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It was raining hard and nearly dusk. I was late for an appointment in the nearby city that I knew only by GPS. Now my phone had died. The usual interstate exits were closed. I couldn’t figure out how to get where I was going or how to let my appointment know I was likely not going to make it there. I stopped at a McDonald’s in a poor part of the town and walked up to what appeared to be a mother and her teen daughter. I’m sorry, but do you mind, is it possible for me to look up a number on your phone and then call my friends and let them know I am lost?” She handed me her phone and they told me I was lucky that she had her phone. It was getting ready to be turned off because she didn't have enough money to pay the phone bill. The young girl and mother seemed to be clinging to each other and talked together as I made my phone call, not really paying me much attention as the people at the other end of the phone told me to come on, I was not too late, and then told me how to get there As I stood to leave, suddenly, I reached into my wallet where I don't usually have cash and pulled out all. I had a $20 bill. I pressed it into the mother’s hand and then turned to leave quickly because 1 didn’t want to take the credit for it. But not before seeing that she was crying，her daughter called after me,” Thanks, sir. You have no idea how you just helped us.” And yet, they really helped me. 1.How was the adventure according to paragraph 1? A.Frustrating. B.Smooth. C.Ordinary. D.Funny. 2.Why did the woman say the author was lucky? A.Because her phone had power. B.Because her phone still functioned. C.Because she knew the people he planned to meet. D.Because she had the telephone number he needed. 3.What can we know about the mother and her daughter? A.They were living in the town. B.They were also in great need. C.They didn't pay attention to the author. D.They often had dinner in McDonald’s. 4.What can we infer from the last paragraph? A.The author must be poor. B.The mother refused the money. C.The author didn't want to be thanked. D.The daughter expressed her thanks. 5.What can be the best title of the passage? A.How to Help others by Phone B.The Kindness Warming Strangers C.The Story between me and a Mother D.A Mysterious Story on a Rainy Night
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When you are reading something in English and you see a word or words you do not know what do you do? Do you pause and look up the meanings? Or do you put down the reading and find something different to read? Neither solution is satisfying. Unless you are reading at a level that is clearly too high for you, avoiding reading may leave you feeling defeated. And pausing to look up every word can slow down your reading. Using context clues works. A context clue is a piece of information that appears near an unknown word or phrase and makes its meaning clearer. Context clues are right there in the text. But sometimes we don’t see them. There are some kinds of context clues that can help you become a better reader. The first kind is synonyms. As you come across unknown words while reading, look for synonyms. A synonym is a word or phrase that has a similar meaning to the unknown word. Antonyms are words that mean the opposite of a word. One way to identify an antonym is to look for contrast words, such as “but”, “however”, “though”, “although”, “unlike”, “whereas” and “despite”. These words signal that some opposite idea or meaning is coming. Another kind of clue is appositives. An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that comes after another noun, where the second gives the meaning of the first. Examples can also help explain the meaning of a word or idea. In English, the most common ways we introduce examples are with the phrase “for example”, “for instance”, “such as” and “like”. And now for some closing thoughts. Leaning to use context clues can take time. Don’t pressure yourself to be great at the skill too quickly. Also, it is often not necessary to know the meaning of every word to understand what you are reading. So next time you come across a word you don’t know, ask yourself whether you can understand the sentence without it. 1.When you meet with new words in English reading, what should you do? A.Use context clues. B.Ask teachers for help. C.Look them up in the dictionary. D.Stop to read another new book. 2.What may be the result of giving up reading when you come across new words? A.Becoming a better reader. B.Slowing down your reading. C.Creating a sense of failure. D.Making the meaning clearer. 3.How many clues are mentioned in paragraph 3? A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five. 4.What is the purpose of this passage? A.To inspire us to learn English. B.To tell us English is easy to learn. C.To persuade us to buy an English dictionary. D.To introduce a way of English learning. 5.Which of the following shows the development of ideas in the passage? A.
