Matilda
By Roald Dahl
Price:＄10.25
Gifted and sweet, Matilda White goes largely unnoticed by her less-than-loving parents. Things only get worse when she goes to school. Luckily, her teacher, Miss Honey, helps Matilda discover how special she is and encourages her to create the life she dreams about.
Ivy & Bean
By Annie Barrows
Price:＄4.59
When Ivy moves in across the street, Bean is sure they won't be friends. They are just too different. However, when Ivy helps Bean get away from her sister, who is trying to get Bean in trouble, a friendship blossoms between the unlikely pair. Kids who enjoy this book can read the whole series over the summer.
Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed
By Emily Pearson
Price:＄7.99
When Mary decides to give some fresh-picked wild blueberries to a neighbor, she starts a chain reaction of kindness. After Mrs. Bishop makes and shares newly-made cake, her recipients go on to spread kindness to others they meet. Mary might be a common little girl, but she learns that even children can help make the world a better place.
Frederick
By Leo Lionni
Price:＄14.39
Frederick is a mouse who lives with his family in a large field. During the summer, all of the mice begin to store food to prepare for the cold winter months.All of the mice except Frederick, that is. Instead, Frederick collects things such as rays of sun, rainbows and words.Although the others think he is stupid, they come to learn that everyone's contribution counts.
1.Whose book is mainly about friendship?
A.Roald Dahl’s B.Leo Lionni’s
C.Emily Pearson’s D.Annie Barrows’s
2.How much should you pay for a book of animals?
A.＄4.59 B.＄7.99
C.＄14.39 D.＄10.25
3.Where is the text most likely to have been taken from?
A.A story book. B.A lesson plan.
C.A book review. D.A kid's magazine.
你的英国朋友Jim所在的学校要组织学生来中国旅行，有两条线路可以选择：“长江之行”或者“泰山之旅”。Jim来信希望你能给些建议。请你给他回信，内容包括：
你建议的线路；2.你的理由；3.你的祝愿。
注意：1.词数100左右
2.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句子，请你修改你同桌写的以下句子。每个句子都有一处错误，错误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(Λ)，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：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
1.Many children starved death in Africa for lack of food.
2.We invited her to dinner but she hasn’t been turned up.
3.She is so fat that she has made up her mind to go on the diet to lose weight.
4.His last memory seemed to be connecting with work.
5.Honest speaking, I don’t like the way he does things.
6.She is no longer that she used to be.
7.My brother earns her living by delivering goods to a nearby town.
8.Our English teacher gave us a suggestion that we made good use of our time.
9.It is high time that we should take some measure to protect endangered animals.
10.The terrifying look on the actress’s face showed that she was afraid.
I was born legally blind. Of all the stories of my early childhood，the one about a______is my mother's favorite.
I was only two when the______occurred. We had just arrived home from a trip. Mom lifted me out of the car and _____to speak to the driver. I took advantage of my brief______to dash across the lawn(草坪)-and hit a large maple tree！I was running so fast that I bounced off the trunk and______on my backside. Mom______me to start crying，but I just sat there for a minute. Then I______myself up and kept right on going. Mom always______here that，as many times as I______across the lawn after that，I never again______into that tree.
Mom loves to use this story as an______. It reminds her that children don't enter life______to take risks or unwilling to______again when they fall down. She never wanted me to lose that______as I grew older. When I______my major life decisions，I was still that little girl tearing full-speed across the lawn. I studied abroad and later moved away from my parents' home to look for a______, Through years of______, I have become a respected teacher in a school serving high-need students.
We are almost certain to get______at some point during the process of achieving our goal. When that happens，don't sit in the grass and______.Just get up and keep on going It will all be worth it______.
1.A.trip B.race C.tree D.driver
2.A.incident B.change C.illness D.problem
3.A.feared B.refused C.forgot D.turned
4.A.delay B.absence C.freedom D.rest
5.A.landed B.slept C.laughed D.wept
6.A.promised B.encouraged C.allowed D.expected
7.A.woke B.picked C.warmed D.gave
8.A.adds B.replies C.admits D.supposes
9.A.drove B.lived C.stood D.zoomed
10.A.crashed B.broke C.climbed D.looked
11.A.answer B.example C.excuse D.order
12.A.able B.ashamed C.afraid D.anxious
13.A.ask B.share C.learn D.try
14.A.honesty B.toughness C.kindness D.curiosity
15.A.regretted B.reviewed C.made D.explained
16.A.job B.friend C.fortune D.house
17.A.memories B.efforts C.research D.experience
18.A.mixed up B.fed up C.knocked down D.settled down
19.A.play B.relax C.dream D.cry
20.A.all at once B.in the end C.in either case D.as a result
While you are traveling abroad, cultural mistakes are more serious than linguistic mistakes, which can lead to serious misunderstanding and even ill-feeling between individuals.1.
