On March 15．Dunes View Middle School held a contest for school bands．

Student bands tried out for the opportunity to perform at the school picnic，which will be held at the end of June．The winner of the contest was the band called Four Square.

“We’re very proud that we won the contest and are excited to perform at the picnic，” says Peter Zandt，who plays guitar in the band．“And since we hope to perform someday at other local places，like restaurants and parks，this will be a great first step.”

The contest was the creation of music teacher Mr．Lopez and drama teacher Ms．Cho. The two thought of the idea while discussing recent years' school picnics．“The picnic is one of the biggest events of the year，but it has become a bit formulaic，"said Ms．Cho．“The activities are the same every year .We thought that a performance by a student band would make the school picnic more interesting and fun．”

Mr．Lopez，Ms．Cho，and three other teachers judged the contest，which took place in the gym. To see if the bands could present a wide range of musical skills，the teachers asked them each to prepare two songs：one song with original words，and another in which students played instrumental music only．The judges finally chose the band Four Square as the winner of the contest．Four Square is a rock band with an unusual twist：it includes a violin player! The members of Four Square write their own songs and practice three times a week after schoo1．

Students and teachers agreed that the band competition was：a big success．All are looking forward to the school picnic in June．

1.What can be the best title for the article?

A．Famous Band Visits Schoo1．

B．Teachers Give Music Lessons．

C．Students Have Fun at School Picnic．

D．School Holds Student Band Contest．

2.The underlined word“formulaic”in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ____________．

A．expensive B．dull C．1ong D．uncertain

3.Why did the teachers ask each band to play two songs?

A．To decide which songs to play at the picnic．

B．To see if the bands could play a variety of songs．

C．To make sure the contest did not go on too long．

D．To make the concert more enjoyable for students．

4.According to the article，what is unusual about the band Four Square?

A．It is named after a popular children’s game．

B．Its members practice several times a week．

C．It is a rock band with a violinist．

D．Its members all play guitar．

5.According to the article，what does the band Four Square hope to do in the future?

A．Perform at the school picnic every year．

B．Perform in many different places．

C．Buy new instruments．

D．Record an album．

Robert Capa is a name that has for many years been associated with war photography．

Born in Hungary in 1913，Capa was forced to leave his native country after his involvement in anti-government protests．Capa had originally wanted to become a writer，but after his arrival in Berlin he first found work as a photographer．He later left Germany and moved to France and it was here that he changed his name to Robert Capa，mainly because he thought it would sound more American．

In 1936，after the breakout of the Spanish Civil War，Capa went to Spain and it was here that he built his reputation as a war photographer．It was here too in 1936 that he took one of his most famous pictures，The Death of a Loyalist Soldier．One of Capa’s most famous quotes was“If your pictures aren’t good enough，you’re not close enough．”And he took his attitude of getting close to the action to an extreme．His photograph，The Death of a Loyalist Soldier is a prime example of this as Capa captures the very moment the soldier falls．However，many have questioned the reality of this photograph，claiming that it was staged．

When World War II broke out，Capa was in New York，but he was soon back in Europe covering the War for Life magazine．Some of his most famous work was created on 6th June 1944．Capa，armed only with two cameras，took more than one hundred photographs in the first hour of the Normandy landing(諾曼底登陸)，but a mistake in the darkroom during the drying of the film destroyed all but eight frames．It was the images from these frames，however，that inspired the visual style of Steven Spielberg’s Oscar winning movie Saving Private Ryan．

1.Capa originally wanted to be ____________．

A．a(chǎn) journalist B．a(chǎn) writer C．a(chǎn)n American D．a(chǎn) photographer

2.Why did Capa change his name?

A．To hide his identity．

B．Because he had been involved in protests．

C．To sound more American．

D．Because he had to leave Hungary．

3.Capa went to Spain to ________________．

A．fight in the civil war B．build his reputation

C．have a holiday D．take photographs

4.Capa’s famous picture Death of a Loyalist Soldier _______________．

A．was taken by someone else B．was definitely real

C．wasn’t even taken in Spain D．cannot be proven real or staged

5.A mistake meant that ______________．

A．most of Capa’s images of the Normandy landing were destroyed

B．Capa lost both of his two cameras

C．Capa’s images inspired an Oscar winning movie

D．only one hundred of Capa’s photographs were published

閱讀下面的短文并回答問題，然后將答案寫到答題卡相應的位置上(請注意問題后的詞數(shù)要求)。

[1]I'm Jack．On July 14th，my family moved to Britain and excitement put me in a happy mood for weeks．

[2]After half a year self English training，I was sent into a local high schoo1．At the time I was extremely nervous．Students and teachers enthusiastically welcomed me and spoke to me very slowly，but I still hardly understood them．They liked me，because I was pretty outstanding in the math’s class．One day，a Russian guy challenged me and I put him on the ground by a bare hand．Since then，no one ever made a second challenge，and I got to know later that he was the strongest guy in the schoo1．I was actually quite proud as in China I never had chance to be seen like this．

[3]During the first two years of high school，I frankly didn’t achieve very much academically．The language put me down all the time．Needless to say，the British education system is very relaxing．I didn’t want to do as much work as before．It is terrific．

[4]Since the year 2000 I've taken great interest in designing and maintaining websites．With a large amount of effort and a small amount of time．I managed to construct a personal web．I gradually acquired the sense of professionalism and redesigned my sites again and again，and the first award or the official recognition was that my school put up my URL on their website as an example of the IT students’brilliance．

[5]I progressed．The flash version of the site won a few official website design awards．And I even started a business of web design．Nowadays，I devote much time in pursuit of Search Engine Marketing，which is vital to firms which heavily depend on internet sales．

1.Fill in the blank with one proper word．

When Jack moved to Britain，he was ______________________________________．

2.Which country might Jack come from?

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3.Which paragraph does the following sentence belong to?

Actually，I hadn't even attended an IT lesson．

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4.What did Jack succeed in establishing?(no more than 5 words)

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5.What awards did Jack win?(no more than 5 words)

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假設你叫李華。你的表哥王平在美國留學，今年春節(jié)沒有回國。他在給你的郵件中提到他非常想家，想了解你們過春節(jié)的情況。請根據(jù)以下提示用英語給他寫一封回信：

1．節(jié)儉過春節(jié)，做到“光盤”用餐；

2．減少燃放鞭炮，清潔空氣；

3．希望介紹國外過春節(jié)的情況。

注意：1．詞數(shù)120—150。

2．可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

參考詞匯：節(jié)儉的：frugal；放鞭炮：set off firecrackers。

Dear cousin，

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Yours,

Li Hua

When you’re faced with failure， you need is to take courage and try again．

A．that B．a(chǎn)ll C．which D．it

the players didn’t have a good rest shouldn’t be all excuse for losing the game．

A．That B．What C．Why D．Whether

A large number of people are held up in the railway station for tickets to return home．

A．wait B．waited C．to wait D．waiting

I think it’s better to give it a second thought so many of us consider it a risk．

A．a(chǎn)s B．before C．a(chǎn)lthough D．once

—Have you got news that a terrorist incident occurred in Kunming the other day?

—Yes，it’s shock to all of us．

A．the；the B．a(chǎn)；不填 C．the；a D．不填；a

—What has happened to you．Jim?

— . I cut myself shaving this moming．

A．It's nothing B．No idea C．No problem D．Forget it