There’s always been a debate on whether human beings are born good or bad.Depending on how you view the world，you can think of all the crimes and injustice and conclude that we’re bad，so we need a system of laws to keep us in check.However，there are also a lot of stories of good deeds.I think we’re all born good.

Today，I took a trip to South Bend to attend my friends’ wedding reception.I had____the night before at the forecast and it said we were going to get about 3 inches of snow，so I thought，“That’s not so____”I set out on my journey and it was completely clear until I____to get towards Niles，M1...

I was____with this ominous (不祥的) cloud，I thought to myself，“Hmm，this can’t be a good____.” Soon enough，the highway became a snow?packed wall of white.I should have remembered that such severe changes in____are common in this part of America.I then tried to get to the populous area of South Bend and got____in the snow，____to turn left onto a street，I____for 20 minutes to dig myself out with only a scraper (刮刀)．

It wasn’t a very____street，so I didn’t see many people.Just as I was starting to give up，a few people stopped by my car and then helped push me out of the snow bank.It was one person at first，and then a few others.

Then，on the way to my destination，another lady got stuck.____，I got out and was____to offer the same help that I had received.At least five others joined me in my____to get her car unstuck.It is kind of storm that makes roads undrivable.South Bend____up getting over 3 feet of snow.

In these____of kindness though，I was once again____of my belief that all people are born good.These people didn’t have to stop and help me out.They ran the____of having their own cars stuck.Even for myself，it was a(an)____reaction to get out and push the lady’s car out too.I didn’t think about it____a second.

I believe these situations really helped remind me that this world is a good place.Real life situations can____good deeds.It happened today，and it will happen again and again.

1.A.spent B．checked C．observed D．looked

2.A.late B．cold C．bad D．far

3.A.hoped B．stopped C．started D．planned

4.A.concerned B．met C．involved D．pointed

5.A.way B．event C．result D．sign

6.A.weather B．direction C．position D．system

7.A.frozen B．stuck C．hurt D．lost

8.A.attempting B．needing C．realizing D．having

9.A.waited B．stayed C． insisted D．struggled

10.A.long B．smooth C．busy D．quiet

11.A.Immediately B．Carefully C．Eventually D．Obviously

12.A.requested B．a(chǎn)ttracted C．inspired D．convinced

13.A.efforts B．group C．donation D．spirits

14.A.made B．ended C．came D．grew

15.A.attitudes B．characters C．manners D．a(chǎn)cts

16.A.informed B．reminded C．warned D．told

17.A.favor B．course C．caution D．risk

18.A.automatic B．generous C．valuable D．a(chǎn)ccurate

19.A.with B．by C．for D．in

20.A.find B．produce C．a(chǎn)dmire D．judge

When Taylor Swift first came to the attention of the public，she was a 17?year?old newcomer who loved singing to her guitar.She seemed far more enthusiastic than skillful.

Four years later，Swift became a multi?award winner.This month，she was crowned “Woman of the Year” by Billboard magazine，the youngest singer?song?writer ever to receive the honor.“Aged only 21，Taylor has already made a maior impact on music and has been an unbelievable role model for hopeful artists and young women everywhere，” said Bill Werde，Billboard’s director.

Werde’s_words_do_not_come_from_nowhere. Unlike many pop singers，especially those who do not write their own material，Swift has the power of turning her ideas into lyrics that will set people thinking.“Hidden beneath Taylor Swift’s not?a?girl，not?yet?a?woman sweetness is a very skillful songwriting technique，” wrote Leah Greenblatt in an American magazine.

Songwriting，as Swift explains，is to cope with issues.“I tend to write about things that really impact me most.” There certainly seems to be something true and honest running through every one of the 14 songs on her album，Speak Now，about “the lessons and confusion and heartbreak and all the different things that go along with being 18,19 and 20.”

“For the audience too young to have experienced real passion or heartbreak，Swift’s songs are like a potential road map，promising things will work out OK，” commented Dorian ynskey in a British newspaper.

Now Swift is getting ready to go further and has so far written about 10 songs for her 2012 album，which is about feelings of growing up and becoming an adult.“They’re sad，if I’m being honest.”“They’re about my heartbreaks and my moving on.But more importantly，they are about achieving contentment.You’re not always going to be perfectly happy as you grow up.”

1.What does the writer mean by saying “Werde’s words do not come from nowhere”？

A．Swift stands out as a singer and songwriter.

B．Only Swift writes her own songs.

C．Swift begins to take interest in singing.

D．Swift decides to deal with problems in her new album.

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Swift has the ability to write songs with deeper meanings.

B．Swift is both enthusiastic and skillful now.

C．Swift became a multi?award winner when she began to sing on the stage.

D．Swift’s album Speak Now has 14 songs.

3.Taylor Swift’s 2012 album mainly records________.

A．dream and reality B．heartbreak and despair

C．pain and growth D．problems and society

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A．Swift comes to people’s attention

B．Swift rises to fame

C．Swift wins many awards

D．Swift experiences real passion

Some scientists say that animals in the oceans are increasingly threatened by noise pollution caused by human beings.

The noise that affects sea creatures comes from a number of human activities. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions, ocean drilling, and ship engines. Such noises are added to natural sounds. These sounds include the breaking of ice fields, underwater earthquakes, and sounds made by animals themselves.

