The year 2019 was a year of teen power. Young people spoke up about big problems and adults began to listen. Greta Thunberg, the seventeen-year-old Swedish schoolgirl, was perhaps the most powerful example last year of this teen power. At the U.N. Climate Action Summit in September 2019, she told world leaders, “You are failing us young people” by not taking enough action against climate change. Greta gained worldwide attention for her impassioned (激昂的) speech and was named Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year.
In the United States, teen groups have formed organizations to pressure politicians into changing gun laws to stop school shootings. “The adults know that we’re cleaning up their mess,” says Cameron Kasky, an 11th-grader who started the NeverAgain movement after surviving the deadliest high school shooting in American history in 2018. “It’s like they’re saying, ‘I’m sorry I made this mess’, while continuing to spill soda on the floor,” adds another survivor Emma González.
These problems are not new and politicians have been dealing with them for years. However, as with the most big problems, there are no easy solutions, and each solution may create more problems. Fighting climate change by reducing fossil fuels (化石燃料)-no more cars, airplanes or big industries-can have a negative effect on people’s lives and even increase poverty. And prisons would fill up quickly if we locked up every person who was considered to be a potential criminal.
Teen power is a good thing. However, it will take more than youthful passion to solve the world’s problems. If you are also ambitious to make the world a better place, it is important that you speak up when necessary. But just as important is the need to grow in our learning-to study and to always remain humble（谦卑的）. Apart from enthusiasm for bringing about change, you still need the maturity, wisdom, knowledge and skills to make good decisions.
1.Why does the author mention Greta Thunberg in paragraph 1?
A.To show the success of teen power.
B.To inform readers of 2019 Person of the Year.
C.To introduce the U. N. Climate Action Summit.
D.To encourage readers to speak up about big problems.
2.What does the underlined phrase in paragraph 2 mean?
A.The adults like soda very much.
B.The adults fail to clean up their mess.
C.The politicians haven't stopped making a mess.
D.The politicians have been working on the shooting.
3.What is the author opinion about reducing fossil fuels?
A.It makes no difference to people's life.
B.It will bring about other new problems.
C.It will make the prisons fill up quickly.
D.It is effective in fighting climate change.
4.What does the author want to stress in paragraph 4?
A.Teen power is a good thing to change the world.
B.Passion is important in solving the world's problems.
C.We should speak up to make the world a better place.
D.We need to study to be mature and wise to decide well.
Last night one of our 3 family dogs was hit and killed by a car in front of my mother’s house. The dogs became more or less, my mother’s children after her human children grew up and moved out and my father ran with a midlife crisis and left her. The one that was killed had bonded with my mom far more than the others. She is shocked and upset. I loved the dog, but my true sadness currently results from having to watch my mother experience another tragedy after everything she has been through in her life.
In the midst of all of this I have to sincerely applaud the driver of the vehicle, which feels wrong, but it's not.
I’ll start by stating it was not his fault. The dog chased(追赶) a deer into the road at night. In an effort to not hit the deer with his car he changed direction suddenly, not seeing the dog, leading to her deaths. He could have very easily continued on his way, but he did something that I hope I never forget. He did the right thing (in my eyes). The driver pulled over, carefully wrapped our dog in a blanket he got from his car, and carried her up to my mother's front door.
He was visibly shaking and very upset. He informed my mother of what happened and she broke down immediately. He consoled her the best a stranger could and waited with her while my sister rushed to her house. He left his information and offered assistance in anyway he could.
Yes, he is the man who hit and killed our dog-accidentally. What he really did was sparing my mother from discovering unexpectedly a horrible scene herself while searching for the dog. He had so many choices. Choices that were far easier than what he chose. He did the right thing and for that, thank you, stranger. You recovered my faith in humanity.
1.What can we learn about the author's mother?
A.She has suffered a lot in her life. B.She has grown up with her dogs.
C.She misses her husband very much. D.She has three dogs killed in an accident.
