Photography（摄影） has been my interest ever since I was old enough to pick up a camera, but today I want to share with you the 15 most treasured（珍贵的）photos of mine, and I didn't take any of them. In fact, most of them were taken by random（随机的）tourists.
My story begins when I was in New York City for a speech, and my wife took a picture of me holding my daughter on her first birthday. We're on the corner of 57th and 5th. We happened to be back in New York exactly a year later, so we decided to take the same picture.
Well you can see where this is going. Approaching（临近） my daughter's third birthday, my wife said, "Hey, why don't you take Sabina back to New York and make it a father-daughter trip, and continue the ceremony?" This is when we started asking passing tourists to take the picture.
So these photos are far more than representatives（代表） for a single moment, or even a specific（具体的） trip. They're also ways for us to freeze time for one week in October and reflect on（反思） our times and how we change from year to year, and not just physically, but in every way. Because while we take the same photo, our viewpoints（观点） change, and she reaches new milestones (里程碑) and I get to see life through her eyes, and how she communicates with and sees everything. This very focused time we get to spend together is something we value（重视，珍惜） and expect the entire（全部的） year.
1.What can we know about the author from the first paragraph?
A. He is fond of being photographed alone.
B. He hardly ever asks strangers to take pictures of him.
C. He has been interested in photography since childhood.
D. He's proud of the 15 most treasured photos taken by himself.
2.Who came up with the idea of having a father-daughter trip when Sabina was 3 years old?
A. Her mother. B. Her father.
C. Sabina herself. D. An unknown tourist.
3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_______.
A. children usually get to see life. through adults' eyes
B. the 15 photos are meaningful to the author's family
C. it takes the author a whole week to have a family photo taken
D. the viewpoints of the author's family never change with the time
4.What can be the best title of the text?
A. Believe it or not: photos do change
B. Photos help a family become rich
C. Even strangers can help take photographs
D. A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time
Are you a volcano lover? Here is a list of some of the world's most beautiful volcanoes
that our travel agency can offer you to visit. Don't miss them!
Mount Mayon, the Philippines
Located about 450 km southeast of Manila on the island of Luzon, Mount Mayon is the
most active volcano in the Philippines; a September 2014 eruption forced thousands to flee the
area. Those who hike the volcano are rewarded with views of the towns in the Albay province
and the Pacific Ocean. But even those who prefer the view from a distance have a historical
good point at the Cagsawa Ruins, once an 18th Century Franciscan church that was destroyed
by an 1814 eruption.
Kilauea and Marina Kea, Hawaii
Hawaii's volcanoes are known for their active eruptions and extraordinary scenes. Mauna Kea is around one million years old, while Kilauea is the youngest volcano in Hawaii and has
been erupting continuously since 1983. The lava falls straight into the sea, creating fantastic
forms of black rocks and smoke clouds.
Mount Kelimutu, Indonesia
Kelimutu's three mysterious crater lakes attract both scientists and tourists to the island
of Flores in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province. One is emerald green (翡翠绿), another
dark red, and the third pitch black. Scientists say the lakes take on such colors because the
volcanic gases met the lakes' minerals centuries ago.
1.People who hike Mount Mayon can enjoy the following EXCEPT ______.
A. views of the towns in the Albay province
B. views of the Pacific Ocean
C. views of the Cagsawa Ruins
D. views of Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province
2.According to the text, Kilauea_____________________.
A. is an active volcano
B. stopped erupting in 1983
C. is the youngest volcano in the world
D. forced thousands to flee in 2014
3.The colors of Kelimutu's three mysterious crater lakes are due to_______________.
A. water pollution B. different environments
C. chemical reaction D. different temperatures
书面表达
假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Jack 暂住在你家。 请你给下午3点半回家的Jack写个留言条，内容包括：
1. 你去机场接一位朋友下午5点才能回家，请他帮你收拾一下客厅；
2. 4点左右邻居李明要来归还一本书，请他代收；
3. 晚上大家一起外出吃饭给朋友接风。
注意：1. 词数120左右
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Mr. Brown,
I am now final back home. Thank you very much for the kindness I got from you during my stays. Hoping everything is fine with you there. Now I wonder that whether I could ask you for favor. When I came back, I suddenly realized that I have left my novel, The Call of the Wild, behind at your place. It is a gift from my America teacher, that is very precious for me. Would you please send them back to me? I’ll pay for the postage. The novel must be in the bookshelf in the bedroom.
Thanks and all the best.
Yours，
Li Hua
语篇填空
One evening, an elderly lady ____1.____ (drive) past a small town when one of her tires suddenly blew out. Even though all she had was only a flat tire, it was __2.___ bad situation for a woman of her age. She was very ___3.___ (annoy), especially with the weather ____4.__ (get) colder and colder. At that moment, a man stopped his car in front of hers and asked __5.____ she needed help. The old lady became even more nervous because the man looked poor and ____6.___ (hunger). However, since no one else had stopped to help her during the past hours, she stood back and let him help her. After the man finished changing the tire, the lady was willing __7.___ (pay) him any amount of money. To her __8.______ (astonish), the man replied that he just wanted to help her, just as others had helped him in the past. He didn’t want the lady to pay him back anything. Instead, he just wanted her to help others _9.__ need as well. Later that evening, the lady helped a heavily pregnant woman. __10.__ never occurred to her that the woman was the poor man’s wife.
完型填空。
Many years ago, my dad was facing a serious heart condition. He was unable to do a(n) ______ job. Sometimes he fell suddenly ill and had to be ______ to the hospital.
He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he _____ to volunteer at the local children’s hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect _____ for him. He ended up working with the ______ children. He would talk, play, and do arts with them.
One of his _____ was a girl with a ______ that paralyzed(使瘫痪) her from the neck down. She couldn’t do anything, and she was very ______. My dad decided to try to _____ her. He started visiting her in her room, ______ paints, brushes and paper. He ______ the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to ______. He didn’t use his hands at all. All the while, he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your ______ to.”
At the end of the day, she began to paint using her ______, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was sent ______ because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also ______ the children’s hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later, after my dad had ______ and returned to work, the little girl who had been paralyzed came in, but this time she was ______. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave him a _____she had done using her hands. At the bottom it ___35___: “Thank you for helping me walk.”
My dad said sometimes love is more powerful than the doctor.
1.A. importantB．steadyC．easyD．complex
2.A．admittedB．connectedC．attendedD．allowed
3.A．decidedB．promisedC．forcedD．agreed
4.A．experienceB．lessonC．taskD．job
5.A．happyB．lonelyC．sickD．normal
6.A．kidsB．studentsC．doctorsD．colleagues
7.A．woundB．painC．giftD．disease
8.A．excitedB．depressedC．embarrassedD．confused
9.A．comfortB. encourageC．helpD．remind
10.A．buyingB．borrowingC．askingD．bringing
11.A．turnedB．pulledC．stuckD．stood
12.A．paintB．biteC．beatD．write
13.A．goalB．mindC．spiritD．action
14.A．handsB．mouthC．legsD．toes
15.A．hospitalB．schoolC．homeD．abroad
16.A．visitedB．enjoyedC．servedD．left
17.A．receivedB．realizedC．refusedD．recovered
18.A．smilingB．walkingC．wavingD．crying
19.A．cardB．flowerC．pictureD．book
20.A．readB．showedC．warnedD．explained
