When we talked about the upcoming start of school, Seth hadn`t expressed anything but excitement. So when the sunny and promising “big day” arrived, he was ready. He was armed with a cool haircut, wearing his prized shoes, and was ready for the action.
Ten minutes before the bus was to arrive, he asked me to take him in my car. I complained about it being at the last minute. I said “no” at first. He begged me again and I finally agreed.
In the car , I secretly had a look at him through the rearivew mirror(后视镜). He looked sad. “What is the matter, honey?” “I am nervous. I don`t know if I will be able to learn everything in the first grade. What if I can`t pay attention in class?”
My heart melted. I remembered being nervous on the first day of school and I thought I was the only student who felt that way. I was a nervous kid full of self-doubt. Seth behaved much better than I did.
We walked into his school together. He remembered where his new classroom was and recognized his teacher from the ice cream social party they had the day before. He sat down at his desk and chatted with a few of his classmates. He took a few photos of them (with a camera phone because I didn`t allow him to bring the real camera) and then he said in a very serious manner, “Mom, you can go home now. I`ll be OK.” And so he was.
1.Seth asked his mother to take him to school probably because_________.
A. he was afraid to be late for class.
B. he wanted to share his joy with his mother
C. he felt worried about his school life
D. he was frightened of his new teacher
2.What did the writer mean by saying “My heart melted” in Paragraph 4?
A. She was very angry with her son
B. She felt sad because of her son`s words.
C. She was too weak in the mind to face it.
D. She became more understanding of her son.
3.From the last paragraph we learn that_________.
A. Seth had never seen his new classroom
B. the ice cream social party was to be held soon
C. Seth got along well with his classmates
D. Seth took some photos using a real camera
4.It can be inferred that in the end Seth felt_________.
A. relaxedB.frightened
C.seriousD.worried
英语写作能力在英语交流和考试中非常重要，今天你的英语老师Mr. Zhang在课堂上讲了如何提高英语写作能力，如：熟练掌握2000多常用词汇；适当背诵一些美文；坚持每天练习写作等等。请根据他的建议并结合你的实际写一篇英文日记。
内同要点：1. 英语写作能力的重要性。
2. 你的老师关于写作训练的建议。
3. 你自己提高写作能力的有效方法。
写作要求：1. 词数100词左右。
2. 日记格式和开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
April 23, Wednesday Fine
Today Mr. Zhang, our English teacher, told us how to improve English writing skills.______________
第一节：短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）, 并在其下写出该加的词。
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.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处, 多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Failure is common in our life. No one can avoid them. When we fail in doing something, we often feel very depressing. Sometimes failure can make us lose hearts. So no one is willing to fail. On the contrary, success can bring us sense of pride. If one enjoys his continuous success in his career, he will have confidence to himself. Therefore, failure is the mother of success. A failure doesn’t mean one can never be successfully. Those who are always afraid failure will never succeed. In a word, as long as we can get some lessons and experiences from our failure, we’ll be sure to succeed.
Simon: ___1._____ did you begin this sort of work, Fiona?
Fiona: Let me see. Um, about four years ago.
Simon: Are you enjoy ____2._____?
Fiona: Oh, yes, very much. It is very _____3._____ (tire) because of long working hours, sometimes as many as 12 hours. But it’s exciting to meet people from all over the world.
Simon: What ____4.____ (exact) do you do?
Fiona: Well, I take tourists to the famous places in the city, tell them the history of the places, and explain why they’re famous.
Simon: What special qualifications are _____5.___ (necessity) for guides?
Fiona: Well, they have to enjoy _____6.___ (meet) new people. And they ____7.____ (take) special courses in the history of the city when they studied at college.
Simon: And do you have to know a foreign language?
Fiona: That’s _____8._____ must. My company will only hire those ___9.___ can speak at least two foreign languages.
Simon: And you? How many foreign languages can you speak?
Fiona: I can speak three: Spanish, ___10.____ (France) and Italian.
Simon: Three foreign languages? Then I can understand why your work is so easy for you.
From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital（独奏演唱会）. A recital ______I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering（嘀咕） _______about build self-confidence and working toward a _______.
So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______rising to play the piano in his very first recital.
My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _______lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t _______there. When he retired three years ago, he ______ his church music director to take him as a student.
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody（旋律）, from the ______fingers that once baited（装饵于）my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress: _______the music and pretend the others aren’t there.
“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.
“Yeah, and doing it so_______,” Jeff added.
With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.
1.A. reflectedB. explainedC. meantD. proved
2.A. wouldB. couldC. might D. should
3.A. nothingB. everythingC. anything D. something
4.A. goalB. stageC. journeyD. chance
5.A. troubleB. satisfactionC. strengthD. disappointment
6.A. keptB. sentC. watchedD. felt
7.A. throughB. fromC. againstD. before
8.A. missB. affordC. selectD. understand
9.A. asB. onceC. ifD. while
10.A. educatedB. protectedC. stuckD. spoilt
11.A. allowedB. invitedC. inspiredD. persuaded
12.A. roughlyB. simplyC. merrilyD. curiously
13.A. wordsB. videosC. notesD. lessons
14.A. decadesB. weeksC. hoursD. moments
15.A. playB. freezeC. clickD. adjust
16.A. sameB. warmC. differentD. dirty
17.A. predictedB. realizedC. imaginedD. insisted
18.A. pass overB. turn upC. bring inD. concentrate on
19.A. ashamedB. awareC. tiredD. proud
20.A. casuallyB. anxiouslyC. nicelyD. frequently
Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn’t mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or the other, you’ll have to stand up and say – problem, I don’t want you in my life.
1. Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children – the list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in different shapes and colors and feelings.
But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.
Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help. 2. Talking helps you move on and let go.
Write your problems. 3. When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system. You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems. By doing this, imagine yourself throwing away the problems from your life.
Don’t lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, don’t lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your money, family… you should still have faith. 4.
Your problems aren’t the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, there’re another one million people whose problems are huger than yours. 5. Your problems might just seem big and worse, but in reality they can be removed.
Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out.
A. But the truth is that when you talk about it, you’re setting free the negative energies that have been gathering within you.
B. When we have a problem, a pressing, critical, urgent, life-threatening problem, how do we try and solve it?
C. Tell yourself: when they can deal with them, why can’t I?
D. Of course, we’ve been fighting troubles ever since we were born.
E. We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack.
F. Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don’t want a real person to talk with.
G. With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose.
