When Armida Armato’s daughter, Alexia, came home from school one day last year keen to go on a school trip to Ecuador, she wasn’t too sure how to feel. She was happy that her daughter could experience something she never did as a teen but was fearful of letting her travel to such a remote part of the world.
Alexia was 16 at the time, a student at Westwood High School. The school sponsored a humanitarian trip for 26 students and two teachers to spend 18 days living in a mountain village to build a one-room school. Even though Armato trusted her daughter, the other students and the teachers, she was worried about the side effects from the travel vaccines, possible accidents, and medical care.
Now that Alexia was home, Armato said she saw her daughter’s new maturity, greater confidence and independence. “This is the best thing I ever did,” Alexia said. “The experience was so eye-opening and life-changing. You’re with people who are not as lucky as you are. They live in very poor conditions but they’re so happy and outgoing. You say, ‘My God. I’m taking everything for granted back home.’”
She said they built a one-room school from scratch with no mechanical cement mixers. They used their hands, shovels and basic tools. She and another student lived with a local family in a small village about eight hours outside the capital, Quito. Despite the initial strangeness and knowing only basic Spanish, she said they grew very close and felt like a family.
Every year, groups of students at Montreal High School like Alexia pack their bags and fly off with classmates and teachers to developing countries where they volunteer for a variety of projects.
“Armato’s worries are very common among parents,” says Bill Nevin, a teacher at St. George’s High School. He organizes a humanitarian rip to India to the Sheela Bal Bhavan orphanage and says the three biggest fears families have are health, security and contact.
1.When hearing the news that her daughter would go on a school trip to Ecuador, Armato was _______.
A． proud and happy
B． supportive but concerned
C． fearful and nervous
D． excited but puzzled
2.The underlined phrase “from scratch” in Paragraph 4 probably means “______”.
A． having great help
B． using high technology
C． ending up in failure
D． starting from the beginning
3.What would be the best title for the text?
A． Volunteering helps students grow and develop.
B． School trips make parents worried about their children.
C． Ecuador is the most attractive travel destination in the world.
D． Brave Alexia dreams to work in Ecuador one day.
假设你叫李华，你的澳大利亚朋友 Peter 来信谈了他最喜爱的体育运动，并希望了解你喜爱的体育运动。请根据以下提示用英语写一封回信。 要点如下：
1. 感谢Peter 的来信；
2. 最喜欢的运动是什么；
3. 为什么喜欢这项运动。
4. 运动给你带来什么好处。。
注意： 词数120。
Dear Peter,
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Yours faithfully
Li Hua
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。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用（＼）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）不计分。
Recently, as the development of the Internet, there is a kind of language calling Web language. Some people even speak Chinese mixed with English letters. The other day our class had a discussion about if we should welcome the Web language.
Forty percent of the students think it ridiculous. They argue that it does no good helping people communicate, nor is it useful for learning English. Besides, it’ll make Chinese more standard and pure, finally ruining our mother tongue. However, 60% of our class is fond of it. They think it is simple,convenience and helpful in expressing them. What’s more, it may make the language more interesting.
Personally, it’s not good habit to use the Web language. It may be popular, but you may also make yourself be misunderstood.
语法填空
As an exchange student, Wei Hua studied in a British high school for one year. She was happy 1.the school hours in Britain because school starts around 9 a.m and ends about 3.30 p.m.
On the first day, all the new students 2.(attend) an assembly in the school hall. Wei Hua sat next to a girl3. name was Diana. During the assembly, the headmaster told the students that the best way to earn respect was to devote themselves 4. study and achieve high 5. (grade). As there were different students in some classes,6.was a struggle for Wei Hua to remember all the faces and names. Although the homework was not as heavy as7. she used to get in her old school, it was a bit8.(challenge) for her at first because all the homework was in English. Luckily, all her teachers gave her much 9. (encourage). To improve her English, Wei Hua used English every day and spent an hour each day10.(read) English books in the library.
In a word, studying in Britain was a very enjoyable and exciting experience for Wei Hua.
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。
One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, he knew me. The man had a newspaper in front of him, which he was .to read, but I could that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the way in which the waiter and I each other. He seemed even more puzzled as went on and it became that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the When he came out, he paid his bill and without another glance in my direction.
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had . “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective (侦探). He you here because he thought you were the man he . ” “What? ” I said, showing my The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a . ” “Well, it’s really I came to a restaurant where I’m known, ” I said. “ , I might have been in trouble. ”
1.A. knew B. understood C. recognized D. noticed
2.A. since B. as if C. though D. even if
3.A. flat B. cut C. open D. fixed
4.A. pretending B. thinking C. hoping D. continuing
5.A. guess B. find C. see D. learn
6.A. menu B. food C. paper D. bill
7.A. familiar B. direct C. strange D. funny
8.A. looked at B. chatted with C. laughed at D. talked about
9.A. the waiter B. the dinner C. I D. time
10.A. true B. hopeful C. clear D. possible
11.A. restaurant B. washroom C. office D. kitchen
12.A. left B. acted C. sat down D. calmed down
13.A. wished B. tried C. ordered D. wanted
14.A. met B. caught C. followed D. discovered
15.A. was looking for B. was dealing with C. was to meet D. was to beat
16.A. surprise B. care C. worry D. regret
17.A. can B. must C. need D. may
18.A. discovery B. fortune C. decision D. mistake
19.A. a pity B. lucky C. a chance D. natural
20.A. Thus B. However C. Otherwise D. Therefore
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。
The Farmer, His wife, and the Open Door
Once upon a time, there lived a poor farmer and his wife. One day, having finished their day’s labor and eaten their simple supper, they were sitting by the fire.1.It was blown open by wind.
“Darling, shut the door!” said the man.
“No way, shut it yourself!” said the woman.
“I will not shut it, and you shall not shut it,” said the man, “but let the one who speaks the first word shut it.”
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In the middle of the night they heard a noise, and looking around, they found that a wild dog had entered the room, and that he was busy eating their food. Not a word, however, would either of these silly people say, and the dog, having eaten as much as he wanted, went out of the house.
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When she was out, a barber entered, and said to the husband, “Why are you sitting here all alone?” 4. The barber then shaved his head, but still he did not speak; then he shaved off half his beard, but even then the man kept silent. “The man is crazy!” cried the barber, and he quickly escaped out of the house.
At the moment, the wife returned from the shop. 5..
“You spoke the first word,” said the farmer, “so please shut the door.”
A. His words pleased the wife, and so the old couple, well satisfied, went in silence to bed.
B. And then they had a quarrel over who should shut the door.
C. The next morning the woman went shopping by herself.
D. The old couple fell asleep happily at night.
E. The farmer didn’t answer a word.
F. She, seeing her husband in such a strange condition, cried, “Ah! What have you been doing?”
G. The farmer and his wife were stupid.
