It seemed like a typical November day two years ago, as I walked out of Walgreens, a store near my house. It was just a month after my grandmother had passed away and I spent my days running useless errands (杂事) hoping to fill the emptiness in my heart and distract me from the pain.
As I attempted to walk out of the store, I felt exhausted and hopeless and began walking to my car. Suddenly, a woman driving right by my side rolled down her window. “Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me,” she said loudly. Thinking she was going to ask for my parking spot, I simply pointed to my car. “No, excuse me,” she said again. At this point, 1 felt I had no choice but to see what this annoying lady wanted. Under a clutter of makeup, money, pens, and other belongings, she finally reached to the very bottom of her bag and handed me a three -page booklet. “It looks like you need this,” she said calmly with a warm smile on her face. I looked down at the mysterious and obviously used pamphlet and on the front cover in big bold letters read “What Hope for Dead Loved Ones?” It took me only a few seconds to understand the exchange with this woman, but by the time I looked up, she was gone. I felt a sense of relaxation as I opened the first page. It explained how people pass away, but their spirit remains with us. This was the first time since my grandma had passed that I felt her with me, just like I had wanted. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but I did know that I finally felt happiness from the surprising change in events.
I couldn't, and still can't, believe what had happened to me on that day. It was a random day in November when my life turned back around and I began to feel hope again. It was real. It was a miracle. And, I'll remember it for the rest of my life.
1.Why did the author spend days doing useless things?
A.To kill her spare time. B.To relieve the suffering.
C.To reflect on herself. D.To make herself fulfilled.
2.Why did the woman say “Excuse me” so loudly?
A.To catch the author's attention. B.To get the author's parking space.
C.To share her experience with the author. D.To complain about the author's improper behavior.
3.What can be learned about the three- page booklet?
A.It included some mysterious stories.
B.It was a gift from her grandmother.
C.It gave people some advice on how to find happiness.
D.It showed that people's spirit would stay after death.
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.Love from My Grandma B.A Random Day in November
C.A Miracle at the Parking Lot D.Comfort from a Woman Stranger
假设你是李华，你校英文报将举办一次题为”How to Build a Clean Campus”的写作竞赛，请你给全校学生写一封信约稿，希望大家积极参与。内容如下:
1. 举办目的(提高同学们的意识)
2. 稿件内容
3. 稿件长度:500词以内
4. 交稿日期:7月20日前
注意: 文章的开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear fellows,
Our campus environment is becoming increasingly worse because of some improper behavior of the students.
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Looking forward to your reply.
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(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:
(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l1处起)不计分。
Congratulation on the 5th anniversary of Global Mirror!
I’m regular reader of it. I like it very much that I hardly miss any copy. By simple turning the pages, I can know all important things that have been happened both home and abroad. Besides, the success stories of world-famous people are also attractive to me, that help me learn a lot. In a word, thanks for Global Mirror, we are well-informed and keep up with the changed world.
As a young student, I suggest that Global Mirror provides articles about English learning for us. But I hope that Global Mirror will become more and more popular.
My grandma was in a nursing home. She was unable to move; now her eyesight was almost ______. Grandma and I often exchanged cards. I knew that she enjoyed ______ in touch with people. Since I returned, Grandma thought I should be her “personal ______ ” . I said, “I guess you’ve forgotten how bad my ______ is.” Grandma acted like she didn’t ______ me. Grandma would have me write letters on the cards she would send. She would dictate(口授); then I would ______ what she said. Grandma would always have me ______ what I had written back to her. Grandma didn’t have a hearing ______ then because she was always telling me, “That is not _________ what I said!” I would then rewrite what she exactly said.
Since I was ______ before Christmas, I asked Grandma if she would send some Christmas cards. Grandma readily agreed. I prepared several _________kinds of cards. I knew she had friends and family who all had different ________. I would take each card and ______ the front of the card in detail.
After a while, I looked up and I ______ several nursing home ________ standing in the doorway. I started to notice as I read each card, the ________ on their faces and Grandma’s face, too. Each one had a smile in _________ eyes, as they were seeing the scenes in their minds.
I thought I would be doing Grandma a favor when I started to write the Christmas ____ for her, ____ it turned out that she did me a big favor. I would always cherish this special memory of bringing some Christmas______and pleasant memories to Grandma and her fellow residents. That was it.
