Last Thursday, Michael and Linda stood behind large food trucks distributing meals to 4,000 homeless people for their wedding reception on the border town of Kilis. The couple had decided that instead of hosting their friends and family for a traditional feast reception, they would feed the victims from an earthquake-stricken area.
The idea came from the bridegroom's father, Ted, who volunteers for a Turkish relief organization. For the past few years, the organization has distributed daily meals to thousands of people who've suffered from natural disasters. He approached a representative of the organization and suggested that the family cover part of the costs of feeding them for the day.
Then he told his son, who was surprised by the suggestion, but soon won over. When he told that to the bride, she was really shocked but finally accepted because in southeastern Turkey there is a real culture of sharing with people in need. They love to share their food, their table and everything they have. And afterwards she was quite amazed about it. So, they arrived at the distribution center on Thursday to spend the day serving food and taking photographs with their grateful recipients(接受者).
On Tuesday evening, the newly married couple were still pleased with their decision to quit a personal celebration for one with a greater good. "It's like sharing a dinner with your friends and family who have this kind of thing on a daily basis or sharing something with people who don't even have the most basic things," Michael said. "Hopefully, this will also give the start for other wedding dinners to be held here with our brothers and sisters in need."
1.Why did so many people crowd in Kilis?
A. To attend Michael and Linda's wedding.
B. To support the organization.
C. To escape the damaging earthquake.
D. To help distribute free daily meals.
2.How did the couple celebrate their wedding?
A. They treated their friends and relatives to a big dinner.
B. They shared their happiness with the homeless in Kilis.
C. They afforded the entire cost of the day for feeding victims.
D. They took photos with the grateful victims.
3.What does the underlined word "approached" in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. took in B. moved towards
C. came across D. consulted with
4.We can know from the text that __________________..
A. Kilis is a place which lies in southeastern Turkey
B. Ted was a representative of the organization
C. Linda adopted the suggestion immediately she heard it
D. Michael doubted if more new couples would follow him
书面表达
假如你是中学生李华,你收到正在学习汉语的美国笔友Peter的电子邮件,说他在汉语学习中遇到了困难,感到非常着急。请根据以下要点给他回信并提出建议,帮他来解决这方面的困难。
1.不要担忧,要有信心。2.给自己更多练习汉语的机会。3.让自己浸泡在汉语的环境当中。
要求:1.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。 2.词数:100词左右。
3.邮件的开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
I have received your letter.
Yours truly,
Li Hua
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:在错的词下面划一横线,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。
In life people make many decisions, some of what are so important that they affect us greatly.
My latest decision is made when I entered Senior 3 in Miss Zhang's class. Since I was not good in English, Miss Zhang asked me to listen attentive in class and put down some important notes. Therefore, I was never a good listener. I went on in my own way, ignore her suggestions completely until Miss Zhang had talk with me. He made me realize the importance of note-taking.
From this experience, I have realized a good decision benefits from people. We should learn to take others’ advices and do the right things.
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的适当形式。将答案填写在答题卷的相应位置。
Now if you’ve got nothing to do today, why not go to the east part of the city and get digging? That’s the message from No.1 Senior High School, _1.__ is organizing a tree planting event near East Mountain. In order to improve the environmental _2.__ (educate) of its students and get more people __3._ (organize), the school is planning to plant __4.__ total of 1,400 trees paid by the government over the next few days. They are hoping to plant half of them today and they _5.__(look) for volunteers to come along and help. No experience is necessary, _6._ there will be experts to give directions and the __7.__ (equip) will be provided. Everyone is welcome to come along anytime __8._ 10 am and 4 pm. I don’t think you need my advice of what sort of shoes or clothes you have to wear. And of course, gloves will be essential __9._ (protect) your hands. So it could be __10._ (real) a nice day out for all the families. Enjoy your day.
完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was a dark, wet November morning. It seemed like it would take a million years to get to summer again. I thought bears have got it right - what a idea to sleep through the worst part of the year and wake up when spring comes!
“Want some words of encouragement?” a co-worker, seeing my mood, kindly . “You don’t think they would you up?”
“ Today ? No.” I shook my head.
“I used to think so too,” he said, “ I realized the effect my words had on a certain person. Well, it was someone I knew pretty well. I have to say I him rather badly.”
“ You? you are always so positive! How did you do that?”
“I told him I did not like anything about him, really. I told him I did not like his name. In fact, it wasn’t only what I said. I also did pretty bad things to him. When he was hungry, I did not give him the chance to eat food. When he felt like doing something fun, I said to him that having fun was not worthwhile. And worst of all, when he was sick and needed , I did not care. I told him to get up and get to work. And when he did, I never told him he did good work. I was so ashamed him,” he said. “that I wanted to him, but couldn’t.”
“But that was !”
He nodded. “Then one day it all . I stood there in front of the bathroom mirror in the morning. I saw the dark circles under his eyes. I saw the excess weight. I saw the long hair that needed . And I saw the eyes that once had looked at the world . Now they were so sad and tired. And there and then I realized he better. So I told the man I had disliked for so many years that he was a good person .”
My dropped. I looked at him, full of positive energy, in good shape, always ready to ________ others.
“Wow...”
He looked at me. “So how about having a little conversation with the bathroom mirror? The person in there has the greatest effect on you!”
1.A. perfect B. creative C. new D. similar
2.A. commanded B. bargained C. suggested D. required
3.A. give B. make C. break D. cheer
4.A. unless B. before C. since D. until
5.A. wanted B. treated C. injured D. inspected
6.A. Or B. And C. So D. But
7.A. even B. still C. yet D. thus
8.A. delicious B. fresh C. proper D. fancy
9.A. medicine B. rest C. water D. assistance
10.A. on B. for C. of D. to
11.A. think highly of B. get rid of C. compete with D. rely on
12.A. cruel B. cool C. generous D. rewarding
13.A. admitted B. changed C. exploded D. sank
14.A. dressing B. washing C. cutting D. decorating
15.A. regularly B. logically C. violently D. eagerly
16.A. deserved B. explored C. pretended D. performed
17.A. in all B. above all C. after all D. in relief
18.A. jaw B. heart C. tears D. glasses
19.A. appreciate B. encourage C. persuade D. join
20.A. meaningless B. brief C. peaceful D. positive
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
●Does failure really exist?
If you believe you have failed, then you have. If you believe you don’t have the ability to succeed, then you don’t. 1. The moment you decide to give up or stop working toward your goals, failure is born.
● 2.
Most people give themselves an out without even realizing it. They are willing to work hard on reaching their goals, but only until the going gets too rough or their energy dies down. Don’t do that! 3. Never quit, never admit failure, and never lose heart.
●Don’t believe in a clear finish line for goals.
It’s a good idea to set a general timeline, but remember that something will be beyond your control. 4. If you lock yourself into a given timeline, you might make yourself feel like a failure! Instead, get a general idea of when you’d like your goal to be completed. Then take it one day at a time and focus on making progress instead of reaching the finish line in as little time as possible.
●Be sure that you don’t see difficulties as failures.
Difficulties mean only one thing: it’s not time for your goal to be completed yet. That’s it! It doesn’t mean you failed; it doesn’t mean you’re weak; it doesn’t mean you’ll never achieve your goals. 5. You’ve got to keep moving forward and find a way over, around, or through the difficulties.
A. Never give up on yourself.
B. Failure only exists in your own mind!
C. That’s exactly how failure makes us feel.
D. It simply means you have not done enough yet.
E. You can never say exactly when your goal will be reached.
F. Instead, make up your mind to make your goal happen, no matter what!
G. Work hard towards your goal, and you will be likely to get good results.