When I was young, each morning I woke up and would find my father nowhere around the house. He usually got up early before_________and began milking the cow and cleaning the farmyard. In summer, he got up_________earlier to mop the grass and water the flowers and vegetables in the garden. Once I helped my father to_________weeds from the corn field. It wasn’t long_________I felt very tired but the field ridge (田垄) seemed_______. Finally I totally threw myself_________in the field, feeling_______. My dad seemed to have_________my mind. He came up and said, “Farming is backbreaking and really takes_________and sweat, but in__________the sweet harvest will be worth the________.” Encouraged by his words, I struggled to my feet. My father__________and added, “Rome is not built in a__________but it can be built in hundreds of days. So whenever__________with a huge project, just break it into __________parts and then complete them one by one. Finally you will be amazed at your________.” Hearing what he said, I was greatly__________and continued removing the weeds from patch to patch. Believe it or not, at the end of the day, I__________in weeding half an acre of corn field.
Now, I have tried different jobs and finally__________down running a big restaurant. In my lifetime, my father’s devotion to his job and his special working methods can always encourage and guide me__________all kinds of difficulties.
1.A.dark B.dawn C.noon D.midnight
2.A.less B.equally C.even D.extremely
3.A.forbid B.throw C.drop D.remove
4.A.before B.whenever C.since D.until
5.A.changeable B.endless C.faraway D.boring
6.A.open B.flat C.away D.aside
7.A.angry B.disappointed C.hopeless D.embarrassed
8.A.read B.disturbed C.spoken D.seen
9.A.pains B.time C.courage D.patience
10.A.winter B.spring C.summer D.fall
11.A.strength B.effort C.cost D.risk
12.A.smiled B.regretted C.sighed D.followed
13.A.second B.month C.day D.year
14.A.faced B.discouraged C.dealt D.worked
15.A.good B.various C.small D.large
16.A.result B.achievement C.failure D.change
17.A.inspired B.shocked C.delighted D.puzzled
18.A.managed B.failed C.succeeded D.avoided
19.A.settled B.broke C.bent D.pulled
20.A.around B.to C.with D.through
为了帮助中学生健康成长，某中学英文报开辟了“HEART-TO-HEART”专栏。假设你是该栏目的编辑Li Hua，收到了一封署名为Worried的求助信。信中该同学向你诉说了自己近日容易发脾气，使正常的生活和学习受到了影响。请用英文给该同学写一封回信。内容要点如下：
1. 表示理解并给予安慰；
2. 提出建议并说明理由。
注意：内容积极向上，语意连贯，结构完整。词数100左右。
Hi Worried,
I’m sorry to know that you’re having such a bad time at the moment.
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Yours,
Li Hua
根据首字母或中文提示，用单词的恰当形式填空。
1.Have you ever had a case where someone a________ your journalists of getting the wrong end of the stick?
2.Fortunately, the ointment a________ to the wound works.
3.The little boy smiled suddenly, e________ a set of amazingly white teeth.
4.New evidence may lead to the __________（结论） that he is guilty.
5.For further ________ （信息）on the summer camp, please call us at 888668.
6.We are very ________（乐观的）about the results of the exams.
7.Don’t worry about the cost--I’ll ________（款待）you.
8.We interviewed a number of candidates, but none of them ________（留下印象）us.
9.A________ by her sense of humour, we soon became good friends.
10.I was d________ with the presents I received on my birthday.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” An old tale tells a seemingly 1. (believe) story of a magic mirror, but now the magic is no longer unachievable.
In August 2018, news went widely-spread that the police 2. (catch) criminal suspects who attended Chinese singer Jacky Cheung’s concerts. 3.did the police pick4.the suspects among thousands of 5.(scream) fans? The helping hand is AI facial recognition technology. The low-key yet powerful tool is no longer far-fetched, but entering the world of China’s top 6. (investor) and companies.
Facial recognition is a technology able 7. (identify) a person from a digital image or a frame from a video source. Tang Wenbin, CTO of Face ++, an AI computer vision(视觉) technology company in China, 8. (vivid) explained the workflow. According to him, facial recognition is the identification of our appearance, including knowing the sex, age and identity of a person. You may think it is like a brain or a neural network. You use data to train it, and then, it learns the pattern.
