I’m Barbara Sloan. I am 51. My friendship with Michele lasted for a long time before we met each other. Michele was six months older than me. We started writing to each other as teenagers but it was 36 years before we came to face to face in 2013.
Over the years, we also exchanged of our families and gifts. In 1988, I married (与……结婚) Alan. Michele sent me a watch. When my first child Lindsey was born in 1991, she sent me a nice dress. After Duncan and Robert were born, I received a toy bear and a nice book about how to take care of children from her.
In June, 2013, I flew to France to meet Michele and we spent a very happy week together. I thought of staying for another week but Alan called me because Robert was ill (生病的). So I had to come back.
After I came back to England, I keep the habit of writing to Michele every month as usual.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
| A．In 2013. | B．In 1988. | C．In 1991. | D．In. 1977 |
| A．购买 | B．收取 | C．修改 | D．交换 |
| A．A dress. | B．A book. | C．A toy bear. | D．A watch. |
| A．Michele is 57 years old now. |
| B．Barbara has four children. |
| C．Barbara writes to Michele once a month. |
| D．Michele lives in England and Barbara lives in France. |
| A．A true friend of mine |
| B．How my new friendship start |
| C．The end of my friendship with Michele |
| D．A long friendship between Michele and I |
When you look up into the sky at night, have you ever felt that your eyes are playing tricks on (捉弄) you? It seems that the stars are moving all the time.
Actually, there is nothing wrong with your eyes. This twinkling effect is called scintillation (交光). Scintillation happens because of air movements in the earth’s atmosphere (大气). Light is “bent (弯曲的)” when it travels through different parts of the earth’s atmosphere. As the air in the earth’s atmosphere is moving all the time, the light from the stars looks as if it is moving too.
The same thing also happens to things on the ground. On a very hot and shiny day, if you look at the road, the image in the distance is not clear and things move slightly. You can also see the same effect if you drop a rock into water. The rock appears a little unclear under the moving water.
This twinkling effect causes a lot of problems for astronomers (天文学家) since they cannot observe the stars clearly. A telescope (望远镜) was sent into space so that the air movements in the atmosphere could be avoided (避免). It took a long time to build the space telescope but finally in 1990, a huge space telescope called the Hubble Space Telescope was successfully sent into space. Since then, astronomers have many important observations that have helped people understand space better.
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。 What happens to the light from the stars we see when the air in the earth’s atmosphere is moving?
| A．It looks even brighter. |
| B．It looks as if it is bent. |
| C．It looks as if it is moving. |
| D．It looks like drops of rain. |
Scintillation also happens on according to the passage.
| A．rainy days | B．shiny days |
| C．cloudy days | D．windy days |
What can you see when you drop a rock into the water?
| A．The rock gets broken. |
| B．The rock becomes unclear. |
| C．The water becomes much polluted. |
| D．The water does not move anymore. |
The underlined word “observe” means “ ”.
| A．watch | B．listen | C．draw | D．explain |
Why is scintillation a problem for astronomers?
| A．The stars never stay still. |
| B．It makes the stars too dark to see. |
| C．It makes astronomers feel too hot to work. |
| D．Astronomers cannot observe the stars clearly. |
Food or friends? Lip salve (润唇膏) or iPod? What is the most important thing in the US teenagers’ lives today? Let’s take a look.
Some find that they can’t do without people.
“My biggest need is my friends. Without them, I wouldn’t do much,” said Adrian Fernandez, a 14-year-old boy.
With others, food always comes first.
“I do not think that I could live without chili con carne (辣子肉丁). I eat it every day. And if I didn’t have it, it’s all I would think about,” said Max Wu, an 8th-grade boy.
Sometimes, the things teenagers can’t do without are strange.
Take 14-year-old girl Hannah Sacchini for example. “I cannot live without lip salve, especially in winter,” said Hannah Sacchini. “I go mad if my lips get dry.”
Of course, today everybody uses mobile phones and computers. Some teens can’t live without these high-tech (高科技的) things.
Justin Beck, a 15-year-old boy, feels like this: “I would not be able to live without my iPod. I use it for so many different things. I always have it with me,” he said.
So, now we know the things US kids really must have. What about you and your classmates? What can’t you live without?
