It’s cool, it’s hot, and everyone is doing it. People talk about it often, and friends tell other friends how good they look. Sound like a fashion? In fact, it’s another trend (流行趨勢(shì)): “blog”. What’s a blog? A blog is a personal online diary. The word “blogger” means a person who writes diaries online.

Many bloggers are teenagers who log (進(jìn)入) onto websites to discuss anything in their lives. Many of today’s teenagers are not afraid to openly discuss everything in their lives. Teenagers complain about parents and homework. They share diaries, post songs from the latest bands (樂(lè)隊(duì)) and show pictures of theirs. They write their own poems, say something about their girlfriends or boyfriends and complain to each other or offer support. But mostly they just write down what they do every day.

However, many parents are worried about these young bloggers. Parents see the kids talking about how they got drunk last weekend and how they don’t like studying. They are using language that is surprising to their parents. Besides hearing from their friends, teen bloggers also get messages from strangers. Most of the time, it’s older men asking to meet teenage girls. “These strange men are dangerous for my kids. They sometimes teach my kids bad words,” said Cara Cabral, a mother of two.

Many teenagers and young adults know it’s not safe to use blogs on the Internet. They know they are putting information about themselves in a place they can be seen by anyone. But teenagers are unwilling to give up these new communication tools that have become a way of life for many of them.

1.The word “it” means ________ in the sentence “People talk about it”.

2.Parents think it’s dangerous for their kids to use blogs because _______.

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to (依據(jù)) the passage?  

Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.

My father died when I was nine months old. Mom and I lived a very hard life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she spoke the words that would change my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”

At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that I could walk again if I wanted strongly enough. She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school — walking on my own!

When the Great Depression (大蕭條) hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support  both of us. At that moment, I decided never to be poor again.

Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real turning point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I wasn’t satisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was angry that they asked me an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for many American families. I told my wife that I was going to open a motel (汽車(chē)旅館) for families that would never ask extra for children. There were plenty of doubters at that time.

Of course mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. But with my mother’s support and encouragement, I never doubted we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest hotel system in the world — Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income (收入) of $ 1 billion a year.

You may not have started out life in the best situation. But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.

1.According to the writer, who played the most important role in making him walk back to school again?

2.What caused Kemmons to start a motel by himself?

3.Which of the following best describes Kemmons’ mother?

4.Which of the following led to Kemmons’ success according to the passage?

Height is just one of the thousands of features (特征) that your genes (基因) decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then maybe you will be tall, too, but if you have questions about how tall you’re going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.

But genes don’t decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential (潛力). Getting enough sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the right height.

No doubt you’re wondering how fast you should grow. There’s no perfect or right answer. Kids grow about 2 inches (5 centimetres) a year between age 3 and the time when they start puberty (when your body starts changing and becoming more grown up).

Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years. Two centimetres here and 2 inches there are not nearly as important as the height you’re at now, how you’ve been growing up to this point, and what other changes your body may be going through.

Don’t be scared if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a very quick growth during puberty. The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or later – between 7 and 13 for girls, 9 and 15 for boys.

You’ll usually begin to notice that you’re growing faster about a year after your body starts to show the first changes of puberty.

1.The Chinese for the underlined word in the third paragraph “puberty” is           .

2.If you want to know how fast and how tall you should grow,          .

3.This passage is mainly about            .

4.After reading this passage, we can explain ___________.   

5.Which is NOT mentioned (提及) in the passage?

根據(jù)句意, 用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。

1.Among the four drama series, actors in Unusual Weekend performed _________ (badly).

2.It’s __________ (fair) that you aren’t treated equally like that.

3.It’s said that people in the West become adults after they celebrate their _________ (twenty-one) birthdays.

4.At the __________ (begin), the boy wasn’t used to speaking English after class.

5.Every one of us likes her because she always thinks less of __________ (she) than others.

根據(jù)句意和漢語(yǔ)注釋?zhuān)瑢?xiě)出單詞的正確形式。

1.I believe you will have __________ (成功) at school this term if you try your best.

2.Some people think, of all the _______ (交通工具), planes are the fastest and most comfortable.

3.Daniel did the exercises so __________ (粗心地) that he made many mistakes.

