When I first saw the book Alice in Lace, I thought I was going to like it. And as it turned out, I love it! I love books about life and being a kid. And Alice in Lace is just that kind. It’s a humorous book about being thirteen and the problems kids might face. Alice and her friends get a strange assignment from their totally cool teacher, Mr. Everett. It was like playing the game of “Life,” but you had to act it out.
So Pamela is pregnant, Elizabeth buys a car and Alice gets married. Well, of course, Pamela wasn’t really pregnant, but she walked around with a pillow under her shirt to get people’s reactions. Elizabeth didn’t really buy a car, but she went to the car lot and made the sales guy think she was. The whole class got assignments like these! I would love to do something like that for school.
In the book Alice has a lot to think about. “Getting married is hard!” Alice says. She has to plan the ceremony, the honeymoon, find a place to live, pay for furniture and two months’ rent and food. Maybe she and her “husband” could work it out — if they were getting on fine!
Although this book was funny, it really made me think about how problems like these could really mess up your life. Take teenage pregnancy for example. How could you have a baby and stay in school? You couldn’t find a babysitter every day to stay with your kid. A child really consumes your life. I understand what the teacher was trying to do. He was trying to discourage the class from getting into these problems by giving them a glimpse of life. As someone about to become a teenager myself, I can say sometimes a story makes you think about what’s up ahead.
Overall, I would say this book is wonderful. My favorite part of the book is discovering that if I like it, there are seven other Alice books I can check out at my local library. I love this book, and I hope you will too.
1.We can infer from the passage that Pamela, Elizabeth and Alice _______.
A．turn out to be the author’s classmates
B．are characters in Alice in Lace
C．get along quite well
D．become dismissed from school
2.By saying “getting married is hard” in the paragraph 3, Alice means ______.
A．life isn’t easy as expected
B．it is hard to deal with her husband
C．she regrets getting married
D．it’s fun to get married
3.Why did Mr. Everett give his students such assignments?
A．To encourage them to enjoy a meaningful life.
B．To prevent them getting into those troubles at an early age.
C．To make them realize the hardship of life.
D．To teach them how to make a living.
4.The author writes the passage mainly to _____.
A．advise us to buy Alice in Lace
B．tell us how wonderful Mr. Everett’s idea is
C．share her inspiration from Alice in Lace
D．show off her reading ability
Television will turn 86 years old on September 7, 2013, and it has never looked better. In its youth, television was a piece of furniture with a tiny, round screen showing unclear pictures of lowbudget programs. In spite of its shortcomings, it became well-received. Between 1950 and 1963, the number of American families with a television jumped from 9% to 92% of the population.
As the audience got larger, the technology got better. Television sets became more reliable through the 1960s. Both of the reception and the picture improved. The major networks started broadcasting programs in color.
Even greater improvements were coming according to Sanford Brown, who wrote an article for the Post in 1967. Surprisingly, just about every prediction he made in the article became a reality. For example: All sets in the notdistant future will be color instruments. He also predicted that TV sets would become smaller, simpler, more reliable and less expensive and may forever put the TV repairman out of work. Smaller sets do not, of course, mean smaller screens. TV engineers expect screens to get much bigger. However, today's 3D TV is even farther away, if it's coming at all. There is some doubt whether the public would be eager to pay for it, in view of people's cold reception given to 3D movies.
But the technology with the greatest potential, according to Brown, was cable television (有线电视), which was still in its early stages then. As he predicted, the future of cable television was highly interactive. It wasn't cable television that gave Americans their electronic connection to the world, however. It was the Internet. He even foresaw the future office: using picture phones, bigscreen televisions for conferences, and computers providing information, at the touch of a button.
Brown ever said, “The future of television is no longer a question of what we can invent. It's a question of what we want.”
1.What can we infer about television sets in the 1960s?
A．They were very popular with Americans.
B．Their appearance remained unchangeable.
C．They showed blackandwhite pictures.
D．Their pictures were of poor quality.
2.Which of the followings did Sanford Brown fail to predict?
A．Television's good quality.
B．The invention of 3D TV.
C．The more functions of TV.
D．The potential of cable TV.
3.From the passage we know _________.
A．TV will certainly take the place of computers
B．There won’t be further improvement on TV
C．TV repairmen will be out of work in the future
D．3D movies don’t appeal to people very much
4.What is the text mainly about?
A．The shortcomings of television.
B．The advantages of television.
C．The development of television.
D．The invention of television.
As I sit at home thinking about my upcoming adventure and the things I need to bring, it makes me even more excited to begin my travel. I will be making my way around the world.
The first places on the list are Andalusia and Africa in the book The Alchemist. I will need to pack a lot of things and make sure I have enough money to provide myself with food and enough to drink. The Sahara desert is always hot and requires plenty of water.
Next I will head to Mexico in the book Born to Run, where I will meet the Tarahumara Indian tribe(部落). I will need to get into shape and do some jogging(慢跑) if I want to keep up with them. I will have to pack my running shoes, though, because the Tarahumarans have mastered the art of running on the tough land.