1.A.wonderful B.found C.gone D.young
2.A.keeping B.losing C.getting D.staying
3.A.teacher B.secretary C.competitor D.driver
4.A.feeling B.thinking C.building D.handwriting
5.A.understand B.recognize C.hear D.find
6.A.wait for B.write down C.watch over D.pay for
7.A.show B.smooth C.count D.read
8.A.advantage B.opinion C.problem D.desire
9.A.exactly B.actually C.obviously D.clearly
10.A.tired B.free C.careful D.generous
11.A.different B.familiar C.similar D.same
12.A.methods B.names C.interests D.habits
13.A.describe B.hide C.draw D.find
14.A.told B.noticed C.attacked D.challenged
15.A.kinds B.teams C.judges D.residents
16.A.eyes B.feelings C.tears D.looks
17.A.my B.their C.her D.your
18.A.trees B.gifts C.cards D.rings
19.A.but B.though C.so D.if
20.A.disappointment B.dislike C.surprise D.joy
While there are not any magic shortcuts to learning words, the larger your vocabulary becomes, the easier it will be to connect a new word with words you already know, and thus remember its meaning. 1.There are four basic steps to building your vocabulary.
Be aware of words. When meeting new words, instead of avoiding them, you will need to take a closer look at them.2. Second, make a daily practice of noting words of interest to you for further study whenever you are reading, listening to the radio, or watching TV.
Read. When you have become more aware of the words, reading is the next important step to increasing your knowledge of words.3. When you come across a word you have recently studied, you understand it, which proves you have learned its meaning. What should you read?4. If you like sports, read the sports page of the newspapers or magazines.
Use a dictionary.5.Remember, words can have more than one meaning, and the meaning you need for the word you are looking up may not be the first one given in the dictionary. Even if it is, the other meanings of the word will help you understand the different ways the word is used.
Study and review regularly. Once you have begun looking up words and you know which ones to study, vocabulary building is simply a matter of reviewing the words regularly until you fix them in your memory.
A.First, try to guess at a word’s meaning from its context.
B.This will give you a quick form of review.
C.Read the entire entry for the word you look up.
D.It is also the best way to check words you have already learned.
E.Reading alone may not be enough to make you learn new words.
F.Whatever interests you.
G.So your learning speed should increase as your vocabulary grows.
Growing up in Venezuela, there was never really much cause to learn English.
For years I knew nothing past “hello,” until I started high school. For five years, I spent two hours a week immersed in understanding the verb “to be”, numbers, colors, and the difference between saying “good evening” and “good night”.
I thought two hours a week was enough time to invest in learning a foreign language. I would always get top marks, and my teachers would regularly praise me.
Even as an adult, I still thought I spoke the language, just by understanding English menus or translating common phrases.
Yep, that used to be me, walking like a queen among everyday Spanish speakers.
“Bring it on, life,” I said.
“I can handle whatever you’ve got; I’m a rock star.” But when I moved to Canada, life hit me so hard that it knocked me down. Years later, I am still recovering.
Living in a new land, with different people, new rules, new weather, a new culture and language, I was no longer a queen.
Did I speak English?
No, not at all.
So, I went back to school, thinking that it was a challenge I would conquer in record time. But the reality was different. English was more like a solid wall in my path.
Even after getting a job, it took all my courage to stop myself from hiding in the washroom during my lunch break, crying, completely overwhelmed (不知所措的) and scared.
Learning English, speaking, listening – it hurt me. Not the language. Not the unkind people, it hurt because I wasn’t good, despite my efforts.
Now, after almost seven years in Canada, I’ve decided not to apologize for my accent, grammar mistakes, or pronunciation. I’m going to chase my dreams and enjoy a beautiful, rich, and fascinating language without being ashamed.
Don’t get me wrong, my brain still screams “Give me a break!” from time to time, but that’s completely natural.
I know it’s going to take a while, but at least now I accept the person I am – not the perfect person I thought I was.
1.What do we learn about learning English in Venezuela?
A.Everyone invested a lot of time in it.
B.It could bring a lot of benefits to students.
C.Its standard was very high in high school.
D.It didn’t require much effort.
2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 show about the author?
A.She was proud of her command of foreign languages.
B.She felt confident enough to face any challenge.
C.She delighted in all kinds of competition.
D.She looked down on others.
3.What happened after the author moved to Canada?
A.She expected to improve her English easily.
B.She regretted not working hard in English.
C.She quickly put her language talent to use.
D.She adjusted to the new environment rapidly.
4.What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?
A.The author now can pass as a native speaker.
B.The author has conquered English eventually.
C.The author has a realistic understanding of herself.
D.The author is frustrated with her English.
