—Why does Jane look unhappy today?.
— A letter from her brother _________ a wave of homesickness.
A．set out B．set off C．set about D．set up
The naughty boys would play _________trick on _________ neighbors who didn’t give them any sweets on Halloween..
A．a;/ B．a; the C．the;/ D．/;the
假设你是红星中学的学生李华，为校刊英语园地写一篇题为“Our Spring Outing”的英文稿件。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，叙述上周你们班从准备春游到春游结束的完整过程。
注意.词数不少于60.
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不可回收的垃圾箱non-recycling bin
Our Spring Outing
My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard. 1. Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.
My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. 2. She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.
3. Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us. 4. She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.
Often she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is! 5. This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.
A．She enjoys listening to classic music.
B．As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.
C．She loves her students and cares for them.
D．She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.
E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.
F. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.
When Emily Beardmore first heard that a trip was being planned by the biology class at Windsor High School, she thought about how much fun it would be.
“I thought it would be a really good experience to go with other friends and teachers to another country in an environment other than a vacation environment,” the 10- year-old girl said.
A few months later, Emily got her chance when she and 14 of her classmates, along with biology teacher Tamara Pennington went to Costa Rica for eight days in late May.
“It was not just a tour,” said Pennington, who organized the trip. “You can go to any place in the world on just a tour. This one was practical, really working with the sea turtles and practicing conservation (保护). It just seemed like the perfect science field trip for kids who think they want to get into science to see what it’s really like to be out in the field and enjoy themselves.”
Emily said her time on the turtle project, which was the focus of the trip, was “crazy”. “We were walking on the beach at night and you can’t see anything — just see a big black dot (点),” she said with a laugh. “I was not expecting the turtles to be that big.” The turtles are leatherback turtles, which are becoming extinct because their eggs are used as food.
“When they would move their legs while laying their eggs they were really hard to control because they were a lot more powerful than you would imagine,” Emily said.
Once the eggs were collected, the students took them back to a hatchery (孵化场) and dug holes to copy the hole the mother turtle had made and then buried the eggs for the 60 days needed to hatch.
“It was an amazing experience,” Emily said. “You go to another country to see what their culture is like and learn what their everyday lives are like. It made me really want to help out my mom a lot more than I do, and value what I have.”
1.What did Pennington consider the trip to be?
A．It was a common tour to a foreign country.
B．It was a journey to practice what students learned.
C．It was a trip to do practical science activities.
D．It was to attract students’ interest in science.
2.From what Emily said on her turtle project, we know that _____.
A．She was afraid of walking on the beach at night
B．She didn’t dare to catch the powerful turtles
C．She got crazy at the sight of turtles at night
D．She had thought turtles were small animals
3.What did Emily learn from her experience?
A．She understood the importance of what she had.
B．She learned to be grateful to her teachers.
C．She realized the beauty of foreign culture.
D．She knew the importance of everyday life.
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Emily thought the trip being planned by the biology class would be fun.
B．Totally, 16 people went to Costa Rica for the 8-day trip in May.
C．Generally, it takes about 60 days to hatch little turtles.
D．The trip mainly aimed to get fun and rest.
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Teens take a science field trip in Costa Rica B．Teens help fight turtle extinction
C．Teens have a research on turtles D．Teens learn to be independent
Mr. Harris used to work in Dover, but then he changed his work, and he and his wife moved to another town. They did not have many friends there, but they soon met a lot of interesting people, and after a few weeks, they often went to dinner or to parties at other people’s houses.
Then Mrs. Harris said to her husband, “We’ve been to a lot of other people’s houses, and now we must invite them to our house, mustn’t we?”
“Yes, certainly,” answered her husband, “A big party will be the easiest thing, won’t it? Then we can start to invite people to dinner in small numbers next month.”
So Mrs. Harris said, “Yes, I’ll invite all our friends here to a big party on 5th December.”
“How many will that be?” Mr. Harris asked. “Don’t invite too many.”
Mrs. Harris was beginning to write the invitations when her husband saw that she was writing, “Party. 6.30 to 8.30 p.m.”
“That isn’t very nice, is it?” he said. “You’re telling our guests that they must go at 8.30.” So Mrs. Harris just wrote “Party. 6.30 p.m.”
A lot of guests came, and they all had a good time, so they did not go home at 8.30. In fact they were still there at mid-night when the door bell rang and a policeman arrived. He said, “You must stop making a noise, because someone has complained.”
Mr. Harris said he did not want to quarrel with the policeman, so everyone went home. They were sorry to have to go.
When Mr. and Mrs. Harris were alone again, she said to him. “That was a surprise, wasn’t it? Who complained about the noise?”
“I did,” Mr Harris answered in a tired voice.
1.Why did Mr. Harris and his wife move to another town?
A．They wanted to make some new friends.
B．Mr. Harris changed his work.
C．They wanted to meet a lot of interesting people.
D．They enjoyed going to parties and visiting other people’s houses.
2.What made Mr. and Mrs. Harris hold a party at their house?
A．It was easy to hold a big party at home.
B．They could ask people to dinner in small numbers.
C．They had gone to other people’s parties many times.
D．They liked making friends with others.
3.How long would Mrs. Harris like the party to last?
A．From the morning till night. B．About fourteen hours.
C．About two hours. D．Till midnight
4.When did the party end that evening?
A．At about 8.30.
B．When the policeman talked with Mr. Harris on the phone.
C．About twelve o’clock..
D．When someone telephoned the police station.
5.Why did Mr. Harris telephone the policeman about the noise?
A．Because someone rang his door bell many times at mid-night.
B．He did not want his friends to stay late that night.
C．His friends had a good time that night and also feel tired.
D．Because he hated the noise.
