England is not a big country: from north to south and from east to west it is only about three hundred miles across. But for a small country it has a surprising range of climate(多樣性的氣候). People who have never visited England or who have visited only one part of it often make the mistake of thinking that it is a cold and wet country. Except for the summer months of June to September, this is probably true of the north of England and the Midlands. In the south, however, the climate is much more pleasant. One result is that when people retire(退休)from the job in the north, they often prefer to move down to the south.

Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the southwest, which consists of (is made up of)the counties(郡)of Devon and Cornwall, where palm trees, bamboo and many semitropical(亞熱帶)plants grow well. Flowers and vegetables ripen(成熟)as much as a month earlier than those elsewhere. Farmers in the areas gain a higher price for their vegetables and flowers because they are ready earlier. In winter there may be several feet of snow in other parts of England but there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest. This may be one of the reasons why the southwest is one of England’s most popular holiday areas.

1.England is a country ________.

A. with a cold and wet climate

B. with a pleasant climate

C. with a surprising climate

D. with climates of various kinds

2.According to the passage, ________.

A. flowers and vegetables from Devon are on the market one month earlier

B. farmers in the southwest grow as many vegetables and flowers as farmers elsewhere

C. people in the southwest have to pay a higher price for vegetables and flowers

D. vegetables in Cornwall ripen as much as a month earlier than flowers

3.In the north of England and the Midlands, ________.

A. it is cold and wet all the year round

B. the climate is pleasant as a whole

C. it is warm most of the time in a year

D. only the summer is not cold or wet

America is growing older. Fifty-eight years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways—education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society—one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable(合適的) at various ages.

A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.

Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother—or my father—was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

1.It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America________

A. has made people feel younger

B. has changed people’s social position

C. has changed people’s understanding of age

D. has slowed down the country’s social development

2.The underlined word “one” in the first paragraph refers to ________.

A. a society B. America

C. a place D. population

3.“Act your age” in Paragraph 3 means people should________.

A. be active when they are old

B. do the right thing at the right age

C. show respect for their parents young or old

D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age

4.If a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it________.

A. normal B. wonderful

C. unbelievable D. unreasonable

During an earthquake, you should know what to do. If the earthquake strikes while you’re inside a house, you should lie on the floor under a strong table or other furniture. If there is no furniture, you can cover your head with your arms and keep still in the corner of the room. You should keep away from windows, glass walls, or anything that can fall.

If you are in bed, hold firmly onto your bed and make use of a pillow to safeguard your head. You may use a doorway but only when it is close to you. It should also be considered whether it is strong enough to deal with the load.

If you are running out, do not use lifts, even if they work. Electricity may go out at any time. Many injuries happen when people try to rush out. This means you ought to stay in your house or perhaps wherever you are.

When you stay outdoors, you should stay far from buildings, power wires or lights. You should be in the open until the quake stops. Remember that many earthquake deaths outside the house come from falling-apart walls, flying glass and other falling things.

If an earthquake strikes and you are driving, you should pull up to the side of the highway and stop as quickly as possible. You ought not to stop under trees, buildings or energy wires. Don’t stop in the middle of the street as it could trouble others.

When trapped, you shouldn’t move. Your mouth should be covered with a piece of clothing or a handkerchief. This is because it is possible for you to breathe in some dust. Do not shout whenever possible. You should only shout in the end to get help from rescuers.

1.What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?

A. To tell us the dangers of an earthquake.

B. To tell us what to do before an earthquake.

C. To tell us what to do when an earthquake strikes.

D. To tell us why running during an earthquake is dangerous.

2.If there is no furniture in the room during an earthquake, you should________.

A. lie still on the floor

B. stay near the window

C. stay in the center of the room

D. keep still in the corner of the room

3.According to the passage, during an earthquake, you’d better not________.

a. use a lift to escape b. stay outdoors

c. cut off electricity d. keep driving to escape

A. ab B. bc

C. ad D. cd

4.What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A. When to call out for help in an earthquake.

B. What to do when trapped in an earthquake.

C. How to make use of a handkerchief in an earthquake.

D. How to avoid breathing in some dust in an earthquake.

If you want to keep fit, please refer to the following.

Move More

Make it a daily thing to find ways to move your body. 1. Climb stairs instead of taking the elevator. Walk your dog. Play with your kids. It doesn’t have to be an hour in the gym or a 45-minute dance class. But that’s great when you’re up to it. At the same time, move more.

