1.What may Port Discovery be?

A. A cinema. B. A school. C. A museum. D. A store.

2.People can know more things about the rain-barrel meeting by_________.

A. calling 410-727-8120 B. calling 410-448-5663 C. visiting a website D. calling 301-985-7937

3.If Mrs White likes growing flowers, she will probably be interested in_________.

A. visiting Port Discovery B. attending the rain-barrel meeting

C. the meeting at Ladew Topiary Gardens D. seeing the exhibition at the University of Maryland

4.Which of the information is NOT true?

A. It will cost a couple with their one-year-old daughter $21.5 to visit Port Discovery.

B. The rain-barrel meeting will last two hours in the evening.

C. Not all the people need to pay for the meeting at Ladew Topiary Gardens.

D. The exhibition at the University of Maryland will be on Saturday.

Fans of basketball all know who LeBron James is. His fans like to call him King James. The 33-year-old basketball star was again the best player in the last season of the NBA. The most popular American sports magazine Sports Illustrated also named him the best player for the fourth season in a row (連續(xù)).

King James was born on December 30 in Ohio, the USA. He is 203cm tall and weighs 113kg. He is the perfect combination (結(jié)合）of strength, size and speed. Some people see him as the best physical specimen (體格范本）in sport.

James beat Golden State Warriors’ player Stephen Curry, 29, to the number one place, even though Curry had a great season. Last season (2015-2016), the two top players led their teams to the highest rank of the NBA. So people had different ideas about who might be the best player. James finally won the award because he helped his team Cleveland Cavaliers beat Curry’s team in the NBA Finals.

To his fans all over the world, James is the king. He is also a hero to many sports fans in the United Sates, especially in his hometown Cleveland. At a celebration in the city after he won the NBA Finals, James made a short speech and thanked everybody in his team. He said that he could not have won the award without them. He even bought each of them a gold headphone as a gift!

James also started The LeBron James Family Foundation. It raises money and helps people in need. By now, the foundation has spent $41 million sending poor children to universities in his hometown. Maybe that is another reason why his fans love him so much.

1.When was LeBron James born?

A. On December 30, 1983. B. On December 30, 1984.

C. On December 3, 1985. D. On December 3, 1986.

2.What does the underlined word “them” refer to?

A. James，teammates. B. James’ family. C. James’ fans. D. James’ friends.

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

A. LeBron James is four years older than Curry.

B. LeBron James is a member of Cleveland Cavaliers.

C. Curry didn’t win the award because he had a bad season.

D. The foundation helps poor children continue their education in James’ hometown.

4.Why do so many people love James?

A. Because Sports Illustrated often names him the best player.

B. Because he always leads his team to beat Curry’s team.

C. Because he is willing to help others and plays basketball well.

D. Because he likes sending gold headphones to his fans.

Researchers have developed paper that can be printed with UV light (紫外線)， free from the need for ink (油墨). People can clear the information away on the light-printable paper by heating it to 120°C and it can be reused more than 80 times.

The research was carried out in order to reduce the effects of paper production on deforestation (濫砍濫伐). The researchers, from Shandong University in China and the University of California, Riverside, said that the secret behind the technology is a color-changing chemical. A thin coating of the chemical can be used on usual paper and turn it into a reusable, light-printable one. Heating the paper for 10 minutes can help clear the information away more quickly.

Professor Yadong Yin, a chemistry professor at the University of California and a co-author of the study, said, “The greatest importance of our work is the development of a new technology to produce an ink-free rewritable paper that has the same feel and appearance as usual paper. Our work is believed to have great economic and environmental influences on the modem society.” Paper production has a bad influence on the environment. It’s the main cause of industrial pollution and paper thrown away by people makes up about 40% of landfills where waste is buried under the ground.

It is predicted that light-printable paper will be inexpensive in the future. The printing process is also more cost-effective than the usual one as no ink is needed. Most importantly, it can be reused many times, which greatly reduces the cost.

1.Why did researchers do the research?

A. To make more money by selling the paper. B. To save more ink and more money.

C. To make people interested in writing on the paper. D. To stop people from cutting down more trees.

2.What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A. Usual paper. B. The chemical. C. The technology. D. Ink.

3.What can’t we know from Paragraph 3?

A. The rewritable paper looks the same as the usual paper. B. Wasted papa: is the most serious pollution.

C. The research will make a difference to our economic development. D. Our environment will be influenced by the rewritable paper.

4.What are the advantages of the rewritable paper?

a. It can be recycled many times.

b. It can help save money.

c. It is environmentally-friendly.

d. It will help save time.

A. abc B. bed C. acd D. abd

Have you ever hiccupped (打嗝）in a quiet room full of people? Have you ever hiccupped so hard that you had to stop what you were doing? The hiccups is a problem that almost everyone has experienced.

