Darek Fidyka, a 38-year-old Bulgarian, had been paralyzed (癱瘓的) from the chest down for four years after a knife attack. Scientists from Britain and Poland took cells from his nose, transplanted (移植) them into his back and re-grew his spinal cord (脊髓). Now he can walk and even drive a car. The doctors were delighted but said it was the first step in a long journey.

The breakthrough came after 40 years of research by Professor Geoff Raisman, who found that cells had the possibility to repair damage to nasal (鼻腔的) nerves, the only part of the nervous system that constantly re-grows. “The idea was to take something from an area where the nervous system can repair itself and put it into an area that doesn’t repair itself,” Professor Raisman said.

Polish doctors injected (注射) the nasal cells into Mr Fidyka’s spinal cord above the injury and used some nerves from his ankle to form a bridge across the damaged tissue. The nasal cells appear to have caused the spinal nerves to repair themselves.

Professor Raisman achieved this with rats in the late 1990’s, but this is his greatest success. “I think the moment of discovery for me was Christmas in 1997 when I first saw a rat, which couldn’t control its hand, put its hand out to me. That was an exciting moment, because I realized then that my belief that the nervous system could be repaired was true.”

Doctors chose the easiest case for their first attempt—it might not work for others. But there is a real sense of hope that an idea once thought impossible has been realized.

David Nicholls, who helped provide money for the breakthrough, said information about the breakthrough would be made available to researchers across the globe.

“What you’ve got to understand is that for three million paralyzed people in the world today, the world looks a totally brighter place than it did yesterday,” he said.

1.Why did Professor Geoff Raisman choose cells from the nose?

A. The nervous system in the nose can repair itself.

B. Cells from the nose can be easily transplanted.

C. The nervous system in the nose has more cells.

D. Cells in the nose are able to re-produce rapidly.

2.How did the operation work for Darek Fidyka?

A. The nervous system in the spinal nerves can repair itself.

B. The nerves from his ankle cured the patient of the injury.

C. The nasal cells re-produced and spread over very quickly.

D. The nasal cells helped the spinal nerves to repair themselves.

3.What made Professor Geoff Raisman begin to believe the nervous system can be repaired?

A. His former study with other people.

B. His operation on a paralyzed patient.

C. His sudden thought about Christmas.

D. His unusual experience with a sick rat.

4. David Nicholls’ words suggest that _______.

A. the world will become a better and brighter place

B. paralyzed people of today have the hope of recovery

C. the report of the breakthrough will be published soon

D. researchers across the world will carry out the operation

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項，選項中有兩項為多余選項。

How to Love Your Parents

Even if you think that your parents are mean-spirited at times, loving your parents is a normal and fulfilling part of life. You love them for the fact that they created you, raised you, and are in part, a source of who you are. 1.

Tell them you love them every morning. A gentle "good morning" and "I love you" will warm a coldest heart. Remember that they brought you into this world. Without your parents, we might still wander at an unknown corner in an unknown world.

Respect them more and cherish these moments. You can use these moments to learn from them, preparing yourself for when you're off on your own. It's OK to get angry but angry actions don't help you or your parents. Act calmly, cool off, write down your feelings, or talk to a friend. 2.

Obey their requests. It will make your attitude better and earn you more respect from them. It may seem like you are going through hell when you don't get what you want or you have to clean. However, you had better remember they keep a roof over your head when it's cold, raining, snowing, or too hot. Understand that parents are human beings and make mistakes. 3. Since you can forgive your friends, why not forgive your parents?

Keep company with them. Do things with your parents like watching TV, or go somewhere with them. 4. Listen to their old stories and learn from them. You will find they are your teachers in this way or another.

Some people simply may not be able to love their parents. 5. Seek help if you are being abused（虐待）in anyway．Parents do not have a right to harm you.

A. Parents will in turn express their love to you.

B. Forgiveness is the key.

C. Here are some ways to love your parents.

D. There can be realistic reasons for this, family violence for example.

E. Anyway, spend as much time with them as you can.

F. After that, share your feelings with your parents.

G. Please remember parents are as important as friends.

完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

We all know that sports may help us become stronger. But their_________ go far beyond this. Research shows that sports that _________ aiming and hitting skills, for example, tennis, badminton and baseball, help children increase _________ . They help develop leadership qualities and _________ team spirit in kids. They involve competition. Playing sports teaches them to accept _________ with a positive spirit when they lose a game.

Playing sports does a lot of good to the development of _________ skills. Sports teach you to communicate with people and work together as a _________ . Sports improve collective thinking and help develop your planning and organizational skills, too. Sports build _________ , since winning a game always gives you a sense of accomplishment.

Playing sports requires you to strategize(制定策略). You need to be very _________ to score goals or earn points. You need to _________ strategies to win. You need to judge your competitor’s strategy and change yours _________ . This certainly involves clever thinking, which sports _________ . Studies show that kids who play sports _________ do well in school and college.

