【1】______ are called the “Four Treasures of the Study”.

A. A pen, a book, inkstick and inkstone

B. A pen, paper, inkstick and inkstone

C. A brush, paper, inkstick and inkstone

D. A brush, paper, inkstick and ink box

【2】How many major kinds of poetic styles are there in ancient China?

A. Three.B. FourC. FiveD. Six

【3】If you waned to wok for the government, you had to learn to write poetry during _______.

A. the Yuan DynastyB. the Tang Dynasty

C. the Ming DynastyD. the Qing Dynasty

【4】What is a combination of music, art and literature?

A. Opera.B. Painting.C. Calligraphy.D. Poetry.

【5】From the passage, we can learn that _______.

A. Calligraphy is one of the three oldest art forms in the world

B. Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty set up an opera school

C. Shi and Qu are the two most important poetic styles in ancient china

D. If you want to learn calligraphy, you must learn the “Four Treasures of the Study”

A group of high school students from the United States has planted hope by cleaning up an empty lot(一塊地) in their neighborhood.

The students are from Buchtel High School in Akron, Ohio. The empty lot, which is owned by a 1ocal bank, was filled with grass and poison ivy(毒葛). As a project for the school’s biohealth(生物健康) class, eight students decided to turn the empty lot into a space that will improve the mental(心里的) and emotional(情感的) health of people who live near it.

They first came up with a design, did research and created 3D models of their plans. Ideas were then presented and the school leaders picked the winning plans. Finally, the students brought those plans to life.

Now when you walk into the lot, you can see a wood walkway leading to a purple iron bench. A few beautiful plants are already in the ground. There is also a hopscotch(跳房子游戲) board that is painted bright blue. A wall painting with the words “Love” and “Peace” has taken shape on a back fence, decorated with the students’ handprints. The rest of the fence was painted grey to cover plain wood.

The students said they painted the bench purple because they found that purple has a comforting feeling for people. They thought kids could go there and sit together, communicate with each other in peac and stay out of trouble.

As for the hopscotch board, it was set up for a group of eight to ten school-age kids who lived in the neighborhood but had nowhere to play.

It gives the neighborhood a little hope and a little beauty, “said Lyle Jenkins, a member of the Neighborhood Network.” A lot of people love the neighborhood and have great hopes for things getting better.

UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined. Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true: trees survive through their co-operation and support, passing around necessary nutrition "depending on who needs it".

Nitrogen (氮) and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi networks, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy. This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons in our brains, and when one tree is destroyed, it affects all.

Simard talks about "mother trees", usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend. She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation, transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow. When humans cut down "mother trees" with no awareness of these highly complex "tree societies" or the networks on which they feed, we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest.

"We didn't take any notice of it" Simard says sadly. "Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying, but we never give them chance." If we could put across the message to the forestry industry, we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future.

【1】The underlined sentence "the opposite is true" in Paragraph 2 probably means that trees .

A. compete for survivalB. protect their own wealth

C. depend on each otherD. provide support for dying trees

【2】"Mother trees" are extremely important because they .

A. look the largest in size in the forestB. pass on nutrition to young trees

C. seem more likely to be cut down by humansD. know more about the complex "tree societies"

【3】The underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refers to .

A. how "tree societies" workB. how trees grow old

C. how forestry industry developsD. how young trees survive

【4】We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. trees aren’t as complex as we think

B. Charles Darwin had the same opinion as Simard

C. if “Mother trees” are cut down, they won’t make difference to young trees.

D. trees can share resources with other ones by the underground fungi networks.

As I looked at the lifeless human being, I saw one eye slowly open. Then he began to breathe and move his arms. At first, I thought he would be a fine-looking man. He had yellow skin, black hair and very white teeth. Unluckily, his eyes were watery, and his lips were thin and colorless. I soon realized that there was nothing beautiful about him. I ran out of the room, disgusted (惡心) by the creature I had created. I tried to sleep, but for hours I could not. Then, when I did get to sleep, I had bad dreams. When I

awoke the next morning, I did not want to return to my laboratory and the monster I had created.I went for a long walk until I came to an inn. There, to my pleasure and surprise, I found my friend, Henry Clerval. “Tell me about my family,” I asked him. “And Elizabeth, How is she?”

“They are all well, Frankenstein,” he said. “But you do not look well, my friend. Your eyes look as if you have not slept for many weeks.”

