As many as 4 out of every 1,000 infants born today have permanent hearing loss．When parents learn that their child has hearing loss, they are faced with many difficult decisions．These decisions can include choosing therapies and schools, as well as finding financial help for hearing aids or cochlear implants (人工耳蜗)．
Help Me Hear Foundation is a public charity that gives the gift of hearing to deaf children from families existing on very low incomes around the world．The foundation offers life-changing services for impoverished families, and provides real help for children with hearing impairment who may otherwise be left behind in schools or society due to their lack of hearing．
Help Me Hear Foundation believes that a child’s first years of development are critical．Being able to hear is vital to human, and Help Me Hear Foundation seeks to provide a positive lasting impression on society through its programs．Help Me Hear Foundation has many goals, including relieving the burden on communities with hearing-impaired infants and children, and strengthening the social structure of families and neighborhoods．
Recipients of Help Me Hear Foundation’s benefits receive state-of-the-art hearing devices that otherwise would cost thousands of dollars per child over the course of their lifetime．The Foundation raises money through donations for hearing aids and cochlear implants, which saves recipients and their families on average over $50,000 on related expenses．
The Foundation tries to be a transparent charity, and wants to be a catalyst for allowing deaf and hearing-impaired children to develop in a typical fashion alongside their peers．
Needy families can obtain information on specific services, and find out about deafness education by visiting the Help Me Hear Foundation’s website．The website offers helpful information on how hearing aids work, and how hearing aids ease many of the learning and language challenges that hearing-impaired children deal with on a daily basis．
1.Help Me Hear Foundation was probably set up to _____．
A． build schools for deaf children
B． research deaf children’s behavior
C． protect deaf children from being ignored
D． offer real help to poor deaf children
2.We learn from the text that _____．
A． the local government is in charge of the foundation
B． the work of the foundation depends on donations
C． even blind children can turn to the foundation
D． poor deaf African children cannot get help from the foundation
3.Visit the foundation’s website, and you will learn about _____．
A． the function of hearing aids
B． the specific services the foundation needs
C． the challenges that children face every day
D． the prices of a variety of hearing aids
4.For whom is the text most probably written?
A． Poor parents who have deaf children．
B． Doctors who want to improve skills．
C． Students who cannot see the blackboard clearly．
D． Teachers who have deaf children in their class．
5.The author writes the text mainly to _____．
A． tell how to avoid permanent hearing loss
B． explain how hard a life deaf children live
C． introduce Help Me Hear Foundation
D． advise people to give money to Help Me Hear Foundation
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Chika and Tara from London, the United Kingdom
Information about the homestay host
Chika is 28 years old．She is away from home most of the time．Tara is 18 years old．She is at home every day．They both speak English．
Chika and Tara’s guests can stay for at least 5 nights and up to a maximum of 365 nights．Chika and Tara have no children living at home．It is a non-smoking residence(住宅)．No pets live in this household．
Information about the homestay accommodation
The accommodation is in London．The name of the neighborhood is Greenwich．The distance to the city center is 1．6km．The next access point to public transport is at 15 m distance．
Three guests can stay in Tara and Chika’s house at the same time．The following accommodation is generally available:
Single room with shared use of the family bathroom
*Size: 12．0 ㎡
*Facilities: desk, Internet access, mirror, hairdryer and wardrobe(衣橱)
*Price per night per person: ￡20．00 per night(one single)
Twin room with shared use of the family bathroom
*Size: 15．0 ㎡
*Facilities: TV, desk, Internet access, mirror, hairdryer and wordrobe
*Price per night per person:
￡20．00 per night(one guest)
￡17．00 per night(two guests)
The room charge includes the following services: Internet access, regular room cleaning, breakfast, free use of the washing machine．
Additional available service at an extra charge: Pick-up service(￡60．00 one-way); Lunch(￡6．00 per person per day); Dinner(￡6．00 per person per night)
Vegetarian(素食的) meals are available．
1.Chika and Tara’s house would be a good choice for _______．
A． a pet lover
B． a heavy smoker
C． a person who eats no meat
D． one who needs a one-night stay
2.What do we know about Chika and Tara’s house?
A． It lies in the center of the city．
B． It is not far away from Greenwich．
C． Public transport is convenient there．
D． The distance from the house to London is 1．6 km．
3.If Mary chooses a twin room and pick-up service(two-way), how much should she pay per day?
A． ￡140． B． ￡137． C． ￡80． D． ￡77
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.
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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.
