Welcome to one of the largest collections of footwear in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.
Room 1
The celebrity footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum. Started in the 1950s there is a wide variety of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find the celebrities' choice of footwear extremely interesting.
Room 2
Most of our visitors are amazed-and shocked-by the collection of "special purpose" shoes on exhibition here at the Museum of Footwear. For example, there are Chinese shoes made of silk that were worn by women to tie their feet firmly to prevent them from growing too much!
Room 3
As well as shoes and boots the museum also exhibits shoe-shaped objects. The variety is unbelievable. For example, there is a metal lamp that resembles a pair of shoes, and Greek wine bottles that look like legs!
The Footwear Library
People come from all over the world to study in our excellent footwear library Designers and researchers come here to look up information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.
1.All exhibits in each room .
A. belong to the same social class
B. have the same shape
C. are made of the same material
D. share the same theme
2.Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. Researchers come to the Footwear Library for data
B. Room 2 is the most visited place in the museum.
C. Room 3 has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.
D. The oldest exhibits in Room l were made in the 1950s
3.The purpose of the text is to get more people to _____________.
A. do research B. visit the museum
C. design shoes D. follow celebrities
书面表达
假设你是新华中学高三2班的学生李华,你的英国笔友Simon刚转学,感到一切都很陌生。他在邮件中向你询问如何尽快融入新环境。请你根据以下信息回信。
1.多跟同学交流沟通;
2.积极参加学校活动;
3.向老师寻求帮助。
注意:1.词数:100左右;
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Simon,
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。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;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
One day,I was cooking in the kitchen while the telephone rang.I went to answer it immediately.She was my close friend,Lisa.When we were talking on a phone,the fire alarm sounded.I run back to the kitchen.The room was full smoke and the beef was bad burnt.I quickly turned off the gas,opening all the windows,and then went out of the house.To my great surprises,two fire engines were outside my house.I was rather worried.I told about the firemen that it was my careless cooking which caused the heavy smoke.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted 1.____ his new hotel, the world’s first igloo(冰屋) hotel.
2.______ (build) in an small town, it has been attracting lots of visitors but soon the fun will be over. In two weeks’ time Bergqvist’s ice creation 3.______ (be) nothing more than a pool of water. “We don’t see it as a big problem, ”he says. “We just look forward to 4._____(replace)it. ”
Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was 5._____ successful that he designed the present one, 6.______ measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks piling 1,000 tons of snow onto a7._____(wood) base；when the snow froze, the base was removed.
After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success. With no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures 8.___ 0°C, it may seem more like a survival test9._____ a relaxing hotel break. “It’s great fun,” Bergqvist explains, “As well as a good start in survival training.’’
The 10.______ (popular)of the igloo is beyond doubt：it is now attracting tourists from all over the world. At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案 写在题后的答题表中。
My Real Parents
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
-----Oprah Winfrey
I don’t look like the rest of my family. As a matter of fact, I _______out quite a bit with my yellow skin and black eyes. When people see us together it is clear that I am _________. I am happy to have such a loving and caring family, but sometimes I wish I knew who my birth parents are.
My friends often ask, “Are you _________that you don’t know your real parents?” I know that they are just curious and concerned about me---I’m fine. For the most part---- _______ I felt like there’s something missing my life, like a giant _______ in my heart. My mother listens when I tell her about my _______, and she feels that it is important for me to be in touch with my _______ Because of this, she and I go to Chinese Heritage Camp each year.
CHC is a two-day camp ________ hundreds of adopted kids like me spend time with each other. We _______about how it feels to the adopted, and we participate in fun outdoor activities. It’s ________ because we can talk about our feelings. It makes me feel like I am not ________ and that there is someone out there going through the same feelings.
Whether we’re talking, laughing, crying, or dancing. CHC is always an experience to _________.I adore all of the new people I meet, and I will keep them in my heart _______ ,because it always feels good to know there are people out just like me.
_______A. sometimes B. forever C. soon D. later
Camp has _______ the way I look at things. Each year seems to open up new surprises, adventures, and friendships. CHC _______ me to learn that being adopted doesn’t mean that I’m strange, it just means that I wasn’t born into the _______ I live with. Being adopted won’t make my parents love me any less.
_______ to Chinese Heritage Camp, now when people ask me, “Are you sad you don’t know your real parents? ”I can safely answer, “Maybe I don’t know who my birth parents are, and _______ makes me a little sad. But I do know that I_______with my real parents in a real house, with a real family, and I_______. My life just the way it is.”
1.A. work B. give C. watch D. stand
2.A. followed B. honored C. believed D. adopted
3.A.sad B. ashamed C. surprised D. curious
4.A. and B. but C. so D. or
5.A. disease B. wish C. hole D. plan
6.A. dreams B. suggestionsC. feelings D. complaints
7.A. school B hometown C culture D. relatives
8.A. where B. when C why D. which
9.A. think B. talk C. write D. look
10.A. terrible B. funny C. hard D. great
11.A. happy B. alone C. silent D. alive
12.A remember B. describe C. provide D. learn
13.A. sometimes B. forever C. soon D. later
14.A. made B. found C. changed D. Cleared
15.A. forced B. hoped C. taught D. asked
16.A. family B. world C. friends D. kids
17.A. thanks B. Congratulations C. wishesD. Greetings
18.A. who B. which C. that D. what
19.A. compare B. deal C. agree D. live
20.A. enrich B. love C. regard D. improve
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。选项中的两项为多余选项。
I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier（收银台）in her general store. 1._ I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying “thank you.”
At first I was paid in candy. 2. I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. My father helped me set up a bank account. 3.
By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics（化妆品）I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup（化妆）ideas. 4.
The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn’t need to be a rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener. 5. Expect they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed.
A. Before long, she let me sit there by myself.
B. Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before.
C.Later I received 50 cents an hour.
D.I ended my selling a record amount of cosmetics.
E. My grandma’s trust taught me how to handle responsibility。
F. Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought.
G. Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.
