Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him , because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes(蚊子) in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”
After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.
Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.
1.That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.
A. to see one of his friends
B. because he wanted to do something there for his writing
C. because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there
D. to see one of his relatives
2.The waiters felt sorry because _____.
A. they did something wrong to Mark Twain
B. their hotel was too small
C. the room was not very clean
D. there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room
3.All the people present laughed heartily because _____.
A. the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room
B. the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number
C. Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents
D. Mark Twain made a joke
4.From the story we know _____.
A. no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night
B. the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night
C. Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night
D. there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer
书面表达
某中学生英文报近期开辟专栏，讨论学习习惯问题，习惯成就未来,请你结合自身学习实际，按以下提示，用英文为该专栏写一篇稿件。
1．说明学习习惯与学习效果之间的关系；
2．介绍一种好的学习习惯并提出养成该习惯的建议；
3．描述自己在学习习惯方面存在的某个问题并给出改进措施
参考词汇：学习习惯：learning habit 学习效果：learning effect
注意： 1. 词数100词左右； 2. 可适当增加细节。
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌中间交换修改作文，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，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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。
It was raining. In his way home from school, Peter saw an old man which was walking with difficulty in the rain without an umbrella. Peter goes up to him and offered to share the umbrellas with him. The old man in poor health, so Peter tried to hold the umbrella. And he was so short to hold it high enough. While wondering what to do, he saw the old man’s stick and had an idea. He tied the stick to the handle of the umbrella and made it the longer. Then we shared the umbrella. Peter was happily.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的词（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式填空（不超过3个单词）。
If you go out to the fields at night in spring or summer, you can hear frogs singing 1.____ (happy) here and there. It seems as if they were performing a field group singing.
The frog is a good and useful creature that benefits human beings. They can catch fast-moving 2.__ (insect). Each frog eats a large number of pests that are harmful to crops. This little creature is regarded 3.____ “the natural enemy of pests”.
But now frogs 4.___ (get) fewer and fewer. This is because they are killed and put 5.___ the table as a delicious dish by their chief enemy, human beings. It is a shameless and cruel act, isn’t it?
The cause responsible for the rapid 6.__ (reduce) of frogs is that farmers use insect killer to kill pests and frogs get killed as a result of drinking poisoned water while 7. __ (eat) poison-killed insects.
Something must be done without delay 8.__ (save) frogs. If we don’t punish those 9.____sell and kill frogs to make money, then one day all of us 10.__ (punish) by nature for failing to keep them.
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项.
There was a king who loved art very much. One day a(n) ______ came and said, "Please let me ______a picture on a wall." The king happened to have a big new hall ______ . So he ______ the artist to work on one of the walls.
At the same time, another artist came and asked to work on the ______ wall. He promised he would make the same picture as the first artist’s ______looking at the first artist’s work. The second artist asked to have a thick curtain ______ between the two walls ______ neither of them could see each other.
The following day they began to work. The first artist brought in ______ supply of paint, oil, water and so on. The second one came with a ______ and a bucket (桶).
A month later, the first artist’s work was completed, and the second artist said, "My wall is ______ too!"
The king went to ______ the first artist’s wall. He was pleased with it and gave the artist a large ______of money. He then asked people to open the curtain.
______! Each line was______ the same as that on the opposite wall. The king was quite satisfied and gave him double money. However, he ______ how the second man had made it. “ I just ______ the wall with the cloth," the man said ______ .The wall was made of white marble (大理石). He made it shine like a mirror. The reflection (倒影) of the first painting ______ up on it!
The ______ is a reflection（反映） of you too. If you are sad, the world will be sad. If you are happy, the world will be happy.
1.A．editor B．artist C．server D．actress
2.A．paint B．copy C．put D．get
3.A．created B．destroyed C．ruined D．built
4.A．persuaded B．realized C．allowed D．determined
5.A．opposite B．ordinary C．same D．similar
6.A．with B．without C．beneath D．under
7.A．put up B．put back C．put away D．put on
8.A．even if B．as if C．so that D．in case
9.A. little B. few C．enough D．useless
10.A．mirror B．cloth C．stick D．curtain
11.A．present B．free C．ready D．useful
12.A．see B．touch C．research D．cover
13.A．number B．series C．amount D．many
14.A．Exciting B．Amazing C．Frightening D．Interesting
15.A．probably B．exactly C．certainly D．hardly
16.A．knew B．warned C．noticed D．wondered
17.A．drew B．faced C．dug D．wiped
18.A．briefly B．naturally C．safely D．correctly
19.A．set B．added C．showed D．took
20.A．story B．king C．world D．painter
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处得最佳选项，选项中有两个选项为多余选项。
Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp
Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit — and that can be a very annoying thing. __1.__ Read on for some techniques worth trying.
1．__2._
People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study. _3.__ Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There's evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.
2．Go for a walk.
Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. __4.__
3．Learn something new.
Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. __5.__ Or go dancing with your friends.
A. Focus on the future.
B. This can be especially harmful to the aged.
C. It should be something like learning gardening.
D. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.
E. But don't worry if your schedule isn't filled with life changing events.
F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.
G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.
