阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
①Would you like to get fewer colds and feel better? Would you like to have a taste of a special plant? Would you like to keep a plant with little care? An Aloe Vera plant could be just what the scientists may suggest!
②Growing Aloe Vera plants at home can make the air clean and fresh. Studies have shown that they give off oxygen（O₂）and take away harmful things from the air. With clean and fresh air, you are more likely to stay away from colds, sore throats and dry coughs. And even if you do get sick, Aloe Vera plants may help you get better from the illness faster.
③Did you know that Aloe Vera plants can be used as medicine? Aloe Vera gel（胶体）helps to deal with the pain of burns. And it also helps with itchiness（痒）caused by insect bites. To get this gel, just cut off a part of the plant, peel it, and put the gel on the affected skin（患处). This easy-to-get and safe-to-use medicine is available to you all year round.
④Apart from medical use, Aloe Vera plants are also popular in food industry. Whether you are interested in Aloe juice or crazy about Aloe yogurt, you’ll easily find them in the supermarket. Aloe Vera can also go with other vegetables to make a safe dish on your dinner table.
⑤ ▲ They like dry, warm air with bright light, so they grow best when placed near a window. Aloe Vera plants are able to keep water in their leaves. So, they do not need to be watered so often as most houseplants. Just wait until the earth is completely dry before you water them. When watering, make sure the earth is wet enough so that it can last for a long time. That’s all you need to do to take care of an Aloe Vera plant. Isn’t it the perfect plant for lazy and forgetful gardeners.
（1）In Paragraph 1, the writer leads into the topic by ________.
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telling stories |
B． |
listing numbers |
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giving examples |
D． |
asking questions |
（2）What are the uses of Aloe Vera gel as medicine in Paragraph 3?
a. It’s good for eyes.
b. It stops nosebleed.
c. It helps with the itchiness.
d. It helps people lose weight.
e. It deals with the pain of burns.
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c,e |
B． |
a,b |
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b,d |
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a,d |
（3）Which of the following can be the best to fill in “ ▲ ” in Paragraph 5?
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Aloe Vera plants help you improve memory. |
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Aloe Vera plants are very easy to take care of. |
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Aloe Vera plants can serve as a delicious dish. |
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Aloe Vera plants are good-looking houseplants. |
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A small boy at summer camp received a bag of cookies in the mail from his mother. He ate a few, and then put the rest under his bed. The next day, after lunch, he went to his tent to get a cookie. The box was gone.
That afternoon a camp leader saw another boy sitting behind a tree. He was eating the stolen cookies! “That young man,” he said to himself, “must be taught not to steal.”
He returned to the group and found the boy whose cookies had been stolen. “Billy,” he said, “I know who stole your cookies. Will you help me teach him a lesson?”
“Well, yes. But aren’t you going to punish him?” asked the puzzled boy.
“No, that would only make him hate you.”the leader explained. “I want you to call your mother. Ask her to send you another box of cookies.”
The boy did so and soon received another box of cookies. “Now,” said the leader, “the boy who stole your cookies is down by the lake. Go and share your cookies with him.”
“But he’s the thief!”protested(抗议)the boy.
“I know, but try it—see what will happen.”
Half an hour later, the camp leader saw the two come up the hill, hand in hand. The boy who had stolen the cookies was trying to get the other to accept his toy knife. The other boy was just refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few cookies weren’t that important anyway.When Billy first got cookies from his mother, __________.
| A．he ate some of them himself |
| B．he gave some to the camp leader |
| C．he shared them with another boy |
| D．he hid them away quickly |
When might the cookies be stolen?
| A．That afternoon. | B．The next noon. |
| C．The next afternoon. | D．A few days later. |
Which of the following is NOT the camp leader’s intention(意图)？
| A．To teach the boy not to steal. |
| B．To punish the boy for stealing. |
| C．To teach Billy to forgive(原谅) others. |
| D．To teach Billy to share with others. |
After that, the boy who stole the cookies might __________________.
