A new generation addiction(上瘾) is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism（网瘾）, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages. They surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat rooms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop, and it affects their lives.
Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. Such behavior has seriously affected teenagers and college students. They are likely to log(写日志) on computers and spend long hours at different websites.
They become hooked(着迷) on computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and don’t concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades and success at school. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.
They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society.
Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from society and live with their virtual(虚拟的) friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life. Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real life friends they have known all their life. It is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect all the world.
1.The main idea of the passage is about ________.
A. the popularity of weboholism
B. the advantage of weboholism
C. the effect of weboholism
D. the cause of weboholism
2.We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers
B. students can hardly balance real and virtual life
C. people are addicted to games on the Internet
D. virtual life is more vivid and attractive than real life
3.Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism?
A. People addicted to the web often become inactive in real life.
B. The chat room language may change social culture.
C. The problem will be getting more and more serious later.
D. It leads to the development of the web.
It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other place.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future.
But the dream didn’t last long. The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
1.Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?
A. The frogs made too much noise.
B. They need money to buy medicine.
C. They wanted to please the visitors.
D. The frogs were easy money.
2.What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?
A. The crops didn’t do well.
B. There were too many insects.
C. The visitors brought in diseases.
D. The pesticides were overused.
3.What can we infer(推断) from the last sentence of the text?
A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.
B. Health is more important than money.
C. The harmony between humans and nature is important.
D. Good old days will never be forgotten.
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，请给你的外教Mr. Black写一封邮件，邀请他参加你们学校举行的英语读书会(reading circle)活动，邮件的内容包括：
1. 介绍读书活动的相关信息（例如：时间、地点、活动目的、内容等）；
2. 说明你发出邀请的原因；
3. 询问对方的意向。
注意： 1. 词数不少于100词；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. Black,
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处，每处仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Every boy and every girl are eager for success. But what can we succeed in life? Here are my opinions:
First, we must be friendly and kindly. It allows us to make friends but survive wherever we are. Second, we must set a goal, which motivates us to pursue our dreams. Third, it’s better to believe in us. Only with self-confidence we realize our goals. Fourth, we should develop good characters, such as a strong will and diligence, because good qualities help us to hold on to our dreams since we get into the trouble.
As far as I’m concerning, success belongs to those who keep on trying. So let’s take actions now!
Irish, Japanese, Chinese scientists share the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. William Campbell, Staoshi Omura and Tu Youyou jointly won the prize__1.__their work against diseases, the award-giving body said on Monday.
Campbell___2.___(bear) in Ireland and Japanese Omura won half of the prize for discovering a new drug, ___3.__ has helped the battle against river blindness, as well as showing __4.__(power) effect against other diseases.
The Chinese scientist Tu Youyou also discovered artemisinin(青嵩素), a drug that has ___5.__(sharp) reduced the death rate for patients ____6.__(suffer) from malaria(疟疾). She is also the first Chinese citizen __7.__(win) the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The prize winning is __8.__honor for China’s science cause and traditional Chinese medicine.
“These two __9.___(discover) provide humankind with a new way to fight these diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people annually. The award for Tu Youyou is the result of major change in the way China performs scientific research. China __10.__(spend) a lot of money on such research over the past years,” a member of the Nobel committee said.
阅读下面短文，从文后所给各题的四个选项（A. B C D ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Over the years, thanks to my life’s obstacles(障碍), I understood the meaning of faith and the strong will to survive. It was Hurricane Ike that made me fully __ the beauty of our strength and a human’s motivation to ____ .
Mom had a two-week____in summer. While we enjoyed our holiday in Southeast Texas, we didn’t realize the fact that Ike____cause months and likely years of “labor”. By September 7th, the “eyes of Texas” were watching Hurricane Ike more____, making the typical mad rush for last-minute hurricane____. Two days later, both oil and ice were in____demand.
In the early hours of September 11th, some neighbors were planning to____the storm in their homes,____others were making final preparations to get away. At first, we decided to stay. But that afternoon, the Houston-Galveston area would be on the more___side of the storm. Mom and I packed some of our most____ belongings in the car and____the East Texas town of Lufkin.
As Ike pushed farther inland, we____ power in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next-door neighbor told us via cell phone that our____ had remained well. Our hopes could not have been ___ . But a few hours later, the neighbors reported that our brick chimney had____ , and it was sitting on our living room, ____ a hole in the roof between two skylights (天窗).
We wouldn’t be allowed to return home ____ September 17th. I climbed upstairs, and looked toward the hole in the roof which showed a beautiful blue sky.
Without hesitation, I shouted, “Wow! A third skylight!”
My neighbors could not believe I was making jokes____ crying, but ___ is always good medicine. It was with that joke that I knew, given time, everything would be okay.
1.A. observe B. appreciate C. explore D. improve
2.A. work B. apologize C. recover D. change
3.A. vacation B. journey C. meeting D. schedule
4.A. must B. might C. should D. would
5.A. closely B. constantly C. warningly D. differently
6.A. adventure B. equipment C. supplies D. reports
7.A. basic B. high C. pure D. neat
8.A. get through B. put away C. test out D. suffer from
9.A. since B. when C. until D. while
10.A. dangerous B. abundant C. peaceful D. awesome
11.A. available B. concrete C. precious D. potential
12.A. set out B. headed for C. settled down D. watched out
13.A. provided B. reduced C. produced D. lost
14.A. garden B. house C. pool D. yard
15.A. clearer B. wilder C. lower D. higher
16.A. passed B. stood C. gone D. followed
17.A. leaving B. digging C. filling D. kicking
18.A. by B. before C. until D. after
19.A. in spite of B. instead of C. apart from D. in terms of
20.A. faith B. will C. strength D. laughter
