When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very ___. Some stories are told ___they were true. Real people who live in a ___ world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not ___. They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be ___for us.
But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only ___. How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter ,we ___ seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than ___. Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of ___. When we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our ___--which is real—and our imagination—which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy(幻想) ___the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read ___realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we ___ that we are real and they are ___. It sounds ___,but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and ___ about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by ___ that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our ___when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose ___in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel ___ we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.
1.A．possible B．easy C．new D．different
2.A．that B．What C．whether D．as if
3.A．usual B．normal C．certain D．common
4.A．realistic B．reasonable C．moral D．instructive
5.A．difficult B．impossible C．important D．necessary
6.A．thinkable B．designed C．imagined D．planned
7.A．do B．make C．have D．are
8.A．lessons B．dreams C．experience D．magic
9.A．working B．thinking C．living D．understanding
10.A．knowledge B．skill C．Words D．grammar
11.A．make B．get C．use D．have
12.A．a newspaper B．something C．everything D．a story
13.A．find B．learn C．know D．hope
14.A．too B．not C．all D．so
15.A．dangerous B．serious C．strange D．terrible
16.A．talk B．learn C．read D．think
17.A．telling B．pretending C．promising D．guessing
18.A．mind B．life C．world D．society
19.A．heart B．time C．money D．ourselves
20.A．what B．how C．when D．why
生活中困难不可避免，面对各种困难需要信心。假如你是李华，尝试举例说明信心在学习、考试、生活等方面的作用，并就面对困难的态度谈谈你的看法。
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（1）可适当加入发挥，以使行文连贯。
词数：100左右。
（3）开头已经给出。
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。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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：在错的词下划一横线（___），并在该词下面写出修改的词。
注意: 1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Senior Three student will face the question after they pass by the college entrance examination．“Should I choose a good major and a good university ？”Some students prefer to consider majors first so that they can learn what they are interesteD． It will also make it possibly for them to take their favorite jobs in the future．However，those who think differently believes that the environment is important to one’s development．They also believe that students graduate from leading universities are often more likely to find good jobs．In my opinion ，a best choice is to choose a good major at a good university．But if we couldn’t obtain both，the first thing to consider is a good major，because no matter where we study，they can still achieve a lot in a certain field if we try our best．
单词拼写
1.Because of the terrible earthquake，many children became________(无家可归的)．
2.These materials can be________ (回收)into other packaging products
3.The house________ (属于)to the old man was built hundreds of years ago．
4.It takes________（耐心）to educate children．
5.The new________（版本）of the novels will come out soon．
6.It is very necessary for people to eat________ (均衡的) diet to keep healthy．
7.The picture on the wall________ (提醒)me of my childhooD．
8.The lovely boat on the river is 16 feet in________ (长度)．
9.It is Mary rather than you who is to________ (责备)for the accident．
10.Being________ (身体地) examined for free twice a year is what every employee shall be ensured in any company of the state．
Everyone has done experiments in high school laboratories，but have you ever thought about designing a satellite to explore space？
On Nov．19，a team of students from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in the US awed peers and even scientists by successfully launching a satellite．
The first satellite designed and built by high school students was sent up into space along with a record setting．28 other small ones on a rocket were sent from a NASA center in Virginia，CNN reported． It took the students seven years to build．
The students call their tiny satellite TJ3Sat，which is named after their school．It is just 10x10x12 centimeters and weighs only 0．89 kilograms，according to Orbital Sciences，a company which developed the rocket and supported the students’ project．It can be controlled with a smartphone．
Like most satellites，TJ3Sat can send and receive datA． The small spacecraft is equipped with a voice synthesizer (合成器)，which can switch text to voice and transmit those sounds back to Earth over radio waves，said Orbital officials．In this case，anyone can give it a try via the project’s website (school website) by submitting (提交) a text．The texts that get approved will be sent to the satellite，changed to voice and then broadcast back to Earth via radio waves．