Playing sports brings you _________ . Jumping about, running around, racing to get ahead, _________ , falling and standing up again, all of them are a(n) _________ of playing sports. There is no _________ to the happiness this brings. _________ , sports are a form of exercise which produces happiness molecules (分子) in your body, thus improving your mental health. You can’t be sad _________ playing sports. Sports produce _________ energy in you and the people around you.

1.A. courses B. benefits C. challenges D. decisions

2.A. add B. fit C. lack D. involve

3.A. focus B. courage C. weight D. strength

4.A. break B. shake C. raise D. change

5.A. explanations B. punishments C. congratulations D. failures

6.A. musical B. social C. medical D. technical

7.A. team B. nation C. class D. family

8.A. friendship B. judgment C. confidence D. enthusiasm

9.A. strong B. smart C. generous D. humorous

10.A. put off B. make up C. take over D. work out

11.A. accordingly B. generally C. equally D. largely

12.A. prepare B. recognize C. encourage D. promise

13.A. formally B. frequently C. naturally D. completely

14.A. hope B. honor C. pride D. pleasure

15.A. cheering B. dreaming C. chatting D. quarreling

16.A. case B. field C. part D. amount

17.A. method B. match C. risk D. trouble

18.A. For example B. As a result C. In addition D. In other words

19.A. while B. before C. unless D. since

20.A. serious B. nervous C. positive D. creative

語法填空

閱讀下面材料，在空格處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

Using Garbage as a Fuel

Garbage can be a good fuel to use. The things in garbage do not look 1. coal, petroleum, or natural gas, but they are chemically similar to these fossil fuels. As we use up our fossil fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as 2. energy source. Burning garbage 3. ( be) not a new idea. Some cities in Europe and the United States 4. (burn) garbage for years. The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water. The steam that is produced is used to make electricity or to heat nearby 5. ( build). In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the city’s garbage each year. The amount of energy 6. (produce) is about the same as would be produced by burning almost a half million barrels of oil!

But there are problems in using garbage as a fuel. Garbage that burns 7. (easy) , such as food and paper, must be separated from metals, glass, and other materials 8. do not. Another problem is that burning garbage can pollute the air. Our fossil fuel supplies are 9. (limit) . Burning garbage might be one kind of energy source that we can use to help meet our energy needs. This method could also reduce the amount of garbage 10. (pile) up on the earth.

根據(jù)下列各句句意及所給單詞的首字母或漢語提示，寫出該單詞的正確形式。請在答案卷上寫出完整的單詞。

1.I like abstract paintings because you have to use your own i_______________ to understand what the painter is trying to do.

2.During the Spring Festival, the c_______________ “ Fu (福)” is pasted upside down on the door to express people’s wish for the coming of happiness.

3. She was e_______________ dressed with a double strand (串）of pearls about her neck.

4.He did finally come with us, although it took a long time to_______________ (說服) him.

5.Foshan has abundant tourism(旅游) resources where one of the most famous a_____________is Qinghui Garden.

6.Pictures are scanned into a form of digital information that computers can _______________ (識別).

7.The s_______________ between the two reports suggests that one person wrote both.

8.He was so a_______________ to return home that he had booked a train ticket before the

vacation began.

9.In learning a new hobby, a new sports, or a new language, _______________( 耐心）is very much needed.

10. Please bring me the book whenever it's_______________ (方便).

閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)括號內(nèi)的漢語提示，用句末括號內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子。并將正確答案寫在答題卷的相應(yīng)位置。

1.When they were about to kill him, he begged them to _________________________ (對……表示憐憫)him. ( on )

2.Simon _________________________ ( 屏住呼吸) and dived under the surface. ( hold)

3.We live in a world in which only the strongest can _________________________（成功到達(dá)）the top. （ it ）

4.Mr Brown _________________________（謀生）by selling newspapers when he was young. （live）

5.We were sitting peacefully at dinner when _________________________（突然）the light went out. （ all ）

6.Whatever the weather is like tomorrow, our ship will ______________________ (啟航去) Macao. （set）

7.This dictionary is _________________________ ( 5倍厚) as the one you borrowed from the library. (thick)

8.I could have come earlier but my car _________________________(拋錨了） on the road. （break）

9. If you eat fast food once a week or more, you may _________________________( 上癮 ) it. （addict）

10._________________________(無論他去哪兒）, he carried a notebook around with him,in which he wrote down his ideas. (go)

假設(shè)你是李華，將參加主題為"Let's Ride Bicycles"的英語演講比賽。請撰寫一份演講稿，主要內(nèi)容包括：

1.目前汽車帶來的空氣污染和交通堵塞等問題；

2.騎自行車的益處，如節(jié)能環(huán)保、有利健康等。

參考詞匯：低碳生活（low-carbon life）；節(jié)能（energy saving）

注意：

1. 詞數(shù) 100 左右；

2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3. 開頭語已為你寫好。

Good morning, everyone,

I am Li Hua. The topic of my speech is "Let's Ride Bicycles".

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Thank you!

There is no doubt about it．The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously．I don’t mean while you’re unconscious．I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.

That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world, mother tongue．I just pick them up．But some of them may be misunderstood．Now, to misunderstand does not mean not to understand．To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.