Decibels (分貝) measured in water are different from those measured on land. A noise of one hundred and twenty decibels on land causes pain to human ears. In water, a decibel level of one hundred and ninety－five would have the same effect.

Some scientists have suggested setting a noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels in the oceans. They have observed that noises at that level can frighten and confuse whales（鯨魚(yú)）.

A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that louder noises can seriously injure some animals.

The research team found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing. This seriously affected the whales' ability to exchange information and find their way. Some of the whales even died. The explosions had caused their ears to bleed and become infected(被感染的).

Many researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds are against a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research.

Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals. However, many scientists don’t think that noise is a greater danger than they believed. They want to prevent noises from harming creatures in the ocean.

1.According to the passage, which of the following is increasingly dangerous to sea creatures?

A. The sound of cars. B. The sound of voices.

C. Man-made noise pollution. D. The sound of steps.

2.According to the passage, natural sounds include all of the following EXCEPT________.

A. sounds made by animals themselves B. ocean drilling

C. underwater earthquakes D. the breaking of ice fields

3.Which of the following is discussed in the third paragraph?

A. The same noise level produces a different effect on land and in the ocean.

B. Different places may have different types of noises.

C. The decibel is not a right unit (單位) for measuring underwater noise.

D. Different ocean animals may have different reactions to noises.

4.Which of the following is true of whales?

A. They won't be confused by noises.

B. They are deaf to noises.

C. Their ability to reproduce will be lowered by high-level noises.

D. Their hearing will be damaged by high-level noises.

5.According to the passage, what will scientists most probably do in the future?

A. They will work hard to reduce ocean noise pollution.

B. They will protect animals from harmful noises.

C. They will try to set a limit of 120 decibels.

D. They will study the effect of ocean noise pollution.

請(qǐng)根據(jù)以下提示，并結(jié)合事例，用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)一篇短文。

You cannot choose what you are given, but you can choose how you make use of it.

注意：

①無(wú)須寫(xiě)標(biāo)題，不得照抄英語(yǔ)提示語(yǔ)；

②除詩(shī)歌外，文體不限；

③文中不得透露個(gè)人姓名和學(xué)校名稱；

④詞數(shù)為120左右。

This is ______ that dog.

A. as a big dog as B. as big a dog as

C. a as big dog as D. a big as dog as

After many years of hard work，the man has finally reached the stage________he has gained good fortune and social status.

A．where B．that C．which D．why

There is ______ word in the dictionary.

A. no such B. not a such C. no such a D. not such

China's reform and opening has been going on for ________ is like about 30 years now and it's really quite remarkable.

A．that B．which C．what D．it

Writing out all the invitations by hand was more time-consuming than we______.

A. will expect B. are expecting C. expect D. had expected

People diet to look more attractive. Fish diet to avoid being beaten up, thrown out of their social group, and getting eaten as a result. That is the fascinating conclusion of the latest research into fish behavior by a team of Australian scientists.

The research team have discovered that subordinate fish voluntarily diet to avoid challenging their larger competitors. “In studying gobies we noticed that only the largest two individuals, a male and female, had breeding （繁殖） rights within the group,” explains Marian Wong. “All other group members are nonbreeding females, each being 5-10% smaller than its next largest competitor. We wanted to find out how they maintain this precise size separation.”

The reason for the size difference was easy to see. Once a subordinate fish grows to within 5-10% of the size of its larger competitor, it causes a fight which usually ends in the smaller goby being driven away from the group. More often than not, the evicted fish is then eaten up.

It appeared that the smaller fish were keeping themselves small in order to avoid challenging the boss fish. Whether they did so voluntarily, by restraining how much they ate, was not clear. The research team decided to do an experiment. They tried to fatten up some of the subordinate gobies to see what happened. To their surprise, the gobies simply refused the extra food they were offered, clearly preferring to remain small and avoid fights, over having a feast.

The discovery challenges the traditional scientific view of how boss individuals keep their position in a group. Previously it was thought that large individuals simply used their weight and size to threaten their subordinates and take more of the food for themselves, so keeping their competitors small.

While the habits of gobies may seem a little mysterious, Dr. Wong explains that understanding the relationships between boss and subordinate animals is important to understanding how hierarchical （等級(jí)的） societies remain stable.

The research has proved the fact that voluntary dieting is a habit far from exclusive to humans. “As yet, we lack a complete understanding of how widespread the voluntary reduction of food intake is in nature,” the researchers comment. “Data on human dieting suggests that, while humans generally diet to improve health or increase attractiveness, rarely does it improve long-term health and males regularly prefer females that are fatter than the females’ own ideal.”

1.When a goby grows to within 5-10% of the size of its larger competitor, it .

A. faces danger B. has breeding rights

C. eats its competitor D. leaves the group itself

2.The underlined words “the evicted fish” in Paragraph 3 refer to .

A. the fish beaten up B. the fish found out

C. the fish fattened up D. the fish driven away

3.The experiment showed that the smaller fish .

A. fought over a feast B. went on diet willingly

C. preferred some extra food D. challenged the boss fish

4.What is the text mainly about?

A. Fish dieting and human dieting.

B. Dieting and health.

C. Human dieting.

D. Fish dieting.