoyed talking about news

B. knew very well about Nepal

C. felt regret about those wasted days

D. appreciated his father’s educational technique

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A. Continual learning. B. Showing talents.

C. Family get-together. D. Winning Papa’s approval.

5.The author’s father can be best described as ________.

A. an educator expert at training future teachers

B. a parent insistent on his children’s education

C. a participant willing to share his knowledge

D. a teacher strict about everything his students did

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1.Some students are they spend too much time on them. (許多學(xué)生對電腦如此著迷以至于在電腦上花費了太多時間。)

2.The singer was Freddy. (我們熟悉的歌手是Freddy。)

3.More attention the rare wild animals in danger of .

(瀕臨滅絕的珍稀野生動物正收到更多的關(guān)注.)

4.Since the 1970s many new for me. (許多新的用途被發(fā)現(xiàn)了)

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文中共有 10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用(＼)劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下畫一橫線（___），并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

Zhang Danuo, editor at the newspaper office, offered to help Yuncheng, which is physically disabled, achieving his ambition to write a book. Every week or so, he set Yuncheng a writing assignment. Although he was often ill, and sometimes could hardly pick up his pen, Yuncheng kept write and finally sent his finished essays to Zhang Danuo. Yuncheng was always happy when he finished an assignment. “I felt everything in the world was beautiful and how wonderfully it was to live in the world,” he said. Knowing that Yuncheng’s book describes what his life it is like, what his hopes and dreams are and how he overcomes the problems what he faces every day, both the old and the young has been inspired by his courage and his good heart and her book has sold well. Yuncheng says that because his life will not be a long one, he must do so much as he can in the time that is left to him.

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All Jalpur owned in the world were the clothes he wore day in and day out, the miserable(蹩腳的) hut that he slept in at night, a few tools and cooking pots – and his fields. The corn that he grew was all that made life possible. If the weather was kind and the harvest was good, Jalpur could live happily enough – not well, but happily. When the sun was fierce, and there was little or no rain, then he came close to the line between life and death.

Last year the weather had been so kind, and the harvest promised to be so good, that Jalpur had been wondering whether he could sell all that he had and live with his son farther up the coast. He had been thinking about doing this for some years. It was his dearest wish to spend his last days with his son and his wife. But he would go only if he could give; he would not go if it meant taking food out of the mouths of his grandchildren. He would rather die hungry than do this.

On the day when Jalpur decided that he would harvest his corn, sell it, and move up the coast, he looked out to the sea and saw a huge wave, several kilometers out, advancing on the coast and on the village of Shundagarh. Within ten minutes everyone in Shundagarh would be drowned. Jalpur would have shouted, but the people were too far away to hear. He would have run down the hill, but he was too old to run. He was prepared to do anything to save the people of Shundagarh, so he did the only thing that he could do: he set fire to his corn. In a matter of seconds the flames were rising high and smoke was rising higher. Within a minute the people of Shundagarh were racing up the hill to see what had happened. There, in the middle of his blackened cornfield, they found Jalpur; and there they buried him.

On his grave, they wrote the words: Here lies Jalpur, a man who gave, living; a man who died, giving.

1.Which of the following could Jalpur NOT see from his fields?

A. Fathers taking their corn to market.

B Mothers washing clothes.

C. Fishing boats traveling on the sea.

D. Children playing on the sands.

2.Why didn’t Jalpur live well?

A. He didn’t work hard.

B. He had too many children to feed.

C. The villagers kept taking his corn.

D. He only depended on good weather and harvest for survival.

3. What did Jalpur do when he saw the huge wave?

A. He ran down the hill to tell the people.

B. He screamed loudly to get the villagers’ attention.

C. He set his corn on fire so the people of Shundagarh would leave the beach.

D. He stood still, not knowing what to do.

4.The villagers were thankful to Jalpur because he had .

A. given them his corn in order to save them from hunger

B. saved their village from being drowned by the wave

C. given them many things during his life

D. given his life in order to save theirs

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1.What do we NOT know about box jellyfish from the first paragraph?

A. Its size. B. Its hardness.

C. Its color. D. Its poisonousness

2.What can be learned about box jellyfish from Paragraph 2?

A. They live in the deep sea in groups

B. They can breathe on the ocean floor.

C. They usually move along with the current.

D. They can decide the direction in which they move.

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A. box jellyfish

B. scientists

C. box jellyfish’s prey

D. box jellyfish’s tentacles

4. The text is mainly about _________.

A. a kind of sea animal

B. some poisonous animals

C. scientists’ research into box jellyfish

D. the relationship between humans and jellyfish

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