Many smokers aren't finding the cost of cigarettes a laughing matter. The federal tax(联邦税) on a pack jumped Wednesday -- April Fools' Day -- from 39 cents to $1.01. The tax increase is so big, it's being called "historic."Higher federal taxes apply to(适用于) other tobacco products, so even those smokers who have taken to rolling their own to save money can't escape them. The tax is expected to cause about 1 million smokers to quit.
New York leads the pack, so to speak, with a combined $3.76. Any smokers planning to visit New York City should bring cigarettes from home. A pack there now costs more than $9.
Some tobacco companies raised their prices several weeks ago. For example, the price of a pack of Marlboros jumped 71 cents. Where the price settles depends on the company. Some may absorb part of the tax and others will make smokers carry the entire weight and more.
However, some people think the tax unfair. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only one in five Americans smokes, and over half of all smokers are low income, and one of four is officially classified as poor.
What do you think? Is the tax unfair? We think cancer sticks should have been taxed into disappearance years ago, combined with a very strong public and private effort to help smokers quit.
1.Which of the following statements is wrong according to the passage?
A. Cigarettes as well as other tobacco products are affected by the tax increase.
B. More and more smokers have to stop smoking as a result of tax increase on tobacco.
C. Cigarettes in New York must be very expensive.
D. smokers will carry all the tax increase on tobacco.
2. The author’s attitude toward the tax increase is ________.
A. showing agreement with the tax
B. showing disagreement with the tax
C. could not be seen
D. keeping his own ideas
3. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?
A. The Federal Tax
B. New Cigarette Tax Is No April Fools’ joke
C. Stop Smoking Immediately!
D. Unfair Tax on Tobacco
It’s said that one can know the nature of both man and woman by their behaviors at table. Indeed table manners are closely related to one’s life and one’s job. As the saying goes“ When in Rome, do as the Romans do”, English learners should know what the proper table manners are in western countries if invited to a dinner party. The followings are some suggestions that may be helpful to you.
The first important thing you need to know is when to begin eating. Before dinner, the hostess usually serves guests first and herself last. So do not eat as soon as you are served but wait until the hostess has also been served and has picked up her fork as the signal to begin. But at a large dinner party where there are many guests, the hostess may ask everyone to begin eating as soon as they are served. If you want to talk while eating, your mouth should certainly not be full of food because it is considered very bad manners. But it is possible to speak with a little food in the mouth. When you have to answer a question, naturally you must wait until the food in your mouth is eaten.
When a dish is passed to you with a fork in the plate, you should use it to take your food. Do not take too much at a time and make sure that the other guests can have enough food.
Anyway, good table manners are very important and they are not so simple as we thought. But it is necessary for one to know what good table manners are because they can help one succeed in his life!
1.Table manners are closely related to one’s _______ in paragraph 1.
A. life and name B. job and age
C. job and name D. life and job
2.what is the first important thing to know at a dinner party?
A. what to eat B. whether to talk
C. when to begin eating D. How to use forks.
3.If you have to answer a question while eating, you should ________.
A. refuse to answer it
B. answer it immediately
C. tell him/her to ask it later
D. wait until the food in your mouth is eaten
4.In which section(栏目) of a newspaper can you find such a passage?
A. Sports B. Culture C. Music D. News
A teacher let her class play a game. The teacher told each child to bring a bag with some potatoes. Each potato would be given a name of a person that the child hated, so the number of potatoes in his/her bag would depend on the number of people the child hated. Some children had two potatoes, some had three and others had up to five potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry the bag wherever they went for a week. After a week, the teacher asked, ”How did you feel?” The children started complaining about the unpleasant smell coming from the rotten potatoes when they had to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes everywhere they went.
Then the teacher said,” This is the same when you carry your hate for somebody inside your heart. The smell of hate will pollute your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot bear the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your lifetime?”
1.In the game, the students should _________.
A. keep the bag of potatoes in the classroom
B. carry the bag of potatoes everywhere they go
C. leave the bag of potatoes at home
D. count the bag of potatoes every day
2.The underlined word “rotten” most probably means ___________ in Chinese.
A. 美味的 B. 新鲜的 C.甜的 D.腐烂的
3.According to the last paragraph, we can learn that ________.
A. potatoes are very important to the students
B. hating others can make the life unhappy
C. the smell of hate is good for our health
D. the students like to carry the bag of the potatoes
4.Which is the best title of this passage?
A. An interesting game
B. Carry the smelly potatoes
C. The rotten potatoes
D. To excuse others is to excuse yourself
I will never forget the lesson about my window. Four years ago, I moved to a house in a large town. One of my new neighbors’ house was only a few feet away from mine. There lived a woman. Through one of my windows, I could see her reading by her window every afternoon.
Several months later, I found I couldn’t see the woman clearly. I thought her window was too dirty. I said to myself, “Why doesn’t she clean her window? It looks terrible!”
One afternoon, I decided to clean my house including (包括) the window. I felt tired after three hours of hard work. So I sat down by the window for a rest. What a surprise! I could see the woman reading there clearly again! By that time, I realized that my own window was too dirty, not hers! I really felt ashamed for myself. I had been watching her through my dirty window in the past days!
The experience is very important for me. So I try to clean the window of my heart before judging(评判) others.
1.How long has the writer lived in the house according to the passage?
A. One years. B. Two years.
C. Three years. D. Four years
2. The writer couldn’t see the woman clearly because ______________.
A. the writer’s window was dirty
B. the woman’s house was too far
C. the woman didn’t open her window
D. there was something wrong with his eyes
33.The underlined word “ashamed” means _________________.
A. 高兴的 B. 放松的
C. 羞愧的 D. 骄傲的
4. According to the passage, the writer has learnt how to __________________.
A. clean the house B. judge others
C. help neighbors D. learn English
俗话说：“国有国法，家有家规。”为了使子女身心健康、顺利成长，使家庭成员之间的关系更融洽、更和谐，每个家庭都会有这样或那样的家庭规矩。比如：必须按时回家，不准打电子游戏等。请你结合家庭的实际情况，根据下面的提示和要求，以“My Family Rules”为题，写一篇短文。
提示：1、家里有哪些家规；2、对家规的感受；3、对父母的建议。
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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处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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）不记分。
Our school held an English speech contest each year. Han Meimei won the first prize in last year. Everyone was sure that she was going to the champion again this year. Yet toour surprises, she, instead of getting the first prize,coming out second in the end. When the judge at the contest announced the results, Han Meimei felt so sadly that she almost cried. Therefore, she was not discouraged.When the second prize was given to her, she said to her, “The prize is not importance. I am going to work still hard to improve my English speaking ability.”