| A．steal again |
| B．hate Billy |
| C．make friends with Billy |
| D．give Billy a bag of cookies, too |
| School bulletin board Attention please! There will be a parents’ meeting for Grade 9 on Thursday, April 16th. We’ll hand out the paper for the meeting on Monday. And please collect the paper to see how many parents won’t attend the meeting. The content of the meeting: First, the headmaster will give a talk on “how to get ready for the entrance exam for senior high school”. It is for about 40 minutes. Then all the teachers will show up to say something. There are two more things for parents to pay attention to. ★Let the parents know there’s no parking in the school. ★Ask the parents to sign their names after they get to the classrooms. Thanks again for your hard work. By the way, if you have any questions, you can e-mail me back. Andy Lee |
What will be held on April 16th?
| A．An entrance exam. | B．A parents’ meeting. |
| C．A speech contest. | D．A school party. |
Why will the school master collect paper before the meeting?
| A．To remember what their names are. |
| B．To survey how the parents will come to school. |
| C．To see how many parents won’t come. |
| D．To learn if the parents know the meeting. |
What do we know according to the notice?
| A．The parents can park their cars in the school. |
| B．The parents should come to school on Monday. |
| C．The parents have to sign their names. |
| D．The parents will talk with the headmaster first. |
任务型阅读 根据短文内容填空，每空一词。
Trees are useful to man in three very important ways. The first important way is that they provide man with food, wood and other products(产品). Trees provide man and animals with food to live on the earth. It’s not easy for man to live on the earth without trees.
The second important way is that trees give us shade. On a hot summer day, people can have a rest under the shade of a tree after they have walked a long way. You can imagine how important the shade of a tree is to man and animals.
The third important way is that trees help to prevent droughts（干旱）and floods. However, in many parts of the world, man has not realized the third important way. He has cut trees down in large numbers. In the end, he finds that he has lost the best friends he had.
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阅读下列短文，从每小题中选出一个最佳答案。
Today, more and more people try to become a volunteer. The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means “one who offers his or her services.” It is difficult to help others all the time, but if you insist in(坚持) that, you will be very happy. If you have much free time, you should take an active part in activities, such as taking care of sick people, working in homeless children, and picking up garbage from beaches and parks.
Jenny, a good friend of mine, came back from India with a new idea of being a volunteer. Helping others is also a kind of happiness. What’s more, when we help others, it can be a way of helping ourselves. When we learn how to give others, we can further our morals(道德规范). She worked in a home for sick people. She helped wash clothes and passed out lunch. She also fed the weak people and tried to cheer them up. She said that if all of us can give a helping hand as a volunteer, our world will be full of love and that will make our world nicer and nicer.
The word “volunteer” usually means_______.
| A．helping others |
| B．telling the way to the person who is lost |
| C．one who offers his or her services |
| D．to be polite to the elder |
What activity didn’t mention in the passage?___________
| A．taking care of sick people |
| B．working in homeless children |
| C．working in old people’s home |
| D．picking up garbage |
Jenny worked in ________ in India.
| A．a home for sick people | B．a hospital |
| C．a school | D．a post office |
Jenny thinks we should _________.
| A．help ourselves |
| B．give a helping hand as a volunteer |
| C．often clean our rooms |
| D．feed the homeless animals |
The passage mainly tells us __________
| A．We should do our best to be a volunteer. |
| B．The meaning of the word “volunteer” is different in different countries |
| C．Jenny is a warm-hearted volunteer. |
| D．The volunteer in India. |
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Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Mo, who was born in 1955 into a farmer’s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy and he experienced hunger（饥饿）. These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writings. |
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60-year-old Park Geun-hye(朴槿惠)was elected（选举）the new President of South Korea in December, 2012. She becomes the country’s first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else,” she told the cheering People in central Seoul as she accepted her win. “I will keep my promises.” |
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Barack Obama ( born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term, fighting against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichits, Kansas. |
When Mo Yan was young, his family might be .
| A．big | B．poor | C．rich | D．small |
When was Park Geun-hye born? ____________
| A．In 1952. | B．In 1955. |
| C．In 1961. | D．In 1987. |
Where was Barack Obama born? ________________
| A．In Kansas. | B．In Kenya. |
| C．In Columbia. | D．In Hawaii. |
Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?___________
| A．The writer Mo Yan lived in a big city before he got the prize. |
| B．Park Geun-hye will lead South Korea till the year 2018. |
| C．Obama fought against his challenger Mitt Romney in the election. |
| D．Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest. |
The three passages may be from .
| A．an email | B．a letter | C．news | D．an ad |
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