Mary is a kind girl.She often _______ her classmates with their homework.

A. help B. helps C. is helping D. helped

B 【解析】句意：瑪麗是一個(gè)善良的女孩，她經(jīng)常幫助她的同學(xué)做作業(yè)。根據(jù)often判斷，經(jīng)常性的動(dòng)作用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，主語(yǔ)she是第三人稱單數(shù)，因此動(dòng)詞要用三單形式，故答案為B。

My grandma _______ to the radio when I got home just now.

A. listens B. listened C. is listening D. was listening

D 【解析】句意：我剛才到家的時(shí)候我的奶奶正在聽(tīng)廣播。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境理解可知，當(dāng)我到家這一時(shí)刻，另一個(gè)動(dòng)詞正在進(jìn)行，when引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句是一般過(guò)去時(shí)，主句表達(dá)的是過(guò)去正在進(jìn)行的動(dòng)作，故句子的時(shí)態(tài)為過(guò)去進(jìn)行時(shí)，答案為D。

My parents ________ in Beijing since 1995.

A. lived B. are living C. lives D. have lived

D 【解析】句意：自從1995年我的父母就住在北京了。A. lived一般過(guò)去時(shí)； B. are living 現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)；C. lives一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)；D. have lived現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)。since 1995是表示截止到目前為止的時(shí)間段，用在現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)態(tài)的句子中，其構(gòu)成為have/has+過(guò)去分詞，主語(yǔ)my parents復(fù)數(shù)，助動(dòng)詞用have，故答案為D。

The Eighth Beijing International Film Festival _____in Huairou on April 15th, 2018.

A. held B. was held C. holds D. is held

B 【解析】句意：第八屆北京國(guó)際電影節(jié)于2018年4月15日在懷柔舉行。首先根據(jù)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)on April 15th, 2018，判斷句子中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用一般過(guò)去時(shí)，主語(yǔ)The Eighth Beijing International Film Festival是動(dòng)作hold的承受者，所以用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，一般過(guò)去時(shí)被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)的構(gòu)成：was/were+動(dòng)詞的過(guò)去分詞，故答案選B。

—Do you know _____?

— Next month.

A. when he will come here B. when did he come here

C. when he came here D. when will he come here

A 【解析】句意：——你知道他將什么時(shí)候來(lái)這里嗎？——下個(gè)月。根據(jù)“Do you know…”可知本句考查了賓語(yǔ)從句的用法。在賓語(yǔ)從句中所使用的語(yǔ)序應(yīng)該是陳述句語(yǔ)序，選項(xiàng)B,D是疑問(wèn)句語(yǔ)序，排除掉。再根據(jù)-Next month可知這里表示的是一個(gè)將來(lái)的時(shí)間，所以句子使用一般將來(lái)時(shí)，由“will+動(dòng)詞原形”構(gòu)成，提問(wèn)時(shí)間的話應(yīng)該用when，故答案選A。

I was in the most beautiful city in the world, yet I only wanted home.

It was an amazing week for my husband and me ——the trip of a lifetime. Months ago, when my husband told me that he would have a meeting in London. I expressed my____ to go to Europe together with him. Then we asked his mother to look after our two children and started off.

During the week’s time, we visited London and Paris ——as much as we could, Big Ben, the Louvre and so on. All these were beautiful _____we expected to see before. We really enjoyed ourselves.

On our last night in Paris, after we enjoyed the night view of the Eiffel Tower, my husband called home. His mother______the phone. In a second, my husband’s face fell and he looked so

worried. I could feel something ___ happened.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

He didn’t answer and continued to listen. A few minutes later, he said ____ to me that Tony, our seven-year-old son, had fallen off his bike and ____ his leg. He must be sent to hospital at once.

At that moment, Paris ____ lost its charm(魅力).

“I don’t want to be here! I shouldn’t be here! I should be home with my kids!”

We hurried back to our hotel and then to the airport …

Finally, we got home. We rushed into our children’s bedroom. Seeing our two children, I suddenly realized the truth: there is no _____ sight in the world than your children’s faces that greet you at home.

