No one can change the weather. But if we read correctly the signs around us, we can tell how the weather will be. This way of telling of what the weather will be like on the following day or two is called weather forecasting.

 For many centuries and in all countries, people have studied the weather and tried to make weather forecasting. Rings around the sun are a sigh of coming rain. Many people feel in their bones the coming of wet weather, their joints ache. Some birds fly high if fine weather is coming, but they fly near the ground if rainy or stormy weather is on the way. It is probably because of the insects which they are hunting that they fly low. If you see a rainbow during rainy weather, this is a sign that the weather will become clear and fine. Such rainbows come in the evening. If the stars twinkle clearly at night, then fine weather will continues. If a fog appears in the morning just above a river, then the day will be warm. If the sunset is mostly red in color, then the following day will be warm. If a rainbow appears in the morning, rainy weather will probably come.

Most of the above saying have been made by the people who have used their eyes and brains to make weather forecast.

25. People's joints ache _______.

A. is a sign of coming rain       B. without any reason 

C. because they are ill           D. because of the insects

26. The birds fly high and the stars twinkle clearly is a sign that the weather will _______. 

A. be warm     B. be rainy       C. become clear and fine   D. be cold

27. A rainbow is a _______ of the fine weather. 

A. sign      B. way       C. method       D. road

28. Which of the following signs can tell the weather will probably be warm?

A. A rainbow appears in the morning. B. Some birds fly high.

C. The stars twinkle clearly at night.   B. Fogs appear in the morning just above a river.

When Jack was a small boy, he was once asked to give a speech about “A Big Challenge in My Life”. To talk before the whole class, he was   61   (terrible) shy. However, he had no other   62  (choose), though. First Jack was to draft the speech,   63   was a piece of cake for him because he was a good writer. But the hard part   64   (lie) in his oral presentation, for  65   was not allowed to read the paper.

A real trial began when Jack stood on the platform   66   his legs trembling and his mind blank. He took a deep breath and tried his best   67   (calm) down. Surprisingly, it did work on him.   68   a few seconds, he was no more nervous and finished his speech. To his surprise, he made it!

From then on, his fear of talking before a big audience disappeared. Actually Jack had his confidence   69   (build) up. Now he   70    (turn) out to be a good speaker.

As we know, the greater difficulty we meet on our way to success, the more likely we will be able to achieve our goals.

假设你是晨光中学高二(1)班的班长李津， 得知美国学生Chris 作为交换生， 下学期将到你班学习。 请你根据以下提示， 给他写封邮件：

1. 表示欢迎；

2. 介绍与本地生活相关的信息(如气候、 饮食等)；

3. 介绍本班情况；

4. 希望Chris做哪些事情， 以增进中美学生之间的了解和友谊。

注意：

1. 请勿提及与考生相关的真实信息；

2. 可适当加入细节， 使内容充实、行文连贯；

3. 词数不少于100; 开头已给出， 不计入总词数。

参考词汇：交换生  exchange student

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    In the age of the social network, there’s definitely such a thing as sharing too much; when it comes to losing weight, sharing could be key, though.

A new Northwestern University study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface found that those who had an active hand in such online communities lost a higher percentage of their body weight compared to users who participated sparingly.

Scientists analyzed data from people paying a membership fee on Calorieking. Com, which permits them access to weight-loss tools (like a food journal) and an online club. While the identity of each user remained confidential, the researchers had access to age, sex, height, initial weight and time-stamped activities. They could also monitor members’ recorded weigh-ins, friend requests and community arrangement, though they could not read any of the actual conversations between users.

The researchers discovered that the users who recorded their weight and established close relations with other members were more likely to achieve their goals of ridding themselves of pounds. The most active users lost more than 8 percent of their body weight in a six-month period. The least active users, those with the fewest online friends and social interactions, lost around 5 percent of their body weight in the same period of time. The researchers theorize that participation plays a key role in weight loss because it offers an always-accessible network of support.

They’re also looking ahead: The positive results point to sensible uses for social networks in other areas of health. Online communities might be successful alternatives for minor illnesses like discouragement and alcoholism, for which in-person meetings are often suggested. “Modern life is so complex and stressful, and to go somewhere for a meeting is often not practical,” Luis A. Nunes Amaral, senior author of the study, said in a statement. “It is hopeful that this alternative approach of going online for support could work.”

42. In which column of a magazine should the text be seated?

A. Entertainment.           B. Fitness.          C. Technology.          D. Medicine.

43.Who would lose more weight according to the new study?

A. People frequently making online friends.

B. Network users sparing time to surf the Internet.

C. Members affording payments on Calorieking.com.

D. Fellows regularly taking part in community activities.

44. What can we learn from the 4th paragraph?

A. Scientists ought to pay for the online data they study.

B. Researchers can manage to know more of the users besides their names.

C. People’s active online communications matter in their losing weight.

D.The most active users lost 3% more of their weight than the least active ones within half a year.

