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Wild beavers （河狸） are back! Experts say that the wild beaver families are doing well． The beavers are even boosting wildlife and the environment!
Over ten years ago， a family of beavers turned up in a part of the river Otter， in Devon．No one knew exactly where they came from． It was a big surprise一wild beavers hadn't lived in England for around 400 years!
In 2015， the government allowed the beavers to stay there as part of a trial （试验）． They wanted to see if these animals could be reintroduced to the wild．The trial ends in February．Some scientists from the University of Exeter already say the beavers help the wildlife in the area． One scientist called it" an amazing story"．
A lot of this is because of dams． Beavers build dams along the river． This creates deep pools in the riverbed and slows the water down． Scientists say this is perfect for many different types of plants and animals! Many plants are growing near the beavers．Different types of animals are also becoming more and more in the river． Beavers also help make flooding less，scientists say．The beavers' dams slow down the speed of the river， especially after heavy rain．
There are， however， some problems． Beavers gnaw （咬，啃） on trees and this can harm them．Their dams can also sometimes create floods （洪水） on people's land．
Beavers aren't the only animals that are being reintroduced to the wild! In 2019， red squirrels were brought back to an area of the Scottish Highlands． Further away， the world's rarest （罕见的）duck， the Madagascar pochard， is making a comeback． It was set free into the wild on the African island in 2019 and is doing well．
Who knows what other animals might be making a comeback？
（1）Which of the following best explains "boosting" in paragraph 1？
A． building
B． spreading
C． helping
D． creating
（2）Why did the government want a trial first？ Because they wanted to ．
A． grow more plants along the river
B． build dams for the beavers in the wild
C． introduce the beavers to the wild
D． see if the beavers could be reintroduced to the wild
（3）What are the good things about wild beavers living on the river Otter？
A． They help plants grow and make flooding less．
B． They bring heavy rain and floods．
C． They gnaw on trees and harm them．
D． Their dams create floods on people's land．
（4）How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the news story which have been reintroduced to the wild？
A． One．
B． Two．
C． Three．
D． Four．
（5）How do you think animal lovers feel about the news？
A． Embarrassed．
B． Pleased．
C． Tired．
D． Disappointed．
Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce (弹跳) back.
But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be broken. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How?
Don’t look down on your worth by comparing yourself with others. It’s because we’re different and each of us is special.
Don’t let other people set goals for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.
Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don’t be afraid of difficulties. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is a treasure you can always carry easily.
Don’t use time or words carelessly. You can’t get them back. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.The passage tells us not to _________ because everyone is special.
| A．be afraid of difficulties |
| B．be afraid to learn |
| C．run through life so fast |
| D．compare yourself with others to look down on your worth |
The sentence “Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.” means that _____.
| A．Nothing is possible |
| B．If we don’t give up, there is always hope |
| C．You should learn to give up |
| D．Although you try, nothing will change. |
The best way to keep love is to ___________.
| A．say it’s impossible | B．give it |
| C．give it wings | D．hold it tightly |
If you run through life so fast, you will ____________.
| A．lose your own treasure that you can always carry easily |
| B．lose love by holding it too tightly |
| C．forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going. |
| D．not afraid of the difficulties |
According to the passage, which is the best title? ___________
| A．Nothing is impossible. |
| B．Glass balls are easy to be broken. |
| C．Things you can’t do |
| D．Treat your life in a right way. |
One day in the eighth grade, I was taking a Math Test on basic trigonometry (三角学). Now for a middle school student, there was nothing basic at all about it. So I had studied for about two hours the night before. After reviewing it for some time, I had started to understand it, so then I closed the book and ____________. However, it was not until midnight that I fell asleep. The next day, when I got the test, it might as well have been written in Serbian (which I don’t know how to read). I tried my best to work out the hard problems, but the numbers I came up with were strange. I sat back on my chair and looked for any possible answers, but I could not remember anything or think correctly. I started thinking about my dad coming home from work to find that I failed the test …
“How could you have failed the test? I am certain that nobody else in the whole class got as bad a grade as you did!”
Naturally I didn’t want that to happen. My dad was also really busy at work at present, so I was afraid that this might make him mad. When feeling hopeless, I noticed that my table partner was writing fast on his test. I could see how fast he was writing. I wanted to look over at his test, but then the many bad results I had heard about cheating (作弊) came into my mind. I told myself that if I started cheating now, it would be hard to give up that habit during high school. In the end, I decided not to copy his answers, and got a B- on that test. Even though my dad gave me a hard time about it, it would have been a lot worse if he found out that I had given in and cheated.The writer might feel ______ before the Math Test.
| A．surprised | B．relaxed | C．worried | D．excited |
Which is the best expression to fill in the blank in the passage?
| A．had breakfast | B．went to bed |
| C．took exercise | D．rode to school |
The writer’s father was ______.
| A．proud of him | B．tired of him |
| C．strict with him | D．pleased with him |
From the passage, we know that the writer ______.
| A．could read Serbian | B．didn’t cheat at last |
| C．got a good grade at last | D．didn’t work hard that night |
Many people think the camel stores only water in its hump（驼峰）,but it does not,Instead,the camel stores something else there----food.The camel’s hump is really a hump of fat.When the camel,often called”a ship of the desert”,is not travelling and is in a place where there is plenty of food and water,it eats and drinks a lot. As it does so, its hump rises from the fat its body makes. Then when the camel is travelling through the desert and when there is little food,it can live off the stored fat.