●Touching Someone
2. In Mediterranean countries, if you don’t touch someone’s arm when talking to them or if you don’t greet them with kisses or a warm hug, you’ll be considered cold. But backslap(拍背) someone who isn’t a family member or a good friend in Korea, and you'll make them uncomfortable. In Thailand, the head is considered sacred—never even pat a child on the head.
●Talking Over Dinner
In some countries, like China,Japan and some African nations, the food’s the thing, so don’t start chatting about your day's adventures while everyone else is digging into dinner.3. It’s not because your group is unfriendly, but because meal times are for eating, not talking.
● Removing Your Shoes or Not
Take off your shoes when arriving at the door of a London dinner party and the hostess will find you uncivilized, but fail to remove your shoes before entering a home in Asia, Hawaii, or the Pacific Islands and you'll be considered disrespectful. So, if you see a row of shoes at the door, start undoing your laces.4.
Once you are on the ground of a different country, remain highly sensitive to native behavior.5. And don’t feel offended if something seems offensive—like queue jumping. After all, this is a global village, and we are all very different.
A.Personal space varies as you travel the globe.
B.Asians consider removing shoes impolite at home.
C.Never be completely surprised by anything.
D.The linguistic mistake means that someone is not fully expressing his idea.
E.Look out for the following cultural mistakes and try to avoid them.
F.If not, keep the shoes on.
G.You'll be likely to meet with silence.
Starbucks’ founder, Howard Schultz, came up with an idea for his coffee chain while drinking espresso (浓咖啡)in a bar. He took a good product, repackaged it and globalized it. But to many Italians, the coffee served by Starbucks and other branded stores is as far away from proper Italian coffee as you can get, despite the Italian-sounding offerings on their menus.
Now, I am part-Italian and like most Italians, I think that Italy represents the height of coffee culture, against the standard by which all coffee should be measured. My Italian friends and family hate the idea of adding a little sugar juice or other things to their valuable cappuccino (卡布奇诺).I have a coffee machine at home, which is to the Italian kitchen what the kettle is to the British. As far as I’m concerned, the cappuccinos, lattes (拿铁)and espressos served in branded coffee chains taste bitter, a low copy of the real thing.
You’d never ask for a latte in Italy. If you did, you’d get served a glass of milk. Coffee and espresso are the same in Italy. Then there’s the Australian “white coffee”, a halfway house between a Starbucks-style latte and a macchiato(玛奇朵). The “white coffee” has gone global so much that recently it replaced the cappuccino on Starbucks’ menu in some parts of the US.
What’s more, Italians don’t waste time around in coffee shop armchairs drinking cappuccinos while surfing the Internet. Still, when it comes to taste, Italians are trying to reclaim the ground. Part of the problem is the price of coffee. Most Italian bars will not charge more than one euro a cup, which means there isn’t the choice to purchase more high-quality coffee. Italian flavor is held back by the way the coffee is boiled.
I still think I’ll be sticking to home-made coffee from my trusted machine. And I’ll continue to drink it in the Italian way.
1.What’s the purpose of telling the story of Starbucks in Paragraph 1?
A.To introduce the topic of the passage.
B.To introduce the history of Starbucks.
C.To present the standard of good coffee.
D.To explain the key to the success of Starbucks.
2.In the author’s opinion, the coffee served in Italian branded stores __________.
A.contains too much sugar juice
B.represents the Italian coffee culture
C.is very different from that served in the US
D.cannot meet the Italian standard of good coffee
3.Italians prefer home-made coffee due to the fact that___________.
A.home-made coffee is much cheaper
B.they can produce proper Italian coffee at home
C.each family has a tradition to use the coffee machine
D.they can have access to the Internet when drinking coffee at home
4.According to the passage, we can infer that_______.
A.Starbucks coffee doesn’t agree with the Italians
B.white coffee tastes sweeter than cappuccino
C.Italian coffee culture is widely spread all over the world
D.the British like the kettle the same way as the Italians like coffee
