Last year I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a modern convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad. Instead of looking at nature, I checked my e-mail. Instead of paddling a small boat, I followed my Twitter feed（推特简讯）. Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading four newspapers each morning. I was behaving as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation, but my head wasn’t.
So this year I made up my mind to try something different: withdrawal（退出）from the Internet. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, since I’m bad at self-control. But I was determined. I started by giving the iPad to my wife.
The cellphone signal at our house was worse than in the past, making my attempts at cheating an experience in frustration （沮丧）. I was trapped, forced to go through with my plan. Largely cut off from e-mail, Twitter and my favorite newspaper websites, I had few ways to connect to the world except for the radio—and how much radio can one listen to, really? I had to do what I had planned to do all along: read books.
This experience has had a happy ending. With determination and the strong support of my wife, I won in my vacation straggle against the Internet, realizing finally that it was I, not the iPad, that was the problem. I knew I had won when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “I don’t need it,” I said.
However, as we return to post-vacation life, a harder test begins: Can I continue when I’m back at work?
There are times when the need to know what’s being said right now is great. I have no intention of giving up my convenience completely. But I hope to resist the temptation （诱惑）to check my e-mail every five minutes, which leads to checking my Twitter feed and a website ortwo.
I think a vacation is supposed to help you reset your brain to become more productive. Here I hope this one worked.
1.What do we know about the author’s last summer vacation?
A. He was determined to enjoy the beautiful view.
B. His iPad ruined his plan of finishing a great novel.
C. He felt satisfied that he had stuck to his usual timetable.
D. He hated himself for acting as if he were working on vacation.
2.What did the author do to keep away from the Internet this year?
A. He handed his iPad to his wife.
B. He cut off his cellphone signal.
C. He refused to cheat in his house.
D. He listened to the radio most of the time.
3.When back at work, the author will probably choose to ________.
A. stay away from the Internet for ever
B. continue to road more and more books
C. keep control of when and how to use the Internet
D. stop checking what is being said right now completely
4.What is the author’s opinion of a great vacation in the passage?
A. A vacation is having nothing to do but read all day.
B. A vacation proves that a life of pleasure is overvalued.
C. A vacation is a period of time to do whatever one wishes to.
D. A vacation means a change of pace to make one more creative.
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1.What can be expected from Mary Berry Cooks the Perfect?
A. Easy cooking instructions.
B. How to make a perfect kitchen.
C. Tasty dishes from across the world.
D. How to cook a dinner in a secret way.
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D. They have the same discount.
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假如你是李华，你班同学昨天为你举办了生日聚会，你的外籍教师Jennifer也来参加，令你感动。请你就以下内容给她写一封电子邮件；
1．老师的到来让自己过了一个最好的生日；
2．喜欢老师送的礼物（一本词典）；
3．帮助老师在中国生活得愉快。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jennifer，
Your coming to my birthday party yesterday gave me a big surprise, which I had never
expected.
Yours，
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，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（
），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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。
Good morning, everyone!
I'd like to share a quote with you, which go like this: “Time is said to be money, but it is more-it is life.” It is true that time is great value. After all, anything is more precious than time. In our daily life, we've often been told that lose time will never return. To be honest, I am used to spend plenty of time playing computer games, what made me fall far behind my classmates. Have realized how much time l wasted, I've made up my minds to work hard to catch up with them. Wasting time is just like wasting part of our lives. Such valuable is time that if you want your dreams to come true, you should make the more of it.
阅读下列材料，在空白处填人适当的内容（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式。
In the middle of April, if you walk through Jinghong,1. capital of Xishuangbanna region in Yunnan province,2.(chance) are that you'll get very, very wet. The Dai people will be celebrating their water-splashing（泼水）festival from April 15 t0 17, marking the new year for the Dai ethnic minority.
Lonely Planet, one of the world's3.(large) travel brands, has described what happens: “People race around the streets of Jinghong and the surrounding villages, soaking（浸透）every person 4. sight with buckets of water.5. (tradition), water would be collected and poured only on family members as a
symbolic way6. (ensure) good luck in the coming year. Dai people believe that the wetter you get, the luckier you will be.
Although water 7. (play)a vital role in the celebration, there is much more to the festival, especially during the first two days 8. water splashing is comparatively kept under control, according to Lonely Planet. People wear their best clothes, while older women in nearby villages9. (dress) in traditional outfits（服装）.They gather with their families and visit Dai temples. There, they wash the statues of Buddha（佛教）with water, a practice10. (know) as ”Bathing the Buddha".
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。
Relationships are hard. It doesn't matter whether it is a relationship two workmates, a doctor and a patient, a mother and her child or a couple. The fact is, it is a relationship involving people, there will always be conflicts once in a while because human beings are complicated（复杂的）．
I guess even in the animal kingdom there are complications, too. For instance, just last weekend l thought my neighbor's cows were .They like standing outside our gate where there is a huge tree they use to themselves from the burning sun. Anyway, it was quite that the grey cow was angry about something and since I didn't “cows", I couldn't tell what she was complaining about. My guess was that one of the other cows had done/said something to . her because there was one cow she kept ”addressing".
I guess this goes to tat as long as one is breathing (man or animal), misunderstandings and .will always happen, regardless of whether it is at home or at the office, until one is finally ．
The is how you handle your displeasure. How do you conduct your arguments? What words do you use7 After the argument, do you ever sit back and probably anything that you might have said in anger? I ask this I know for a fact that when you are angry, the likelihood of having the best you'll ever regret is very high. The words you speak to someone can either build them up, or break them down, or start
a in their heart or put it out completely. That is how words are. Words have the power to or destroy.
If you do not want to hurt those you come into with, remember to be careful with your words because once they are ,they can only be forgiven, not forgotten。
1.A. after B. above C. under D. between
2.A. as soon as B. as well as C. as long as D. as far as
3.A. naturally B. similarly C. fortunately D. suddenly
4.A. laughing B. arguing C. watching D. crying
5.A. protect B. enjoy C. behave D. blame
6.A. proud B. typical C. lucky D. obvious
7.A. respect B. doubt C. understand D. prepare
8.A. remind B. inspire C. attract D. annoy
9.A. report B. imagine C. prove D. admit
10.A. competition B. accidents C. silence D. disagreements
11.A. dead B. weak C. careless D. nervous
12.A. chance B. question C. result D. cause
13.A. regret B. forget C. receive D. complete
14.A. if B. because C. until D. though
15.A. speech B. calmness C. patience D. attempt
16.A. pipe B. lamp C. fire D. cigarette
17.A. funny B. busy C. powerful D. loud
18.A. last B. create C. return D. feel
19.A. concern B. consideration C. comparison D. contact
20.A. opened B. translated C. said D. noticed
