Four brothers left home for college, and they became successful doctors and lawyers.
Some years later, they got together again. While having dinner, they_________for a long time. They discussed the_________they had given their elderly mother who lived far away in another city. The first said, “I had a_________house built for Mama." The second said, “I had my Mercedes-Benz dealer ( 奔驰经销商) send a_________to her." The third said, “I built a beautiful _________for Mama." The fourth said, “You know_________Mama loved reading poems and you know she can't read any more because she can't _________very well. I met a businessman who had a parrot that can recite many_________. It took him 12 years to_________it to speak and he earns his living by renting it out. I had to pay him $100,000 a year for twenty years,__________it is worth it." On hearing that, the other brothers were__________by his good thought.
After the holidays, their mother__________ her thank -you notes, which read，“Milton, the house you built is so huge. I only live in one room, but I have to clean the whole house. It's a (an)__________job. Thanks anyway." “Marvin, I am too old to__________.I stay home and have others work for me, so I'll__________ use the car. The ________was good, although not realistic. Thanks."
“Michael, you gave me an expensive building for many people to__________plays or I watch movies in it, but all my friends are dead. I've almost__________my hearing and I' m nearly blind.I won't use it. Thank you all the same.'
“Dearest Melvin, you are the__________ son to have the good sense to give a little thought to your gift. The chicken tasted so__________. I liked it very much. Thank you."
1.A.fought B.studied C.talked D.slept
2.A.chances B.gifts C.wishes D.challenges
3.A.big B.warm C.safe D.lonely
4.A.book B.bike C.car D.bag
5.A.station B.museum C.library D.theater
6.A.how B.what C.why D.when
7.A.listen B.feel C.see D.walk
8.A.stories B.poems C.words D.lyrics
9.A.protect B.beat C.raise D.train
10.A.but B.so C.unless D.although
11.A.shocked B.embarrassed C.frightened D.impressed
12.A.took out B.put up C.sent out D.picked up
13.A.enjoyable B.tiring C.delightful D.amusing
14.A.learn B.work C.exercise D.drive
15.A.never B.often C.regularly D.sometimes
16.A.future B.idea C.hobby D.program
17.A.enjoy B.create C.bring D.record
18.A.admired B.lost C.remained D.discovered
19.A.same B.last C.only D.next
20.A.strange B.unpleasant C.terrible D.delicious
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Five Things to Do in a Traffic JamTired of traffic jams? Here are some tips that can help you to calm down in a traffic jam.Listen to CD audio book. It’s a good idea to keep several audio books in your car.1.Listening to an exciting story is more interesting than sitting silently and being bored.Sing loudly. If you begin getting angry because of a long traffic jam, turn your CD player on or radio up.2.Imagine you’re a wonderful singer and the audience is listening to you in admiration. Your stress will disappear.3. .You can use the radio and play entertaining games while waiting. For example,you can guess the song or the singer or to see how quickly you can recognize a new song.Have a snackKeeping a tasty snack in the car is especially good for waiting in traffic jams.Choo-se what you like most of all, so you will look forward to traffic jams to have a chance to eat the delicious snack.4.In that case, time is the last thing to worry about.Argue with the radio talk show hostFind a station with a radio talk show. 5.If you disagree, you can show your anger.Don’t be afraid to call their ideas stupid. Only make sure that the car windows are clo-sed so no one may hear you.Sitting in a traffic jam can be very stressful but next time you can use these simpletips, and you won’t notice how long you have been waiting and soon you will be onyour way.
A. Play games |
B. Use the radio. |
C. Enjoy every bite of it. |
D. Listen to their debates carefully. |
E. Loud singing can help to reduce stress. |
F. Begin to enjoy them as quickly as you can. |
G. The storyteller’s voice can clear all your bad emotions. |
Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a conscious effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful，there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.
Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before.
Memory “tricks" work the other way as well. Once in a while, you remember not doing something, and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber shop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barber shop across the street from my office.
We always seem to find something funny and amusing in incidents caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent -mindedness. Stories about absent -minded professors have been told for years, and we never get tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however ，absent -mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “tricks" of our memory can cause us great trouble.
1.If you want to have a good memory, you should ________.
A.never stop learning new things B.use your memory to play tricks
C.make a conscious effort of practice D.force yourself to remember things
2.What can be learnt from the text?
A.One night the writer locked the front door as usual.
B.The writer had had his hair cut two days before.
C.The writer got into trouble when crossing the street.
D.The writer was regarded as a forgetful professor.
3.How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 4?
A.We enjoy hearing new stories about absent -mindedness of professors.
B.We will never get tired of listening to new stories about absent-mindedness.
C.Absent- mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people.
D.We are unwilling to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors.
Having a great collection of books at home doesn’t really mean that you are a person who loves reading. It may be got from your father or your father’s father, and it can just impress people around you with the fact that you are a person of culture.
From my point of view, reading is very important in our daily life. For example, reading is a way of gaining knowledge in different areas. It can help us have a great imagination, and it makes things easier when it comes to making compositions on different themes. It gives you the possibility to speak about science, even if you don’t work in this field. You can express your opinions about a political event because you have read something about that.
Secondly, reading gives us the possibility to enter the world of imagination. We can imagine what life will be like in the future. Sometimes, we compare ourselves with the people in the stories we read and they can give us some clues to solve the problems and tell us what to do in certain situations. Books are based on real life. Even if writers are considered to be somehow different from common people, they often face the same problems as we all do.
In short, I would like to say that literature is the perfect way of enriching our culture, expressing correctly, having a rich vocabulary, being able to understand different fields and really being considered to be a learned person.
1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?
A.Reading a lot is good for writing
B.Reading can help us gain knowledge
C.Reading can help us have a great imagination
D.Reading helps us enter the field of politics easily
2.We can learn from the third paragraph that ____ .
A.people in stories are always unbelievable
B.books may help us solve problems
C.writers are good at dealing with problems in life
D.writers often have different experiences in life
3.What can be the best title for the text?
A.Why Is Reading Important in Our Life
B.How Can We Become a Learned Person
C.Different Reading, Different Functions
D.Having a Good Collection of Books Means a Lot
All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping.For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised.It said: “ Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods.This May Be Your Lucky Day!”
For several weeks, Mrs Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer.Unlike her friends, she never gave up hoping.The cupboards in kitchen were full of things which she did not need.Her husband tried to advise her against buying things but failed.She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would approach her and say:“ Madam, this is Your Lucky Day.Everything in your basket is free.”
One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea. She dashed back to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash-desk. As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her. “Madam,” he said, holding out his hand, “I want to congratulate you!You're our lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is free!”
1.The housewives learnt about the free goods_________.
A.on TV. B.at the supermarket C.from the manager D.from the newspaper
2.Mrs. Edwards______.
A.is always very lucky B.had no friends C.hoped to get free shopping D.gets disappointed easily
3.Mrs. Edwards’s husband tried to ______.
A.make her unhappy B.cheer her up C.buy things with her D.stop her buying things
4.Mrs. Edwards went back to the supermarket quickly because she had to______.
A.buy another thing B.talk to the manager C.pay for her shopping D.find her shopping
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国朋友Peter想了解中国近四十年发生的变化以及人们对中国未来发展的期待。请你给他回邮件，内容包括四十年来人们：
1. 居住环境的变化；
2. 出行方式的变化；
3. 对中国未来发展的期待。
注意:1.词数100左右; 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
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Yours,
Lihua