1.A. question B. wish C. sense D. idea

2.A. places B. pictures C. cities D. parks

3.A. moved B. finished C. called D. answered

4.A. important B. useful C. funny D. bad

5.A. happily B. clearly C. sadly D. truly

6.A. rested B. broken C. kicked D. lifted

7.A. suddenly B. finally C. quickly D. slowly

8.A. quieter B. cleaner C. sweeter D. richer

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.D 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.C 【解析】短文講述的是作者利用丈夫去倫敦開(kāi)會(huì)的機(jī)會(huì)和丈夫一起去歐洲旅行，把兩個(gè)孩子留在了家里。作者在外面玩得很開(kāi)心，但是在電話中得知自己的兒子受了傷，她和丈夫趕緊回到了家里。通過(guò)這件事情讓作者明白了世界沒(méi)有什么風(fēng)景比孩子的笑臉更甜美的。 1.句意：我表達(dá)了我的希望，就是和他一起去歐洲...

	Price: $ 14.9 Number of pages: 127 Storyline: Bean and her best friend, Ivy, decide to create their own camp. They think up all the activities and, of course, they make the rules… Recommendation: I’d give this book a 10 because I love the characters. They are funny and creative.
	Price: $ 15.9 Number of pages: 128 Storyline: Zoe and Alice’s mother might just have the coolest job ever. She saves great pyrenees dogs(大白熊犬)… Recommendation: I’d give this book an 8 because it is a little sad. I think kids who love animals and a good story will really like it.
	Price: $ 12.9 Number of pages: 192 Storyline: A dog lives in an empty pipe under Highway 16. He has four dog friends. One day, they decide to go on an adventure to steal the food from a human family… Recommendation: I’d give this book a 9. It is funny. I was laughing out loud at all the funny scenes.
	Price: $ 15.9 Number of pages: 160 Storyline: After their parents are killed in a car accident. Jayna and her elder brother Rob are each other’s only family. Soon, Rob goes off to serve in the navy. Recommendation: I’d give this book a 9. I’m interested in romantic novels and science fiction, but not so much in historical fiction. Gingersnap really changed my opinion.

1._______ has the most pages.

A. Ivy and Bean Make the Rules B. White Fur Flying

C. Stick Dog D. Gingersnap

2.White Fur Flying ___________.

A. tells us about the life of four dogs B. is a historical fiction

C. is a book about saving dogs D. shows us the camp life

3.Tom wants to buy a copy of Ivy and Bean Make the Rules and a copy of Gingersnap. He should pay ______ for the two books.

A. $ 14.9 B. $30.8 C. $ 12.9 D. $15.9

1.C 2.C 3.B 【解析】這篇短文主要介紹了四本小說(shuō)的名稱，價(jià)格，小說(shuō)總頁(yè)數(shù)，故事情節(jié)以及推薦人對(duì)小說(shuō)的評(píng)價(jià)和推薦的理由。 1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。比較四本書(shū)的頁(yè)數(shù)，Stick Dog有192頁(yè)，在四本書(shū)中是最多的，故選C。 2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文“Storyline: Zoe and Alice’s mother might just have the cooles...

Miss Bailey taught me English in Junior school. She cycled to school, and then when entering the school gate, she would gave her bicycle to anyone of us to park it for her. It was a privilege（特別恩典）when Miss Bailey gave her bicycle to you. One day Shankar stood at the gate, Shankar was a hunchback（駝背的人）.

We laughed and said, “Move out of the way, Shankar! Miss Bailey is going to enter!” Miss Bailey drove in and we all rushed to offer our hands to her. But Miss Bailey looked past us all. “Will you park it for me?” she asked. We looked back to see who it was and were surprised to see it was towards Shankar. “I don’t think so, Miss Bailey!” stammered （結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地說(shuō)）Shankar. “Why! You lazy fellow!” said Miss Bailey playfully. “You don’t want to help your teacher, do you?” “ Of course I want to, Miss Bailey!” whispered Shankar. “But I might drop your cycle!” “ If you drop it ,you pick it up!” said the teacher with a smile.

