One evening last summer, when I asked my 17-year-old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response took me by surprise. “What’s a colander (漏勺)?” he asked.
I could only blame myself. In the family, nobody’s hands went in the sauce except my own. But that night, as I explained with a touch of panic that a colander is the thing with holes in it, I wondered what else I hadn’t prepared Ray for. I felt confident that I’d raised a self-reliant boy, as we all try to do. But could he boil water? Suddenly it hit me: He’d be leaving the house in a year to attend college. No way was I going to send a spoiled prince into the world.
As parents, while we focus on our children’ s confidence and character, we perhaps don’t always consider that we are also raising someone’s future roommate, boyfriend, husband, or father. I wanted to know that I’d raised a boy who would never ask the woman in his life, “What’s for dinner?” So I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home economics course. I was delighted to find that he didn’t say no.
For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine. One day, as his tomato sauce reduced on the stove, he washed and seasoned a chicken for roasting. Then he rolled out the piecrust and filled it with apples, all while listening to my explanation on the importance of preheating an oven.
Grandparents being tailors, Ray was genetically programmed to quickly master the basics like refastening a button. One day we covered Advanced Laundry, in which I taught him never to mix a red sweatshirt with white or put sweaters in the dryer. I knew that he would rather have been shooting hoops in the driveway than learning to mend socks with his mother — he tried to beg off sewing lessons, even though I insisted that one day, someone would find the sight of him fixing his own shirt very attractive — but it couldn’t be denied that he was learning, and more than just housekeeping. “I appreciate what you do as a mom,” he told me one day.
Ray now understands the finer points of cooking, and more importantly, he realizes there’s nothing masculine (男子气概的) about being helpless. Not only can he make his own dinner, but also he can make a big meal for his family. That’s what I call a man.
1.Hearing her son’s question, the author felt ______.
A.angry B.shocked
C.disappointed D.calm
2.What can we learn from the text?
A.Ray made great progress in cooking.
B.Ray preferred sewing to cooking.
C.Ray was unwilling to take the course initially.
D.Ray always thought it attractive to do housework.
3.The underlined part “more than just housekeeping” in the 5th paragraph shows that Ray ______.
A.fell in love with housework
B.did other work in the house
C.acknowledged his mother’s efforts
D.began to be more independent
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A.Are women Programmed for Housework?
B.Should Boys be Involved in Housework?
C.I’m Proud of My Private Cooking Course
D.A Present for My Future Daughter-in-law
Statue of Liberty Basics
● Statue of Liberty phone: 212-363-3200
● Statue cruise phone: 877-LADY-TIX
● Nearest subways to Statue of Liberty:
4/5 to Bowling Green; N/R to Whitehall Street; 1 to South Ferry (you must be in the first 5 cars of the train to exit at South Ferry). Follow the signs to Castle Clinton to buy tickets for the ferry to the Statue of Liberty.
● There is plenty of room for running around and relaxing on Liberty Island.
● Admission to Liberty State Park is free, but you must buy a ferry ticket to get there.
Statue Cruises Ferry Ticket Prices:
Adult $13; senior Citizens (62+) $10; children (4-12) $5; children 3 and under free. You can buy your tickets for the ferry online at http//:www.statuecruises.come/ferry-service/welcome.aspx.
Ferry ticket is included with the New York Pass — present New York Pass in Castle Clinton bookstore for ticket.
For children 7-12 there is a Junior Ranger Program available. Pick up a free booklet on Liberty Island.
Statue of Liberty Tour Hour
● Ferries to the island leave from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Liberty Island closes at 6 pm and the last ferry returns to Battery Park by 6:30. Schedules are updated and revised frequently, so please check the official ferry schedule.
Statue of Liberty Tour Reservation
● Climb the Crown of the Statue of Liberty with a Crown ticket, which costs an additional $3 and includes access to the Museum and Pedestal as well.
● Museum/ Pedestrian tickets are free (with ferry ticket purchase).
● Order your tickets in advance: 877-LADY-TIX or online when you purchase your ferry ticket.
● Tour tickets are time specific.
1.How much is the ferry fee for a family of two adults and two children aged 3 and 6?
A.$ 26 B.$ 31
C.$32 D.$36
2.You can get a ferry ticket EXCEPT ______.
A.at Castle Clinton
B.with New York Pass
C.when you pay admission to Liberty Statue Park
D.online at http//:www.Statuecruises.come/ferry-service/welcome.aspx.
3.In order to catch the last ferry back to downtown, you should ______.
A.take the ferry back by 4:30 B.arrive at Battery Park by 6:30
C.check first in case of any change D.take the first ferry to the island at 8:30
读后续写:阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
A few weeks before Thanksgiving one year, my husband and I decided to invite a guest over for the holiday. I called a senior center and they suggested Ilse. She was a stubborn 78- year-old lady, who favored sequined（亮片的）T-shirts.
On Thanksgiving, within minute of arriving, Ilse welcomed the glass of wine my husband offered with a wide smile. By the end of the evening, we felt as if we were old friends. The more time I spent with Ilse, the more she became like a surrogate （替代的）grandma. So when her only son Ralph died, I realized she was too upset to be left alone and helped her hire a caregiver. For me, she was like a family and I was the only one left in her tribe.
