Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines of the passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with the Internet.From the passage we can see that ________ when people get newspapers.
| A．they read them very carefully |
| B．they just read the headlines |
| C．not everyone reads all the pages |
| D．they have no time to read them |
People read newspapers in order to .
| A．learn the latest news |
| B．meet their own different needs |
| C．read the short stories |
| D．find the morning news |
The underlined word “publish” means “________” in the passage.
| A．出售 | B．印刷 | C．出版 | D．排版 |
Newspapers have so many pages because .
| A．more and more people like to read them |
| B．people enjoy reading something different |
| C．newspapers become cheaper |
| D．more pages mean more money |
According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get infor mation from .
| A．magazines | B．advertisements |
| C．e-mails | D．the Internet |
During the tsunami(海啸)disaster of 2004，over 300,000 people died．No one has counted the number of animals killed，but we know that it wasn't many．All over the region，before the disaster struck，animals were behaving strangely.
Shortly before the tsunami，in Khaolak，Thailand，twelve elephants that were giving tourists rides became agitated．They suddenly left their usual habitat，carrying four surprised Japanese tourists to safety．On the eastern coast of India，flamingos(火烈鸟)，which should be breeding at this time of year，suddenly flew to higher ground．Of the two thousand wild pigs that live in an Indian nature reserve，only one was found dead after the tsunami．
The idea that the animals are able to predict disasters is nothing new. In fact，it has been well-recorded over the years. Twelve hours before Hurricane Charlie hit Florida in 2004，fourteen sharks left their natural habitat and stayed in deep waters for two weeks. The sharks，which were being observed by US scientists，had never done this before．They escaped the hurricane．In the winter of 1975 in Haicheng，China，snakes which would normally have been hibernating(冬眠)were seen on the ground．Days later there was a big earthquake striking．
Unlike human beings，wild animals' senses are sharper and they can feel even the smallest changes in the environment．In other words，they see natural warnings that are invisible to the human eye．Ancient people probably had the similar“senses”, which they needed to survive，but these have been lost to us as modern technology leads us further away from the danger that nature creates.
The real question is，can we use the reactions of animals to save ourselves from natural disasters? Animal behaviour expert，Rupesh Kaneira，believes we have no choice．“The technology which we rely on isn't always perfect，and in poorer countries it isn't even available(可用的)．Animals know the environment better than any of us．When they run for their lives，we must follow．”The underlined word “agitated”in Paragraph 2 probably means．
| A．worried and nervous | B．tired and uneasy |
| C．disappointed and sad | D．excited and happy |
The wild animals can predict the natural disasters because they．
| A．can run for their lives when natural disasters happen |
| B．don't have any modern technology to help them |
| C．are being observed and tracked for scientific experiments |
| D．are quick to notice the slightest changes in the environment |
How is the third paragraph developed?
| A．By giving explanations | B．By listing examples． |
| C．By presenting the reasons． | D．By comparing the differences． |
The best title of the passage might be．
| A．Few Animals Died in the Tsunami | B．Animals React to Disasters |
| C．Animals can Survive Disasters | D．Following Animals may Save Us |
As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is important for a healthy mind and body.
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not such a bad thing as it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital（important）to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health. The amount of stress a person can stand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress; others lose heart at the first sign of unusual difficulties. When faced with stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between “flight or fight ” and in more primitive（原始的）days the choices made the difference between life or death. The crises（危机）we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same reaction. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued suffering from stress, that health becomes endangered. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives （it would be unwise to do so even if we could）, we need to find ways to deal with it. According to the passage, the most important character of a good manager is ______.
| A．strong will to hold out stress | B．having control over performance |
| C．high sense of responsibility | D．knowing the art of relaxation |
People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because ______.
| A．they are traveling very often |
| B．they believe that work is more important than relaxation |
| C．they regard working as their greatest enjoyment |
| D．they are becoming busier with their work than ever before |
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
| A．It’s easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work. |
| B．Stress is always harmful to people’s health. |
| C．We can find quite a few ways to avoid stress. |
| D．Different people can bear different amount of stress. |
According to the passage, the right attitude towards stress is to______.
