Ask 9-year-old Annie what the worst thing was that ever happened in her house last year, and she won’t tell you that it was her parents divorcing, although they did. No, what Annie remembers most are the horrible fights leading up to the announcement about the divorce which was, as it turned out, and despite her parents anxiety about telling her, “not that big of a deal.” “I already knew they were not getting along well,” Annie says, “Every night after I went to bed, l would hear my parents fighting.” It made me really unhappy. When they finally decided to get a divorce, all of that stopped.
Annie's experience is more common than you might think, and there is a great deal of evidence to suggest that “staying together for the sake of the children” is not all it's cracked up to be, and may do more harm than good. According to psychologist Lynn Martingdale, hearing their parents argue is often more stressful for children than separation and divorce, and if you think that your children don’t know that there's trouble in family, then you're kidding yourself. The home life of children whose parents have an unhappy marriage is often far from ideal, and what's worse, parents will compound the problem by taking their unhappiness out on the children.
The Center for Moving Forward conducted a study in 2014 in which they followed 25families whose parents had been in marriage counseling. After tracking these families for 5 years, they found that the children of the parents who had eventually gotten divorced were not worse off than the children of those who had remained together, and in some cases had fared better. The study took into consideration, social and the children's general sense of well-being.
1.Why was Annie really unhappy according to paragraph 1?
A.Her parents fought every night. B.Her parents finally got divorced.
C.Her parents decided to abandon her. D.Her parents got along badly with her.
2.Which statement may psychologist Lynn Martingdale agree with?
A.Separation and divorce will hurt the children most.
B.Keeping an unhappy marriage hurts children more.
C.Children can't understand their parents' marriage well.
D.Children can’t feel the unhappiness from their parents.
3.What's the function of the last paragraph in the passage?
A.To give an example of divorce.
B.To support Annie's correct answer.
C.To further clear the author's view point.
D.To highlight the importance of the study.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.Divorce Is Good for Children B.Divorce Is Not the Worst Thing
C.Fighting Is Often Stressful D.Staying Together Is for Children Only
Everything I Never Told You: A novel by Celeste Ng
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Synopsis（梗概）：
“Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet... ” So begins the , story of this novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle- daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eye and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue----in Marilyn's case that her daughter should become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James's case that Lydia should be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the center of every party.
When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, the balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together falls into chaos, forcing them to confront the long-kept secrets that have been slowly pulling them apart. James, consumed by guilt, sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Marilyn, is determined to find a responsible party, no matter what the cost is. Lydia's older brother, Nathan, is certain that the neighborhood bad boy Jack is somehow involved. But it's the youngest of the family--- Hannab who observes far more than anyone realizes and who may be the only one who knows the truth about what happened.
A profoundly moving story of family, history, and the meaning of home, Everything I Never Told You is both a good page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, exploring the divisions between cultures and the conflicts within a family, and uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another.
1.What type of writing is this passage?
A.An exhibition guide. B.An announcement
C.A book review. D.An advertisement
2.How many people in the Lee family are mentioned according to the passage?
A.Four. B.Five.
C.Six. D.Seven.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.James wants his daughter to be a homemaker.
B.In Hannah's eyes, Jack is actually the real killer.
C.Lydia takes on the high expectations of the family.
D.The family always live in harmony with each other.
假定你是李华，你校下个月将举办“京剧进校园”活动。请你邀请来自澳大利亚的交换生Peter参加此次活动，并根据以下提示用英文给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
1.活动的时间和地点；
2.活动内容：艺术家表演、介绍京剧历史和主要角色等；
3.活动目的：传承、发扬传统文化。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计人总词数。
参考词汇：京剧：Peking Opera
Dear Peter,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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- .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。
A terrible thing was happened in a zoo yesterday. A man was biting seriously by a tiger. The public felt frightened. Later word came the man tried to avoid buy tickets and went into the dangerous area in the zoo. This made the tiger angrily and it attacked him. Animals had their own nature. Once they are in threat, they will do terrible things. Therefore, visitors should behave them and obey the rules of the zoo. But still a lot of people throw food to animals, what does harm to their healths. It is our duty to protect animals.