4.It’s such an __________ (令人愉快的) trip that I will never forget it. 

5.The government should take __________ (進(jìn)一步) action to protect the environment.

用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給動(dòng)詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。(本大題共10分，每小題1分)

1.Bad eating habits always __________ (influence) our health greatly.

2.Now many families can’t afford _________ (buy) new houses because of the high price.

3.Many kind people gave the poor lady many donations, but she __________ (accept) none.

4.So far, nobody except Tom __________ (offer) the police any information about the murder.

5.Mr Black and his two sons __________ (grow) flowers in the garden when it began to rain.

6.You’ll have less difficulty _________ (learn) English with your teacher’s help.

7.The idea of Mother’s Day _______ first _______ (give) by Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia.

8.By the year 2000, the number of the elderly in China __________ (reach) 130 million.

9.Cold viruses can also _________ (spread) by objects, such as telephones, plates and keyboards.

10.I supposed Mary __________ (watch) the drama the next evening.

按所給的漢語(yǔ)，用英語(yǔ)完成下列句子。(本大題共9分，每句1.5分)

1.動(dòng)作片里的打斗和殺戮對(duì)孩子們有不良影響。

The fights and killing in action films                           .

2.上海世博會(huì)為人們提供了一次了解世界各國(guó)的絕好機(jī)會(huì)。

The Shanghai Expo provided people                       about countries of the world.

3.他的叔叔在退休前致力于中國(guó)貧困地區(qū)的教學(xué)。

His uncle                            in the poor areas in China before he retired.

4.如果你運(yùn)氣好，你將免費(fèi)獲得一張音樂(lè)會(huì)的門(mén)票。

If you are lucky enough, you                            .

5.這個(gè)病人住院期間寧可自己照顧自己也不愿向別人求助。

The patient ____________________________ ask others for help when he was in hospital.

6.我想知道老板對(duì)我現(xiàn)在的工作是否滿(mǎn)意。

I wonder _________________________ my job now.

先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和所給首字母，在空格內(nèi)填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使短文意思完整。所填單詞在題后橫線上必須完整寫(xiě)出。 (本大題共6分，每格0.5分)

The flying fox is not a fox at all. It is an extra large bat (蝙蝠) that has got a f   1    head, and that feeds on fruit i     2  of insects . Like all bats, flying foxes hang themselves by their toes when at rest, and t    3   in great groups when out flying. A group will l     4   in one place for y    5   . Sometimes several hundreds of them occupy (占據(jù)) a tree. As they return to the tree toward sunrise, they quarrel a    6    themselves and fight for the best places until long after daylight.

Flying foxes have b    7    once a year, giving birth to only one at a time. At first the mother has to c    8    the baby on her chest wherever she goes. Later she l    9    it hanging up, and brings back food for it to eat. Sometimes a baby bat falls down to the g    10   

and squeaks (尖叫) for help. Then the older ones swoop (俯沖) down and try to pick it up. If they f    11    to do so, it will die. Often hundreds of d    12    baby bats can be found lying on the ground at the foot of a tree.

Tony作為一名交換生來(lái)到無(wú)錫某中學(xué)參加了“體驗(yàn)中國(guó)”活動(dòng)。在學(xué)習(xí)期滿(mǎn)即將回英國(guó)之際，他想在校園網(wǎng)的留言板上寫(xiě)下自己學(xué)習(xí)、生活的情況和感受。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)所給提示，幫助Tony完成這則留言。內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)如下：

1. 14歲，來(lái)自英國(guó)；

2. 三個(gè)月前來(lái)到無(wú)錫，與老師和同學(xué)們相處融洽；

3. 在校學(xué)習(xí)漢語(yǔ)，對(duì)中國(guó)的歷史和文化(culture)已有所了解

4. 周末，游覽無(wú)錫的名勝古跡，品嘗各種美味食物；

5. 我感到……，我希望……

注意：

1. 短文須包括所有內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)，要求語(yǔ)句通順、意思連貫；

2. 第5要點(diǎn)的內(nèi)容須用3～4句話(huà)作適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；

3. 詞數(shù)80個(gè)左右，短文的開(kāi)頭已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

Tony – April 28^th, 2011

-- How about ____ Christmas evening party?

-- I should say it was ____ success.