Quit Smoking

Ever since 1960 when it was announced that smoking was harmful to health, Americans have been reducing their use of tobacco products. Just recently, we’ve seen more and more teens smoking. Could it be the Hollywood influence? 2. Take care! Warn your children against smoking.

3.

While recent studies show a glass of wine or one drink a day can help protect against heart disease, more than that can cause other health problems such as liver and kidney(肝腎)disease and cancer.

Reduce Stress

Easier said than done, stress comes in many ways. 4. Spend 30 minutes a day doing something you like such as walking on the beach or in a park, reading a good book, visiting a friend, listening to relaxing music, and watching a funny movie.

Protect Yourself from Pollution

If you can’t live in a smog-free environment, at least avoid smoke-filled rooms. 5.Exercise indoors in air conditioning when air quality is good.

A. Avoid Excessive（過度的） Drinking

B. Keep a Positive Mental Outlook

C. Think carefully about what you will do.

D. Exercise outside when the smog rating is low.

E. It seems that the stars in every movie smoke cigarettes.

F. There are many things you can do to move your arms and legs.

G. Some techniques given by experts are to think positive thoughts.

Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.

When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t ____ drive to a store and back home. He always looks ____ up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything ____ such as strange cars, loud noises,____ windows, or people gathering on street corners.

Tim ____ to a neighborhood watch group（鄰里監(jiān)護隊） in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group____ on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s ____ Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community(社區(qū))____.Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police ____their homes, streets, and families safe.

Tina Stedman, president of____ neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim.“People seem to think that crime(犯罪)happens to other people but not ____ them. Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the ____ to steal from other people or to make them feel ____ sitting in their own homes.”

Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors ____ out for one another.“We ____ each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at nights and on weekends. Usually a ____ of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the _____. For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for ____, or someone destroying property(財產(chǎn)), we report to the police.”

Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups ____ a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they can’t do ____.”

1.A. yet B. still C. just D. rather

2.A. carefully B. clearly C. nervously D. coldly

3.A. familiar B. unusual C. expensive D. interesting

4.A. curtained B. open C. old D. broken

5.A. attends B. belongs C. goes D. turns

6.A. meets B. quarrels C. sings D. searches

7.A. where B. why C. when D. how

8.A. politics B. wealth C. health D. safety

9.A. keep B. hold C. let D. protect

10.A. its B. his C. their D. your

11.A. round B. on C. about D. to

12.A. right B. chance C. courage D. mind

13.A. unlucky B. unsafe C. disappointed D. discouraged

14.A. set B. let C. hold D. look

15.A. care B. enter C. watch D. manage

16.A. group B. set C. number D. crowd

17.A. judges B. police C. firemen D. doctors

18.A. work B. money C. service D. trouble

19.A. produce B. find C. get D. help

20.A. anything B. everything C. harm D. wrong

1.Always staying up late at night is h___________ to our health.

2.Dr Yuan Longping has s__________ for the past five decades to help farmers.

3.Everybody sits and waits in the s________ of the trees.

4.Macron（馬克龍）was s_________ by most French in the election（選舉）, becoming a young president.

5.The media (媒體) should r____________ famous people’s privacy (隱私).

6.Jane spent years _________ (觀察)and recording their daily activities.

7.The program reminds me of many things from my own_____________ (童年).

8.He __________(因此)gives millions of yuan to equip others for research.

9.A healthy soil ___________(減少)disease and helps crops grow strong.

10.It is impolite to make bad _________ (評論) on a person’s appearance.

1.我一旦停下來，所有的一切都會涌上心頭，我就會想起實驗室的猩猩。

Once I stop, it all comes _______ _____ and I remember the chimps in laboratories.

2.我發(fā)現(xiàn)林巧稚把畢生都奉獻給了病人。

I discovered that Lin Qiaozhi’s whole life had been __________ ______her patients.

3.袁隆平十分滿意他的生活。

Yuan Longping is quite __________ __________his life.

4.這讓空氣、土壤、水以及農(nóng)作物免受化學物質(zhì)的污染。

This keeps the air, soil, water and crops _________ __________chemicals.

5.你剛剛談到的那個人是我的英語老師。

The man whom you __________ _______ just now is my English teacher.

6.昨天，我們在街上遇見一個外國人。

we _________ ________ a foreigner in the street yesterday.

7.看不起窮人是不對的。

It is not right to _______ ________ on poor people.

8.靠無報酬的幫手掙得船費解釋我現(xiàn)在的樣子。

Earning my passage by working as an unpaid hand ________ ______my appearance now.

9.缺乏自信導致了他的失敗。

A lack of confidence ___________ ______ his failure.