2.What's the author s attitude towards the dog-killer?
A.Doubtful. B.Indifferent. C.Critical. D.Praising.
3.What does the underlined word “consoled” in paragraph 4 mean?
A.Encouraged. B.Followed. C.Comforted. D.Helped.
4.What is the best tide for the text?
A.An Unfortunate Accident B.Sadness over a Dog’s Death
C.An Easy-to-Make Choice D.Faith in Humanity Recovered
Art, Culture & Performances in Arizona
Art on the Wild Side
Three of Arizona’s favorite painters will exhibit their latest works inspired by the natural world in their unique styles. Through this exhibit, guests can in the Zoo’s mission to care for the natural world.
Date: February 1-April 31, 2020
Location: 455 N Galvin Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ 85008
Price: $90
Always... Patsy Cline
Always... Patsy Cline is a musical play, complete with country humor, true emotion, and even some audience participation, includes many of Patsy’s unforgettable hits such as “Crazy” “I Fall to Pieces”, “Sweet Dreams”, and “Walking After Midnight”... 27 songs in all!
Date: June 14-21, 2020
Location: Hale Theater, 50 West Page Avenue, Gilbert, AZ 85233
Price: $65
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Best friends Valentine and Proteus choose different paths in life only to run into each other again when they both fall in love with the same woman. The Two Gentlemen of Verona is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays, his first comedy and also one of the most rarely performed plays in the canon.
Date: July 18-25, 2020
Location: Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre, 7014 E Camelback Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Price: $28
Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore is giving a concert in our city! She is touring to support her upcoming album. Mandy's seventh studio work Silver Landings set to be released on September 6.
Date: September 27-October 3, 2020
Location: 111 N 3rd St Phoenix, AZ 85004
Price: $42
1.When can you go to an exhibition of paintings?
A.In March. B.In June. C.In July. D.In September.
2.Where can you go if you are interested in Shakespeare’s plays?
A.Art on the Wild Side. B.Always... Patsy Cline.
C.The Two Gentlemen of Verona. D.Mandy Moore.
3.How much will you pay if you want to enjoy a concert?
A.$28. B.$42. C.$65. D.$90.
假定你是李华, 你所在城市的博物馆即将开展“近代文物展”。你想邀请你校的外籍教师Robert一起参观。请你给他写一封邮件, 内容包括：
1. 展出的目的；2. 举办时间；3. 活动内容。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：文物cultural relics
Dear Robert,
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Yours
Li Hua
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 used to live in the country and our family lived on farming. In spring we could see the crop getting ripe with the passing of time. In the distance from our farm are the blue mountains, that turned golden at sunset. What wonder！Not far away from our house lived an old couple. They always got up earlier and then went for a walk hand in hand. They were never quarreled. With no children lived with them, they took helping others as a way to ease our loneliness. I have been regarding them as my own grandparents gradual and I love them as they do me.
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。
Chocolate, cheese and skiing 1.（be）the reasons to visit Switzerland. Zopf, the country's national bread, however, is another attractive point.
Legend has it that the zopf first appeared in the 15th century as part of 2. ancient burial tradition. When a woman's husband died, she would bury her braided（编辫子）hair in the tomb in order 3. their souls to reunite. Later, this tradition was abolished and replaced by a new one 4. a woman would leave a braided zopf loaf in the tomb. While this story is just a tale, it is popular in Switzerland. Another more likely explanation of this bread's evolution is the 5.（grow）of bakers' associations around this time, with the zopf 6.（become）so popular that it was often given as a gift on celebratory days. This tradition lives on today and it's 7.（tradition）to gift a zopf on Swiss National Day（1 st August）. It's also known as a Sunday bread, when you can expect the table 8.（load）with a sizeable loaf, butter and jam.
Zopf is 9.（particular）popular in Switzerland's Emmental region, an area where you can find 10.（loaf）stretching up to a metre long. A writer once described in a story that a zopf was as big as a one-year-old child and just as heavy.
