In the police station, Fisher, an eyewitness, was asked to            those photographs and try to pick out the murderer on the crime scene.

A. look up    B. look into    C. look through      D. look on

    This Monday，the nation will start to celebrate Presidents’ Day，just seven days before George Washington’s birthday．Everyone agrees that day is a holiday，but is it just to celebrate George Washington’s Birthday? What about Abraham Lincoln? Some government offices call it Presidents’ Day．Others say the holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday．Confused yet?

    George Washington was elected the country’s first President on April 30，1789．Soon after，Americans began publicly celebrating his birthday．Presidential historians say the actual date of George Washington’s birth is February 11，1732．But a change in the calendar system 20 years later shifted all dates，making Washington’s birthday February 22，which is now well accepted．In 1879．Congress made Washington’s birthday an official federal holiday．It was the first federal holiday to celebrate an individual’s birthday．In 1968，Congress passed the Monday Holidays Act，which moved the holiday to the third Monday in February．The new law did not change the holiday’s name．It was still called Washington’s Birthday，even though some lawmakers wanted to call it Presidents’ Day to include Abraham Lincoln，whose actual birthday is February 12．

    Many people argue that the holiday should celebrate all past Presidents．They feel Lincoln should be honored for his role in preserving the nation during the Civil War and helping to free slaves．Others feel the holiday should only honor Washington．the country’s first President．They say shifting the focus away from Washington would mean future generations of kids would not know about the Father of Our Country．   

    Laws have been introduced in Congress over the years to require use of the term “George Washington’s Birthday．”but none of those laws have been passed．Meanwhile，many state governments and school districts now use the term “Presidents’ Day．”Many store use it to promote holiday sales．

    Should the holiday honor Washington，Washington and Lincoln，or all past Presidents? Write to emailbag@timeforkids．com and tell us what you think．

28．The President’s Day was originally designed to honor______．

  A．George Washington         B．Abraham Lincoln

  C．all presidents                     D．the Civil War

29．What can we infer from the passage?

  A．Washington’s Birthday is the same as Lincoln’s．

  B．The change in the calendar system was not wise．

  C．The new act changed the holiday’s name．

  D．This Monday is the third one of this February．

30．What’s the main argument about this holiday?

  A．When to celebrate the holiday．      B．How to celebrate the holiday．

  C．Which president to honor．                     D．Where to celebrate the holiday．

31．What’s the best title for this passage?

  A．Why people celebrate President Day.

  B．The history and debate behind Presidents’ Day

  C．To celebrate Presidents’ Day or not

  D．Colorful activities on Presidents’ Day

Ever since Grumpy Cat first appeared online, the Internet can’t get enough of her. But attention is not the only thing that this cat is getting. Her fortune is estimated at $ 100 million, more than many famous actors and musicians earn.

So how did it all start?

Grumpy Cat’s owner Tabatha Bundesen was working as a waitress when her brother Bryan decided to take a photo of her funny-looking cat and post it on Reddit, the social-news site. In a matter of hours, she became a sensation(轰动).

It got 1 million views on Imgur in 48 hours.

Grumpy Cat’s real name is Tardar Sauce and she actually has a condition called dwarfism, which makes her constantly frowning. But that unique frown turned out to be worth millions of dollars.

Tabatha, who lives in Arizona in US, isn’t complaining. She still remembers that September 22, 2012, when her life turned upside down.

Since her cat became a worldwide phenomenon, she was able to quit her job and devote her life to managing her cat’s modeling career. Sounds unbelievable, but it’s true. She says that her only job now is to book Tardar’s photo shoots, commercials(商业广告), and other appearances.

What are the other benefits of owning a million-dollar cat?

Apart from not having to work, Tabatha can travel all the time. She has time and money to visit her family more often and enjoy her life. She never could have imagined just how huge her cat would become, but she always knew Tardar was very special. And she is glad to see her cat bringing joy to so many people around the world.

As for the millions of dollars Grumpy has earned, they come from all the products, commercials and a best-selling book. She even has her own movie—Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever.

