Back in 1963， a company in the US was suffering from low employee（员工） spirit． Everyone was worried that they might lose their jobs， since the company had just joined up with another company， which meant there were suddenly more employees than needed．
That was when Harvey Ball（1921﹣2001）， an artist， was invited by the company to find a way to raise the workplace's spirit． It took Ball less than 10 minutes to draw a smiley face on a bright yellow background， which was then made into buttons that employees could wear on their jackets as a reminder to smile at each other． The face soon became part of the companys culture and was introduced across the country， and﹣ before Ball realized it﹣to the world．
However， as much effort as Ball made， that "message"soon grew to become twisted（歪曲的）． Just think about it： How many of us still use the simple smiley face emoji just to say， "I'm smiling "？ Chances are when we use it， we often mean， "I'm just going to ignore you or"That' s just perfect"﹣ in a sarcastic（讽刺的）way． And our favorite emojis perhaps also include the upside﹣down face or the face with tears of joy ﹣both changed from Ball's former smiley face﹣ and yet， both are often used sarcastically．
Indeed， in today's world， we deal with many things with sarcasm instead of with a smile， perhaps because were finding it harder and harder to be happy． but we keep forgetting about the fact that happiness and smiling go both ways． As Vietnamese spiritual teacher Thich Nhat Hanh once said， "Sometimes， your joy is the source of your smile． But sometimes， your smile can be the source of your joy That was probably what was in Balls mind when he first came up with the smiley face： A smile brings joy， and joy brings people closer together．
1.Ball drew the smiley face in order to ．
A. show his gift for drawing
B. decorate the employees jackets
C. cheer up the employees in the company
D. spread the company's culture to the world
2.According to Paragraph 2， the smiley face has been ．
A. changed gradually
B. used in a bitter way
C. ignored completely
D. recognized as a happier sign
3.What can we learn from the text？
A. Smiling can bring about happiness．
B. Smiling is not popular in today's world．
C. We should make ourselves happier in a different way．
D. We haven't understood the true meaning of the smiley face．
（题文）你受学生会委托为校宣传栏“英语天地”写一则通知，请大家观看一部英语短片Growing Together，内容包括：
(1)短片内容：学校的发展；
(2)放映时间、地点；
(3)欢迎对短片提出意见。
注意：
(1)词数100左右；
(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
请改正下面短文中的错误。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加： 在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）, 并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除： 把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉；
修改： 在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
How an unbelievable scene! A modern young couple were eating fruit in public and had thrown a plenty of waste on the ground. When an old cleaner comes to clean up, the man was very angry. He pointed at the cleaner, said in a loud voice, “How impolite! They haven’t finished eating!” “How could people behave such badly?” I thought. Obvious, in their eyes, they could do all they liked and ignore others’ feelings. In my opinion, we should pay attention our behavior, obey public rules and respect others’ works. We should know that really civilized people are those who have good manners but a beautiful mind all the time.
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
I was staying in Destin for a few days with my family. One morning, I got up early1.(go) for a walk on the beach. As I was walking, I noticed at least a hundred or more empty beer cans which2.(leave) in one concentrated area in front of a hotel. I was3.(fascinate) by the beach, woods and nature so I wanted to keep4.(they) clean. Naturally, I picked up a few to take to a nearby rubbish can. 5.my way back to the hotel.I saw6.man walking down the beach with a rubbish bag picking up the cans. I helped him get the rest and walked back to my place, but I couldn’t help 7. (think) about that man and how we need more people like that in the world. It really gave me some 8.(inspire).
In the following days when I stayed in Destin, I always went for a walk with a rubbish bag. The rubbish bag was 9.(total) full by the time I got back to my hotel. I did not want to get any thanks but I hoped10.I did could inspire someone to do the same as well.
翻译句子
1.刘胡兰在敌人面前宁死不屈。
Liu Hulan would rather die than _______ to the enemy.
2.一家人生活在底特律不起眼的郊区。
The family lived in an _______ suburb of Detroit.
3.我们应该强调质量而不是数量。
We should_______ _______ ________quality rather than on quantity.
4.听到这个消息，她勃然大怒。
_____hearing the news ,she flew into a rage.
5.他埋头于工作。
He________himself totally________his work.
6.她由于生病没有去工作。
She has been absent from work ______ ______ illness.
As a banker, Chip Paillex had never planted so much until he moved to rural Pittstown, New Jersey, seven years ago. ______by farms, he quickly became interested in growing and rented a 30-by-30-foot land. One weekend, he ______tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant—enough to feed his family for the summer.
He ended up with so much ______that he couldn’t give it away. Thus he founded a local food ______, and by the time he delivered his last______, he had ______120 pounds of fresh vegetables.
The following year, with a handful of ______from his church and a memorable name “America’s Grow-a-Row”, Paillex planted,______,and harvested 2,500 pounds of vegetables, all of which he donated to food banks. Later he had more volunteers, rented more land and donated more vegetables.
Paillex also ______ local school kids. On a ______Friday morning in May, 40 third and fifth graders trooped onto a freshly plowed field, each ______with a spade. Squatting or kneeling in teams of two , they loosened the dirt, then carefully______the plants .Several rows later, they eagerly lined up to seed corn under a hot mid-morning sun. Nobody ______.
“The ______makes kids know there are people ______, says Paillex, “and it plants the seed for giving back. When they become tomorrow’s ______, it will be much more possible for them to ______ their coworkers and employees to get ______ in something like this.
“Paillex makes people want to ______,” says Colleen Duerr, a mother of two who has signed on as an ______“Grow-a-Row” member. “And families love this. Pallex has given us a way to raise our kids with a giving heart.”
1.A. Trapped B. Occupied C. Prevented D. Surrounded
2.A. put aside B. planted out C. wrapped up D. got in
3.A. advice B. produce C. cost D. equipment
4.A. bank B. market C. shop D. room
5.A. crop B. fruit C. harvest D. grain
6.A. donated B. sold C. found D. stored
7.A. neighbors B. employees C. volunteers D. tourists
8.A. delivered B. stored C. bought D. tended
9.A. refuses B. welcomes C. chooses D. pushes
10.A. cloudless B. snowy C. foggy D. rainy
11.A. compared B. combined C. filled D. armed
12.A. cooked B. counted C. positioned D. pulled
13.A. laughed B. complained C. worked D. competed
14.A. programme B. example C. lesson D. thought
15.A. at war B. in anger C. on business D. in need
16.A. farmers B. workers C. leaders D. owners
17.A. force B. encourage C. beg D. wait
18.A. locked B. moved C. involved D. turned
19.A. grow B. relax C. settle D. help
20.A. unpaid B. unexpected C. unseen D. unknown
