B

What would you do if you found a snake in your house? Many people might be afraid or try to kill it. However, if you live in North Carolina in the USA, one thing you can do is to call the Snake Catchers.

The Snake Catchers are four men who love snakes, even poisonous ones. Their newspaper advertisement says, “Snake Catchers： free snake removal(除去）一Please do not kill them — Call us. ”

The Snake Catchers, who started their service in 1998, don’t charge anything for helping people. “We do this as a hobby,” explained Fred Johnson, one of the Snake Catchers.

Because of their love of snakes, the Snake Catchers try to keep them alive. “One man asked us to kill a python(蟒蛇), so he could make a pair of boots from the skin. We refused, because we like snakes, and we don’t want to see them killed, ” said Fred.

Some of the snakes that they catch are kept as pets; some are given to the North Carolina State University. Most, including the poisonous snakes, are set free in the wild, usually in a national park.

Fred suggests that people should treat snakes with care. “Actually snakes are very shy and gentle creatures. They only attack if they are frightened. However, you have to know how to treat a snake properly!”

According to one happy family, the Snake Catchers are good. One day, the Greenwood family found a snake skin in the kitchen. They looked very carefully and saw a snake sleeping behind a cupboard. They thought about what to do. Then Steve Greenwood remembered the advertisement for the Snake Catchers. He called them.

“The Snake Catchers arrived within an hour and they finished the job quickly too,” said Steve Greenwood. “One of them went into the kitchen, found the snake and took it out alive. The Snake Catchers did a very good job.”

Last year, the Snake Catchers removed more than seventy snakes from houses in North Carolina.

30. The Snake Catchers catch snakes because ______.

A. they want to kill the snakes B. they like trying to catch snakes

C. they don’t want people to hurt snakes D. they like eating snakes

31. When a man asked them to kill a python, the Snake Catchers ______.

A.made some boots from the skin B. were very happy

C. gave him some old boots D. did not agree

32. The Snake Catchers set most of the snakes free ______.

A. in a national park B. in a university

C. in a garden D. in their own houses

33. According to Fred, ______.

A. snakes are very dangerous B. people should attack snakes

C. snakes are not usually dangerous D. people should run away if they see a snake

C

In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal (封住）them in a special box. The box was marked “To be opened after midnight, December 31st, AD 2000”，and was kept in the Colorado College Library.

One hundred years later, on the appointed (约定）day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代）of people who had placed things inside the box.

When the box was opened after midnight, the things inside the box were in very good condition. There were newspapers, photos, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and lots of letters, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the President of the USA later that year. One of Roosevelt’s friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time.

Many of the letters were written to their descendants. They describe the hopes that the people of 1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand people. Now nearly half a million people live there.

Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had placed a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great treasure. “This is a wonderful educational resource(资源）. We can learn so much about our history,”he said. “I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him. ”

34. According to the passage, “time capsule” means ______.

A. a collection of clocks and watches

B. a machine for travelling through time

C. a collection of items for people to look at in the future

D. a collection of unwanted items

35. Many of the letters in the time capsule talked about .

A. the history of the town B. the people who lived in the town

C. the politics of the USA D. people’s hopes for the future

36. Cecil Muller says that the time capsule ______.

A.helps him to get to know his grandfather

B. is worth a lot of money

C. brings back his memories of his grandfather

D. helps him to remember his younger day

D

TOKYO, JAPAN--What do you do when you see a cockroach (蟑螂）？ Do you hit it with a newspaper? Do you step on it?

When researchers at Tokyo University see a cockroach, they take the remote control and make the cockroach turn around, run left or right, or go forward. These scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots. Each cockroach has a very small pack that has in it a microprocessor(微处理器）.Then researchers can send signals from the remote control to the pack. The signals control the movements of the cockroaches.

Why does anyone want to control a cockroach? “Insects can do many things that people can’t,” says Isao Shimoyama, head of robot research at Tokyo University. In a few years, he says, these robot insects will carry very small cameras. They will be able to move through earthquake rubble(瓦砾）to look for people or move under doors to find information about someone.

This may seem strange, but the Japanese government thinks the research is very important. The government is giving the scientists $ 5 million for this research.

First, the researchers breed (培育)hundreds of cockroaches. They use only the American cockroach because it is bigger and stronger than other cockroaches. Then they choose the best cockroaches and remove their wings and antennae(触须）. They put small packs where the antennae were. The packs weigh about three grams, or about two times the weight of the cockroaches themselves. “Cockroaches are very strong,” says Ralph Holzer, who is a researcher at Tokyo University. “They can lift 20 times their own weight. ”

With a remote control, the scientists send signals to the packs. When a cockroach gets the signal, it moves. The problem is that the cockroaches don71 always move in the right direction.

37. The scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots because ______.

A. they want cockroaches to do things people can’t in the future

B. they want to control the movements of the cockroaches

C. they want cockroaches to take photos of the earthquakes

D. they want to send signals to the packs on the cockroaches

38. What can cockroaches do to help people?

A. They can lift 20 times their own weight.

B. They can help people to carry very small cameras.

C. They can breed hundreds of cockroaches.

D. They can search for those people in rubble after an earthquake.

39. Scientists control cockroaches’ movements ______.

A.by removing their wings B. by sending signals from the remote control

C. by using very small cameras D. by removing their antennae

40. What problem do the rcscarchcrs meet with?

A. The cockroachcs sometimes clon;t move.

B. The cockroachcs sometimes move in ihc wrong direction.

C. The cockroachcs arc too big to move through earthquake rubble.

D. The cockroachcs can only lift 20 times their own weight.

四、词汇检测（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出空 缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。

41. Is this wood ________ (干燥的）enough to burn?

42. I’m so tired that I can(几乎不)stay awake.

43. The cat was __________(卧）fast asleep by the fire.

44. Have you given the kids their bus _________(车费）？

45. She _________(掉落〉the plate and it broke into pieces.

46. The Olympic team were given a __________ (英雄般的）welcome on their return home.

47. My grandma is in her __________ (八十多岁),but she can still take care of herself.

48. — How much does it cost?

—I just __________ five dollars for it.

49. — Could you tell me the A to the Johnsons, please?

—Sorry, we don’t have a Johnson here in the village.

50. — I often _________ to the song Rainbow.

—So do I. It sounds beautiful.

五、句子翻译（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）

将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡上标有题号的横线上。

51. 你爸爸穿红白相间的T恤衫,看上去真酷。

52. 我有时怀疑这本书是否值得一读。

53.在苏州空气污染要比中国其他城市少。

54.许多车祸都因开车不小心造成。

55.要是把她和他的家庭作业比较一下，你就会发现她的耍好得多。

六、书面表达（共1题；满分20分）

假设你是名初三毕业生，考上了理想的学校。今天是开学第一天，请你根据下表所列的 内容要点，用英语写一篇日记，写下这一天的感受。.

注意：

1. 词数90左右；

2. 日记的开头已为你写好，不计人总词数；

3. 日记须包括所有内容要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使其连贯、通顺；

4. 日记中不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。

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