The 5 % mislearnt of all the words we “know” will be the least frequently used words, as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt．Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives, without knowing that we got them wrong.

Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning．They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game．“There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across,” they will say．“You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.”

This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work．It may succeed in many cases, but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.

And what’s more, there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves．Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings．A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.

Don’t guess! Look it up!

1.It is certain that the best way to learn new words is _____________.

A．to learn them by oneself

B．to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequently

C．to guess them from the context

D．to get more separate meanings of each word

2.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to _________.

A．the 30,000 words B．English teachers

C．misunderstood words D．frequently used words

3.Which of the following is most likely NOT true?

A．Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood.

B．Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones．

C．How many words the writer got wrong are not known.

D．All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.

4.It can be inferred that _________.

A．when somebody is conscious, he or she usually can’t learn new words by heart

B．we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them

C．it’s the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context

D．only dictionaries can help us learn language well

In a book called Magnificent Obsession，by Lloyd C．Douglas，a description is given of people helping others but doing it secretly.When difficult problems worried an individual，friends nearby would meet to discuss possible solution without the individual knowing their actions.When a solution was agreed upon，one or two of the friends would carry out the plan and solve the problems secretly，to the great delight of the worried individual.The helpers would stand by privately，contented with their success.No reward was given to the problem solvers，not even a sincere “thank you”，because they were never known.

This concept is popular today but in a different way.The phrase “pay_it_forward” is now used when one person helps another.However，the person being helped may not be able to repay the person or group that helped them.So rather than return the favor to their helpers，they are supposed to help someone else in the future，which means they pay it forward.It is the sense of responsibility that makes us want to give back in equal measure to the one who has helped us.But，in this case，the responsibility turns to helping someone in the future.

Suppose your elderly grandmother pays part of your schooling.She may tell you there is no need to repay her because it is a gift from someone who loves you very much.Nothing would please her more than to have you use her money to get a good education.

You may never be able to repay her for such a gift.However，she not only gave you some money，but she provided you with an example that you should also help other people who need it.

People with serious needs are everywhere.Many are children who need better clothes，more books and even better schools.Some are elderly people who can’t afford their medicine or a doctor’s care.Consider how you can “pay it forward”rather than pay money back to your grandmother.

1.The helpers in the book Magnificent Obsession were not rewarded because________.

A．they hadn’t solved the problems thoroughly

B．they had solved the problems secretly

C．they were friends of the worried individual

D．they expected to be paid back in the future

2.The underlined words “pay it forward” in Paragraph 2 mean________.

A．to repay someone who has helped you

B．to pay someone else who needs help

C．to help someone who has helped you

D．to help someone else who needs help

3.What does the writer suggest with the example of “your elderly grandmother”？

A．We should learn to respect our grandparents.

B．We should work hard to get a good education.

C．We should also lend a hand to other people in need of help.

D．We should never forget to repay people for their help.

4.By writing the passage，the author wishes people in the world to be________.

A．unselfish B．mysterious

C．honest D．Unforgettable

Camp memories last forever! We make sure they are unforgettable!

Shadow Ridge Summer Camps offer so many exciting things for campers to do. Unlike other camp programs that include horses as a small part of their program, at Shadow Ridge horses are the program! We are 100% horse from stable(馬廄) management, nature walks, and track rides to bedroom furnishings.

Horses help us achieve many of our aims. Girls can learn to develop responsibility, self-confidence and personal connections in their lives while having fun. Using horses as a wonderful tool for education, our camps offer an interesting place for growth and learning.

Imagine each girl having her very own horse to spend time with and a best friend to love and take care of. Each camper is responsible for a horse for the week. Our riding program provides a lot of riding and lesson time. Campers will learn how to take care of the horse and the tack(馬具), as well as how to ride. Days are filled with horse-related activities to strengthen the connection between each girl and horse, as the girls learn to work safely around the horses.

At Shadow Ridge we try to create a loving, caring family atmosphere for our campers. We have “The Bunkhouse” (4 girls), “the Wranglers Roost” (4 girls), and “The Hideout” (2 girls) in our comfortable 177-year-old farm house. All meals are home cooked, offering delicious and healthy food for the hungry rider.

Our excellent activities create personalized memories of your child's vacation. Each child will receive a camp T-shirt and a photo album (usually 300~500 pictures) of their stay at camp.

Our camps are offered during June, July and August 2007, for small groups of girls aged 13~16 years, not only from Canada but also other parts of the world.

We will send you full program descriptions at your request.

1.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To attract people to the camps.

B. To talk about camping experiences.

C. To describe the programs of the camps.

D. To explain the aims of the camps.

2.What do we know about the camp programs at Shadow Ridge?

A. Campers are required to wear camp T-shirts.

B. Horses play a central role in the activities.

C. Campers learn to cook food for themselves.

D. Horse lessons are offered all the year round.

3. The programs at Shadow Ridge mainly aim to help people .

A. understand horses better

B. enjoy a family atmosphere

C. have fun above other things

D. achieve an educational purpose

4. Which one of the following isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A. The time of the camping.

B. The cost of the camping.

C. The advantages of the camping.

D. The effect of the camping.