45.What is Amaral’s attitude toward online communities?

A. Anxious.               B. Optimistic.            C. Undoubted.          D. Impractical.

 _______, and you’ll succeed in time.

  A. Keep on trying        B. If you keep on trying 

  C. Keeping on trying     D. To keep on trying

     Have you ever heard of e-books? E-books are electronic books. They are no larger than an ordinary book, with a screen on which you can read.

     How does the e-book work?

     First, you call up websites on your computer and select books that you want. There are thousands of books provided by different websites on the Internet. Then download the books you like on to your e-book. You can download about 10 books at a time. Now you can just sit back and enjoy yourself reading.

     Compared with ordinary books, e-books have many advantages. First of all, e-books save space. You can put as many as 10 books into a thing no bigger than a pocket radio and then carry it everywhere. You can renew reading materials in your e-book as many times as you like. With the development of e-book technology, probably an e-library will appear. Then you just take your e-books there and download what you want to read. You no longer need to worry about whether your books are over-due or not.

32. E-books are _________.

   A. electronic books              B. no larger than an ordinary book

   C. very popular in big cities       D. A, B and C

33. First, you _______________.

   A. call up websites on your computer   B. read books that you want

   C. turn on your e-book              D. download the books you like

34. You can download __________ books at a time.

   A. two      B. ten     C. twelve     D. twenty

35. E-books ______________.

   A. save space                 B. save money

   C. look like a pocket radio       D. carry easily

If only she ______his advice !  

A..had taken      B.has taken     C.will take    D.takes

Selfie

Social media and the mobile web have given rise to a strange phenomenon called the selfie. It refers to a picture of yourself, usually shared on any social networking website．

________36_________ Some selfies are extreme close-ups, and others show part of an arm held straight outward．A few of them even feature the subject standing in front of a bathroom mirror．

Everyone takes selfies, but the younger crowd seems to be especially involved in the trend． Young people are relatively heavier digital users．They are interested in staying connected to their friends. _________ 37_________

There are also kinds of psychological factors driving people to take a selfie and upload it to a social networking site. ________38_________ A quick and easy way to attract other's attention is to get "likes" and comments from friends．Secondly, it's human nature to show off your own great achievements．When you feel good about yourself or look good, it's far too easy to take out your phone and document it all through one or several selfies. ________39_______ That's right．Sometimes people are bored at work, bored at school, bored at home and even bored on the toilet．Last but not least, social media is about being social! If that means uploading as many selfies as possible, then so be it．It's fun, and it's a cool way to sort of document your own life．

Finally, there are things to be mindful of when you're posting．It's easy to think you're sharing a photo with a few people. _______40________ So don't post anything online, selfie especially．

       A．There are lots of selfie styles．

       B．The rise of selfies has become universal．

       C．Social media, to some extent, is the driving force of their selfie activity．

       D．The desire to take, post and get "likes" on selfies goes back to a biological behavior．

       E．But the whole world of social media is public and every individual can get access to it．

       F．There are also people who will take selfies because they have nothing else better to do．

       G．The leading factor is that people want to get attention from as many people as possible．

 Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it at her first ______. 

  A. attraction       B. attempt                    C. arrival                      D. glimpse

Once a donkey fell into a deep well. The animal cried loudly for hours，but the owner couldn't think out what to do   61   it. Finally，he decided that the animal was old and that the well needed to be covered anyway，so he   62    (think) the donkey wasn't worth saving. Then he invited some of   63  (he) neighbors to come and help him. They all took a shovel (铁铲)and began to put dirt into the well.

    At first，the  donkey  realized   64    was  happening and  cried. Then，to everyone's surprise，the donkey became quiet. The owner looked down into the well and was  65    (surprise)at  what he saw. Each  shovel of  dirt  hit  its  back，but the donkey  was doing  something amazing. It was  66   (shake) the dirt off and taking a step up. When the   67    (neighbor) continued to put more dirt on top of the animal，it shook the dirt off and took one more step up. Pretty soon   68   donkey stepped up over the well and ran off   69   (happy)!

    When life sometimes   70   (put)dirt on you，the best way is to shake off the dirt and take a step up. You can get out of the deepest well just by never giving up!

If  Masaccio ______alive, he ______be amazed at how artists paint today.

A.is; was    B.were; could     C.is; can     D.was ; would

People 41 (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred languages  42  the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four  43  five hundred thousand words. But we do not need 44  these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. 45  you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.  The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary 46  (big).  Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books  47 (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet 48  new word, look it  49 in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your 50 (much) useful book.

A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off （打盹）at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce (确保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically these sleepyhead students aren’t used to the early hour.

“Maybe these kids are being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problem of adolescent sleep at Brown’s School of Medicine.

Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time in adolescents. And, at a more basic level，she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns.

Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, no less, as commonly thought.

Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. But it’s not just a matter of choice –their bodies are going through a change of sleep patters.