After Mexico, my journey takes me to the Egyptian desert in the novelThe Paris Vendetta. There I hope to help uncover an ancient conspiracy (阴谋) that goes back centuries. Just like my trip to Andalusia, I will have to make sure I have plenty of water. Packing the Camelbak products seems like the best idea, so I will have enough on hand at all times. I expect this adventure to be quite interesting, and I am very excited about it.
Lastly, I will make my way back to America in the book Shattered: Struck Down, But Not Destroyed. This makes me feel excited because like the main character in the book, I also wanted to become a professional athlete when I was younger. For this trip, I will go with an open mind and hopefully meet some friends along the way.
I am ready to embark on my adventure of traveling, and I cannot wait any longer!
1.How will the author go on adventure?
A．By carrying a lot of equipment.
B．By reading novels.
C．By daydreaming.
D．By marking out routes.
2.According to the passage, the Tarahumaras _______.
A．come from India B．are good at running
C．need running shoes D．own amounts of land
3.The Camelbak products are probably made to _______.
A．help people find out the truth
B．supply people with water
C．protect people from the sun
D．show people the right direction
4.The underlined words“embark on” in the last paragraph probably mean “________”.
A．start B．prepare C．appreciate D．record
It was a cold, wet day when 14yearold Wasana Sanjeewa reached St. Anthony's College. Waiting __31__ his classroom for his classmates to arrive, Wasana looked at the __32__. Then he noticed enormous amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill behind the classroom. For a few minutes, Wasana _33__ the water, wondering why it looked so __34__．
Then it hit him — the scene was similar to the slides he was shown during Disaster Management classes.
__35__ an approaching disaster, Wasana swung into action. “Run, run, don't stay here! The rocks on the hill are going to fall on us！” he __36__ and all the students ran to the open area.Then Wasana ran over to __37__ Principal Nihal Gurauinghe what was happening.
After __38__ the hill, Gurauinghe knew the school was in trouble. He and some teachers __39__ to stop the waterflow, but they were too __40__： huge rocks fell down the hill with sand and mud, and the entire school was destroyed.
When Wasana __41__ home later that day, his white uniform covered in mud, he got the __42___ from his mother. He tried to explain that he had __43__ two hundred schoolmates __44__ she didn't believe him.
His mother __45__ realized he was telling the truth when she saw a TV report about the __46__. Filled with pride, she hugged Wasana and said that he was indeed a __47__．
No one was hurt in the incident because of Wasana's __48__ action and careful observation.
“Wasana's action __49__ us that sometimes we cannot wait until something happens before we take action. It __50___ be too late by then，” Gurauinghe said.
1. A．inside B．behind C．outside D．over
2. A．sun B．rain C．snow D．fog
3. A．pointed at B．decided on C．kept on D．stared at
4. A．familiar B．special C．fresh D．random
5. A．Banning B．Imagining C．Predicting D．Hearing
6. A．explained B．shouted C．concluded D．whispered
7. A．ask B．promise C．tell D．persuade
8. A．inspecting B．describing C．measuring D．assessing
9. A．chose B．tried C．helped D．agreed
10. A．late B．mild C．blank D．anxious
11. A．missed B．left C．moved D．returned
12. A．reward B．blame C．effect D．faith
13. A．cured B．fought C．saved D．guided
14. A．so B．or C．for D．but
15. A．naturally B．necessarily C．completely D．finally
16. A．adventure B．disaster C．failure D．experience
17. A．loser B．fool C．hero D．star
18. A．quiet B．tough C．quick D．safe
19. A．taught B．interested C．warned D．confused
20. A．might B．has to C．must D．ought to
据世界卫生组织（WHO）统计，每年有200万人死于吸烟，60万人死于二手烟。为此，我国规定，从今年5月1 日起，严禁在公共场所吸烟。请你结合下面所给要点，以“Saying No to Smoking”为题，谈谈吸烟的危害。
1. 吸烟有害；
2. 吸烟导致咳嗽、肺癌等疾病；
3. 吸烟影响青少年成长；
4. 二手烟同样有害；
5. 你的态度：面对别人吸烟、给烟怎么办？
注意： 1. 词数：100词左右； 2. 应覆盖所有要点；可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；3. 参考词汇：lung cancer肺癌; secondhand smoke二手烟
下列短文中共有10 处错误， 每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、 删除或修改。
增加： 在缺词处加上一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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，每处错误及修改均仅限一词；2，只允许修改10处。
When asked if what I want to be in the future, I often answer with pride, “I wanted to be a teacher like my father.” Though my father is in forties, he is friendly to everyone and is easy to make the friends with. He has good ways to make it easily for his students to understand his lessons. Beside, he is not only strict with his students but also very hardworking. That’s because all his students look up to him. As is generally believed that he is one of the best teacher in his school. I now study hard, and I hope my dream of be a teacher will come true one day.
