1、Period Two Learning about Language youre improving all the time.It wont be long _ you can speak English well.8According to the researchers, passive smokers _(harm) even more than the smokers themselves.9She could find no reasonable explanation for the _(disappear) of the money in the locked safe.10H
2、e was becoming angry, and was staring _(fierce) at me as if he was about to lose control.短语填空come into being；according to; so that; do harm to; be employed in; long before; a number of; come after; for sure; die out1Just as the brightness will _the darkness, the end of the hard way is sure to be hap
3、py forever.2Im afraid you must get out of the habit, for itll _your health.3Some reports said he had left the camp only a couple of hours earlier, but we never knew _4The company has a free longdistance telephone number _consumers can call with any questions they have about the products.5The examina
4、tion was coming and the school students _preparing their lessons.6When the expression first _， people refused to use it but gradually they began to accept it.7Dont be so upset.It wont be _your children can return to school again.8_ the weather forecast, there will be a heavy rain tomorrow morning.9I
5、n recent years, _wild animals have been found in the forest.10If too many of these rare animals are killed, their kind will_.完成句子1The middle school students should learn how to protect themselves _unexpectedly.(harm)中学生应学会如何保护自己免遭意外伤害。2He was very excited, and it was long_(calm)他很激动，心情久久不能平静。3The la
6、dy is looking after the children _in the factory during the daytime.(employ)这位女士正在照看孩子，这些孩子的父母们白天在工厂里工作。4Lucy was having a holiday with her friends in a national park_ on the foot by a snake.(bite)露西正和朋友在一个国家公园度假，这时她的脚被蛇咬了。5When you enter or leave a country, the customs office is _(inspect)当你进入或离开一个
7、国家时，海关检查处是检查你的行李的地方。6We dont know when the river here _(come)我们不知道这儿的这条河是何时形成的。7Society tends to look at a woman by the way_， whether that is appropriate or not.(look)不管这么说是否合适，这个社会对女人总是以貌取人。8He _ for fun，but now he has no time to do so.(used)过去他经常去钓鱼玩，但是现在没时间这样做了。9Everyone lent a hand, _ahead of sc
8、hedule.(so)每个人都帮了忙， 所以工作提前完成了。10School children spend too much time on video games, _their eyes and affect their school achievements.(harm)上学的孩子花太多的时间玩电子游戏，既伤害眼睛也影响了学习成绩。.阅读理解Elephants are able to differentiate between ethnicities(种族) and sexes, and can tell an adult from a childall from the sound o
9、f a human voice.This is according to a study in which researchers played voice recordings to wild African elephants.The animals showed more fear when they heard the voices of adult Masai men.Livestockherding Masai people do come into conflict with elephants, and this suggests that animals have adapt
10、ed to specifically listen for and avoid them.The study is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Prof. Karen McComb and Dr Graeme Shannon from the University of Sussex led the study.They explained that in previous research they had used similar playback experiments to show that
11、 elephants could tellfrom the sound of a lions roarwhether the animal was a female or a more dangerous male.Prof. McComb wanted to find out if the animals used their very sharp sense of hearing to identify a potential danger from humans.The scientists recorded Masai men, women and children saying, i
12、n their own language, “Look, look over there, a group of elephants are coming.”They also recorded Kamba men saying this phrase.While cattleherding Masai people often come across freeranging elephants, which can result in violent conflict, the Kamba peoples more agricultural lifestyle does not genera
13、lly bring them into aggressive touch with the animals.When the team played recordings of these different voices through a hidden loudspeaker, they found that elephant family groups reacted more fearfully in response to the voice of a Masai man, than to a Kamba mans voice.And the adult male Masai voi
14、ces encouraged far more of these defensive reactions than the voices of women or boys.1An elephant can tell a man from a woman by sense of _.Atouch Bsight Csmell Dhearing2How did the researchers get to know the elephants special ability of identification? ABy observing the elephants in the zoo.BBy p
15、laying voice recordings to them.CBy recording the behaviours of elephants.DBy communicating with them in a special way.3We can learn from the passage that elephants are especially afraid of _AMasai men BMasai womenCKamba men DKamba women4What is the best title for the passage? AElephants and human b
