Don’t touch ______ live wire, or you will get ______ shock.
A. the; the B. the; a C. / ; a D. / ; /
— I’m sorry to have broken your cup.
— __________, Kate.
A. You’re welcome. B. Go ahead.
C. Don’t mention it. D. No problem.
It is universally acknowledged that people cannot succeed or achieve their targets without a strong will and persistence. No one can deny the fact that persistence is the key point in accomplishing one' s task. Strong will is a kind of good quality which successful people should own.
注意：
1. 不得照抄英语提示语。
2. 除诗歌外，文体不限。
3. 内容必须结合生活中的一个事例。
4. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称。
5. 词数为120左右。
完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
1. When I opened the door, l found him sitting in the sofa, completely _____________________ reading a novel. (absorb)
当我打开门时，我发现他坐在沙发上，完全专心地看小说。
2.So _____________________________ that Maric was able to set up new branches elsewhere. (successful)
她的生意是如此成功，以至于玛里克可以在别的地方建立新的分公司。
3.It seems that we have to accept the result and make a good preparation to have another try.
earlier, I could have done something to avoid this accident. (inform)
看来我们必须接受这个结果并做好再次尝试的准备了。要是我早点得知的话，就可以做些什么来避免这场事故了。
4.It is the test system, rather than the teachers, for the students’ heavy study burden nowadays. (blame)
对于学生现在的学业重压，该受责备的是考试体系，而不是老师。
5. Have you ever had a case but nobody showed any concern? (fall)
你有没有过这种情况，你病倒了，却没有人关心?
6.With my money , I have to draw some from the bank in case I have none in hand. (run)
我的钱快用完了，所以我要从银行取点钱，以防手头太紧。
7.We are told from the director’s office that we know the result of the final examination. (long)
我们从主任办公室获悉，过不了多久，我们就可以知道期终考试的结果。
8.Some experts recommend signs and posters be put up in areas . (allow)
一些专家建议应在不允许抽烟的地方贴上标志和海报。
9. No one really knows exactly when the first people arrived in now. (call)
没有人知道确切在什么时候第一批移民者到达我们今天称之为美国的地方。
10.A reporter begins by contacting people ______________ and then prepares questions. (interview)
记者要先和被采访人联系，然后准备好要采访的问题。
It’s going to be a busy day at Betsy Ross house in Philadelphia on Thursday. She won’t be there, since she died in 1836, but hundreds of tourists will be going through her house.
You see, Thursday is Flag Day in the United States. The unofficial holiday commemorates the adoption of the stars-and-stripes design of the American flag by the Continental Congress 235 years ago, on June 14, 1777. According to lore, the Ross House is the birthplace of the nation’s flag. That’s open to debate, but it’s a story that schoolbooks still tell. Betsy Ross was a seamstress, busy sewing cushions for chairs in Philadelphia, which was the focus place of the American revolution against British rule. The Declaration of Independence by the colonists was signed there, and so was the new nation’s Constitution after independence was won.
Widowed when her husband, a member of the local militia, was killed in a gunpowder explosion, Betsy Ross often mended the clothes of the rebels’ leader and future U.S. president, George Washington. According to what some say in history and others a stretch of what really happened, Washington asked Ross to design and sew the new nation’s flag. The story was promoted by Ross grandson, who wrote that Betsy Ross had “made with her hands the first flag.” She became a role model for girls - a shining example of women’s contributions to the nation’s history. Most research indicates that Ross did sew the first flag. She’s credited with substituting artful five-point white stars for six-pointed ones in the upper-left blue field. But many other accounts indicate George Washington brought the design to Ross and simply asked her to stitch it together.
In a letter, Washington wrote: “We take the stars from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her. And the white stripes shall go down to posterity as representing liberty.”
1.People would like to go to Ross’s house in Philadelphia to _____.
A. ask Betsy Ross who created the first American flag
B. meet her grandson who wrote a book about flags
C. debate over who designed the first American flag
D. remember her as the creator of the first American flag
2.Which statement is true according to the passage?
A. Betsy Ross was one of the people who signed The Declaration of Independence
B. All are in agreement that Ross designed the first American flag
C. It is almost certain that Ross did sew the first American flag
D. It is George Washington who designed the stars and stripes flag
3.The underlined the word “seamstress” in Paragraph 2 probably means_____.
A. a person who designs flags B. a person who makes a living by sewing
C. a person who takes part in revolution D. a person who creates chairs
4.What does the last paragraph imply according to the passage?
A. It implies that the U.S. is independent from Britain
B. It implies that Washington liked Ross’s design of the flag
C. It implies that Washington might be the designer of the flag
D. It implies that Ross did have helped with the design of the flag
From the beginning of human history, wild animals provided food, clothing and sometimes medicine for man. We may not depend as much on wild animals now. But we hear about them every day. Americans use the names of animals in many ways. Automobile manufacturers and gasoline companies especially like to use big cats to sell their products. They like lions, tigers and wildcats. When Americans say wildcat, they usually mean a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat. All these cats attack quickly and fiercely. So wildcats represent something fast and fierce.
An early American use of the word wildcat was quite different. It was used to describe members of Congress who declared war on Britain in 1812. A magazine of that year said the wildcat congressmen went home. It said they were unable to face the responsibility of having involved their country in an unnecessary war.
Wildcat also has been used as a name for money in the 1800s. At that time, some states permitted banks to make their own money. One bank in the state of Michigan offered paper money with a picture of a wildcat on it. Some banks, however, did not have enough gold to support all the paper money they offered. So the money had little or no value. It was called a wildcat bill or a wildcat banknote. The banks who offered this money were called wildcat banks. A newspaper of the time said those were the days of wildcat money. It said a man might be rich in the morning and poor by night.
Wildcat then was also used for an oil well or gold mine that had almost no oil or gold in it. Dishonest developers would buy such property. Then they would sell it and leave town with the money. The buyers were left with worthless holes in the ground. Today, wildcat oil wells are in areas that are not known to have oil.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Wildcats and their stories. B. Wildcats and their characters.
C. Varieties of animal species. D. Relationship between animals and humans.
2. The underlined words "a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat" in Paragraph 1 may refer to "__________".
A. gasoline companies B. automobile manufacturers
C. brands of automobile D. names of wildcats
3.Which of the following would people like to have or trust according to the passage?
A. Wildcat congressmen. B. Wildcat oil wells.
C. Wildcat banks. D. Wildcat cars.
4.It can be inferred that during the days of wildcat money__________.
A. people couldn't buy anything with the money
B. people complained and suffered a lot
C. the rich invested too much on oil wells
D. people didn't know how to save money
