Here is a collection of some of the eccentric(古怪的)laws in the world. We can laugh , we can gasp, we can only wonder……

1. Think before you chew

In Singapore, chewing gum is prohibited. This rule was introduced because of the high cost and difficulty in removing stuck chewing gum from public premises. In particular, chewing gum stuck on the Mass Rapid Transit train doors stopped the train from moving. It happened a few times and those were a few times too many.

2. Lighten up

Drivers in Denmark are supposed to drive vehicles with their headlights on. You’d think this law would apply to night driving but it doesn’t . It is considered essential during the day as well or they may face a fine of up to ﹩100.Studies have shown that this has helped a lot to avoid road accidents in Denmark.

3. To fail﹥to jail

In Bangladeshi, children 15 and older can be put in jail for cheating on their final examinations. Every year, Bangladeshi government takes strong measures to stop cheating and carries out a massive media campaign to forewarn students through print and television.

4.Sue(控告) them pants!

In France, it is still against the law for women to wear pants. The law reportedly has been on the books since 1800. It was amended several times: once in 1892 to allow women to sport trousers while riding horses and again in 1909 to permit the ladies to wear pants while on bicycles.

5. The law with a flaw

In Georgia no bicycle shall be equipped, modified, or altered in such a way as to cause the pedal in its lowermost position to be more than 12 inches above the ground, nor shall any bicycle be operated if so equipped . The question is :Who would ride such a bike?

6. One Two Three Go!

In Massachusetts at a wake(守丧),mourners may eat no more than three sandwiches. It is one of those laws that was written in books and never removed since then. Bad manners, one might consider it, but in Massachusetts it is a criminal offense.

21. How many laws are mentioned in the passage?

A . Two                   B .Three        C. Six         D. Five

22. In which country is chewing gum not allowed ?

A. Singapore     B. America     C. France      D. China

23. Which is Not true according to the passage ?

A. In Bangladesh, children 15 and younger can be put in jail for cheating.

B. In Georgia no bicycle shall be equipped .

C. In France it is still against the law for women to wear pants.

D. Drivers in Denmark are supposed to drive vehicles with their headlights on.

Not all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares.

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly wipe out, the effect of painful memories.

In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France . The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced , not that the memories are wiped out . They are not sure to what degree people’s memories are affected.

The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.

Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after war.

They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.

“Some memories can ruin people’s lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions,” said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “This could relieve a lot of that suffering.”

But those who are against the research say that maybe the pills can change people’s memories and changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity. They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.

“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were terrible at the time but make us who we are . I’m not sure we want to wipe those memories out.” Said Rebcca Dresser , a medical ethicist.

24.The passage is mainly about

A. a new medical invention               B. a new research on the pill -

C. a way of wiping out painful memories    D. an argument about the research on the pill

25. The drug tested on people can

A. cause the brain to fix memories

B. stop people remembering bad experiences

C. prevent body producing certain chemicals

D. wipe out the emotional effect of memories

26.We can infer from the passage that

A. people doubt the effect of the pills

B. the pills will certainly stop people’s emotional memories

C. taking the pill will do harm to people’s physical health

D. the pill has already been produced and used by the public in the US

27. Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with in the last paragraph?

A. Some memories can ruin people’s lives.

B. People want to get rid of bad memories .

C. Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.

D. The pill will reduce people’s sufferings from bad memories.

With around 100 students scheduled to be in that 9:00 am Monday morning lecture, it is no surprise that almost 20 people actually make it to the class and only 10 of them are still awake after the first 15 minutes; it is not even a surprise that most of them are still in their pyjamas(睡衣). Obviously, students are terrible at adjusting their sleep cycles to their daily schedule.

All human beings possess a body clock. Along with other alerting(警报) systems, this governs the sleep/wake cycle and is therefore one of the main processes which govern sleep behaviour. Typically, the preferred sleep/wake cycle is delayed in adolescents, which leads to many students not feeling sleepy until much later in the evenings. This typical sleep pattern is usually referred to as the “night owl” schedule of sleep.

This is opposed to the “early bird” schedule, and is a kind of disorder where the individual tends to stay up much past midnight . Such a person has great difficulty in waking up in the mornings. Research suggests that night owls feel most alert and function best in the evenings and at night. Research findings have shown that about 20 percent of people can be classified as “night owls” and only 10 percent can be classified as “early birds” ——the other 70 percent are in the middle. Although this is clearly not true for all students, for the ones who are true night owls this gives them an excellent excuse for missing their lectures which unfortunately fall before midday.

