Penguins live together，but each pair has a little piece of ground of their own.When a penguin wants to walk through its neighbor’s ground，it must ask permission.If it does not do that，it will have to fight.Most of the time，penguins live on the water.They eat shell fish and look after their children carefully.
All penguins are good parents—the male penguins are perhaps the best parents in the world. They walk in the sea in the middle of the dark Antarctic water. They choose their wives in the dark.They can only hear them—not see them.Then the female penguins lay their eggs and go away for about two months.The males take care of the eggs.If the eggs get cold，there will be no chicks.There is no food.The snow falls heavily and the wind blows strongly—sometimes at 150 kilometers an hour.The penguins do not move.When the females return from the sea，they will not remember their husbands.It does not matter.Only one thing matters—the eggs.Male penguins never fight—unless a penguin leaves a chick for a minute.They then fight because they all want it.They are strange and wonderful birds.
1.It seems interesting and unusual that the male penguins choose their wives ______.
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A．when the female penguins return from the sea |
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B．just by hearing in the darkness |
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C．each time they see the lovely females |
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D．after they have had their own grounds |
2.Male penguins fight when ______.
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A．they choose their wives |
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B．they see a chick left alone |
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C．they want to get something to eat |
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D．they walk through their neighbors’ ground |
3.From the passage we know that ______.
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A．penguins live a hard life |
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B．penguins live in pairs |
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C．penguins will fight if one walks through others’ ground without permission |
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D．each penguin has a little piece of ground of its own |
4.The penguins choose their wives in the dark. We can infer that ______.
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A．penguins like nights very much |
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B．there is no daytime in that place at all |
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C．the weather is cloudy and rainy all the year around |
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D．the sun can’t shine there for nearly half a year every year |
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
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A．Female penguins take care of the eggs. |
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B．Female penguins often have their new husbands. |
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C．Male penguins use their ears to choose wives. |
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D．Male penguins don’t move when they take care of eggs，even though the wind often blows strongly. |
Some teenagers admire those excellent artists who gain their success through their great efforts while ___16___ envy those young actresses who are discovered by famous directors and start glittering careers ___17___ their early 20s. Like Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi who were discovered by Zhang Yimou, the new lucky girl is 19-year-old Zhang Yuqi from Shandong Province.
__18__ (choose) by Hong Kong comedy actor and director Stephen Chow, Zhang made her first film performance in Chow's new successful movie, CJ7 or A Hope. The movie___19__(bring ) to the screen on January 31, 2008.
In the sci-fi movie, Chow plays a poor father working very hard to support his 9-year-old son. One day, Chow discovers a strange "toy" in the garbage __20__gives it to his son as a birthday present. Soon the "toy" turns out to be a communication device lost by aliens, who__21__(desperate) want it back. Zhang stars as his son's beautiful teacher, with __22__ Chow falls in love, not knowing that she is a robot. Although Zhang feels ___23___(fortune), as A Hope has made her__24__ overnight star, the student at Shanghai Drama Academy has to learn to adapt to the competitive film world.
"It's a good start, a good opportunity and a stressful challenge as well for__25__ age," Zhang said.
In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue 1 . One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet （小鹦鹉）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky what the sky looked like. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my horror , Perky flew off. The enormous, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue 2 and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.
I told Kathy about Perky's disappearance and I was anxious that she would blame me. But , unexpectedly, Kathy managed to 3 me. With fake optimism, she even tried to convince me that Perky would find a new 4 . But I was far too clever to 5 that such a thing was possible.
Decades later, I watched my own 6 growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the 7 of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the best of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed（宣称） to 8 the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. Then Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and ___9___that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.
"The best thing about Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the 10 we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just 11 down and landed on my finger."
When I was finally able to 12 , we examined the amazing evidence. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all 13 . It seems our two families had been 14 long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were 15 ! Perky lived!"
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阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
The arrival of World Book and Copyright Day always draws public attention to young people's reading, but mere temporary attention cannot increase the popularity of reading. The lack of reading books is becoming an increasingly severe problem in China.
According to a survey by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Shanghai residents read most in China, with only eight books read a year on average. About 1.3 billion Chinese people read less than one book every year, if textbooks are not taken into account.