Facial recognition technology has been traditionally allied with the security work but today there is active expansion into 9. industries including mobile phones, marketing and finance. Chinese start-ups have seen the potential of Al facial recognition for simplifying and speeding up tasks in multiple industries. And the market is now crowded and 10. (compete).
In today's Ireland, it seems hard to imagine the grim(令人沮丧的) days of the 19th century when so many of the population starved, or that, in those days, many poor people had no clue how to prepare any food other than boil a potato. 1.
Tourism has made a vast difference to the standards of cooking in Ireland. Until recently there was hardly any tradition of eating out in many districts, except perhaps on very few occasions at a local hotel. Patterns of diet were old-styled, based firmly on 'meat and two vegetables' (somewhat overcooked), potatoes (of course) and large quantities of dairy produce. 2. Tourist demands for predictable, inexpensive fast-food are met, as everywhere, with hamburgers and pizzas - a better bet being fish and chips. But more sophisticated tastes have introduced whole foods and vegetarian restaurants (almost unheard of before), and a vast number of new restaurants, often French in style, have opened in the main tourist centres. Food 'events' such as Kinsale's Gourmet festival or Galway's Oyster Festival attract large numbers of visitors and reflect the new interest in food.
Whatever Irish cooking lacks in finesse（精细）, it nearly always makes up for in plenty, and ingredients(成分) are of a high quality. 3.. One of its great specialities is soda bread. It is made with buttermilk and is served fresh and warm with every meal. Recently there has been a return to simple Irish foods such as stews（炖菜）and potato dishes.
4.A 'traditional Irish breakfast' is a plateful of bacon and eggs with soda and potato breads. Accommodation rates are nearly always quoted(报价) with a full breakfast included. 5.
A. So you might as well eat enough to keep you going all day and get your money's worth!
B. Home-grown produce includes rich dairy foods, beef, lamb and pork, and a great variety of seafood.
C. Eating out at weekends is traditional in most parts of Ireland.
D. Now things are very different.
E. Food produce is fresher.
F. One of the best-value meals in Ireland is breakfast.
G. Nowadays, it is quite possible to eat both well and heartily all over the island.
Nowadays, we live in a strict and judgmental world where people are quick to point out the faults of others and yet seem to ignore their own ones. Some misguided souls believe they have a moral duty to help you be a better person telling you what a failure you really are.
If you’re the one placing criticism upon others, please stop. Make a conscious decision, rather than focus on the negative aspect of a person’s performance or attitudes, and you can offer helpful suggestions. If I’m painting a living room and making a mess in doing so, I’d have any husband say to me, “This is a tough job. Can I offer a suggestion that might make it easier for you?” rather than have him point out what a careless painter I am.
If you’re on the receiving end of criticism, the “OK” response is a perfect solution. When someone comments negatively on a task you’re doing, the natural response is to defend and attack. However, this approach is rarely effective as it puts both parties on the defensive. It diffuses a potentially explosive situation. It’s important to keep calm and listen without feeling, to be an objective observer. There is much that one can learn from a negative review. You can ask yourself: Could I have done better, and been more thoughtful? Did I give 100% of myself to the task at hand? Is there any truth in what the other person says? If so, how can I improve?
In any event, one should remember the saying, “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning(指责) and you will not be condemned.” One can learn to be “OK” with criticism and not allow it to negatively impact his or her relationship with the other party. Let it go and that will be “OK”.
1.According to the author, today’s people_____.
A.ignore the mistakes of others
B.focus on how to handle mistakes
C.like to point out the mistakes of others
D.have a moral duty to point out others’ faults
2.In Paragraph 2, the author uses the example to show_____.
A.praise is more important than criticism
B.it’s hard to avoid making mistakes
C.we ought to accept others’ criticism
D.pointing out a fault needs a skill
3.What is the proper response to criticism in the author’s opinion?
A.Paying no attention to it
B.Learning something from it.
C.Making excuses for your mistakes.
D.Defending and attacking sometimes .
4.Which of the following best explains “diffuses” underlined in Paragraph 3?
A.spreads B.improves
C.reduces D.conveys
5.Which would be the best title for this passage?
A.Is criticism really necessary?
B.What can you learn from criticism?
C.What’s the best way to voice criticism?
D.How to criticize and reply to criticism?
