◆ Do you think what color oranges are? The common answer to this question is “Orange”. However, the first oranges from Southeast Asia were actually green. Up to now, oranges in warmer areas like Vienam and Tailand still stay green when they are fully grown.

◆ There was a man named John Chapman who planted thousands of apple trees. But the apples on those trees were much more bitter(哭的) than the ones you’d find in the suppermarket today. John didn’t expect apples to be eaten whole, but rather made hard apple cider(蘋果酒).

◆Like most four-legged animals, cats have five toes on the front paws, but their back paws only have four toes. Scientists think they four-toe back paws might help them run faster. Do you know any other fun fact about cats?

◆Walt Disney might have been the firs it gloves on his characters，as the star Mickey Mouse in 1929's The Opry House（《奧普里之屋》）.Besides being easier to interest, there's another reason why Disney did so:”We didn't want him to have mouse hands because he was supposed to be more human. "Disney once said.

【1】What does the underlined word "they” refer to?

A. Warmer areasB. Oranges in warmer areas

C. The first orangesD. People from Vietnam and Thailand

【2】John expected his apples to be

A. known by more peopleB. sold in the supermarket

C. eaten only by himselfD. made into hard apple cider

【3】How many toes does a normal cat have in total?

A. FourteenB. Sixteen

C. Eighteen.D. Twenty

【4】Disney put gloves on Mickey Mouse in order to ___________.

A. make him look more humanB. protect his hands

C. help him to run fasterD. make him feel more comfortable

【5】Which is NOT a fact according to the information above?

A. The first oranges weren’t orange.

B. John’s apples weren’t sweet enough.

C. Walt Disney put gloves on his characters to interest people.

D. Cats have fewer toes on their front paws than then ones on their back paws.

At some point in life, many people develop a mental (精神) problem.

While most people get over it, for others it doesn’t go away easily.

The WHO says that about 20 percent of teenagers worldwide suffer from mental illness. It’s thought that the number of teenagers with mental illness around the world will increase by half by 2020. It will become one of the main causes of illness, and even death.

In China, the picture isn’t bright, either. About one tenth of teenagers under the age of 17 have a mental health challenge.

The world is changing fast. Study and relationships have always caused stress, but today the stress is much higher than before, the WHO said.

A research centre in Oxford University says that young people today have big stresses at school. For example, they experience bullying (欺凌). In a 2017 report, the centre noted that the Internet was a special source (渠道) of stress. Online, young people often see “messages about perfection” and this causes the young “great uncertainty about their futures”, says the centre.

Also, according to China Daily, Chinese people don’t ask for help with their mental problems. They fear that others will think less of them if they say that they are in mental trouble. Elaine Peng, a US mental health educator, makes a similar point. And in the UK, over three quarters of young people believe their mental problems have a social stigma. It is reported in 2017 that a quarter of young UK people wouldn’t ask for help if they developed a mental problem.

Young people who don’t ask for help for their condition may be creating problems for themselves in the future. Elaine Peng warned that, “If we hide our mental health, it may remain a problem forever.”

“My message for young people is, if you feel something is wrong within you—ask for help,” he told China Daily.

【1】Which of the following is NOT the cause of stress according to the passage?

A. Heavy schoolworkB. Being bullied at school.

C. Some information from the Internet.D. Certainty about the future.

【2】Why don’t Chinese people ask for help with their mental problems?

A. They don’t think them serious.B. They can get over them in time.

C. They can keep their mental health secret.D. They are afraid of being looked down upon.

【3】What does the underlined word “stigma” most probably mean in Chinese?

A. 羞恥B. 印象C. 援助D. 危害

【4】Elaine Peng advised the teenagers with mental illness to ______.

A. think less of themselvesB. avoid being bullied

C. ask for help as soon as possibleD. stay away from the Internet.

【5】The main purpose of the passage is to ______.

A. ask research centers for help

B. tell about teenagers’ stresses

C. call public attention on teenagers with mental illness

D. show some different opinions from different countries

假設(shè)你叫李文，是無錫陽光中學(xué)(Wuxi Sunshine Middle School)的一名學(xué)生。今天暑期，你將代表你校赴瑞士參加“模擬聯(lián)合國”會議并發(fā)言，此次會議的主題是A Green World。你草擬了發(fā)言流程圖，請根據(jù)下圖寫一篇英文發(fā)言稿。

注意事項：

1. 發(fā)言稿須根據(jù)流程圖自擬，要求語句通順、意思連貫、符合題意；

2.流程圖中包括部分非限定性內(nèi)容，僅供參考；

3. 詞數(shù)在 90 個左右，發(fā)言稿的首尾已在答題卡上給出，不計入總數(shù)。

4.發(fā)言稿中不得使用真實的個人及學(xué)校信息。

4. 發(fā)言稿必須寫在答題卡指定的位置上。

In 1845, a deadly disease struck the farms of Ireland, killing all the Lumper potato plants. In another place or time, the death of single crop species (物種) might not have been so important. But in Ireland, in 1845, people depended almost solely on the patato for food. The death of one species caused a terrible famine(饑荒). Now, some scientists are worried that such a famine could happen again, but on a much wider scale.