29. What does the underlined part “the Internet can’t get enough of her’ mean?

   A. The Internet can’t stand her any more.

   B. The Internet can’t pay more attention to her.

   C. People don’t focus on her any longer on the Internet.

   D. The Internet can’t find enough information about her.

30. What made Grumpy Cat become famous?

   A. Her unusual appearance.                   B. Her bad temper.

   C. Her short and fat body.                    D. Her unique fur.

31. About Tabatha Bundesen, we know that____________.

   A. she now works as a waitress.                B. she feels very tired of her famous cat.

   C. she only manages her can’s modeling career.    D. she is too busy to go home to visit her parents

32. The general idea of the last paragraph is_____________.

   A. how the cat can become so famous.           B. how the cat can make so much money.

   C. what the film about the cat is named           D. how the cat’s owner spend so much money

          American teacher who is coming will give          talk about Hollywood.

       A．An; the                B．The; a                 C．The; 不填           D．An ;a

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或者括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为56~65的相应位置上。

   A 24-year-old Long Island man was charged early Thursday morning after crashing his car and killing his girlfriend while driving over the speed limit. Kevin Daly 　56　 (sentence) to nearly three years in prison after losing control of 　57　 partner Alice Hicks’ car on a country road 　58　 80mph. She was a passenger in the Mini-cooper and was thrown from the car 　59　 he crashed into another vehicle 　60　 (move) in the opposite direction. Daly, 24, denied causing 　61　 (die) by dangerous driving and was found guilty by a jury (陪审团) at Taunton Crown Court. The court heard that neither Daly 　62　Miss Hicks, 22, was wearing seatbelts at the time of the collision that happened on November 17, 2011. NBC New York reports Kevin Daly was driving on County Road 83 when the road was blocked by a truck that was waiting 　63　 (turn) right. Witnesses described 　64　 Daly had little or no chance of stopping behind the still traffic and he turned to avoid the van 　65　 hit a Mazda on the other side of the road.

The sound of a mosquito can mean trouble in many parts of the world. The bite of the mosquito can be deadly. The insects carry serious diseases like malaria (疟疾). It is estimated that almost 630,000 people died from malaria and malaria­related causes in 2012, and most of these cases were in African countries.

In the United States, a group of California scientists are working to develop a more effective and less costly substance (物质) to protect people from mosquitoes. The researchers are investigating the sense of smell in mosquitoes. They found the insects use the same receptor for identifying carbon dioxide in human breath as they do for the smell of our skin. Anandasankar Ray, who is leading the investigation, says scientists tested more than a million chemical compounds (化合物) until they found a substance called Ethyl Pyruvate. He says Ethyl Pyruvate makes the mosquitoes' receptors inactive. “When we apply Ethyl Pyruvate to a human arm and offer it to hungry mosquitoes in a cage, very few of the mosquitoes are attracted to the human arm because only a few of them are able to smell it out,” said Ray.

Genevieve Tauxe, a member of the research team, says it was not easy to find the neurons (神经元) of noble cells that recognize both the smell of human breath and skin. “With the device used to examine the mosquito, we are able to insert a very small electrode (电极) into the part of the mosquito's nose, where its smelling neurons are and where the smell is happening,” said Tauxe.

Anandasankar Ray says a product based on Ethyl Pyruvate may cost less to produce than DEFT, the most effective chemical treatment now in use. He says DEFT is too costly for most people who live in areas affected by malaria.

“Perhaps by finding smells that can attack other target receptors, we will be able to improve upon DEFT and finally have the next generation of insect behaviour control products,” said Ray.

60. The underlined word in the second paragraph probably means ________.

A. a substance that protects people from mosquitoes

B. a sense organ that reacts to changes

C. a device that reacts to light

D. a piece of equipment that sends signals

61. According to the passage, Ethyl Pyruvate can ________.

A. kill the mosquitoes' smelling neurons

B. cause the mosquitoes to lose their senses of smell

C. result in the inactiveness of the mosquitoes' receptors

D. make the mosquitoes uninterested in human breath and skin smell

62. This passage most probably appears in ________.

A. a textbook of medical schools                B. a collection of doctors' essays

C. the column of newspaper ads                        D. the health column of a magazine

63. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Ethyl Pyruvate—an Insect Behaviour Control Product