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Memories of people who have done us wrong return repeatedly to us from time to time. Sometimes we remain angry with a person even though we have forgotten why we are angry in the first place. Learning to forgive is important. Here is why. As humans, it is one of our weaknesses to lose our minds at times and give in to our anger. However, making that anger stay and feeding it with hate will make it a bad thing to others and to yourself. You have to manage your anger and know how to overcome it. If someone has done wrong to you, forgiving is the first step to get rid of your anger. You may have once done wrong to others too. Now think if you are worth forgiving. You may find that you are actually a good person. So if someone else does wrong to you, focus on the good times you had together and the good things that he or she has done for you. Is the offence enough to erase the good things he or she has done in the past? When your nerves calm down, think back. There must have been something good there to stop you from hating the person. If things do not work out and you stay angry with the person or the person refuse to apologize, you still have to make an effort to forgive. Why? That is because an angry person is not a pleasant person to be with. One day you will find yourself talking about the offence over and over to people who do not know the person you are talking about. Anger consumes a person and eventually takes over. It makes you look at things in a bad way and no one can stand being with someone like that. Lastly, make sure that you have forgiven every offence before going to sleep at night. If someone has hurt you, tell them how you feel. And the most important thing you have to say is “You have hurt me, but I choose to forgive you.” This will give you an inner peace and make your life positive in every way. 1.What is the weakness of humans mentioned in paragraph 2? A.Letting anger take control of us. B.Never trying to forgive others. C.Doing wrong to people around us. D.Hurting ourselves and those we love. 2.By saying we may have once done wrong to others too, the author wants to _______________. A.show we are no better than others B.encourage us to be kind to others C.show it’s normal to hurt each other D.encourage us to find the good things in others 3.What does the underlined word “erase” mean in paragraph 3? A.Strengthen B.Enrich C.Remove D.Improve 4.According to the author, how can we benefit from forgiving others? A.We’ll know better about others. B.We’ll become a talkative person. C.We’ll be forgiven by those hurt by us. D.We’ll avoid becoming a negative person. 5.The passage mainly talks about_______________. A.why we should forgive B.how we can forgive C.why we should forget D.how we can control anger
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Have you always wanted to visit Disney World or Disneyland, but were waiting for different reasons? 1., but its continuously rising ticket prices might make you frustrated. 2.. Throughout much of the 2010s, Disney raised fees at almost double the rate of inflation (通货膨胀), according to the Wall Street Journal. In fact, both U.S. parks have already made price increase in 2020. In February 2020, Disneyland, in California, raised prices on its one-day park tickets about 5 percent.3., because it's the first time Disneyland park tickets have crossed $200. When Disney World opened, staying at the Bora Bora Bungalows cost $29 per night. Now it can cost as much as $3,400! 4.? Disney isn’t hunting for money, with a net income in 2019 of $10.44 billion. But here are some reasons: To occupy the market Since Walt Disney World opened in Orlando in 1971, Disney has expanded faster and faster, with new parks and attractions, pulling ahead of the competition and attracting double the visitors of its closest competitor. 5.. Disney has also increasingly attracted people with more money to spend, with private tours dinners with princesses, and the opening of a five-star hotel. “They know that the money is in the upper class, the top 10 percent, the top 1 percent.” Niles says. “They’ve created a wide variety of new products to try and, honestly, earn more money from the rich people.” A.To attract wealthier customers B.How does Disney make money C.This is a rather large price increase D.To earn more money from different people E.So why are the tickets getting so expensive F.The happiest place on earth isn't far out of reach G.Disney gets bad fame for raising their ticket prices often
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I come from a broken family and my sister Jeanne and I had lost touch since we were teenagers. By age 19, I had moved to live on my father’s _______ farm in Virginia. Jeanne moved to Chicago. We lived separate lives in different _______ , and our connection somehow _______.
Fast-forward about five years, I was on a trip with my _______ to New york City, a place I had _______ been, which made it so _______ because I would raise horses and ride one to the corner store where everyone knew everyone and everything in the quiet _______ town of Driver, Virginia. One day. when we were crossing a very busy street _______ with people and I had laughed at something my husband said, I _______ heard my name yelled from somewhere ________ me: “Cherry!!” I ________ in my steps. Tears ________ up in my eyes and I knew without a ________ that it was my sister. I yelled back before even turning to ________ “Jeanne?” It was her. “Oh my God!” I screamed, and I began pushing people out of my ________ to get to her. The crowd started to part. so we must have seemed ________. I later asked ________ she’d known it was me-she never saw me! She said it was my ________. I wouldn’t say my laugh is all that ________, but I guess to a family member it's infectious (感染的). I truly believe God played a huge part in bringing us together and I see it as a lesson, a reminder not to lose ________ with loved ones. 1.A.cow B.horse C.sheep D.wheat 2.A.villages B.countries C.states D.towns 3.A.ended B.started C.bettered D.improved 4.A.sister B.father C.mother D.husband 5.A.once B.never C.ever D.often 6.A.inviting B.boring C.disappointing D.confusing 7.A.beautiful B.big C.little D.peaceful 8.A.equipped B.combined C.covered D.crowded 9.A.suddenly B.immediately C.slowly D.frequently 10.A.before B.behind C.besides D.above 11.A.flew B.shook C.hurried D.froze 12.A.built B.threw C.welled D.tore 13.A.break B.sign C.doubt D.stop 14.A.ask B.look C.guess D.smile 15.A.way B.hand C.sight D.control 16.A.angry B.blind C.happy D.crazy 17.A.why B.how C.when D.whether 18.A.coat B.voice C.laugh D.appearance 19.A.common B.friendly C.enjoyable D.unusual 20.A.touch B.patience C.heart D.control
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假设你是李华，你和外教Richard约好本周末去骑行，但你因故去不了。请给他写一封Email，要点包括： 1.表示歉意； 2.解释原因； 3.另约时间。 注意：1.词数80左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使遂行文连贯。 Dear Richard, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua
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阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。 In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The problem is that countries around the world have growing mountains of rubbish because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before, which, of course, raises the public’s concern of our living environment. How do the society become a throwaway one? First of all, it is now easier to replace an object than to spend time and money repairing it. Thanks to modern technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and cheap, and it’s more convenient to get them delivered nowadays. Another course is our love of disposable (一次性的) products. As busy people, we are always looking for ways to save time and make our lives easier. Companies produce thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups and cameras, to name a few. It seems that disposable products have become a common part of our life. Longing for new products also leads to the problem. We are used to buying new things and are always talked into buying something we don’t need. Advertisements persuade us that newer is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we throw away useful belongings to make room for new ones. To decrease the amount of rubbish and to protect the environment, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. However, this is not enough to solve our problem. Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our belongings instead of throwing them away, we also need to rethink our attitudes towards spending. Repairing our belongings and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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