With that she gave her cycle to Shankar and didn’t look to see how he’d manage. Pretending she had confidence in his abilities, Miss Bailey turned and walked to class. We watched Shankar as he held her bike, we held our breath as we thought it was going to fall. Dines rushed to help. “Leave it!” Shankar said, and we all stopped. It seemed that his hump（駝背）disappeared as he drew himself up to his full height, and then with growing confidence, he pushed Miss Bailey’s cycle to the parking lot. The school bell rang, and we rushed to class. Shankar was the last to enter, but we were surprised; it was a different boy who walked in.

Miss Bailey didn’t even look at him as he walked to her and handed her the key. From that day on, Shankar was ready to answer the questions in class, his grades went up and a smile appeared on his face.

1.Miss Bailey go to school________.

A. by bus B. by bike. C. by taxi. D. on foot

2.When Shankar entered the classroom after parking the bike, ________

A. Miss Bailey praised him

B. his classmates cheered

C. his hump disappeared

D. he was full of confidence

3.It can be inferred（推斷）from the passage that Bailey _______.

A. lived a comfortable life

B. had no pity on Shankar

C. was hard on her students

D. treated every student fairly

1.B 2.D 3.D 【解析】短文大意：作者的英語(yǔ)老師貝利老師對(duì)每個(gè)學(xué)生都一視同仁。每天騎自行車(chē)上學(xué)，當(dāng)她進(jìn)入學(xué)校大門(mén)時(shí)，會(huì)把自行車(chē)交給班里任何一個(gè)人去幫她存放車(chē)子，大家都把為貝利老師放車(chē)子當(dāng)成一種榮幸。有一天她鼓勵(lì)班里一個(gè)叫山卡的殘疾學(xué)生幫她放自行車(chē)，并對(duì)他說(shuō)“如果你摔倒了，就把它扶起來(lái)�！弊詈笊娇ㄍ瓿闪死蠋熃探o他的任務(wù)，從那天起，山卡的自信心越來(lái)越強(qiáng)，上課時(shí)能積極的回答問(wèn)題...

Elephants losing tusks

People killing elephants for their tusks has long been a problem worldwide. Although laws have been introduced to ban the selling of tusks, they have not been enough to save the elephants.

But the giant animals have now “developed” their own solution to stay safe from hunters----by not growing tusks at all.

Scientists found that among female African elephants, as many as 98 percent of them now have no tusks, reported The Independent newspaper. The number was 15 percent in 1998 and only 1 percent in 1930, according to the BBC.

But this solution has less been developed by elephants themselves, and more by evolution.

Evolution is all about natural selection（選擇）. When an environment changes, for example, animals and plants that can deal with the change will stay alive while others won’t. And for elephants, the change came when hunters started killing them for their tusks. As a result, elephants with big tusks couldn’t stay alive because hunters wanted to shoot them. Those born with tusks managed to stay alive and give their “tuskless” genes（基因）to their babies. As a result, more and more elephants are now being born without tusks.

But this solution, as effective（有效地）as it might be, is a high price to pay for elephants. Tusks are important and play a number of roles, especially for male elephants, including fighting with other males, lifting and digging things up.

This is why scientists hope there can be other ways to protect elephants against hunters. They believe that when they are less likely to be killed , elephants will be able to grow tusks again.

To David Cowdrey, head of Policy and Campaigns at the International Found for Animal Welfare UK, however, this is not very likely to happen in the near future.

“Unfortunately, it comes down to the markets,” he told The Guardian. “As long as people will pay high prices for products that come from endangered animal and plants, they’re going to have price on them and that causes the hunting.”

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Elephants learned to lift and dig things up without tusks.