B. Malaria—a Serious Disease Causing 630,000 Deaths

C. Scientists Find a New Substance to Fight Mosquitoes

D. A New Generation of DEET Has Been Developed to Kill Mosquitoes

The tree people in the Lord of the Rings—the Ents—can get around by walking. But for real trees, well, it's harder to uproot. "Because it's a sessile organism, literally, rooted into the ground, it is unable to leave and go elsewhere." Mario Pesendorfer, a behavioral ecologist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. "When a tree first starts growing in a certain area, it's likely that the climatic envelope, so the temperature, humidity, soil composition and so on suits it, because it would otherwise be unable to grow from a seedling. But as it ages, these conditions may change and the area around it may no longer be suitable for its offspring."

And if that happens? Walnuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, oaks, pines—many rely exclusively on so-called "scatter-hoarders," like birds, to move their hefty seeds to new locales. "Many members of the family Corvidae—the crows, jays and magpies—are scatter-hoarders, meaning they like to store food for the winter, which they then subsequently retrieve."

Or not. And when they do forget something, a seedling has a chance to grow, sometimes a good distance away. "The Clark's nutcracker, which is found in alpine regions of western North America, is definitely the rock star among the scatter-hoarding corvids. They hide up to 100,000 seeds per year, up to 30 kilometers away from the seed source, and have a very close symbiotic relationship with several pine species, most notably the whitebark pine.”

Pesendorfer and his colleagues catalogue the seed-scattering activities of the Clark's nutcracker and its cousins in a new review paper, in the journal The Condor: Ornithological Applications. They also write that, as trees outgrow their ideal habitats in the face of climate change, or battle new insects and disease, these flying ecosystem engineers could be a big help replanting trees. It's a solution, Pesendorfer says, that's good for us—getting birds to do the work is cheap and effective— and it could give vulnerable oaks and pines the option to truly "make like a tree and leave."

56. According to the article, what makes birds help trees move from one place to another? ________.

A. They want to make the environment better for survival

B. They want to change the trees into another kind

C. They want to store the nuts for winter survival

D. They are forced to help trees to survive

57. Which does the underlined word in the last paragraph mean? ________.

A. growing in a better way                                       B. being forced to give up

C .making changes to                                              D. finding a mysterious way to survive

58. What is the best title of this passage? ________.

A. Birds may help trees cope with climate change           B. Birds rely on nuts to survive

C. Trees help fight air pollution                                 D. Birds make trees in danger

His promise ___ he would marry her when he came back turned out to be a lie, ___ left the girl heart-broken.

                                          A. which; what    B. that; which                                              C. what; which          D. which ; that

假设你是李华。最近, 你校学生会组织开展了“构建低碳校园”活动。请你围绕“节约资源, 低碳生活”的主题, 根据以下提示, 用英语写一份倡议书。

1. 日常出行时怎样减少碳排放;

2. 在餐厅就餐时怎样节约粮食;

3. 在寝室和教室如何节约水、电。

注意:

1. 词数: 150个左右;

2. 倡议书的开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数;

3. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

Dear fellow students,

Our school advocates that we should build a low-carbon campus in order to protect the earth. _____________________________________________________________________

__________________                                                     

Once there lived a rich man  61   wanted to do something for the people of his town.  62  first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.

In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed  63 very large stone. Then he  64 (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.  65  man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove  66  . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,  67  (say) to himself: “ The night  68 (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his  69 (strong) to move it, only   70 (find) a bag of money under the stone. Imagine how great was his surprise at last!

   Don’t try telling Mark Bouch that dogs are man’s best friends. His pet Keilar helped him go into prison. It dropped his package(包裹) of drugs at the feet of police as they began searching his house.

Bouch, 26, was sure that the two officers would not find the package after he hid it in the bathroom. But he failed to think about the dog’s natural instinct.

