A. Professor Li Ping. C. A student of the Union.
B. Chen Dong.
D. A student of the Club.
60. What do we know about the three notices? A. All students have to attend the English talk. B. English Club organizes the tree planting activity. C. A pair of sports shoes was found on the school bus. D. Chen Dong is a students in Class 3, Grade 8.
C
Once there was a famine（饥荒）.A rich cook sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town and said to them, “In this basket there is a piece of bread for each of you.Take it and come back to me every day at this hour for more.”
In a hurry the hungry children got together around the basket,and fought over the bread because each wanted the largest piece.At last they went away without even thanking the good cook. Mary, a poorly-dressed girl, did not fight with the other children,but stood quietly in distance.When the badly-behaved children had left,Mary took the smallest piece,which was all left in the basket.She kissed the cook’s hand and went home.
The next day the children were as badly-behaved as before. Mary got a piece of bread almost half the size of the one she got the first day.When she came home,her mother cut the bread open. Many new, shining pieces of silver fell out of it.
Her mother was very worried ,and said, “Take the money back to the cook at once.The silver must have fallen into the dough（面团）by accident. Hurry up, Mary” When the little girl gave the rich man her mother ’s message, he said, “It was no mistake.I had the silver pieces put into the smallest bread for you as a prize. Always be as satisfied, peaceable and thankful as you now are. Go home now, and
tell yourmother that the money is yours.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选定答案的字母标号涂黑。 61. What did Mary do while the others fought over the bread? A.She stood quietly in distance. B.She fought over the bread. C.She went home. D.She sent for her mother.
62. How did the girl express her thanks to the
cook? A.She left quietly without a word. B.She kissed the cook’s hand. C.She gave money to the cook.
D.She behaved as badly as the other children. 63.Why did the cook put the silver pieces into the bread?
A.Because he wanted to give them to the poorest child. B.Because Mary’s mother was very worried. C.Because he wanted to give them to Mary as a prize. D.Because Mary’s family was poor. 64.What do you think of Mary’s mother? A.She was very rich. C.She was foolish.
65.What is the passage mainly about? A.Some pieces of bread C.A good girl
D
Imagine a perfect day: the weather is good and everything seems fine. When, suddenly, your mobile phone loses its signa l, the television has no programs, and you can’t get online with your computer.
B.Some pieces of silver
D.A rich cook. B.She was peaceable. D.She was very honest.
What has happened? These are just the types of problems a solar storm（太阳风 暴）might cause. You may not think of storms as putting our society in danger. But today, a solar storm is as serious as other bad events, such as earthquakes.
A solar storm is caused by solar flares（太阳耀斑）: large explosions（爆炸）near the sun that can give off lots of energy. The strong energy can stop the satellite systems（卫星系统）that control our computers, telecom networks and so on. These storms can even cause the power to go out for weeks or months.
In the past few months, scientists have recorded some of the strongest sun flares in years. The most recent one happened around Valentine’s Day, 2011. It caused radio and satellite signals to go down in some northern cities in China.
“Solar flare activity is going to be much worse than what we’ve seen in the past. We’re not talking about a few cities losing power, it could be half of the country, maybe more.” SolarStormWarning.com, a US website about space weather, warned.
Scientists say that little can be done to predict such a storm. Governments around the world are trying to work together before the next storm, although they are not sure when that may happen.
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选定的答案字母标号涂黑。
66. According to the passage, a solar storm can cause many problems EXCEPT that .
A. earthquakes happen
B. mobile phones have no signals C. people cannot get online D. the power may go out
67. According to the passage, so lar flares are A. telecom networks
. B. solar storms
C. large explosions near the sun D. US websites
.
68. From the passage, the right order of the following is a. solar flares give off lots of energy
b. people can’t get online with their computers c. solar storms happen d. satellite systems are stopped A. a-b-c-d
B. a-c-d-b
C. c-a-b-d
. D. c-b-a-d
69. The writer wrote the passage mainly to A. call for scientists to predict when the next solar storm will happen B. tell people how to solve the problems caused by solar storms C. introduce what solar storms are to people
D. ask people to work to prevent the solar storm from happening 70. In Paragraph 1, the underlined word “signa l” means
A. 电池
五、情景交际（共 5 小题，每题 1 分，共 5 分）
根据对话内容，从下面方框中选出适当的句子补全对话，并在答题卡上将选定答 案的标号涂黑。
A：Hey,Alex. The Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing in 2022. B: Yes, I really like watching the Winter Olympics. A: Me too. And I like the Olympics torch(火炬). B: 72 .
71 .
B. 标志
C. 力量
D. 信号
.
A: I am looking forward to it. B: 73 .
A: I love to watch team events.
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