B. Elephants chose not to grow tusks because of their dangerous environment.

C. Elephants with no tusks had a greater chance of passing down their genes.

D. A tuskless elephant gives birth to more baby elephants than an elephant with big tusks.

2.The underlined word “evolution” in paragraph 4 means “_________” ?

A. gradual change B. sudden development C. complete loss D. rapid growth

3.What can you learn from the last two paragraphs?

A. We should work out a better solution to protect elephants.

B. People should pay lower prices for products made with elephant tusks.

C. Elephants’ living environments will soon be improved.

D. The key to elephant protection is stopping the trade in tusk products.

1.B 2.A 3.D 【解析】短文大意：大象是一種瀕危動(dòng)物，由于象牙制品的買(mǎi)賣(mài)而導(dǎo)致大量的大象遭到捕殺。雖然已經(jīng)出臺(tái)法律禁止出售象牙，但它們還不足以拯救大象。大象也通過(guò)自身的進(jìn)化來(lái)拯救自己，那些長(zhǎng)著象牙的大象設(shè)法活下來(lái)，會(huì)把它們的“無(wú)牙”基因送給他們的孩子，結(jié)果越來(lái)越多的大象現(xiàn)在沒(méi)有牙齒就出生了，但是象牙對(duì)大象來(lái)說(shuō)非常重要，科學(xué)家們希望有其他的方法來(lái)保護(hù)大象不受獵人的攻擊。他們...

Just like rice and noodles are different from bread, snacks in China are a world apart from those in the UK and the US. For one thing, I never imagined that sunflower seeds(瓜子) would be so popular here. I spotted people having them while waiting for tables outside restaurants, before dinner and, of course, while watching TV. I also saw that a plate of sunflower seeds is always on offer during the Spring Festival holidays.

I had seldom tried sunflower seeds when I came to China. In the UK, though, young people love their snacks. In fact, young people in Britain eat more snacks than people of the same age in other European countries. A recent survey has discovered that 64 percent of under 20-year-olds snack between meals, according to an article on the British Council website. In comparison,58.7 percent of young people snack in Germany, 53 percent in France, and only 40.7 percent in Spain.

British snacks are generally unhealthy. Our favorites are probably potato chips, which we call crisps, and chocolate bars. From a very young age, we always looked forward to our crisps and chocolate bars after school, perhaps even included with sandwiches and fruit in our school lunches that our parents made for us.

Snacks are also popular in the US. One of the things that I found the most extraordinary(特別的) when I first visited the US was the number of snacks in their supermarkets; I was surprised to find huge aisles(過(guò)道) just for snacks that were bigger than some stores I’d been to in the UK. Snack tastes in the US are much the same as those in the UK, except there’s much more choice —— every kind of fatty, sugary food is available to everyone all the time.

All in all, it’s probably best for your health if you like sunflower seeds rather than potato chips and chocolate. But eating these delicious treats at times couldn’t possibly be wrong, could it?

1.According to the article, snacks are the most popular among young people in ______

A. Britain B. Germany C. France D. Spain

2.What surprised the author when he went to supermarkets in the US?

A. How the snacks tasted.

B. The size of the snacks’ packages.

C. The lack of choice when it came to snacks.

D. The large number of snacks.

3.What does the author think of potato chips and chocolate?

A. They don’t taste as good as sunflower seeds.

B. They are unhealthy, so people should stop eating them.

C. It’s better to eat them with sandwiches and fruit.

D. It’s fine to enjoy them from time to time although they are unhealthy.

4.What is the article mainly about?

A. The most popular snack in China.

B. Snacks in the UK and the US.

C. Snacks young western people like.

D. Some tips for choosing snacks in the UK.

1.A 2.D 3.D 4.B 【解析】短文主要介紹了英國(guó)和美國(guó)的零食。在英國(guó)，年輕人喜歡吃零食，最喜歡吃的可能是薯片和巧克力棒，英國(guó)小吃通常是不健康的。小吃在美國(guó)也很受歡迎。美國(guó)的零食口味和英國(guó)的差不多。 1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中“In the UK, young people love their snacks. In fact, young people i...