A.It’s 8:30. B.It’s on January 3rd. C.It’s Monday
A.Yes， it is. B.Yes, I am C.No. it doesn’t
第一节听下面五个句子,选择与句子内容相符的选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。每个句子读两遍。
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3.___________
4._________
5._________
At night, you fall asleep while listening to beautiful music.1.You can enjoy all of these things because of one important organ (器官) — the ears. March 3 is Ear Care Day. It helps us remember the importance of our ears and encourages us to take good care of them.
You may wonder: how do the ears work? The ear has three different parts: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear, The outer ear is the part you can see.2.The sound then travels down to middle ear, the inner ear and then to your brain.
3.Your ears keep on hearing sounds, but your brain just ignores them. That’s why you may sometimes wake up suddenly in the middle of the night — your brain heard something, but you don’t know what it was, since you were asleep.
But ears do more than hear.4.In the inner ear, there are organs that are filled with liquid and covered in small hairs. When you move your head, the liquid and hairs move, too. They send messages to your brain about the position (位置) of your head.
More surprisingly, ears even help with tasting food.5.But there are nerves ( 神经) running through the middle ear that connect the tongue to the brain.
The ears are truly important organs with many functions (功能). Everyone should make sure to protect their own ears as well as they can.
A. Of course, you don’t actually taste food with your ears.
B. Your ears never stop working, even when you are asleep!
C. In the morning, you are woken up by the singing of birds outside.
D. They help you keep your balance, too.
E. It collects sound around you.
Sand is a common sight in the world. But you might not know that sand is also a useful resource (资源).
Sand is the second most-used resource in the world after water, the BBC reported. However, the UN said that sand is not limitless and that we might be running out of it.
Sand is made up of very small pieces of rock, soil and minerals (矿物质). It can take tens of thousands of years to form.
But now we are using sand more quickly than it is being formed. According to the BBC, we use about 15 billion tons of sand every year to build houses, roads and other things.
People also put sand in the sea to make new islands. Singapore, for example, is now 20 percent bigger than it was in 1965. Palm islands are three large man-made islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. They took 94 million cubic meters of sand to build.
If people keep using this much sand, it will run out in many places. For example, Vietnam may run out of construction (建造) sand by 2020, Live Science noted.
Since people need so much sand, they are trying to mine (开采) more of it. But this is bad for the environment. Mining sand may cause beaches to disappear and more floods to happen in places close to the sea. Also, this may affect the habitats (栖息地) of many plants and animals.
1.What does the story tell us about sand?
A.It can only be found on beaches. B.It is the most-used resource in the world.
C.It can never be used up. D.It can be used to build houses.
2.According to the passage, which country is using sand to build islands?
A.Singapore and Vietnam. B.Singapore and United Arab Emirates.
C.Britain and America. D.United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.
3.Every year, we use about________tons of sand.
A.94 million B.20 billion C.20 million D.15 billion
4.We are running out of sand because________.
A.there is only a little sand in the world B.we are using sand too quickly
C.we cannot mine enough sand D.our environment is badly polluted
5.In places close to the sea, more floods will happen because of________.
A.overmining of sand B.climate change
C.the increasing size of certain islands D.the death of some plants
High above the city, stood the statue (雕像) of the Happy Prince. He was covered all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires (蓝宝石), and a large red ruby (红宝石) on his clothes.
One day, a Swallow (燕子) arrived at the city and stayed between the feet of the Happy Prince. But just as he was putting his head under his wings a large drop of water fell on him. “What is the use of a statue if it cannot keep the rain off?” he said. Then he looked up and saw the eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears, and tears were running down his golden face. His face was so beautiful in the moonlight that the little Swallow was filled with pity.
“Who are you?” he said. “I am the Happy Prince.”
“Why are you weeping then?” asked the Swallow.
“When I was alive and had a human heart,” answered the statue, “I did not know what tears were, for I lived in a palace. In the daytime I played with my friends in the garden, and in the evening I danced in the Great Hall. Everyone called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was. So I lived, and so I died. And now that I am dead they have set me up here so high that I can see all the ugly and terrible things of my city, and though my heart is made of lead ( 铅 ) yet I cannot choose but weep.”
1.What was the statue of the Happy Prince mostly made of?
A.Sapphire B.Ruby C.Gold D.Lead
2.Which of the following words has the similar meaning to the underlined word “weep”?
A.rain B.cry C.talk D.smile
3.Why did the little Swallow pity the Happy Prince?
A.Because he looked very sad in the moonlight.
B.Because he died in the moonlight.
C.Because he looked very beautiful in the moonlight.
D.Because he lost his palace.
4.Why was he called the Happy Prince?
A.Because he once lived a happy life in the palace.
B.Because everyone wanted him to be happy.
C.Because he liked to laugh very much.
D.Because he could make everyone happy.
5.What made the Happy Prince sad?
A.His death B.The dark side of his city
C.The beautiful moonlight D.The terrible weather