Nowadays, children's spare time is occupied by attending various tutorial classes, taking exam preparation training, and learning piano, painting, dancing, weiqi, or other techniques.
"Childhood is a good period for reading literature. Reading can wake up the true nature of children, and good education should fit children's nature," said Zhou Yimin, who is also a teacher.
Scholars are also worried about another adverse impact of the lack of reading. "If a child had never read a book from beginning to end before the fourth grade, he or she may lack the ability to read an entire book," said Jiang Junjing, an experienced teacher. What is worse, it may result in a lack of the ability to grasp the whole situation. Children who lacked the ability to read an entire book in childhood may end up being unable to grasp the whole picture or manage the whole team when they grow up.
【写作内容】
1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点。
2. 以约120词表达你就 “阅读书籍”发表看法，并要包括下列要点：
（1）你认为阅读书籍重要吗？为什么？
（2）请举例说明你的观点。
【写作要求】
1. 作文中你可以使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不能直接引用原文中的句子。
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
假如你是学校的校报记者。以下是南中国海的简介，请你根据以下内容，写一篇英文的简介，发表在校报上。
地理位置: 位居太平洋和印度洋之间的航运要冲，在经济上、国防上都具有重要的意义。面积350多万平方公里，其中属于我国管辖范围的有210万平方公里左右。
气候特征：终年高温、雨量充沛。
资源：中国南海海洋鱼类有1500多种，其中很多具有极高的经济价值。
由于气候适宜、雨量充沛，生长着200多种高等植物。
海底资源十分丰富，尤其是海底石油和天然气储量巨大。
【写作内容】
请根据以上简介，写一篇南中国海的英文简介，内容包括：
1.地理位置；
2.气候特征；
3.资源；
【参考词汇】
航运要冲 a major shipping juncture
【写作要求】
只能使用5个英语句子表达全部内容。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
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首先请阅读下列电子产品的信息：
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A. Apple iPad 2 - Thinner, lighter and faster, and with better battery life than any other tablet on the market- 64 G hard drive - Enjoy the latest movies and music that you can download from Apple’s online iTunes store - Be the first to get the latest iOS5 operating system Price: $799
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B. Acer 765 laptop - Windows 7 operating system - 500G hard drive and 1.2Ghz processor - Best battery life of any laptop - Built in DVD/DC player and burner - Microsoft Office (Professional Edition) preinstalled - Internet ready Price: $1,500
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C. Sony-Ericsson Anio Smartphone - Powerful phone reception - 2.3 inch screen - Wifi and 3G internet capable - Mp3 and FM radio player built in - Hands-free headset included Price: $349
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D. Hewlett Packard Envy - The latest Windows 8 operating system - Cable and Wifi internet capable - 1T hard drive and 2.7Ghz processor - Latest graphic card supports all 3D movies and games - Free set of 3D glasses with purchase Price: $3,999 |
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E. Sony Desktop: - 320 G hard drive and 1Ghz processor - Has Wifi and cable internet connectivity - DVD-CD player so you can enjoy the latest song and movies. - Comes with Windows Office (Student Edition) Price: $ 499 |
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F. Ligo Media player - 4 Gigs of memory allows you to store up to 1500 of your favourite songs - Long lasting battery gives more than 24 hours of continuous use - Can play all common music files including mp3, wma, wav and avi Price: $65 |
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以下是五个人的购买意向。请匹配个人信息与适合的电子产品。
1.Jill wants a simple and cheap computer for her daughter’s bedroom that will let her daughter access the internet and run the programme she needs to do her homework.
2.Robert needs a computer for his frequent business trips. Besides checking email, looking for information online and preparing his reports he also wants to be able to watch some of his favourite DVD movies that he takes on his trip.
3.Li Hua is going on holidays and wants a machine that is portable, internet connected and good for multi media playing. As he will be on buses and trains a lot he is looking for something that can be used for a long time without a battery recharge.
4.John always wants to be the first to have the newest technology. He has had an iPad2 for over a year and now he wants to get a machine that will let him experience the latest innovations in games and movies.
5.Karen has recently put on a lot of weight so is planning to start jogging. As she is afraid she’ll get bored she wants a small, simple and inexpensive mp3 player to let her listen to her favourite music while she exercises.
