My wife and I went to this vegan(严格的素食主义的) restaurant to give it a try. As we were eating our pepper and salt tofu, a young lady named Debra walked in. She wasn't aware that the place is vegan and was looking for some meat. My wife and I talked up the place and invited her over to try some of our tofu. Debra tried it, nodded and went out.
After a few minutes, she and her mother both walked back in. We were having the rest of our meal at that time, so we told her what we had ordered. Debra then asked the waitress to just repeat our order for them. Next , Debra said. "And we want to pay for their meal", pointing to my wife and me. We tried to say no, but Debra wouldn't listen.
That was not the end ofit. Hugs were in order. Debra came over to our table and my wife got up to hug her. Debra hugged my wife and put $ 100 into her hand. My wife firmly said NO, but Debra insisted. Debra kept talking about our kindness, and we did the same about hers and her mother's.With tears in the eyes, the workers were blown away by this whole exchange between four strangers.I left the waiters and waitresses a tip that would cover all ofour meals and we were on our way.
I've been witnessing so much kindness, especially over the last few years, as I began to pay more attention. We now have a new favorite restaurant and every time we go there my plan is to pay for someone else's meal.
1.Why did Debra go out after trying some tofu?
A. To bring her mother in. B. To look after her mother.
C. To get away from the food. D. To Iook for another restaurant
2.What did Debra insist on?
A. Hugging the author's wife B. Ordering a meal for the author
C. Treating the author and his wife D. Tipping the waiters and waitress
3.How did the workers feel when seeing the exchange between four strangers?
A. Curious B. Funny
C. Surprised D. Touched
4.What can we know about the author and Debra?
A. They've been friends. B. They were both vegan
C. They met forvthe first time D. They once worked together
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假定你是李华，你的朋友Mike要来中国学习，想在就读的学校附近租房子。现在你已经为他找好了房子，请你给他回一封email，向他介绍该房子的情况。
内容包括：
1. 房子基本情况(位置、大小、设施及租金等)；
2. 房东要求。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mike,
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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。
I have two pets, Polly and Sally. They are green-and-blue parrot. Their home is a shady tree in the garden where they are freely to fly from branch to branch. There has a wooden box for them in a tree. This is their nest, where they sleep at night there and take shelter whenever it rain. Every morning, after clean their nest, I feed them with some seeds and give them a bowl water to drink. They are pretty and lively birds. This is really interesting watching their movements, because I never feel dull spending my time with them.
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。
With the 1.(invent) of personal computers, the Internet and cell phones, people now have more immediate access to others and information 2. any time in history. Losing that access can lead to “disconnect anxiety’’, 3. is a psychological term used to describe the 4. (anxiety) feelings that people experience when they are unable 5. (use) their cell phones or cannot log on to the Internet. Some people 6. (affect) by disconnect anxiety may start to feel upset when 7.cannot reach their friends online. Others get really worried when they are not able to respond to emergencies, and this makes them feel 8.(help). Still others are so dependent on their cell phones that they are frightened of missing any phone calls. Cell phones and the Internet 9.(become) the most important technological tools to these people, who cannot afford to live 10.these things.
A boy guarded the barrel(桶) in his father’s winery. Every morning he ______ up every barrel with a piece of cloth, and then put them in ______ row upon row. To his ______, the wind blew the barrels here and there ______. The boy was so angry that he wrote a letter to the wind, “Please don’t blow down my barrels.” After ______ that, his father asked the boy with a smile, “Can the wind read your ______?” The little boy said, “I don’t know, but I have no way of dealing with the wind.”
The next morning, when the little boy ran to look at the barrels, he found that the wind had ______ his request, still blowing the barrels here and there. The little boy felt ______ and burst into tears. His father stroked his head gently and said, “Son, don’t be sad. We can’t deal with the wind, but we can think of our own methods to ______ the barrels.
Then the little boy ______ his tears and sat near the barrels to think over and over. After thinking half a day, he finally ______ a way. He ______ some water from the well and poured it into those ______ barrels. At ______, the little boy got up in a rush, ran out and saw the barrels still ______ in good order. He smiled happily and told his father, “We do have a way to ______ the barrels from blowing down. It’s a very ______ way, that is, to add weights to the barrels.” The little boy’s father smiled ______.
We can’t change many things, but we can add the weight of our own ______, so that we can stand ______ in the world not to be knocked over.
1.A. wiped B. picked C. built D. took
2.A. use B. need C. order D. charge
3.A. anger B. sorrow C. amusement D. confusion
4.A. generally B. slowly C. suddenly D. overnight
5.A. discussing B. saying C. seeing D. writing
6.A. demand B. request C. decision D. sign
7.A. shared B. answered C. ignored D. considered
8.A. nervous B. sad C. scared D. touched
9.A. control B. blow C. make D. arrange
10.A. squeezed B. dropped C. showed D. dried
11.A. put up with B. put through C. came up with D. came through
12.A. sprayed B. drank C. poured D. collected
13.A. broken B. empty C. clean D. neat
14.A. daybreak B. noon C. dusk D. midnight
15.A. placed B. thrown C. moved D. spread
16.A. save B. separate C. free D. stop
17.A. important B. natural C. necessary D. simple
18.A. anxiously B. excitedly C. approvingly D. hesitantly
19.A. wealth B. mind C. responsibility D. pressure
20.A. straight B. firm C. hard D. high