Michelle Lockhart, 20, Mark’s girlfriend at that time, said yesterday, “I put the dog into the bathroom to get it out of the way. The next thing I knew was that Keilar had a package in its mouth. I couldn’t believe it when the dog came out and put the package of drug right in front of the policemen. It was just following its instinct to pick things up. The police looked as surprised as I was and Keilar just looked really pleased with itself. It really gave the game away. I haven’t spoken to Mark since it happened. ”

It is believed that Keilar found the drugs in the bathroom before going behind the furniture and then showing the officers its find. Detective Constable James Little, who was in charge of the case, said: “Somebody had a bag of drugs and when the police arrived, it disappeared rather rapidly. The dog, following its instinct, went and picked it up in its mouth and brought it back”.

28. The underlined word “instinct” in Par.2 means __________.

A. possibility     B. inborn ability    C. honesty       D. special interest

29. Which of the following shows the right order of the story?

a. Mark Bouch was in prison.

b. Michelle Lockhart put the dog into the bathroom.

c. Mark hid the drugs in the bathroom.

d. Keilar picked up the package of drugs.

e. Keilar showed the officers its find.

A. acbde    B. bdcea    C. cbdea    D. ecbda

30. Why did the police look as surprised as Lockhart?   

A. They found Mark was dishonest.             

B. They saw Keilar was really pleased.

C. They saw Mark hid the drugs in the bathroom. 

D. They never thought the dog put the drugs in front of them.

31. What would be the best title?   

A. A Dog Sent His Owner into Prison          

B. A Nine-mouth Prison Sentence

C. Mark Bouch Hid a Package of Drugs in the Bathroom   

D. How Did a Dog Help the Policemen Find the Drugs.

 — Please call me at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning. I’m a kind of forgetfulness.

  ─ Don’t worry about that. You’ll be surely ______.

    A. informed        B. told           C. warned         D. reminded

The big news for American newspapers this week was the elections. But there was also news about their industry. The number of newspaper readers in the United States continues to fall. Average daily circulation(发行量) fell by almost one percent in the six months that ended September 13th.

American newspapers get some of their money from readers. But mostly they depend on businesses to buy advertising space in their pages.

The larger the circulation is, the more a newspaper can charge advertisers. But recently, several newspapers have admitted lying about their number of readers.

In June, the Tribune Company announced that it had overstated(夸大) sales of two of its papers. These were Newsday in Long Island, New York, and the Spanish-language paper Hoy in New York City. The Tribute Company also owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.

In July, the Audit Bureau of Circulations(ABC) punished Newsday and Hoy. The ABC is a private organization. It examines circulation claims made by publishers, so advertisers can trust the numbers. Among other steps, the two newspapers will have to report their circulation numbers more often than usual for the next two years.

The Chicago Sun-Times also faces the same punishment. That newspaper is owned by Hollinger International.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating(调查) Hollinger International and its chief, Conrad Black. Hollinger says Mister Black took nearly four hundred million dollars from the company.

 Recently the Belo Corporation announced it had overstated the circulation of the Dallas Morning News in Texas. The publisher will repay twenty-three million dollars to advertisers. It will also provide four million dollars. Other publishers that falsely reported their circulations will also be repaying advertisers millions of dollars.

An Audit Bureau spokeswoman says cases like these appear to be rare. But the Securities and Exchange Commission announced last month that it would expand its investigation to other newspapers.

31. What does the underlined word “their” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. The news.                                                            B. The elections.          

C. American newspapers.                                           D. Newspaper readers.

32. From the passage, we can learn that______.

A. Advertisers got the circulation only from ABC.

B. At least four newspapers cheated the advertisers.

C. More companies will investigate other newspapers.

D. American newspapers get some of their money from advertisers.

33. How many newspapers are mentioned in the passage?

A. Four.                              B. Six.                          C. Eight.                       D. Ten.

34. The publisher overstated the number of their newspapers mainly to ______.

A. attract more readers                                              B. hide the truth that their circulation fell

C. avoid being punished                                             D. charge the advertisers more money

   Born in the State of New York on May 14th, 1984, Mark Zuckerberg was an instant success. In his high school years, he was considered one of top students in the classics, before moving into the arts, sciences, and literature, again picking up high marks and receiving academic praise. It earned him admission to Harvard University.