28. What does the author stress in Paragraph 1 ?

A. Many students are absent from class.

B. Students are very tired on Monday mornings.

C. Students do not adjust their sleep patterns well.

D. Students are not well prepared for class on Mondays.

29. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?

A . Most students prefer to get up late in the morning.

B. Students don’t sleep well because of alerting systems.

C .One’s body clock governs the sleep/wake cycle independently.

D. Adolescents’ delayed sleep/wake cycle isn’t the preferred pattern.

30. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “classified”?

A. Criticized    B. Grouped     C. Organized        D. Named

31. What does the text mainly talk about?

A. Functions of the body clock.      B. The “night owl” phenomenon.

C. Human beings’ sleep behaviour.   D. The school schedule of “early birds”.

The surprising experiment I am about to describe proves that air is all around you and that it presses down upon you. Air pressure is a powerful force. When you swim underwater, you can feel water pushing on your body. The air all around you does the same. However, your body is so used to it that you do not notice this. The pressure is caused by a layer of air called the atmosphere. This layer surrounds the Earth, extending to about five kilometers above the Earth’s surface.

The following experiment is an easy one that you can do at home. But make sure that you are supervised, because you will need to use matches. Now for the experiment!

What you need

●A hard-boiled egg without the shell

●A bottle with a neck slightly smaller than the egg

●A piece of paper

● A match

Method

Check that the egg will sit firmly on the neck of the bottle.

Tear the paper into strips and put the strips into the bottle.

Light the paper by dropping a burning match into the bottle.

Quickly sit the egg on the neck of the bottle.

Result

Astonishingly, the egg will be sucked into the bottle. Your friends will be amazed when you show them the experiment. But be careful when you handle matches.

Why it happened

As the paper burns, it needs oxygen and uses up the oxygen(air) in the bottle. The egg acts as a seal in the neck of the bottle，so no more air can get inside. This reduces the air pressure inside the bottle. The air pressure must equalize, so more air from outside must enter the bottle. The outside air presses against the egg and then the egg is pushed into the bottle! This proves that air is all around and that it is pressing down on us.

32. Why is there the need to take care when you are doing the experiment?

A. The bottle could break.

B. You need to light the paper with a match.

C. The egg needs to be shelled.

D. The egg has to be perfectly placed on the neck of the bottle.

33. In the experiment, the burning inside the bottle can          .

A .equalize the air pressure inside and outside

B. make a seal in the neck of the bottle

C. finish up the oxygen inside the bottle

D. Produce more oxygen inside the bottle

34. How did the egg get into the bottle?

A. The oxygen inside the bottle sucked the egg in.

B. It became soft without the shell.

C. The neck of the bottle was wide enough.

D. The outside air pressure forced it into the bottle.

35. The experiment is carried out to prove         .

A. water pushes on your body when you swim underwater

B. the earth is surrounded by a layer of air called the atmosphere

C. the pressure of air around us has a powerful force

D. the air pressure is not equalized around us

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

False Fear of Big Fish

Many people believe sharks are dangerous and will always try to hurt or even kill humans. 36

A shark exhibition at the National Aquarium(水族馆) in Baltimore, US, proves this. Visitors can touch young sharks, see their eggs develop and watch a dozen different species swim smoothly around a huge tank.

Most people fail to realize that attacks don’t happen very often. Humans are more likely to be killed by lightning than by a shark.  37  There , kids can learn, from an early age, not to fear sharks.

“People fear what they don’t know,” said Nancy Hotchkiss, an organizer of the exhibition. “Sharks have been around for 400 million years and play an important role in the ocean’s food chain. We want people to discover that sharks are amazing animals that need our respect and protection.”

38  A study, published in January in the US magazine, Science, found that almost all recorded shark species have fallen by half in the past 8 to 15 years.

Thousands of sharks are hunted in Asia for special foods, such as shark fin (鱼翅) soup. And many others get caught in nets, while fishermen are hunting other fish. 39

“Some fishing methods are actually cleaning out the ocean for sharks,” said Dave Schofield, the manager of the aquarium’s ocean health program. 40

A.They can watch them develop inside their eggs and feel the skin of the older swimmers.

B.A shocking 100 million sharks are killed every year around the world by humans.

C.In fact, 94 percent of the world’s 400 species are harmless to humans.

D.It is a worrying situation and some areas have put measures in place to protect these special fish.

E.And to make this point clear, the museum has set up a special touching pool for children.