A camel can go on for days or weeks with little feed or water.However its hunger reaches the point starvation(饿死),its hump shrinks（收缩） and may even slip off its back and hang down its side.
Camels are not fussy（挑剔的） about what they eat.Thorny（多刺的） plants don’t hurt their mouths,grasses of any kinds will do and so will hay,dry grain,cactuses.（干草，干粮，仙人掌）
There are one—humpcamels and two—hump camels. Camels with one hump are calledArabian camels,mainly coming from North Africa. Camels with two humps are mainly from Asia.
There are kinds of camels in the world.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
Camels eat and drink a lot .
| A．after they finish their work |
| B．before they go to sleep |
| C．when they find much food and water |
| D．when they go through the desert |
Reading this passage,we know .
| A．camels can live without food and water |
| B．camels need more but pay less |
| C．there is much food and water in camels’ humps all the time |
| D．camels make food and water into fat and store it in their humps |
A camel’s hump slips off its back or side because .
| A．it tries to save some fat |
| B．there is little fat in it. |
| C．It hopes to have a good rest |
| D．It can carry more |
Which is the following is true?
| A．An African camel has one hump becausethereare many desertsthere. |
| B．An Asian camel has two humps because there is much food and water there. |
| C．Camels can live a very bad life. |
| D．A camels is the most useful animal. |
Watson won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master（南部象棋大师） in 1977.He was given the silver（银） cup.
“It isn’t rightly mine.”he said,when he was holding the cup, “It was won two years ago when I was on holiday in….”
“A family was staying at my hotel at that time.Mrs Prang,the mother,was told that I played chess;and she begged me to give her young son a game.” “He’s only ten.”She said,Ive been told that you play quite well.”
“Well,as you can guess.I wasn’t too happy. A player likes the opponent（对手） to play as well as he does. But it was holiday time and I agreed to play. We placed the board（棋盘） in the garden. The game began .I hoped it would be quick-----and so it was.”
“I soon knew that David Prang was no learner.After ten minutes his sister came outside and began to play tennis against in our game. He moved a piece（棋子） without care. I gave my attention to the board.”
“Call me when you are ready,Mr Watson,”he said.
“When I was ready?” I looked up. He had gone off to play with his sister,I studied the board-----and found I was driven into a corner. So it went on with David;a quick move,then tennis,back to the board,then back to his sister.My difficult condition became impossible to change. I was beaten,oh,so easily,by a ten-year-old chess player. He was the winner--in twenty-eight minutes.”
“David Prang:a name to remember.I had a chance to use his game today and it won this cup for me. To him,of course,it’sonly one of a hundred,or perhaps a thousand,winning games.”
When Mr Watson said “it isn’ t rightly mine. It was won….”he meant two years before.
| A．he had played chess with a little boy for twenty-eight minutes |
| B．he had had a chance to take part in an important game |
| C．he had learned how to play chess from a child |
| D．he had learned a good game from a child. |
Before the game,Mr Watson was quite sure that
| A．the boy played as well as he did. |
| B．He would be Southern Chess Master two years later. |
| C．He could win the game quickly. |
| D．The boy would win the game quickly |
Why did David play tennis while he was playing chess with Watson?
| A．had no interest in playing chess with adults.( 成年人) |
| B．Was not good at playing chess. |
| C．Liked playing tennis much better than playing chess. |
| D．Played chess much better than Watson |
From the story,we know that .
| A．David Prang was the real winner |
| B．Mr Watson was the real winner |
| C．Neither of them was the real winner |
| D．Both of them were the real winners |
Which of the following is NOT true?( )
| A．Sometimes young children can beat adults in playing chess. |
| B．Watson thought he could win the game quickly,and so he did. |
| C．Watson learned something from David and won the silver cup. |
| D．Watson would never forget the name of the boy. |
A boy and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell,hurt himself,and cried,”AAAhhhhhhhhh!!!” To his surprise,he heard the voice repeating（重复）,somewhere in the mountain,”AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” Then the boy shouted,”Who are you?” He received the answer,“Who are you?”He got angry at the answer,so he shouted, “Foolish!”He received the answer,”Foolish!”
He looked at his father and asked,“What’sgoing on?”The father smiled and said,”My son,listen,”And then he shouted to the mountain,”Ilove you!”The voice answed,”Ilove you!” Again the man cried,”You are the best!” The voice answed,”You are the best!”
The boy was surprised,but did not understand. Then the father explained（解释）,”People call this ‘ECSO’,but really this is Life.It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection（反映）of what we have done. If you want more love in the world,have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful,work hard. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.
At first the boy cried because .
| A．he hurt himself and felt bad |
| B．he wanted to give himself a surprise |
| C．he felt it was so quite in the mountain |
| D．he hoped his father would help him |
When the boy heard the voice repeating,he thought .
| A．it was foolish to hear others’ voice |
| B．someone else in the mountain liked his voice |
| C．there were many other people in the mountain |
| D．he was laughed at by someone else in the mountain |
The father shouted to the mountain to .
| A．find out who was repeating his voice |
| B．have fun with other people in the mountain |
| C．show more examples to his son before giving him the answer |
| D．let his son know whose voice was louder |
The word “ECHO” means .
| A．life itself | B．repeating voice |
| C．love in the world | D．everything in life |
From this story ,we know .
| A．the didn’t like others’ voice at all |
| B．the father had his own way to teach his son. |
| C．It is not polite to repeat others’ voice |
| D．The boy and his father were rather tired |
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