To many students, high school is just a basic routine. You go to class in the morning, take a break for lunch and go home in the afternoon.
This isn't quite that simple for pupils at Royal West Academy. As if classes and homework weren’t already enough, students are also required to complete a range of extracurricular activities, or ECAs.
The range of ECAs being offered at the school is various, including everything from guitar and jewelry-making clubs, fund-raising marches, to student committees, swimming and tennis.
“I love ECAs. I’m so happy we have them,” said grade 11 student Adrienne, who is a soccer player and member of the graduation committee. “They motivate the students, and they’re a great bonding experience. I think that without them, not half as many students would be joining up for the soccer team.”
Requiring students to complete ECAs is a sign of the times. That’s because young people are preparing for the future in ways that weren’t considered necessary before. This is an era when ECAs are seen as important. Whether it’s for leadership experience, sports, craft skills or volunteer these things are seen as rounding out the individual and improving their future.
ECAs can also help students discover their likes and dislikes. But as the old song says, you can’t always get what you want, especially when so many students are all trying to sign up for the most popular activities.
ECAs can cut into study and homework time if you’re not careful. You really have to get organized or you’ll fall apart.
1.The students at Royal West Academy may do the following ECAs except ______.
A. to play musical instruments
B. to raise money for an organization
C. to attend sports events
D. to have classes discussions
2.From what Adirienne said, we know that _______.
A. most of his classmates are interested in football
B. one can make many new friends in ECAs
C. students get encouraged to join in ECAs
D. half of his classmates are unwilling to join in ECAs.
3.Why are ECAs important now?
A. They prepare the students for their future.
B. They can make students get what they want.
C. they can help students find their strong points.
D. They can reduce students’ learning time.
4.From the last paragraph, we can infer that _______.
A. ECAs can increase your burden of learning
B. you may fall down when playing in ECAs
C. too many ECAs may leave you in trouble
D. you need to organize other students in ECAs
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1.By saying “Teaching is in my blood” in Paragraph 2, the author means that ________.
A. she loves teaching all her life
B. she didn’t want to retire at all
C. she is a specialist in teaching
D. teaching is as important as her blood
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Cherry Carl?
A. She became a teacher at the age of 35.
B. She was interested in teaching as a child.
C. She is still a teacher in a middle school now.
D. She gave up teaching totally 35 years ago.
3.If you want some materials from Cherry Carl, ________.
A. you must pay some money for them
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有良好的生活习惯：定期锻炼，充足的睡眠，不要过度劳累，不抽烟等。
要求：1. 短文须包括上述所有要点，科适当增加细节，以使短文连贯。
2. 词数120 左右。
The snake is a very surprised animal . It sleeps with its eyes open , it feel with its tongue .The snake can move very quick , a snake exuviates （蜕皮）many times each year . It slides (滑动） out its old skin as if it were a worn coat . Here is the more surprising thing of all , a snake swallows (吞）things all in one piece, it can swallowed animals big than itself . Small snakes can swallow bird’s eggs without breaking it . Snakes eat mouse ,they can be a big help around farm . Farmers like the kinds of snakes that eats mice .
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为1---10的相应位置上。
Lihua run a restaurant 1. was always full of customers 2. lunchtime. But
One day, a strange thing happened that few people came to his restaurant. Soon he found that people went to a 3. (new ) opened one 4. (call ) Lihua’ s slimming restaurant.
5. ( curious ) drove him into Lihuas, where he was given a menu . 6. His surprise , he found that the food there was simple and the prices were high . But Lihua told the customers that they would lose weight by eating there, he couldn ’t have Lihua getting away with 7. (tell ) lies ,so he threw down the menu and 8. (go ）to a library . After doing some research ,he realized that Lihua’s restaurant didn’ t serve people with enough energy giving food. But on the other hand ,Wangpeng’s menu had little 9. (protect ) food ,since neither of them was providing a 10. (balance ) diet ,it was clear that they ought to work together to serve healthy food .
One evening I was resting in a cafe. I a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.
He was in a(n) shirt, looking pale and about eleven. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the i n his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He down, took off my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was busy doing his work heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the café for from the rain. More and more people crowded and gradually separated the boy from me.
Hours passed, and it turned . I had no shoes on my feet and where the boy had been. I thought he would not my shoes, and I would have to go home on my bare feet.
When it was near midnight the ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the café. The café was to be . I had to move to the door, head . just as I went to the gate, I found that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the with his head leaning against a box and his upper body being . he held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.
I shook him slightly and woke him up. He up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he recognized me. Then he opened the package , gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly. I him and wrapped him with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the of the boy stayed in my mind.
1.A. took B. wore C. mended D. owned
2.A. old B. unfit C . small D. dirty
3.A. bag B. package C. box D. suitcase
4.A. seated B. bent C. put D. looked
5.A. when B. after C. because D. since
6.A. protection B. rest C. hide D. preparation
7.A. out B. away C. in D. off
8.A. dark B. light C. dim D. bright
9.A. thought B. wondered C. guessed D. imagined
10.A. shine B. keep C. return D. carry
11.A. rain B. coffee C. time D. work
12.A. opened B. locked C. stopped D. closed
13.A. lowered B. dropped C. raised D. held
14.A. shortly B. surprisedly C. sadly D. immediately
15.A. table B. door C. bed D. cafe
16.A. wet B. bare C. pale D. cold
17.A. stayed B. say C. jumped D. got
18.A. finally B. suddenly C. unfriendly D. hurriedly
19.A. recognized B. forgave C. paid D. inspired
20.A. feature B. shirt C. image D. form
