Mr. Yao impressed the students his creative ideas and humorous words.
A．in B．of C．with D．from
书面表达（共1小题）
假如你是学生会主席张伟，在中美学生交流活动中，美国学生下周二来到你们学校学习一个月，你代表全体同学给他们写一份电子邮件，对美国中学生的到来表示欢迎。
写作特点：
1.开学初学生们的近况（如：准备运动会，艺术节等）
2.给出一些生活提示（天气：多云，温度: 0--15）
3.介绍你们学校的情况（学生3000多人，所学科目：数学，语文，英语等）
4.介绍你校经常举行课余活动及益处。
Dear friends,
How are you doing?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
The president of the School Union , Zhang Wei
（A）
One October during the Cold War, two gray whales were swimming near Alaska. It was time for them to 1. to Mexico for the winter. But these two whales didn’t leave in time, and they were 2. under the ice. The Inuits, the native people of Alaska tried to help. They cut large holes in the ice so the whales could 3. . But the ice stretched for kilometers around them. It 4. too late. Now it was impossible for the whales to escape and move south. The Inuits knew that they needed an icebreaker. An icebreaker is a 5. boat that can cut through ice.
（B）
Are quick decisions always wrong?
People should never make quick decisions without fully considering the factors that are affecting their decisions and the consequences of different decisions.
When people make quick decisions, they seldom care anything about the situation. Situation is a very important factor in making a right decision. Different decisions cause different results, so it is very important to make a decision carefully. People who make quick decisions do not have time to look around.
Secondly, there is a popular belief that people should decide quickly in order to catch chances. Unfortunately, that is completely wrong. "Chance favors the prepared mind," as a famous saying goes. Only when you 
have fully prepared, can you really grab a good chance when time come.
Life is not a lottery. Only when you make careful decisions based on the facts that are provided for you, can you win. If you make quick decisions, you may lose everything down to your underwear.
（C）
The South China Sea Islands which are about 164.74 k㎡, are made up of the East Sand Islands, the West Sand Islands, the Middle Sand Islands, the South Sand Islands and the Yellow Rock Island.
The South China Sea Islands lie in the place where the shipping ways meet between the Pacific and the Indian oceans. And they are very important to not only for transportation but also for national defense(国防). Long ago, their first islanders, the ancestors (祖先) of the Chinese people began to live there and started building buildings so China has always had full sovereignty (主权) over the area. The PLA told the world that the islands are part of province o
f Hainan Island.
The South China Sea Islands have rich natural resources and sea products on the islands and under their nearby seafloor, such as oil, gas, fish, animals and sea plants as food.
任务1：用方框中所给词的适当形式填空 (每空一词，每词限用一次)
任务2：根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。
6.s a condition or position in which you find yourself
7.c to think about
任务3：同义句转换，每空一词。
Different decisions cause different results.
Different results 8. 9. by different decisions.
任务4：根据短文(B)内容简答问题。
10.When people make quick decisions, what do they seldom care ?_______________________
任务5：根据短文(C)内容完成表格，每空一词。
11._________
12._________
13._________
14._________
15._________
阅读填空（共2小题）
填入一个适当的词补全对话，每空一词。Waiter：Hello, madam. Can I help you?
Jennifer: We’d like a table for two.
Waiter: This way, please. (After they have sat down) Excuse me, may I take your ___1.___
Jennifer: I’ll have a cheese burger and some fries. What would you like ,Alice?
Alice: I’ll try a double cheeseburger.
Waiter: would you like a drink 2. that?
Alice: An orange juice, please. What about you, Jennifer?
Jennifer: Hmm, 3. like a cup of coffee.
Waiter: Anything 4. ?
Jennifer: No, thanks. Alice, you’re going to London tomorrow?
Alice: Yes, I’ll go there 5. business.
Jennifer: Oh, how 6. will you stay there?
Alice: Two weeks.
Jennifer: Oh, I’ll miss you, but in any case, 7. you a good journey.
Alice: Thanks, I hope so.
信息匹配（共1小题）
从A-J选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。（选项中有两项是多余的）
A: Li Hua, the Entrance Examination to High School is coming. Also, the summer vacation is near. 1. ?
B: I'm going to visit my grandparents in the countryside.
A: Oh, I’ve never been to the countryside. 2. .
B: Of course. I always lose myself in the animals in a more natural environment. Where are you going?
A: 3. .
B: Sounds great! 4. ?
A: Tsinghua University, Peking University and so on, if possible. 5.
B: So have I. However, my grandparents miss me very much.
A: 6.
B: That depends on the weather. 7. .
A: Wow, that would be wonderful. I hope you’ll have a good time. Will you please e-mail me some photos of the countryside?
B: 8. .
A sandstorm is a kind of strong wind that blows over the desert. It raises sand and dust into the air and makes it difficult to see the sun and it reduces visibility of most to zero. It is also known as a dust storm. Some storms are usually the result of convection currents（对流气流）caused by the strong heating of the ground. Then wind is usually strong enough to move a small hill of sand. It can make travel very difficult and can even destroy roads in flat dry areas such as those in the United States.
The Simoom is the strong hot wind that comes across the Sahara and Arabian desert. This wind is the reason for much of the dust in the air over Europe. Evidence（证据）of the dust from Simoom wind has also been found at the bottom of the sea at a long distance from the shore.
Alasksi is the strongest sandstorm. It can destroy all the things in his way. It is very dangerous. It has killed more than one hundred people in the area. The Haboob is a sandstorm that often happens in the area of Sudan around Khartoum. Sandstorms, the height as 5,000 ft (1,525m), also happened, although not often in the United States. It is stronger than the Simoom. One that appeared near Tucson, Arizona, on July 16, 1971, was widely proved by meteorologists.（天文学家）。
1.Which of the following is not a name of sandstorm?
A. Simoom
B. Haboob
C. Khartoum
2.The underlined word "visibility" may mean_______ in Chinese.
A. 模糊度
B. 能见度
C. 对流度
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Sandstorms carry lots of sand and dust.
B. Sandstorms are also known as rainstorms
C. Sandstorms are usually the result of wind.
4._____shows the right picture of the three sandstorms in the correct way.
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. When sandstorms happen
B. Where sandstorms happen
C. What sandstorms are
