“Who does the cooking in your home?” I’m often asked by my colleagues. “My wife and I share it 50/50,” I usually say without hesitation.
It’s a lie, of course. We’re pretty much even（相等的）when it comes to the children and the elderly. But the paying of bills isn’t 50/50-my wife pays all sorts of household expenses, so I never even have to set eyes on them. And the cooking isn’t 50/50, either.
The truth is that I am the cook. On my recent 40th birthday, I received the following gifts from my children: a new pot, two mini bottles of truffle oil, a decorative salad-dressing pourer, and a juice-making machine. For a moment I longed for something more manly, a cricket bat, perhaps, and then had to admit that all these things would be useful for me.
It’s not that my wife can’t or doesn’t like to cook (she makes delicious Welsh cakes). Nor has it always been this way. In the early years of our marriage I’d be relaxing with a glass of wine while my wife prepared for dinner after work.
But at some point that changed and I became the cook. Ten years with my wife gave me the rewards-I can throw together a roast, and I can make much foreign food. But I have truly become a monster(怪物) in the kitchen, unable to keep myself away from cooking. “You have to add Dijon to the sauce; it brings out the taste of the cheese,” I volunteer, as my wife is cooking. “Quick, stir in the butter so the dish becomes delicious.”
Is it any wonder that my wife has given up coming into the kitchen while I find the whole process of chopping, mixing, and adding things deeply satisfying?
1.What do the writer and his wife probably share evenly at home?
a. Cooking in the kitchen.
b. Taking care of the children.
c. Paying household expenses.
d. Taking care of the elderly at home.
A.ab B.bc C.bd D.ac
2.The gifts that the writer received on his 40th birthday show that .
A.his children don’t know him at all
B.he is in charge of the cooking at home
C.he doesn’t get along well with his children
D.his children have made wrong choices
3.What do we know about the writer’s wife?
A.She can’t cook.
B.She doesn’t like cooking.
C.She used to cook for the family.
D.She only knows how to make Welsh cakes.
4.From Paragraph 5 we learn that the writer .
A.likes sticking his nose into other people’s business
B.doesn’t think his wife is good at cooking
C.studies very hard in order to cook well
D.enjoys cooking in the kitchen
假定你是某校高一学生李华，你校的英语俱乐部在暑假期间将组织伦敦游学活动，你打算参加。请你根据以下要点写一封申请信，内容包括：
1.自我介绍；
2.申请理由；
3.期盼回复。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结束语已为你写好。
参考词汇：游学study tour
Dear Sir/Madam，
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Yours sincerely,
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。
Dear Peter,
I am writing to telling you something about a new column (专栏) in the school newspaper, that is called “Sharing”.
This column is opened to help the students to reduce pressure and face challenges brave. I think this column benefits we a lot. First, it provided a place where we can communicate with others and express our feelings. Besides, we can ask for a help from teachers and friends when we feel puzzling. I believe we will be able to solve our problem with the help of others.
I am sure the column is good our mental health. We will live happily whether we keep a good state of mind.
Yours,
Zhang Ming
There is an old suitcase in my house which represents the dreams and hopes of my family.
I’m always taking photos of the little _______ I find in the world around me. A few weeks ago, I visited my parents. My father was an _______ when he was young. I took a photo of something that I would _______ as a pretty big wonder. At first _______, it might not look like much. It was just a _______ brown suitcase with two silver locks up on the top. But to me, it’s _______ what a miracle (奇迹) looks like.
That suitcase is the very one my dad brought with him when he _______ to the US from Turkey in 1965. He was just a 19-year old boy at the time who didn’t know a _______ of English. He _______ all his friends and family, ________ that he would become an excellent engineer one day. That suitcase carried my dad’s most valuable ________ — many black-and-white photos from home and his science and math textbooks, etc.
As a kid, I was ________ about the suitcase. It lived on the top of my bookcase. I never ________ much about it, though. It wasn’t until I got ________ that I actually asked my dad about it. Looking inside, I found tons of photos and the ________ my parents wrote to each other, back and forth between the US and Turkey.
That’s when I ________ how beautiful that dirty old suitcase actually was. It’s a ________ of not only the hardships my parents ________, but also all the wonderful things they ________. How they found love, how their dreams ________ and how they got through them all.