All of this makes the transfer(转移) from middle school to high school—which may start one hour earlier in the morning  ---- all the more difficult , Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern, adolescent are up against difficulties when it comes to trying to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying. “I need a timeout.”

24. Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because ________.

A. it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime

B. it is biologically difficult for students to rise early

C. students work so late at night that they can’t get up early

D. students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early

25. The underlined phrase “nod off” most probably means “ _______”.

A. turn around      B. agree with others    C. fall asleep        D. refuse to work

26. What might be a reason for the hard transfer middle school to high school?

A. Adolescents depend more on their parents.

B. Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns.

C. Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood.

D. Adolescents need more sleep than they used to.

27. What is the test mainly about?

A. Adolescent heath care.              B. Problems in adolescent learning.

C. Adolescent sleep difficulties.         D. Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns.

Beckham shook his head      to say “Don’t trust her.”

A．even though   B．as though   C．unless   D．Until

Tom was late for school a third time, _______his head teacher annoyed.

A. make                     B. to make                C. making          D. made

 The play ______ next month aims mainly to reflect the local culture .

    A. produced    B. being produced   C. to be produced    D. having been produced

Gene Technology to Benefit People

    Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, or biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic discussed by people.

    The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers. And to date, doctors have not found an effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology is applied, not only these two diseases can be cured completely, bringing happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend on curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits the economy as well. In addition, human life span (寿命) can be prolonged.

    Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial family being a good example, have hereditary diseases. This means their children will for sure have the family disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. The scientists just need to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born.

    Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to manufacture human beings in large quantities. In the past few years, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep; therefore these people predict that human babies would soon be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large quantities, for most couples in the world can have babies in very normal ways. Of course, the governments must take care to control gene technology.

32. What do the underlined words “these two killers” refer to?

   A. Gene technology.                            B. Cancer and heart disease.

   C. Hereditary diseases and cancer.             D. The couple who have cloned babies.

33. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

   A. Gene technology can do with hereditary diseases.

   B. Gene technology can be used to clone human babies.

   C. Gene technology can help people to give birth to a baby.

   D. Gene technology can help the English imperial family out.

34. In what way can gene technology help to treat hereditary diseases?

   A. People with hereditary diseases can live longer.

   B. Scientists find the wrong gene and correct it.

   C. Cancer and heart disease can be cured.

   D. Human babies can be cloned.

35. What is the main purpose of the author’s writing this passage?

   A. To talk about the advantages of gene technology.

   B. To explain that gene technology will also do harm to the humanity.

   C. To tell the readers that gene technology will not benefit people.

   D. To describe how gene technology will benefit people.

 Carter was saying all the right things, but his smile was ____________, and I knew I couldn't trust him.

A. preferential      B. artificial         C. confidential           D. beneficial

_{Male nurses are difficult to hire as many men reject this______ out of the long-existing discrimination．}

_{A．oncept               B．responsibility}

_{C．identity             D．personality}

China is a land of bicycles. At least it was back in 1992 when I travelled the country. Back then everyone seemed to be riding a bicycle. Millions of them, all black. Cars were rare. Yet since my arrival in Beijing last year, I've found the opposite is true. There are millions of cars. However, people still use their bicycles to get around. For many, it's the easiest and cheapest way to travel today. Bicycles also come in different colours—silver, green, red, blue, yellow, whatever you want.

It's fun watching people biking. They rush quickly through crossroads, move skillfully through traffic, and ride even on sidewalks(人行道). Bicycles allow people the freedom to move about that cars just can't provide.

Eager to be part of this aspect of Chinese culture, I decided to buy a bicycle. Great weather accompanied my great buy. I immediately jumped up on my bicycle seat and started home.

My first ride home was orderly(守秩序的). To be safe, I stayed with a “pack” of bikers while cars on the streets came running swiftly out of nowhere at times. I didn't want to get hit. So I took the ride carefully.

Crossing the streets was the biggest problem. It was a lot like crossing a major highway back in the United States. The streets here were wide, so crossing took time, skill and a little bit of luck.

I finally made it home. The feeling on the bicycle was amazing. The air hitting my face and going through my hair was wonderful. I was sitting on top of the world as I passed by places and people. Biking made me feel alive.

42．According to the author, why are bicycles still popular in China today?

A．Because they are fast and environment friendly.

B．Because they are traditional and safe.

C．Because they are convenient and inexpensive.

D．Because they are colourful and available.

43．The author decided to buy a bicycle because he intended ________.

A．to improve his riding skills        B．to ride it for fun  

C．to use it for transport                D．to experience local culture

44．How did the author feel about his street crossing?

A．It was wonderful.                      B．It was boring.     

C．It was difficult.                         D．It was lively.  

45．Which of the following best describes the author's biking experience?

A．The author took great pleasure in biking.

B．The author enjoyed showing off his biking skills.

C．The author was annoyed by the air while riding.

D．The author was praised by the other bikers.