10.我寧愿待在家里讀小說。

I _______ ________ stay at home reading my novel.

假如你是清流一中學生李華,明年你校要舉行90周年（the 90th Anniversary）學校慶祝(celebration)活動，請你代表(on behalf of)學校給福建師大外教Tony 寫一封信,邀請他參加校慶和交流活動，要點提示如下：

1.時間:2018年9月10日早上9點開始;

2.地點:清流一中新校區(qū)足球場;

3.活動安排:潘校長講話；師生表演（performance）；參觀新學校；與師生交流等。

注意:

1.詞數(shù)100左右;

2.可以適當增加細節(jié),以使行文連貫;

3.開頭和結(jié)尾已給出,不計入總詞數(shù)。

Dear Tony,

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Yours,

Li Hua

Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves. University of Missouri(MU) researchers are developing a nuclear energy source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient.

“To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density(密度)”, said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU. “The radioisotope(放射性同位素) battery can provide power density that is much higher than chemical batteries.”

Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery, presently the size and thickness of a penny, intended to power various micro / nanoelectromechanical systems (M/NEMS). Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns, Kwon said they are safe.

“People hear the word ‘nuclear’ and think of something very dangerous,” he said, “However, nuclear power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pace-makers, space satellites and underwater systems.”

His new idea is not only in the battery’s size, but also in its semiconductor(半導體). Kwon’s battery uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor.

“The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the lattice structure of the solid semiconductor,” Kwon said, “By using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem.”

Together with J. David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery. In the future, they hope to increase the battery’s power, shrink its size and try with various other materials. Kwon said that battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair.

1.Which of the following is true of Jae Kwon?

A. He teaches chemistry at MU.

B. He is working on a nuclear energy source.

C. He developed a chemical battery.

D. He made a breakthrough in computer engineering.

2.Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4_________.

A. to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used

B. to show chemical batteries are widely applied

C. to introduce various energy sources

D. to describe a nuclear-powered system

3.Liquid semiconductor is used to _________.

A. get rid of the radioactive waste

B. test the power of nuclear batteries.

C. reduce the damage to lattice structure.

D. decrease the size of nuclear batteries

Regarded as one of the English language’s most gifted poets, John Keats wrote poetry that concentrated on imagery, human nature, and philosophy. Although Keats didn’t receive much formal literary education, his own studies and passion brought him much success. Additionally, his own life situation influenced his poetry greatly.

Growing up as a young boy in London in a lower middle-class family, the young John didn’t attend a private school, but went to a public one. His teachers and his family’s friends regarded him as an optimistic boy who favored playing and fighting much more than minding his studies. After his father’s death in the early 1800s, followed by his mother’s passing due to tuberculosis (肺結(jié)核), he began viewing life differently. He wanted to escape the world and did so by reading anything he could get his hands on.

At around the age of 16, the teenage John Keats began studying under a surgeon so that he too might become a doctor. However, his literary appetite had taken too much of his fancy, especially with his addiction to the poetry of Ehmund Spenser. He was able to have his first full poem published in the Examiner in 1816, entitledO Solitude!If I Must With Thee Dwell. Within two months in 1817, Keats had written an entire volume of poetry, but was sharply criticized by a magazine. However, the negative response didn’t stop his pursuit of rhythm.

John Keats’ next work was Endymion, which was published in May 1818. The story involves a shepherd who falls in love with the moon goddess and leads him on an adventure of one boy’s hope to overcome the limitations of being human. Following Engymion, however, he tried something more narrative-based and wrote Isabella. During this time, John Keats began seeing his limitations in poetry due to his own limit in life experiences. He would have to have the “knowledge” associated with his poems. His next work wasHyperionthat would attempt to combine all that he learned. However, a bout (發(fā)作) with tuberculosis while visiting Italy would keep him from his work and eventually take his life in 1821.

1.John Keats’ attitude towards life changed because of ________.

A. his early education from school

B. the deaths of his parents

C. Edmund Spenser’s poetry

D. the criticism of a magazine

2.What is the common thing between John Keats and his mother?

A. They read many books.

B. They had a bad childhood.

C. They died of the same disease.

D. They showed strong interest in poetry.

3.What do we know from the passage?

A. Keats received little education at school.

B. Keats once had a chance of becoming a doctor.

C. In 1816 Keats spent two months writing a poem.

D. Endymion was about a real love story.

4.While pursuing his dream of becoming a poet at first, John Keats was ________.

A. determined B. experienced C. knowledgeable D. impatient