---After two weeks of tennis lessons. I think I can finally improve my backhand(反手击球).

---Like my mom always says. “     .”

A. It’s a piece of cake               B. It serves you right

C. Practice makes perfect              D. Use it or lose it

Chinese parents believe _____ is better for children to live with parents who can _____ care of them.

A. that; take         B. it; be taken        C. that; be taken        D. it; take

---Can you explain this word?

---No. You'd better ______ in the dictionary.

A. look it after      B. look it up

C. look for it        D. look at it

书面表达。76. 2014年起，连云港市政府为解决本市居民出行的“最后一公里”问题，逐步投入公共自行车，这是便民、环保的一个有力举措。截至2015年4月，城市主干道、BRT站、小区等多处已全方位配套此设施。作为中学生，你要推广公共自行车的好处，让更多的人知道政府此举的重要性，呼吁人们少开车，多骑行，保护环境。

要点如下：

1.骑公共自行车出行方便，可以随时租还。

2.缓解交通拥挤，不仅省时间，还省钱。

3.可以健身，减肥。

4.欣赏沿途风光，心情好。

5.你的呼吁……（至少2句）

要求：1.短文必须包含所有要点，适当发挥，行文要连贯。

2. 80词左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Now, public bikes are widely used in Lianyungang. I think it’s a good thing.

请同学们认真思考，仔细答题，加油！

任务型阅读。请阅读下面短文，在短文后表格中的空白处填上适当的单词（注意：每空1个单词）

You may know that more people drink coffee than tea around the world. And that, after oil, it is the second biggest traded commodity(商品). You may also know that the drink comes from beans which are first roasted and then ground(研磨). But what else do you know about this popular drink?

It is said that the story of coffee started with an Ethiopian(埃塞俄比亚) sheepherd named Kaldi. One day Kaldi was surprised to see that his goats were behaving very strangely. Instead of eating grass quietly, they were jumping around, almost dancing. He also noticed some red “cherries” from a plant that the goats were eating. He tried some himself and was surprised by the feeling of extreme happiness and excitement. He felt like dancing too!

But it wasn’t used as a drink at first. It was used as food. The coffee berries, mixed with animal fat, were used by monks to stay awake during long hours of prayer. From Ethiopia, coffee was later planted in Yemen and the first hot drink was developed there around AD 1000. Three centuries later，drinking coffee became popular among Muslims(穆斯林) and as Islam spread, so did coffee. Coffee houses appeared in Cairo and Mecca.

For hundreds of years the plants were protected safely. But some beans were smuggled(偷运) and taken to India. In the 17th century, coffee was soon grown in other places. From India to Indonesia, a century later the beans were once again smuggled to Brazil. Brazil is now the largest coffee producer in the world.

It was the caffeine(咖啡因)that made the goats dance and kept the monks awake. Although it is found in other soft drinks and tea, coffee has the most caffeine. In the short term, a couple of cups of coffee can prevent tiredness and delay sleep. But several cups a day, every day, can cause uncomfortable feelings.

完成句子。根据所给汉语和句子意思，用英语补全句子。

1.—I think Maths is so difficult ，but it’s useful, isn’t it?

—Yes, you’d better                               (不要放弃学习它). It will help you much in the future.

2.Huang River is_______________________________(第二长河) in China.

3.When I saw a big dog , a moment of fear ___________________（我的脑中掠过一阵恐惧）.

4.You should take a rest _______________________________(在辛苦了一天的工作后).

5.—Did your Dad visit Lianyungang，a beautiful seaside city？

—Yes，he                                      (去那里出差两次).

选词填空

1. —Would you like to go to the cinema with me?

— I’m sorry. I ________________for the coming exam .It’s so important for me.

2.When I sit in front of my computer, I can’t stop __________the icon “Games” to play games.

3.The bad weather                 me               the house.

4.If it doesn’t rain, the final of the volleyball match                         in the Sports Centre.

5. I like our Chinese teacher because he always ___________when I am in trouble.

6.It’s raining outside. Sally, _____________your raincoat .

7. He was late for school this morning because of                .

8. —Tom, look at the new house. Is it nice?

—Oh, it’s so good. I am eager to have a room                   .

9. —Do you like tea？

—Oh, yes. Tea                    widely in my hometown.

10. —Have you __________________ Mr. Green since he left our town? –Never.

根据短文意思和所给首字母，写出一个完整正确的单词。

South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun’s popularity has swept（横扫） 1.a        Asia. He 2.g      so popular because of the role he played in the popular TV drama My love from the Star. This is not the first success for the young star. Since he 3.b      a professional actor seven years ago, Kim has4.w      more than 20 prizes for acting. Kim’s serious attitude（态度）towards acting brings 5.h      great success.

As you can see, attitude is everything. Your success depends on your attitude!

根据句意和汉语提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

1.—Dad, must we wait until the light becomes green?

—Yes, I’m afraid we have to. That’s the             （交通）rule.

2. The TV program Super Brain is so             （极好的，美妙的）that it is well worth watching．

3.As times goes, my grandmother can’t see as             (清楚) as she used to.

4. I              (骑) a bicycle to school, but now I am used to walking to keep fit.

5. It is said that             （大量）of tourists went travelling this May Day holiday.

A new study finds that plants communicate with one another to warn of danger.

We often consider plants as the furniture of the natural world. They don’t move; they don’t make sounds, they don’t seem to act on anything. But as is often the case, plants talk to each other all the time. And the language is chemical.

Over the years, scientists have reported that different types of plants, from trees to tomatoes, give out chemicals into the air to help neighboring plants. These chemical warnings can spread information about one plant’s disease or infestation(虫害), so other plants can protect themselves. But how plants receive and act on many of the information exactly is still mysterious.

In this week’s Science Magazine, researchers in Japan offered some explanations. They have found out one chemical message and traced it all the way from beginning to end.

The scientists looked at tomato plants infested by a common pest(害虫). To start out, they grew plants in two separate plastic spaces connected by a tube(管子). One plant was infested and placed upwind and the other was uninfested and placed downwind. The downwind plants were later exposed(暴露) to the pest. The results showed that plants near sick neighbors before were able to protect themselves better against the pest.

They found one chemical appeared more often in the exposed plants. The chemical is called HexVic. The scientists discovered where HexVic come from, and put it over healthy plants. Those plants were then able to produce HexVic. Researchers made sure that uninfested plants could fight off bugs and diseases. How do they know when to protect themselves? They are warned first by their friendly plant neighbors.

It is not a simple story, and it may be happening in more plant species than tomatoes. It may also be happening with more chemical signals that are still unknown to us. In a word, we know that plants not only communicate, but also look out for one another.

1.The underlined “traced” in the fourth paragraph probably means _________ here.

A. reported   B. followed   C. doubted   D. developed

2.For scientists, which are the right steps to watch tomato plants infested by a pest?

①Place the infested plant upwind.

②Place the uninfested plant downwind.

③Expose the downwind plants to the pest.

④Grow plants in two separate plastic spaces connected by a tube.

A. ③①②④     B. ③④①②   C. ④①②③   D. ④③①②

3. You can put the sentence “The researches also studied leaves from exposed plants and unexposed plants.” At the beginning of  ____________.

A. Paragraph 3  B. Paragraph 4      C. Paragraph 5      D. Paragraph 6

4.Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A. Communicating Plants and Terrible Diseases

B. Talking Plants and Friendly Warnings

C. Protecting Plants and Clear Information

D. Growing Plants and Mysterious Chemicals