16、eingsBDifferences between human voicesCElephants recognize human voicesDElephants conflict with human beings.阅读填空根据短文内容，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。Sharks are among the oldest animals on Earth.There are hundreds of kinds of sharks.Most are about two metres long.The dogfish shark, however, is l
17、ess than twenty centimetres in length.A shark has an extremely good sense of smell.It can find small amounts of substances in water, such as blood, body liquids and chemicals produced by animals. _1_ Sharks eat fish, other sharks, and plants that live in the ocean.Sharks grow slowly.About forty per
18、cent of all sharks lay eggs. _2_ Some sharks carry their young inside their bodies as humans do.Some sharks are not able to reproduce until they are twenty years old.Most reproduce only every two years.And they give birth to fewer than ten young sharks.For this reason, overfishing of sharks is of sp
19、ecial danger to the future of the animal.Sharks are important for the worlds oceans.They eat injured and diseased fish.Their hunting activities mean that the numbers of other fish in ocean waters do not become too great. _3_People hunt sharks for sport, food, medicine and their skin.Experts say the
20、international market for some kinds of sharks has increased because many parts of a shark are valuable.Collectors pay thousands of dollars for the jaws of a shark. _4_ The skin of a shark can be used like leather.In Asia, people enjoy a kind of soup made from shark fins.Experts say a fisherman can e
21、arn a lot of money for even one kilogram of shark fins.Sharks are among the oldest animals on Earth, but some sharks are in danger of disappearing from Earth. _5_AShark liver oil is a popular source of Vitamin A.BThis protects the plants and other forms of life that exist in the oceans.CSharks are v
22、aluable to us and we can make full use of them.DThese powerful senses help sharks find their food.EIf too many sharks in one area are killed, that group of sharks may never return to normal population levels.FThey are a threat to other forms of life in the ocean.GThe others give birth to live young.
23、Period Two Learning about Language & Using Language.1.was inspecting 2.was bitten 3.endings 4.for 5.securely6being employed 7.before 8.are (being) harmed 9.disappearance e after 2.do harm to 3.for sure 4.so that 5.were employed in6came into being 7.long before 8.According to 9.a number of 10.die out
24、.1.from being harmed 2.before he calmed down3whose parents are employed 4.when she was bitten5where your luggage is inspected 6.came into being 7(that/in which) she looks 8.used to go fishing9so that the work was finished 10.which will do harm to.【文章大意】 一项研究表明，大象能根据人类说话的声音判断出人类是成年人还是小孩子，以及其性别。1D 细节理
25、解题。从文中第一段 “Elephants are able to differentiate between ethnicities(种族)and sexes，and can tell an adult from a childall from the sound of a human voice.”可知大象通过听觉来判断是男人还是女人。故选 D 项。2B 细节理解题。从文中第二段 “This is according to a study in which researchers played voice recordings to wild African elephants.”可知，研究
26、者是通过给野生非洲象播放录音来发现其有这种能力的。故选 B 项。3A 细节理解题。根据第三段 “The animals showed more fear when they heard the voices of adult Masai men.”可知，当大象听到成年的 Masai 男人的声音时，它们就显得更加害怕。根据最后一段“And the adult male Masai voices encouraged far more of these defensive reactions than the voices of women or boys.”可知成年的 Masai 男人的声音比女
27、人和男孩的声音会引发大象更多防御性的反应。故选 A 项。4C 主旨大意题。结合全文可知，研究表明大象可以根据人类说话的嗓音来判别是成年人还是小孩，是男性还是女性以及可能有的危险，这足以说明，大象能识别人类声音。故选 C 项。.【文章大意】 本文主要介绍了地球上最古老的生物之一鲨鱼以及鲨鱼现在所面临的危险情况。1D 根据前面一句“It can find small amounts of substances in water, such as blood, body liquids and chemicals produced by animals.”可知鲨鱼灵敏的嗅觉可以使它们找到水里的如血、
28、体液以及动物产生的化学物质。这样的能力让它们迅速找到食物。故 D 正确。2G 这两句是叙述鲨鱼的繁衍方式。根据前面一句 “About forty per cent of all sharks lay eggs.”可知百分之四十的鲨鱼产卵，其余的鲨鱼直接生出小鲨鱼。故 G 正确。3B 根据前面一句“Their hunting activities mean that the numbers of other fish in ocean waters do not become too great.”可知鲨鱼可以保持海洋的生态平衡，不让某些生物的数量太大。这间接地保护了海洋里的其他生物。故 B 正
29、确。4A 根据前后句“Collectors pay thousands of dollars for the jaws of a shark.”和“The skin of a shark can be used like leather.”可知本段是在叙述鲨鱼各部位的价值，选项里只有 A 项与这两句类似。故 A 正确。5E 根据前面一句“Sharks are among the oldest animals on Earth, but some sharks are in danger of disappearing from Earth.”可知某些鲨鱼已经面临着灭绝的危险。那么一旦大量的鲨鱼被捕杀，这种鲨鱼就很难恢复到正常的数量。故 E 项正确。