Over the centuries, farmers have discovered thousands of different species of food crops. Each species has special qualities. Some can be grown in very hot or cold climates. Others are not affected by certain diseases. However, you won’t find many of these species in your local supermarket. To feed the seven billion people on Earth, most farmers today are growing only species of plants and farming only species of animals that are easy to produce in large numbers.

For example, in the Philippines, there were once thousands of varieties of rice: now fewer than 100 are grown there. In China, 90 percent of the wheat varieties grown just a century ago have disappeared. Scientists believe that over the past century, we have allowed more than half of the world’s food varieties to disappear.

One solution to this problem is to collect and store the seeds (種子) as many different plant varieties as we can before they disappear. The idea was first suggested by Russian scientist Nikolay Vavilov. In the 1920s and 1930s, he collected around 400,000 seeds from five contients. More recently, others are continuing the work he began.

In the U.S. state of Iowa, Diane Ott Whealy wanted to protect historic plant varieties, like the seeds her great –grandfather brought to the U.S. from Germany more than a hundred years ago. She and her husband started a place called Heritage Farm, where people can store and trade seeds.

More importantly, the people at Heritage Farm don’t just store the seeds; they plant them. By doing this, they are reintroducing foods into the marketplace that haven’t been grown for years. These food species are not just special in terms of appearance or taste. They also offer farmers food solutions for the future, from the past.

【1】What is this passage mainly about?

A. The need to protect different food species.

B. How to increase the number of food species.

C. The fact that many food species are dying out.

D. How to prevent food species from disappearing.

【2】Why are some scientists worried that such a famine could happen again?

A. Because people depend on certain species of food crops.

B. Because the same deadly disease may attack crops again.

C. Because the world’s population is larger than that in 1845.

D. Because farmers grow the same potatoes as those in the past.

【3】The following sentence would best be placed at the end of _______________.Meanwhile, thousands of other species are dying out.

A. Paragraph 1B. Paragraph 2C. Paragraph 3D. Paragraph 4

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A. The disease spread very quickly and killed thousands of people in Ireland.

B. Around 80 percent of the rice varieties in the Philippines have disappeared.

C. People have been storing seeds to save plane varieties for less than 100 years.

D. Heritage Farm is the first place in the U.S. for people to store and trade seeds.

A.in B.with C.for D.of

—No, I _____ at home.

A.Was; was B.Were; were

C.Were; was D.Was; were

A.when B.while C.as D.and

----Well, I just wanted him not to play with the chalk.

A.don’t make B. not make

C. not to make D. not making

【1】The pictures above are _________________.

A. a news reportB. a comic stripC. a posterD. a notice

【2】What are the kids mainly talking about?

A. The directionB. The seasons.C. The map.D. The leaves.

【3】In the pictures, it is now most probably ______________.

A. springB. summerC. autumnD. winter

History is still a compulsory(必修的) subject at lower levels and pupils still choose to study it at higher levels. However, there is an ongoing discussion about whether schools should continue to teach history. This passage will deal with the arguments that oppose and support teaching history in school, concluding that we should teach history, because the value of the subject goes beyond the classroom.First of all, many pupils suggest that history is one of the less interesting school subjects and that governments should spend the time and money on subjects that are more useful. Some people argue that math and English are more important so we can have a society with a good basic education. Other people say that we should spend the money on teaching science, as this can move a country forward and benefit the economy. However, when we teach history, we are just looking back at the past. The economic benefits of this area are less obvious.

On the other hand, there are several reasons why it is a good idea to teach history. Teaching history is important because students should be able to understand the background to current issues in the news. This will create better-informed citizens. Another reason is that it helps pupils to understand the culture and background of the society they live in. In addition to learning about the past, history teaching can help students to think for themselves. Finally, it also improves pupils' reading and writing skills, which can help them become better students.

In conclusion, though there are clearly arguments on both sides, it seems to me that we should teach children about the past because the advantages of teaching the subject go beyond the contest of the classes. I would say the teaching of history helps to create well-educated generation.

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