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。 To Adrian Fernandez, is the most important.
| A．a friend | B．lip salve | C．a computer | D．chili con carne |
How often does Max Wu eat chili con carne?
| A．Once a week. | B．Every day. |
| C．Twice a day. | D．Three times a week. |
Hannah Sacchini will become if her lips get dry.
| A．fat | B．excited | C．shy | D．annoyed |
We can learn that Justin Beck takes his iPod to school.
| A．never | B．sometimes | C．always | D．hardly ever |
The passage mainly tells us .
| A．what things the US kids really must have |
| B．what the US teenagers do every day at school |
| C．what the most important food in the US teenagers’ lives is |
| D．how the US teenagers’ lives are every day at school |
The American Museum of Natural History Address: Central Park West at 79th, St., New York Tel: 212-769-5100 Traffic: located on the Upper West Sideof Manhattan, the museumis conveniently reached by bus, underground or car. Parking: There is a small parking place which charges only $7.75 per day, but is often full. Parking in the neighborhood is also limited. Museum hours: 10:00 am to 5:45 pm Sunday through Tuesday; 10:00 am to 9:00 pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Admission: $3.20 for grown-ups, one-fourth for children, and free on Friday and Saturday evening from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The museum is open every day of the year except Christmas and Thanksgiving. |
The American Museum of Natural History is in .
| A．Philadelphie | B．Washington |
| C．Boston | D．New York |
There is a parking place outside the museum, but .
| A．people cannot park their cars there |
| B．it is not big enough to park all the cars |
| C．it will cost you $7.75 per week |
| D．nobody wants to park his car there |
If four grown-ups and four children want to pay a visit to the museum at 3:00 pm on Saturday, they will pay .
| A．$16 | B．$19.2 | C．$25.6 | D．no money |
You can visit the museum .
| A．at 7:00 am on Monday |
| B．at 8:00 pm on Tuesday |
| C．at 11:00 am on Sunday |
| D．at 10:00 pm on Friday |
From the passage, we can learn that .
| A．the museum lies in the east of New York |
| B．the small parking place charges more than $8 a day for a car |
| C．one can get to the museum by car, by under-ground or by bus |
| D．the museum is the most popular one in America |
阅读下面短文，回答问题。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
Why do people cry? Scientists say the body produces tears because they need them. One kind of tears is for the eye, the other is for the heart. They both work as cleaners. If something else like dust(灰尘) gets into your eye, tears also come into the eye to clean it out. If you are hurt by something, your strong feelings produce some poisonous chemicals(毒素) in your body, and at the same time, tears come out with them. If these poisonous chemicals are not cleaned out of your body as soon as possible, they will do harm to the heart sooner or later.
In the United States men have heart problems more often than women do. Doctors say heart problems have something to do with the pressures(压力) of living and working now. Perhaps men suffer more from these illnesses because they do not cry enough. They need to cry more.
In fact, you can find many ways of reducing the pressures to keep fit. Crying is a natural and physical one.How many kinds of tears does the body usually produce?
What do tears do when dust gets into your eye?
Will the poisonous chemicals in the body do harm to the heart?
Why do men suffer more from heart problems than women?
What will you do to reduce the pressures of living and working to keep fit? Please give TWO examples.
The class teacher thought that hobbies were important for children. So she encouraged all her students to have one, and sometimes she arranged hobby shows for their parents to see as a result.
One morning the teacher told the class to have a holiday and get their hobby things to school before 5p.m. A hobby show would be held the following afternoon.
So in the afternoon, the students with nothing to show did their lessons at school as usual, while the lucky ones had a holiday to go home for their hobby works.
When the afternoon lessons began, the teacher was surprised to see that Tommy was not there. “I don’t believe Tommy has a hobby,” she thought. However, at a quarter to five, Tommy arrived with a beautiful collection of butterflies in glass cases. The teacher liked the samples(标本) very much and put them on a desk in the classroom. But, to her surprise, Tommy picked them up again and began to leave.
“What are you doing, Tommy?” she asked. “Those things must stay here until tomorrow afternoon. That’s when the parents are coming to see them.”
“I know that,” answered Tommy, “and I will bring them back tomorrow, but my big brother doesn’t want them to be out of our house at night.”
“But, aren’t the butterflies yours?” asked the teacher.
“No,” answered Tommy. “They are my brother’s”
“But Tommy, you should show your own hobby here, not somebody else’s”
“I know that,” answered Tommy. What surprised her most was the answer, “My hobby is watching my brother collecting butterflies.”What did the class teacher think of hobbies for children?
| A．Unwelcome | B．Hopeless | C．Harmful | D．Important |
What time did Tommy get back to school that afternoon?
What would NOT happen the following afternoon?
| A．The parents would enjoy the show in the classroom |
| B．Tommy would bring the butterflies back |
| C．The teacher would encourage her students for hobbies |
| D．The butterflies would fly away |
Which was the teacher’s greatest surprise?
| A．Tommy was not at school as usual |
| B．Tommy picked the butterflies up again and began to leave |
| C．Tommy said his hobby was watching his brother collecting butterflies |
| D．Tommy came back to school before 5 that afternoon |
What’s the best title for this passage?
| A．Important Hobbies | B．Tommy’s Hobby |
| C．Different Hobbies | D．Collecting Butterflies |
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