“I can say ‘Go Colonials’on our ground station and when it is on the other side of the world，in India，someone can hear‘Go Colonials’over the radio，”the team explains on the website．
The satellite will stay in space for at least three months．
School principal Evan Glazer told The Washington Post that the project started in 2006 as an activity in the spare time．Later it became a research project for a select group of seniors．
At a time when American students are busy with SATs，the launch of the satellite shows what diligent teenagers can achieve when allowed to pursue their own curiosities，Glazer said．
“It used to be that kids growing up wanted to be an astronaut,” Andrew Petro，program executive (主管) for small spacecraft technology at NASA，said in a statement．“I think we might be seeing kids saying what they want to do is build a spacecraft．The idea here is that they really can do that．”
1.The underlined word “awed” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _____．
A． influenced
B． amazed
C． delighted
D． inspired
2.Which of the following statements about TJ3Sat is TRUE according to the article？
A． It took a group of students about a decade to build the satellite．
B． Besides TJ3Sat，28 other small satellites were built by the students．
C． TJ3Sat can receive text messages that the students send into space，which can be changed to voice messages and broadcast back to Earth．
D． TJ3Sat is expected to stay in orbit for the next year，sending out messages together with information about its position in space．
3.According to the article，the launch of the satellite _______．
A． is evidence of the advance of spacecraft technology
B． proves that hard working teenagers can achieve a lot
C． shows the importance of extracurricular activities at school
D． has inspired many people to take an interest in space travel
Whether you’re eating at a fancy restaurant or dining in someone’s home，proper table manners are likely to help you make a good impression．According to a US expert，Emily Post，“All rules of table manners are made to avoid ugliness．”
While Henry Hitchings of the Los Angeles Times admits that good manners can reduce social conflict，he points out that mostly their purpose is protective – they turn our natural warrior like selves into more elegant ones．
So where did table manners come from？
In medieval England，a writer named Petrus Alfonsi took the lead to urge people not to speak with their mouths full．And King David I of Scotland also proposed that any of his people who learned to eat more neatly be given a tax deduction (减除)．
Disappointingly，that idea never caught on．It was during the Renaissance，when there were real technical developments，opinions of correct behavior changed for good． “None of these was more significant than the introduction of the table fork,” wrote Hitchings．“Gradually，as forks became popular，they brought the new way of eating，making it possible，for instance，to consume berries without making one’s fingers dirty．”
Forks were introduced to Britain in 1608 and 25 years later，the first table fork reached America． Yet while most of the essentials (基本要素) are the same on both sides of the Atlantic，there are a few clear differences between what’s normal in the US and what holds true in the UK．For example，in the US，when food needs cutting with a knife，people generally cut a bite，then lay aside the knife and switch the fork to their right hand． Then they pick up one bite at a time．By contrast，Britons keep the fork in the left hand and don’t lay the knife down．
Though globalization has developed a new，simpler international standard of table manners，some people still stick with the American cut and switch method． The Los Angeles Times noted，“They are hanging on to a form of behavior that favors manners above efficiency．”
1.What does the story mainly talk about？
A． The importance of proper table manners．
B． The development of table manners in Western countries．
C． Some unwritten rules of table manners in the US and UK．
D． Differences between American and British table manners．
2.The underlined phrase “caught on” in the passage probably means ______．
A． worked in practice
B． became popular
C． drew attention
D． had a positive effect
3.Which of the following events influenced people’s table manners most according to the article？
A． The introduction of forks．
B． The tax deduction policy．
C． The rise of the Renaissance．
D． Petrus Alfonsi’s efforts in promoting table manners．
4.What can we conclude from the article？
A． British and American table manners are completely different from each other．
B． American people pay more attention to their table manners than British people do．
C． With globalization，the American cut and switch method has been abandoned in the US．
D． British people’s way of using a knife and fork may be more efficient than American people’s．
