根据中文和英文提示写出单词，完成句子。
1.Mr. Smith had a _________（讨论）with us about the film just now.
2.His _________（年老的）mother was always taking much thought for him..
3.Would you mind（解释）this sentence to me?
4.If we work hard, we will finally（达到）our dreams.
5.These coats belong to（运动员）.
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she would say again, “it’s for Elizabeth. ”
I never saw her be angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she loved me—she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional（易动感情的）”. But she lived “on the surface（表面）”.
As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive（原谅）me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.
My hope turned to disappointment（失望）, then little interest and, finally, peace— it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded（折叠）and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
1.The writer began to love her mother’s desk ______.
A. after Mother died
B. before she became a writer
C. when she was a child
D. when Mother gave it to her
2.The passage shows that ______.
A. mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter
B. mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done
C. mother cared much about her daughter in words
D. mother wrote to her daughter in careful words
3.The word “gulf” in the passage means ______.
A. deep understanding between the old and the young
B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter
C. free talks between mother and daughter
D. part of the sea going far in land
4.What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking forgiveness?
A. She had never received the letter.
B. For years, she often talked about the letter.
C. She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.
D. She read the letter again and again till she died.
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. My letter to Mother
B. Mother and Children
C. My mother’s Desk
D. Talks between Mother and Me
Perhaps you’ve seen the English letters “WC” in your city. They show public toilets. But do
you know it is far from elegant（优雅的）English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countries rarely use the letters.
Workers in our city are changing “WC” signs all over the city. The government is spending much money changing all the bad English on signs and restaurant menus. Many other places in China are following our steps.
“WC, or water closet, is old-fashioned English. It sounds dirty to me,” says Charlie Shifflet, a young man from the US. The old sign will become “Gents/Men” and “Ladies/Women”.
“I see lots of poor English in everyday life, and not only on signs,” he says. “I know what they mean. But they are Chinglish, not real English. For example, when someone says to me ‘My hometown is Henan Province’, I know he should say: ‘My hometown is in Henan Province’. ‘Hometown’ is a smaller place in a province.” The common mistakes he picked up include “Not Entry”, which should be “No Entry”, “Direction of Airport” should be changed to “To the Airport”. And it is “room rate”, not “room price”. And remember to “Keep off the grass”, rather than “Care of the green”.
1.What does the writer think of the use of “WC”?
A. He doesn’t think it means water closet.
B. He doesn’t think it old-fashioned English.
C. He doesn’t think it proper for a sign.
D. He thinks it elegant English.
2.The underlined word “rarely” means ________.
A. sometimes B. seldom C. often D. always
3.Charlie Shifflet ___________.
A. is a Chinese living in America
B. thinks Chinese people are sometimes using incorrect English
C. likes to hear or see Chinglish
D. sometimes uses Chinglish
4.Which of the following signs does NOT use Chinglish?
5.The last paragraph is about _________.
A. why there are so many Chinglish signs
B. examples of Chinglish
C. where Chinglish signs are
D. who uses Chinglish signs
There is a website about restaurants. People like to visit it and express their opinions about restaurants. Read what people said on the Internet.
RE: Is Goodies good? 7:02 PM 08/26 Does anyone know about Goodies next to the Mad-Eye Theater? I want to go there with friends this Saturday. Thanks！ |
Jane TW |
RE: Is Goodies good? 7:30 PM 08/26 My dad took me there yesterday. I don’t know if it’s expensive. He paid. The food was fine, not the best, though. But you must try its papaya ice cream. I just can’t get enough of it！Dinner is＄50 cheaper if you eat there on your birthday. |
Crazy-p |
RE: Is Goodies good? 8:11 PM 08/26 Its food is good but its waiter are not. For that price, I think you should go to Awe’s. It’s a little far from the theater, but the waiters there are friendly, and the food is wonderful. It’s celebrating its fifth birthday, so lunch is only half price this week. |
Cool Mare |
RE: Is Goodies good? 9:56 PM 08/26 It’s the best restaurant I’ve ever been to. It’s a little expensive. But it costs ＄100 for lunch. Crazy-p is right about the papaya ice cream. There’s no other word for it. |
Kenny |
RE: Is Goodies good? 11:11 PM 08/27 After you eat there, everything else on the earth tastes good！I don’t want to go there again. |
Teddy 0503 |
1.If you go to Goodies to have dinner on your birthday, you can ____________.
A. get a free meal
B. pay half the cost of your meal
C. pay ＄50 less than usual
D. get a free papaya ice cream
2.According to the passage, Crazy-p advises Jane TW to ______________.
A. taste papaya ice cream
B. go to Awe’s
C. have lunch in Goodies
D. go to a better restaurant
3.Who thinks Goodies has the worst food?
A. Crazy-p B. Cool Mare C. Kenny D. Teddy 0503
4.What’s Kenny’ idea about Goodies?
A. He thinks Goodies has the worst service.
B. He thinks Goodies is the cheapest restaurant.
C. He thinks Goodies has the friendliest waiters.
D. He thinks Goodies is the best restaurant he has ever been to.
5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Goodies is far away from Mad-Eye Theater.
B. Jane TW wants to go to Goodies with her parents.
C. Jane TW wants to go Goodies this Sunday.
D. Crazy-p’s father took her to Goodies yesterday.
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My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. He the first three years of his life in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him .
Children in our neighborhood always ran around their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play, . We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.
In grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the . We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.
He ran four to five miles every day — even when he had a fever. I was , so I went to him after school. I found him running . I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He had two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept .
Two weeks later, the names of the team were caked. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just it.
1.A. spent B. takenC. costD. paid
2.A. talk B. sitC. studyD. walk
3.A. after B. beforeC. duringD. till
4.A. either B. tooC. thoughD. yet
5.A. able B. sorryC. gladD. afraid
6.A. sixth B. seventhC. eighthD. ninth
7.A. so B. if C. thenD. because
8.A. neighborhoodB. familyC. schoolD. grade
9.A. excitedB. tiredC. pleasedD. worried
10.A. think aboutB. hear fromC. agree withD. look for
11.A. alone B. awayC. almostD. already
12.A. ridingB. walkingC. playingD. running
13.A. jumpersB. runnersC. doctorsD. teachers
14.A. got B. keptC. madeD. found
15.A. did B. hadC. leftD. took
— I didn’t expect to see you studying in the library so early in the morning.
—_______, huh?
A. Every dog has its day
B. Many hands make light work
C. The early bird catches the worm
D. Burn the candle at both ends
