Since no other way to escape from the flood, ____ only safe thing is to take ____chance.
A. an ; 不填 B. the ; a C. an; a D. 不填；the
—Would you mind my using your bicycle for a while?
— _________, but do return before 11.
A. No problem B. Not at all C. A pleasure D. Sorry but I do
书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是新华中学的学生张华，班里从外地转来一名同学李明，他一时无法融入新的班集体中，感到很苦恼，请根据下列要点用英语给他写封信。1），帮他分析原因 2），给他提出建议
3）。 陈述你帮助他的具体打算
注意：字数120-150.
Dear Li Ming,
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BBest regards,
ZZhang Hua
短文改错（每小题1分，满分10分）
Last night, I have a strange but interesting dream. On the way back home. I came across child from another planet. His clothes seemed to be shining and looked beautifully. As I got close to him, he looked frightening and turned his back to me. Though I couldn’t speak his language, I used hand gestures to talk about him. A while later, he told me lots of amazing thing on his planet, which made me laughing, but suddenly, he began to cry, and then he explained he had lost his way but couldn’t find his home. Seeing that, I was offered to help him. His home had a telephone number like ours, so I asked him to call his parents using my phone. Soon before making the call he disappeared.
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。选项中有两个为多余选项
Millions of people all over the world use the word OK. In fact, some people say the world. OK means all right or acceptable it expresses agreement or approval.
___1.___ .Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaw. The Choctaw word “oken” means the same as the American word “okay”. Experts say early explorers in the American West spoke the Choctaw language in the 19th century.
But many people doubt this. Language expert Allen Walker Read wrote about the word OK in reports published in the 1960s. He said the word began being used in the 1830s. __2.___.Some foreign –born people wrote “all correct” as “o-l-l k-o-r-r-e-c-t”, and used the letters O.K. Other people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long ago. They said he put the first letters of his names--- O and K --- on each object people gave him to send on the train.
__3._ The organization supported Martin Van Buren for president in 1840. They called their group the OK Club. The letters were taken from the name of the town where Martin Van Buren was born--- Old Kinderhook, New York.
Then there is the expression A-OK. It is a space-age expression. It was used in 1961 during the flight of astronaut Alan Shepard. He was the first American to be launched into space. His flight ended when his spacecraft landed in the ocean, as planned. Shepard reported, “Everything is A-OK.”__4.__ One story says it was first used during the early days of the telephone to tell an operator that a message had been received.
There are also funny ways to say okay. __5.__ .These expressions were first used in the 1930s. Today, a character on the American television series, “The Simpsons”, says it another way. He says okely-dokely.
A. Some people say okey-dokey or okey-doke.
B. Still others say a political organization invented the word.
C. Therefore, it has become popular in that area from then on.
D. But many experts don’t agree on what the expression means.
E. Language experts do not agree about where the word came from.
F. It was a short way of writing a different spelling of the words “all correct”.
G. However, some exerts say the expression did not begin with the space age.
If you don’t prepare yourself now, retirement may be some of the most boring and dull years of your life. To have a happy, fulfilling retirement, you need to start preparing right away.
The most obvious thing for people to do when they retire is to take up a hobby. The most important step to take before retiring, though, is to make sure that you actually have started some hobbies. Once you’re retired, unless you ‘ve already started a hobby, you’ll find it very hard to get into something new. Some hobbies aren’t for everyone. Think about what you enjoy doing and start participating on a casual basis now.
Another thing many people participate in is volunteering. Not only does volunteering give you something to do, it also gives you a sense of accomplishment(成就) and can add meaning to your life .Volunteering is also rewarding in other ways, too. There are hundreds of different types of volunteer services and you’ll always be able to meet new and interesting people. Also, don’t think that volunteering is always only about helping someone for free. Many companies pay their volunteers after they’ve had enough experience and prove themselves to be valuable workers.
There are plenty of other potions, as well. Going back to school is a great way to keep yourself feeling young. Taking a vacation around the world with your loved ones is another great way to spend your retirement.
Ultimately, though, the key to a happy retirement is simply keeping yourself busy and doing whatever you love. If there’s nothing you love doing now, then you’ll find that once you have a vast amount of free time, your life will be pretty empty. Now is the time to find out what you want to do when you retire.
1.Why does the author suggest starting a hobby before retirement?
A. Because we are likely to have difficulty starting a hobby after retirement.
B. Because we are gong to have a vast amount of free time after retirement.
C. Because we will only have a limited choice of hobbies after retirement
D. Because not every one of us has already started some hobbies already.
2.What can we learn about volunteering from the text?
A. We can make devoted friends through volunteering.
B. It can help companies find hard-working workers.
C. One can even make some money by volunteering.
D. Almost everyone is willing to help in some way.
3.Which of the following can best explain “a happy retirement”?
A. Travelling around the world every year.
B. Going back to university for further study.
C. Having plenty of free time for one’s hobbies.
D. Living a busy life and doing what one enjoys doing
