One day last summer, watching the boys and girls trying to catch butterflies I remembered something happened when I was young. When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.
We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. No musician can sing more beautiful than the birds. I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.
I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird flew about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.
I had left the cage out, and on the second day my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I about how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see how my bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken good care of my little bird.
Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time. Hearing me crying over the death of my bird, he explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poisonous (有毒的) berries (干果). She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in cage.”
Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.
1.Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?
A. He had just got a new cage.
B. He liked its beautiful feather.
C. He wanted a pet for a companion.
D. He wanted it to sing for him.
2.The mockingbird died because it ______.
A. drank the poisonous water by mistake
B. was frightened to death
C. ate the poisonous food its mother gave it
D. refused to eat anything
3.What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?
A. Freedom is very valuable to all living things.
B. All birds put in a cage won’t live long.
C. You should keep the birds from their mother.
D. Be careful about food you give to baby birds.
现在，越来越多的学生开始意识到学习英语的重要性，但是一些学生发现在日常生活中很少有说英语的机会。假设你校学生会决定举办一次英语口语竞赛,请根据以下提示，写一则100词左右的英语海报。
目的：提高同学们的英语口语能力
时间：12月8日下午2:00-5:00
地点：校会议室
评委：3名外教和7名外语老师
奖品：一台笔记本电脑（获得第一名的学生）
参赛对象：全校学生
（海报发布时间：10月8日）
参考词汇：英语口语 oral English
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。每处错误仅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。
This autumn, my class went to the seaside to go camp.We arrived at a sandy beach with a well view of the sea and mountains. We set up our tents on the sandy beach, when night fell we started a fire to give us light and kept us warm.All my classmates sat around them, talking, singing and laughing. Several hours later ，Robert and I went back to the tent to have the chat. We stayed up all night. We found that we two had a lot of in common. For example, we all like the same singers and have a great enthusiasm for physics. The fire and stars see our happiness. What I wished time would stop at the moment!
阅读下面对话，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Jimmy: Alice, how was your journey to the countryside?
Alice: Wonderful. We 1. (enjoy) beautiful sights and food in the country.
Jimmy: Food? Did you have 2. big dinner in the countryside? What have you had?
Alice: It was not a big dinner at all, 3. there were a lot of foods which only can be eaten in the local place, such 4. some wild vegetables.
Jimmy: Oh, I see. Did you do anything 5. ?
Alice: Yes. We got 6. well with the villagers and sent pens and books we carried to the poor students.
Jimmy: That is really great! I think they must study harder with your help.
Alice: It is far from enough. 7. (actual), I felt a little sad as soon as I saw the joy on the children who got the pens and books.
Jimmy: Why do you have this kind of feeling?
Alice: As far as I am 8. (concern), these things are nothing for the children who live in our city.
Jimmy: You are right. We can do more for the children living in that area.
Alice: Yes. Many of us who went to the place 9. (plan) to give more help to the children.
Jimmy: Can you tell me what you are going to do?
Alice: We are going to buy a number of books and donate 10. to the local school.
Jimmy: It is a good idea. I am entirely willing to join you.
Alice: It’s very kind of you.
If you think you are sick, you are sick no matter what says. , if you believe in your doctor, and if he tells that you are going to feel better, you probably will. The of the mind on the body does exist and sometimes can be powerful. It exists whether one is of it or not.
Take the of Mrs. Green, for example. She was unable to get to sleep at night and was too tired during the day to do some simple things that she enjoy doing. She had headaches more often which her from reading or watching TV. The more she thought about her conditions, she felt. At last she went to her doctor, whom she had known for years. The doctor listened to her and gave her a very examination. Then he said to her, “ There is nothing wrong with you physically, but I accept the fact you don’t feel well. I’m going to give you some pills that should help. I want you to one after dinner and one half an hour you go to bed tonight. Call me tomorrow and tell me you feel.
Mrs. Green telephoned, “Doctor, I had the first night’s sleep in two months. What is in this pills ?” The doctor said, “It is an old formula（配方） I have for years. Just taking them for a week.” Turning to the nurse, he said, “It’s wonderful what a little baking soda（苏打） can do.”
1.A. everyone else B. anyone else C. nobody else D. someone else
2.A. On the other hand B. As a matter of factC. More often than not D. In other words
3.A. result B. cause C. reason D. effect
4.A. aware B. fond C. sure D. full
5.A. care B. cut C. case D. call
6.A. would B. could C. might D. used to
7.A. benefit B. allowed C. prevented D. forbade
8.A. the more B. the better C. the worse D. the less
9.A. hear B. see C. watch D. ask
10.A. thorough B. basic C. general D. main
11.A. serious B. special C. specially D. seriously
12.A. that B. which C. 不填 D. why
13.A. eat B. take C. drink D. chew
14.A. when B. since C. after D. before
15.A. what do B. what C. how do D. how
16.A. The next day B. Later C. Shortly D. Tomorrow
17.A. bad B. terrible C. good D. right
18.A. at all B. on earth C. by the way D. for ever
19.A. sold B. written C. read D. used
20.A. keep up B. keep off C. keep on D. keep away
Once there was a very poor villager. He found it difficult even to support his family.1. He walked about in the streets, but he did not get a job. One day, he met a rich businessman, who gave him the job of cleaning the office. The villager began his work and he even started reading and writing in his spare time.
One day, the businessman saw that the villager was writing something. He said, “You can also read and write! Your handwriting is very good.” 2. The villager began to do this job as best as he could. www.manfen5.com
Later, the businessman learnt that the villager was good at accounting, and he made him his shop accountant. The other accountants were very jealous of the villager’s abilities. They told the businessman that the villager had a small room where he hid the money stolen from him. 3. One day, they had their chance. They saw the villager going into ‘that’ room. 4. When they came back and opened the door, there was nothing in that room except an ordinary box.
The villager was ordered to open the box with his own hands. And there was only a pair of dirty shoes and some old clothes. 5. At the same time, he was so angry with the jealous accountants that he fired them at once. The villager was made the only accountant for his office.
A. He came to a big city hoping to find a job.
B. They closed the door behind him and ran to the businessman.
C. So the businessman decided to give the villager a good lesson.
D. Seeing this, the businessman was moved by what he had seen.
E. So the villager was given the work of writing business letters for him.
F. The villager wished that some kind people might give him a good job.
G. But the businessman refused to believe them unless he had seen it with his own eyes.