1.A.secrets B.numbers C.wonders D.suitcases
2.A.artist B.architect C.author D.engineer
3.A.see B.act C.use D.serve
4.A.thought B.time C.light D.sight
5.A.lovely B.common C.special D.strange
6.A.hardly B.exactly C.normally D.quickly
7.A.turned B.wrote C.moved D.returned
8.A.word B.name C.card D.sign
9.A.left B.missed C.refused D.called
10.A.fearing B.hoping C.speaking D.learning
11.A.achievements B.prizes C.things D.lessons
12.A.unsuitable B.unhappy C.uncomfortable D.unclear
13.A.cared B.read C.described D.talked
14.A.stronger B.thinner C.older D.braver
15.A.books B.letters C.papers D.reports
16.A.showed B.praised C.admitted D.realized
17.A.reminder B.source C.result D.cause
18.A.got B.suffered C.won D.deserved
19.A.wanted B.lost C.expressed D.experienced
20.A.turned out B.ended up C.came true D.woke up
Reasons Why Reading Old Books Is Good
There are many people who prefer new books to old ones, because they think that new books are better. 1.
They have stood the test of time. 2. According to C.S. Lewis, as a writer, he would rather want a reader to read an old book than a new one as the new one is still under test and the reader is amateur to judge it.
3. Old books usually cost less in comparison, and at times are available even for free at book stores, thrift shops (旧货店), or book fairs.
They help you know your past. Classic novels teach a lot about a particular previous time in history while we are enjoying present times.
Their quality is better. The title is self-explanatory. 4. If a book is being read even 50 years after it was published, then it’s a classic, and surely good.
They don’t discriminate (歧视) against age. Old books are for everyone and not for a particular age group. 5. Cinderella (《灰姑娘》) can still be your favorite nighttime read as an adult.
They smell so good. The smell of old books is just too good. Don’t you just love the smell as you bury your nose into the pages of an old classic?
A.They are cheaper.
B.They are easy to get.
C.What makes a book a classic?
D.What is a book affecting you most?
E.You need not be a child to enjoy the classics written for kids.
F.But the fact is that the opposite is true, more often than not.
G.Ideas come and go, but only the best ideas are the ones that stand out.
The United States will have more adults aged 65 and over than children by the year 2035, the US Census Bureau says As the American population ages, the demand for services and care for older adults is growing.
SenCura is a company that provides non-medical at-home care for seniors in the northern Virginia area. Cliff Glier founded the company 12 years ago. He says its services include help with bathing, transportation, getting dressed and planning and preparing meals.
Hollie is one of SenCura’s professional caregivers. She visits 88-year-old Olga Robertson’s home every day for three hours. Robertson says she likes having Hollie’s help.
“Well, she cooks for me and she does a good job. She takes me to appointments (约会) and things like that and whatever I want to do. Sometimes, we go to walk in the mall if it’s cold out in the winter time.”
But when Hollie is not around, Robertson still has a caregiver—a robot named Rudy, who can have a conversation and also tells jokes and plays games and dances with Robertson.
In addition to keeping Robertson mentally and physically active, Rudy provides services 24 hours a day. He watches for lost things, reminds Robertson about her doctor’s appointments and tells her when it is time to take her medicine. The robot is a little more than one meter tall. It has a screen that makes checking in with family and caregivers easy.
Anthony Nunez is the founder of INF Robotics, the company that created Rudy. He says the idea for the robotic caregiver was inspired by what his own mother lived through when his grandmother got older.
SenCura’s Cliff Glier met Nunez and his team at an event more than a year ago. He became interested in introducing Rudy to his own customers. Glier says Rudy is not competition for human caregivers. He says the robot is there to help but cannot do all the things that caregivers do, like bathing and dressing seniors.
1.What does the company SenCura do?
A.It focuses on care service for seniors. B.It supports medical research projects.
C.It develops robots helping poor seniors. D.It provides medical services for seniors.
2.Which of the following can not the robot Rudy do?
A.Talk with seniors. B.Dress seniors.
C.Tell jokes. D.Play games with seniors.
3.What inspires Anthony Nunez to invent the robot Rudy?
A.The change in the population of the United States.
B.The fast development of modern science and technology.
C.The work experience from a professional caregiver called Hollie.
D.His mother’s experiences of looking after his grandmother.
4.What’s the best title of the text?
A.The American Population Ages Seriously
B.Professional Caregivers for Seniors Are Popular
C.INF Robotics Invented New Robots for Children
D.New Caregivers for Seniors