The reasons for getting hiccups

People get hiccups for some reasons. Hiccups might result from eating or drinking too much or too quickly. A sudden change in the stomach’s temperature, such as drinking hot water immediately after drinking cold water, may also cause hiccups. They may even happen because of being excited or being under a lot of stress.

Making hiccups go away

Ideas on how to stop hiccups have been created, shared, and tried for years. However, what works for one person may not work for everyone. Perhaps the most common method people use is to hold their breath for a few seconds. If this doesn’t work, you can try swallowing (吞下）hard while holding your breath. There are also some strange-sounding ways, like drinking a lot of water. Someone might even try to scare away hiccups.

Ideas for curing (治愈）hiccups often include things found in the kitchen. Some people put sweet and sour things into water. Many people believe that eating some sugar can make hiccups go away.

Award-winning method

In 2010, a young girl named Mallory Kievman couldn’t make her hiccups go away. None of the ideas that she knew worked for her. So she decided to find her own cure for hiccups. She knew that sweet and sour things were commonly used to cure hiccups, and she knew that swallowing hard could also help. She decided to use the two ideas to make a special lollipop(棒棒糖). She experimented with different things in the kitchen. After she failed many times, Mallory invented a lollipop that worked by putting water, sugar and vinegar (醋) together. She named her invention Hiccupops.

Mallory wanted to find out whether her lollipops would help others. She gave her lollipops to friends. Most of them were cured of their hiccups after eating the lollipops.

Mallory entered a competition with her lollipop and won three awards for her creative idea.

1.Why does the writer begin the passage with the ideas in Paragraph 1?

A. To make the time of getting hiccups clear.

B. To suggest what it feels like to have hiccups.

C. To explain to us why people have trouble curing hiccups.

D. To interest us in a subject that many people have experienced.

2.In which situation will you probably get a hiccup? .

A. You are going to take an exam without preparation.

B. You drink a bowl of soup slowly.

C. You swallow some medicine.

D. You eat a Hiccupop.

3.The way people use most to stop hiccups is

A. holding the breath for a few seconds

B. swallowing hard while holding the breath

C. drinking a lot of water

D. eating some lollipops

4.Which of the following is TRUE about Mallory Kievman?

A. It was not easy for her to invent her lollipops.

B. The ingredients (材料）of her lollipops aren’t easy to find.

C. Her lollipops can help everyone get away from hiccups.

D. She won three competitions with her lollipops.

IV.語(yǔ)法填空：用所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，未提供單詞的根據(jù)上下文填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~。

My father and I had a big argument. We avoided 1.(see) each other recently. But last Tuesday I decided to tell my father I loved him. The next morning I got up early. I was so excited 2.I could hardly sleep. At 9 a.m. I called my dad.3.he answered the phone，I said, “Dad，can I come over after work tonight? I have something 4. (tell) you.” My dad answered angrily, “Now what?”

I told him it wouldn’t take long, so he 5.(final) agreed. At 5:30 p.m., I was ringing the doorbell at my parents’ house. Dad 6.(answer) the door. I took one step and said, “Dad, I just come over to tell you that I love you.” After my father heard the words, he hugged me and said, “l(fā) love you too, son, 7.I’ve never been able to say it.” It was such 8. great moment that I didn’t want to move. After a while I left. Two days after that visit, my dad, who had heart 9.(problem), passed away.

So my advice for all of you 10. (be): Don’t wait to do the things that need to be done now.

近來(lái)，野生動(dòng)物園發(fā)生了老虎傷人的事件。我們作為游客應(yīng)該如何避免受到野生動(dòng)物的傷害呢？請(qǐng)根據(jù)下列提示寫(xiě)一篇短文。

提示：

1. 遵守動(dòng)物園的各項(xiàng)規(guī)定；

2. 參觀時(shí)不要單獨(dú)行動(dòng)；

3. 時(shí)刻提醒自己安全第一；

4. 遇到危險(xiǎn)及時(shí)求助。

要求：

1.80詞以上（開(kāi)頭己給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)）；

2. 文章必須包含所有提示內(nèi)容，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；

3. 文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和校名；

4. 條理清楚，語(yǔ)句通順，意思連貫，書(shū)寫(xiě)規(guī)范。

It is reported that tigers hurt people in a zoo. As visitors, what should we do to avoid the hurt? Here are some tips.

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—You’re wrong. You should say sorry to him.

—____

A. Yes. I should. B. OK. I will.

C. OK. I should. D. No, I won’t.

—Mike felt sad because he failed his exam yesterday.

—I’m sorry to hear that. Let’s ____.

A. cheer him on B. cheer on him

C. cheer him up D. cheer up him

Some children were skating on the ice happily. Suddenly one of them ____ the water and the other children felt ____.

A. falls into; frightening

B. fell into; frightened

C. fall into; frightening

D. fall into; frightened

—Tom, Jane wanted you to call her.

—I’ll ____ in twenty minutes. Thank you.

A. call on her B. call her on

C. ring up her D. ring her up