Each time I stopped by her apartment, Ilse seemed more disconnected than the time before. Late one afternoon, when I called her, I was unable to understand what she was saying. I drove her to the emergency room, where the doctor confirmed she had suffered a mild stroke. During the next few days, I dropped by her apartment, but she was no longer the energetic, stubborn Ilse I knew. At the end of the week, I received an early-morning phone call from her caregiver. " Please come over now," the woman said, her voice matter-of- fact. "She's passed away. ” When I arrived, I saw Ilse lying on her bed, motionless, her eyes closed. I sat on the edge of the bed, too shocked to cry.
注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；
2. 至少使用5个短文标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
The morning after Ilse's death, I read through her will and saw my name.
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Paragraph 2:
I donated the money to a cause she cared about deeply: children.
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假如你是李华，一批来自澳大利亚的师生将于下周六来你校交流访问，校学生会正 在招募志愿者为他们担任英语导游，你想成为其中一员。请你给校学生会写一封申请 信，内容包括：
1. 写信目的。
2. 个人优势。
3. 能做的事。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头结束语已为你写好。
参考词汇:学生会Students' Union
Dear Students ' Union,
I’m Li Hua.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词正确形式。
What do you do when you need to look something up? These days, most people go straight to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. But how 1. (rely) is it?
There's no denying the 2.( popular) and usefulness of Wikipedia. The site is available in more than 270 different languages, 3.( attract) a massive 78 million visitors every month. Being one of the most comprehensive resources available, it got much more information than 4. ordinary encyclopedia. Anyone with an internet connection can log on and edit the contents.
Of course, there are some controls. Wikipedia has a team of over 1,500 administrators, 5. check for false information. 6., with more than 16 million articles to keep an eye 7. , it isn't easy. So, while Wikipedia benefits from being 8.( constant) updated with information, it's also open to "vandals”(蓄意破坏者)”
Some of the damage is easy to notice; but other things are hard to spot. The most common form involves some false information 9.( add) into the biography of a famous person. Incredibly, some of this misinformation 10.( appear) in newspapers so far, with The Daily Mail and The Guardian both falling victim to the pranks(恶作剧).So, if you're going to use any information from Wikipedia, make sure you double-check it first.
Washington is home to lots of trees, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves. But what if you lived there and couldn't cut wood or couldn't _______ to pay someone to do it? Luckily, Shane McDaniel and his twin sons, Harrison and Henry McDaniel, are _______ to lend an ax（斧子）. They cut truckloads of wood—then _______ it to those in need.
The idea started as a project to strengthen father-son relationship during my childhood," Shane told msn. com. Now, he wanted to _______ that feeling, so he and the twins spent the summer of 2018 cutting woods, leaving a great wall of wood _______ up around their house. Technically, it was 40 cords（绳索）—a cord _______ four feet high, four feet wide, and eight feet deep.
_______ , the wood was too much for the McDaniels to use themselves, and Shane started thinking of others when the _______ set in. He _______ on Facebook: "IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF FIREWOOD, PLEASE PM [personal message] ME! ... If you know someone who BURNS WOOD, please ________ us, just making sure NO ONE GOES COLD IN OUR HOOD. ”
The ________ was immediate. One man offered to donate a wood-burning furnace （火炉）. Others ________ to Shane's little shop, with more ________ for the pile. It does help someone. Single mom Katelyn and her daughter ________ a wood-burning stove as their ________ source of heat, so it was a ________ to receive so much firewood from the McDaniels before the holidays. “To get that much wood brought me to tears, ” she told msn. com. “ So much ________ is off my mind. I couldn't be more thankful.
However, not every receiver is as enthusiastic. " Some are even ________” Shane says.
"They are mad at the world and the fact that they had to ________ help. ” But Shane is OK with that. "Giving is the reward," he says. "It has ________ to do with how well it's received； it's about how much it's needed. ”
1.A.attempt B.afford C.expect D.wait
2.A.aggressive B.surprised C.delighted D.polite
3.A.owe B.mention C.apply D.donate
4.A.pass B.move C.run D.get
5.A.lined B.fixed C.piled D.grown
6.A.measures B.weighs C.assesses D.tests
7.A.Hardly B.Deliberately C.Obviously D.Previously
8.A.disease B.winter C.hunger D.trouble
9.A.announced B.released C.posted D.published
10.A.notice B.approach C.motivate D.inform
11.A.pressure B.response C.significance D.complaint
12.A.raced over B.slid C.appealed D.gave way
13.A.money B.ash C.wood D.axes
14.A.believe in B.heat up C.explode with D.rely on
15.A.abundant B.novel C.only D.worst
16.A.relaxation B.burden C.necessity D.relief
17.A.puzzlement B.stress C.guilt D.commitment
18.A.unfriendly B.ashamed C.conventional D.discouraged
19.A.decide on B.get close to C.look for D.put up with
20.A.something B.everything C.anything D.nothing