    As a rebellious yet relatively quiet student, he created a website called Facemash in the university– an instantly controversial website that encouraged students to rate each other based on appearance.

    The site was controversial for several reasons. The first was its illegal use of photographs, which the university and students took issue with. The second was its controversial nature – not every student like being ranked based on their appearance. The third was its huge resource use – while it was hosted on Harvard servers, it was the most popular page in the university’s entire network.

    Zuckerberg was soon forced to shut the site down, but its popularity and controversy had made him consider its future potential. He soon turned the simple site into a personal one for Harvard students, encouraging them to network with their peers at the college. It was then, together with his two friends, that they launched “The Facebook”, which immediately spread to other colleges and grew into a public service that anyone could access in the United States, whether to network with friends and family, or to play games.

    The company has been criticized frequently, nevertheless, Zuckerberg has remained true to his initial vision – to create a website that the entire world can use to communicate openly and easily with one another and to keep the user experience clean and pure. The end result is one of the world’s biggest online businesses.

    Although its true value is debatable, it’s safe to say that Facebook, and its creator Mark Zuckerberg, are two of the twenty-first century’s most influential, controversial, and potentially powerful figures.           

24. When Mark Zuckerberg was a student, he_____________________.

   A. was often praised by teachers for the website he created

   B. had good academic performance

   C. alone created a website called Facebook

   D. encouraged students to set up business like him

25. The reason why Zuckerberg shut the site down was probably that__________.

   A. his website was not popular

   B. he was doubted for the way he used photographs

   C. he needed time to reconsider his choice

   D. he stole resource on Harvard server

26. Which words can best describe Zuckerberg?

A. easy-going and smart.                     B. quiet and shy.

C. talented and outgoing.                     D. rebellious and creative.

27. The best title of the passage should be________________.

   A. Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook         B. The Foundation of Facebook

   C. A Talent from Harvard University              D. The Development of Facebook

The Internet makes it easier for companies___________________ (和……保持联系) customers and companies in other countries. (touch)

 I'm interested in a one­bed room. Do you have any ________？

A．convenient           B．available          C．possible        D．personal

The ruins of Moore, Oklahoma, a town destructed for the fourth time in 14 years by a major tornado（龙卷风）, are a reminder that current building codes(规范) can’t do much to prevent property destruction and loss of life, especially when a powerful tornado cuts through town. But the total death number can be reduced when people take shelter in underground storm bunkers（碉堡）and hardened safe rooms.

The tornado that carved a path of destruction through Moore took 24 lives. Its winds were clocked at 400 kilometers per hour. With only 15 minutes’ warning, residents fled town or took refuge（避难）in the firmest corners of their homes. The luckiest were able to climb into shelters or move to safe rooms.

In Moore those rooms saved lives. But at two schools destroyed by Monday's tornado, no such shelter was available. Leslie Chapman Henderson is CEO of a non-profit group called the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes. She's an advocate for tornado safe rooms.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

“The safe room is an interior（内部）room of the home that has been reinforced（加固）and tested to withstand high wind. In fact, we’ve already heard of stories of survival of people who were in safe rooms, either above or below ground,” she said.

Better storm forecasts give people more time to react. But they need someplace safe to go. Buildings can be built to resist strong winds, but not like those in the F-5 tornado that touched down in Moore. Chapman Henderson says even the building codes that do exist are not widely adopted or enforced.

As its residents prepare to rebuild, Moore’s mayor is pushing for an order to make safe rooms compulsory in all new construction. Similar proposals were made following each of the previous tornado strikes, but none were adopted.

25. According to Chapman Henderson, which of the following does she probably agree with?

A. Building codes make a difference in preventing property destruction.

B. If people take shelter in safe rooms, nobody will die.

C. It is urgent to build tornado safe rooms.

D. Safe rooms can be built only underground.

26. What can we infer from the text? 

A. Moore has gone through tornado 4 times in total.

B. Chapman Henderson is Moore’s mayor.

C. Monday's tornado took 24 lives at two schools.

D. The Moore’s proposal might not be approved.

27. The underlined word “withstand ” in paragraph 4 probably means________.

A. oppose   B. resist   C. prevent   D. defeat