A Groundbreaking Event
It was an unforgettable field trip. Twenty-six fifth-graders from George Bancroft Elementary School, in Washington, D.C., went to the White House on Friday. They used shovels, rakes and wheelbarrows to help First Lady Michelle Obama break ground on a new vegetable garden.
This White House garden is the first since World War Ⅱ. In the 1940s, First lady Eleanor Roosevelt planted a White House “Victory Garden” to encourage Americans to grow gardens at home. Mrs. Obama’s new garden is an L-shaped patch near the fountain on the South Lawn. Vegetables to be planted include lettuce, peas, collard greens, onions and spinach. A herb garden will grow garlic, sage and cilantro. These herbs are used in Mexican food, an Obama family favourite. White House chefs will prepare meals for the First Family with food from the garden and some of the produce will be donated to Miriam’s Kitchen, a soup kitchen near the White House.
Health food is important to Mrs. Obama. She said that the purpose of the garden is to make sure that her family, the White House staff, and guests eat fresh vegetables. Mrs. Obama has also said that she hopes the new White House garden will help educate Americans about the importance of fresh, nutritious food at a time when obesity is a national crisis. A diet high in natural, unprocessed foods helps people maintain a healthy weight.
Mrs. Obama said she has found that her daughters, Malia, 16, and Sasha, 13, like vegetables more if they have been involved in growing them. “If they have been involved in planting and picking the vegetables, they are much more curious about giving them a try,” she said. When Bancroft students go back to the White House this summer they will get to taste the vegetables they helped to grow. After they help to harvest the crops, they will cook them in the White House kitchen and then eat them.
1.What did the Bancroft students do outside the White House?
A. They gave shovels, rakes and wheelbarrows to the First Lady.
B. They did research on what life is like for the First Lady.
C. They helped First Lady Michelle Obama to plant a garden.
D. They gave fruit and vegetables to the First Lady.
2.The reason why First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt planted a “Victory Garden” was that _________.
A. she did it just for fun.
B. she wanted other citizens to follow her example.
C. she wanted to please her husband.
D. she wanted to get some gardening experience.
3.Why did Mrs. Obama plan to plant the garden?
A. Because she wanted her children to become gardeners.
B. Because she wanted to know what gardening is like.
C. Because she wanted to become a second Eleanor Roosevelt.
D. Because she wanted people in the white house to eat a healthy food.
书面表达
假设你是高中生李华，有感于校园中存在的随意涂写（to scribble) 和乱丢垃圾（to litter)的行为，请用英语给校长写一封100-120个词的信。信中应包括以下内容：
1.说明写信目的；
2.对这些行为进行批评；
3.提出建议。
注意：信的抬头、落款及信得第一句已给出（不计词数）。
November 4, 2015
Dear Mr. Headmaster,
I am Li Hua, a student from Class 1, Senior I.
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Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
短文改错
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(∧)，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。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11处起)不计分
After five years away in my hometown, I find that the neighborhood which I used to living in has changed a lot. The Sichuan Restaurant and the older fish shop across the street from our middle school were gone. There exist now a park where has a small river running through. The factory at the corner of Friendship Street and Zhongshan Road has been moved out of the city, and sports center has been built in their place. The market at the corner of Friendship Street and Xinhua Road has been given way to a supermarket. Besides the bookstore next to our middle school is still there.
单词拼写
1.The (疲惫不堪的) climbers were rescued by helicopter.
2.The acceptance of new members is (严格) controlled.
3.Because of his special experience, he was chosen to be an (助理) to the president for energy affairs.
4.The symptoms of flu may be unpleasant, but they (消失) within a few days.
5.An exchange of (纪念品) is popular now.
6.He was wearing a very (严肃的) expression and I knew something was wrong.
7.The book gives a short (描述) of the city.
8.I want to thank everyone who has (鼓励) and supported me.
9.The story was first written in English and later (翻译) into Chinese.
10.Christophe Pires was born and brought up in France, but he speaks English (流利地).
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或口号内单词的正确形式。
Have you ever heard “Tuhao, let’s be friends?” Are you puzzled, wondering 1. it means? Then you’re possibly out of date.
Nowadays, the Chinese words “tuhao” and “dama” have become so familiar with many Chinese people that they often play jokes 2. each other when chatting about the daily life. For example, if you take out your new 3. (fashion) mobile phone, your naughty friends may call you “tuhao”, laughing loudly and happily.
4. (amaze), the two wildly popular words have become hot words in English too. Recently, the BBC produced a program to introduce “tuhao”, 5. can be considered as “new money (暴发户)” in English.
Besides, The Wall Street Journal has also borrowed “dama” from the Chinese pinyin 6. (describe) bargain-hunting middle-aged Chinese women 7. (call) “a force in the global gold market”. 8. (expert) say the Chinese language’s influence on English will continue during 9. entire 21st century, 10. it is expected that “tuhao” will be welcomed by the Oxford University Press to appear in the new word lists.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I ________ a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a ________ moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of ________ for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they ________ their notes. But as children grow older they become self-conscious (有自我意识的), and ________ he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer ________ my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to ________ them but I still needed to write them, I ________ until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move ________ for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, ________ two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and ________ , becoming a technical worker in Sacramento. ________ short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was________ happy to have Marc back. Since I was ________ making lunch for his younger brother, I ________ one for Marc, too. Imagine my ________ when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son, ________ his lunch.
“Did I do something ________ ? Don’t you love me ________ , Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I ________ asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
1.A. carried B. found C. held D. included
2.A. difficult B. comfortable C. special D. separate
3.A. encouragement B. congratulation C. improvement D. explanation
4.A. answered B. loved C. wrote D. examined
5.A. lately B. by the time C. by the way D. gradually
6.A. enjoyed B. received C. understood D. collected
7.A. copy B. take C. read D. send
8.A. held up B. continued C. gave up D. followed
9.A. out B. to college C. to Sacramento D. home
10.A. completing B. organizing C. planning D. comparing
11.A. hopefully B. particularly C. certainly D. finally
12.A. Because of B. Except for C. Instead of D. As for
13.A. immediately B. equally C. especially D. generally
14.A. once B. still C. again D. even
15.A. fetched B. packed C. bought D. filled
16.A. fear B. anger C. surprise D. disappointment
17.A. waiting for B. worrying about C. asking about D. caring for
18.A. funny B. strange C. smart D. wrong
19.A. any more B. enough C. once more D. better
20.A. laughingly B. interestingly C. bitterly D. politely