| A．find some relaxation | B．regard it as a vital motivation |
| C．face it and overcome it | D．avoid it |
高三阶段学习比较紧张，正确的学习方法尤为重要。下表显示了两位同学不同的学习方法，请简述并发表你的观点。 字数在100---120之间。文章开头已经给出。
| 学习方法 |
李华 |
王海 |
你的观点 |
| 白天 |
上课专心听讲，尽可能经常向老师请教疑难问题。 |
上课打瞌睡，漏掉了许多要点。 |
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| 晚上 |
花较少时间完成作业，早点休息，上课经常保持旺盛的精力 |
花较多的时间完成作业，熬夜学习，导致注意力无法集中。 |
参考词汇： attentively专心 energetic精力旺盛
concentrate on集中精力于 effectively有效地
Li Hua and Wang Hai are two students of Senior Three．．Both of them work hard but they have different learning methods．
Most painters discover a style of painting that is fit for them and stick to that, especially if people admire their pictures. But Picasso, the great Spanish painter, was like a man who had not yet found his own particular style of painting. He kept on struggling to find the perfect expression till his death in 1973.
Some of Picasso's painting are rich, soft colored and beautiful. Others are ugly and cruel and strange. But such paintings allow us to imagine things for ourselves. They force us to say to ourselves,“What does he see that makes him paint like that?” And we begin to look under the surface of the things we see..
Picasso painted thousands of pictures in different styles. Sometimes he painted the natural look of things. Sometimes he seemed to break them apart and throw the pieces in our faces. He showed us what the mind knows as well as what the eyes see. At the age of 90,he remained as curious about the world as he had been when he was young. That is why people have called him “the youngest painter in the world.”The ugly cruel and strange paintings by Picasso _______.
| A．make us try to notice something latent(隐藏) in the things |
| B．allow us to ask questions about them |
| C．force us to question anything we see |
| D．cause us to think what Picasso saw was different from what we see |
The sentence “Sometimes he seemed to break them apart and throw the pieces in our faces” means _____.
| A．sometimes he tore his pictures into pieces |
| B．he broke something he was painting and threw them away |
| C．sometimes he showed some broken pictures to others |
| D．things in some of his pictures seem to be in disorder |
Why have people called Picasso “the youngest painter in the world?”
| A．Because he observed things with the eye and the mind. |
| B．Because he looked young when he was old. |
| C．Because he never stopped painting he was old. |
| D．Because he never gave up looking for something new. |
The year was 1932. Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small single—engined aeroplane. At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into bad weather. To make things worse, her altimeter (高度表) failed and she didn’t know how high she was flying. At night, and in a storm, a pilot is in great difficulty without an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly plunged (冲) into the sea.
Just before dawn, there was further trouble. Amelia noticed flames (火焰) coming from the engine. Would she be able to reach land? There was nothing to do except to keep going and to hope.
In the end, Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland, and for the courage she had shown, she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe. When she returned to the United States, she was honored by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House. From that time on, Amelia Earhart was famous.
What was so important about her flight? Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean alone, and she had set a record of fourteen hours and fifty—six minutes.
In the years that followed, Amelia Earhart made several flights across the United States, and on each occasion (时刻) she set a new record for flying time. Amelia Earhart made these flights to show that women had a place in aviation (航空) and that air travel was useful.Which of the following statements is NOT the difficulty which Amelia Earhart met in her flight from north America to England?
| A．She was caught in a storm. | B．The altimeter went out of order. |
| C．Her engine went wrong. | D．She lost her direction. |
When Amelia Earhart saw flames coming from the engine, what did she do?
| A．She did nothing but pray for herself. |
| B．She changed her direction and landed in Ireland. |
| C．She continued flying. |
| D．She lost hope of reaching land. |
Which of the following statements was NOT mentioned?
A. She was the first woman who succeeded in flying across the Atlantic Ocean alone.
B. She showed great courage in overcoming the difficulties during the flight.
C She was warmly welcomed in England, Europe and the United States.
D. She made plans to fly around the world. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
| A．Amelia Earhart—First Across the Atlantic. |
| B．Amelia Earhart—Pioneer in Women’s Aviation. |
| C．A New Record for Flying Time. |
| D．A Dangerous Flight from North America to England. |