Many years ago my dad was diagnosed (诊断) with a terrible illness. He was unable to work at a steady job. But he wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he decided to volunteer at the local children hospital. My dad loved kids. He would talk to them and play with them. Sometimes, he would lose one of the kids. In certain cases, he would give comfortto the sad parents of these children.
One of his kids was a girl with a rare disease that paralyzed (使……瘫痪) her from the neck down. My dad decided to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up against a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn't use his hands at all. Only his head would move. He would visit her whenever he could paint for her. All the while he would tell her," See, you can do anything you set your mind to."
Eventually, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was discharged (允许出院). My dad also left the children hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later after my dad had recovered and returned to work, he was at the volunteer counter one day and noticed the front door open. In came the little girl who had been paralyzed, but this time she was walking. She ran straight to my dad and hugged him really tightly. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read, "Thank you for helping me walk."
1.Why did the writer's dad volunteer at the local children hospital? ______
A.To forget his illness by keeping busy.
B.To spent his spare time by working.
C.To work as the father of the children.
D.To have a chat with the poor children.
2.How did the author's dad help the girl according to paragraph 2? ______
A.By persuading her to cheer up.
B.By painting for her with his mouth.
C.By bringing her much tasty food.
D.By telling interesting jokes to her.
3.What do we know from the text? ______
A.Love sometimes can make people recover.
B.The author's father cured the girl's sickness.
C.The girl was able to walk again finally.
D.The children hospital once closed down.
4.Which of the following can best describe the writer's dad? ______
A.Kind and helpful.
B.Ordinary and healthy.
C.Outgoing and generous.
D.Knowledgeable and serious.
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1.Where will you go if you are interested in taking risks? ______
A.Santa Catalina Island.
B.Death Valley National Park.
C.Los Angeles.
D.San Diego.
2.What will you see in Death Valley National Park? ______
A.Various man-made oases.
B.Horseback riding shows.
C.Snow-covered mountains.
D.Attractive sandy beaches.
3.Which of the following is not the way to explore Los Angeles? ______
A.Wandering on the beach.
B.Listening to concerts.
C.Touring different museums.
D.Hiking in the mountains.
假定你是李华。英国笔友 Peter来信向你咨询如何学好普通话。请给他回信，内容包括：
1. 找好资料；
2. 听读结合；
3. 熟能生巧。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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 clean out Dad’s cupboard yesterday. There were two things I couldn’t throw away: his work shirts and his two pairs of Red Wing boot. He couldn’t remember birthdays or anniversaries, but he remembered the date on that he’d bought her first pair. I remember it either—April 16, day after Tax Day. What does a child do with her dad’s most favorite boots? I think I will make a planter out of them or use them to storing something valuably. You can’t throw away a man’s favorite boots. You’ve got to keep them but pass them down.
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。
Ji’an lies next to the Luoxiao Mountains with the Gan River 1. (run) through the middle of the city. It’s a place 2. pleasant climate and abundant rainfall. Mountainous and 3. (hill) regions (区域) occupy more than seventy percent of its land.
As an ancient cultural city, Ji’an, went through wind and storm for thousands of years, with so many 4. (hero) making a commitment to this land. The great 5. (write) Ouyang Xiu and the national hero Wen Tianxiang were 6. representatives of the 2855 successful candidates and 18 No. 1 Scholars in the highest imperial examinations (科举考试), 7. are the pride of the local people.
There is picturesque scenery of the endless cloud-kissing mountains, the clear water and attractive view sights; everyone is 8. (amaze) at the strange flowers, the bright bird singing, as well as the unusual animals. The Mount Wugong, and the Mount Jinggang 9. (be) both famous tourist attractions, As the Beijing-Kowloon high-speed railway goes through here, Ji’an will be refreshed not only in the image of an old revolutionary base area, 10. also the deep-rooted traditional conception.
A pioneering dancer is proving that you can chase your dreams-even in a wheelchair. Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had _________ of becoming a dancer. “The only thing that I _________ was dance,” she told CBS News.
That ambition nearly _________ one night in 2010. Hill, _________ a 17-year-old high school senior in Pacific Grove, California, was in a car accident that put her in the _________ for 51 days and left her paralyzed (瘫痪) from the _________ down.
For most people, that would have _________ any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the _________. Far from being an obstacle (障碍), her wheelchair _________ her. “I wanted to prove to my community—and to myself-that I was still ‘__________,’” she told Teen Vogue. “Whatever normal meant.”
Normal for her meant __________ so Hill did it in her wheelchair right __________ her nondisabled high school dance team. “Half of my __________ was taken away from me, and I have to move it with my __________,” Hill told Today. “It definitely __________ a lot of learning and patience.”
After __________, Hill wanted to expand her dance network to include __________ like her. She met people online who had suffered various physical injuries but shared her determination, and she invited them to dance with her. “It was such a(n) __________ experience.” Hoping to reach more people in a larger city, Hill __________ to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the Rollettes.
“I want to__________ the stereotype (模式化观念) of wheelchair users and show that dance is dance, whether you’re walking or you’re rolling,” she told CBS News.
1.A.dreamed B.heard C.approved D.complained
2.A.remembered B.rejected C.learned D.loved
3.A.formed B.ended C.came D.woke
4.A.now B.recently C.once D.then
5.A.home B.vehicle C.school D.hospital
6.A.shoulder B.waist C.wrist D.ankle
7.A.realized B.hatched C.dashed D.afforded
8.A.beginning B.misfortune C.hope D.conclusion
9.A.defeated B.failed C.encouraged D.greeted
10.A.useful B.average C.helpless D.normal
11.A.standing B.dancing C.quitting D.studying
12.A.throughout B.without C.alongside D.outside
13.A.body B.life C.time D.mind
14.A.feet B.hands C.ankles D.legs
15.A.knew B.met C.made D.took
16.A.graduation B.operation C.employment D.retirement
17.A.students B.volunteers C.females D.dancers
18.A.amazing B.bearable C.willing D.affordable
19.A.applied B.moved C.returned D.contributed
20.A.bring about B.put away C.break down D.build up
