（一）说明文

All (1)_______ things must fight to stay alive. They have to feed on something and at the same time avoid being (2)_______. Therefore they have to solve this big problem of staying alive in their own way. The danger of being eaten in the sea is great. Those plants and animals that do survive usually (3)_______ very fast and in great numbers.

(4)_______ sea animals have defensive devices which help them to survive. The jelly fish have (5)_______ tentacles（触角）which are used for attack and defense. Another method of (6)_______ which sea plants and animals use is disguise. They usually have the same (7)_______ as their surroundings.

In order to stay alive, animals need to have good senses. Fishes have sharp eyes. Almost all animals are sensitive to (8)_______. Fishes judge movements in the water by (9)_______ of their lines. Fishes and other sea animals can hear well and many of them can (10)_______ different types of warning sound.

1. A. living B. alive C. lively D. live

2. A. taken B. gotten C. haven D. eaten

3. A. produce B. reproduce C. run D. swim

4. A. Any B. Every C. Certain D. Each

5. A. beautiful B. short C. poisonous D. long

6. A. swimming B. survival C. flight D. growth

7. A. color B. body C. width D. length

8. A. run away B. flee C. touch D. move

9. A. way B. means C. method D. approach

10. A. make B. do C. build D. produce

【解题导语】

本文是说明文，主要讲述了生物在特定的环境中如何学会去保护自己不受侵害。

【新词链接】

avoid doing sth. 避免做某事

by means of 用……的方法

make sound / noise 弄出声音

【试题解析】

1. A 根据四个单词的区别，“生物”应为living things。

2. D 固定搭配：avoid doing sth.意为“避免做某事”。

3. B 根据上下文意思，此处指动植物“再生”。

4. C 由谓语动词形式可知，certain指“某些”。

5. C 根据下文得知此处指“有毒的”触角。

6. B 指海底动植物生存的另一种方法。

7. A 这些动物有与周围环境相同的颜色，即保护色。

8. C 所有动物对触摸很敏感。

9. B 固定搭配，by means of 意为“用……的方法”。

10. A 固定搭配，make sound / noise意为“弄出声音”。

（二）夹叙夹议

Getting plenty of exercise is very important. I enjoy swimming very much. Last summer I went to the (1)_______ every day. I plan to go there this summer too, but I may not be able to. I have a new(2)_______, sometimes I have to work until (3)_______ at night. Although I now work more hours than I used to, yet I do receive a larger salary. I didn't receive much pay on my (4)_______ job. I like my new job, but had I know that it would take up so much of my free time, I would not have taken. I prefer (5)_______ to making more money.

I have heard that riding a bike is good exercise. Maybe I will be able to (6)_______ enough money to buy a bike. My neighbor, Ms Wilson, has a bicycle that I could (7)_______, but I would rather own my own bike. If I used hers, I would worry about destroying it. Since I make more money now, I think that I can afford to buy my own. Getting a bike is really a good idea, because while I'm riding to and from, I will be getting (8)_______ at the same time. It is easier to get to the seaside on a bike, too. I might be able to go swimming every day after all. This new job is great! I'm very (9)_______. This will be a summer full of (10)_______.

1. A. playground B. shore C. seaside D. sea

2. A. office B. job C. love D. interest

3. A. far B. deep C. late D. lately

4. A. favorite B. new C. past D. old

5. A. swimming B. riding C. playing D. working

6. A. save B. keep C. take D. cost

7. A. ride B. renew C. lend D. borrow

8. A. enjoyment B. rest C. exercise D. money

9. A. moved B. excited C. interested D. disappointed

10. A. exercise B. pleasure C. interest D. imagination

【解题导语】

本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章，主要讲述了锻炼的重要性，作者同时做到了工作和锻炼两不误。

【新词链接】

take up 占据（时间、空间）

prefer… to… 喜欢……胜过……；宁愿……而不愿……

would rather do sth. 宁愿去做某事

afford to do sth. 有能力去做某事

【试题解析】

1. C 根据文章倒数第4句话可知。

2. B 由下文的 I like my new job 可知。

3. C 根据上下文，应该是我工作到深夜。

4. D 和new 相对比。

5. A 根据上下文可知，作者喜欢游泳。

6. A 作者要“节约”钱去买自行车。

7. D 根据句意可知我可以向邻居Ms Wilson “借”自行车。

8. C 在骑自行车中得到“锻炼”。

9. B 由上文可知。

10. A 由文章首句：getting plenty of exercise is very important可以知道。

（三）议论文

Friendship is unconditional and uncritical, based only on mutual respect and the ability to enjoy each other's company. These authority figures never saw the way one of us could do something outrageous, and the rest of us would joke about it for days. We could have fun doing absolutely nothing at all—because the (1)_______ we provided each other with was enough. Rather than discussing operas, Lewinsky, or the weather, we enjoyed just (2)_______ each other without any one of us trying to outsmart the others. Still, I realize that these adults had a(3)_______ to be concerned about the direction my friends were(4)_______; I also was concerned for them, but I wasn't about to (5)_______ them.

Many times I would advise my friends that some activity may be (6)_______ or to think things through before doing something, but I would never claim to hold the moral high ground and to condescend to them. When Marvin would begin rolling joints, when Alisa would tell me she skipped school because of a hangover, or when Merriam would tell me that her new boyfriend was in a street gang, I expressed my discomfort with their (7)_______. However, I never (8)_______ them with the threat of taking my friendshipaway. Contrary to the commercials on television, you can have (9)______ who use drugs. In fact, probably everyone does without (10)______ it.

1. A. gift B. present C. company D. friendship

2. A. hanging around B. learning from

C. communicating with D. joining in

3. A. prejudice B. point C. suggestion D. situation

4. A. giving B. coming C. heading D. facing

5. A. ignore B. upset C. blame D. leave

6. A. crazy B. dangerous C. boring D. important

7. A. action B. lessons C. words D. thoughts

8. A. force B. threaten C. persuade D. cheat

9. A. friends B. girlfriends C. classmates D. brothers

10. A. hearing B. recognizing C. realizing D. knowing

【解题导语】

本文是议论文，主要讲述了友谊的相关内容，友谊是无条件的，不带偏见的，彼此相互尊重，并且喜欢和对方在一起，这就是友谊。

【新词链接】

base on 在……的基础上

provided sb. with sth. 给某人提供某物

be concerned about 关心

hang around 闲荡

【试题解析】

1. C 由首句可知，只要我们在一起(company) 就已经足够了

2. A 由上下文可知，大家只是享受那份闲来荡去(hang around)的惬意。

3. B 由其后作定语的不定式短语可知。

4. C 因direction 后是定语从句，所以要填表示“朝着某个方向行进”的heading。

5. D 从下文可看出，不管朋友有什么样的表现，我都不会和他们绝交(leave them)。

6. B 由前文的“提醒(advise)”和后文“三思而后行”可知，有些活动是“危险”的。

7. A 指上文列举的“吸大麻”、“逃学”、“交街上小混混做男友”等之类的不良“行为”。

8. B 由语境可知，是用绝交来“威胁”他们。

9. A 指任何人都有可能有不良行为的“朋友”。

10. C 由前句可知本句意为每个人都有这类朋友，只是没“意识到”而已。