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
New research suggests that our DNA 1. (help) us to decide whether we prefer coffee or tea. Researchers from a university in Australia studied how our genes affect our taste and why we like some tastes 2. (good) than others. Following the research, researchers believe they know why some of us prefer coffee while others like tea more. The researchers found that people who like more bitter tastes are more likely to drink coffee, The researchers said they found something strange in 3. (they) research, People who are more 4. (sense) to the bitter taste of caffeine are more likely to prefer coffee to tea.
Researchers looked at data on more than 400, 000 men and women in the United Kingdom. They also looked at an Australian study 5. compared the tastes of 1,757 twins with their siblings (兄弟姐妹). The researchers said genes weren’t the only factors (因素) 6. (affect) people’s tastes. Other things like our changing environment, social factors or 7. effects of taking medicine can also make us prefer coffee or tea, The researchers said we could learn to like coffee, Dr Liang-Dar Hwang said: “Bitter taste perception (直觉) 8. (shape) not only by genetics. but also environmental factors. Even though humans 9. (natural) dislike bitterness, we can learn to enjoy bitter-tasting food after being exposed 10. environmental factors.”
Morgan Anderson, who was terrified of flying, had forgotten entirely that she was on a plane. She and her mother, Rose Anderson, were busy doing something more important ______ a man.
On Dec. 13, Morgan and her mother were in the air on their way to Salt Lake City when an ______ over the plane’s public address system said the stewardess was ______ medical professionals aboard to help with an emergency. Rose heard the call and pushed Morgan, who had fallen asleep. Both of them were ______, so they had a job to do.
The ______ went to the front of the airplane, where they found a man who appeared to be in his 60s. He was senseless and looked very ______. He was in worse condition than either Rose or Morgan had ______.
Rose has more than 30 years of ______ in nursing while Morgan just ______ from a medical school, so Rose took the ______. Following her mother ’s instructions, Morgan began to list the airplane’s medical supplies which were ______ in saving the man’s life.
Thanks to Rose and Morgan’s efforts, the man ______ to life. He told Rose and Morgan, who continued to care for him ______ the plane landed, that he was on his way to visiting his mother. The man was in a stable condition when paramedics (护理人员) ______ the case after they landed.
The captain of the airplane expressed his ______ to the Andersons and gave them a discount off their next flight. “It’s always good to have a happy ending” Rose said.
The medical emergency also provided Morgan with an opportunity to ______ what she had learnt at school to practice. Morgan said she appreciated the chance of being ______ to others.
Rose was always ______ and willing to help people in need. Greatly influenced by her mother, Morgan，who once dreamt of being an architect, ______ her mind. According to Morgan，it was her mother who ______ Morgan to step into the nursing field.
1.A.rescuing B.adopting C.comforting D.protecting
2.A.explanation B.expression C.announcement D.advertisement
3.A.in honor of B.in case of C.in charge of D.in need of
4.A.nurses B.pilots C.patients. D.passengers
5.A.illegally B.immediately C.actually D.wisely
6.A.anxious B.pale. C.delighted D.exhausted
7.A.displayed B.noticed C.suffered D.expected
8.A.training B.exploration C.experience D.reputation .
9.A.graduated B.moved C.dated D.resulted
10.A.lead B.test C.pill D.parcel
11.A.flexible B.acceptable. C.necessary D.adjustable
12.A.came out B.came in C.came over D.came back
13.A.until B.unless. C.after D.if
14.A.took off B.took over C.took in D.took down
15.A.greetings B.thanks C.demand D.relief
16.A.compare B.expose C.add D.apply
17.A.gentle B.charming C.vital D.polite
18.A.narrow-minded B.cold-hearted C.simple-minded D.kind-hearted
19.A.changed B.opened C.lost D.calmed
20.A.forced B.caused. C.inspired. D.warned
