In American schools there is something called Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation or commencement (毕业典礼)Day. Students plan Homecoming Day many weeks in advance.
Several days before Homecoming, students start to decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.
The members of school clubs build booths(售货棚) and sell lemonade(柠檬汽水)，apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day alumni and their wives will gather at the school. They like to look for teachers that they remember. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote the most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.
Homecoming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the game loses, the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.
1. The best title of this passage is ________.
A. American School B. Homecoming Day
C. Homecoming Queen or King D. Homecoming Game
2.Which of the following is NOT done on Homecoming?
A. To see old friends.
B. To call on teachers they remember.
C. To watch the football game.
D. To organize clubs.
3.The underlined word “ alumni” refers to ________.
A. male former students of a school or college
B. female former students of a school or college
C. grandfathers of the students in a school or college
D. grandmothers of the students in a school or college
你是李华，你很烦恼。最近，每天早晚，你们小区广场上都有很多人在跳广场舞，持续时间长且噪音大，给你和小区里其他人带来了很多的不便……请你给小区委员会领导写封信，反映现象及其导致的不便（要求涉及生活、学习和工作等方面）并提出合理建议。
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Dear Sir,
I am writing to tell you something about the people doing the square dance in our community, which
has made me terribly upset.
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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处错误，每句中最多有两处，每处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。
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。
Dear Peter,
I’m very glad to receive your e-mail asking for information about the host family we have arranged you to stay with.
Locating in a beautiful and quiet neighborhood, the house was big enough to enable you to have a room of your own. Apart from the convenient public transportation, our private car will make your visit easy. Because all the family members can speak fluently English and have many outgoing personality, I’m sure you will have no trouble to communicating with them. Above all, they hosted the American student last year, through that they gained lots of experience. In addition, the hostess’ cooking will guarantee you a wonderful chance of tasting delicious Chinese food. Hope you enjoy you stay here.
A group of robbers dug their way into to basement of a bank in Paris and emptied almost 200 private safes. They entered the Credit Lyonnais branch using building __1.__ (equip) to dig holes and destroy walls __2.__ Saturday night. They tied up a security guard and spent the next nine hours__3.__ (rob) the bank.
One investigator described the robbery__4._ a “professional job”. The robbers came in at about 22:00 on Saturday and _5.__ (leave) at 7:00 on Sunday. They entered through the basements of the neighboring building, digging through a series of tunnels and making a hole into a wall of 80cm thick to get into the bank, __6.__ was having building works at the time.
When they left, the robbers set the place on fire to remove any trace of evidence, __7.__ (switch) on the anti-fire system and flooding the building. __8.__ (fortune), the guard escaped unharmed. __9._ is difficult to estimate the total value of what __10._ (steal) as only the bank’s clients know the content of their private safes.
It was 6 p. m. on 24 January 2001, the first day of Chinese New Year. As I drove along the road, a small car flew across the centre double amber lines(双黄线) from the ____ direction and crashed into my car head-on. I was ____ and was awakened by the ringing of my mobile phone. It was a travel agent, asking me ____ I had arrived at the Mandarin Oriental for my work.
I was ____ to Kuala Lumpur General Hospital. But the hospital staff was too ____to attend to me, so I called a friend and told him about the ____. Some friends arrived very soon after and sent me to a private hospital nearby.
I was given ten months’ medical leave and then I was ____. My heart ____, knowing that it meant I couldn’t work. As a tour guide and tour leader, I only got paid if I took on more work. I felt completely ____, but a lot of unexpected blessings came my way. Friends and relatives ____ me with my banking, insurance or simply came to cheer me up.
But I was only 30, and wanted to see the world. When the casts were removed, I did not let the sight of my weak legs ____ me. I worked hard at my physiotherapy(物理疗法) with only one aim: I must ____ again. ____five months of tiring therapy up to three sessions a week, I was back on my feet. After eight months, I was walking ____ the aid of walking stick. By February the following year, I ____ my job again.
The accident made me____ how lives can change in a split second. I recall the Chinese family drove me to the hospital ____ my bloodied condition on Chinese New Year. The kindness I’ve experienced taught me never to ____ hope. I value life ____ , not only my own but also everyone I know, and will always try to help when I know of someone ____.
1.A. same B. opposite C. right D. left
2.A. unhappy B. unbelievable C. unconscious D. uncertain
3.A. why B. when C. if D. how
4.A. driven B. arriving C. walking D. going
5.A. sad B. angry C. excited D. busy
6.A. hospital B. staff C. travel D. accident
7.A. hired B. fired C. employed D. missing
8.A. sank B. flew C. disappeared D. beat
9.A. hopeless B. valueless C. meaningless D. careless
10.A. laughed at B. left C. helped D. talked
11.A. cheer B. excite C. discourage D. shock
12.A. work B. drive C. lead D. walk
13.A. Before B. After C. since D. until
14.A. without B. by C. on D. under
15.A. lost B. looked for C. gave D. returned to
16.A. discuss B. realize C. study D. follow
17.A. in spite of B. although C. as D. despite of
18.A. give in B. give off C. give out D. give up
19.A. less B. better C. more D. worse
20.A. in hospital B. in trouble C. out of work D. in poor health
Today, roller skating is easy. But a long time ago, 1. . Before 1750, the idea of skating didn’t exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making musical instrument. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. 2. .
One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball. 3. .As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room..
Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. 4. . Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. But there was just one problem. 5. . He rolled on and on. Suddenly he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking into pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin’s grand entrance for a long time.
A. He was very pleased and excited.
B. Only people from rich families could afford roller skating.
C. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates.
D. it wasn’t easy at all.
E. People called him a dreamer
F. One of his wheels suddenly broke down.
G. These were the first roller skates