I knew this was true. “I have been so busy,” I explained, “that I have been working without rest.” Henry walked back with me to my department. I did not want him to, but I could not stop him. I was afraid that the creature i had left there might be alive and walking about. When we reached my apartment, I asked Henry to wait outside for a few minutes. I did not explain why. I slowly opened the door and entered the room. To my surprise, it was empty. The creature had gone. I was so overcome by the feeling that I fainted. I was ill for many months.

During my illness, Henry was my only nurse. He heard me talking in my sleep about a monster. At first, he thought i was just having a bad dream, but then he realized that something very bad happened in my life. At last, I began to get better.

【1】What is this passage probably taken from?

A. A news report.B. A science fiction.C. A travel guide.D. a history book.

【2】What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. The birth of the creature.B. The personalities of the creature.

C. The happy feeling of creating life.D. The spirit of the creature.

【3】What does the underlined word “fainted” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. broke downB. cheeredC. lost sensesD. went wrong

Spring is here and the office of Loveland Housing is happy to announce the dates for the 2019 Spring Cleanup!

The cleanup in Loveland will take place on Saturday May 11th, beginning at 9:00 a. m. We will also do pick-up for Dove Valley, Windsor Meadows, and Century III on the same day. The cleanup at Lone Tree in Estes Park will be done on Sunday May 12th, 2019. If you have something that you would like to be picked up, please call the Spring Cleanup line at 970-635-5958. Please leave your name, complete address, phone number, and a list of the objects that you wish to be picked up. If you do not call or provide all of this information, your objects will not be picked up. You can leave a message up until Friday May 10th, 2019.

If you are in a town house, please leave all household(家用) objects outside in front of your unit on the sidewalk. If you are in a flat, leave all household objects in front of the building in the grass areas. All objects must be outside by 9:00 a. m on the morning of pick-up.

Non-acceptable objects include: televisions, air conditioners, washing machines, fridges, or other electrical products; dangerous materials such as motor oil, paint, auto batteries, cleaning products, chemicals; other everyday household rubbish. If you have any of these objects and you do not know what to do with them, turn to the local resource disposal(處置) office for help.

The City of Loveland has provided a truck for the cleanup and the Loveland Housing staff members have volunteered their time so that we can offer this service for free! So get your objects ready and call to take advantage while you still can! Thanks!

【1】Where will a pick-up be done on Sunday May 12th?

A. In Windsor Meadows.B. At Dove Valley.

C. At Lone Tree.D. In Loveland.

【2】What will probably be collected during the 2019 Spring Cleanup？

A. Food waste.B. Furniture.C. Televisions.D. paint

【3】The notice is announced mainly to .

A. get the residents prepared for the cleanup

B. show the residents a list of non-acceptable objects

C. tell the residents the pick-up service is free

D. have the residents know the date of the 2019 Spring Cleanup

【1】那個男孩太粗心了，沒能避免重蹈覆轍。

The boy was too ___________________________________________________

【2】會務組提供了高水平的服務，所有的選手都很滿意。

The meeting affair group provided _______________________that all the players were quite satisfied.

【3】十九大的召開鼓舞著我們?nèi)�身心地投入工作，使祖國更強大�?/span>

The Opening of the 19th CPC National Congress has _________________________our work to make China much stronger.

【4】這個有關環(huán)境問題地報告將更加值得關注。

The report on “Environment” ________________________________________________

【5】機器人地發(fā)明已對人們地生活產(chǎn)生了巨大地影響。

The invention of the robots ____________________________people’s lives.

【6】我不敢相信他自去年以來再設計方面就落后他的同齡工程師。

You can’t believe that he ___________________________in designing since last year.

【1】I’m really nervous about the next_______ (對話) with the famous star.

【2】Ma Yun, one of the_______ (富有) businessmen in China, has won great achievements after years of hard work.

【3】I’m sorry you are_______ (完全地) wrong. You’ve made a serious mistake.

【4】He preferred_______ (封閉) himself in and listening to music to watching TV when he was sad.

A. No one is wise at all times.

B. A kite rises against the wind rather than with it.

C. Don’t cross your bridges before you come to them.

D. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

---Of course. Liu Tianhua, the of Erhu, was born and grew up in our hometown Jiangyin.

A. instructions; pioneerB. instruments; pioneer

C. instructions; inventorD. instruments; inventor