C. It starts in August and ends in October.

D. It starts in November and ends in February the next year. 45. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Hibernating animals are active in summer.

B. Porcupines in Southeast Africa live mainly on earthworms.

C. One kind of tree frogs in South Africa sleeps inside trees in summer.

D. The body temperature of an aestivation animal in summer is as low as that in winter. 46. What does the underlined word “hibernate” mean in Chinese? A. 觅食

B. 冬眠

C. 蜗居

C

A few weeks ago, I went into Chase’s class for help. I e-mailed Chase’s teacher one evening and said, “My son keeps telling me that the thing you’re sending home is Maths — but I’m not sure whether I should believe him. Help, please.” She e-mailed right back and said, “No problem! I can help Chase after school anytime.” And I said, “No, not him. Me. He gets it. Help me.”

And that’s why I stayed with Chase’s Maths teacher. We talked about teaching children. We agreed that subjects like Maths and reading are not the most important things that are learned in a classroom. We also talked about something else — kindness and bravery.

And then she told me this.

Every Friday afternoon Chase’s teacher asks her students to take out a piece of paper and write down the names of four children with whom they’d like to sit the following week. She also asks the students to nominate (推荐) one student who they think is the most popular student that week. They needn’t write down their names on the paper.

After the students go home, she takes out those pieces of paper, and studies them.

In fact, Chase’s teacher is not looking for a new seating chart (表) or “popular students”. She is looking for lonely (孤独的) children. She’s looking for the ones who are unwilling to talk with others. She is finding out whose gifts (天赋) are not noticed by their classmates. Then she gets to know who needs help.

After watching Columbine the wise woman knew that all violence (暴力) comes from loneliness. So she decided to start fighting violence early and often, and what she is doing is SAVING LIVES.

And she finds the lonely kids from those lists and tries to help them. It’s Maths to her. All is love — even Maths.

47. Why does Chase’s teacher ask her students to write down some names on paper? A. Because she wants to find the lonely children.

D. 隐藏

B. Because she is looking for a new seating chart. C. Because she is looking for the popular student. D. Because she wants to help her students learn Maths. 48. Which of the following is the correct order?

a. Chase’s teacher asks her students write down some names they want to sit with. b. Chase’s teacher learns from the TV violence comes from loneliness. c. Chase’s parent emails the teacher for help. d. Chase’s teacher studies the lists after school. e. Chase’s teacher finds who needs help. A. c-a-d-e-b

B. b-a-c-e-d

C. b-a-d-e-c

D. a-b-d-c-e

49. What do you know about the teacher? A. She’s a good mother.

B. She’s kind and full of love. D. She’s ready to help the parents.

C. She’s good at teaching Maths.

50. What’s the best title for the passage? A. Looking for Help

C. Teaching Children

B. Learning Maths

D. Looking for the Lonely

五、词汇检测 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

根据下列句子所给的首字母或汉语注释或通过上下文，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。

51. Who can c ▲ from one to one hundred in English? 52. When we go on v ▲ , we should know dos and don’ts. 53. Listen! There’s someone ▲ (踢) the door.

54. A language is a bridge between different ▲ (文化). 55. Many things in ▲ (日常的) use are made out of plastic. 56. ▲ (渔民) stopped fishing because of the storm yesterday.

57. It was his first time to take a plane, so he felt very ▲ (紧张). 58. — What’s the meaning of “fall” in this sentence?

— Autumn. In ▲ English, we usually say “fall” instead of autumn. 59. — What’s the weather like in your hometown in winter? — It’s very cold. It snows all ▲ the winter.

60. — Children, take care of ▲ while visiting Shanghai Disney Resort. — We will. Thank you, mum.

六、句子翻译 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。

61. 不仅我，就连我的小妹妹也对观鸟感兴趣。

▲ 62. 我爸爸的空余时间比妈妈的多得多。

▲ 63. 事故发生时我们正在扔雪球。

▲ 64. 我迫不及待地打开父母送给我的新年礼物。

▲ 65. 当房子着火了，要尽可能快地逃离出来。

▲ 七、阅读表达 (共3题；66小题1分、67小题2分、68小题2分，满分5分)

阅读下面的短文，然后用英语回答问题，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。

I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said, “Son, remember: Be slow and steady (镇定的), and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race, I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

I was surprised, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”

“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted (坚持). “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔), by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”

I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless. 66. Who were Billy, Tony and Sandy?

▲ 67. What did Sonny think of the tortoise’ winning the race?

▲ 68. Do you agree with Sonny? Why or why not?

▲

八、书面表达 (共l题；满分15分)

69. 你在学校的 DIY俱乐部学会了怎么做水果沙拉，上个周末你亲手做了一份水果沙拉。请根据中文提示及图片内容写一篇短文，分享你的DIY故事及感受。

注意：1. 词数80左右。短文的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；

2. 短文须包括所有要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，并使用表示顺序的连接词使其连贯、通顺。

I’m very glad to share with you my story of DIY.

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