I moved from Chicago to Brooklyn in July of 2010, just in time to watch my mother die. Our parents were both gone now. I took with me as many things they had left behind as I could.
I was out walking one Saturday later that summer when something caught my eye - a pale green dress. Laid out on the pavement was stuff like earrings, glass candle-holders, books. Hanging on the fence behind were a few pairs of jeans and a green cotton dress.
The woman, the host of the stoop (门廊）sale, looked like she was getting rid of a past she didn’t need or want. A dress that was too big for her. A chest of drawers that took up too much space, space she needed, maybe, to heal , recover, or grow.
I wasn’t planning on buying anything really, but now I needed to show her that I appreciated her things and I would give them a safe home. Then I had my first stoop sale —I paid her 20 dollars for her green cotton dress and her blue candle-holder.
From that day on, I became interested in stoop sales. Some of my favorite things are from someone else’s life. I find no joy in shopping at regular stores any more. I love trying to sniff out a memory from a bud vase or a drawer. It is comforting to know that someone has breathed and laughed inside a sweater before me.
A few weeks ago, I carried my mother’s dresses to a friend’s stoop. These were her best items, which were once worn by the most important person in my life. For many hours, I watched from across the path people advancing the stoop, some leaving with Mom1S dress. I used to think that her stuff was as forever sacred (神圣的）as my memory of her, I know now that once I love a scarf or shirt too dearly, it needs to find a new home. Even that green dress is long gone by now.
1.The author took her mother’s dresses after her death because ______
A. she valued the things used by her mom
B. she didn’t want to throw them, away
C. she could sell them later
D. they were her mom’s best items
2.From the passage, we know that ______.
A. the things the author bought from the woman are too big
B. the author is fond of imagining others’ life experiences
C. the author will never shop at regular stores any more
D. the author still keeps most of her mom’s things
3.In the last paragraph, the author tries to tell us that ______.
A. her mom is the number one person in her life
B. she didn’t really want to sell her mom’s dresses
C. she still thinks of her mother quite often
D. love doesn’t mean holding on to something tightly
4.It can be inferred that the author will ______.
A. not sell her own things at stoop sales
B. keep her mom in her mind in another way
C. be sad about all the memory of her mom
D. move to another city for a new life
I had a very special teacher many years ago whose husband unexpectedly died of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her _____with a classroom of students.
As the late afternoon sunlight came ____in through the classroom windows and the class was nearly over, she moved a few things ____on the edge of her desk and sat down there. With a gentle look of ____ on her face, she paused and said, “______class is over, I would like to share with all of you a thought that is _____to class, but which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love. _____ of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. So we must ______ the most out of every single day."
Her eyes beginning to_______, she went on: “I would like you all to make me a (n) ______From now on, find something beautiful to______. It doesn't have to be something you see. It could be a _____smell- perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out from someone's house, or it could be the ______of
the breeze slightly rustling(沙沙声) the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light______ the autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground.”
The class was completely ______We all picked up our books and left the room silently. That_____, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester. Every once in a while, I_____ that teacher and remember what an impression she made_____ all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all ______.
Take notice of something ______you see on your lunch hour today. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.
1.A. insight B. sadness C. failure D. hope
2.A. hurrying B. flying C. streaming D. running
3.A. away B. aside C. down D. off
4.A. surprise B. worry C. angry D. reflection
5.A. After B. Before C. While D. When
6.A. unrelated B. connected C. separated D. divided
7.A. Some B. Many C. None D.Most
8.A. pull B. make C. offer D. send
9.A. shine B. close C. change D. water
10.A. promise B. apology C. excuse D. plan
11.A. avoid B. remove C. enjoy D. save
12.A. terrible B. fragrant C. abundant D. awesome
13.A. noise B. voice C. taste D. sound
14.A. catches B. covers C. washes D. protects
15.A. still B. silent C. quiet D. calm
16.A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. week
17.A. ring up B. meet with C. hear from D. think of
18.A. on B. in C. at D. for
19.A. introduce B. control C. overlook D. present
20.A. optional B. special C. adequate D. necessary
“At last, no more exams.” It’s a common feeling among high school graduates who have just completed the college entrance examination. What a relief! However, rather than fill the next three months with sleep, eating, and 1. (watch) TV, some students have started working on finding a good choice of foreign college.
Different from those who begin their __2._ (apply) for foreign colleges in Senior 2, Li made a late decision on a US education. She began to think about it in Senior 3, but decided not _3._ (give) up the college entrance exam.
Li’s classmate Mao Bingxin___4.__ (consider) studying in Canada after the top exam. She began a TOEFL course on June 11.
He Wei, __5.__ 18-year-old who studies at Shenzhen Bao’an High School, isn’t allowing _6.___much freedom this summer vacation either, devoting her time to looking for a language school_7.__ she can study French and some overseas study consulting agencies.
He Wei considers _8.___ worthwhile spending the summer preparing for college rather than hanging out with friends. “__9.___ we don’t really know what the future holds for us, we are sure that the better preparations we make 10.__ it, the more choices we will be given.” she said.
中国人出国旅游的不文明行为越来越受到广泛关注。请以表格中所列举的事实为依据，写一则英语短文，谈谈自己的看法。
不文明行为 | 你的看法 |
在公共场所： 随地吐痰 乱丢垃圾 大声喧哗 …… | 注意言谈举止 爱护环境 维护中国人的形象 …… |
注意：
1. 文章必须包括表格中的提示内容，可以增加细节使行文连贯；
2. 词数100左右；
3. 开头已经给出，不计入总词数；
4. 参考词汇：乱丢 (垃圾) litter；吐痰 spit；形象 image；声誉 reputation
As more and more Chinese go traveling abroad, reports about their bad manners flood in.
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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（＼）画掉。
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。
My classmate, Joseph, is at present in hospital with a breaking leg. He was walking to school the other day when he let a bicycle ran right into him. He never watches where he is going, so he often gets into the trouble. And he is having a nice time there. He has a comfortable room, patiently nurses, and a great deal of time to read. Some friends of him go to see him every day, and they take him lots of good book and fresh fruit. He is not losing any time from school because he is busy studying which he has missed in classes. The doctor says he is recovering fast than expected and will be out of hospital a few weeks.
We may find ourselves in many situations, where we discover or learn something that matters for us. But somehow, it really makes no__1.__(different). So what can be done？__2._(benefit) from each experience in a learning environment, you need to answer these 3 questions：
What have I learnt or discovered? Most of us__3._(easy) answer this question. We just list__4.__learning points that matter to us. At this stage we are rarely sure of why，__5.__we simply don't express it.So what does it mean to me? This question __6.__(help) us to express how important the learning points are and why__7.__are important.
And now what do I do with this? This last question is the__8.__important because this is the one that helps us to use the learning. It turns the theory into practice.
__9.__doing so, you'll surprise yourself how much these simple questions change the way you learn greatly. Over the coming weeks and months, you'll notice how much you immediately apply __10.__you've learnt and also how much it opens up your perceptions(洞察力) of everyday life.