F.More than half of the sharks caught are smaller than one meter long.

G.. Sharks can smell and taste blood , and trace it back to its source.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My husband ,Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse(松鸡) .It ’s 41  for a grouse to have any contact with people. In fact, they ’re hard to spot, 42  they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.

This grouse came into our lives in 43  . Tom was working out in the field when he 44  her walking around at the edge of the field. She was  45  unafraid and seemed to be  46  about what he was doing.

Tom saw the 47  bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him. We quickly grew 48  of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.

One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch. Tom 49  he didn’t see her and kept working to see what she would do next.

Apparently, she didn’t like to be  50  . She’d run up and peck at Tom’s hands, then  51  off to see what he would do. This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the  52  and left.

As spring went and summer came, Mildred started  to  53  more and more often.  54  Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom’s leg and stay long enough for me to get a 55  of the two of them together. This friendly grouse soon felt 56  not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.

When hunting season opened, we put a 57 at the end of our driveway asking 58 not to shoot our pet grouse. My father, who lived down the road, 59  warned people not to shoot her. 60 , hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.

41. A. impossible                               B. unusual                    C. interesting                    D. reasonable

42. A. unless                                  B. until                       C. though                       D. because

43 .A. autumn                                 B. winter                     C. spring                       D. summer

44. A. noticed                                 B. imagined                    C. got                        D. kept

45. A. normally                                B. surprisingly                  C. naturally                     D. certainly

46. A. concerned                               B. cautious                                 C. crazy                        D. curious

47. A. friendly                    B. elegant                    C. shy                        D. awkward

48. A. fond                       B. sick                       C. careful                     D. tired

49. A. hoped                      B. pretended                  C. supposed                   D. realized

50. A. amazed                     B. disturbed                                C. ignored                     D. observed

51. A. set                        B. take                       C. put                        D. back

52. A. place                      B. man                       C. game                       D. work

53. A. turn over                   B. fly by                     C. give up                      D. come out

54. A. Constantly                               B. Presently                               C. Eventually                    D. Suddenly

55. A. picture                                  B. sense                        C. chance                      D. dream

56. A. anxious                    B. familiar                      C. comfortable                   D. guilty

57. A. gun                                     B. loudspeaker                  C. lantern                       D. sign

58. A. hunters                                 B. tourists                      C. drivers                      D. farmers

59. A. thus                                    B. also                        C. just                         D. yet

60. A. On the contrary   B. By the way      C. In fact          D. For long

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Many of us were raised with the saying “Waste not, want not.” None of us, however, can 61 (complete)avoid waste in our lives.

Any kind of waste is thoughtless . Whether we waste our potential talents, our own time, our limited 62  (nature) resource, our money, 63  other people’s time, each of us can become more aware and careful. The smallest good habits can make a big  64  (differ). It’s a good feeling to know in our hearts we are doing our best in a world 65  is in serious trouble. By focusing on 66 (save) oil, water, paper, food, and clothing, we are playing   67 part in cutting down on waste.

We must keep reminding 68   (we)that it is easier to get into something than it is to get out of it. Actually, severe damage 69  (do) to our land is fairly recent in the history of our evolution. It’s time for us to say no to waste so that our grandchildren’s children 70 (be)able to develop well. We can’t solve all the problems of waste, but we can encourage mindfulness.

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处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误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。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

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（从每11处起）不计分。

Last night, I have a strange but interesting dream. On the way back home, I came across child from another planet. His clothes seemed to be shining and looked beautifully . As I got close to him, he looked frightening and turned his back to me . Though I couldn’t speak his language, I used hand gestures to talk about him. A while later, he told me lots of amazing thing on his planet, which made me laughing. But suddenly, he began to cry , and then he explained he had lost his way but couldn’t find his home. Seeing that, I was offered to help him. His home had a telephone number like ours, so I asked him to call his parents using my phone. Soon before making the call he disappeared.

假设你是李华， 你的加拿大朋友Bob 给你发了一封电子邮件，想了解一下中国高中生对于大学的选择意向，于是你在班里进行了一次调查。请根据下表的信息，给Bob  回复一封电子邮件，告诉他调查结果，并说明原因。

选择意向和比例

原因

省内大学25﹪

录取机会大；生活习惯相似

省外大学70﹪

培养独立性；可选学校多

国外大学5﹪

了解外国文化；有助于学外语

注意:  1.词数100左右；

2.电子邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Bob,

Last week I did a survey among the students in my class on what university they want to choose.

Yours,