The World Bank is warning that the West Africa Ebola outbreak could seriously harm the economies(经济) of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone unless action is taken quickly. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim spoke to reporters recently to discuss the effects of the Ebola spread.

"Our findings show that if the virus(病毒) continues to spread, the economic cost to these countries could grow eight times by 2015. This would be a big catastrophe to their already weak economies," said Kim.

Mr. Kim says, "saving lives and preventing new spread" is most important. The bank has given $117-million for an "immediate help." The World Bank President says the SARS outbreak between 2002 and 2004 showed how a disease could damage economies. 800 people died from SARS and the economic losses were up to $40-billion.

Mr. Kim says SARS and the H1N1 outbreak of 2009 taught that fear and avoidance resulted in about 90-percent of the economic losses. That means the disease is causing two levels of economic damage.

"There are two kinds of contagion(传染). One is connected with the virus itself and the second is connected with the spread of fear about the virus," said Kim.

The World Bank thinks the losses to the economies of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will be big .Mr. Kim says losses could be about $97-million at the moment.

Mr. Kim says fast action is necessary. He says getting the disease under control is still far away. That is because there are not enough health care workers in the affected areas. The World Bank President says the most important measure is to act quickly in order to limit economic losses.

1.What does the underlined word mean in the second paragraph?

A. effort B. disaster

C. warning D. result

2.If quick action is not taken to stop the spread of Ebola, the economic losses could reach about_______by 2015.

A. $800-million B. $97-million

C. $117-million D. $40-billion.

3.What’s the main idea of the whole passage?

A. Ebola is a serious and infectious(传染的）illness.

B. Large numbers of people have died from Ebola.

C. People in the West Africa are in great fear of the spread of Ebola virus.

D. Ebola will harm economies in the West Africa seriously without quick action.

根据首字母或汉语提示写出正确的单词.补全下列各句（共10小题，每小题0.5分,满分5分）.（使用本模块相关的词汇）。

1.The poor boy was very g_______ to the people who had helped him out of trouble.

2.Li Lei has a good c_______ of English so that he can understand the natives easily.

3.Nowadays, some famous companies just hire the g_______ from key universities.

4.There’s no doubt that the project will be finished on _______.(时间表)

5.Many miners were _______(困住) under the coal mines and luckily they were rescued.

6.True friends are also _______ (忠实) ones who are always sincere with you.

7.I’ll give a $200 r_______ for returning my lost dog.

8.At the news that his father lost his life in the earthquake, the boy_______(爆发) out crying.

9.The winner received lots of c_________ on his getting the first prize.

10.As a student, John always answers the teachers’ questions _________(积极) in class.

1.我不愿意像大多数人那样在日记中记流水账。

I don’t want to______ _______ _______ ________ of facts in a diary as most people do.

2.事实上，当不同的文化互相交流渗透时，所有的语言都会有所发展，有所变化。

, all languages change and develop when cultures and each other.

3.她给了我一个坚定的眼神---这种眼神表明她是不会改变主意的。

She gave me a _____ look---the kind that said she would not _____ ____ _____.

4.在可怕的15秒钟内，一座大城市变成了废墟。

________fifteen terrible seconds, a large city ________ _______ _________.

5.糟糕的是我没有这个证件，因为我不是在那里出生的，我担心我是不是会失业。

I did not have one because I was not born there, and I worried about whether I would become .

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：１）汉语提示，２）首字母提示，３）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

The past five years have s 1. great changes in my school. On May 12, 2008, the earthquake in Wen Chuan was so terrible that it 2. (破坏) almost everything in the school. It is now, however, taking on a new look. Tall buildings have been put 3. , including classrooms and laboratory buildings, and a library. There is a 4. a newly-built standard playground. In the new environment, teachers and students are living h 5. and working hard. It is really exciting that the very place 6. was once ruined has now been turned into a beautiful school, 7. of life.

8. a matter of fact, the whole society has always been 9. （关心的）about the rebuilding of my school. It is their love and selfless help that have brought about the great changes. We can work wonders if we unite as a family, care for each other and help those10. need.

假如你是迎光中学的高一新生李新，学校将为高一新生举办主题为“What I Want to Learn in Senior School?”的英语演讲活动以规划自己高中的学习、生活，请结合自身看法与以下要点准备一份演讲稿。

要点包括：

学会学习：养成良好的学习方法、习惯（可举例说明）……

学会与人相处：对人真诚、友善，帮助别人，与人相处融洽……

3. 培养良好的品质：坚定、乐观，挑战困难，努力实现梦想……

写作要求：

词数120词左右；

开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;

乐观 optimistic adj. optimistically adv. optimism n.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Good morning! I’m Li Xin. I feel it an honor to give a speech here about “What I Want to Learn in Senior School.”

__________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Thanks for listening.

--Excuse me, Dad, but I’m going to meet my friend from the USA.

--OK. _________.

A. With pleasure B. Congratulations

C. Have fun D. Good luck

How many students are there _________ homes are not far from our school in your class?

A. that B. whom

C. which D. whose

--What do you think of her?

-- I believe she is _________. Never would she give in until she succeeded.

A. reliable B. devoted

C. active D. determined

The train arrived at 8 o’clock _________, neither earlier nor later.

A. clearly B. exactly

C. sincerely D. gradually

We are glad rescuers have saved the remaining 45 miners_________were trapped underground for 36 hours.

A. who B. which C. whom D. whose