Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea." "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more." The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening."
1.Mr. Brown told his son that _____.
A. he would be away from home for four days
B. he would be back in seven days
C. he would be back in a month
D. he liked a cup of tea
2.A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.
A. the second day B. the third day
C. the fourth day D. the fifth day
3.The man was very surprised because _________.
A. he thought the child's father was dead
B. the child didn't ask him to sit down
C. the child gave him a cup of tea
D. he couldn't find that piece of paper
4.What was burnt? ___________.
A. The piece of paper B. Mr. Smith
C. The visitor D. The boy
To travel around the world is the dream of many adventurous people. But very few people can afford a global tour because hotels, food and airplane tickets are too expensive. Some people, however, have thought of some ways to realize their dreams.
Laura Cody and Tanbay Theune, a couple from Britain, decided to travel around the world. They have found a good way to pay for their trips. They look after pets for rich house owners. In exchange, they can stay in the houses for free. They have looked after horses, cows, cats, dogs and fish. In two years, the couple has been to Australia, Germany, Spain and Italy. They have stayed in big cities and small villages. The home owners are usually very generous and have given them food, wine and day trips.
Another person who tries to realize her travel dream is photographer Rhiannon Taylor. She travels around the world to visit, review and take photos of the best hotels. She shares the places she stays in and the food she eats on the Internet with tens of thousands of followers.
With these ways of making money, traveling around the world is no longer a dream. More and more young people are thinking creatively to make their dream come true.
1.Why do most people feel hard to make their travel dream come true?
A. Because they can hardly find hotels.
B. Because the food is not healthy.
C. Because the cost of travel is high.
D. Because they are afraid of adventure.
2.The best word to describe the way of realizing the travel dream is ______.
A. special B. creative C. rich D. adventurous
3.It is known from the passage that Laura and Tanbay paid for their trips by ______.
A. staying in the house for free
B. being given food and day drinks
C. going to Australia and other countries
D. looking after pets for rich house owners
4.According to the passage, Taylor is a photographer who shares her photos ______.
A. on the Internet
B. during her travel
C. with hundreds of followers
D. during staying in hotels
书面表达
假如你是李华，你校的外教要在中国过春节，请你根据以下内容，用英文写一篇短文介绍我国的春节，并祝他们节日愉快。
时间一般在二月份，中国农历正月初一，前后要持续半个月。风俗 ：
1. 12生肖命名，如狗、猪、虎等，今年是猴年
2. 春节前人们要大扫除，大年夜全家人在聚集一起吃年夜饭
3. 年初一、初二走访亲友，给孩子们压岁钱
注意：1．必须包括以上全部内容（题目已经写好）(词数：100左右 )
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
参考词汇： 农历Chinese Lunar Calendar压岁钱lucky money
A brief Introduction of the Chinese Spring Festival
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短文改错
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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：在错的词下画一横线，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；
There will be a speech on our school playground this Saturday afternoon, which theme is “To civilize schoolyard is my responsibility”. All the teachers and students required to attend. In the activity, the first two winner in each grade will give such valuable advice as follows: we should not litter somewhere in order to keep our campus clean; we should love flowers, grass and trees such that everyone can enjoy the greenness; we should behave well instead of run after one another, quarreling and fighting noisy; we should care for the others so that our school will be full with love. We believe your school will become more and more beautiful and peaceful.
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（不多于3个词），并将答案填写在答题纸的相应位置上。
Christmas Eve means a warm get-together with friends, a candlelight dinner, or perhaps a celebration at a pub for students. But, for Cai Yingjie, 1. unusual night has a different meaning: helping beggars and the homeless.
Cai, 2. is a student in journalism at Tsinghua, could be 3. (find) at Beijing’s Wudaokou Light Railway Station that special evening. 4. she saw an old beggar, she took the cold, rough hands of the woman with her warm, clean hands, 5. (give) the woman some warm bread and helped her put on a pair of new gloves.
The woman was surprised for a few seconds, then burst into tears, saying “For the first time I feel respected”.
Cai said, “A beggar’s life is even 6. (hard) today. That’s why I want to help them.” They brought bread and gloves with them, and stopped to greet beggars and offer 7. some of the warm food. Each beggar greeted them 8. a look of surprise.
“I know the 9. (active) can’t help much, but it’s meant 10. (show) our respect and care for beggars and the homeless who have been neglected for so long,” said Sun, head of the group.
第一节 课文原文填空（翻译短语）
1.Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ____________(远古时代).
2.Most festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and ________________(秋天的收获).
3.Some festivals are held to honor the dead or satisfy the ancestors , who might return either to help or to ___________(带来危害).
4.For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense ________________(为了纪念) their ancestors.
5.It is now a children’s festival, when they can ___________ (盛装；打扮) and go to their neighbors’ homes to ask for sweets.
6.If the neighbors do not give any sweets, the children might _________________(搞恶作剧) them.
7.By now his restaurant _________(应该) be full of people.
8.At the library Wang Peng _________________(惊讶地发现) that his restaurant served far too much fat and Yong Hui’s far too little.
9.Even though her customers might get thin after eating Yong Hui’s food, they were not eating enough energy-giving food to _______________(让他们保持健康).
10.Perhaps with a discount and a new sign he could __________________(赢回他的顾客).
